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Get Notified in Firefox about new mail

November 26, 2006

I don't keep Thunderbird, my email client, open all the time and don't like to visit websites of webmail accounts as well.

Fix for missing mails in Thunderbird

November 24, 2006

The current version of Thunderbird 1.

Yahoo bought a site I never heard about

November 18, 2006

Ever heard about Bix ? Bix.

Why it might be a good idea to use Open DNS

November 7, 2006

I decided to read more about open dns after I read Evertons article "Does open dns really speed up web pages" on his great website connected internet.

How to get mail from all thunderbird accounts at once

November 5, 2006

The email client Thunderbird does not necessarily retrieve messages from all of your mail accounts at startup.

Danish Provider Tele2 forced to block allofmp3

October 26, 2006

Danish Provider Tele2 has to block access to the Russian mp3 website allofmp3 after loosing a civil lawsuit against the IFPI
(International Federation of the P

Pricing for AOL Movie Downloads

October 24, 2006

Aol will offer movie and tv show downloads from Paramount Pictures in their new video portal.

How to import mail into your gmail account

October 20, 2006

You might want to import already received mails into your gmail account, one reason could be that you want to make the complete switch to gmail and never use th

Germany introduces Internet Tax

October 20, 2006

Please read on this is a funny story, I promise that.

Top 10 Ideas For Halloween

October 10, 2006

Halloween - Hate it or love it.

Google Buys Youtube for 1.65 billion

October 9, 2006

With all the rumors about an acquisition of youtube by Google circulation on many websites it was only a matter of time when the real deal was announced.

The ten most useful thunderbird add-ons

October 6, 2006

I've written a great deal about firefox and tons of extensions that have been developed for it but I've never done the same for thunderbird, the email client th

Avoid Spam with One-Use-Emails

October 1, 2006

This topic has been covered before in my blog but I tend to take a look at older interesting topics from time to time and update them to reflect the changes tha

Importing mail from Opera to Thunderbird

September 28, 2006

I finally decided to make the switch from Operas M2 mail client to Thunderbird.

Star Wars Stormtrooper Armor

September 26, 2006

Ever wondered where those guys in stormtrooper armor got their suits from ? Look no further, the Shepperton Design Studio is selling a complete Stormtropper arm

Voice Chat with Teamspeak

September 20, 2006

I'am using Teamspeak for several years now and would like to introduce it to you.

Hamachi LogMeIn: Virtual Private Network

September 19, 2006

Hamachi is a small freeware application that creates virtual private networks (vpn) on the fly without configuration at all - well almost.

The Desktop of the Future

September 18, 2006

This is a video from the dynamic graphics project at the University of Toronto named: Keeping it Real: Pushing the Desktop Metaphor with Physics, Piles and the

Amazon Unbox and its absurd restrictions

September 10, 2006

Amazon Unbox, the new video download service provided by Amazon, went live yesterday offering users a free and easy way to download and view videos on their com

Itunes Movie Store will be expensive

September 1, 2006

I always wondered who made the decision to charge the same amount (or even more) of money for a movie download than for a purchase.

Netvibes Review

August 30, 2006

Netvibes offers their users a way to create a personalized homepage on the web.

Huge High Resolution Wallpaper Website

August 28, 2006

Mydeskcity is a hugh, and I mean really huge, high quality wallpaper website that is not overloaded with advertisement like most of the other wallpaper websites

Getting Things Done Gmail Firefox Extension

August 24, 2006

The title could be a bit misleading, GTDGmail is a firefox extension that adds additional functionality to your gmail account.

Convert to PDF online

August 23, 2006

PDF Online is a nice and easy way to convert documents to pdf.

How to access Meebo if it is blocked

August 22, 2006

Meebo is a web instant messenger that currently supports AIM & ICQ, Yahoo Messenger, Jabber & GTalk and MSN.

Free Language Courses

August 22, 2006

Free public domain language courses developed by the United States Government ? To good to be true ? The Foreign Service Institute created a website offering el

Funny Error Messages

August 21, 2006

Error Messages - I hate them with a passion.

Drawing Lessons at Drawspace

August 14, 2006

Sometimes IÂ´am writing about things that are great but are not that closely related to the overall theme here at ghacks.

Which Firefox Extensions are available in Opera?

August 2, 2006

I found a great website that lists 150 popular Firefox extensions and checks if Opera offers their functionality as well.

Don't like a website? Destroy it..

July 25, 2006

Yeah this sounds crazy at first glance but a friend of mine and I thought of something similar just a few days ago.

How to use RSS Feeds

July 25, 2006

This topic might not look interesting at first glance but I promise it will be worth reading it.

Blockstop Coral CDN Frontend

July 18, 2006

IÂ´ve written a large article about Coral CDN just a few days ago.

Newsgroups: the ultimate P2P alternative

July 17, 2006

P2P is in the news, every day.

Music Industry lobbys for Copyright Shift

July 13, 2006

Nonsense.

Website blocked or slow? Try Coral Cdn

July 12, 2006

Coral CDN (content distribution network) might be the solution if you canÂ´t reach a website because it is either blocked by an administrator, slow or even co

Free Answers from Experts-Exchange.com

July 11, 2006

You might have stumbled upon this site if you ever had a computer related question that you could not answer.

Temporary Email Extension for Firefox

July 9, 2006

IÂ´ve written an article about disposable email services in march and I suggest you go there if you are looking for a list of one-way email addresses.