February 9 2007 COOLSITES newsletter by Mark Donaldson

I have published the February 9 2007 COOLSITES newsletter by Mark Donaldson.

The following is an excerpt from this weeks newsletter. To see the full newsletter with all of the COOLSITES links please go to my website at: http://luem42.com/coolsites.aspx Thank you. Mark.


February 9 2007 COOLSITES by Mark Donaldson

This is the 99th newsletter

Wherever you go if you see the user name LUEM42 that's me

COOLSITES is a list of 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.

Security News
Be smart about buying jewelry online- Financial News - Yahoo! Finance: http://biz.yahoo.com/brn/070202/20976.html?.v=1


CallingID Toolbar - CallingID Toolbar uses 54 verification tests to evaluate web sites: http://www.callingid.com/DesktopSolutions/CallingIDToolbar.aspx
Car Dealers' Biggest Lies - Forbes.com: http://www.forbes.com/home/2007/01/24/car-dealers-lies-biz-cx_tvr_0125lies.html


Credit card strategy not clever way to handle debt: http://www.belleville.com/mld/belleville/business/16559690.htm


Current issue of Internet ScamBusters: http://www.scambusters.org/atmpin.html


FCIC- Consumer World promotion. Order your free copy of the 2007 Consumer Action Handbook today: http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/rc/d54.htm


IE7. Microsoft quietly fixes the antiphishing filter in Internet Explorer 7: http://ct.cnet-ssa.cnet.com/clicks?t=29017731-be56918137808c8d29d61779...633af-b


Mail-order flowers 2-07- Where to buy flowers. recent tests of four online flower deliverers revealed thorny issues bruised petals, wrong colors, and a couple of stems with no bloom at all: http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/personal-finance/mail-order-flowers...07/over


Maytag announces recall of (m) millions of its dishwashers: http://wkbt.com/Global/story.asp?S=6021972&nav=KoJE


Network Security Journal- The Fight Against Phishing- 44 Ways to Protect Yourself: http://www.networksecurityjournal.com/2007/01/the_fight_again.html


New. PC Tools Firewall Plus 1.0 PC Tools Firewall Plus - Free Personal Firewall for Windows: http://www.pctools.com/firewall/


New. Surveillance Scan II is a free webcam surveillance app!: http://biphome.spray.se/baxtrom/sscanii.htm


Security & Spyware Software - Free Software Downloads and Software Reviews - Download.com: http://www.download.com/Security-Spyware/2001-2023_4-0.html?tag=nl.e404


SpamExperts Home is our free desktop filtering software for personal use: http://www.spamexperts.com/products-services/spam-experts-home.html


Update. Comodo Firewall Pro 2.4.17.183 Firewall Free Firewall Protection Best Firewall Test Firewall Software Network Security Internet Attacks Computer Personal Firewall: http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/


Updated 01-31-07 Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts File: http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm


Updated- Jan. 20 '07 Resources- Ad Blocking Resources: http://www.spywarewarrior.com/uiuc/resource.htm

Coming soon to a newsletter near you, like next week


I would like to publicly thank my cousin Bill again in my newsletter. This week he sent me some more of his "obsolete" computer equipment specifically A Palm M130 and a Dell Axim X5 Pocket PC. Bill has sent me a laptop, a scanner, and a Zip drive, in the past, and now a PDA and Pocket PC. The Axim came with Outlook 2000 so the newsletter will be sent from Outlook, from now on, using it's ability to access my Google Gmail account directly. Next week will be my 100th newsletter and I hope to do something fancy but not gaudy with it. Mark.

Morning excitement


I mentioned before ( http://luem42.com/Documents/aug0406.html ) that the city has built their new police headquarters 500 feet from my house. There is a building next to it that they are planning to tear down and turn into a visitors parking lot. Before it gets torn down they were using it for police swat team training. Last night, around 7pm, they ran an urban training exercise and we heard a couple of big booms from flash-bang grenades. Around 1am, 4hours after they were done, the building caught on fire. Coincidence? I don't think so. At least the firefighters got some training to. That's 2 fires on my street in a month. BTW this is why the newsletter is 2 hours late this morning because I just had to go look when I got up at 5am. Mark.


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From: Windows Secrets Newsletter • Issue 95 • 2007-02-08 http://WindowsSecrets.com/comp/070208

The following topics appear in the free version
TOP STORY More on the Vista upgrade secret
Vista workaround is a deliberate feature
When a Vista clean install may be necessary
Upgrade trick works with MS Office, too
European prices for Vista seem jacked-up
OEM versions and educational discounts to come

LANGALIST TIPS What's the value of a .name domain?
A .name domain works like any other
More on making data unrecoverable
Choosing the best backup software
How to predict CDR and DVD-R longevity

USEFUL LINKS Lead generation via affiliate marketing

WACKY WEB WEEK New PC ads slam the Mac

COOLSITES 113 cool links
To see the full newsletter with all of the COOLSITES links please go to my website at: http://luem42.com/coolsites.aspx Thank you. Mark.