Instant messaging acronyms and information
     A great Web site to visit for using shortcuts in instant messaging:
http://im.about.com/od/acronyms/a/acronyms.htm

Tips and tricks

Find
    Need to find a phrase on a Web site, in a document, or even in a file name on your computer? Ctrl + F will bring up a Find window in Windows XP and most other programs.

A Quicker Scroll
    If you have a mouse with a scroll wheel, this one is very cool. Try giving the wheel a push. Just press your finger directly down on the wheel and see what happens. Once you do that, you should see a big double arrow appear. You can then just move your mouse up and down and it will do an "automatic scroll" for you. That's right, once you click the wheel, you no longer have to actually scroll. Just move your mouse around and it will all be taken care of.
    This feature doesn't work with everything, but it covers most of the common areas. For example, it works on any Web page in any Web browser, it works in different email programs, in an MS Word document and much more. It's so convenient and easy to use. Then once you've finished scrolling, just give the wheel another click and your mouse will go back to normal.

MS Outlook keyboard shortcuts

Ctrl + Shift + I will take you straight to the Inbox
Ctrl + Shift + O will put you into the Outbox
Once you’re in a mailbox:
Enter (while message is highlighted) will open the message
Ctrl + N will open a new email message
Ctrl + R will reply to the current message (either highlighted or already opened)
Ctrl + F will forward the current message (either highlighted or already opened)
Once you’re in a message:
Tab will advance you one field forward (from the To: field to the Cc: field, etc.)
Shift + Tab will send you one field backwards
And finally:
Ctrl + Enter will send your email message

Arrow Tricks
     Here's a great little arrow trick to try with word processing programs. Next time you're using your arrow keys to go from one area of a sentence to another (left and right arrows), hold down your CTRL key. Instead of moving one space at a time, you'll go one word at a time.
     If you're using the up and down arrows to go from line to line, holding down the CTRL key will make your cursor jump from paragraph to paragraph. 
    AND, if you hold down the SHIFT key while you do this (i.e. Hold down SHIFT + CTRL at the same time), you select text as you arrow along. 
    

Sliding windows!
    Ever have a window that has wandered partially off-screen? Not a big problem, unless you can't get to the title bar to move it. For example, what do you do if you have a window that gets its title bar hidden above the TOP of the screen? (It happens, sometimes due to a system error, sometimes due a change in screen resolution.) The problem is, you can't grab the title bar with your mouse to move the window. Don't worry, there's an easy way to move the darn thing. Here's how:

1. Make sure the window has focus (I.e. it's the active window).
2. Next, click Alt+Space and then press the letter M .
3. Now, use your arrow keys to move the window back to where you want it.
    By hovering over an item a balloon should come up telling you what the program is.
     One easy way to switch between programs you have open is to hit ALT+TAB . A small box will pop up with icons for all the currently open programs (even settings windows that don't display on the tool bar - like display properties for instance).
     Hold down ALT , then simply hit TAB until the window you're looking for is highlighted. Notice that as you tab, the title bar information is displayed below the icons.
    And, hold down the ALT & SHIFT key while hitting TAB to go backwards through the list.

Apple's tiny new laptop
     In January, Apple chief executive Steve Jobs took the wraps off a super-slim new laptop, unveiling a tiny personal computer that is less than 2cm thick and turns on the moment it is opened - MacBook Air.
     World-leading computer chip maker Intel, shrunk one of its fast dual-core processors by 60% at Apple's urging to fit the power into MacBook Air. The computer features innovations inspired by Apple's iPods and iPhone, for example, the compact hard drive is the kind used in iPod, while touch pad controls in the computer's mimic touch-screen "gesture" capabilities in iPhones.
     At it's thickest, the new 1.3kg computer is 1.9cm thick: at its thinnest, 0.4cm. It comes standard with an 80GB hard drive, with the option of a 64GB flash-based solid state drive as an upgrade. The Macbook Air will be available in Australia in February.

The A-Z of browsers
     Believe it or not, Wikipedia lists 46 browsers to choose from! Go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Free_web_browsers

You try to enter your PC logon password on the microwave.
You haven't played patience with real cards in years.
You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of 3.
You e-mail your work colleague at the desk next to you to ask "Do you fancy going down the pub?" and they reply "Yeah, give me five minutes".
Your reason for not staying in touch with friends is that they do not have email addresses.
You hear most of your jokes via email instead of in person.
When you go home after a long day at work you still answer the phone in a business manner.  
You've sat at the same desk for four years and worked for three different companies.
Your biggest loss from a system crash is that you lose all your best jokes.
Your supervisor doesn't have the ability to do your job.  
It's dark when you drive to and from work, even in the summer.
Being sick is defined as you can't walk or you're in hospital.
You're already late on the assignment you just got.
Holiday is something you roll over to next year.
The only reason you recognise your kids is because their pictures are on your desk.
You read this entire list, kept nodding and smiling.