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Find out how your favorite websites are tracking you or using your data

Posted Nov 30, 2012 - 12:20 pm

PrivacyChoice scores the privacy settings of over 4,000 websites so you can make sense of their tracking and data usage policies
Send huge, 10GB email attachments with Gmail and Google Drive

Posted Nov 28, 2012 - 02:04 pm

If you're not using Google Drive to its fullest yet, this is a reason to start: way bigger email attachments in Gmail
Learn something new on the go with the free Khan Academy iOS apps

Posted Nov 27, 2012 - 04:00 am

Students of all ages now have access to over 3,500 free educational videos on their iPhones and iPads
Grab computer training e-books and videos for 50% off--Cyber Monday only

Posted Nov 26, 2012 - 05:47 pm

Quick, get at least half off all technology e-books and videos from two of the largest publishers.
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
Quickly send a tech support email to a parent or grandparent with this template from Google

Posted Nov 20, 2012 - 07:12 pm

You're the family tech support person. Save time answering questions like "how do I copy and paste?" with this cool Google webapp, Teach Parents Tech
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.
Find emails much faster and easier with new Gmail search operators

Posted Nov 15, 2012 - 02:32 pm

Weed out your inbox and find messages faster with new Gmail filters for size, date, labels, and more
Add Windows Media Center to Windows 8 for free--for a limited time

Posted Nov 14, 2012 - 01:41 pm

Windows 8 doesn't come with Windows Media Center, but you can add it to Windows 8 Pro at no charge with this limited-time offer
Learn all the Gmail shortcuts in one handy infographic

Posted Nov 12, 2012 - 01:09 pm

Gmail offers many keyboard shortcuts to help speed up your email work. Learn the most important ones here.

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