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21.	Catching Up with PC Backup in 2012 By Ed Tittel Sep 12, 2012 What's the best backup regimen for your systems, now that online backup is dirt cheap, and disk drives even cheaper? Quick answer: Multiple backups.
22.	Working with SSDs in Windows 7 and 8 By Ed Tittel Aug 23, 2012 Follow Ed Tittel's guidelines and dig into the various optimization guides he notes to make the most of your SSD switching experience.
23.	Is 8-12 GB the "New Normal" for RAM Size, or Should You Go Bigger? By Ed Tittel Aug 16, 2012 Upping the memory ceiling on Windows PCs is mostly a matter of choosing 8, 12, 16, or more GB. Find out about some important considerations and the uses to which this RAM will support.
24.	What's New in OS X Mountain Lion: Yvonne Johnson and Jennifer Kettell Discuss How Changes in Mountain Lion Affect New and Experienced OS X Users By Yvonne Johnson, Jennifer Ackerman Kettell Jul 26, 2012 Technical writer and web designer Jennifer Kettell and author Yvonne Johnson talk about what Mac users old and new can expect in the new OS X Mountain Lion update.
25.	Sharing Office Files via SkyDrive By Laura Acklen Jul 9, 2012 SkyDrive is a Windows Live user’s cloud storage, where they can upload their files and then gain access to them from any computer with Internet access. Based on user feedback, the developers have introduced a series of improvements to make it easier than ever to share files.
26.	Managing Expenses From Your iPhone or iPad By Jason Rich Jun 29, 2012 Jason Rich showcases a handful of expense tracking apps for the Apple iPhone and/or iPad, and explains how entering, managing, and reporting expense-related data while on the go can become an easy, accurate, and efficient process.
27.	Learning New Skills From Your iOS Mobile Device By Jason Rich Jun 27, 2012 Avid iPhone and iPad user Jason Rich introduces you to the free iTunes U educational content that’s available for the Apple iPhone and iPad, plus explains a handful of others ways you can use your iOS mobile device as a personal enrichment or educational tool.
28.	iOS Jailbreaking 101 Part 3: Jailbreaking Your iOS Device By Timothy L. Warner Jun 22, 2012 In this final installment of Tim Warner's iOS jailbreaking series, Tim covers additional terminology and shows you how to perform an iOS jailbreak.
29.	iOS Jailbreaking 101 Part 2: Ensuring Your Device's (and Your Data's) Safety By Timothy L. Warner Jun 21, 2012 This second article Tim Warner's iOS jailbreaking series covers the safety precautions with which you need to be familiar before you actually jailbreak your iDevice.
30.	iOS Jailbreaking 101 Part 1: Understanding Jailbreaking By Timothy L. Warner Jun 20, 2012 In this first article in a four-part series on jailbreaking, Tim Warner reviews the procedures necessary to ensure the safety of the user-created content that is stored on your iDevice.
31.	History Vault for Windows 8: User Friendly Backups By Todd Meister May 25, 2012 Todd Meister tells you the ways in which Windows 8 File History has made backup and recovery of your data a lot easier.
32.	The New Microsoft Account for Windows 8 By Timothy L. Warner May 25, 2012 By the conclusion of this article by Timothy Warner, you will understand how to create a Microsoft Account, how to customize your account settings, and how to use the Microsoft Account with a few key Microsoft services, most notably the Windows 8 Consumer Preview.
33.	Microsoft's Unified Vision for Windows 8 By Brien Posey Apr 18, 2012 Brien Posey gives details and a 50,000-foot view of what Microsoft has in store for desktops, tablets, phones, and the TV via the XBOX game console.
34.	SkyDrive for Windows 8: Your Own Personal Cloud By Timothy L. Warner Apr 17, 2012 With the Consumer Preview release of Windows 8, Microsoft gives us a dedicated Metro-style app for accessing SkyDrive-hosted data. Tim Warner notes that we can also tap into SkyDrive from the Metro file browser or from any other Metro-style app.
35.	Refresh and Reset Your Windows 8 Computer By Katherine Murray Mar 21, 2012 Katherine Murray introduces the new Refresh and Reset features in Windows 8.
36.	Setting Parental Controls in Windows 7 By Katherine Murray Mar 20, 2012 Katherine Murray shows you how to set up parental controls for kids of all ages on your Windows 7 PC.
37.	Do You Really Need Windows 8? By Michael Miller Mar 19, 2012 Michael Miller provides a preview of what’s new in Windows 8, and asks if users really need or want this new version of Microsoft’s ubiquitous operating system.
38.	Hello Messages, Goodbye iChat: Send/Receive Free Text Messages From A Mac By Jason Rich Mar 5, 2012 Jason R. Rich explains how to download and use the new Messages app on a Mac, which replaces iChat for sending and receiving instant messages, as well as text messages, for free.
39.	Get Ready For The Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion Update By Jason Rich Feb 24, 2012 Jason R. Rich explains some of the new features being added to the OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion operating system, and explains why you’ll want to update your computer this summer.
40.	Remote Control Software Solves "Friends and Family" Support Issues By Ed Tittel Jan 10, 2012 In this lively autobiographical article, Ed Tittel describes his long-distance quest to help his father diagnose and fix computer issues.

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