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Windows/Mac/Linux: Keep your data backups under your control with CrashPlan, a handy backup tool that facilitates local and, more inventively, friend-based remote, encrypted backups.

Windows only: Piriform has finally updated Seniorgeeks favorite Windows maintenance tool, bringing a bunch of big changes with the same user-friendly interface.

Most notable among the changes are the new 64-bit native EXE designed for those of you running 64-bit versions of Windows, as well as a new Drive Wiper tool that safely and securely erases your hard drive. They've also improved IE9 and Google Chrome support, as well as added improvements to HTML5 database cleaning for all those modern webapps. It also sports a pretty neat feature that intelligently decides which cookies you probably want to keep (singling out sites like Google, Yahoo, and others) so you don't erase useful information on your machine that eases web browsing.

In addition to the new features, it's also added support for a few popular applications, like AVG Antivirus, Audacity, LogMeIn Hamachi, BitTorrent, and others. For the full list of changes, check out the version history page, and be sure to avoid the hassle of running it by setting a CCleaner schedule.

CCleaner 3.0 is a free download for Windows machines only.

We can all do our part to help with the email spam problem. 

A simple tip we can all use when sending or forwarding emails to a group of addresses.  Put your name in the To: box and all the other addresses in the BCC: box, this prevents the email addresses from being visible and helps prevent the spread of unwanted emails.

When forwarding emails, remove all content except the actual email content, this results in your recipients receiving a clean email which will be appreciated.

Collecting and installing all your favorite apps is usually the most tedious part of a fresh OS installation. FreeApps makes bulk installation of popular free and open-source applications a snap.

Looking for a new digital camera?  Seniorgeek recommends dpreview.com for excellent reviews and other useful information concerning digital photography.

Drag and drop attachments to save them to your desktop

Tuesday, August 03, 2010 | 5:28 PM

Posted by Adam de Boor, Software Engineer
Dragging and dropping files is an easy way to save time in Gmail. We’ve previously blogged about dragging files to upload as attachments and dragging images into new messages. Now, if you're using Google Chrome, you can also drag attachments out of messages you receive to save them to your computer. More...

Seniorgeek recommends Avast and/or Microsoft Security Essentials to keep protect your computer system from viruses and spyware.

CCleaner is the number-one tool for cleaning your Windows PC. It protects your privacy online and makes your computer faster and more secure. Easy to use and a small, fast free download. For more information see CCleaner