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by Melanie Pinola

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Melanie Pinola is a freelance writer covering all things tech-related. A former IT admin and occasional web developer, she is also a Lifehacker editor, PCWorld contributor, and the Guide to Mobile Office Tech at About.com.

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Free Adobe Creative Suite CS2: Maybe, maybe not?

Posted Jan 08, 2013 - 05:26 pm

Adobe staff say they're not giving away Photoshop, Illustrator, etc. for free, but the CS2 software is still available for download
Here's all the crapware that comes with new Windows 8 PCs

Posted Nov 21, 2012 - 02:49 pm

Windows PCs have a long history of coming packed with space-hogging and performance-crippling crapware. Check out this list of the crapware that comes with new PCs, according to the OEMs themselves
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- Bloatware, crapware
Microsoft Office 2013 versus Office Web Apps versus Office 365: The differences explained

Posted Nov 19, 2012 - 11:07 am

Microsoft Office comes in a variety of editions and licenses. Here's how to make sense of them.
Make Google docs, spreadsheets, and presentations work offline

Posted Apr 26, 2013 - 01:37 pm

Google Drive is finally rolling out automatic offline access. Here's how to enable it.
How to add Dropbox and Google Drive as storage options in Office 2013

Posted May 06, 2013 - 10:31 am

Connect these online storage options to Microsoft Office as alternatives to SkyDrive
Get 25GB of free online storage on Box

Posted Feb 07, 2013 - 02:52 pm

Because you can never have enough cloud storage space
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- Box, Box.net
Where to sell your iPad or MacBook for the most money

Posted Oct 23, 2012 - 04:35 pm

Sell your now-obsolete iPad or MacBook Pro laptop for the most cash
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- Apple, ipad
How to secure your WordPress blog against hackers

Posted Apr 16, 2013 - 03:15 pm

Thousands of WordPress blogs have been compromised so far. Don't let that happen to yours.
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- Blog, botnets
How to Bring Back Hibernation in Windows 8

Posted Apr 18, 2013 - 03:53 pm

Microsoft left out Hibernate from the power options, but you can add it back
5 taskbar tricks to make Windows more usable (including Windows 8)

Posted Oct 22, 2012 - 12:36 pm

Customize the taskbar to get to everything faster in both Windows 7 and, especially, the hard-to-navigate Windows 8
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- shortcuts, Windows

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