Today’s Echo August 31, 2010

  • Official Google Blog: Email overload? Try Priority Inbox
    People tell us all that time that they’re getting more and more mail and often feel overwhelmed by it all. We know what you mean—here at Google we run on email. Our inboxes are slammed with hundreds, sometimes thousands of messages a day—mail from colleagues, from lists, about appointments and automated mail that’s often not important. It’s time-consuming to figure out what needs to be read and what needs a reply. Today, we’re happy to introduce Priority Inbox (in beta)—an experimental new way of taking on information overload in Gmail.
  • the::unwired – ENABLED: Microsoft launches Exchange ActiveSync Synchronization for Windows Live Hotmail
    Right in time for the upcoming Windows Phone 7 launch and as expected, Microsoft today has enabled Exchange ActiveSync synchronization of its Windows Live Hotmail service for smartphones which now includes E-Mail push as well as calendar, contacts and tasks synchronization!
  • Samsung X125 11.6in notebook • reghardware
    Review Computer manufacturers are well known for hyping up their products – "magical", indeed – but few actually fib. Samsung isn't telling porkies, but the sticker on its new X125 overstates with the best of them.