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Import mail and contacts into Gmail
I just recently switched to using Gmail as my universal e-mail for manageability purposes, which means (1) I can now send e-mail using my Yahoo! or Hotmail account within Gmail and (2) All my e-mails in Yahoo! and Hotmail is now archived in my Gmail account. I was able to accomplish #1 easily by adding…
Browse the web anonymously
On top of using “private browsing” or “incognito” mode, check out Tor to keep your presence anonymous over the Internet pipelines. You can definitely use an anonymizer site, but the interface of Tor is way better. Tor offers an installer bundle or a “just-copy-and-execute” bundle. I’ve been using it along with the Firefox add-on for…
Google Quick Search Box in OS X
Just in case you didn’t know, Google has the Google Quick Search Box for OS X, which if you’re like me, is something I have to have to work efficiently. Get it here: http://www.google.com/quicksearchbox/
Web Service Reference in Visual Studio 2010
If you’ve used Visual Studio 2008 or 2010, you’ll notice that Web Reference is no longer there (like in VS 2005 and previous), instead, you see Service Reference –– actually, it’s STILL there, just hidden! So, what’s the difference? Well, according to this post: Add Web Reference is the old-style, deprecated ASP.NET webservices (ASMX) technology…
Field Test for iPhone Signal Strength Returns in iOS 4.1
Archived from Mac Observer. When Apple released iOS 4.1 for iPhone Wednesday, the company once again included a utility that allows you to measure your signal strength on your device, a utility that that had been available before the release of iOS 4, but was not included when iOS 4 was introduced earlier this year.…