Free e-mail service that bridges the gap between mobiles and computers - Times Online

Free e-mail service that bridges the gap between mobiles and computers - Times Online

Last time I looked, I have at least four personal email accounts (iiNet, GMAIL Hotmail, Three.com) PLUS this Blog, SMS text messages, phone, mobile phone, voicemails, Google Groups email, Flickr messaging, Webshots comments, Picasa comments, postal mail, Windows Messenger, SKYPE and did I forget Snail Mail, well I never use it anyway.

So I started searching for old friends on Facebook. This is not just another search engine! It is another email! A fairly limited email (within Facebook) but an email that involves the same process of checking the Inbox and other compulsive activities that are needed to keep organised. And my level of privacy on the Internet is approaching zero as my GMAIL mailbox is filled with notifications about stuff going on in Facebook. Emails about email. Enough.

Now "they" want us try Yahoo Mail (see article above) so we can send free emails to SMS mobile phones. I can already receive emails and SMS etc on my phone, why do I need this? It is, or will be, free but there is always a cost in loss of privacy and the loss of time to do other, non-virtual things... real stuff such as talking.

I really miss Telegrams at Weddings.

Tech Tips of the day

• From an ABC radio program, advice about a free program that will help recover deleted files. Go to http://www.recuva.com/
• My current favorite on the How To channel is "Lab With Leo". Leo's website is at http://www.labwithleo.com/
• Within this website you find free files at http://www.labwithleo.com/freefiles
• Scroll down to episode #12 and you will find a great browser add-on called the McAfee SiteAdvisor. This can be found directly at http://www.siteadvisor.com/ . The free download is a great way to check out the safety of websites listed by Google, Yahoo, etc.
• Finally, http://www.lexblog.com/, not to be confused with my LesBlogG. Lexblog is a site dedicated to Building Blogs for Lawyers. Why? Because "They (blogs) are more tasteful and less expensive than other lawyer advertising." The author of this site was interviewed on Leo's show #12. He suggested everyone including plumbers should have blog sites to promote their expertise. (My expertise, if you follow this blog, amounts to cutting and pasting).