Monthly Archives: November 2011

Tech Thoughts Daily Net News – November 12, 2011

10 essential items for onsite tech jobs – Save yourself the aggravation of discovering you don’t have the tools you need when you arrive at a job site. With these items, you’ll be ready for almost anything. Tired Of Doing … Continue reading

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Remembrance Day 2011 – Lest We Forget

Today is Remembrance Day here in Canada, Australia, the UK, and elsewhere across the globe. Coinciding with Remembrance Day, our American cousins mark this day as Veterans Day. Remembrance Day brings with it a sober opportunity to reflect on the … Continue reading

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Tech Thoughts Daily Net News – November 11, 2011

Maximum PC: How To Erase Your Digital Footprint – Like stepping in wet concrete, these trails we unwittingly leave behind can be tough to erase. With the rise of identity theft, corporate tracking, and the ability of “Big Brother” to … Continue reading

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Tom Sanders SEO – A Bottom Feeding Specialist

Over the last 60 days or so, comment spam here has taken a huge jump. Not a big deal you might suppose – after all, with one or two clicks the damn stuff can be deleted. With 400 or more … Continue reading

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Tech Thoughts Daily Net News – November 10, 2011

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Web Tracking (But Were Too Paranoid to Ask) – Think Web trackers aren’t following you? Think again. Just by visiting this Web site, roughly half a dozen ad networks and Web analytics companies … Continue reading

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Tech Thoughts Daily Net News – November 9, 2011

How to Use Your PC Webcam to Monitor Your Home – You don’t need a fancy wireless network camera or a spare Android/iOS gadget to set up your own home monitoring system. Here’s how to use a USB-connected or built-in … Continue reading

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Tech Thoughts Daily Net News – November 8, 2011

The 40 Best Free Android Apps for 2011 – Smartphone owners who fancy Google’s mobile operating don’t have to shell out any cash for excellent apps. Amongst this crop of free apps are several productivity and organizational apps that will … Continue reading

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Tech Thoughts Daily Net News – November 7, 2011

How to know who is tracking your Web activities – If there’s one important feature missing from all the major browsers, it’s the ability to know at a glance when you’re being tracked, and with a single click by whom. … Continue reading

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Daylight Savings Time Ends – It’s That Semi-Annual “Clean Your Computer” Time Again

To make it easy to remember, I schedule my computer maintenance and cleaning, at the Spring and Fall time changes. Since we’ve adjusted our clocks back one hour today (here in North America), it’s time to rerun a primer on … Continue reading

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Tech Thoughts Daily Net News – November 6, 2011

PC Prescriptions: 21 Free Apps to Keep Your PC Healthy – An ounce of prevention is worth, what, a working version of your operating system? A few hours of a Windows reinstallation? All of your system’s data? When it comes … Continue reading

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