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Aside from flowers, something Mom might appreciate is a working computer. Play tech support on Mother’s Day this year with a few free tools.

Clean up her computer performance by running basic maintenance. If she’s on a PC, do the usual: malware/spyware scan, antivirus scan, defrag, automatic backups, etc. Schedule these tasks to auto run if they are not already set.

Give the gift of low-spam e-mail. Set up a Gmail account, complete with mail forwarding for her old account, filtered and sorted by a separate label.

Set up a screaming-fast browser so she can surf without encumbrance. Firefox 3 beta 5 has solid performance and is user-friendly for a low learning curve.

Bookmark a few sites you think she’d enjoy. Create a Del.icio.us account or share some new links if she already has del.icio.us. Choose something based on her hobbies. Here are a few general interest sites most people enjoy.

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