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• Internet Explorer 9: A getting started guide

  Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 officially launched late Monday and is ready for download here.

  By Ian Paul | 16 March, 2011 01:32

  Tags: applications, browsers, Google, Microsoft, microsoft internet explorer, software

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  Gmail Tips: Five great e-mail timesavers

  If you're one of Gmail's 193 million users worldwide, you probably rely on the service -- and its add-ons -- every day. Popular among users for its customization features, Google constantly adds to its arsenal of Labs and brings new features mainstream to simplify processes and save users time.

  By Kristin Burnham | 25 January, 2011 07:36

  Tags: Google, internet, Internet-based applications and services, mail

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  Mobile survival guide: Top tips for staying connected

  Picture this: You're sitting down

  By Patrick Miller | 14 January, 2011 01:11

  Tags: Dropbox, Google, LAN, mobile broadband, networking, usb, WAN

• Upload and view videos in Google Docs

  Google Docs is becoming a more robust cloud-based productivity suite, and the addition of uploading, storing and viewing videos is a boon for sharing corporate presentations and the like. It's also a slick way to skirt your company's firewall on streaming video sites such as YouTube.

  By Brennon Slattery | 12 January, 2011 09:06

  Tags: applications, document management, Google, google docs, Productivity Apps, software, video

• Top 5 free Google Apps add-ons for business

  Google launched its Apps Marketplace back in March, effectively inviting companies to create business software for the cloud that would sit alongside the standard set of Google Apps.

  By Keir Thomas | 25 November, 2010 05:48

  Tags: applications, apps, cloud computing, Google, internet, productivity, software

• Root Google Android the easy way

  Google's Android operating system is riding a wave of popularity that has rapidly eclipsed Apple's iOS, and by the end of 2010 it's expected to overtake RIM's BlackBerry as the world's leading smartphone platform. However, despite the relative openness and flexibility of the OS, your Android phone still isn't as powerful and customizable as it could be. To unlock all of your phone's potential, you'll need to root it.

  By Robert Strohmeyer | 15 September, 2010 23:15

  Tags: Android, Apple, consumer electronics, Google, Google Android, mobile phones, Phones

• Facebook Ads secrets from an insider

  Many people log on to Facebook primarily for fun, but businesses are increasingly turning to the social networking site as an advertising gold mine. By placing ads on Facebook, you can zero in on a select portion of some half a billion users according to their interests and demographics.

  By Elsa Wenzel | 16 September, 2010 15:05

  Tags: Facebook, Google, internet

• 6 ways to type faster in Android

  Smartphones are meant to make our lives easier--or at least more connected to people we want to communicate with--so why does typing on them sometimes seem on a par with performing root canal surgery?

  By JR Raphael | 17 August, 2010 00:27

  Tags: Android, consumer electronics, Google, Google Android, mobile phones, Phones, smartphones

• 28 time-saving tricks for Google, Facebook and more

  Think you know all of the tricks at your favorite Internet sites? Think again.

  By Zack Stern | 19 April, 2010 23:51

  Tags: ebay, Facebook, Google

• Android keyboard shortcuts: All the hotkeys you need

  The Android mobile operating system has an impressive set of keyboard shortcuts to help you fly through your phone without digging through the menus. A couple of quick key presses are all you need for most common tasks.

  By JR Raphael | 16 December, 2009 02:09

  Tags: Google, Google Android, google phone, mobile os, mobile phones, smartphones

• Create waves with Google

  By now, you've probably heard mutterings about a new Google innovation known as Wave. Not content with cleaning up in the search engine arena, becoming the first name in digital maps and making its Gmail client synonymous with webmail, Google wants you to organise and share your social and business events and conflabs using its tools too.

  By Jason Whittaker | 02 December, 2009 06:12

  Tags: Google, google wave

• How to install Chrome OS from a USB drive

  Have you already tried Chrome OS using a virtual machine, and were less than impressed? Well now you can get a feel for how Google's Web-centric operating system will run natively on your machine. T

  By Ian Paul | 26 November, 2009 02:07

  Tags: Google, Google Chrome OS

• Gmail expert tips: How to tame your inbox

  Gmail ushered in a whole new way of accessing and managing e-mail. Many people think that it's a major improvement over the old desktop-app approach.

  By Adam Pash | 22 July, 2009 00:38

  Tags: email, gmail, Google

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  Five blog search tools beat Googling five different ways

  If you're searching the Internet specifically for blog posts, Google's basic search isn't the best way to do it. Not only will your results be cluttered with non-blog pages, they'll will be skewed toward sites like The Huffington Post that have figured out how to win at search engine optimization to get to the top of Google's results. Google Blog Search is a much better tool for the job. It lets you sort results by a relevance score, or sort by date to display the newest posts.

  By Paul Boutin | 31 January, 2009 09:56

  Tags: blogs, Google