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Don’t Clean Your Windows

November 21st, 2008 · 2 Comments

window-cleanerIf you’re Windows XP machine is getting slower day by day, then you might imagine that clearing out your Windows “Prefetch” folder would somehow speed up your machine.

This is a myth that has been doing the rounds on the internet…

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Twitterank Phishing Scam

November 13th, 2008 · 9 Comments

TwitterAre you a narcissistic Twitter user like me? If so, you may have tested out Twitterank to see how well received are you’re tweets. If so, you may have been the victim of a phishing expedition. This from ZDNet:

Twitterrank has…

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Basic Computing Tips

November 11th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Image representing Microsoft WindowsThe NYT’s David Pogue was shocked to see a computer user in a publishing house actually click and drag to select a single word in a document…it got him thinking about some of the basic tips and tricks everyone who…

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Phishing Alert

November 10th, 2008 · 4 Comments

phishing-alertIf you’ve got your own website, you may have received odd-looking emails asking you to verify your details. Network Solutions one of the major hosting and website registration providers has issued an alert to its users to watch out for…

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Thunderbird Error Messages

November 6th, 2008 · No Comments

thunderbird-logoI frequently see two errors while using the Thunderbird email client. The first is:

There was an error truncating the Inbox after filtering a message folder to (folder name). You may need to shutdown Thunderbird and delete INBOX.msf “

Needless to say,…

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