Saturday, November 21, 2009

MP3 Search







MP3 Search is a straight to the point site. Type in the artist name or song title and your done. It gives you options to listen to the track, embed the link in a site or download it. I did serveral random searches and it seemed to work pretty well. Try it for yourself.


Friday, November 20, 2009

Spot fake Emails











At least once a week I receive an email from one of my friends talking about a wonderful offer I can get if I just pass it along to 5 or 10 people. Guess what, 10 times out of 10 it's false. I know your really want that free meal at Apple Bee's, but a quick check at Snopes will dis-spell all the urban legends that end up in your inbox. For better search results just go to Google, type in the email subject and add Snopes to the end. Save yourself and your friends sometime.

Internet Security- Safe Boot Mode

Internet safety is very important, especially when it comes to downloading unfamiliar programs. Today I had a friend who downloaded one of those programs that are usually on the side of the web page flashing" You have virus download our removal tool now". Little did she know the program would try and hold her computer hostage until she bought it. The computer became extremely slow, her destop background and icons disappeared, and it wouldn't all me to go to the MSCONFIG window or System Restore.

So first never download something that you are unfamiliar with on the web. I know that's an understatement, but it has to be said. Now to delete the program checkout the video below on how to delete items in Safe Boot Mode.



Saturday, October 3, 2009

K9 Web Protection keeps your child safe on the internet








K9 Web Protection gives you peace of mind when it comes to the World Wide Web and your children. I've been using it for a while now, and I have to safe it works really well. You have options to filter the times they can surf, the level of protection, and what types of websites or specific sites you choose to block.

If you child tries to do something they shouldn't K9 stops them, and sends you an email informing you of the incident. Of course the best thing its free. So if your in need of internet filtering then K9 just may be for you.

Friday, October 2, 2009

Privnote







If you have ever watched a re-run of the original Mission Impossible, then you know in the beginning of the show after the mission was received the tape would say " This message will self destruct in 5 secs". Well Privnote gives you something similar. It allows you to send a message to someone that you may not want to pass through email, and soon as they close out the window the link is destroyed and works no more. Privnotes Privacy Policy states (Notes are stored encrypted in our database which assures that nobody (including our administrators) can read them. This implies that there is no way to recover a note if the link is lost but, at the same time, it protects our users' privacy, which is our biggest concern and main priority.)

Now it doesn't stop the recipient from copying and pasting the note, but at least your not passing something through email that your I.T guys at work could read. You can also check a box that will let you know if the note has been read or not. Have some fun and give it a try.