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How to restore old photographs

In part one of our restoration series, we show you how to bring faded, tatty and creased photos back to life and even add colour to black-and-white pictures

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Create your own 3D models using Google's free Sketchup design tool

If you fancy being an architect but haven't got the skills, Google's Sketchup lets you design anything from a garden shed to St Paul's Cathedral

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Coreldraw Graphics Suite X5 Limited Edition drawing and painting package with graphics tablet

Want to be a better computer artist? Take the tablet

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Convert and compress video files with MPEG Streamclip

MPEG Streamslip can handle a large number of different video formats

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Make your own crossword ­puzzles

Fancy yourself as a crossword compiler? Find out how free software can help

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Discover 30 free software programs

Sound too good to be true? We've found some programs that are so good we're amazed there is no price tag. We cast our eye over 30 of the best

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Google launches new social-networking tool, Google+

Software giant trials Google Plus project, where users can share messages, comments and photos and use a video-chat function – but will it rival Facebook?

We've created a project home on Codeplex

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Compress the file size of your photos without losing quality

Digital cameras make taking pictures much easier, but storing them uses a lot of disk space. Free software will compress image files without losing their quality

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Phoenix Software opens its first online shop for student software

Company offers discounts on software for those in education

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Extracting the music from a Powerpoint presentation

If you have no use for the pictures and text, you can export the audio

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Who should refund my money for software – PC World or Roxio?

A reader bought software that won't work on his computer, and has had his money refunded. But the name on the refund is spelt wrong – what are his legal options?

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Create stop-motion animation with a home PC - preview

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How do I copy home movie DVDs?

Use free tools such as Imgburn to copy a DVD-Video disc, but watch the copyright

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