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Anyone accustomed to using folders to organize their e-mail can get flummoxed by Gmail's "label" system. But thanks to a couple new additions to the Gmail toolbar, labeling and archiving messages just got a little easier. Labels are like tags for e-mail. And whereas an individual message can ...
Every mouse click represents a few seconds of your day, so if you're copying files to commonly used folders with more than a single click, you're wasting time like a sucker. As PC World explains, you can easily add your favorite folders -- like My Documents or a shared network location -- to the ...
Your Windows password may stop unsavory characters from accessing your data in your office, but what happens if your PC gets stolen? Then it's a simple matter to remove your hard drive and read all your confidential data through another computer. PC World says that one way to keep your data safe ...
If you've ever waggled a laser pointer or mouse cursor to try to highlight some onscreen aspect of a presentation, here's a better solution. DemoHelper is a free utility lets you "draw" right on the screen -- kind of like John Madden does when he's showing a key defensive tackle in an instant replay...
We're tickled that so many of you are now following Business Hacks on Twitter. Of course, we're also curious to know a little bit about you. Enter TwitterSheep, which creates a tag cloud based on the bios of Twitter followers. Think of this as a quick and dirty marketing report. After entering yo...
Admittedly, I am a slow reader. It took me a year to read Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon, and by the time I finished reading Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most, my problem employee had quit of his own accord. Thankfully, Speed Reading Successfully: A Starting Point is ch...
When I was a kid, recycling meant taking our old refrigerator and dumping it in a creek. On the way home, my dad would stop the car to kick a few goats for good measure. These days, we're more enlightened, and there are all sorts of ways to recycle your old electronics in a responsible way. The la...
As a small business owner, your retirement plan may be nothing more than hoping your company will one day grow into something you can sell. As an article in Newsday notes, however, even the smallest of businesses should consider offering 401(k) plans: In fact, thanks to the Economic Growth an...
For the moment, Microsoft is keeping mum about Windows 7's ship date. Original estimates pegged it as "the end of 2009," but the recent arrival of an extremely solid Windows 7 beta has folks wondering if the final OS might drop much sooner. For starters, everyone knows Microsoft is keen to move p...
If you were busy last week setting up the office Super Bowl pool (note to Dave: the Super Bowl is a popular televised event involving a sport called football), you might have missed some of our most hack-tastic posts. No matter: Here they are for easy perusal and clicking: Eliminate Weak Words f...
How's your test drive of Windows 7 working out for you? I've found that one of the trickiest aspects of moving to a new version of Windows is hardware support. Windows 7 should run most of your existing Vista hardware just fine, but I've found that Windows 7 beta's list of bundled drivers is far sho...
Upgrading from Office 2003 to Office 2007? You'll have to adjust to the new ribbon interface, a new file format, and the fact that some trusty old keyboard shortcuts don't work the same as they used to. Fear not; I've got the skinny on how they've changed right here: Ctrl+Shift+F U...
Good news for the four or five Symbian smartphone users out there (I kid, I kid): Quickoffice Premier 6.0 lets you view, edit, and create Office 2007 documents on any Symbian S60 handset. The suite supports Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files for Office 2007 and earlier. The new 6.0 version adds th...
Music. It keeps me sane. That's why I'm thrilled that there are so many options for listening to music on the iPhone and iPod Touch. I'm not talking about music you buy, either. I mean free, streaming music over your 3G or Wi-Fi connection. Here are the best of the best: Pandora. The grand...
If I have to contend with one more stupid question from a co-worker, I assure you I will scream. When I say "stupid," I mean "easily Googled." And by co-worker, I mean "Rick." At long last I have a tool to solve this problem, and I humbly share it with you: Let me Google that for you aut...
