• Quick Tip: Use the Tab Key When Filling Out Web Forms

  
  See that tab key on your keyboard? Use it the next time you've got a form to fill.

• Launch Apps in a Flash with Launchy

  
  This fabulous freebie lets you run programs, load Web favorites, and even find files with just a few keystrokes.
• Security, Virtualization Top Tech Efforts for 2009
• Turn Outlook Into Interactive Desktop Wallpaper
• Back Up Your Bookmarks
• Save Ink and Paper Every Time You Print
• Watch the Shows You Missed Last Night
• One Way to Revive a Dead Notebook
• Password-Protect a Word or Excel Document
• Help Distant Friends and Family Members Fix Their PC Problems

Upgrading How-Tos

• Quick Tip: Use the Tab Key When Filling Out Web Forms See that tab key on your keyboard? Use it the next time you've got a form to fill.
• Launch Apps in a Flash with Launchy This fabulous freebie lets you run programs, load Web favorites, and even find files with just a few keystrokes.
• Turn Outlook Into Interactive Desktop Wallpaper Access your contacts, calendar, e-mail and more without ever leaving your desktop.
• Save Ink and Paper Every Time You Print Cut consumable costs nearly in half with this simple, effective printing trick.
• Back Up Your Bookmarks Free bookmark-sync tools can double as bookmark-backup tools.

Upgrading News

• Security, Virtualization Top Tech Efforts for 2009 Leading technology concerns for the next year include a variety of security worries as well as business issues.
• Building an Eco-Friendly Data Center Better power efficiency is just the first step in turning data centers green, Gartner advises.
• Reports: Microsoft Preps Vista SP2 Beta Microsoft is prepping SP2 for Vista, according to reports, with an update ready within weeks.
• Profits, Not Conscience, Drive Green Efforts Everybody wants to go green--but business requirements will lead green IT strategies, Forrester says.
• 12 Sly Web Tricks That Put You in Control Turn a Wi-Fi thief's world upside down. Send an e-mail that self-destructs. And ensure that your boss thinks you're always hard at work. These tweaks and tools let you gain the upper hand.

Upgrading Playing in PCW Video

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  Cold Boot Attack at CanSecWest After Princeton researchers demonstrated a cold boot technique, hackers quickly began to show how it could be used to gain access to your PC's data.

Upgrading Slideshows

• Extend Your Wi-Fi Range With a Parabolic Reflector You can create a simple add-on for your router's antenna that will boost and focus the wireless signal. We show you how.
• Add a Second Hard Drive to Your TiVo Tired of having to erase old shows from your TiVo's puny hard drive? Hack your Tivo by slapping on a massive external drive.