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Upgrading How-Tos

  • Get $10 Back When You Buy Something with Bing Tired of giving money to Microsoft? Get a little back when you sign up for a Bing Cashback account and buy, well, just about anything.
  • Turn a Spare Laptop Into a Second Monitor Oldie-but-goodie MaxiVista is back with a new version that supports Windows Vista and Windows 7. It totally rocks.
  • Use Aero Snap to Simplify File Management Think Aero Snap is one of those Windows 7 features that has no real practical value? Think again.
  • Speed Up Everything Is your PC dragging? Does your broadband network creep along at dial-up speeds? Do Web pages take forever to load on your smartphone? Don't wait! These fixes will get you back into the fast lane.
  • Parlay Your Photos Into Holiday Cards and Calendars Use image-editing software and Websites to turn your digital photos into handcrafted greeting cards and other holiday gifts.

Upgrading News

  • Outlook 2010 Sneak Preview How Outlook 2010 integrates with Exchange 2010.
  • Office 2007: 8 Great Reasons to (Finally) Upgrade With Office 2010 on the horizon, companies still lag several versions behind -- now's the time to begin the migration.
  • Windows 7 Sales Brisk? Can't Give it Away Analysis: Microsoft's newest Windows wasn't zooming off the shelves when one user tried to peddle an extra copy.
  • Mac OS X 10.6.2 Hack Gets Atom Support Back The OS X 10.6.2 update dropped support for the hackintosh-friendly Intel Atom processor. Just two days after the update was released, it was hacked to allow the chip to be used once again.
  • Get Chrome OS Now Google's new operating system doesn't run right out of the box, so here's how to install it on your choice of platform.

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Upgrading Reviews

  • Motorola Droid Gets a Cautious Thumbs Up Motorola's Droid features a 5-megapixel camera, a full-QWERTY keyboard, a high-res screen, and Google Navigation
  • Hands On with Facebook and Twitter for Xbox LIVE How's Microsoft's next Xbox 360 LIVE social networking update handle? We take the preview version for a spin to find out.
  • Sony PSP Go Unboxed and Exposed Sony's palm-sized PSP Go debuts in less than two days, but you can have a look at our review unit now courtesy these "unboxing" snaps.

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