Posted in software on November 8th, 2006 Comments Off
If your one of those that doesn’t keep up with backing up your system as you should, then you may want to take a good look at the free utility below. This new product called Backup to Email will allow you to right-click on any file and send it to your Gmail account for safe [...]
Posted in firefox, software on October 19th, 2006 Comments Off
After a little waiting period I’ll definitely install IE 7, however from everything I’ve read I don’t think it will be enough to make me switch from Firefox for default browsing- above all else I’m too addicted to the great Firefox extensions I use daily. Regardless it’s great to see IE becoming a much more [...]
Posted in software on October 15th, 2006 2 Comments »
Wanted to point out some great open-source (FREE) software that you can use to ensure your data stays secure. TrueCrypt disk encryption software creates a virtual disk (think d:\) when mounted, but otherwise appears as a single random file. So for example say your laptop is stolen and someone manages to hack your password- anything [...]
Posted in security, software on August 23rd, 2006 Comments Off
This will be the first of a series of posts that will be discussing the ago old topic about how to protect and secure your computers at home. It seems that is what many of you who read this blog are most interested so I’ll be happy to give you plenty of good in-depth info. [...]
Posted in software on August 16th, 2006 1 Comment »
A friend recommended this FastStone app so I installed on my system and now I love it too. It is a nice little piece of software that you can use to view and edit of your photos. The great thing about it is the ability to resize and edit multiple images from a single process. [...]
Take a look at what is coming soon from Google. A free online spreadsheet program (think Excel) that you can easily share and collaborate with others online. It’s a Googly-Goog world, …we just live in it. Google Spreadsheets Sneak Peak
Posted in software on May 13th, 2006 Comments Off
I’ve been asked a lot lately about what I use for a backup solution so I figured I’d make a post about it. I use a great product called Acronis True Image 9.0 Home. Acronis provides both a standard file-based backup option or a full complete imaging solution. For those who are unaware, imaging basically [...]
Posted in firefox, software on April 12th, 2006 1 Comment »
Thanks to my uncle for passing this along to me. Check out this blog entry (link below) for a nice write up on some Firefox tweaks and extensions. Best three things I gained from it are: config.trim_on_minimize tweak using about:config which greatly slashes the memory used by Firefox when you minimize it the REVEAL extension [...]