Monthly Archives: June 2009
FireFox 3.5 Released Today
The new and improved FireFox, the one we’ve all been waiting for, finally came out of the gate today. There’s ton of new feature which promise to make this the best FireFox ever. New features for end users: Location aware … Continue reading
Backup, Backup, Backup With Free DriveImage XML
We talk a lot on this Blog about how important it is to have a current backup of all of your critical data, system/device drivers (something many of us forget), and user operating system settings, in case of system or … Continue reading
Filed under Backup Applications, Backup Tools, Freeware, Software, Utilities, Windows Tips and Tools
Tech Thoughts Daily Net News – June 30, 2009
Lifehacker: Best of the Best: Hive Five Winners, March through June 2009 – Pulling from current trends, popular reader suggestions, and our own brainstorming sessions, we search out the next “Which is best?” Windows 7: Good enough to pay for? … Continue reading
Filed under Internet Security Alerts, Tech Net News
Download Free System Protect – Stop Accidental File Deletions
In many cases it’s possible to recover deleted files using file recovery software, but not always. Besides, isn’t an ounce of prevention worth a pound of cure? Last year a friend’s teenage sons deleted all of the family photos to … Continue reading
Tech Thoughts Daily Net News – June 29, 2009
Five Best Free System Restore Tools – Earlier this week we asked you to share your favorite free system restoration tools for saving working computer states and bringing them back to life. You responded and we rounded up the top … Continue reading
Filed under Internet Security Alerts, Tech Net News
Tip – Be a Better Writer with WordWeb Thesaurus and Dictionary for Windows – Free
WordWeb is a one-click English Thesaurus and Dictionary for Windows that can be used to instantly find definitions, synonyms, and pronunciations for words in virtually any Windows program. It works off-line, but it can connect to the Internet enabling you … Continue reading
Portable Apps Suite – Computing on a USB Stick
With Portable Apps Suite, (free to use, free to copy, and free to share), you can carry your favorite portable computer programs with you on your USB flash drive, iPod, or portable hard drive, to school, work, or your hotel … Continue reading
Tech Thoughts Daily Net News – June 28, 2009
Top 10 Productivity Basics Explained – There’s a core set of habits and techniques that filter and color a lot of what we write about at Lifehacker, but we rarely step back to explain them for newcomers. Let’s get back … Continue reading
Filed under Internet Security Alerts, Tech Net News
Audacity – The Best Free Multiplatform Audio Recorder/Editor?
A year or so ago, I needed to record 20 minutes of streaming audio from the Internet, and since I am not an audio hobbyist, and have limited experience recording using my computer, I simply launched Windows Sound Recorder and … Continue reading
Virus Alerts – Panda Security’s June 26, 2009 Report on Viruses and Intruders
Courtesy of Panda Security. This week’s PandaLabs report looks at the Terminator2009 adware, the KillRDLL.A Trojan and the Rimecud.E worm. Terminator2009 is a fake antivirus (a type of adware). When it runs, it simulates a scan (although this is started … Continue reading
