February 12 2010 COOLSITES Newsletter #256 Mark Donaldson

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February 12 2010 COOLSITES Newsletter #256 Mark Donaldson


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Security News and Links




Firefox add-on accused of malware comes up clean: http://ct.cnet-ssa.cnet.com/clicks?t=525701156-be56918137808c8d29d6177...a633af-

malware-infested add-ons for Firefox. Sothink Web Video Downloader 4.0 and all versions of Master Filer: http://ct.download.com/clicks?t=525132467-be56918137808c8d29d6177983a6...f-bf&am

Online Surveys Are They All Scams Plus 2 Real Alternatives. Scambusters.org: http://www.scambusters.org/onlinesurveys2.html

Security software maker Vitamin D exits beta Security - CNET News: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10449099-83.html?tag=nl.e757

Updated Feb-09-2010 Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts File: http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

Windows patch cripples XP with blue screen, users claim: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/print/9155419/Windows_patch_cri...es_XP_w


I get these links and news from good sources however I do not test the programs myself because I just don't have the time. The definitive source of rogue info is Spyware Warrior- Rogue-Suspect Anti-Spyware Products & Web Sites: http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm
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Consumer News and Links

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From: http://www.consumerworld.org/

The Five Safest Cars according to ABC News
Tooth Whitener Scams Continue, Crooks Hard to Find
Oregon Mom Fights Tooth Whitener Company and Wins
Study: Older is Not Wiser re: Investment Decisions
New Law Bans Textbook Bundling, But has Loopholes
Q&A about the Toyota Recall
Top 10 Jury Verdicts of 2009
FTC to Update Regs on Misleading Environmental Claims
Unemployed? Cybercrooks are Hiring! (Don't Bite)
Some Complain of Short Win7 Battery Life
Toyota Admits Brake Problems on the Prius
How Clever Card Issuers Found New Ways to Ding You pdf
Comcast Changing Reviled Name to Xfinity
The Haiti Scams Begin; Sample Email Revealed
Don't Let "Scareware" Warnings Trick You
What is a College Degree Really Worth?
Why a Six-Hour Flight Now Takes Seven
Experian Sued Over FreeCreditReport.com's Ads
And Now They're Putting Vitamins in... Vodka!
Mfrs Pushed to Disclose Ingredients in Cleaners
How Chase Denied Loan Modifications for Now Improper Reasons
Survey: Consumers Want Overdraft Fees Regulated pdf
Store Brands' Quality and Sales are Up
Suit Filed Against UPS for Charging Air Rates for Packages Actually Shipped by Ground
10 Profound Scientific Innovations in our Future (Maybe)
Can You Trust Auto Reliability Ratings in Wake of Toyota's Woes?
Money Wiring Services Flunk Undercover Fraud Test


1-800-Flowers.com canceling deliveries, breaking hearts: http://www2.tbo.com/content/2010/feb/11/1-800-flowerscom-canceling-del...ries-br

Ben & Jerry's. Free Cone Day on 3-23: http://www.topsavings.com/index.asp?ID=30459&tfsnews=yes

Best New Car Values 2010. list of the best new car values: http://content.kiplinger.com/reports/best-new-car-values-2010/

Complete Attorneys. Confidential Bankruptcy Evaluation: http://www.completeattorneys.com/bankruptcy/index_d.php?sub1=CD12618&a...net=413

Consumer Reports. Diagnosing the Weird Sounds Your Car Makes. diagnose what could be wrong: http://pressroom.consumerreports.org/pressroom/2010/02/what-your-car-i...elling-

Free Italian Ice at Rita's on 3-20: http://www.topsavings.com/index.asp?ID=21536&tfsnews=yes

It's All Free Online: http://itsallfreeonline.com/

Mouse Print. The Costly Catch in Verizon's $84.99 Triple Play Deal: http://www.mouseprint.org/

Which Brands Have the Most Loyal Buyers. brands that consumers are most loyal to: http://www.brandkeys.com/awards/

YourRxCoupons.com - printable coupons that can save you up to 75- on prescriptions: http://www.yourrxcoupons.com/?g=313380
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Clif Notes Newsletter for January 2010

Hi everyone,

I've got quite a bit for you to read this month, so take your time. You don't have to read it all in one sitting.

This month’s articles:

Create Your Own Wifi Hotspot - Connectify Updated to 1.0
Patience and Wisdom [Picture]
Easily Create Personal Web Pages with No Signup at Webnotes
Mirror in the Water [Slideshow]
Find Files Fast with UltraSearch
Beautiful Pictures [Slideshow]
Free DNS Benchmark Tools - Satisfy Your Need for Speed
Take the Jung Typology Test - What Kind of Person Are You?
Is the Windows XP Search Doggie a Spy?
How to Replace Windows XP Search
Create Goo.gl Short URL’s with a Bookmarklet
Rohos Mini Drive - Hide Your Data on Flash Drives
Free Full Version of WinOptimizer 5
Change Your DNS Settings Fast with Dns Jumper
Multifox for Logging into Multiple Accounts
Review of the Eset Online Scanner
The Matrix as Your Desktop and Screensaver
Review of Radian Application Launcher
Mozilla Thunderbird 3 Review
How to Add WinHlp32 Support to Windows 7 and Vista
Backup/Restore Windows Live Writer with Import/Export Plugin
Windows CleanUp! for Fast and Fun System Cleanings
How to use Google Public DNS on Windows 7 and Windows XP

http://clif-notes.blogspot.com/2010/01/clif-notes-newsletter-for-janua...2010.ht

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Simpler way to customize your file associations

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COOLSITES 86 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. I may make comments about the links but you will know because I always sign them with "Mark".


Air marshals say service roiled with cronyism, chaos: http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/02/04/air.marshals.program/index.html

Alec Baldwin rushed to hospital: http://link.trb.com/r/NAT6JL/3X831/W8DLAQ/Z6G08/26LWGW/VU/h

Block Ads in Safari ~ Chris Pirillo: http://chris.pirillo.com/block-ads-in-safari/

Career Tools - Advice, Resources, Articles and More - Net-Temps: http://www.net-temps.com/careerdev/career-tools/career-advice.html

Casey Anthony may not be tried until 2011: http://www2.tbo.com/content/2010/feb/04/anthony-may-not-be-tried-until...11/news

Charlie Sheen charged with assaulting wife; they hug in court - Yahoo! News: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100208/people_nm/us_sheen

Childhood obesity- It's not the amount of TV, it's the number of junk food commercials: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100209095753.htm

Climate-Science Officials Seek Better Reports: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB20001424052748704182004575055703697897576.html

Dennis Hopper's divorce battle getting uglier: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100211/people_nm/us_hopper

Fill Any PDF Form Online: https://www.fillanypdf.com/

Former President Bill Clinton hospitalized for heart-related issue: http://link.trb.com/r/BLQF5E/F3WTH/MN29HM/FYKFU/3OTDW5/LE/h

Former sex worker enters N.Y. gov. race: http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2010/02/07/Former-sex-worker-enters-NY-gov...ce/UPI-

Free applications for iPhone jChicken.com: http://jchicken.com/index.html

free program adds customized voices to certain Garmin GPS units: http://www.komando.com/downloads/category.aspx?id=8096

Free-Javascripts.com - 100s of free scripts: http://www.free-javascripts.com/

FreelanceSwitch Hourly Rate Calculator: http://freelanceswitch.com/rates/

FREEPerlCode.com - Hundreds of FREE Perl Scripts with Source Code: http://www.freeperlcode.com/

Funny Feedback. Underground geometry - 10 February 2010 - New Scientist: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20527471.800-underground-geometr...tml?DCM

GEEKLY UPDATE - FEB 03: http://askbobrankin.com/geekly_update_february_3.html?tbart

GEEKLY UPDATE - FEB 10: http://askbobrankin.com/geekly_update_february_10.html?tbart

How well do scientists understand how changes in Earth's orbit affect long-term natural climate trends-: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100205091825.htm

I thought of killing myself, says climate scandal professor Phil Jones - Times Online: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article7017922.ece#c...OTC-RSS

Illinois Dem defiant after arrest history surfaces: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35256474/ns/politics-decision_2010/

Incidence of cerebral palsy on rise in US, new data reveals: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100209144203.htm

Industrial cleaner tricholorethylene (TCE) linked to increased risk of Parkinson's disease: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100207214119.htm

Jillian Michaels sued over diet supplement: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_en_tv/us_people_jillian_michaels

John Edwards proposes to mistress Rielle Hunter, buys $3.5M beach house- report: http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2010/02/10/2010-02-10_john_edwards_p...oses_to

John Edwards. Young delivers Edwards sex tape: http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=7269539

John Mayer apologizes for Playboy interview: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100211/ap_on_en_mu/us_people_john_mayer

La. lt. gov. replaces Nagin as New Orleans mayor: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100207/ap_on_el_st_lo/us_new_orleans_mayor

McAfee 2010 highlights: http://ct.cnet-ssa.cnet.com/clicks?t=525271504-be56918137808c8d29d6177...a633af-

Michael Jackson Autopsy Report - February 8, 2010: http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2010/0208101jackson1.html

Monyta is a feedback system, which will listen to your cutomers needs, wants and thoughts: http://www.monyta.com/

Mozilla plans to drop Mac OS X 10.4 support : http://ct.cnet-ssa.cnet.com/clicks?t=525419430-be56918137808c8d29d6177...a633af-

NASA - Are terrestrial gamma-ray flashes Hazardous to Air Travelers: http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2010/10feb_friendlyskies.htm?list38463

NASA - Solar Dynamics Observatory The Variable Sun Mission: http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2010/05feb_sdo.htm?list38463

Nev. Medicaid cuts could bring adult diaper rationing: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35321478/ns/us_news-life/

New. Boot Snooze. It will restart your computer and then hibernate or standby automatically: http://skwire.dcmembers.com/wb/pages/software/boot-snooze.php

New. CRON-O-Meter. Track your diet to stay on course: http://spaz.ca/cronometer/

New. Forecastfox is an extension that brings international weather from AccuWeather.com to your Firefox web browser: http://forecastfox.mozdev.org/

New. Free Video Editor - Download VideoThang Easy Video Editing Software: http://www.videothang.com/

New. FreeFixer 0.53 delete potentially unwanted software: http://www.freefixer.com/

New. maComfort. Bring Mac functionality to your PC: http://rafaelklaus.com/macomfort/index.php

New. Microsoft Small Basic is a project that is aimed at making computer programming accessible to beginners: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&Fam...ID=b006

New. NoClone Free edition. Find true duplicate files, similar files and duplicate Outlook emails; remove duplicate files. locate and erase duplicate documents, similar files, or duplicate Outlook messages: http://noclone.net/

New. PageZipper - Life's too short to spend clicking Next: http://www.printwhatyoulike.com/pagezipper

New. Pixia & Phierha. Pixia 4.70d painting tool made exclusively for full color graphics: http://www.ne.jp/asahi/mighty/knight/

New. Reprofiler - A tool for repairing broken userprofile-associations.: http://www.iwrconsultancy.co.uk/software/reprofiler/reprofiler.htm

New. Slimtool - the free Mac OS X Universal Binary slimmer: http://pcwizcomputer.com/slimtool/

New. Teach2000 8.43 train in foreign language, topography, and history: http://www.teach2000.org/

New. TeboCam. Monitor your house or flat with a motion sensitive webcam security system: http://teboweb.com/WebCam.html

New. Weird Metronome. The smallest, most versatile metronome software available, and it's free: http://www.pinkandaint.com/weirdmet.shtml

Opera Mini For The iPhone: http://www.lockergnome.com/it/2010/02/10/opera-mini-for-the-iphone/

origami club: http://www.origami-club.com/en/

Orion in a new light: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100210101508.htm

Skin Deep Cosmetic Safety Database: http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/splash.php?URI=%2Findex.php

State Farm says it warned NHTSA on Toyota in 2007: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/us_toyota_recall_us

Super Bowl XLIV dethrones 'M-A-S-H' as all-time ratings champ: http://link.trb.com/r/QMGCNB/8EOOQ/UBXUVI/FYW6V/PRINGC/AZ/h

Super material will make lighting cheaper and fully recyclable: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100205115810.htm

Texas Republican gubernatorial candidate Debra Medina imploded on the Glenn Beck radio program this morning when she said she didn't have an opinion on whether the US government was behind the 9-11 attacks: http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/The-Vote/2010/0211/Debra-Medina-...f-destr

The best and worst of Super Bowl ads: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35290235/ns/business-business_of_super_bowl_xliv/

United Nations slams Haitian hospitals for charging patients: http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/national_world&id=7...460&amp

Update. Advanced SystemCare Free v3.5.0 Free registry repair, registry cleaner for Windows XP-Vista-7, PC Tuneup: http://www.iobit.com/advancedwindowscareper.html

Update. Cobian Backup 10.0.0.236 Beta backup your files and directories: http://www.cobian.se/

Update. Commands in Demand 10.2: http://www.vasilios-free.gr/freesoft/index.html

Update. CrystalDiskInfo 3.4.0 Beta 1 and CrystalDiskMark 3.0 Beta 3: http://crystalmark.info/?lang=en

Update. EASEUS Deleted File Recovery 3.0.1 Free Deleted File Recovery software. Free Recover Deleted Files Tool. EASEUS Data Recovery Freeware: http://www.easeus-deletedrecovery.com/

Update. FastStone Image Viewer 4.1 beta 2 image browser, viewer, converter and editor: http://www.faststone.org/FSViewerBeta.htm

Update. FET 5.12.3 Free Timetabling Software: http://www.lalescu.ro/liviu/fet/

Update. FreeOTFE 5.21 on-the-fly transparent disk encryption program for PCs and PDAs: http://www.freeotfe.org/

Update. Fresh UI 8.50 tweaking tool. Configure and optimize your Windows system (Windows XP, 2000, Me, 98, 95, NT).: http://www.freshdevices.com/freshui.html

Update. HWiNFO32 v3.41-570 Portable. hardware information and diagnostic tool: http://www.hwinfo.com/download32.html

Update. LyricToy 2.0: http://code.google.com/p/lyrictoy/

Update. Miranda IM 0.8.14 multi protocol instant messenger client. Smaller, Faster, Easier: http://www.miranda-im.org/

Update. Mixxx 1.8.0 Beta 1 DJ software: http://www.mixxx.org/

Update. MyUninstaller 1.65 alternative utility to the standard Add-Remove applet: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/myuninst.html

Update. NolaPro Free Web Accounting 4.0.5333 Accounting & Business Software - Free Web-Based NolaPro: http://www.nolapro.com/index-5.html

Update. OpenOffice.org 3.2.0 multi-platform office suite: http://www.openoffice.org/

Update. Paint.NET 3.5.3 image and photo manipulation software: http://www.getpaint.net/

Update. Q-Dir 4.04 file manager: http://www.softwareok.com/?seite=Freeware/Q-Dir

Update. Recuva 1.35 restore files that have been accidentally deleted from your computer Adware! Offers to install Yahoo! Toolbar which can be unchecked: http://www.piriform.com/recuva/builds

Update. Satsuki Decoder Pack 4.3.0.4 media player: http://yatoshi.com/en/index.php

Update. SystemExplorer 2.0.8 all you need to know about the system: http://systemexplorer.mistergroup.org/download.php

Update. TreeSize Free 2.4 started from the context menu of a folder or drive and shows you the size of it: http://www.jam-software.com/treesize_free/

Where did today's spiral galaxies come from-: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100204101719.htm

White House pokes fun at Sarah Palin: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35316369/ns/politics/
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