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Wanting to send a text message while sitting at your phone?  Google makes this easy by allow SMS messages from GMail.  If you are logged into Google, simply click here and you can see which of the awesome Google lab projects you want to try.

I suggest you try the SMS messaging, the custom colors for labels (especially if you’re a label-holic such as myself), pictures in chat, and Google Calendar.  There are plenty more that may be useful, but those seem to be really handy for myself.

Share with us if you have any good ones to add, or just want to post your opinion about it.

Wanting to take one of the many certificates that Microsoft offers?  Want to do it and get a second chance to take it for free if you don’t pass it?  Now is the time to quickly get that done.

Microsoft’s Second Chance will allow you to do so.  But just make sure you register before you purchase the exam.  They will give you a voucher number that will allow you to “cash in” your free second chance.  Here is what Microsoft has to say:

In the real world, you might need more than one chance at certification. With Second Shot, if you do not pass a Microsoft Certification exam on your first try, we’ll let you retake the exam for free.

As an additional incentive to work toward a Microsoft Certification, from October 15, 2008, to December 31, 2008, if you pass a Microsoft Certification exam on your first try, you get a 25 percent discount on a different exam.

Follow these three easy steps:

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Make sure you register BEFORE you purchase the exam, or else this offer will not be valid.
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Hopefully you will not need it, but it’s good insurance, and a good way to get a free “practice test”.