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Current traffic flow maps can tell you how backed up traffic is on your usual route home. What they can't tell you though, is whether it makes sense to take the side roads back from the office or if those are even more jammed. Last week, though, Microsoft Live unveiled a new traffic monitor called C...
Everyone could use less paper in their lives. It's good for the environment, easier on your filing system, and just plain cheaper. Here are three ways you can cut down on the amount of printing you do and paper you consume: Get a duplexing printer The oldest trick in the book is printing on bo...
Windows Mobile smartphone users, suffer iPhone envy no more: Makayama's TouchBrowser brings finger-operated Web browsing to your device. As you can see in the above video, TouchBrowser effectively duplicates the iPhone browsing experience on Windows Mobile handsets (touchscreen models only, natch...
If you're tired of an inbox that's overflowing with mail, you'll want to read blogger Darren Rowse's account of how he managed to go from 10,000 inbox messages to zero in a matter of 24 hours. He started by routing all his e-mail accounts through Gmail, then made good use of Gmail's label and fil...
Everyone knows BlackBerrys are da bomb when it comes to e-mail -- so why can't they handle something as simple as HTML-formatted messages? I'm not sure, but at least there's a third-party fix: BBSmart for BlackBerry opens HTML e-mails without a hitch, displaying images, smileys, and colors and cut...
SharkLinks for the Palm OS lets you add Web favorites directly to your smartphone's application screen. Normally, to visit a bookmarked site, you have to find and run the browser, tap the favorites icon, and sift through your selections until you find the desired favorite. SharkLinks turns any U...
Last time we broached this subject, Rick mentioned several things you can do to save juice, including the most important one: dim your laptop's screen. Today, Tablet PC Review has a few more useful tips to make your computer last longer, including turning off any Bluetooth or WiFi devices. The art...
For most folks, the loss of an e-mail database would be as disastrous as the loss of a document library or contact list (if not more so). Sure, you're backing up your hard drive (right?), but that doesn't give you an easy way to restore just your e-mail in the event of, say, a corrupted database ...
Weigh your suitcase with the Digital Luggage Scale, a (sorry) weigh-cool gizmo that tallies the poundage of bags up to 100 pounds. Just clip the handle to your suitcase and lift and until you hear a beep, then check the scale's digital readout. Frequent fliers know that an overstuffed bag can re...
Calling all Word 2003 (and earlier) users: The more toolbars you've got stacked up, the less space you have for viewing your actual document. So rid the word processor of the ones you seldom use. Here's how: Right-click anywhere on any toolbar. Left-click any toolbar that has a checkmark n...
Nobody likes meetings. Know why? Because they tend to be a waste of time. The Good Life on a Budget blog offers 8 tips for making meetings productive, including: Tip #1: Set an agenda prior to the meeting with brief bullet points and send it out ahead of time. This lets the participants know what t...
Tired of getting unwanted calls on your cell phone? Sure, you can always send an incoming call straight to voice mail, but only if you recognize the number (via caller ID) as one you want to ignore. The Cranking Widgets Blog offers this clever idea: Create a new contact called "Ignore," then add und...
Headman Bernardo Provenzano may be in jail, but he reversed the Mafia's failing fortunes and revitalized their image during the decade he was in power using a system that's detailed in a new book by John Murray. An article in The Guardian details his seven-point plan towards doing business, mafia st...
Do you long for the days of a sheet of paper, a typewriter, and distraction-free writing? Enter DarkCopy, a Web-based text editor that provides you with nothing more than a blank screen and a cursor. Just head to the DarkCopy site and click the "Start full screen" button: DarkCopy removes ev...
I think by now most business users have at least heard of Twitter, but I know few people who actually use it, and fewer still who "get" the whole idea behind it. It's a similar story over at The Cranking Widgets Blog, where they've posted a video explaining in plain English just what the heck Twitte...
