Looking for a way to stay on top of all those tasks piling up on you? Maybe you need a way to keep track of your homework assignments and due dates, or maybe you need to better organize your work day to optimize efficiency. Stacy Reed shares five free task management tools that just might be the solution you're looking for.

Stacy Reed shares five free sites that can help you keep your digital life organized when you go back to school. From class notes and schedules to gradebooks and collections, we'll show you how to keep it all tidy and access it remotely anywhere you have an internet connection!

Now that you know

how to set up blocks

and set up a schedule with your router, you might want to also

receive email updates

if the blocks are triggered. In this episode, we'll show you

how to set up your router

so that you

receive email notifications

.

Besides

blocking web sites

by domain name and keywords you can also

use your router

to block websites at certain times of the day. You can

set a schedule for your router

in no time at all if you simply follow along with the steps outlined in this episode.

If you have a

home network setup

then you more than likely have a router that's part of it. In our original 101 series, Understanding your Home Network Router, we looked at many of the basics of

using a router

. In

Routers 201: Intermediate Studies

, we're going to look at some more

advanced router tips

.

You put a lot of things on your Android phone including programs, documents, music, photos and plenty more. Like with your computer, it's wise to keep all this data backed up. You can get a little bit of peace of mind for free by

installing MyBackup for your Android phone

!

When you need a way to transfer files to or from a Web site, CuteFTP Home has everything you need to get the job done. It also has a lot of extras like a

Podcast Manager, Bookmarks, and even Scheduled Downloads.

Michael "Doctor File Finder" Callahan explores some of the great extras, built right into CuteFTP Home.

Downloading

. It's fun, it's educational, and it's how you get to try lots of cool software. You can

download programs

, you can download documents, you can download pictures... you can even

download TV shows and movies

. At times you may do so many downloads you wish you had a way to manage them. Well, here are three free download managers that you can try.

If you want to give your BlackBerry a rest during the night, but have it ready to go in the morning when you wake up, it's easy-to-do. Just

have your BlackBerry turn itself off when you go to bed and back on when you rise

.

Cheryl Poirier, AKA Miss Download, has made a pledge to herself to get better organized. This may be a familiar promise to you, one you've made to yourself. We can certainly relate.
Cheryl highlights Quick-To-Do Pro, a software suite for the PC the promises to help you get and stay organized with its extensive calendar, to-do and scheduling functions.

Don't let the time your computer sits idle go to waste! Put it to good use by scheduling automated tasks, perform maintenance, open documents, launch programs and even brew a hot pot of coffee. OK, maybe not the coffee.

In this 10-part series we'll give you the rundown on your router and show you some tricks and techniques you might not have known before. These include

setting up your router

to

block websites

,

reserve IP addresses

,

monitor traffic

and more!