Monthly Archives: October 2007

Tips When Using Gmail IMAP

Published by Alisha on Tuesday, October 30th, 2007 – 10:58 am
Filed under Software (182 views)

While we’re on the topic of IMAP, Gmail’s new feature, I thought I would share a few tips.
TIP #1
Don’t use the e-mail client’s automatic spam settings. Why? Gmail already filters out the majority of spam anyway. Sometimes a few e-mails do get through. When they do, you don’t want to open up a browser [...]

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How To Set Up Gmail IMAP with Outlook Express and Thunderbird

Published by Alisha on Tuesday, October 30th, 2007 – 12:45 am
Filed under Software, Video (240 views)

I already talked about the new IMAP feature in Gmail that hopefully you have access to. If not, be patient, it will come. David Risley from PCMechanic has a great how-to video for setting up Gmail IMAP on both Outlook Express and Thunderbird.
The first step is to make sure you have the IMAP feature in [...]

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4 Favorite Media Players Reviewed

Published by Alisha on Monday, October 29th, 2007 – 8:44 am
Filed under Reviews, Software (28 views)

I have tried so many media players over the years and they each have something good. I wish they could be mashed together to create the one media player that everyone wants and loves without the huge memory consumption.
Winamp was my first media player years ago. Then I had Windows XP for an operating system [...]

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New Content & Look

Published by Alisha on Sunday, October 28th, 2007 – 4:18 pm
Filed under Updates (3 views)

Previously, I had said that I will not write on the weekends, but this is an important update that I wanted to have done before the weekend was over.
One obvious change is the look of Soft Tech Reviews. I had used Revolution by Brian Gardner before he released the Revolution News Theme, along with a [...]

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How To Create a Basic Website Layout

Published by Alisha on Sunday, October 28th, 2007 – 12:42 pm
Filed under Video, Web Design (48 views)

This video shows you how to create a basic website layout using Photoshop. If you’re familiar with Photoshop, it shouldn’t be hard to follow the video. If you’re new to Photoshop, it might be a little more difficult, because the video is so small that you can’t see some of what is shown. It doesn’t [...]

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