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You can bookmark a Gmail message, track stocks in Google’s search box, quickly estimate a taxi ride’s cost in Google Maps, and do much more. We tell you how.

You probably use Google Search, Gmail, and Google Maps all the time, but you’re only scratching the surface if you limit yourself to using their basic services. Here are 19 tips that can help you get the most from each of those great free Google tools, including a few prewritten scripts that work with the Greasemonkey add-on for Firefox to enhance your experience with Google’s offerings.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/163758/gmail_google_maps_and_google_search_19_cool_tips.html

The Microsoft Office Outlook Team Blog writes up a guide to using Outlook’s categories and search folders to organize your messy inbox and prevent email overload. The guide walks through creating a set of categories for organizing incoming email, and then creating a “New Mail” search folder that will replace your inbox—by automatically filtering mail with categories assigned, you can remove items from your new “inbox” by simply assigning the appropriate category, and they will show up in the appropriate search folder—a very slick system for keeping your inbox clean.

http://lifehacker.com/5230453/triage-your-email-inbox-with-outlook-search-folders

Managing the steady stream of email that gathers in your inbox every day can feel like an impossible task. Not long ago, I kept a lengthening list of folders in my email software to track messages by topic, sender, project, urgency and any other context that seemed relevant that hour. I’d spend lots of time carefully dragging and dropping every message from my inbox into the folder it seemed to belong in that day.

http://lifehacker.com/software/top/geek-to-live–empty-your-inbox-with-the-trusted-trio-182318.php

Though eight years old, Windows XP still powers 71 percent of all PCs, according to a recent report from Forrester. That translates to millions of users that Microsoft must convince to upgrade to either Vista or the upcoming Windows 7…Here are Forrester’s top five Windows 7 features that IT managers need to understand now.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/163645/how_it_must_prepare_for_windows_7.html?tk=rss_news

Evernote, more than any other application, is what keeps me productive, sane, and on-task. It helps me remember everything, helps me get things done, and has all manner of other purposes and uses in my life.

My productivity system is based on Evernote as my inbox, my school organization is all based within Evernote, and so on and so forth. I could continue to rant and rave about how great it is, but instead I’ll tell you how it is that I use it.

First, the reason I use Evernote. It’s simple to set up, easy to customize, and available everywhere. I use the iPhone version, the Windows Mobile version, the Web version, and the desktop version daily – being so available means I can always add to and access Evernote, which makes it easy to create a system I trust.

http://www.the20life.com/2009/04/23/9-ways-i-use-evernote/#more-1908

The Great Recession has been a bad trip for everyone. But look on the green side: Our collective need to shrink bills is giving birth to some of the grooviest eco-friendly gadgets yet.

Tech manufacturers big and small have gone into overdrive with their environmental campaigns, rolling out products as part of a massive “greenwashing” movement. These gadgets cover a wide array of environmental issues — from energy usage to gas efficiency to waste management. And dig this: Some of these gadgets actually do help you be kinder to Mother Earth.

In celebration of Earth Day, here’s a list of far-out products you might get to green your lifestyle. It’s like, green power, man!

If you’ve been holding your breath for a portable version of one of your favorite Windows applications, it might be time to take matters into your own hands. PackageFactory helps convert your applications.

PackageFactory is a small application that assists you in bundling applications to be used on your U3 enabled flash drive.

http://lifehacker.com/5223063/packagefactory-converts-any-windows-program-to-run-on-a-u3-drive

http://www.geeksugar.com/3035498

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Jott

With Jott, which works with most major US phone carriers, all you have to do is sign-up for an account (you can try out for one week free, then it's $10 a month for 40 transcribed voicemails), and Jott will turn your voicemail messages into text! That's right, Jott is the ultimate voice-to-text application since it will not only turn your voicemail messages into emails, but you can leave a voicemail and Jott will take that message and convert it to a text, email, or web update — which you can then share with other individuals.  

Ping.fm

Want to update your profile page on various social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, Wordpress, Friendster, MySpace, or Blogger at the same time? Yes it's possible thanks to Ping.fm, a great site that lets you conveniently update your personal social networking accounts with one email or IM — no need to spend hours updating them individually. Ping.fm is now open to everyone and is free to use. Just set up an account to get started! 

Evernote For Your Phone

I'm the queen of copying links, saving pics and text to access later. Now where I save all of these random goodies from the Internet is always a chore to find later — TextEdit, Google Docs, my desktop, delicious — you name it, I use it. So when I first discovered Evernote for cell phones, a handy website that helps you save content from your computer or cell phone, I knew this could be my new BFF website. Evernote not only helps you easily capture memorable information, but you can easily organize it, tag it and search for it later, something I desperately need. There's even a new iPhone app so you can save stuff while on the go — and it will save audio as well (hello, to do lists!). 

Evernote For Twitter

With everyone jumping on the Twitter train, naturally Evernote was going to as well. So now with the Evernote-Twitter integration, you can send yourself notes from Twitter. If you already have an Evernote account, just follow myEN from your Twitter profile (myEN will follow you back), then after you receive a direct message back with a confirmation link, you can connect your Twitter and Evernote accounts. To send a private, direct message, send a direct message to myEN which will go to your Evernote account. And for public notes, just add @myEN in a tweet to have Evernote include it.  

Alerts

I get all sorts of reminders and alerts sent to my email inbox and my cell phone. The problem? It's hard to keep them all updated and organized. But what if you want notifications like weather forecasts automatically sent to you — without having to set the notification up yourself?! There's a site called Alerts that can send you your personalized alerts, any which way you want them. Once you set up a free account, Alerts acts as your personal manager, sending things like birthday notifications, price changes on products, traffic alerts, wakeup calls, and daily horoscopes. You get to choose how you want your notification delivered — be it via email, text message, instant messaging, or even voice. . . helping you manage your mismanaged life!  

Contxts

According to a new site called Contxts, business cards are so 2007, that's why they suggest using their service to exchange contact info with other working professionals. With Contxts you can share all of your work related info with a single text message and it keeps all of your contacts' info in one handy place.  

Dial2Do

Love this! Dial2Do is a free service that can send email or text messages, record reminders, post updates to your Twitter page, and listen to tunes on the Internet…sounds unbelievable, right? All you have to do is dial the Dial2Do number (just find the number which corresponds with your country) and Dial2Do will guide you through whatever you need to complete.

Remember the Milk

If you or your significant other have a tendency to forget basic to-do tasks like picking up the dry cleaning, check out remember the milk.com. Remember the Milk is a free on-line to do list management service which basically acts as your personal nagger! Never forget the milk or anything else again. Here are some of its great features:

• manage tasks quickly and easily
• receive reminders via email, SMS, and instant messenger
• prioritize your time
• create lists and organize tasks the way you want them
• share, send and publish tasks and lists with others
• access to-do lists on your web-enabled mobile device
• use the map to see where your tasks are located

And if you're a Remember the Milk Pro user, you can add and complete tasks while on the go, and easily share tasks with others.  

ReQall

Similar to some of the services already discussed, ReQall is a voice-enabled personal productivity application that will utilize your cell phone, email, text messages, online calendars, RSS feeds, and IM into one big assistant. With ReQall you can easily access to do lists over the phone. It's currently available as a web app or as a download for the BlackBerry or iPhone.