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AOL: Privacy or Piracy?

Posted on July 31, 2005 by Louis J. BrunoJuly 31, 2005
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As a PC consultant introducing his clients to email and the web, I personally recommended and installed America Online (AOL) at least fifty times, probably more. To keep current with AOL, I had an account myself until two years ago. … Continue reading →

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Hacker Alert for Webmasters

Posted on July 31, 2005 by Louis J. BrunoJuly 31, 2005
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If the name Jim Rhodes and the company name deadlock Design ring a bell, you may be one of maybe thousands of webmasters who installed Jim’s free Refer Me script. Written in Perl, it’s a basic cgi script which visitors … Continue reading →

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Don’t Connect to Broadband without Protection

Posted on July 30, 2005 by Louis J. BrunoJuly 30, 2005
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If you’re buying, building, or reformatting a PC, please don’t connect it to the Internet via broadband — cable modem or DSL — until you read this. Instant Infestation.  One of this morning’s Lockergnome newsletters included the article Practicing Unsafe … Continue reading →

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Great Free FTP Software

Posted on July 22, 2005 by Louis J. BrunoJuly 22, 2005
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When it comes to software, I am a firm believer in the maxim that less is more. I prefer software that has a small footprint (uses less not more disk space and active memory or RAM). I like software that … Continue reading →

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PDFs: Always Portable, Now Affordable

Posted on July 15, 2005 by Louis J. BrunoJuly 15, 2005
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It’s happened to all of us. A friend sends an important document but you’re unable to view it because you don’t have the appropriate software. For example, to open a meeting notice created with Microsoft Publisher, you need Publisher or … Continue reading →

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AntiVirus Software Tested

Posted on July 14, 2005 by Louis J. BrunoJuly 14, 2005
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No, I didn’t test ’em all, but John Bang posting as “Interceptor” over at Suggest a Fix PC Support Forums did. Big thanks, John. His antivirus software test results are witty, informative, and, based on my experience with Symantec, McAfee, … Continue reading →

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Got My Groove Back with Yahoo! LAUNCHCast

Posted on July 12, 2005 by Louis J. BrunoJuly 12, 2005
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It was a bright sunny day in the late 1970s. I had just wrapped up my first year as a Radio Shack District Manager. In appreciation, the company had swapped out my modest black Ford Granada for a creamy white … Continue reading →

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