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Published 2008-07-16 An unattended computer just begs to be stolen or tampered with. A few free and cheap tools can ease your mind and provide a supply a bit of security if you absolutely have to step away from your PC.

Published 2008-07-10 Sometimes your computer just won't boot. While novice users are better off taking their troubles to an experienced friend or quality technician, more experienced users may wish to take matters into their own hands with these free tools.

Published 2008-07-03 Your computer only uses a few of the alphabet's 26 letters to name its drives. A free utility lets you assign the rest of them to folders on your hard drive for instant access.

Published 2008-06-16 No matter what web browser you use, a lot of information is stored during and between your sessions. If you'd prefer to see that data removed instead of kept, here's how to do it in Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox.

Published 2008-06-02 Panoramic photos aren't nearly as difficult to create as you might guess. To get started all you need is a digital camera and some free software.

Published 2008-05-22 It's no secret that, as computer programs go, Google is pretty smart. But it's also pretty clever. Here are five tips for getting answers out of Google that you might not expect.

Published 2008-05-14 With the iPhone setting the bar and Windows Mobile developers following suit, the stylus may soon be a thing of the past. Here are three great, inexpensive programs to make your fingers more efficient.

Published 2008-05-02 PDF files are great for sharing and printing documents, but they're not as easy to manipulate as, say, plain old Microsoft Word files. With the help of some free software, though, there's a lot more you can do with them.

Published 2008-04-25 If I had a dime for every photo I've seen online that's "squished" or pixelated due to a poor job of resizing, I'd be retired. Here's how to avoid some common photo-editing mistakes.

Published 2008-04-21 Picasa, the excellent, free photo-management tool from Google, recently added support for add-ons that allow programmers to connect Picasa to third-party programs and services like Flickr, Facebook, and Photoshop. Here's how to get started.