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Index of Craig Crossman columns

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6-30-2009 A BACKUP IS GOOD FOR YOUR IMAGE
An image backup is like taking a "snapshot" of your hard drive. When something bad happens, you can restore your hard drive exactly like it was at the time of the image! Read all about Acronis True Image in this week's column!
6-22-2009 POLL YOUR WEBSITE'S VISITORS, SEE WHAT THEY WANT
Do you wonder what the people who visit your website are thinking about? You can find out by taking a poll. Read how to take one in this week's column!
6-15-2009 POGOPLUG CONNECTS HARD, FLASH DRIVES TO INTERNET
Now there's a way you can access your memory sticks and USB hard drives remotely, from any web browser! Read about the PogoPlug in this week's column!
6-8-2009 HIDE YOUR FILES IN PLAIN SIGHT
Craig's found a utility that lets you hide all of your secret documents and files in plain sight on your desktop! And it's free! Read about SafeHouse in this week's column!
6-1-2009 U-VERSE OFFERS TV ALTERNATIVE AND MORE
There's a new alternative to Cable and Satellite TV and it's got really fast Internet and VoIP with it. Read how all the TV sets in your home can access just one DVR, watch and record up to four shows at once and lots more. Read about AT&T's U-verse in this week's column.
5-25-2009 CLICKFREE TRANSFORMER USES ANY EXTERNAL HARD
Automatic backup continues to improve. Clickfree has bigger drives, flash media and a cable that lets you use your own. Read about it in this week's column.
5-18-2009 STAR TREK MOVIE INSPIRES APPS
The new Star Trek movie is out and Craig's found some really cool Star Trek software for your computer and iPhone in this week's column.
5-11-2009 PRESTO OFFERS ALTERNATIVE TO HIBERNATE AND SLEEP
Imagine how much faster your Windows computer will boot up (and shut down) without Windows! With Presto, you can check email, surf the web, run Office apps and lots more! Read how in this week's column.
5-4-2009 SOMETIMES IT'S JUST EASIER TO USE A PENCIL
While Craig says Technology is a wonderful thing, sometimes the solution is not a technological one. Read why in this week's column.
4-27-2009 CAPTURE EVERYTHING YOUR COMPUTER SEES AND HEARS
Frustrated you can't capture the video playing on your computer's screen and save it to your hard drive? Now you can capture an EXACT digital copy of videos and audio with Replay Media Capture. Read about it in this week's column.
4-20-2009 SO MANY PASSWORDS, SO LITTLE MEMORY
Are you using one password for everything you do? Bad idea. But how can you keep track of all those passwords to all those websites you visit and programs you use? Craig's got the answer in this week's column.
4-13-2009 SEND CHILLS UP YOUR MICROPHONE WITH AN ICICLE
Craig's found a great way to use better quality microphones with your computer so that you can make the best possible recordings. Read about the Icicle in this week's column.
4-6-2009 IT'S THE YEAR OF THE TERABYTE
It's the "Year of the Terabyte" and you should be glad. But don't be taken in as Craig warns in this week's column.
3-30-2009 G19 KEYBOARD GOES WAY BEYOND TYPING
Read about an amazing computer keyboard with a built-in color screen in this week's column!
3-23-2009 IPHONE APP LETS YOU TAKE CHARGES
Now you can accept credit card charges for your business anywhere using an iPhone! Read how it works in this week's column!
3-16-2009 YANK UTILITY COMPLETELY UNINSTALLS PROGRAMS
When you delete a program, chances are there's still a lot more of it you haven't removed. Yank makes sure that all and just not part of the application with all of its associated files gets deleted. Read all about it in this week's column!
3-9-2009 HARD DRIVE IS HARDENED TO DISASTERS
What happens to the data on your hard drive if it's caught in a fire or soaked in water? Your data is safe if it's in the ioSafe! Read all about the Solo in this week's column!
3-2-2009 WEBSITE LETS YOU LEGALLY WATCH PREMIUM VIDEO CONTENT
Did you miss or forget to record your favorite TV show? Or did something preempt or delay the show and you only got part of it recorded? Well now you can go online and see the show you missed, and it's free! Read all about Hulu in this week's column!
2-23-2009 ARE YOU EVERYWHERE YOU WANT TO BE?
As your online awareness grows, you will discover new websites that offer features and services you may not want right now but you may want later on. But there's a small problem associated to all of this and that's your username. Craig has the answer on how you can find these services and reserve your username before someone else takes it!
2-16-2009 COMPARER TOOLS HELP FIND DUPLICATES
There's probably something lurking on your hard drive wasting space and it's not malware. Duplicate files can waste more space than you realize! But if their file names are different, how can you find duplicates? Craig's found something that can help in this week's column.
2-9-2009 MELZOO LETS YOU VISUALLY SEARCH AND LOCATE QUICKLY
Tired of clicking back and forth between pages of search results and the websites to which they link? Now you can instantly see the websites without clicking anymore! Read all about Melzoo in this week's column.
2-2-2009 HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE RECORDS YOUR CALLS
Have you ever had a phone conversation that you later wished you had recorded? And is it legal? Read about one company that makes what you need to let your computer record your phone conversations and more in this week's column.
1-26-2009 CONTROL ALL YOUR COMPUTERS FROM ONE IPHONE
Now you can remotely control and operate all your Windows and Macintosh computers with an iPhone! Read all about the newly introduced Ignition from LogMeIn.
1-19-2009 CUSTOMIZED PROGRAMS MAY NOT BE THE MOST PRACTICAL
Should having a customized program written be your first choice? Craig suggests you first check and see what's already available and why in this week's column.
1-12-2009 SEARCH WEBSITE OFFERS A VISUAL ALTERNATIVE
Google is great but you have to click on all those links to see if that's the actual page you want. Searchme is a new search website that lets you see all the pages before you actually go there! Read about it in this week's column.
1-5-2009 OCARINA MAKES BEAUTIFUL MUSIC ON AN IPHONE
Play your iPhone like a musical instrument? Just blow into it and see!

 

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