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No doubt that files can be transferred via pen drives but what if the need arises to reinstall the Operating System in case of a system cras...

Probably the best free security list in the world . Says it all.

Safely remove memory cards without waiting : You're supposed to use the Safely Remove Hardware icon in the system tray before unplugging...

More goodies from around the traps: A great anti-keylogger for free . Spyshelter is an anti-keylogger, and also warns if a remote system is...

I have a personal website that shares drama scripts. (Pop over and see us at www.dramatix.org ) It's getting pretty big now, with more t...

Many of the videos you view on websites are in the .FLV or Flash format. Trouble is, if you want to download them, there is obvious way to d...

There are some great new free photo managers coming available. Some people swear by Picasa , while others are happy with a simpler style suc...

Here are some invaluable system helps. Asterisk Key does one thing, but it's a lifesaver. It reveals the actual passwords hidden under ...

PDF to Word Converter is a free tool that turns a PDF document into a Word document. It holds the layout quite well, but it does use a lot ...

Fix blurred photographs with free software, Unshake . It really does work, and it's great for those cellphone pics that don't quite ...

Some recent gleanings from round the traps: Do you routinely hop from one favorite Web site to another, just to see if anything new has been...

Sometimes when malware gets into your computer, it takes over the security software and stops it from cleaning everything out. Lincoln Spect...

Digital photography keeps getting better. Higher-resolution images, sophisticated but easy-to-use controls, and more. This article helps yo...

How often do you find that dialogue boxes extend below the bottom of your screen, so that you can't click on the necessary buttons? Happ...

With vReveal software for Windows, it's easy to quickly fix the videos from your cell phone, HD camcorder, digital camera, or other dev...

When you launch a new tab in Internet Explorer, that tab automatically opens with your default home page. Sadly, Firefox doesn't have th...

Posterous is almost certainly the quickest way to create a web page and get it online. Post a simple text message, or include additional c...

Fix it Center is a new Microsoft service currently in public beta that provides a set of online and offline tools for diagnosing and fixing ...

Whew! Haven't posted in a long while - things got a bit hectic on the work and home fronts. So to kick things off, some helpful articles...

One of the deficiencies of the Windows operating system is that it allows you to copy and paste only one item at a time. The one (sort of) e...

A study of more than 30 million passwords found that almost half use names, common dictionary words, or sequential characters like "qwe...

The first 3D movie I saw was a Mighty Mouse cartoon back in the 1950s. The second was Michael Jackson's Captain Eo at Disneyland three d...

1,193,526 public domain songs by 10,253 artists, boasts the website Dewey Music . You can listen to, download, remix, and share anything you...

Computer screens get dusty, dirty, and dingy just like windows. But unlike glass windows, computer screens are complex, sensitive electronic...

Computer screens get dusty, dirty, and dingy just like windows. But unlike glass windows, computer screens are complex, sensitive electronic...

Sometimes your computer seemingly goes to sleep for no apparent reason. Lincoln Spector has some trouble-shooting tips .

Gmail is not bad as an internet-based email system - better than most of its competitors, possibly. But it's not perfect. Here are 9 tip...

It seems that every day we go online and there's some new type of nagging Web annoyance to deal with, says Jared Newman. In a perfect wo...

"The central mistake of recent digital culture is to chop up a network of individuals so finely that you end up with a mush," writ...

You can keep a toolkit on a flash drive for those times when things go wrong and you need some fix-it tools. Lincoln Spector shares his list...

"If you're suffering from email overload, I bet you didn't know you have a solution at your fingertips. In fact you have your v...

1. Are you annoying at having to register on a free web site just to read some news or view some information? Here is a simple method to get...