Instant Weight Loss – With Your Graphics Program

NEED TO LOSE A FEW POUNDS? Here’s the no pain way to do it – without hunger or a single drop of sweat. Just open up your graphics program, and pixel those pounds away!

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Google

Google Says Don’t Worry About DMOZ

GOOGLE HAS CHANGED their webmaster guidelines by removing these suggestions: 1. Have other relevant sites link to yours. 2. Submit your site to relevant directories such as the Open Directory Project and Yahoo!, as well as to other industry-specific expert sites. I, for one, am glad to see it. Getting listed in DMOZ was always one […]

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I'm Secure

This Page Contains Both Secure and Insecure Items

EVER GET THIS MESSAGE on your secured pages? This Page Contains Both Secure and Insecure Items. Along with Do you want to display the non-secure items? Yes, No, Cancel. We have had this problem in the shopping cart, and I’m sure it has cost CBO some customers. So we recently went through page-by-page looking for unsecured images. Found a couple, […]

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Introducing SQL Server 2008

Free eBook Offer: Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2008

As mentioned in the comments below, the eBook shown to the left is no longer available. But, there is a new eBook available from Microsoft Press for a limited time, so grab it now! This new eBook is 10 chapters long and is called Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 by Ross Mistry and Stacia Misner. […]

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Internet Options

Saving Passwords in Internet Explorer 7 with AutoComplete

If you are the only person who uses your computer, or if you have your own account on a computer, then using the AutoComplete feature of Internet Explorer 7 can be a real time saver when it comes to filling in forms and user ID/password fields. I don’t know if this has happened to you, but […]

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Netsmartz

Teach Kids Online Safety

NETSMARTZ KIDS HAS ONLINE GAMES, videos, activities, and resources that teach kids, ages 5 to 17, things that will help to keep them safe online. There is also information for parents, guardians, educators, and law enforcement officers. NetSmartz uses original, age-appropriate, colorful 3-D activities, animated characters, and interactive lessons to teach children how to stay safer on the Internet.  Some of the material reminds me […]

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My iPhone

My iPhone – Chapter 11 Configuring iPhone’s Settings and Bonus Tips

IN THIS CHAPTER, you’ll explore the settings not related to specific iPhone functionality. The topics include the following: Accessing iPhone settings Using Airplane mode Monitoring usage Configuring general sound settings Setting screen brightness Setting wallpaper Configuring general settings If you’ve read earlier chapters, such as the chapters on iPod or email functionality, you already have […]

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Rootkits

Check Your System For Rootkits

WHAT ARE ROOTKITS? They’re nasty little tree-like creatures that hide and grow their roots in your computer and wreak havoc on it, that’s what they are! Actually, a rootkit was originally a Unix term, having to do with granting root access to a file or person. And even now a rootkit is not really a bad […]

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Webmaster Tools

A Dozen Kewl Tewl Sites for Webmasters

HERE’S A LIST of (mostly) not-too-well-known Webmaster tool sites. Most of them come from my own stash. Webmasters and web developers will find most of them useful, but some are just fun.

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HoneyPot

Honeypots.net – Spam Fighter!

If you register with honeypots.net, they will help you set up “spam traps” on your site. These traps will help to catch various types of spammers – address harvesters, comment spammers, etc.

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