Online trading sites are attracting a lot of attention right now. People are starting to become more aware of what they are spending and are looking to trim their entertainment budgets by swapping their stuff. Book, DVD, CD, etc... swapping services that allow you to trade what you already have, for something you don't are becoming increasingly popular. Two major players ...
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Do you think your computer might have been compromised? No anti-virus, no problem. You can do an online virus, spyware, and malware scan using some free tools on the web.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
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.
Monday, December 8, 2008
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.
Friday, December 5, 2008
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.
Monday, December 1, 2008
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.
Monday, November 24, 2008
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.
Monday, November 17, 2008
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.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
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.
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
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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Wednesday, July 1, 2009
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