When working: up between 7.30 and 8, out the door between 8.30 and 8.45, at work before 9.

@mrsayao: [xkcd.com]

@Firesphere: if it does end up featured, then all credit should go to MeToo over on the emergeDesktop forum.

@Firesphere: just map the two keys to each other's functions using KeyTweak: [webpages.charter.net]

@TheMonkeyKing: I wouldn't say it was neat or tidy - that bar is a cluttered mess.

@virgilstar: just checking I wasn't imagining things.

Maybe I'm just being dense but I thought a lot of newer laptops, ones running Win7, offered a lot (if not all) of these functions out-of-the-box?

Voted 'not actually sure' because I was surprised when I found out I did have it installed.

In the UK it's legal to record a phone call without the other party's consent for a number of purposes.

Laptop: Win7 HP x64, hidden along the bottom of the screen.

One little tip which I've used a few times to great effect is to set the white balance to 'cloudy' when taking portrait shots as it will warm the skin tones.

@Stephen.Lecheler: Ditto.

@techfox: I'll take 100 of each.

BBC.

@danhughes: my sentiments exactly.

@DangerousLiberal: ' Google had a bit of a screw-up with Buzz and that deserves criticism - which they have already received, in other articles specifically detailing the problems they've had'

@Kevin Purdy: fair enough, Google had a bit of a screw-up with Buzz and that deserves criticism - which they have already received, in other articles specifically detailing the problems they've had.

@seekingdaedalus: each to their own.

I 'beta-tested' G-Mail for quite a while and had no problems.

I have never understood why Flickr seems to be so well thought-of.