Ready, Get Set, Boost! -- (ReadyBoost)

You can take advantage of today's thumb drives aka USB drives and the space available on them to get a performance boost from your computer.  After inserting the device and clicking on 'Computer', right click on the drive and select 'properties'.  Then click on the 'Ready Boost' tab.  There you'll find all the information you need to enable that feature.  Note:  This is for Windows 7 and Vista.  If you want to try it for XP the setup is different and the opinions on whether or not it works are mixed.

Manually enter web address (URL)

Manually entering an internet address is a multistep process usually but there is a great little keyboard shortcut:  With your favorite browser open (Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Firefox or Opera) just type F6 and the address bar is highlighted and ready for text.  Just start typing and the address is entered manually.  Then just click on your 'Enter' key and off you go.

Dropbox

We seldom recommend products but are making an exception with Dropbox.  In the cloud data storage--2GB free and 50GB for $10/month puts it in a very competitive price range with its many competitors but what we like best is its synchronizing features.  Download the little program to all your computers/devices and anything you add from one is automatically synched to all.  And you can access all files from your account at the dropbox site (www.dropbox.com) if you're using a machine that doesn't have the program installed.  Collaboration, file sharing, photo sharing...it's all there and automatically synchs every time there's a change.  Can't beat that!