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January 9th, 2009:

Send Text Messages via Google Chat

Jan 9th, 2009
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Sending text messages using your email account??? With Gmail, it is possible. Gmail Labs recently unveiled a new experimental feature from Gmail Labs that allows Gmail users to send text messages to their friends and family using Google Chat. Unofficially named Text Messaging (SMS) in Chat, the experimental SMS messaging feature from Gmail Labs is currently available for US-based users only.

Enabling text messaging in Google Chat

To use the experimental text messaging feature of Google Chat, you have to enable it in the Settings menu. On the upper right side of the Gmail homepage, click on the Settings link to open the Gmail Settings menu. Once the Settings menu is opened, click on the Labs tab to view the list of experimental features from Gmail Labs. Because the text messaging feature is on latter part of the list, you have to scroll down to the bottom of the page in order to view it. After locating the text messaging feature, click on the tiny circle before the ENABLE option to activate the Google Chat SMS feature. Remember to click the SAVE CHANGES button at the bottom of the page to successfully activate the selected feature.

Sending text messages via Google Chat

The first thing you need to do in sending a text message via Google Chat is to choose a contact from your Google Chat buddy list on the left-side of the screen. After the Gchat box pops up, type in the text message that you wish to send via SMS. Before pressing the ENTER button on your keyboard, click on the Options menu at the bottom of the Gchat pop up and choose the SEND SMS option from the list.

Mifflin County Police Department Employee Reprimanded for Sending Racist Email

Jan 9th, 2009
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It was the parody that went wrong. Police department administrative secretary Jeri Minnick-Dukes only wanted to get some laughs from her Mifflin County co-workers, but she received criticisms from the entire country instead. Minnick-Dukes is currently being reprimanded for sending email copies of the Night Befo’ Crizzmus, a parody of Clement Clarke Moore’s The Night Before Christmas that contains several racial slurs and slang words, which are obviously references to the African-American community.

The black Christmas poem

The email, which was originally sent by Minnick-Dukes as a joke to her Democrat (and Obama supporter) co-worker, is currently receiving a lot of attention and criticism for containing several references to negative stereotypes against black people. Night Befo’ Crizzmus, after all, is an obvious play on the original title of the poem using Black slang. Other negative stereotypes mentioned in the email imply piracy, drug use, prostitution, and robbery.

The black Santa Claus

The part of the email that drew the most attention, however, is the depiction of President-elect Barack Obama as a “black Santa Claus.” As the black Santa, Obama entered houses not by going down the chimneys but by picking the door locks. And although it was mentioned that he had a big bag full of Air Jordans and fake gold, the black Santa Claus did not give away any presents on Christmas Eve. Instead, he stole the narrator’s guns, crack, knife, and new burglar’s kit.

Getting a letter of reprimand is the only “punishment” that Minnick-Dukes is expected to receive from the board of directors. African-American Bernard Chapman, who used to work as a police trooper in Pennsylvania, believes that the proper disciplinary action for Minnick-Dukes’ unethical sending of the racial email is the termination of her employment. “To only place a letter of reprimand in her file is not sufficient. To demean the President-elect of the United States solely because he is African-American is an egregious violation of protocol here,” he said.

Quick Tips for Cybercafe Net Surfers

Jan 9th, 2009
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It’s okay to check your emails at a cybercafe or even in a public library so long as you know how to secure your online presence. How? Here are some fast and simple rules to live by:

*Always close the browser once you have logged out

Yes, it’s not enough to just log out of your email account. Apparently, you still have to close the browser after checking your emails or simply browsing websites. This is especially true for using free email accounts. For some email accounts, you may still see your username on display even after have logged out. Even without access to passwords, this could still compromise your email security. Just think about ingenious hacks and smart frauds that caused trouble for many innocent Net surfers.

*Delete the browser history, cache, and passwords

Especially when checking emails in a public terminal, you should delete the browser cache. Some people are actually not aware that some browsers automatically keep tabs on websites they have visited. Some even have a record of passwords and some personal information you have used upon surfing the Net. So, why let hackers use any information you’ve left behind? Here are some tips:

For Mozilla Firefox users – Click on Ctrl+Shift+Del.

For Opera users – Click on Tools and Delete Private Data

For MS Internet Explorer users – Click on Tools, go to Internet Options, choose Clear History, Delete Cookies, and Delete Files.

These easy steps will erase any trace that could be used for identity theft, credit card scams, and other types of online frauds.

Setting up More Email Accounts

Jan 9th, 2009
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You cannot deny the fact the even once in your life, you have been duped by phishing emails. With an email saying that you have won thousands of dollars in a lottery, who could blame you for taking your chances and clicking on that link. To the dismay of thousands of other people who did the same thing, computer crashes have been the result of their wishes to become an instant millionaire.

Spam emails are a common fact of life. While experts have surely found a way to avoid traps and errors from spam emails, newbies still have lots to learn. Without paying serious attention to your email security, a spam email can bring much harm to your computer. To your surprise, even restarting the computer may not be enough to avert crashes.

Setting up more than one email account

You are probably hoping to have a single key to open all your emails. But during these times of smart frauds and ingenious hacks, you couldn’t take a chance on this. Instead, you should organize your email accounts based on intended use or possible senders. Ideally, you should have one for personal use. This email account should be given out only to friends and family members. Another email account should also be set up for office use. Finally, the last one should be used for other emails such as subscription to newsletters, blog updates, etc. Through this, you can find an easy escape from annoying spam emails and save time on reading not too important messages all at the same time.

Your first two email accounts could be free or paid for. But for receiving emails for newsletters and product offers, might as well go for free email accounts. You also have to consider the idea that, eventually, you may have to dump this account to avoid spams and secure your address in the online world.