In the context of this article, "account" refers to anything on the internet that requires a username and password in order to access it, such as a web-based email account, instant messenger account, and so on. There’s an old word (if you could call it that) that’s been used time and time again in thousands of different I.T. departments...

Some sites make it easy (more or less) to delete your account if you don’t feel like using it any longer. Others however make it exceedingly difficult. Recently I was going thru my password manager and realized there were a ton of accounts I simply didn’t use anymore, so I figured I’d get rid of them. Some I was successful with, while others.....

You have a Gmail account but want to switch to another one. Most people do this when they want to set up a “business” Gmail account or simply because they found an Gmail e-mail name they like better. You could enable POP on the old account and retrieve the mail in the new Gmail account that way, but then the timestamps get all reset to...

On the vast majority of web services that offer free screen names it is expressly forbidden to sell your name to someone else. Why? It’s mainly to offset screen names turning into property that the providers can’t control, i.e. it would turn into a huge big frickin’ mess. Trust me, there are very good reasons why screen names are forbidden...