In July's PCWorld: Awesome Hardware Hacks

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In today's newsletter: • Articles in the New Magazine • Hot Downloads in the New Magazine • PCWorld online exclusives In the July 2011 PCWorld Magazine Don't settle for ho-hum hardware! In the July edition of PCWorld, learn how to overclock and liquid-cool your PC, upgrade to an SSD, and take control of your Android phone. Also in the issue, check out today's hottest phones. Atrix, ThunderBolt, G2X, Epic 4G...how do you choose? We give you the lowdown on the best phones for each wireless network.And don't miss our guide to getting the most out of the cloud. Find out how to work from anywhere, on any device, for next to nothing. We welcome your comments about any of the tips, reviews, and news in the latest issue. Send your feedback to our editorial director: sfox@pcworld.com Inside the July Issue Awesome Hardware Hacks Overclock your PC's components, liquid-cool your system, upgrade to a solid-state drive, and root your Android phone. Here's the Overclock Your CPU, GPU, and RAM section of the article. The other two portions of Awesome Hardware Hacks are separate articles on PCWorld.com. See related articles on PCWorld.com: » How to Upgrade Your Laptop's CPU » Overclock Your Smartphone, If You Dare » How to Upgrade Your Graphics Card Today's Hottest Phones Each carrier has its own best smartphone. We identify the strongest models for AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon. See related articles on PCWorld.com: » Conserve a Phone's Battery Life » Rooting Your Android Phone: An FAQ » 9 Ways to Keep Your Mobile Devices Secure While Traveling Get the Most Out of the Cloud Learn about the top Web-based services and apps for data storage, personal finance, music, productivity, and security, See related articles on PCWorld.com: » How to Keep Local Access to Your Data During Cloud Outages » How to Cut Small-Business Operating Costs » Turn Amazon Cloud Drive Into Desktop-Accessible Storage Hot Downloads in the July PCWorld KwiClick This Firefox add-on lets you branch out your browsing within a page. KeePass This great password management program stores all your passwords in one encrypted database and lets you access them with one master password. FreeMind This free, open-source mind-mapping app is a good place to start if you're unfamiliar with mind maps. Prime95 Torture Test mode Use this benchmark utility to stress-test your CPU, giving you an idea of your system's maximum clock speed. PCWorld.com Exclusives 6 Things That Block Your Wi-Fi, And How to Fix Them Fix your W-Fi woes with these simple tips from the experts. 15 Hilarious Amazon User Reviews Who knew Amazon product reviews could be so wacky, weird, and funny? Android Honeycomb: A Tour of Google's Tablet OS Google's new Android Honeycomb OS will offer a new kind of tablet experience. Here's the lowdown on what it's all about and what it'll bring to the table. 6 Registry Hacks to Make Your PC Faster Speed up boot times and make Windows a bit more responsive with these Registry tweaks. Are You Part of the PCWorld.com Community? Go to PCWorld.com and click "Join Us" in the upper right corner, or "Create a New Account" in the yellow bar. Then sign in to ask questions or post comments in our forums, post user reviews of products, comment on PCWorld articles and more! Join now! 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Pavilion p6710f Mini-Tower Desktop Price: $477.00 No User Ratings Yet Be the first to review iMac All-In-One Desktop (3.06GHz Intel Core i3, 4GB DDR3, 500GB HDD, DVDRW DL, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, 21.5" LCD) Price: $999.99 No User Ratings Yet Be the first to review Browse more Best Prices on Desktops, Monitors, Printers, Laptops Top News on PCWorld.com Mac OS X Lion: 10 Roaring New Features Ahead of its July debut, Apple unveiled a few more tricks OS X Lion will be capable of. Share: E3 2011: Microsoft Reveals Halo 4, Bets Farm on Kinect Experience Microsoft reveals Halo 4 plus the long rumored original Halo for Xbox remake, but spends most of its E3 press conference touting Kinect games. Share: Top Reviews on PCWorld.com AVG Family Safety Restricts and Reports on Kids' Web Activities Limit what your children can do online and keep them safe while they're surfing the Web. Share: Explorer Replacement Directory Opus 10 Improves on a Great Thing One of the best file explorer replacements, Directory Opus gets better with extended Windows 7 support and an upgraded UI. Share: Zhorn Software's Free Stickies: Still Awesome After All These Years Sticky-note application Stickies feels simple at first, yet provides ample functionality once you dig in. Share: MemTest86+ Tests Memory for Free Free, self-booting utility MemTest86+ is as thorough and effective a memory testing program as you'll find. Share: Downloads: Editor's Collection PCWorld Reviewers' Favorite Files: May 2011Our reviewers can't get enough of utilities. Geeky stuff like benchmarking, drive partitioning, memory testing. Must-haves like desktop organizers and security helpers. Microsoft Office improvements. But we like to have fun, too, so we couldn't resist some great media software, sci-fi themepacks, and designing our own cursors. These are just the highlights from the merry month of May. 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