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Forwarding all mail with Gmail

If you've got multiple Gmail accounts, such as different Google Apps Gmail accounts (for hosted domains) and gmail.com accounts, being able to forward them all to one account saves a lot of time and effort. Gmail does allow you to forward email under the Forwarding and POP/IMAP section …


Adverts in RSS feeds

RSS feeds are great for those people who want to follow up on news sites without having to constantly revisit the same site multiple times a day. Google FeedBurner offers nice statistics to any sites with RSS feeds, allowing them to see how many subscribers they've got by hosting the …


Cables not included

To me this is one of the most annoying things manufacturers decide on when releasing their products – not including all the cables necessary to use the product!

Various USB printers have done this for quite a while, you have to buy the cable separately. Whilst it's sometimes understandable with cheap …


Poor Windows Vista support in games

As much as people might dislike Vista, it's the operating system bundled with new machines and it's here to stay. It's been around 2 years since Vista was launched, whilst I can understand certain software developers might not offer support from the immediate release – it should be one of their …


Server Name Indication being held back

Ever since we've had websites available over HTTPS (HTTP over SSL), there has always been the problem that the host always requires an IP per site as each site needs a new certificate. With SSL the server couldn't just switch certificate according to the site, as SSL is negotiated before …

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