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Article in NWAOnline about Spam and Phishing
Submitted by Tom on Sat, 05/03/2008 - 11:30.A reporter with the Times Record/Springdale Morning News recently interviewed me about phishing attacks. A good read, especially since today is the 30th birthday of spam.
Wii Fit Available for Pre-Order at Walmart.com
Submitted by Tom on Sat, 05/03/2008 - 11:24.Place your order now for a Wii Fit, and Wal-Mart will throw in a $10 Gift Card. I ordered one today.
ATT Email Issues
Submitted by Tom on Sat, 05/03/2008 - 11:20.Here is a link to an article about the ATT email problems that some users are experiencing due to upgrades by ATT on their mail server equipment. The fix might or might not work, and ATT is apparently working on the issue.
Lean and Mean PDF Viewer
Submitted by Tom on Sat, 04/26/2008 - 08:30.PDF files are the standard for portable documents, and Adobe Acrobat Reader is installed on practically every computer. However, over the years Adobe has made Acrobat Reader very large, and it typcially accompanied by add-on software that uses alot of computer resources and noticeably slows your computer down.
Enter Foxit Reader, a small, fast PDF reader. It loads documents fast with no annoying splash screen or tag-along software. Remove Adobe Reader and install Foxit today.
A great utility for creating PDF files is Bullzip PDF Printer, also free. Bullzip PDF Printer installs a virtual printer that creates a PDF file from any Windows application.
Earthquake Tracking
Submitted by Tom on Sat, 04/19/2008 - 10:59.
The recent earthquake in Indiana got me thinking about earthquakes. Did you know that the region frequently has earthquakes?
A few years ago, I awoke about 3 am and felt the earth tremble in Fort Smith. No one I asked knew anything about it, and I began to wonder if I was dreaming. A quick look at the United States Geological Survey eathquake site proved that it wasn’t my imagination – there was indeed an earthquake that night of about 3.0 or so, the epicenter was somewhere east of town, but it was real and it was felt by many others, including myself.
Power Surges & hard Drive Failures
Submitted by Tom on Sat, 04/19/2008 - 10:49.
We’ve been seeing an increase in hard drive failures lately, and many are because of the storms that we’ve been having lately. Power surges and brown-outs are hard on hard drives.
How do you know if your hard drive is failing? Go to Start, Control Panel (or Settings -> Control Panel), Administrator Tools, Event Event Viewer. Look under System for events such as “bad block” or read/write failures. These are indications that your hard drive is failing, and you should waste no time in 1) backing up your data; and 2) replacing the hard drive.
Firefox Logo Discovered in Deep Space
Submitted by Tom on Sat, 04/12/2008 - 11:23.Check this out. I had no idea how deep the Mozilla organization was.
