http://www.therightguy.info Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:00:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Google's beloved web-based email client has always been ripe for third-party design customization (we've always been partial to the Gmail Redesigned skin in Better Gmail, for example), but now Gmail is officially riding the interface customization train by offering 30-some new themes to spice up your inbox. Keep reading for ... http://www.therightguy.info/2008/11/19/gmail-updates-its-look-adds-themes/ Previously mentioned people search engine Pipl has updated with a slightly tweaked look and better, more organized results. In a quick comparison between recently featured 123people and Pipl, the results at Pipl thoroughly outdid 123people on accuracy when I searched for myself, including much more accurate results for real email ... http://www.therightguy.info/2008/11/19/pipl-updates-offers-better-organized-stalking/ Thanks to some sweet, sweet discount serendipity, $25 gift cards to restaurants around the country from Restaurant.com can be had through tomorrow, for $1.50 using a coupon code and a FatWallet link code. It's pretty much the same offer as we previously posted, just a bit cheaper and, well, back ... http://www.therightguy.info/2008/11/19/get-25-restaurant-gift-cards-for-150/ Both YouMail and MessageSling have long offered free services that let nearly any cell phone user listen to and manage their voicemail online, in the style of the iPhone's "visual voicemail." The stakes were raised this month when both also announced new transcription services, allowing you to read that call ... http://www.therightguy.info/2008/11/19/battle-of-the-free-visual-voicemail-and-transcription-services/ The creators of the previously mentioned, versatile CD/DVD burning tool CDBurnerXP have posted a guide in their forums to using the program to create a live-booting Windows XP (or 2000/2003) disc. It's a multi-step process that involves a lot of settings to tweak, but at the end you should have ... http://www.therightguy.info/2008/11/18/create-a-live-booting-xp-cd-or-dvd/ Using a data analysis tool that monitors new books, research papers, broadcast transcripts and news sources, Oxford University came up with a list of the top 10 most irritating phrases. Headed by "At the end of the day" and capped with "It's not rocket science," it's both an eye-rolling exercise ... http://www.therightguy.info/2008/11/18/30-cliches-you-should-basically-avoid-going-forward/ Windows only: The popular Windows firewall application ZoneAlarm Free has a big brother called ZoneAlarm Pro, which boasts a handful of features not available in the free version—including integrated antivirus. Normally $40, ZoneAlarm Pro will be available tomorrow (11/18) for the low, low price of free. ZoneAlarm Free was voted ... http://www.therightguy.info/2008/11/17/zonealarm-2009-pro-free-tomorrow-only/ If you work in a corporate culture that's fond of meetings, or an industry that involves lots of long-distance collaboration, you've no doubt heard an increasing amount about "webinars" lately. The web-based meetings, usually involving collaborative editing, whiteboard brainstorming, slideshow presentations, and/or live desktop sharing, are helpful when teaching ... http://www.therightguy.info/2008/11/17/dimdim-hosts-your-webinars-for-free/ Windows only: If you're in no hurry to adopt Windows Vista but you've taken a shine to the Vista Sidebar, Joshoon over at Deviant Art has uploaded a port of the actual application to Windows XP. Using a combination of resources such as Alky for Applications, a Windows Vista ... http://www.therightguy.info/2008/11/16/install-the-windows-vista-sidebar-in-xp/ When you really want to stay in touch over a long distance, a simple phone call or voice chat pales in comparison to a face-to-face video chat. You can look your long-distance significant other in the eyes while you talk; your parents can watch their grandkid grow up; and under ... http://www.therightguy.info/2008/11/16/five-best-video-chat-applications/