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Quick address suggestions

This integrated Firefox add-on provides Web address autocomplete assistance, but it's not as advanced as it advertises.

Since Autocomplete Manager is integrated into Firefox, it sits nicely out of view until users begin entering a Web address. Begin typing any Web address, and several suggestions appear below the address bar. The suggestions are based on user-specified options, as well as bookmarks and frequently visited sites. A quick visit to the Tools menu allows access to the inner workings of the application. Users can customize the appearance of the autocomplete component by selecting sorting criteria, bookmark position within the results, … Read more

Disable Outlook's address-autocomplete feature

I didn't realize how much I had come to rely on Microsoft Outlook's ability to automatically complete the e-mail addresses I entered in the To:, Cc:, and Bcc: fields until a recent Microsoft Exchange server update at my office wiped out the entries. Of course, one person's convenience is another person's security risk.

Eli Lilly and Co. found this out the hard way last year after a lawyer in the company's employ sent a confidential memo intended for a colleague to a report for the New York Times whose name was similar to the coworker'… Read more

The high cost of e-mail autocomplete

I've always been leery of Microsoft Outlook's autocomplete feature. That's the one that guesses who you want to send the e-mail to by looking at the first few letters you type.

It's right most of the time.

But with e-mail used to send everything from jokes, to family photos to corporate secrets, "most of the time" seems like far too low a bar.

Eli Lilly and its outside lawyers found out this the hard way this week when one of the esquires sent a note intended for a colleague to a New York Times … Read more