Lifehacker, tips and downloads for getting things done

Lifehacker, tips and downloads for getting things done: "Whether you're building or buying, the perfect computer isn't necessarily the product of the most expensive parts. Your perfect spec list makes up the machine that works best for you and your budget. Here's how to put it together."

How to organize your school work using Notely

How to organize your school work using Notely: "Notely is web application that allows students to organize their school work with To-Do lists, Calendars, class lecture notes, bookmarks, links, and lots more. This may sound scary to some people, but for kids who practically live on their computers, it’s a great way to avoid little scraps of paper with bad hand-writing!"

How to open God Mode on Windows 7 & Vista

How to open God Mode on Windows 7 & Vista: "UPDATE – Do not try this on Vista 64 bit [read comments]
Windows in God mode? On first instance this looks joke but it is true and NOT A JOKE. God mode makes you true Windows God allowing you to access all Windows settings without having to click or hop between different dialog windows. You can open God Mode in Windows 7, Vista 32 bit and Windows Server 2008 (32 bit) operating systems."

What You Said: What’s In Your Flash Drive Toolkit - How-To Geek

What You Said: What’s In Your Flash Drive Toolkit - How-To Geek: "Flash drives are such handy devices when you’re trouble shooting computers. You can run operating systems off them, stash portable apps on them, transfer data between machines, backup old data before system instability wipes it, and more. The simple flash drive has opened up a world of trouble shooting tips and tricks that simply weren’t imaginable to geeks of generations past. Read on to see what your fellow readers have stashed in their flash drive toolkits."

Recover Text from Corrupt MS Office Files

Recover Text from Corrupt MS Office Files: "As if hard drive failures or virus attacks are not devastating enough on their own, these electronic catastrophes often corrupt valuable files, rendering them useless, and leaving us at the mercy of expensive software which might or might not recover data from the files."

How to Recover Accidentally Deleted Files

How to Recover Accidentally Deleted Files: "Oh crap! You deleted a file a few days ago that you just realized you still need! And on top of that you already emptied out your Recycle Bin, so there’s nothing there! Well basically, Windows has nothing built-in that will help you recover your deleted file. However, thanks to the way Windows works, when you delete a file or even empty it from your recycle bin, Windows does not actually DELETE the file off the hard drive, it simply deletes the reference to the file."

Convert Audio Files the Easy Way

Convert Audio Files the Easy Way: "If you have an MP3 player that is picky about the type of audio files it will play, many of your older music files and audio files downloaded from the Web will need to be converted to a compatible format. Several desktop applications can convert these files, but usually one at a time, which wastes more time than most of us want to invest."

Geek Deals: Laptops, Media Gear, and Free Apps Galore - How-To Geek

Geek Deals: Laptops, Media Gear, and Free Apps Galore - How-To Geek: "If you love new gear but not high prices then we’ve got some deals for you; grab some deeply discounted laptops, monitors and HDTVs, and free mobile apps in this week’s Geek Deals roundup."

3 Free Places to Store Files in the Cloud

3 Free Places to Store Files in the Cloud: "The idea of saving files on the Web is not new. Most of us have been emailing files to ourselves and storing files on places like GoogleDocs and XDrive for years. But, with the re-branding of the internet as the cloud, many companies are revamping the idea of online storage for files. Many of these storage services are free for the first 1 GB or more. Here are a few of the most promising:"

How to Setup and Use Dropbox

How to Setup and Use Dropbox: "Dropbox is a free (for up to 2 GB of data) application that creates what looks like a virtual folder on your computer, but is in reality a web storage facility. Once installed it looks like any other folder on your computer and can be used the same way."