PC Pitstop Newsletter – October 2010 #3
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By Steve Bass
Commercials are loud now, louder than I can ever remember…what can you do about it?
Worried your toddler (or for many of you, your great-grandchild) may reach up, grab your large-screen TV, and get bonked on the head? Or maybe you live in California or Nebraska (Nebraska?) and you’re frazzled thinking about earthquakes…what can you do about it?
TechBite: 2 Useful Gadgets & a Bass Rant Read More »
Topics this week:Chile mine rescue story SEO poisoning, Twitter phishing, U.S.government advisories on money mule recruitment and bank-account takeovers and best books for malcode analysis and reverse engineering.
Malware Minute: Stay Safe on the Internet Read More »
By John Dodge
The Samsung Fascinate is the fifth Android smart phone I’ve reviewed in the past year and it reflects the evolution of Android devices. It may be my favorite one yet.
Dodge Retort: One of Best Android Smart Phones Yet Read More »
Competition has definitely heated up with the increasing success of everything i. The ipad and its obvious tie in with mobility, the iphone and i computing is keeping Microsoft in search of some wind for it’s large but not so billowing sails, pun intended. Whether The Cloud will help push a favorable wind is yet to be determined but you can bet that MS would like to steal some wind from Apple’s soon to be released Lion operating system.
What other ways can MS keep it’s established dominant position? Take a look.
Windows 8 is Coming Soon Read More »
Cut out the middleman with your online searching with Context Menu Search! Veronica shows you how to get search shortcuts directly in your context menu.
Tekzilla Tip: One-Click FAST Search in Chrome! Read More »
Each month we select the best of the tips submitted by members of the PC Pitstop community.
Check out our current and past favorites.
202 Great Tips for Your PC Read More »
I bet you might be running some kind of dock software on Microsoft Windows (RocketDock or ObjectDock). Either way, I’ve received a few emails from y’all asking what I have in my dock. I hate to disappoint, but there’s not much in it.
Chris Pirillo: What is in your Dock? Read More »
By Bob Rankin
Microsoft Security Essentials is a free anti-malware application first released in June, 2009. It replaces the subscription-based Windows Live OneCare antivirus service and the free Windows Defender, which only protected against spyware and adware. Does this all-in-one security tool provide enough protection? Let’s find out…
Bob Rankin: Microsoft Security Essentials – Good Enough? Read More »
By Leo Notenboom
In a recent podcast about mobile
connectivity, I briefly reflected on some of the options available to the
wired traveler. That podcast was, itself, an example of how I stay connected
while traveling since it was recorded, written, and posted from my RV in a
state park many miles from my home.
Let’s look at it in a little more detail.
Mobile connectivity has improved dramatically in recent years. I’ll cover the big options for the traveling internet user.
Ask Leo: How should I stay connected while traveling? Read More »