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If you’re curious about what became of your high school sweetheart or your best buddy, and you don’t have the information you need to contact him or her, then using the Internet is among the best ways to gather information. The Internet provides a wide array of information that would be helpful for your search.

Use the search engines

Begin your search using Google. Searching is easy, you just have to key in the first name and the surname of the person. The search engine will give you various sites containing that name, including the online group in which that person is a member. However, it could be a bit difficult if that person opened an account in a different name or if the person is using a different surname. The former usually happens, especially if the person wants to maintain his or her privacy. The latter case happens when a woman marries. If your search through Google doesn’t prove a success, then you can use other email providers such as Yahoo, AOL, and Hotmail. However, if you still fail in your search, you don’t have to give up for there are other options.

Visit specific sites

One of this is by visiting the website of the high school of college where that particular person graduated from and then accessing the school’s alumni committee. If this still doesn’t work, you can opt for online sites specializing in giving information about a certain person. There are sites that offer services for free. However, there are also others whereyou have to give a small amount as a fee.

Lycos Mail is shutting down

After several years of providing high quality email services to its users, Lycos is finally putting an end to its Lycos Mail operations. The Lycos Team forwarded the bad news to its loyal subscribers by sending copies of the company’s official statement to their individual email addresses.

Not saving important documents

Until the cut-off date, all Lycos Mail users may still log-on to their email accounts. They may still send messages, receive emails, organize files, store documents, and manage contacts using their Lycos Mail accounts. However, the company advises all existing Lycos Mail users to start cleaning up their inboxes by backing up their important files. According to the Lycos Team, the company will close all Lycos Mail accounts on the cut-off date. The contents of all Lycos Mail accounts, therefore, will be deleted as soon as the email accounts are closed.

Not forgetting paid accounts

Like most email service providers, Lycos Mail also offers additional paid options. If you are a paid subscriber of Lycos Mail, then you should not worry about your remaining balance because the Lycos Team promises to reimburse all remaining balances. All reimbursements will be sent to the bank account that you specified during your application.

Not attracting enough users

According to the official statement issued by the Lycos Team via email, the company has decided to discontinue its Lycos Mail operations because it’s no longer profitable. In recent years, Lycos Mail suffered heavy competition against more popularly known webmail services such as Gmail and Yahoo! Mail.

Lycos Mail will finally close its doors on February 15.

Microsoft Outlook is one of the oldest email applications around. In fact, Adam Smith was only 12 when Microsoft first introduced it. Now, at 23, Smith is introducing an email application that is set to revolutionize Microsoft’s personal information manager. Named Xobni (which is, obviously, “inbox” spelled backwards), the new email application that was developed by Smith promises two things: to make your Outlook searches faster and to make your email experience better.

Providing instant search results

The best thing about Xobni is that it is free for all. In fact, you can actually download the Xobni email application from the Xobni website (www.xobni.com) if you want to spruce up your Microsoft Outlook account. After it is downloaded from the website and installed in the computer, Xobni will automatically index all the emails found in your Microsoft Outlook account. This system allows you to easily search for the email addresses and phone numbers of the people in your contact list. You just have to type in the appropriate keywords and the corresponding information will be presented to you in a matter of seconds.

Linking social networking websites

Another impressive feature of Xobni is that it links your Microsoft Outlook account with your accounts in social networking websites. As a matter of fact, Xobni allows you to view your contacts’ status updates in Facebook and their profile photos in LinkedIn. If the people on your contact list are also Skype users, you may also give them a call by simply clicking on their names.

Phishing is one of the most common forms of email fraud today. Many email users have lost their passwords and their accounts to professional phishers because their email accounts are not as secured as they hoped. One way of protecting your Yahoo! Mail account from phishers is to create a sign-in seal, a secret message or personal image that helps you recognize the authenticity of the Yahoo! page that you are visiting.

Making a sign-in seal

To start making a sign-in seal, you have to click on the Create Your Sign-in Seal link that is found above the blank fields for your username and password. On the Yahoo! Sign-in Seal page, you are provided with two customization options: Create a text seal and Upload an image. If you chose the first option, you have to enter a short message for your computer. You can type any kind of message you want as long as it doesn’t exceed 21 characters or expose your password. But if you’d rather have an image as your sign-in seal, then you should pick the second option. Because it is called Upload an image, the second option requires you to upload the JPG or GIF file that you wish to use as your sign-in seal. Choose an image that is under 2MB in size so it could fit perfectly in the seal.

Customizing a sign-in seal

If you click on the Preview button at the bottom of the screen, the seal that you just made will appear on the sign-in box. The sign-in seal customization services that Yahoo! Mail offers, however, are not limited to the specification of the text or the selection of the image. In fact, you may also choose a sign-in color for your seal! To choose a sign-in color, you just have to click on the tiny dot below the color swatch of your choice. Click the Preview button again to determine whether the sign-in seal satisfies your preferences or not. If you are already satisfied with your work, you just have to click on the Save This Seal button to save the customization changes.

Is your current Gmail password complicated and obscure enough to be guessed by your friends? Well, if you’re one of those people who use their childhood nicknames or favorite colors as their passwords, then maybe this is the right time to change them.

Here is a step-by-step process on how you can change your current Gmail password

1. Open the Settings menu.

The first step in changing your Gmail password is to open the Gmail Settings menu. You can do this by clicking on the SETTINGS link on the upper right corner of the Gmail homepage.

2. Choose the Accounts tab.

Once the Settings menu is opened, click on the Accounts tab to view the available options that you can use to change or modify your Gmail account settings.

3. Click the Google Account Settings link.

On the fourth row on the Gmail Accounts tab, you will find the Google Account Settings link. Click this link to open the Google Accounts page where you can reset and change you current Gmail Password.

4. Select the Change Password option.

Upon opening the Google Accounts page, find the Change Password option on the Personal Settings column. The Change Password option is seen as an underlined phrase in a blue-colored font. Click this option to finally open the Change Password page.

5. Change the current password.

There are four blank fields on the Change Password page: current password, security question, new password, and confirm new password. Unless you forgot your current password, just leave the field for the security question blank and enter the accurate alphanumeric symbols for the other three. Don’t forget to click the Save button to confirm and finalize the password change.