Monthly Archives: August 2010

Tech Thoughts Daily Net News – August 23, 2010

Technology’s Biggest Myths – Expensive cables are better! Defragging speeds up your PC! Refilling ink cartridges ruins your printer! We put these and nine other claims to the test to find the truth behind tech’s tallest tales. How To: Make … Continue reading

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Norton Security Scan – Easy to Install But Just Try To Get Rid Of It!

As well as writing a great Blog (What’s On My PC),  popular guest writer Rick Robinette, often jumps in to help his readers with techno issues. Here’s how Rick diagnosed, and solved, one reader’s problem with Norton Security Scan removal. … Continue reading

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The Greatest Cyber Threat Is….

Paul E. Lubic, Jr., a long time IT professional, and a frequent guest writer here, has just posted an article on why computer users need to be cyber threat savvy. Find out why – Ignorance is the Greatest Cyber Threat. … Continue reading

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Tech Thoughts Daily Net News – August 22, 2010

50 Skills Every Real Geek Should Have – The highest echelon of geeks will be able to do everything in this list, and this is by no means a full categorization of the complete geek skillset – only what we … Continue reading

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Need Homework Help? – Turn To These Terrific Web Sites

Parents, it seems, are less equipped than ever to jump in and help out with homework assignments. So, if you’re a student, who do you turn to for help with your homework? Back in the day (seems like the Dark … Continue reading

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Heading Back To School? Make Your Life Easier And Checkout These Free PC Applications

School is in and let’s face it, you’ll need to trim your expenses this year and software applications that cost hundreds of dollars are not going to be number one on your list of must haves. Well, they don’t really … Continue reading

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Tech Thoughts Daily Net News – August 21, 2010

7 Coolest Web Apps You Might Not Know About But Should – There are many web apps out there, but getting by free and good ones is not that easy. Here we have selected some excellent gems for you. Read … Continue reading

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Google Alarm – Alerts You When Google Is Watching!

In a recent Wall Street Journal interview, Google CEO Eric Schmidt made the following comment which frankly, I find not only offensive, but very disturbing. “We (Google) know roughly who you are, roughly what you care about, roughly who your … Continue reading

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Tech Thoughts Daily Net News – August 20, 2010

Five great Firefox privacy add-ons – It’s getting more and more difficult to protect your privacy on the Web. Just as we’re invited to share our thoughts and experiences with friends, family, and the universe, there’s somebody recording it all … Continue reading

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VTzilla – VirusTotal in Firefox

VirusTotal, an invaluable free service to the Internet community, which utilizes 42 antivirus engines to analyzes suspicious files and URLs for all types of malware, recently released a Firefox only extension – VTzilla. VTzilla is designed to scan URLs, links, … Continue reading

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