Email Overlord

Posted on September 11, 2008 - Filed Under Email, General | Leave a Comment

I remember not so very many years ago when email was provided at work for those who could give sufficient evidence they needed such a thing. They might have a computer but it didn’t mean they had email.

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Newspaper Scans

Posted on September 9, 2008 - Filed Under General, Google, Newspapers | Leave a Comment

Google has started another ambitious effort. They’ve been busy digitizing the world’s books, and now they are starting to do the same for historical newspapers, of course making the archives available for searching online.

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eBay Affiliates Banned

Posted on September 2, 2008 - Filed Under Advertising, General, eBay | Leave a Comment

There has been a tremendous uproar in the last couple of weeks because of the actions of eBay toward their affiliates, resulting in the dismissal of who knows how many thousands of affiliates from their program.

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Print Saver

Posted on August 31, 2008 - Filed Under General, Online Tools, Printers | Leave a Comment

Ink for most printers is unbelievably expensive. Users are always looking for ways to reduce costs and that often includes buying remanufactured cartridges or refilling cartridges themselves.

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DTV Mess?

Posted on August 27, 2008 - Filed Under General, Satellite TV, Television | 1 Comment

Feb. 17, 2009. That’s the magic date for all US citizens receiving OTA (over-the-air) TV signals to be ready for the shutoff of analog TV signals and ready to receive digital only.
Most know that they’ve got to buy a converter box or a new digital TV

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Identity Theft

Posted on August 24, 2008 - Filed Under General | Leave a Comment

A federal offense for ten years now, identity theft seems to have just started getting a lot of media coverage in the last 2 or 3 years. Does that mean it’s getting a lot worse?

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Clueless Students

Posted on August 23, 2008 - Filed Under General | Leave a Comment

It’s that time of year again — back to school. Beloit College (Wisconsin) always makes it interesting for us as they examine the lives and culture of the incoming students.
They don’t do it trying to be nosy

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Bigfoot For Real?

Posted on August 14, 2008 - Filed Under General, Science News | Leave a Comment

In the hairy and hoax-filled history of Bigfoot, those who believe in the mythical beast have offered up all manner of evidence, from grainy photos to hoarse recordings to tracks of those aforementioned feet.

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Password Prompts

Posted on August 13, 2008 - Filed Under General, Internet, Security | Leave a Comment

It’s been drilled into us for ages about password uniqueness and strength. Some sites now have an indicator to show how good your password is while creating it.

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Google SA

Posted on August 8, 2008 - Filed Under General, Google, Tech News | Leave a Comment

Google SA stands for Google Search Appliance, the aptly described box that resides inside an organizations IT structure and provides employees with high speed search of company documents.
It’s the high end version of the site search capability offered

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