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May 4, 2009

Build Your Own Google Toolbar

Google Chrome is a light and fast browser. It still has no plugins available unlike FireFox and Internet Explorer so you can't (yet) use Google's toolbar. However you can use these bookmarklets to do things such as looking up selected address in Google Maps, translating a page to English etc.   Heres a ...


April 23, 2009

Embed YouTube and Other Videos Without Plugins

Really its as simple as hitting the button with the film strip icon in the "Visual" editor (not the "HTML" one), selecting "Flash" and pasting the YouTube link. OK, "where's the film strip button?" you say, if you can't see it then you need to press the following button to reveal a second row of buttons that offer more advanced editing.


March 10, 2009

New Ways to use Gmail’s Canned Responses

WebWorkerDaily explains three techniques the use Gmail's Canned Response feature they can be summarised as: Send out smart autoresponders. Sending contracts and other paperwork. Using multiple signatures. Here's an excerpt: What I love about Gmail’s canned responses is that unlike most autoresponder features from other free webmail providers, you don’t have to send the same ...


March 8, 2009

How to Send Big Files by Email

OK, you want to send that 100mb PowerPoint presentation to me to tidy it up. However you find that it isn't accepted by Gmail, which has a 10mb limit on attachments. Here are some alternative ways to send larger files. Other options include Skype (very slow) and GoogleTalk (unlimited file ...


February 24, 2009

Gmail down but not out

It had to happen one day and today it did - Gmail went down leaving millions of users without email for at least two hours. It just goes to show the importance of having a "plan B".  Gmail may still be down as I write this but I have full access ...


January 23, 2008

Passwords: Where and How to Store Them

If you let you web browser save your passwords then make sure you have a good master password Make sure you setup a BIOS password on your laptop (or desktop computer). You should also have a good Windows/Linux/Mac password. Make sure you have a copy of your passwords in an encrypted file ...


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