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  • 20 February 2010

  • How-Tos: How to utilise user reviews and grab a bargain

    User reviews can offer valuable insight into a product's real value after the sale. But many review sites also contain write-ups by fanboys, axe-grinders, and even a few shills. How do you know which reviews to trust?

  • 19 February 2010

  • How-Tos: How to: Get fit and financially sorted

    Online services can help you budget your money better and keep a check on your fitness plan. We show you how to get fit and financially sorted.

  • 12 February 2010

  • How-Tos: How to find love online this Valentine's

    Techies aren't known for their romantic prowess. When it comes to matters of the heart, do net addicts stand a chance at wooing their true love?

  • 10 February 2010

  • How-Tos: How to get Google Buzz now

    Like most web users, you probably want join Google's social network, Buzz, as soon as possible.

  • 06 February 2010

  • How-Tos: How to get great technical support

    No one likes talking to tech support. Use our tips to help get your problem fixed - and maybe receive a little something extra, as well.

  • How-Tos: How to stream your social life on a smartphone

    Even a social-networking addict can get tired of Twitter or fed up with Facebook on a smartphone. Tie your networks together with these aggregator apps.

  • 21 January 2010

  • How-Tos: How to use Internet Explorer safely

    It won't take more than a few minutes to close a security hole in Internet Explorer that allowed attacks against Google. We show you how.

  • 22 December 2009

  • How-Tos: How to: Set up a website

    The economic woes of the past 18 months have been cruel to many people, but the making of others. With the recession coming to an end and a bright new decade ahead, there's no better time to set up a professional-looking website and rake in the cash.

  • 01 December 2009

  • How-Tos: How to: Create waves with Google

    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. The result is Google Wave, and we'll explain how to use it in the following workshop.

  • 03 November 2009

  • How-Tos: How to: Run a portable web server

    A huge variety of web services and providers are available, ranging from free online site builders to fully configurable virtual servers hosted by an ISP. For a large number of these, you'll be able to log in and create your website fairly easily, so why would you need web server software?

  • 02 September 2009

  • How-Tos: How to secure your PC for free

    Although you can never eradicate the threat of malware when probing the web's dark recesses, slapping on as many layers of security as possible will make you less of a target. Here, we show you how to pile on the protection for free.

  • 11 July 2009

  • How-Tos: How to: Explaining 8 stupid IT buzzwords

    The computer industry is fond of little more than making up baffling technology buzzwords. So you can tell your paradigm shift from your cloud, and succinctly define Web 3.0, we explain eight of the best/worst.

  • 28 May 2009

  • How-Tos: How to email and browse the web offline

    Email is up there with mobile phone coverage and broadband web access – it’s now so pervasive that most of us take it for granted. We experience a mixture of bemusement, stupification and perhaps even a touch of relief when we’re cut off from our inboxes. But things needn't be this way.

  • 02 May 2009

  • How-Tos: How to beat 22 latest web threats

    Forewarned is forearmed. PC Advisor investigates the latest and most deadly tech dangers, and explains how to fight back.

  • 21 April 2009

  • How-Tos: How to use Spotify

    Spotify is a web-based music service that lets you listen to anything in its catalogue for free, provided that you don’t mind your aural pleasure being occasionally interrupted by adverts. We get you started using the service.

  • 15 April 2009

  • How-Tos: How to stop 'Mikeyy', the Twitter worm

    The 'Mikeyy' worm is set to wreak havoc across the Twitter network: here's how to keep safe.

  • 11 April 2009

  • How-Tos: How to improve your Twitter search

    While there's no doubt that Twitter has become hugely popular, and not just a bit of online fun either, it's easy to miss little gems of information on because we all can't spend hours in front of the service.

  • 28 March 2009

  • How-Tos: How to email and surf without a web connection

    Most of us can't live without email or web these days. But what happens if you're going somewhere that doesn't have an internet connection? Fear not, we've got some handy hints that will ensure that you can still read emails and surf, you just have to plan ahead.

  • How-Tos: How to protect your privacy on LinkedIn

    When it comes to the business social network LinkedIn, adjusting your privacy settings is as important as it is on other networks such as Facebook. We've rounded up some important points to consider when altering your privacy settings on LinkedIn.

  • 23 March 2009

  • How-Tos: How to raise your business profile online

    LinkedIn connects colleagues and ex-colleagues with potential employers and employees. It offers a trusted pool of contractors, freelancers and experts you can call on.

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