But we've found help--and it's all free. Here are ten no-cost pieces of downloadable software that will solve your synchronization, battery, Wi-Fi, and USB woes. They'll make it easier and more fun to get your work done, too.

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If you own a desktop in addition to a laptop, you constantly have to deal with synchronizing files and folders between them. If you're not careful, you'll end up working on older files on one computer while the newer versions sit on the other. Worse yet, when copying files between the machines, you might accidentally overwrite a newer version with an older one. The following three freebies solve those problems for you. They can synchronize your files automatically, and they can even synchronize between PCs and Macs.

SugarSync Free