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In addition to large email storage space, the popularity of Gmail is also governed by the fact that it can be configured in several popular email programs, plus have your Gmail messages delivered right to your desktop.

Here is how to configure your Gmail account in Windows Mail, which is the default email program in Windows Vista. It’s not too complicated, and you can then start reading emails straight from Windows. Read the rest of this entry »

Guest post by Ayesha Ahmed.

Google Chrome OS is the latest Google venture into the rather tight operating system market, a web-based operating system targeting users who spend the majority of their time on their desktops surfing the internet. The operating system is aptly named after Google’s famous sleek web browser Chrome, presently in its “Alpha State” of development.

Google announced Chrome OS in July last year and opened the project for developers in late November to modify and create their customized version of an operating system. In this article, we will concisely discuss the concept, architecture, and major features of Chrome OS. We will also attempt to investigate the ambiguities in this revolutionary operating system. Read the rest of this entry »

Without further ado, firstly let me explain that this post is going to be an outlay on some of the tech releases that have been, or will be unleashed on the world this year; it looks like they will be becoming big fixtures on the scene, at least for the next few years.

Google is definitely leading the charge, and with NexusOne, Buzz, Wave, Universal Translator, and Chrome OS, I think Google is still very much in the game, contrary to what detractors say of it being slowly left behind. Not to be outdone, Apple and Microsoft also came up with releases of their own. So let’s look at 5 of these: Read the rest of this entry »

If you’re on Vista, one of the annoyances is when you hit the Power button, but your system just won’t shutdown and keeps going to a sleep state. In fact, the default function of the Power button in Windows Vista is Sleep.

The task of changing the power button action is much easier in Windows 7. You just need to right-click “Start” menu and then select “Properties”. The option to change the power button action will be available on the “Start Menu” tab of the properties dialog box that opens. In Vista though, this is one of the gripes. Read the rest of this entry »

This is for Google Chrome users out there. One of the advantages of Google Chrome is it has very few toolbars, which enables you to have more space on your screen. If you want increase that space a little more, you may opt to disable the bookmark toolbar as well.

However, if you have quite a few bookmarked websites that you use often, then disabling the bookmark toolbar will not work. In this case, you can choose to reduce your bookmark toolbar to a single button. While there is an extension that does this for now, it doesn’t work on all builds of Chrome. A simple tweak can create this button in seconds, and here’s how: Read the rest of this entry »

Quick Online Tips recently had a nice post on approving blog comments which I want to touch on as well. First up, I know many people with their own sites or blogs comment frequently to get backlinks, which in and of itself is not a bad thing; everyone wants to promote their sites, including myself. Read the rest of this entry »