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Customise Which Offline Gmail Messages Get Saved

3:00AM Kevin Purdy | Gmail’s offline access feature gives you your recent messages while you’re on a plane or otherwise unconnected. Now you can get speedier offline access, or deeper archives, by customising just how long to store messages. More »
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Google Dashboard Provides A Top-Down Look At Your Google Use

11:30PM Kevin Purdy | Ever wanted to take a step back and look at all the Google apps and data you’re hooked into? Google’s offering that top-down view with Google Dashboard, a central clearing-house for app settings, privacy information and use statistics. More »
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Gmail Prematurely Marking Some Messages As Read

1:10AM Kevin Purdy | Bloggers, Twitter users, and TechCrunch are reporting that certain Gmail accounts are marking incoming messages as “read” upon delivery, leaving inboxes apparently, falsely empty. More »
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Minimalist Gmail Pares Gmail Down To The Basics

10:30PM Kevin Purdy | Firefox: If you liked the look of Zen Habits’ Minimalist Gmail adaptation, but don’t usually roll with Greasemonkey scripts, a coder has put together a single Firefox extension that can hide header, footer, and sidebar elements for an elegant look. More »
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Integrated Gmail Updates With Better Looks, New Features

4:30AM Kevin Purdy | Firefox: Integrated Gmail is a clever way to load any Google app on one landing page. With version 2.0, it also adds a lot of interface fixes and helpful features, in the style of a certain well-known Gmail extension. More »
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B2 Gmail Notifier Is A Slick Email Notification App

7:00AM The How-To Geek | Windows/Mac/Linux (Adobe AIR): Email notification application [b2] Gmail Notifier tells you when you have a new email message with slick animations and a full message preview. More »
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“Got The Wrong Bob” Gmail Labs Feature Saves The Embarrassment

3:00AM Adam Pash | Gmail Labs’ new “Got the Wrong Bob” feature saves you the embarrassment of sending an email to the wrong contact by alerting you whenever you compose an email to a contact with the same name as any of your frequently emailed contacts. More »
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Go Straight To Your Unread Gmail Messages With A Shortcut

3:15AM Adam Pash | You probably already know how to find unread messages in Gmail (search is:unread in:inbox, but if you want quick, bookmarkable access to only those unread messages in your inbox, CNET has a simple suggestion. More »
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Webmail Password Leaks Extend To Gmail, Yahoo

2:00AM Kevin Purdy | More than 10,000 Hotmail passwords were posted online yesterday, but users of other popular webmail services haven’t been let off the hook. A similar phishing attack exposed another 20,000 user/password combinations, so consider resetting your own login credentials. More »
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Gmail Notifier Keeps Track Of New Email

6:00AM The How-To Geek | Windows only: System tray utility Gmail Notifier tells you when you have new email messages, allows you to check multiple accounts, and lets you read, delete, or mark the messages as read right from the notification utility. More »