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May 2008 - Posts

Wedding Registries – What you need to know before you begin

We’re fast approaching wedding season, and wedding registry sites are humming with action. These wedding sites have advanced far past the simple registry of gifts of old; they now typically include blogs where brides, grooms, families and friends can
Posted Wednesday, May 21, 2008 2:05 AM by Linda Criddle | 0 Comments

When did you last compare browsers?

I am frequently asked for advice about which browser is safest, so I finally put my biases aside (13 years at Microsoft) and compared Internet Explorer (IE) 7 to Firefox 2 . I found that in spite of my familiarity with IE, I’ve come to agree CNET’s
Posted Tuesday, May 20, 2008 4:45 PM by Linda Criddle | 0 Comments

How friends can expose you online

There is a great deal of discussion about how users – and the focus is usually on teens – out themselves at risk online by sharing too much information. Less discussed, but of equal concern, is the inadvertent leak of information by friends
Posted Monday, May 19, 2008 8:31 PM by Linda Criddle | 0 Comments

Keep spyware off your computer for free

If you don’t have an antispyware program on your computer, get one NOW. Spyware is so prevalent today that it will contaminate every Internet connected computer that is not protected from it. It will slow your computer, corrupt your hard drive,
Posted Monday, May 19, 2008 8:19 PM by Linda Criddle | 0 Comments

Texting and Walking, a Dangerous Mix

Summary Not every news piece about technology and safety brings doom and gloom, some go right for the funny-bone and the absurd. This rather tongue-in-cheek article discusses the issues of pedestrian accidents while texting based on a Monty Python–esque
Posted Friday, May 16, 2008 2:00 AM by Linda Criddle | 0 Comments

SNL and Social Networking

Enjoy some fun with Saturday Night Live! Check out this Saturday Night Live social networking skit. It features Julia Louis-Dreyfus and gives a very funny account of someone who is setting up a MySpace account . If you haven’t seen it yet, grab some comic
Posted Sunday, May 11, 2008 10:15 PM by Linda Criddle | 0 Comments
   
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