As the outcry over Google Buzz's privacy has shown us, it's smart to explore settings in Gmail, along with other places you're sharing data with the search giant.

Megan Berry is an evangelist for Mobclix, the industry’s largest mobile ad exchange, working on social media and marketing.

Whattup guys! jQuery 1.4 is out and to be part of the celebrations, I'd like to introduce you to a couple Plugins and tehcniques that could be helpful when developing your next websites.

What's up everybody! Just came back from Europe where I had some very nice vacations. France is a great country with an amazing culture, delicious food and drinks and the classiest women on earth!

I'd like to dedicate this week's article to free stock photo sites. These are great ressources for people with a low budget that are looking for a new wallpaper, need images for their blog or website, or are just looking around for inspiration. So keep your wallet in your pocket and enjoy, because everything is free on those sites!

1. Use Your My Documents Folder

The My Documents folder is there for a reason. If you don’t have a My Document’s folder, create one. The idea is to keep all of your documents in this folder. This makes it easy to backup your computer and easy to find stuff instead of looking all over your hard drive.

You can take this idea step further and create folders for the types of items you produce on your computer. Here is an example of how OS X sets up your home directory by default:

OS X Mail has a neat little feature that lets you “bounce” an email back to the sender, making it look like your email address doesn’t exist. This isn’t particularly useful for dealing with automated spam because most spam is sent from fake addresses anyway.  However, it can be very useful to deal with emails from people who you don’t want to have contacting you or who insist on sending you jokes and hoax warnings all the time.

To use this feature, simply control click on the offending email and click “bounce” on the popup menu.

Seeing your just-separated ex with a new fling on Facebook? Painful. Seeing that they've run through your Gmail? Devastating. Ars Technica suggests a well-considered checklist of changes to make to your online accounts in the wake of a severed relationship.

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So you've snagged an invitation to Google Wave—or a pal is sending one your way—and you've already taken a look at what to expect. Let's dive deeper into Wave features, etiquette, and extensions.