This week's tech tips and news

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Here's this week's roundup of tech tips and news!

 

TIPS

• How your Mac can help you through school, college and university
   
• MS Office:

Create a Custom Excel Tempate to Streamline Your Preferred Spreadsheet Setup

Rejuvenate your recent file list

• CNET offers do's and dont's for free online music

• How to buying a gaming PC

• Google:

Keep up with all of Google's new prodcuts and improvements on Google New

Try this Gmail Filter to Rope Off Mailing List and Newsletters

Mailplane Gmail Client for Mac Gets Priority Inbox Support

10 Dead Simple Gmail Tips, Tricks & Shortcuts

Video: Editing Google Docs

 

NEWS

• Social Networks:

Pro-privacy social network launched as Facebook rival

Facebook Places has launched in Canada and the UK

via @techradar - Facebook chat comes to Hotmail

Facebook Rolls Out New Page Browser

via @fastcompany - Refugees United, The Social Network That's More Important Than Facebook, Goes Mobile

• Microsoft Security Essentials Going Free for Small Businesses in October

• Remember playing "Marco Polo" as a kid?  Check out the new app Marco that helps people find each other

• Car dealers now using smartphone scannable codes to help shoppers

• Malware Hits Computerized Industrial Equipment

• via @fastcompany - Visa's “Wave to Pay” Offers Transit Purchases via iPhone Swipe

 

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