A friend of mine was commenting today on a common scenario that a lot of us run into. When you’re actively working on a project, you often times have several tabs open in your browser solely related to that work: some API documentation, a couple versions of a site you are working on, a google spreadsheet, a project resource/status page, and things of that sort.

When you change gears to work on something else, you might have another entirely different set of pages that you keep open all the time. If you juggle several projects at the same time, it can be a nuisance (not to mention a waste of time) to constantly be closing and opening all those windows throughout the day. (more…)

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After weeks of gruelling troubleshooting, I’ve finally had it confirmed by Microsoft Australia and USA something as small as swapping the video card or updating a device driver can trigger a total Vista deactivation.

Put simply, your copy of Windows will stop working with very little notice (three days) and your PC will go into “reduced functionality” mode, where you can’t do anything but use the web browser for half an hour.

You’ll then need to reapply to Microsoft to get a new activation code. (more…)

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Gmail is surely one of the top mail technologies currently available on the Internet because it offers large storage capacity, powerful spam filters and several other features that attract a considerable number of consumers. Obviously, all the users of the service customize it by their own needs using all kinds of tricks. But there are also numerous secrets that are able to improve the Gmail performance and enhance the functionality of the technology. Bill Kee, Associate Product Marketing Manager, tried to present 5 of them in a single post published on the official blog of the company.

First of all, the Mail Fetcher function allows you to customize the “From” field that represents your identity (the sender). If you didn’t know, Mail Fetcher enables you to configure up to 5 POP3 accounts in order to receive the messages straight into the Gmail interface. Because of that, you can also send mail with these accounts so, depending on the configuration, your identity or the “From” field is also changed. (more…)

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