POSTED BY on 1:27 pm under

Email Essentials

Email messages are different from other written messages. They are not formally structured like a letter or as short as phone texting.

In this issue we have some suggestions for making your emails more readable by your correspondents. It’s not a complete list, by any means. And not all the ideas will apply to you.


Direct Link to this article http://news.office-watch.com/t/n.aspx?articleid=87&zoneid=4

This article and many more available at Office Watch - http://news.office-watch.com/

This is a good article on email etiquette
In fact I really recommend all the Office Watch newsletters, etc.

Check them out

POSTED BY on 10:40 pm under
Here's a link to 2 very interesting articles - 1 practical and one just sort of funny

Geek to Live: How to survive a slow Internet connection


Some good tips here for those of us still on dial-up
Many reccomendations for the use of Firefox

MacGyver Tip: Turn a CD spindle into a TP dispenser

This is just plain funny but a good use of disposable materials I guess
Who thinks up these things?
You would definitely want to buy the expensive, soft TP for this
:)
POSTED BY on 2:23 pm under

LINK TO ARTICLE AT WINDOWS SECRETS

IE 7 does benefit from some significant updates over IE 6. For example, the so-called Phishing Filter in IE 7 warns you if a page you're about to visit is in a real-time database of hacked sites. (You must turn on this filter for it to work. Hopefully, most users will do so because IE 7 asks for the filter to be enabled the first time you use the new browser.)

Also, IE 7's new Protected Mode, which only works in Windows Vista, will prevent Web sites from modifying system files or settings. I described several of these new features in my Executive Tech column on
Oct. 24.

Unfortunately, IE 7 still contains some security weaknesses that were present in IE 6 — and which Microsoft still hasn't fixed in that older browser.

I like the tips for configuring IE - everybody should do this. I also find it interesting that they recommend using Firefox 2 along with IE Tab. This approach works well for me.