“Firefox is already running, but is not responding” Bug
When trying to open Firefox, I often get a pretty alarming sounding error message titled “Close Firefox”. The full error message is: “Firefox is already running, but is not responding. To open a new window, you must first close the existing Firefox process or restart your system”.
I can’t find any Firefox process running in order to close it. What’s going on?
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Google, Microsoft, Apple sued over thumbnails and icon patent
On Wednesday, a networking company based in Michigan filed a lawsuit against Google, Microsoft, and Apple for a patent violation over the use of document-preview icons and thumbnails in operating systems.
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How to Recall your Sent Email in Outlook 2003
It is very common to mistakenly send an email to the wrong person, before completion, type wrong information, or forget the attachment. If you’ve run into a similar situation, you should know that Microsoft Outlook 2003 ships with a very handy feature that may help you catch up by reducing the chance of having your recipient(s) open that email.
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Windows 7 beta on 2009
On Tuesday over a Microsoft blog posting, Keith Combs makes it seem as if a beta version of Windows 7 will be ready by early 2009. The Microsoft Developer Conference (MDC) attendees will get their hands on the first DVDs with Windows 7 beta 1 on it. This new OS is described as a refined and matured version of Vista, with a couple new features while focusing on what people have been complaining about, which is largely the sluggish performance.
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Gmail Comes to Desktop as Gmail Desktop Gadget
Google’s Desktop gadgets team has finally introduced the Gmail desktop gadget called “Gmail on your desktop”. The gadget brings some of the web-based features to the desktop and will allow you to read, search, and send messages from your Gmail account. You can star messages, use the keyboard shortcuts, and contact auto-complete. Another cool thing about it is that you can manage multiple Gmail accounts simultaneously without taking up much space in your sidebar or desktop. The gadget is available for download and currently works with the latest release of Google Desktop for Windows.
How do I create a survey in Outlook?
It’s very often when you have to conduct a survey on a group. A regular E-mail seems to make it hard to get somebody’s response. Besides the fact that you need to put more effort into how you compose your E-mail, your message should be clear, short, and easy to respond into. Today we will be using a very simple but not very well-known Outlook feature called “voting and tracking”.