From the mailbag: My daughter says her friend ‘hacked’ into her Gmail account and read all of her messages. How does this happen?

Its been the one thing that has driven many an iPhone user buggy: the Safari browser does not support the Adobe Flash plug-in, therefore you can’t access some websites or play online games. Guess what? You CAN have it all, with the help of a free app.

Migratr is a free application that allows you to transfer photos quickly & simply from one photo-sharing service to another.

Between owning desktops, notebooks, netbooks, or managing a work PC, there’s an increasing need to have files sync on multiple computers.

Try this new operating system on your netbook by booting it off a USB key.

A plethora of storage options, from online cloud storage to offline 1,000-year DVDs & external USB hard drives ensure your data is safe no matter what.

In this brief video segment, I demonstrate how Apple’s MobileMe service works to locate your iPhone if lost or stolen.

Don’t get caught at work needing a bookmark stored on your home computer. Sync your favourite sites on all computers with Xmarks.

Hate playing the email game when trying to schedule and arrange an office or team meeting? Why not try Doodle?

Did you hear that Gmail went down, yesterday? Of course you did; it was all anyone could talk about. The panic caused by Gmail’s latest failure makes me wonder: what the heck do people do when a website or the Internet goes down?