Posted on 07 January 2009. Tags: anti-virus, malware, security, Windows
A computer virus has been circulating as a “Greeting Card” email message. The message title contains the words “Greeting Card”, “E-Greeting”, “Christmas Card”, “Online Greeting”, “Greeting for you” or some variance thereof.
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Posted in Anti-virus, Internet, Software Tools, Web Browsing
Posted on 08 December 2008. Tags: drop sites, file sharing, online storage, photo tools
Do you have a photo or two or you want to share with a friend or family member? The simplest way I’ve found so far is to use Picmatic. Picamatic doesn’t require you to login or register an account to add or access photos.
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Posted in Internet, Photography, Quick Tips, Web Browsing
Posted on 05 December 2008. Tags: free services, internet tools, passwords, security
Online passwords are now just a part of our daily life. Many of us don’t really consider how important it is to have a strong password or what it takes to make a strong password. Most of our online activities require us to provide a password in order to use them. A weak password can really cause a lot of trouble if it gets cracked or guessed.
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Posted in Internet, Quick Tips, Software Tools, Web Browsing
Posted on 03 December 2008. Tags: design, Fonstruct, fonts, tips, web tools
Ever wanted to create your own font? Maybe you have a creative project you want to do and need that special font to make it just perfect. Now you can create your own fonts with FontStruct.
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Posted in Creative, Internet, Software Tools
Posted on 01 December 2008. Tags: bookmarklet, passwords, security, tips
Password management can be a pain and there a few things we should not be doing to keep our information safe. For one, you should not be using the same password for every site. If someone sees or gets your password on one of those sites you could be compromising all of your online accounts. But, having to remember a different password for each site is not easy and you’ll most likely need to keep a document or file around to record all your passwords.
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Posted in Internet, Web Browsing
Posted on 24 November 2008. Tags: calendar, free services, photo tools, wallpaper tool
Have you ever found yourself fumbling around on your computer for a calendar? Are you opening up Outlook or Google Calendar (or some other calendaring program) to see on what day the 23rd falls? No need to go to those extremes for a simple date look up. Now you can turn any background or image into desktop wallpaper with an added month calendar.
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Posted in Internet, Photography, Web Browsing
Posted on 17 November 2008. Tags: free services, online storage, synchronization, web tools
For some time now I have stopped carrying around a USB thumb drive or portable hard drive. I used to use them to transfer files between my computers – both Mac’s and PCs. I started using a couple of free services to sync my files between multiple PCs and/or Mac’s.
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Posted in Internet, Software Tools, Web Browsing
Posted on 07 November 2008. Tags: internet scams, malware, phishing, security, spam, virus
Hackers and phishers are taking advantage of your need for election news by using President-elect Barack Obama’s name to get you to click on links and run programs that will infect your machine with malware.
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Posted in Email, Internet
Posted on 22 October 2008. Tags: internet scams, phishing, security, spam, tips
There has been a great deal of news of financial institution failures. Many banks have been swallowed up by larger institutions and mergers seem to be occurring almost on a weekly basis. Unfortunately, the troubled banking situation has opened up a door for Internet scams and phishing attacks.
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Posted in Email, Web Browsing
Posted on 03 September 2008. Tags: browser, google, internet tools
Google officially announced the release of a their new web browser on Monday, 9/1. The new browser – which Google is calling Chrome utilizes the Webkit technology, the same open source technology used by Apple’s Safari browser.
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Posted in Internet, Web Browsing