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How to control a Mac from your PC using Chrome Remote Desktop

Need to connect to and control a Mac from your PC? One quick and easy solution can be found in Google's Chrome Remote Desktop feature.

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How to tweak your Google+ profile

Now that you've joined yet another social network, make sure your profile is up to snuff. Here's how to customise privacy settings, display photos, link to favourites sites, and more.

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How to get started using Twitter

Use these tips to set up your account, decipher Twitter lingo, learn a basic strategy for tweeting and see where you fit into the Twittersphere.

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Four killer Dropbox tricks

Check out these four creative and useful ways to use Dropbox as more than just a document cloud.

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How to secure your Gmail account

Hackers are professionals in their field who prey on unknowing (and sometimes even tech savvy) individuals. With the rise in hacks recently, it's time to check whether your Gmail account is secure.

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Avoid and remove Facebook malware

Find out how you can avoid spamming your friends or infecting your computer by tightening your Facebook security.

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Smarter with your data: back up everything automatically

Backups are essential. If you don't want to lose years of photos, documents and settings, learn how to back up your data automatically. 1

Smarter with your data: turn Skype into the only phone you'll ever need

Whether you are running an online business or you have family around the world, going digital with your phone line offers great advantages. 1

Learn all the Gmail keyboard shortcuts

Here's the one Gmail shortcut you need to remember that will help you learn all the rest of the shortcuts.

Get on top of email with a DMZ

Inbox out of control? Create a DMZ to give yourself a fresh start, while clearing out the old mess at a steady pace. 1

Copy and paste any text icon you need

Add clever text characters to your Facebook, Twitter or any other web text-input box. 2

Share Dropbox files with a simple link

Dropbox has made it easy to share files without giving anyone special access to your storage.

Active Inbox for Gmail

Use your Gmail as a serious system for tracking everything you need to get done with this free add-on.

Get organised today with Do It (Tomorrow)

Be more organised by letting yourself do things tomorrow? Try it and see.

Power up Google Chrome with Extensions

Google has taken extensions to its Chrome browser and turned them into an entire software platform.

Power up Google Apps with Marketplace

If you run your own domain through Google Apps, App Marketplace is a great service to explore.

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Microsoft IE9

This is not only the best version of IE to date, but it will catapult Internet Explorer back into the thick of the browser wars.
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Chrome 10

Google Chrome exploded on to the browser scene in 2008 and hasn't let up its rocketing upward trajectory. Now at 10 percent of the worldwide ...
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What's new in Opera 11?

The scrappy, competitive underdog of the major browsers, Opera, goes up to 11 and gives users what they've been demanding: extensions. Also ...
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LastPass takes the pain out of passwords

LastPass takes the pain out of passwords