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MSN PIM: http://www.hotmail.com
If you rather use a desktop PIM, here is one that you can download from Internet for free: http://www.essentialpim.com
Organizing your computer files
As recently as last year, in order to keep your computer files accessible you needed to properly categorize folders, save files in right folders, and up-to-date them regularly. Even with all these troubles, you still used to have problems in finding files when you most needed them, wasting precious work time. Thanks to desktop search programs, finding a file on your computer, certainly, became painlessly easy.
Although, you still should try to maintain computer files organized; you no longer have to waste valuable time on finding them. All you have to do is download one of available desktop search utilities and let it index your computer.
A search tool can help you find any file on your computer, whether is an email or a DOC file, just like an Internet search. You only need to know one word, which you may encounter in that file in order to use tool.
Resources Google Desktop Search Tool: Find information on your computer as fast as you do with help of Google search. http://desktop.google.com/
MSN Desktop Search Tool: MSN desktop search utility comes along with a toolbar that you can download from http://toolbar.msn.com/
Yahoo Desktop Search Tool: Still at beta stage, it’s a very comprehensive desktop search program. http://desktop.yahoo.com/
Copernic Desktop Search Program: This one came out long before search engine heavyweights figured out need for getting your computer files at your fingertips and still one of best. Free download: http://www.copernic.com
Organizing links of important websites
While browsing through Internet often, you come across sites that you would like to visit again. All browsers have options to add page you are viewing to a list of favorite links, commonly known as “Bookmark”. If you want to bring substantial efficiency to your browsing skill, you should create folders according to your interest and add links you intend to visit again to those folders. On Internet Explorer you create a bookmark using icon “Favorites”, and on Firefox “Bookmarks”. You should keep those folders organized for easier access to required links.
Another good option is to use Amazon’s Meta Search Engine A9.com. Once you install A9.com tool bar, all your web browsing history gets saved. A9.com uses this information to recommend you new sites, alert you to new search results, and notifies you when last time you visited a page. When you make a query, A9.com searches through you own history, diary, and bookmarks.
A9.com has a neat feature called diary. It allows you to keep notes on any web page you visit. You will see notes, whenever you revisit that page. It’s a very handy tool for avid Internet users.
Another great thing about A9.com is your bookmarks reside on A9 servers. This allows you to access them from any computer you use.
Resources A9.com search results are essentially supplied by Google. You can download and install A9.com from page: http://toolbar.a9.com/
Nowshade Kabir is the founder, primary developer and present CEO of Rusbiz.com. A Ph. D. in Information Technology, he has wide experience in Business Consulting, International Trade and Web Marketing. Rusbiz is a Global B2B Emarketplace with solutions to start and run online business. You can contact him at mailto:nowshade[at]rusbiz.com http://ezine.rusbiz.com