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I have published the April 18 2008 COOLSITES Newsletter #161 by Mark Donaldson.
The following is an excerpt from this weeks newsletter. To see the full newsletter with all of the COOLSITES links please click and bookmark this link:
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April 18 2008 COOLSITES Newsletter #161 by Mark Donaldson
Attention Subscribers and readers. Please read this.
Yea! Almost all subscribers did get last week's newsletter. I believe this is due to my splitting the subscriber list and sending out less than 200 from each of my Gmail accounts. Gmail says that an account may send out 500 emails in a 24 hour period but most people who are having this problem are sending out a lot less than that. It is obvious to me that Google has lowered their limits without telling anyone and would rather gmail be used to receive email then be used as a convenient small bulk emailer.
I still may have this problem from time to time so here is what I have done. Subscibers may use a private link to download the newsletter in the text ( .txt ), html (.html ) and the MS Word Doc ( .doc ) format in a zip file. I will upload the zip files to my archive site right after I send out the newsletter on Friday morning. If a subscriber doesn't receive the newsletter, by 8am EDT, they can quickly download it, unzip it and peruse it offline. You can also read it online from there.
If you are a subsciber and don't know the private link you can email me for it. These zip files are less than 40K which is smaller than the 100K to 130K newsletter email.
I was falsely wronged
but then I prolonged
my friends helped prove
I was right all along
Last weekend my main website. luem42.com, was being blocked by my free web host Awardspace.com. They had received a complaint from a trusted source saying I was a spammer and said this source "provided irrefutable proof of their claim: a whole copy of the spam message, with full headers, enlisting particular URLs in your sites. URLs only you may know" and that "the matter is not negotiable. We are sorry but your account is to remain deactivated." I don't know who or what this proof was as they did not share it with me. To say I used their server to send out spam is just wrong because my free account at Awardspace only allows me to receive email not send it.
After several more emails they said "Yes, we know it's possible that someone faked the headers to make it look like you were spamming
but that doesn't necessarily mean that this is the case here"
I saw a crack in their armour after they said "Furthermore, could you elaborate on a motive why anyone would try and sabotage your hosting account in such a foul manner, provided all your site offers is personal security information to the general public?"
I provided them a reason. "As it says on my index page "If you are a public figure and you are a hypocrite, stupid or have committed a crime I will "out you" here. I especially like to out the hypocrites because I think they have the potential to do the most harm to society." Also I print in my newsletter copies of scams (419, Nigerian, lottery, etc.) that I receive to educate my readers. I also print the email addresses the scams come from so that spambots will find them and fill their inboxes. I try to educate my readers and get a little even with the scammers. I guess I opened my self up to revenge from them.""
That was where the emails ended. I contacted my subscribers about the problem and they responded with the most wonderful emails in my defense to Awardspace. Their response with copies of the emails they sent to me brought tears to my eyes and still does as I type this.
On Monday morning I received this email from Awardspace:
Hello,
We have taken a decision to unblock your web site. However, keep in mind that if we receive similar complain/s related to your domain name, it will be permanently blocked. Hopefully, you understand the situation. If there is anything else we can assist you with, please contact us again.
Best Regards, George
Thanks to all of my subscribers who sent emails of support. You really made my day/week/month/year. Mark.
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Semper Gratis (forever free) of cost
COOLSITES is a list of safe, fun, useful, informative and just plain cool websites and programs that are FREE, FREE and FREE. All of the programs and websites I list are free. If I list anything that is so good but isn't free I will list the price with it.
My website is Dialup Friendly. All pages except "Just The Links" and "Specialized Search Engines" load up in under 15 seconds.
Wherever you go if you see the user name LUEM42 that's me
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Pirillo's Picks for February 13 2007
"And if you think that's a lot of links, you should see how many
http://luem42.com/ collects every day. It's enough to make you wanna never leave the house again as long as you live" Yours Digitally, Chris Pirillo
http://chris.pirillo.com/
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Clif Notes Newsletter, Feb 2007
http://freewarewiki.com/ClifNotes
"The COOLSITES Newsletter - find the coolest links here. This fella named Mark Donaldson has been sending out his lists of cool sites since 2003. I'd never heard of him before last week. One day I was Googling myself to see who was posting links to my newsletter, and I found his website. I guess he's mentioned my newsletter at least 3 times. I like the COOLSITES website too, but I think it could use some reformatting to make it a bit easier to read. What I really like is the content there. Mark must really read a lot of stuff on the web and he takes the best links then tells you about them."
http://freewarewiki.com/CoolSitesNewsletter
Welcome to Clif Notes Newsletter
April 13, 2008
Hi Everyone,
Sorry, no newsletter this week. Hopefully, I'll be back again next week.
Clif
Lastest Newsletter
http://freewarewiki.com/ClifNotesNewsletter080406
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Security News
No major news this week.
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Security Links
Some subscribers have indicated that the anti-spyware/adware programs I have listed here recently are "rogues". I get these links from good sources however I do not test the programs myself because I just don't have the time and most new programs won't work on my old 98 system.
I have checked for info about those programs and the only indications that they might be rogues come from forums. The definitive source of rogue info is Spyware Warrior and they weren't listed there.
Spyware Warrior- Rogue-Suspect Anti-Spyware Products & Web Sites:
http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm
Apple patches $10,000 prize-winning bug:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/04/16/Apple-patches-prize-winning-bug_1.html
Criminals phish for CEOs via fake subpoenas:
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasi...mp;arti
Gmail cookie stolen via Google Spreadsheets:
http://www.news.com/8301-10789_3-9918582-57.html?tag=nl.e724
How to uninstall the Adobe Flash Player plug-in and ActiveX control:
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_14157
Mozilla patches Firefox JavaScript bug:
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasi...mp;arti
New. KeyScrambler defeats keyloggers by encrypting your keystrokes at the keyboard driver level, deep within the operating system:
http://www.qfxsoftware.com/products.htm
Online Banking- Do You Know Your Rights. banking customers liable for losses if they fail to secure their personal computers against data-stealing computer viruses:
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2008/04/online_banking_do_y...know_yo
Search Advisory, Vulnerability, and Virus Database - Secunia:
http://secunia.com/search/
Search SecurityChannel.com:
http://searchsecuritychannel.techtarget.com/?track=sy484
Software Inspector. Detects insecure versions of applications installed. Secunia:
http://secunia.com/software_inspector/
Update. a-squared Free 3.5.0.8 (formerly a² free) Freeware! A2 is a free of charge Anti-Trojan, Anti-Worm, Anti-Dialer and Anti-Spyware Software - optimal protection:
http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/free/
Update. Comodo BOClean 4.26 stop and remove malware, rootkits, spambots, hijackers and keyloggers:
http://www.comodo.com/boclean/boclean.html
Update. CryptoExpert 2008 Lite 7.5.8 Free on the fly hard drives encryption software with Password authentication.:
http://www.secureaction.com/cryptoexpert/lite/
Update. Folder Encryption 5.1 File & Folder Encryption:
http://www.kakasoft.com/
Vista Security Update Bricks USB Devices. Windows Vista security update is disrupting USB devices:
http://www.infopackets.com/channels/en/windows/gazette/2008/20080417_v...a_secur
Vista. Using The Cipher Utility In Vista Part III:
http://feed.lockergnome.com/~r/nexus/it/~3/268342774/
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Now here's someone who was really wronged
Md. court expands definition of rape; woman can revoke consent mid-act.
http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2008/04/md-court-expand.html
"Maouloud Baby was convicted of first-degree rape in December 2004 after jurors heard testimony that the 16-year-old continued having sex with an 18-year-old woman for "about five or so seconds" after she told him to stop."
The "adult" woman was having sex with the "minor" boy and he's convicted. The first appeal overturned it but it was upheld on the second appeal. It used to be consent before penetration meant consent. Now it's possible to withdraw consent during the act. What's next? Withdrawing consent after the act. It probably took him those five or so seconds to realise she really meant it and wasn't just playing "word games". And why wasn't the woman prosecuted as a predator. If the genders were reversed you know the 18 year old "man" would be in jail and on the predators list for life.
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Windows Secrets Newsletter • Issue 149 • 2008-04-17
The following topics appear in the free version
INTRODUCTION Two search engines help you find Windows info
Query our content or all Windows sites
TOP STORY Flash ads bearing malware plague popular sites
Just opening the page puts you at risk
A permanent fix is a long way off
What you can do to protect yourself
WACKY WEB WEEK The U.S. election process, in a nutshell
http://WindowsSecrets.com/comp/080417
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And don't forget the new season of Dr. Who starts tonight on SciFi
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COOLSITES 140 cool links
I harvest what I believe to be the best links from the best sources that are safe, fun, informative, useful and just plain cool. I categorize them and edit their descriptions for clarity.
To see the full newsletter with all of the COOLSITES links please click and bookmark this link:
http://luem42.googlepages.com/coolsites.html and check it each week. Thank you. Mark.
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