Monthly Archives: December 2011

Rescue Santa And Get Wondershare Vivideo FREE – Save $39.99

If you’re in the market for a video editor to personalize your videos, you might consider Wondershare’s freebie offer. Starting today, through to December 25 @ 24:00 PST, Wondershare’s premium video product, Vivideo, can be yours at no cost – … Continue reading

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Tech Thoughts Daily Net News – December 15, 2011

Twitter will tell you when a user blocks you – Twitter users are now being told that they are being blocked by another user. Whether it is a bug, or designed as so, it is not clear. Under the ‘New … Continue reading

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Cyber Crooks Taking Another Crack At Yahoo Instant Messenger

I’ve been known to  stare at my monitor, humming a few bars of  – “IM malware go away, and come back another day”, from time to time. Doesn’t seem to work though.  IM malware never goes away – it just … Continue reading

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Tech Thoughts Daily Net News – December 14, 2011

The Power User’s Guides to Chrome and Firefox – The more shortcuts you know, tricks you master, and tweaks you understand, the more quickly and efficiently you can use your browser—whether you’re checking Facebook, buying something on Amazon, or, you … Continue reading

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English Ain’t Easy!

My neighborhood convenience store is owned and operated by a kind, and rather charming, Korean family. Hard working, industrious, and, as expected – polite. Polite, even to those who shamelessly criticize the family’s English language skills. Unjustifiable criticism. In fact, … Continue reading

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Tech Thoughts Daily Net News – December 13, 2011

Microsoft’s Answer Desk Offers Live Free and Fee Tech Support – Microsoft upped its tech support offerings Wednesday with the debut of Answer Desk, a dedicated Website for live technical support for Windows OS and Microsoft Office software, PC tune-ups, … Continue reading

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Kill Malware And Fix Windows With Free UVK – Ultra Virus Killer

I’d venture to guess, that the majority of computer users take it for granted, that – if they should become infected by malware -  their antimalware application will do all the hard work in detecting and removing the infection. All … Continue reading

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SSDownloader – A Free One Stop Security Software Downloader

Security Software Downloader (SSDownloader) – now in it’s second edition – is a small open source executable (669KB) – designed specifically as a bulk downloader which focuses on security applications and, security related specialty tools. A quick walkthrough – The … Continue reading

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Tech Thoughts Daily Net News – December 12, 2011

Download the Latest Security Tools to Your Flash Drive with SSDownload – SSDownloader can auto-detect your operating system (Windows XP or Vista/7) and even whether it’s 32- or 64-bit; it’ll download the correct software versions accordingly. It doesn’t run or … Continue reading

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Softpedia’s Unlimited Giveaway for System Mechanic 10.5 – Today ONLY

System Mechanic (normally $49.95) can be had, today only, for FREE, over at Softpedia. A big “Thank You” to regular reader Charlie L., for one more super heads up. System Mechanic is a highly effective performance-tuning application designed for the … Continue reading

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