So, you’re going on vacation? Gonna be away from your computer for a while? If you’d like, you could always email every single one of your contacts to let them know where you’re going to be, and for how long. Alternatively, you could simply set up an auto-responder. How it works is pretty simple: Someone emails you, and the client responds back...

In the Yahoo! Pulse service, formerly known as Yahoo! Profiles, the service won’t be going away completely but the blogs, photos and guestbook apps within it will be. It’s most likely true that most of you don’t use Pulse (and maybe even never heard of it), but the way Y! is handling this is far better than the way they closed GeoCities. The...

A Reuters article recently stated that AOL is considering a a merger with Yahoo. While neither company is as popular as Facebook or Google, both make money and tons of it. The article states a quote that neither Yahoo nor AOL can be as competitive as they once were as standalone companies, but together would be able to compete once again. Some would say,...

There are certain things I think are better handled on the web compared to a local client, and calendaring is definitely one of them. Yahoo! Calendar in particular has always been good. Per a recent blog post on the Y! Mail Blog, a new Y! Calendar is currently being rolled out as we speak, and should be available to all Y! users by next Spring. I already have...

In Mozilla Firefox, Opera and Google Chrome you can use keywords to activate any web site that supports custom input (like google.com for example). Mapping sites are easy to set up for keyword shortcut searches as long as you know how to configure them. The way to use the keyword search once configured is to go to your address bar, type the word MAP followed by...

Users of the Google Chrome web browser use the address bar itself instead of an additional search bar to perform a search. Firefox can be modified to act exactly the same with a configuration tweak. Type about:config in Firefox’s address bar. Next to Filter type keyword. You will see this:The keyword.URL Preference is the one you want to modify, but...

News web sites are nothing new and have been around a very long time. People like them a lot because they do genuinely deliver the news we want to read be it for world, national or local information. The formula for a news site really hasn’t changed all that much over the years, with the exception that there’s now more social integration. Google in...

The different between junk (as in spam) and somewhat-junk are the emails you get that are legitimate that you may consider wasteful. Here are a few examples of somewhat-junk mail:Confirmation of email address message when you sign up for a new web service Cancellation notice when you discontinue a web service “You’ve got money!” emails from...

There was a time when Hotmail and Y! Mail allowed the use of inline images when composing an e-mail, but then took away that functionality for whatever reasons. Gmail to the best of my knowledge has never had a native way of using inline images when composing a new message. Using a little copy/paste magic, you can insert inline images when composing a new mail...

Many of us use Gmail or Yahoo! Mail as our primary e-mail service. Many of us also use Firefox as our primary web browser. When you click an e-mail in Firefox, the default mail application loads, which in Windows could be Outlook Express 6 or Windows Live Mail. In OS X it would be Apple Mail and in Linux it would be Evolution (usually). Changing this behavior so...

For whatever reason, RSS feeds just refuse to die. I think this is because they’re found renewed life on other mediums such as mobile platforms (it is very small data that would be perfect for that platform). On the PC side, I personally believe one of the best use of feeds is when they can be delivered to your e-mail easily. This video will show you how...

In what is arguably the most nerdy way to send and receive instant messaging through popular networks such AIM, Yahoo and MSN, it is possible to do it all using IRC. While it’s true that instant messaging isn’t used as much as it used to be, IRC shows absolutely no signs of slowing down whatsoever and people do use it regularly – so much that...

When it comes to webmail, be it Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail or Gmail, we don’t ask for much. Truly. All we want is the ability to send an receive messages with minimal fuss. Many don’t even bother using the built-in address book or calendar features because as long as the mail keeps flowing, that’s what matters. Being that mail flow is the most...

The instant messaging I’m referring to is the traditional old-school way, that being you download a proprietary client, sign up for a free account and then run the client, add buddies/contacts as need be, etc. Such examples are AIM, Yahoo! IM and Windows Live Messenger. The main reason why people aren’t too fond of IM’ing anymore is mainly...

Before Google, the way people used to check to see if their internet was working properly was to load up yahoo.com. I remember those days. It was a long, long time ago. The only thing people are buzzing about when it comes to Yahoo! these days is how much nobody cares about them anymore. The last big thing they did which caused a huge wave of nostalgia is when...

For a few years now, the way in which Yahoo! and Windows Live does public profiles is nothing short of ridiculous. There are way too many options, way too many things to turn off, and the real sad part is that most of you who read this didn’t know about all the crapola that comes with a profile from Y! or WLive. This is mainly due to the fact that both...

There are still quite a few diehard Yahoo! users out there, many of which use the Yahoo! Messenger software. In November 2009, Y! Messenger released version 10, boasting a number of improvements and many bugfixes for a more stable product. I can say from personal experience that I became disenchanted with the Y! Messenger ever since version 7. Versions 6 and...

A problem with instant messaging is that it can be tough to get the same screen name on all services you use. Most people these days choose to employ the use of a multi-protocol instant messaging program such as Digsby, Trillian, Miranda, Adium or Pidgin, and having all those different names can be aggravating for others to remember. You can, however, use your...

It’s rare these days when I come across any app that makes me say, "Wow, now this is useful!" Yahoo’s Zimbra Desktop is one of them. When it comes to email, there are many who prefer the convenience of web-based mail but wish there was a local application that looked and acted like a mail client. Zimbra Desktop is it. This software...

Knowing how to check the source, as in the raw "code," of an email is important because there will be times when you need to do it. Why? To check authenticity of an email. Spam and phishing emails are getting more tricky to identify all the time, and your best weapon against this is knowing how to check the source of an email. Unfortunately it is the...