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I’m sure my younger sister keeps using my computer even though I’ve told her not to. Is there any way I can find out if my computer is being used while I’m away?

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I recently got myself an HTC Magic running Android and wondered if there’s a way I can take a screenshot of what’s running on the display. My previous phone was a Windows Smartphone and I had an application that did that for me. Is there a simple way to do this on my Android?

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I came across a good deal on USB Memory sticks some time back, so bought 5 identical ones. The only problem I have is that I keep using sticking the wrong one in my computer whenever I’m looking for something. I don’t really want to scribble on them with indelible markers (which is what someone suggested) Can you think of a better way?

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I would like to remove the arrows from the shortcut icons on my desktop in Windows XP. Is there an easy way to do this?

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I have Microsoft Office 2007 Home and Student edition and just noticed that there are updated for Office 2007. Do these apply to my cut down version too?

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I’m trying to connect my laptop to my Wifi network which currently has a number of computers already connected. I’ve supplied the WEP key it requires but all I get on this laptop is “Acquiring networking address” and it never actually connects. Is my laptop’s WiFi broken?

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I recently got an iPod and I would like to transfer my VHS video collection to my iPod so I can watch them any time? I’ve heard it’s quite a hassle to do it even if you have the right software. Is there any other method you can recommend?

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I’ve been playing with Microsoft’s new search engine: Bing and noticed that my results are very much based in the UK. I’m interested in seeing how my friends in the US would see the results of their searches. Is there any way I can change this?

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