Idealog: Email trap 
Do you really want to send that to your friend? Vivienne Fisher wonders whether we do have, or even should have, privacy in our work email. More...

Login: Over the horizon 
Tim Dean gets excited about the shape of the future, but thinks it's time to go back to the drawing board with email. More...

RWC Linux: GNOME and KDE: The next generation 
In the battle to establish Linux on the desktop, the GNOME and KDE desktops are on the front line. Both desktops have just celebrated new releases, so I thought I'd take this opportunity to catch up with the latest developments. I couldn't hope to cover every change that's made it into these releases since there's just too many, so instead I'll be discussing the changes that are the most significant. More...

Tech Support: Recovering 'deleted' items in Outlook 
Like many Microsoft applications, Outlook is designed for speed under Windows, and this means the heavy use of temporary files and cache/swap files. While the increased and unmonitored consumption of disk space may appear a bad thing, there is a hidden benefit - material accidentally deleted may still be floating around in this space. In this tutorial, we'll try to exploit this feature to recover deleted material. We also look at managing the way Outlook dumps information. More...

Tech Support: Mail merge in OpenOffice.org 
No matter which office suite you're using, the process of the mail merge is the same - create a template, select your data source, add data placeholders to your template, and then merge the template and data together to create your documents. For this tutorial, we'll be using OpenOffice.org's (OOo) excellent Data Source Viewer. More...

Tech Support: Boosting your boot 
One of the more significant features touted on Windows XP's release was a faster boot time but, as with anything in the realm of technology, there's always room for improvement. Squeeze a little more speed out of your boot up with the following handy tips. More...

Tech Support: Scheduling Windows 
Automated or scheduled launching of applications is a feature available in most operating systems. Windows actually provides a means of scheduling tasks and applications, including those that do not have in-built scheduling features. On the surface, scheduling appears quite straightforward, but it's useless if applications are not prepared properly. More...