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Archive for April, 2008

Free protection offer for your PC

Monday, April 28th, 2008

Microsoft has a pretty good free offer going with its new Windows Live OneCare protection package for the PC. You can try the whole package for three months at no cost. OneCare provides anti-virus and anti-spyware filtering and screening, online ID protection, a firewall, printer sharing and multi-PC management features.
If you want to try […]

To lose weight and get it: Write it down

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

It’s springtime and time to slim down for summer. Watching what you eat and getting exercise is critical to get in swim suit shape and I’ve found some Websites that can help you plot your way to… well… a new you.
The idea is to write down everything. What you eat and what you burn in […]

Improve your vocabulary and help feed the world

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

Spend a lot of time surfing the Net? Now you can help others as you get smarter with the freerice.com site.
The idea is pretty simple: Learn a new word… help feed the world. It starts out slow, asking you the definition of a word. As you pick the correct one, the words get progressively […]

Handy gizmo of the day

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

Now here’s a cool idea: A TV Silencer, mutes your TV when the phone rings. Actually, it also works with DVDs and stereos… as long as it has a remote control. You install a gizmo at the landline connection (it wont work with cell phones) hook it up to a small infra red emitter aimed in the direction of the television and, whenever […]

Spam: How to get it under control

Friday, April 11th, 2008

Spam now makes up 80 percent of all email. Put another way, only two of 10 emails are good. Fighting back can be daunting but I have some suggestions that can ease the burden on your in-box.
Spam…it’s out of control. Guess how much junk mail has accumulated over a 30-day period with my PCMike e-mail […]

Time to Spring Clean your PC

Friday, April 4th, 2008

It’s springtime and time to do the proverbial spring cleaning. But don’t stop with the house and yard. Your computer can also use a good going over. A lot of junk can accumulate on the inside and on the hard drive of your PC.
Computers get real gunky. At least every year, it needs a […]

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