2006 July 21

I consider myself Internet savvy - enough to see and skip phishing attempts. Ponzi’s constantly learning how to detect lures, but that hasn’t kept me from using the OpenDNS phishing filter on our home network (read Boost Your Internet Speed - Free for more information). Given the subject matter in last night’s Free VoIP Gizmo, [...]

Easy Space Guard protects your privacy and helps boost your hard disk and overall system performance by periodically cleaning up your temporary files and Internet waste. Introducing “Perfect Clean,” now Easy Space Guard cleans up over 115 additional third-party software such as AOL, ICQ, ACDSee, and more as well as P2P software like Kazaa, Morpheus, [...]

ParentalControl Bar is an add-on for Internet Explorer that helps parents prevent their children from accessing adult-oriented Web sites. It comes with a set of pre-defined filters based on sexual material, strong language, violence, and other criteria, allowing the parent to select the appropriate filtering options for their kid.
You can also add your own [...]

I love to brainstorm. I usually do it independently, but when I get a chance to share the experience with others, I take advantage of it. One of the biggest problems for most people is that even if they come up with a great idea, what are they going to do with it? It’s not [...]

Q: What exactly is Net Neutrality? -Jacob
A: The term Net Neutrality (short for Network Neutrality) is referring to the current state of the Internet where no matter who you are and what you are trying to access, all Internet traffic is treated the same.
Net Neutrality has become one of the hottest debates on the Internet, [...]

Each time a new user logs on to a WinXP computer, Windows creates a new user profile for that person. Oftentimes these profiles can become quite large and consume a lot of hard drive space. If you no longer need a user profile, you can delete it thereby freeing up space on your hard [...]

There I was going to go and write up a big ol’ post comparing the new IE7 beta 3 and Firefox 2.0 beta 1 releases, and it turns out Scott Hanselman already did a great job of it.
For lots of detail and good review, see Scott’s post. He covers RSS capabilities, the anti-phishing/anti-fraud capabilities (yay, [...]

Today’s Family First site was one that I had a hard time tearing myself away from in order to write its review.
You see, I was in a paleontological mood (not sure that’s a word, but I added it to my OpenOffice dictionary anyhow), and wanted a site with some great fossil images.
Well, I found it.