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Name: Google Browser Sync Price: Free

Wouldn’t it be nice if all your customised data could be accessed on multiple computers? With a new extension for Firefox, it’s now possible. Google Browser Sync continually synchronises the data of your choice (favourites, passwords, cookies, open tabs and windows) with an online server. With this system, you can install this extension onto multiple browsers on different computers and have the same information.

The best feature of this useful extension is the ability to restore tabs and windows from your last browser session. For example, if you close Firefox but have three open tabs with various websites, you’ll be able to restore any/all of these the next time you open the browser. For added security, any synchronised data can be encrypted. The only drawback of this extension is that you have to wait a little extra for Firefox to load, but Google promises that they’re “working on it.” It would also be nice to synchronise your other extensions and themes, but instead I resort to FEBE (Firefox Extension Backup Extension).

Google Browser Sync is only available on Mozilla Firefox.

The Harvard School of Medicine did a study of why Jewish women liked Chinese food so much. The study revealed that this is due to the fact that Won Ton spelled backwards is Not Now.

Name: GoToMyPC Price: From $19.95/month

If you’ve wanted to use your computer from anywhere in the world, there is now a solution. GoToMyPC allows you to view and control your computer from another location, be it home, work or China. Getting started to download this program is very easy click the link below and go to the website then sign up with your name and email then set a password to access you PC. The method of accessing your computer is very secure, providing you choose a hard to guess password with both numbers and letters.

GoToMyPC is a very useful solution if you forget or want to complete something at another end. For instance, you could email yourself at work an important letter that you left at home. As a result, you have everything you need and haven’t lost any vital time.

GoToMyPC is free to try for 30 days, and can easily be removed after this period ends.

Tip For: Windows XP Professional

We’ve all agonised over this situation. “Updating your computer is almost complete,” it reads, “You must restart your computer for the updates to take effect. Do you want to restart now?”

You may be in the middle of a Word Document, ten tabs in Firefox or something else that’s very important. If you select Restart Later, you’ll get a bubble popping up every ten minutes, asking you to do a reset.

Fortunately, there is a solution that will delay this annoyance. Head to Start > Run. Type “gpedit.msc” and press OK. In Local Computer Policy, head to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Update > Re-prompt for restart with scheduled installations. Select Enabled and choose how long you would like the messages to interfere (in minutes). Select Apply, then OK, and you’re done!

Please note that it is important to restart your computer for the security updates to work, but it doesn’t need to be done in such a short space of time. Group Policy is an excellent ‘hidden’ feature of Windows XP Pro (not included with XP Home edition) that allows you to customise the intricate details of your computer.

[via Colin]