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The 5 worst tech habits (and how to fix them)

by Iyaz Akhtar on May 9, 2009 at 01:15 PM

There are plenty of good practices to pick up when working with a computer.  However, it’s really easy to fall into traps by being lazy.  Take a look at this list.  Do you have lousy tech habits?  The first step is identifying your problem.  Next, is finding a solution. Continue Reading »

Bottom of the Support Queue: Tales of a SysAdmin

by Iyaz Akhtar on Apr 28, 2009 at 05:01 PM

Welcome to a brand new feature on Gadgetell.com.  A friend of ours, Scott McGrath is a systems administrator for a small IT consulting firm in the United States.  What does that mean?  He’s gotten a lot of requests for help.  Unfortunately, a lot of problems are of the PEBKAC variety… Continue Reading »

Peek + lifetime service at Costco for $399

by Iyaz Akhtar on Mar 12, 2009 at 10:17 AM

Back in January, Peek, the e-mail and texting handheld device, was on sale for $299.95 complete with lifetime e-mail service for one day only.  Right now, you can get a Peek with lifetime service for $399.99 at Costco.  The offer runs out in 10 days on March 22, 2009.  The… Continue Reading »

GMail’s down and out again

by Sue Walsh on Mar 10, 2009 at 05:23 PM

GMail is suffering yet another outage and Google officials say it could last as long as 36 hours for some people.  The outage started early this morning, and while Google says the problem was partially fixed for some people, an undetermined amount still are without access to their email.  Google… Continue Reading »

Google adds offline capability to Gmail

by Natesh Sood on Jan 28, 2009 at 04:14 PM

Have you ever lost an Internet connection, but needed to desperately check for e-mail?  I’m sure many of us have experienced this and wished there was some way to check e-mail offline.  Enter Offline Gmail, a handy lab feature that allows you to check for mail, send, search, and label… Continue Reading »

See if someone has read the e-mail you sent with the new BigString app

by Heather Wood on Jan 14, 2009 at 09:21 PM

“What email? I didn’t get any email?”  Have you ever been fed that line and wonder if the person is telling the truth?  Unless you have the same type of e-mail program, it is unlikely that you can check whether they have read an e-mail or not.  Expect for that… Continue Reading »

Office clone?  Gmail adds Tasks

by JG Mason on Dec 9, 2008 at 11:35 AM

Finally, Google’s Gmail (still in Beta, grrrr) has added tasks for users today.  Available in Google Labs, users can add tasks to their main e-mail screen and begin using the program right away.  It is typical Google in every fashion. What does typical Google mean?  Simple.  Users wishing to make… Continue Reading »

Go wild with these Gmail themes

by JG Mason on Nov 20, 2008 at 07:00 PM

Tired of the blue on white theme you’ve been living with for years?  Finally, it looks like we are getting more themes than I ever expected from the fine folks at Google.  The themes are being propagated to users in a process that usually takes days to get to everyone.… Continue Reading »

Peek device gets price cut and adds texting

by JG Mason on Nov 19, 2008 at 11:15 AM

In a very interesting move, the Peek e-mail device added some features last night that make it more of a compelling product in my mind.  In addition to picking this up now for the reduced price of $79.99 from folks like Target, the device can now send text messages to… Continue Reading »

Hackers hit Sarah Palin’s e-mail account

by Sue Walsh on Sep 18, 2008 at 07:08 AM

Time Magazine is reporting that vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s e-mail account was accessed by hackers. The Wikileaks website has published several screenshots of messages and other data hackers claim they got from one of Palin’s two Yahoo accounts. Palin had already been receiving criticism about her e-mail account after… Continue Reading »

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