August, 2010 | Ask Dave Taylor

How can I view message source in Windows Live Hotmail?

The latest upgrade in Windows Hotmail has gone ahead and removed the View Message Source from the right-click context menu in the Inbox! I have always found that to be a valuable and critical tool in filtering out /previewing potentially risky e-mails without ever having to actually open them.
Why on earth would MS disarm their Hotmail account users in this day and age in the battle against scams/spams/phishing and all other sorts of nefarious exploits!?!?

August 7, 2010

How can I save a text message on an iPhone 4?

How do I save a text message on my Apple iPhone 4? Can I forward it to an email address on my phone, for example?

August 6, 2010

How can I detect a Phishing Scam / Paypal-labs.com?

Is this a phishing scam? I just got some email that looks suspicious with a link to “paypal-labs.com” Is it a scam or phishing attempt? Why can’t they just make it paypal.com?

August 5, 2010

Achievement Diary, Wilderness and Falador Party Room in RuneScape

A few days ago, I wrote about two of the coolest things to do in RuneScape as you get really good: Dungeoneering and Pursing Quests in RuneScape. There’s a lot more you can do that’s fun, however, so this time I am going to give you three more options, three more cool ways to enjoy RuneScape and have fun: Creating an achievement diary, exploring the wilderness and checking out the action in the Falador party room.
Ready? Let’s go!

August 4, 2010

How can I forget or edit a learned word in the spelling dictionary?

I will appreciate you explaining how to forget words from the Mac speller. That is, I use the spelling checker in Mac OS X and click on “Learn Spelling” as I go so that it doesn’t flag people’s names, etc. Problem is, I accidentally told it to learn a word that isn’t misspelled and now I want to have it “unlearn” the misspelling.

August 3, 2010

How do I delete Wall postings / status updates in Facebook?

Dave, Help! I posted a status update to my Facebook Wall, then realized I didn’t want it there, but while I can see the “hide” buttons on other people’s entries on my page, and I’ve seen “delete” buttons on people’s comments on my earlier Wall postings, I can’t see how to delete my own posting. Help! This is important!!

August 2, 2010

How do I ask a question to my Facebook friends?

Facebook has introduced a new “Ask Question” feature. Can you give us a quick demo of how it works and offer some thoughts on how to best use it, Dave?

August 1, 2010

August 2010

How can I view message source in Windows Live Hotmail?

How can I save a text message on an iPhone 4?

How can I detect a Phishing Scam / Paypal-labs.com?

Achievement Diary, Wilderness and Falador Party Room in RuneScape

How can I forget or edit a learned word in the spelling dictionary?

How do I delete Wall postings / status updates in Facebook?

How do I ask a question to my Facebook friends?

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