• Xbox LIVE iPhone App Lets You Message on the Go

  
  Access your Xbox LIVE account on your iPhone with updated version of 360 Live status and messaging utility.

• 5 Free Web Apps to Help Organize Your Holidays

  
  Tips and tech tools to help manage the kitchen, the shopping, the mailing and more.
• 10 Free Downloads for Your Laptop
• Symantec's Backup Exec: Backup That's Even Better
• The PC World 100: Best Products of 2009
• BounceBack Essentials Offers Easy PC Recovery
• When the Backup Drive Gets Full
• EMC Brings Avamar Backup to PCs, Macs
• Agile Web Solutions Releases 1Password 3
• 10 Amazing Google SketchUp Buildings

Utilities Reviews

• Symantec's Backup Exec: Backup That's Even Better This highly capable imaging backup program has some unique and extremely handy features, but heavy system requirements.
• BounceBack Essentials Offers Easy PC Recovery Mirror your Windows installation with this set-it-and-forget-it continuous data protection utility.
• PaperPort Professional 12 Document Management Software Veteran document manager gets an interface makeover and more-polished tools.
• Genie Timeline Keep your data backed up with this nicely done utility.
• Acronis True Image Home 2010 This latest version of the venerable image-backup software has a vastly improved interface and compelling new features.

Utilities News

• Xbox LIVE iPhone App Lets You Message on the Go Access your Xbox LIVE account on your iPhone with updated version of 360 Live status and messaging utility.
• 5 Free Web Apps to Help Organize Your Holidays Tips and tech tools to help manage the kitchen, the shopping, the mailing and more.
• 10 Free Downloads for Your Laptop With these no-cost tools for syncing data, monitoring battery life, working with wireless networks, and using a thumb drive, you can get the most out of your laptop or netbook.
• Agile Web Solutions Releases 1Password 3 Everybody bring out the noisemakers, confetti, and party poppers. Fresh out of public beta, the one-stop password-managing shop known as Agile Web...
• EMC Brings Avamar Backup to PCs, Macs EMC is extending its Avamar backup software to desktop and laptop PCs and Macs.

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Utilities How-Tos

• When the Backup Drive Gets Full Rat74136’s external hard drive is full. How does he keep backing up?
• Free Tools for Fine-Tuning Your Windows 7 Setup No-cost apps and Web services help you set up your Windows 7 computer just the way you want it.
• Synchronize Your Data With Multiple PCs, Macs, and Mobile Devices Gone are the days of carrying important files on optical discs and thumb drives. Here are some easy ways to synchronize your files across multiple platforms.
• How to Automate Windows 7 Backups How to set up and automate backups in Windows 7.
• Optimize Your Windows 7 PC Squeeze the very best performance out of your PC with these Windows 7 optimization tricks.