Robert Weiner

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First impressions of the HTC Rezound smartphone

Robert Weiner

The phone came with Facebook, Google Maps, Gmail, Kindle, Weather, YouTube, and lots of navigation and entertainment apps. The phone came with separate apps for Gmail and all other mail. But I was able to set up my Gmail account through the "other" mail app and ignore the Gmail app. Most don't have any Help entries.

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Lame Spam of the Day: willing to invest.

Robert Weiner

But would it have been too hard to at least make the sending email address (@gmail) match the reply-to address (@yahoo)? I'm charmed by the tortured grammar in this spam. Sender: Robert Grant (robertgrantinvest3@gmail.com). Subject: willing to invest. Text: Top of the day to you. interest.

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A Month with the Palm Pre

Robert Weiner

Here's what I've ended up with: Contacts: gSyncIt, via Google (my contacts sync to Gmail, then to the Pre). If I added a new contact in Gmail, it sync'd to the Pre, but if I added or deleted a contact on the Pre the change didn't show up in Gmail. Tasks: gSyncIt, via Google. Calendar: Google Calendar Sync.

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Phishing Scam: Habitat for Humanity fundraising

Robert Weiner

" And they wouldn't use a Gmail address. The income wouldn't be tax-free just because it's from an international charity. An organization like Habitat wouldn't look for employees by sending mass emails to "undisclosed recipients." I hope no one falls for this. ==. Subject: Important Message(Job Offer).

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Favorite Free Software

Robert Weiner

Here are mine, minus obvious ones like Gmail and Firefox (note that many are only free for home use). Joe Medina of Colby College asked members of the FUNDSVCS listserve about their favorite free software programs. Ad-Aware — Anti-spyware and malware tool for PCs: [link]. — Free anti-virus for home use: [link].

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Impressions of the Palm Pre

Robert Weiner

I gather that Google can sync notes and tasks, even though they don't exist in Gmail or Google's calendar. Setting up a Gmail account was incredibly simple - I just had to enter my login info and the Pre knew how to configure the account. In addition, notes & tasks sync to the CompanionLink app rather than the built-in Palm tools.

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