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Can I create a keyboard shortcut to paste my email address? Q Can I create a keyboard shortcut that inserts my email address? Ideally, it would involve pressing no more than two keys. Robert Garbolins

I used to save everything to my Windows desktop – files, documents, software, the lot. I thought it was the only way to know where they were, but it made my desktop a complete mess. What I do now Now

You’d never have just one key for your house. Common sense dictates you’d get at least two of them cut and keep them in separate places. But how many of us follow this advice when it comes to the digi

Choose different star colours for important emails Over the years, I’ve got into the habit of ‘starring’ important emails in Gmail, so they stand out when I have more time to deal with them. I was fru

When tech firms are finding it hard to persuade the wider public to adopt a technology, they often commission research to ‘prove’ it’s popular among young people. That’s almost certainly the point of

It’s always exciting to discover a free PC program that offers advanced features you usually have to pay for. It’s also interesting to try new open-source tools from independent developers on GitHub (