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How can I check the last time someone logged into my Gmail account?

I swear someone's logging into my Google Gmail account and reading my email. I know it should be impossible, but I dunno. Is there some way to check and see if that's happening? Continue reading How...

How do I upgrade my Apple iPhone to firmware 2.0?

I'm excited to add the many new capabilities and improvements to my beloved Apple iPhone, but have heard that the jump from 1.1.4 to 2.0 completely wipes your phone. Can you show me how to step...

What's the history of July 4th, Independence Day?

What are the best sites to visit to learn about the history of holidays like Independence Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving, etc? For that matter, when did people start celebrating Independence Day? In...

How do I read prior lines in a text file?

I want to compare a line in a file with zero(0) and if its more than zero i want to print the prior two lines, can u please help me in solving out this... please Continue reading How do I read prior...

How do I get bloggers to write about our research results?

Hi Dave, love the blog. My question for you is what is the best way to get bloggers to utilize and write about my research. I work for a company called VideoBloom and I do a lot of research on...

How do you stop someone scraping/ stealing your blog content?

Hi Dave. I'm a follower of your blog..its wonderful that you answer so many questions. I'm in a trouble and hope you will help me.:-) I have a blog on Blogger. Recently I discovered that whenever...

How can I figure out how well a movie did in the box office?

I follow your awesome Twitter movie news and trivia channel @FilmBuzz and figured you'd know the answer to this question: How can I find out how much money a movie, like, say, Eragon, made in the...

How do I delete an iPhone application from iTunes?

Now that I have a shiny new iPhone, I've gone a bit wild adding applications from the iTunes Application Store. So many applications that it's out of control. Now I want to delete some, but each time...

How do I figure out an individual Twitter status URL?

I have been using Twhirl as my Twitter client and am pretty happy with it, but I'm baffled by one thing: recently someone sent me an email that included a URL on Twitter that took me to a page that...

Is Last Minute Bidding (Sniping) the only Way to Win an eBay Auction?

I've been trying to add some new stamps to my collection by looking on eBay, and while I am amazed at the range and variety of what's available for us philatelists, I'm finding it very tedious to...