| Gmail is the new free web based e-mail tool from | | | | anyone recall Microsoft Outlook?) but it is particularly |
| Google. The high storage volume is definitely hard to | | | | useful in an email program that is available on any |
| match but several privacy protection groups have | | | | computer terminal with an internet connection. |
| voiced concerns over Google's method of scanning | | | | Google's new beta Documents and Spreadsheets is |
| e-mails to provide text adds that are targeted | | | | the company's first foray into business software. |
| towards specific groups. Signup for Gmail is incredibly | | | | This text editor is available from any computer |
| simple. All that is required is a name, login, password, | | | | console with a browser installed as no extra |
| and a security question. The last step is to simply | | | | downloads are necessary. All that is required is to |
| view a concise description of the services provided | | | | sign into a free Google account. The actual editor |
| and then the account is active and ready to be used. | | | | itself is rather austere but it certainly will get the job |
| When you get the first glance of the Gmail format, it | | | | done if you want to get thoughts into written |
| seems extremely similar to other web based emails. | | | | format. Google's End user agreement makes no |
| What makes Google's version stand apart is the | | | | guarantee about document storage and requires the |
| unique sorting system that Gmail employs and the | | | | right to include targeted advertisements based on |
| ability to tag a message with several different labels - | | | | the documents contents. In other words, there is no |
| work, important, junk - and leave them in the same | | | | guarantee that you will be able to retrieve stored |
| inbox. | | | | documents from Google's databases. The |
| Google Calendar is another useful free application. | | | | spreadsheet function is also somewhat Spartan in |
| This program is accessible to anyone with a free | | | | terms of available functions. A large number of |
| Google account. If you already have a Gmail account, | | | | mathematical formulas can be entered into the |
| you will be able to link the two services together. | | | | system but the formatting options are somewhat |
| Google Calendar doesn't change the standard Google | | | | limited. The benefits of this application lie in the fact |
| schematics used in other processes; it leans toward | | | | that it is available on any terminal with a faster than |
| the clean and uncluttered style. There are several | | | | dial-up internet connection and your data is easily |
| methods of viewing the timeline. A mini-calendar is | | | | moveable. It also provides the capability of several |
| shown on the left side of the screen and shows the | | | | people in several places working on the same |
| current month. A larger view on the right shows the | | | | spreadsheet, as long as everyone is provided with |
| user's choice of current day, week, month, the next | | | | the same login information. On the whole if you need |
| four days, or a schedule, which is a linear list of all the | | | | reliable data formatting and a lot of options to deal |
| listed events. The ability to track several upcoming | | | | with data then this program is probably not up to par |
| events in your email inbox is not a new one (can | | | | just yet with other programs along the same lines. |