The six dumbest ways to secure a wireless LAN

This is an excellent article on how not to secure a wireless LAN.
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/index.php?p=43

Backup for Firefox, Thunderbird and other Mozilla based products

MozBackup is a utility for creating backups of Mozilla, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird and Netscape profiles. It allows you to backup mail, favorites, contacts, etc. This program is freeware.
http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com/

I found the above while reading the the LangaList.
http://www.langa.com/newsletter.htm

Lock up your computer with ControlKey

This looks interesting if you are concerned about other people using your computer.
http://www.controlkey.com/

Ad-Aware 1.06 is released

Lavasoft is delighted to announce the launch of Ad-Aware version 1.06.
Lavasoft is extensively known for delivering the most up-to-date antispyware technology to corporate and home users. In the launch of version 1.06, Lavasoft introduces a new extensive revision to the Threat Assessment Chart (TAC) which has been improved with a more fine grained technical analysis of the target criteria, which aids users to better understand why applications are detected by Ad-Aware.
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/

RSS / Atom news feeds

If you have an RSS (or Atom?) news reader, you can automatically receive the posts to this blog by setting your news reader to http://littlebits-tech.blogspot.com/atom.xml

Not sure what RSS is? Query Google with the following:
define: rss

4 GB hard drive on a keychain

A super small 4GB hard drive. Back up your data and carry it with you. 4GB's is just under the capacity of a standard DVD (4.7GB) and this drive costs a lot less than a 4GB flash drive.
http://www.shopping.com/xPC-~PD-23943748~NS-1~linkin_id-3067401

One Bag - the art of traveling light

I found this to be an interesting web site.
http://www.onebag.com/home.html

Toys and gadgets

UK web site with a number of different gadgets and toys. It's a weird, weird world out there..
http://www.iwantoneofthose.com/Default.aspx?language=en-GB

Three freeware programs

This freeware site has a program for storing passwords, a tool for taking screen snapshots and an automatic email checker. Not sure what the email checker does.
http://www.mirekw.com/winfreeware/index.html

Picture sent via cell phone

This is SLICK. I took the picture with my cell phone and sent it via the cell phone to go.blogger.com. The first time I sent it, I had to log on to go.blogger.com but now it appears that go.blogger.com automatically forwards it to this blog. Hmm - think of the neat things you could do with a blog of your own. Document your travels, friends, interests, etc.

Brain Teasers, Riddles, Games, Forums and more...

Like the Title says... Exercise for your gray matter.
http://www.braingle.com/

High Definition TV

CNET has a good article on all aspects of HDTV. Worth reading if you are thinking about buying a new TV.
http://www.cnet.com/4520-7874_1-5102926-1.html?tag=cnetfd.dl

Log Me In remote control program

Log Me In is a remote control program that let's you access/control your office computer from home (or any cooperating remote computer from another computer). Transfer files between computers also. Similar to GoToMyPC. There is a free version and a pay per month version.
https://secure.logmein.com/go.asp?page=home
Go To My PC
https://www.gotomypc.com/en_US/entry.tmpl?Action=rgoto&_sf=2&_sid=11894055:3DBB4819D8D7DF3

Woot - Tech bargains

Woot! is a web site that posts one item for sale each day. The item is usually tech related and is always a bargain, sometimes a great bargain. They post at midnight and the item is sometimes sold out within a couple of hours. http://www.woot.com/

Second Copy update

Second Copy 2000 (the backup program I recommend) has a minor update to version 6.2.0.41.
Your current version will work fine. I downloaded and installed the new version. It seems to work fine also.

Hit the refresh button

I recommend clicking on your browser's Refresh icon when you visit this web page. Otherwise you will probably not see recent updates.

Free calculator program

You can download Microsoft's Calculator Plus program from:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=32B0D059-B53A-4DC9-8265-DA47F157C091

Spware and Trojan info

Some sites with information about spyware and trojan viruses.

Evaluation of trojan detection programs:
http://www.anti-trojan-software-reviews.com/trojan-detection-test.htm

Evaluation of spyware programs:
http://spywarewarrior.com/asw-test-guide.htm

SpywareWarriors forums:
http://www.spywarewarrior.com/index.php
http://www.spywarewarrior.com/viewtopic.php?t=505

Photo posting test

Let's see which one of these pictures of my BBQ table work:




Update: The -img src = " "- statement worked. (Replace the '-' character with "<" and ">" characters.)
Like this if you had an image hosted by www.photobucket.com
-img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v221/Toyman/Biigandsmalleggs-testphoto.jpg"-

RSS

I am getting quite a few inquirys about RSS. RSS is an automated way to have selected web content delivered to your computer. I use Newsgator in conjunction with Outlook to have several automatic downloads delivered like email. Start by Googling RSS.

Please respond here

I'm getting a little overwhelmed by the response. I have to copy your email addresses and manually post it into the membership list so it may take awhile for me to catch up.

If you are reading this, please respond with a reply to this post.

Enough for one day

Looks like a good start. More to post tomorrow. Awaiting your feedback.

Look at houses via Google Maps

An interesting application (one of many) that uses the Google Maps engine to view houses for sale in Portland Oregon (and other locations).
http://www.housingmaps.com/

Anonymous Internet

Want to remain anonymous on the Internet?
Try TOR at http://tor.eff.org/

Free photo editing software

I have not tried it but this program has been highly recommended for photo editing.
http://www.freeserifsoftware.com/software/PhotoPlus/default.asp

Scary web site

Go to this site and enter your own name/information. Warning - it can be scary...
http://www.zabasearch.com/

File transfers between computers:

Fred Langa has posted an article explaining how to transfer files between Windows computers using Briefcase and/or Offline files.
http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=159905095

Today's iteresting web sites

Geek humor
http://www.backuptrauma.com/video/default2.aspx

Automatically ‘stitch’ photos
http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~mbrown/autostitch/autostitch.html
http://www.panoramafactory.com/

Lot’s of great programs
http://www.snapfiles.com/main.html

Check you high speed Internet connection
http://www.dslreports.com/tweaks

Interesting search engine.
http://www.turboscout.com/

MS Office

MS05-023 (890169): This fix is probably the biggest concern for Word users, due to the lack of an easy, automatic patch. The buffer overrun that this patch corrects affects Word 2000, 2002 and 2003. If you're running with administrative rights, someone sending you a document using this buffer-overrun exploit would be able to take control of your system.

Netscape 8.0

Netscape 8.0 has been released.
http://www.netscape.com/main3.adp

Hmm...

US-CERT (United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team), a partnership between the Department of Homeland Security and the public and private sectors that impartially tracks all manner of security issues in operating systems and major applications, shows that the list of IE's current vulnerabilities is shorter than those for FireFox, Mozilla, and the other alternate browsers. Likewise, it also lists fewer Windows' vulnerabilities than for the other OSes.
http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=160900911
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