Sometimes you want a way to know that someone has read your email. Outlook provides this via a feature called “Read Receipts”. You simply tell Outlook to request one for the email you are writing, and the person at the other end can choose to let you know. If you don’t get a receipt back, [...]

With email becoming the standard way business users communicate with suppliers, customers and staff, it’s worth taking a minute to take stock of how you use your email, and see what you can do to to make it more efficient, and less of a time sink; Don’t forget to the subject Too often we see [...]

Facebook is now virtually forcing users to give their email address to developers of applications. We are suggesting users do NOT give permission when prompted on Facebook, and have a few thoughts on why this move is bone headed.

With more and more people buying Apple iPods, and thus using iTunes, we are hearing of more and more people running into the iTunes activation limit. If you have your computer reloaded or you move your iTunes to a new computer, you are supposed to “deactivate” the old PC first. The problem is, that the [...]

We’ve been looking for a long time for a simple solution for users to send larger files to other people via email. Actually attaching large files (>2Meg) to emails will more often than not break your email application, your email server, or cause other drama that you just don’t need. Finally, someone has brought us [...]

Greg writes to us to ask; I have created a document with two numbered lists, and when I use that document as the basis for a mail merge, the resulting merged documents lists number continues from one page to the next, rather than starting from 1 (or a) at the top of each merged document. [...]

Direct from the horses mouth; Today Microsoft launched @MicrosoftHelps, a new Twitter handle that provides customers around the world with help and information on Windows 7, in English.  Through this social medium, Microsoft will monitor and respond to real-time Windows 7 tweets and use them to improve the information, support and experience customers have with [...]

We came across this post from Photo Focus and thought some of our clients might be interested in some tips on how to improve your photography without spending money on new and fancy camera’s. Let us know if these times help you!

If you are really into movies, and you are using firefox, then we might have found an add on for firefox that is right up your alley; IMDB Movie Review 2.0 can be easily installed into firefox, after you agree to take the risk, as it is listed as an experimental add on at the [...]

Users of Windows Mail on Vista may be interested to learn that installing Internet Explorer 8 will break Windows Mail’s ability to open attachments; No word yet from Microsoft of a fix, at this stage, there are only three work arounds; Uninstall IE8 Upgrade to Windows Live Mail Save the attachment to your documents and [...]