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  How to install a 1TB PCIe SSD in your MacBook Pro Retina

  Computerworld's Lucas Mearian shows how to quickly install the new SSD from Other World Computing into a MacBook Pro Retina laptop.

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  Excel functions: How to work with dates

  Microsoft did a couple of crazy things with dates so Excel could count them for you correctly. We explain how Excel sees dates and how to work with dates in formulas.

• Speed Up Everything

  Has your PC lost its pep? How about your network connection, your printer, or even your phone? Here's our guide to giving your gear new life. Follow our tips, and you can fire up your system and your other tech essentials.

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  Ready for Windows 7? Here's how to deploy it right

  Windows 7 is right around the corner. The official release date is Oct. 22, but some PC makers will ship it before then.

• Hands-on: Microsoft's Office Web Apps

  The just-released Technical Preview of Office Web Apps is a still-incomplete piece of work that points the way towards Microsoft's vision of integrating Web-based and client-based versions of Microsoft Office.

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  Write effective e-mail subject lines

  People. It's 2009. E-mail is not a new phenomenon. As a planet, we've been at it for a couple decades now. And yet some otherwise-very-intelligent-I'm-sure folks still haven't mastered the basics. Like writing an effective subject line.