Top 10 Best Firefox Add-Ons for Improved Browsing

By | 4/15/2010

Google Chrome may grab headlines for its excellent extensions (including the fake ones), but Firefox takes a back seat to no one in the browser plug-in department. We list the top 10 best Firefox add-ons to improve your browsing experience.

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Professional Video Sharing Web Site Roundup

By Dustin Sklavos | 4/8/2010

There are plenty of sites out there that let you publish and share videos online, but precious few of those sites help earn money off your cinematic efforts. Which video sharing sites do the best job of helping you monetize your content? We break it down in this roundup.

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The Top 15 Missing Google Chrome Extensions

By | 4/1/2010

These missing Chrome extensions have been categorized as "inappropriate," and as such have been deprecated from Google's extension listings. What's so wrong -- or so right -- about these missing extensions that Google doesn't want to tout them? We clue you in with this roundup.

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Consumer Video Sharing Web Site Roundup

By Dustin Sklavos | 3/30/2010

There are plenty of sites out there ready and willing to host your home videos, but which social video sites offers the best combinations of features and user-friendliness to earn the honor of showcasing your footage? We break it down in this roundup.

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Internet Safety Guide: How to Protect Yourself Online

By Charles P. Jefferies | 3/25/2010

Internet threats continue to pose a problem for anyone that surfs the Internet -- and yes, that includes you reading the headline and thinking you know it all. In this article we will show you how to protect yourself using some "best practices" for safely surfing the Internet, all without spending a dime.

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Top 10 Google Chrome Extensions for Better, Faster Browsing

By | 3/23/2010

Google Chrome has much to recommend it as a browser, but a veteran FireFox or habitual Internet Explorer user may be hesitant to give up the add-ons or plug-ins that make their favorite web browsers more useful. Chrome extensions are the answer here, as they replicate or replace the functionality found in typical browser plug-ins. Below we list the top 10 Chrome extensions to get you started.

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Best Tax Preparation Software for 2010 -- A Buyers Guide

By | 3/16/2010

It may be 2010, but US taxpayers still have 30 days left to file their 2009 tax returns -- and there are a number of online services vying to help them. What online tax preparation software offers the best bang for your buck? We break it down in this buyer's guide.

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Windows PC Optimization Guide -- Part Three

By Charles P. Jefferies | 2/2/2010

In part three of our computer optimization guide we wrap-up with some final performance tips. This part focuses on Diskeeper 2010 Professional, a tool to optimize your hard drive.

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Free Online Music Services Listeners Guide

By | 1/28/2010

Pandora or Slacker? Last.FM or Grooveshark? There is a host of free streaming music services on the Web, but which one has the best features to go with its giveaway price? We sound it out in this listeners guide.

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The new iPad runs the iPhone OS -- and that's the problem

By | 1/27/2010

No matter how excited you are about the 9.7-inch HD display, capacitive multitouch interface, or staggeringly cheap 3G data plans promised by Apple's iPad, there's one feature that's billed as a benefit but may prove to be more of a bug: The iPad runs the iPhone OS.

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Windows PC Optimization Guide -- Part Two

By Charles P. Jefferies | 1/26/2010

NotebookReview's Computer Optimization Guide is designed to help you and your computer work faster together to be more productive. In part one we focused on improving your computer's performance, and now we will focus on improving the way you use a computer.

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Windows PC Optimization Guide

By Charles P. Jefferies | 1/19/2010

This three-part series is designed to help everyday computer users improve their productivity by optimizing their computer's performance, making use of handy shortcuts in the Windows operating system, and creating and maintaining a backup schedule. Let's get started with part one, improving performance.

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