Monthly Archives: November 2010

Hallmark Card Studio 2011 – Greeting Card Software On Steroids

The history behind greeting cards is fascinating. Did you know for example, that greeting cards may well go back as far as the ancient Egyptians? Or, that there is evidence that in ancient Chinese culture, greeting cards were used to … Continue reading

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Tech Thoughts Daily Net News – November 22, 2010

Troubleshoot PC system slowdowns with a 10-point plan – When PC performance slows to a crawl, a systematic troubleshooting plan will help you zero in on the cause. Deb Shinder runs through likely culprits and describes steps you can take … Continue reading

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Free FilerFrog – A Powerful Windows Explorer Context Menu Extension

If you’re a power user, then you know that by utilizing the “right click context menu” in Windows Explorer, you can obtain a real productivity boost. So, if you’re looking for a context menu extender that will increase your productivity … Continue reading

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Download EULAlyzer And Take The Pain Out Of Reading End User License Agreements

This past week I had the opportunity to address a group of typical computer users, and as I normally do, when I get the opportunity to so, I polled this group on their personal computing habits. On this occasion, I … Continue reading

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Tech Thoughts Daily Net News – November 21, 2010

8 Great Free Security Tools – These eight free downloads and services will help you beat back the bad guys with antivirus and antispyware programs, personal firewalls, and even a program that can detect whether your Web site is under … Continue reading

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Free CheckDisk GUI Makes Running CHKDSK Easy

From time to time, as part of your Computer maintenance routine, it’s a good idea to check your Hard Drive’s file system integrity, by running Windows system integrity checker – CHKDSK (short for Check Disk). There are a number of … Continue reading

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Tech Thoughts Daily Net News – November 20, 2010

14 Windows Media Player Power Tips – Windows Media Player might be entrenched inside of your operating system worse than a camper in Call of Duty: Black Ops, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t build it up into the … Continue reading

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Take Complete Control Of Windows Autorun With Free AutoRun Disable

If you need more control over Windows built-in Autorun feature, then take a look at AutoRun Disable – a simple, free application, from Endpoint Protector. With  AutoRun Disable it’s easy to disable the Autorun feature based on device type – … Continue reading

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Tech Thoughts Daily Net News – November 19, 2010

Mozilla develops social skills with F1 – As Flock and RockMelt duked it out for social-networking addicts’ attention, browser kingpin Mozilla quietly introduced last week a new add-on for Facebook, Twitter, and Gmail users. It mimics one of the best … Continue reading

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Cybercrime 101 – Advertise On A Search Engine For Success

If you want to enhance your chances of being a successful cyber scam artist/cybercrook, you need to; look the part and act the part, of a successful Internet business organization. How hard is that? Not hard at all when you … Continue reading

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