Monthly Archives: November 2009
Get Personal – Create Your Handwriting Font
Guest writer Rick Robinette thinks it’s time for you to get personal, and shows you how to create your own handwriting font. Perfect for your upcoming online holiday greetings. FontCapture is a web based (cloud app) that walks you through … Continue reading
Tech Thoughts Daily Net News – November 17, 2009
Top 20 Windows 7 Tips – Here are 20 tricks to tweak Windows 7 into the interface that works best for you. 10 Fascinating Facts about Black Friday – Like it or not, it’s coming soon. Black Friday is only … Continue reading
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Handy Backup Contest – And the Winners Are…..
I’m happy to announce the 2 winners of a free license for Handy Backup, a superior backup application that is easy to setup, customize and run, for both less experienced and expert users alike. Congratulations to the winners: Susan – … Continue reading
Tech Thoughts Daily Net News – November 16, 2009
Five Best Online Backup Tools – Local backup is a useful and necessary part of securing your data against catastrophe, but with the advent of broadband and inexpensive online storage, you’ve got little reason to not back up critical files … Continue reading
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Tech Thoughts Daily Net News – November 15, 2009
How to set up an iPod Shuffle – In spite of its unassuming size, the Apple iPod Shuffle is a surprisingly sophisticated MP3 player. With voice feedback, headphone control, playlist management, and podcast support, the iPod Shuffle is in many … Continue reading
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Scareware? Maybe (Destroyware? Definitely)
So, you picked up a “scareware” infection. Should you, as the name implies, be “scared”? In my experience, scared doesn’t really cut it, nor does shocked, or alarmed. No, horrified is perhaps the best way to describe that sinking feeing … Continue reading
Filed under Malware Advisories, Windows Tips and Tools, Anti-Malware Tools, Freeware, Firefox Add-ons, Recommended Web Sites, Internet Explorer Add-ons, Rogue Software, Browser add-ons, Manual Malware Removal, Don't Get Hacked, Internet Security Alerts, WOT (Web of Trust), Rogue Software Removal Tips, Don't Get Scammed, Free Anti-malware Software, downloads
Tech Thoughts Daily Net News – November 14, 2009
Configuration Mania Tweaks Popular about:config Options in Plain English – If you love tweaking every aspect of Firefox with the browser’s very useful about:config feature, but you get frustrated trying to decipher cryptic configuration strings (what’s a 0 or 2 … Continue reading
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Tech Thoughts Daily Net News – November 13, 2009
Best Buy to Launch $249 Acer Notebook – Best Buy is gearing up to sell its lowest-advertised-priced laptop ever. The exact model will be revealed tomorrow, but we do know that it will be a $249.99 Acer laptop, and that … Continue reading
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