HOW TO delete an email address from GMail auto-complete list without deleting Contact

Supposedly friendly features like spell-check & auto-completion can be a bane sometimes. Imagine if your boss & best friend share the same name & you excitedly send a very private message to the boss instead of the friend because GMail cleverly fills the email address while you type a few characters of the name. If such a scenario rings a bell, here is one option to prevent GMail from supplying names you don't want to see in...

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HOW TO compare HTML5 features supported by versions 8, 9 & 10 of IE

This page on the Browserscope website lets you choose versions of the same or different browsers & see how they stack up in supporting HTML5 features. Click on the "Compare UAs" link on that page, select User Agents you want to compare & then hit the Compare button.I chose versions 8, 9 & 10 of Internet Explorer to see what's new with respect to HTML5 in IE9 & IE 10click to enlarge imageYou can copy the table data to...

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Scott Allen's 10 favorite C# rules for developing software

From Scott Allen's C# Fundamentals Part 2 course on Pluralsight -Rule #10: Avoid Regions - as they are typically used to hide ugly code or classes that've exploded in size or responsibility. Think if you should break the regions into seperate classesRule #9: Use exceptions for errors..instead of status code or booleans...but not for control flowRule #8: Avoid boolean parametersRule #7: Avoid too many parameters - beyond 4, consider groupingRule #6: Warnings are errors - Go to a Project's Properties and in the Build tab of the dialog box that opens...

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Thrilled to be among top Pro Webmasters Stack Exchange users to receive swag

I'm a fan of several sites of the Stack Exchange family. I was thrilled to know that I'm among the top Pro Webmasters Stack Exchange users with over 950 reputation to receive cool swag. Thank you, Stack Exchange!The Stack Exchange family currently consists of 65 question and answer sites & has over 1.2 million use...

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Looking for internship or job? Check Microsoft's Students to Business program

Microsoft's Students to Business website connects graduating students with  Microsoft, Microsoft Partners and its customers. This program is open to graduating students in India. The enrollment process is simple and does not require any fees.Microsoft's DreamSpark program gives students Microsoft professional tools at no charge.For students passionate about software development, there are also other avenues where they can publish their original projects or contribute to ongoing open-source projects and get noticed. Here is a...

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