Monthly Archives: December 2009

Free Avira AntiVir Personal Protection – Get the Real Deal!

Avira AntiVir Personal is not just another free AV solution. This application may just be the best free application for monitoring interactions with your operating system, to ensure that if a malicious program is detected it will be stopped dead … Continue reading

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Tech Thoughts Daily Net News – December 16, 2009

10 cool things you can do with TweakUI – The handy TweakUI PowerToy can help you overcome a variety of Windows XP annoyances and limitations and lets you create an environment that suits your working style. Tips for Searching Google … Continue reading

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Google’s CEO’s Privacy Statement – A Freudian Slip?

In a recent interview with CNBC, Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt, made the following assertion on Internet privacy: “If you have something that you don’t want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn’t be doing it in the first place…………………….” A statement, … Continue reading

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Tech Thoughts Daily Net News – December 15, 2009

Lifehacker: Most Popular Free Windows Downloads of 2009 – We’ve featured hundreds of free Windows applications over the course of 2009 that we hoped might bolster your productivity, workflow, or your PC usefulness in one form or another. Here’s a … Continue reading

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Take Control of Your Home Page With Symbaloo

Popular guest writer Rick Robinette, has a knack for finding great free applications – applications that make the Internet experience smoother and more interesting. Read what Rick has to say about his most recent find – Symbaloo. I don’t know … Continue reading

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Tech Thoughts Daily Net News – December 14, 2009

Five Best Startup Management Tools – You boot up your computer and you wait, and wait… and wait, as all sorts of programs, helper apps, widgets, and remnants of forgotten installations load. Grab one of these five popular startup managers … Continue reading

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Free Digital Scrapbook Artist – A Crafty Application

I’m going more than a little off topic this morning, to talk about Scrapbooking. Not because Scrapbooking is one of my interests – it doesn’t exactly go hand in glove with the practice of Internet security. But hey, there are … Continue reading

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Tech Thoughts Daily Net News – December 13, 2009

Cloud Hacking Service Steals Wi-Fi Passwords in 20 Minutes – For $34, a new cloud-based hacking service can crack a WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) network password in just 20 minutes. If WPA Cracker customers find the $34 price tag too … Continue reading

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SnoopFree Privacy Shield – Free Keylogger Protection

Keylogger malware, delivered by Trojans, and often incorporating rootkit technology, seems to be on the increase lately; much of it focusing on stealing victims’ banking credentials, including passwords. MMORPG (online multiplayer games), appear to be particular targets; especially WOW (World … Continue reading

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Get Cooliris – You Don’t know What You’re Missing

If you don’t have Cooliris installed on your computer, you could be missing out on the best of what the web has to offer. Web 2.0 has given us new and exciting ways to utilize the and interact with the … Continue reading

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