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Power up your Gmail with Labs

Flicking a few switches in the Labs settings can add some very cool features to your Google experience.

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Seamus Byrne is CNET's Editor for Australia and Asia. At other times he'll be found messing with apps, watching TV, building LEGO, and rolling dice. Preferably all at the same time.
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Watch this: Power up your Gmail with Labs

Gmail is pretty slick, but if you've never gone poking around in your settings menus you really are missing out.

Settings can get a bit scary, but the trick for today is to head straight for the Labs menu. This is where some of Google's cleverest add-ons to the Gmail and wider Google Apps experience are hiding. Everything from giving yourself a chance to cancel a message after you've hit send, to stopping yourself from sending email when you're intoxicated, to hiding unread email counts so you don't get upset at how bad you are at keeping with emails.

Just hit the cog in the top right of the screen, then Settings, and then Labs, and try out a few new features.