Those accidental reply-alls and empty subject fields in your inbox tell the truth—too many people still don’t know the basics of proper email etiquette. Here are eleven rules to forward on or follow.
Windows only: Backup and synchronisation utility GFI Backup is an easy to use, full-featured package for keeping your collections of files safe and secure.
Sometimes the volume on your mobile phone’s speaker just isn’t loud or clear enough. What can you do without a soldering iron or third-party add-on? Turn a breakfast utensil into a makeshift amplifier.
Firefox: Keyboard shortcuts are handy time savers and when it comes to web browsers a keyboard + mouse shortcut is even handier. Zip through your Firefox history with this simple shortcut.
Firefox only (Win/Mac/Linux): Firefox extension InstaClick makes up for your lack of a middle mouse button by re-mapping the right-click function to open links in a new tab.
If you’re still running the Windows 7 Beta, today it will start shutting down every two hours, which is Microsoft’s way of reminding you to install their Windows 7 Release Candidate—at least until March 1, 2010, when your PC starts the bi-hourly shutdowns once more. In the meantime, check out how much 7 will cost when it drops on October 22.
You probably use your iPhone’s camera for hand-held photos and video, but once in a while you might want some shake-free shots. Get them with a tripod made from a clamshell case and a little ingenuity.
You already know that if you want to lock down your Wi-Fi network, you should opt for WPA encryption because WEP is easy to crack. But did you know how easy? Take a look.
Google’s data-crunching ways found that the majority of Gmail users aren’t actually using the webmail service’s labels. Starting today, those label names get higher placement, and drag-and-drop labelling aims to make Gmail’s labels more like familiar email folders.
Windows/Mac: Email client and attachment aggregator Postbox shows off its Mozilla roots by adding support for add-ons—many of them out of the Thunderbird ccoming from theommunity—in its latest beta release.
