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Make a YouTube video start at your favorite part, default to high-def playback, leave out related videos, and more. Download YouTube Videos for Offline Viewing Ever wish you could watch that piano-playing cat at 35,000 feet? Alas, YouTube requires a live Internet connection, and Wi-Fi is still pretty hard to find in the friendly skies. Fortunately, you can download YouTube videos to your PC for anytime, anywhere viewing, no Internet required. There are countless ways to "rip" YouTube vids, but I'm partial to Keep Tube. It's available as both a Firefox extension and a browser bookmarklet, the latter compatible with Chrome, Internet Explorer, and so on. What's more, Keep Tube works with not only YouTube, but also CollegeHumor, Facebook, Google Video, Metacafe, and countless other sites. More at: PC World

Whether it's home movies from your phone or slick HD productions, these video editing apps will help you get the most out of your video clips. If you can shoot video, you need video-editing software. And chances are, you've got something that shoots video. It's not just expensive digital camcorder that can shoot great digital video; digital cameras and even some cell phones can now record HD video. And with the rise of cool little dedicated devices like our Editors' Choice Kodak Zi8 Pocket Video Camera, along with the Sony Bloggie MHS-PM5, and Cisco Flip SlideHD HD recording is simpler and more fun than ever. But, as anyone who's ever had to sit through friends and family's unedited clips knows, even the highest quality unedited video can be painful to watch. That's where video-editing software comes in. More at: PCMag.com

Here's the shocking truth: dubious default settings, wrong configurations and wasteful processes are sapping many of your PC's valuable resources. And what's to blame? Windows. Windows is deceptive. After you've installed it, the OS happily connects to the internet, downloads all the necessary drivers, configures itself and there you go – one stable PC all ready to roll. It couldn't be easier or more convenient. Read more: Make Windows leaner, cleaner and faster | News | TechRadar UK