Microsoft has launched a unique name game for Hotmail account holders. The news declared on 3/2/2011 states that Hotmail users can make alias email addresses to protect their main email account from notorious commercial websites.
It can be explained very simply. Take for example you create an alias email address named jackthesinger@hotmail.com, in order to protect your main email address johntanner@hotmail.com.
Then you visit a shopping site to take a virtual tour. And for that, you are asked to sign up for free. You might be in two-minds to share your main email account. It is because signing up with them means regular emails from them, saturating your inbox.
This is where your alias email account comes into play. You can sign up with your alias email address, jackthesinger@hotmail.com, in the website. You will retain all the emails that are sent to your alias account. They will be stored in a private folder in your main account, johntanner@hotmail.com. That is if you wish to retain.
Dharmesh Mehta, Director, Windows and Windows Live Division Microsoft Redmond, comments in a blog, "There are a bunch of websites that will email you price quotes, sales alerts, etc. During your car search, these messages are helpful, but once you're done, they become clutter that can be difficult to stop. By using an alias on these websites instead of your main email address, you can avoid this. And when you're done, just turn the alias off, ensuring future unwanted messages that are sent to that alias don't land in your inbox."
In Google mail, users are given the facility to add a plus sign to their account. For example, if your original email id is kurtlawson@gmail.com, you can fake it as kurtlawson+admin@gmail.com, and receive all emails sent to the alias in the original. Those mails will be either star marked or stored in the trash folder. But Mehta has discarded the concept as backdated and easily detectable.
With implementing novel concepts like POP, ‘sandboxing’, ‘active views’, Microsoft has indeed come of age; and, is looking good for many years.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Give your old PC a new lease of life
You invest your hard earned bucks to buy your cherished PC with your desired configuration. You tend to use it for every possible need of yours. And gradually, it becomes an indispensable part of your daily life.
Gradually the time arrives when you find your PC’s configuration outdated to latest softwares and applications. Moreover your hard disk storage capacity is almost saturated.
Now you are in a fix to decide whether to replace your old PC with a new one or to upgrade it. Buying a new one might be the easiest decision to make, but not so to implement; because it requires a lot of investment.
We would suggest you to try and give your old PC a fresh lease of life, before discarding it for good. Here are a few ways which you may try-
• Run CCleaner
CCleaner is a small application which scans through the whole system, and filters all the unnecessary files. For instance, the temporary files of web browser, system, game installation, and other applications which tend to saturate your hard disks. Then you have to decide the ones to remove, and the ones to retain. If you go by our word, you will be surprised to see the amount of garbage, CCleaner is able to filter. This will definitely free enough space in the hard disks.
• Run Autorun 3.1
Autorun softwares are those applications which start running automatically when you start your machine. They do so without your permission and knowledge. The running of these applications ensures slowing down of the system, drastically, leading to your frustration. To fix this problem we recommend Autorun 3.1. Autorun 3.1 filters all the hidden autorun programs in the system. Then you have to decide the ones to block, and the ones to continue.
Gradually the time arrives when you find your PC’s configuration outdated to latest softwares and applications. Moreover your hard disk storage capacity is almost saturated.
Now you are in a fix to decide whether to replace your old PC with a new one or to upgrade it. Buying a new one might be the easiest decision to make, but not so to implement; because it requires a lot of investment.
We would suggest you to try and give your old PC a fresh lease of life, before discarding it for good. Here are a few ways which you may try-
• Run CCleaner
CCleaner is a small application which scans through the whole system, and filters all the unnecessary files. For instance, the temporary files of web browser, system, game installation, and other applications which tend to saturate your hard disks. Then you have to decide the ones to remove, and the ones to retain. If you go by our word, you will be surprised to see the amount of garbage, CCleaner is able to filter. This will definitely free enough space in the hard disks.
• Run Autorun 3.1
Autorun softwares are those applications which start running automatically when you start your machine. They do so without your permission and knowledge. The running of these applications ensures slowing down of the system, drastically, leading to your frustration. To fix this problem we recommend Autorun 3.1. Autorun 3.1 filters all the hidden autorun programs in the system. Then you have to decide the ones to block, and the ones to continue.
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