How to Clean Your PC, Inside and Out

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How to Clean Your PC, Inside and Out Cleaning a PC is more than just uninstalling a few apps and wiping off the case. Here's how to defeat dust, gunk, and other unmentionable material that gets lodged inside your desktop system. - David Murphy, PCWorld Digital Gear News & Reviews First Look: HP TouchSmart 610 Has a Shape-Shifting Design HP's TouchSmart 610 all-in-one PC features a 23-inch touchscreen display with gesture support, a Blu-ray drive, a TV tuner, and Intel's quad-core i7 CPU. It also boasts a transforming design that lets you use it like a tabletop tablet. Alex Wawro takes it for a spin. Share: New Commodore 64 is Finally Here--for Real! After several false starts, Commodore USA is re-releasing the Commodore 64 with updated specs and retro casing. Share: HP Officejet 100 Mobile Printer: Inkjet on the Go Designed for mobile-printing convenience, the Officejet 100 provides impressive print quality. It?s slow, however, and inks are expensive. Share: More Desktop Reviews HP 100B All-In-One: Energy-Saving All-in-One Desktop Stumbles on Speed More Desktop Gear News and Reviews PC Central on PCWorld.com Get the latest desktop reviews, news, buying tips and more. Upgrading Tips and News For CPU and graphics board news and how-tos, visit Upgrading Central. All About Printers Visit our Printers product center for reviews and printing tips. Quiz: How should you network your office? Wired, wireless, or both? When given the opportunity to network a new office space, the choices are tantalizing. Take the quiz! Home Surveillance in the Palm of your Hand Do-it-yourself home security, networking, and entertainment systems. Learn more in the D-Link Resource Center. 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Pavilion p6710f Mid-Tower Desktop PC Price: $479.99 No User Ratings Yet Be the first to review Mac Mini MC270LL/A Desktop Computer Price: $668.73 Avg User Rating 1 User Reviews Browse more Best Prices on Desktops, Monitors, Printers, Laptops Top News on PCWorld.com Phishers Target the Popular The biggest users are the biggest targets of online scammers, security research reports. Share: Android, Windows Phone to Surpass iPhone, Gartner Says After Android's surge to the top among smartphone sales, shifts will continue and iPhone will lose share, analysts report. Share: Top Reviews on PCWorld.com HP 100B All-In-One: Energy-Saving All-in-One Desktop Stumbles on Speed The HP 100B has a nice, bright screen, but it fails to deliver on performance and features. Share: Downloads: Editor's Collection PCWorld Reviewers' Favorite Files: March 2011Our reviewers were very practical in March, focusing on utilities. Somebody's doing spring cleaning on their PCs: Benchmarking, cleanup, and system info programs dominate the list. If real-life technology feels too safe, check out the Blade Runner and HAL9000 themes for Windows 7. Those should make you want a nice, docile computer that does what you tell it to do. Blade Runner Movie Windows 7 Theme   3217 Downloads  |  Free  |  Filed Under Themes Blade Runner fans rejoice: This free theme pack offers high-quality screens from the movie and sounds that recall its dark mood. PagePlus Starter Edition   19835 Downloads  |  Free  |  Filed Under Desktop Publishing Try the free edition of this full-featured desktop publishing program. FreeOTFE   834 Downloads  |  Free  |  Filed Under Encryption This "on-the-fly" (OTFE) transparent disk encryption program is free and open source. 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