Articles

• Firefox Tips and Tweaks From Hassle-Free PC - PC World blogger Rick Broida tells you how to get the most from Firefox's tabs, tweak mousewheel behavior, and use the spell check in forms.
• Microsoft Is Giving Up on Windows - Steve Bass learns that Microsoft has had it with Windows. Plus three free tools and lots of time wasters.
• Installing Windows XP SP3? Read This First - Tips for a successful XP Service Pack 3 installation, plus some terrific physics simulations.
• Seven Free Geek Tools--and a Quick Tip - Fix PC lock-ups, jump-start your cable modem, and diagnose problems with your router.
• Things You Didn't Know You Could Do With Google - Calculate complex equations, track shipments, build a Web site, and more--all on Google. Plus, how not to move a palm tree.
• Ten Terrific Troubleshooting Tricks and Tools - When bad tech stuff happens, fight back with one of these PC life-savers.
• Printer Ink: How Do You Define 'Empty'? - Steve Bass finds 20 percent of the ink he paid for left in supposedly empty cartridges, but Brother has a logical (if not legal) explanation.
• Free File, Clean-Up Tools - Use these downloads to remove junk on your drive and get better control over your files--plus, a star is born.
• A Better Way to Uninstall Apps - Replace the Add/Remove applet in Windows with super-cool Revo--plus, a perfectly legal hallucinogen.
• Hard Drive Disaster: A Cautionary Tale - In which our fearless columnist learns the hard way that you should always verify your backups.