Google is battling strong to be the preferred online collaboration tool with Google Apps and they might just come out ahead with these latest offerings. Google will make available mail migration, allowing administrators to transfer mail from an IMAP server into exiting Google accounts.
Aside from that, Apps will also feature the following:
Shared address book [...]
Summer sure is fun. It just calls for the outdoors. However, with the different activities you can do, injuries can be quite common. So whether you head outdoors or someplace else, be sure to pack a first-aid kit and bring it with you (or place in the car) in case of any emergencies. Prepared kits [...]
25 Jun
Posted by Alex as Computers, Firefox Tips, The Web
Perhaps one thing that I don’t like about Firefox is the status bar. It just plainly shows you the page’s loading progress. It’s a good thing it has become one of the common places for your installed extensions to hang out. But for a power user like me, just showing the progress bar and [...]
25 Jun
Posted by Alex as Computers, Windows Tips
I’ve just been retraining myself with some keyboard ninjitsu for Windows Vista as of late and here are a couple of tips for keyboard ninjas. These commands allow you to cycle through the Taskbar items and the System Tray items using the Windows logo key.
To cycle through your Taskbar programs
Press Windows + T
Use your [...]
Many of us need have so many things to deal with over the course of a regular day that energy becomes an issue. While some people are naturally lethargic, some just don’t pack enough juice to go about their other daily chores. Here are some tips on how to keep up with the day’s work [...]
24 Jun
Posted by Alex as Attitude and Outlook, Work and Career
Burnout is every worker’s (or student’s) worst enemy. It spells that you’ve hit the bottom and the next pit that you might crash into is a nervous breakdown. You don’t have the drive, the energy and the interest to continue whatever you’re doing. Fighting burnout starts with knowing what’s causing it. Could it be your [...]
24 Jun
Posted by Alex as Computers, Firefox Tips, The Web
I’ve been a hands down Firefox fan and a loyal Google user. I’ve had this installed a while back and I just keep forgetting to post about it - CustomizeGoogle. It’s a must-have for any hardcore user of Google Search and other Google services. Well, since I am, I hardly could think about life [...]
24 Jun
Posted by Alex as Fitness and Health, Home and Garden
With today’s hype on synthetic materials, you just don’t know what’s toxic and what’s not anymore. Unfortunately many of them can be found in homes. So if you’re planning some summer home renovations, you might want to look into the materials you would use and opt for non-hazardous alternatives like.
23 Jun
Posted by Alex as Behavior and Ethics, Family, Sex and Relationships
It’s a sad fact that everyone is capable of cheating. Even if probably one’s resolved never to cheat things can go the other way and totally out of hand when you’re in that mucky situation. In any case, given that reality, we always keep certain assurances to yourself that your spouse or partner will never [...]
Hah! I’m still fuming with Vista’s Defrag and my lost-and-found gigabyte of hard drive space and I’m stuck with it. I would’ve wanted to “upgrade” back to XP but that means I have to shell out money for another OS. It really challenges you ethically. Or maybe it’s time to finally try out Linux [...]
23 Jun
Posted by Alex as Computers, Rants, Windows Tips
I love keeping my hard drives in optimum performance that’s why I always take time to defragment them. I’m running my new laptop on Home Basic (I don’t need the frills of Windows bloatware like Aero) and I’ve decided to do a bit of maintenance and organize my files and give it a good [...]
Google has offered translation services to translate websites or a chunk of text with Google Translate before. As you may have noticed with the text translation, it doesn’t quite translate words and phrases quite well. But now, they remedied that with a dictionary.
Right now, the dictionary service translates to and from English with French, [...]
22 Jun
Posted by Alex as Computers, Firefox Tips, The Web
I have to admit that one of the things that kept me sane as a corporate monkey was Dilbert and the gang. I always wanted to go Dogbert in the office and go medieval on the Pointy-Haired Boss. Anyway, while you can probably find so many other sources for your doses of Dilbert online, [...]
Cleaning toilet bowls is one thing, dealing with a clogged one can be a nightmare. Have you ever had a clogged bowl or tank once? I hope you haven’t experienced an overflowing toilet bowl. Just in case you don’t flush down any other stuff down there, you know what’s clogging it. In any case, here [...]
You’ve probably read or heard about a simple idea called the “landing area.” It’s a pretty simple concept yet why do most of us still leave our must-bring items just about somewhere we couldn’t find them. I’m betting that even just for once, you’ve turned your place inside out to look for your car keys. [...]