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Top Story: Going VoIP-Only: Do You Still Need Cellular Voice Service? Now that smartphones have Skype, Google Voice, and a dozen other mobile VoIP apps, why do consumers still need to pay monthly fees for voice service? Share: News The Best Free iPhone and iPad Apps of 2011 Many useful, innovative, or just plain fun apps can be found for iPhone and iPad with the perfect price tag: free. Check out our roundup. Share: Republic Wireless Rolls Out $19 Unlimited Voice, Data, Text Service Republic Wireless will charge users $19 a month. Its unlimited offerings are accessible on the Wi-Fi portion of its network. Share: Apple's iPhone 4S Battery Troubles Now Joined By New Problems Apple is facing new gripes that its iOS 5.0.1 update is causing more problems with the iPhone 4S including: microphone failures, Wi-Fi signal loss, and cellular network reception issues, according to reports. Share: How-To How To Lock Down Your Wireless Network Securing your wireless network is a simple process that costs nothing and could save you from a disastrous network breach down the road. Share: Tips for Taking Better Photos During the Holidays With the right preparations and camera settings, you can get good results in tricky lighting during parties and family gatherings, take evocative close-ups of candles and other decorations, and get great group shots. Share: Stop Windows from Rebooting After Automatic Updates, 2011 Edition You'd think Windows would refrain from this kind of behavior, but, no, you have to tweak its automatic-update settings. Here's how. Share: Downloads Add-ins to Power Up Outlook Outlook may be the most popular email client on the planet, but that doesn't mean it has every feature you need. It could use help in a lot of ways, including cutting through email overload, killing spam, integrating with social networking services, and more. Here's the good news: Downloadable add-ins can help you do all that and more. Here are a dozen downloads--many of them free--to transform Outlook from just another email client into a communications powerhouse. --Preston Gralla AeroFS AeroFS may give Dropbox a real run for its money. Currently in free but closed beta, AeroFS is open to the first 2000 PCWorld readers to use a special invitation code. To use this offer, enter the site through the Download Now button on the review page and enter the invitation code "8WnhQO." SyncToy This great Microsoft freebie lets you keep folders on different PCs automatically synchronized. It's perfect for synchronizing a laptop and desktop across a home network. The Future of 3D Gaming Read the latest updates on the gaming revolution. Read more. 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