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Is Microsoft SteadyState useful ? Did not work so well for me

Featured Windows Download: Windows SteadyState Creates a Wreck-Proof Space for Kids, ExperimentsWindows XP/Vista only: SteadyState, a free Windows utility offered by Microsoft, is a handy tool to have if you’ve got kids, friends, or just a program or two that could possibly wreak havoc on your systemIt did not work so well in my experiment. [...]

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No Internet Access after Microsoft update KB951748 – for ZoneAlarm users

ZoneAlarm SmartDefense Research Center Sudden Loss of Internet Access Problem Date Published : 8 July 2008 Date Last Revised : 9 July 2008 Overview : Microsoft Update KB951748 is known to cause loss of internet access for ZoneAlarm users on Windows XP/2000. Windows Vista users are not affected. Impact : Sudden loss of internet access [...]

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Not happy with CompanionLink for Google

When I was looking for a software to synchronize my Palm information with Google Calendar, I found CompanionLink for Google. I could not find any review for CompanionLink for Google but bought it anyway because there were not many alternatives available. It has given me many problems. Some of them are – my Palm and [...]

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Yahoo! Web Hosting offers Unlimited storage, bandwidth but..

Yahoo offers unlimited storage, bandwidth in this eat-all-you-can-web-hosting-offering but the following features are outdated: PHP version 4.3.11 and support for hundreds of PHP functions MySQL 4.1, with unlimited databases The current PHP4 version is 4.4.8 and support for PHP4 will discontinue after August 2008. PHP5 has been out since 2004. The latest MySQL version is [...]

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WARNING: Google’s GMail security failure leaves my business sabotaged :: David Airey :: Graphic and Logo Designer

David Airey’s website was hijacked. Don’t buy davidairey.com. And check your gmail filters. Read David Airey’s account of how his domain got hijacked with gmail filters Technorati tags: davidairey.com, gmail, flawRead more boo articles

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Anatomy of an internet scam

1. Big red (or eye-catching) words. 2. Join me Join Me And Over 247 Fellow Blogging Enthusiasts In This One-Of-A-Kind Blog Mastermind Mentoring Program And Protect Yourself From Further Price Rises… 3. Protect yourself from further price increase read above 3. An honest to goodness mug shot 4. Promise of easy money with little work [...]

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LIE:Work 2 hours/day to make $5k/month

Stories like Yaro works only 2 hours/day to make $5k a month is what fools many people to think that blogging is easy money blogging is easy blogging  is easy work By Yaro’s own admission, the blog post was just a gimmick : So is my claim a marketing gimmick? Is it something I state just [...]

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I wish I read this before I started dreaming of blogging for money

Chris G gives the lowball truth about blogging about money. I don’t even know what lowball actuall means, I just coined it. People who blog get to make up words as they go. But I wish I read Chris G’s post before I started my first blog venture. It might have stopped me from signing [...]

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Me.Dium is eerie

      Me.dium is eerie. I installed it out of curiosity. After  installation in Firefox, I got a new sidebar that shows other people who are surfing ‘near’ me. I don’t know how me.dium decides who is ‘near’ me. Anyway, as my ‘cyber-neighbours’ surf, I see what they are browsing. I could also see [...]

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Google Reader on Google Gears – unimpressive

Google Gears is an open source browser extension that enables web applications to provide offline functionality using following JavaScript APIs: 1. Store and serve application resources locally 2. Store data locally in a fully-searchable relational database 3. Run asynchronous Javascript to improve application responsiveness For its premier launch, it enabled Google Reader, Google’s RSS reader for offline [...]

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