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If you’re a power searcher, or other people think you are, and you’re getting tired of constant requests for answers to questions that a quick Google search would provide, try Let me google that for you.

You’re trying to check for important messages on your iPhone, Android, or other Java-friendly phone. The thread about the next book club meeting has devolved into a Phillip Roth argument that’s spawning 8 new pundi-mails per hour. What to do?

In a move to extend the reach of its Windows Live Messenger chat service, Microsoft today released some tools to add chat to Websites.

Application launcher Magic Formation adds a circular dock that can be triggered by hotkeys or mouse gestures-just draw a circle on the desktop to make it show up.

The Vista Forums walks through the process of adding multiple quick launch toolbars to your double-height taskbar-making an organized application launcher with no extra software.

Linux fans will instantly recognize Kill as a clone of the handy xkill utility, because both of them let you instantly kill off a process by clicking on one of its windows.

Did you realize Windows only allows 10 outbound connection attempts at a time? A simple patching utility can fix the problem and speed up your BitTorrent downloads.

You’re about to tweak your computer and you know you should probably make a restore point, but who wants to dig around in all those menus? Make one with a single click instead.

If you’ve ever run your drive out of space while a long-running download is still going, the Online Tech Tips weblog writes up a simple solution to change your download location to another drive.

While graphic design professionals probably wouldn’t be able to substitute Fotografix for Photoshop, it’s certainly a capable free alternative for the average Joe.