Operation Gadget
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Thunderbird IMAP Support Touted in Washington Post
Reading Time: 2 minutesA week ago, Washington Post columnist Rob Pegoraro offered two good alternatives to using Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express. The Microsoft email clients are out of date from the features perspective. My sense is that most Operation Gadget readers know enough about email clients to be able to choose one that enhances…
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February 7 – 13, 2005 Weekly Summary
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis is the Operation Gadget weekly summary for the second week of February 2005. I’m experimenting with a weekly summary so that readers who want to receive a periodic email with Operation Gadget headlines can receive the links to all of the articles published each week. I will post a mechanism…
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Extended My Flickr Pro Account Subscription for a Year
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI’ve just completed a one month trial of a Flickr Pro account. I got the folks at Flickr to provide me with this one month trial so I could see how well the service worked when I had a nearly unlimited photo upload quota. I’ve reported on a couple of Flickr’s…
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Glofun RayGun is an Interesting Game that Can Help You Stay in Shape
Reading Time: 4 minutesGlofun RayGun: a Java-based, GPS-enabled game coming soon for the Motorola i710 and i730. [ Graphic: GloVentures LLC ] I finally got the opportunity to put a new mobile phone game called Glofun RayGun to the test, and I was pretty surprised at the workout I got. Glofun RayGun is advertised as…
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LiveStrong Yellow Wristbands Available Quickly from Discovery Channel On-Line Store
Reading Time: < 1 minuteLiveStrong Yellow Wristband orders are being shipped by the Discovery Channel On-Line Store in as little as six days. Place your LiveStrong Wristband order now. I have good news to report on the availability of LiveStrong Yellow Wristbands from the Discovery Channel On-Line Store. I ordered two 10-packs of LiveStrong Wristbands…
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Oprah to the Discuss Importance of the LiveStrong Yellow Wristband Campaign on February 11
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA source at Discovery Communications told us that Lance Armstrong and Sheryl Crow will appear on the Oprah Winfrey Show on Friday, February 11, 2005. This show was taped some time ago, since a brief article on LanceArmstrong.com indicates that Oprah spoke in detail about the LiveStrong program. Check your local…
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Google Maps Spices Up the Driving Directions and Local Information Market
Reading Time: 2 minutesGoogle Maps: A new service from Google that will light a fire underneath Yahoo! Maps and Mapquest. The local maps produced by this service are more helpful than those produced by competitive sites. (Click on the image to see more detail.) [ Image: Google ] I noticed that Google announced a new…
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Newsweek Taps into the Japanese Gadget Import Craze
Reading Time: < 1 minuteNewsweek‘s international edition reports on the burgeoning little industry importing electronic gadgets from Japan. Companies such as Dynamism.com and Compact-Impact.com in the United States and Skill in the UK have built businesses around unique relationships with Japanese electronics distributors who export ultra-small laptops, USB storage keys, MiniDisc recording devices, portable audio…