February 8 2008 COOLSITES Newsletter #151 by Mark Donaldson

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I have published the February 8 2008 COOLSITES Newsletter #151 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: http://luem42.googlepages.com/coolsites.html and check it each week. Thank you. Mark.

February 8 2008 COOLSITES Newsletter #151 by Mark Donaldson

Dear COOLSITES Subscriber:

My luem42coolsites and luem42scoolsites at Gmail.com accounts have been falsely tagged as a source of spam so you may not have received the last few newsletters. The help I have been getting from Google has been nothing more than form letter like responses. Therefore I will be temporarily abandoning those accounts and using new ones. My main luem42 at Gmail.com account, with which you can contact me, will remain the same. However the newsletters will be sent to you from luem42a or luem42b@ at Gmail.com . Please add those addresses into you address book and whitelist them to receive the newsletter. If you don't get my weekly newsletter you can see them online at: http://luem42.googlepages.com/coolsites.html on Saturday morning.

To see the newsletters you missed go to : http://luem42.googlepages.com/newsletter.html .

Some subscriber addresses may have got lost in the transition. If you don't get the February 8 2008 newsletter (the week's one) please contact me to resubscribe. But if you got this notice you should be getting this week's newsletter. I am sorry for the inconvience and Thank You for your continued support.

Semper Gratis (forever free)

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

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.

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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
February 3, 2008

Here are the headlines from this week's newsletter.

# REVIEWS
1. MediaCoder - free Open Source audio converter and extractor
2. Movie Organizer - get your collection organized
3. VideoSpin - create your own videos in minutes
4. Kantaris Media Player - open-source alternative to Windows Media Player
5. NewsGator FeedDemon 2.6 - the best of both online and on PC
6. ComicRack - comic ebook reader and manager
7. Old Newsletter

# TIPS AND FEEDBACK
1. Frapper - you people live all over the world!
2. What free software do you need?
3. Unlikely Friends
4. January 2008 visitors to these pages.
5. Internet Fixes Weekend Windup
6. Comments last week

# COOL WEBSITES
1. Top 10 Anti-Malware Tools
2. Freeware Bulletin Board - nice place to browser
3. CoolSites Newsletter this week

# NEW NEWS
1. SnapFiles.com - new and updated freeware
2. News from Sarah in Tampa
3. Security news from Malware Advisor
4. A view from CyberNirvana

This week's Newsletter http://freewarewiki.com/ClifNotesNewsletter080203
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Security News

No major news this week again. Mark.

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Security Links

Answers to Our Subscribers 5 Biggest Identity Theft Protection Questions. Scambusters.org: http://www.scambusters.org/identity-theft-protection.html

Apple fixes critical QuickTime bug - InfoWorld - News - 2008-02-06 - By Robert McMillan, IDG News Service: http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/02/06/Apple-fixes-critical-QuickTi...bug_1.h

Bad AntiSpyware List ~ Chris Pirillo: http://chris.pirillo.com/2008/01/31/the-bad-antispyware-list/

New site puts police reports on the map - Internet- msnbc.com: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22999412/

New. Multi Virus Cleaner 2008 8.0.1 VirusKeeper anti virus and anti spyware for Windows: http://www.viruskeeper.com/us/mvc.htm

New. Simple Machine Protect 1.6.3 simple, open source antivirus scanner: http://smp.e-freshware.com/

Storm worm dethroned by botnet: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasi...mp;arti

Top 10 Anti-Malware Tools: http://grandstreamdreams.blogspot.com/2005/12/top-10-anti-malware-tools.html

Update. Comodo Firewall Pro 3.0.16.295 Free Firewall Software Download: http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/

Update. My Lockbox 1.2 Files and Folders Password Protection - Hide Folder, Lock Folder, Password Protect Folder - FSPro Labs: http://www.fspro.net/folder-lock-box/

Update. SUPERAntiSpyware Free 4.0.1128 Beta AntiAdware. AntiSpyware. AntiMalware.: http://www.superantispyware.com/superantispyware.html

Update. TrueCrypt 5.0 disk encryption. Free Open-Source On-The-Fly Disk Encryption Software for Windows Vista-XP, Mac OS X and Linux: http://www.truecrypt.org/

Updated JAN-20-2008 Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts File: http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

Vista. Protecting Against Computer Theft In Vista Part II: http://feed.lockergnome.com/~r/nexus/it/~3/227461814/

Vista. Protecting Against Computer Theft In Vista Part III: http://feed.lockergnome.com/~r/nexus/it/~3/229045159/

Vista. Protecting Against Computer Theft In Vista Part IV: http://feed.lockergnome.com/~r/nexus/it/~3/229851491/

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From: The Leebow Letter

Dear Internet Friend,

I just returned from my media tour and wanted to share with you some of the great technology items that I talked about.

No doubt, the iPhone (here are some very cool things the iPhone can do) is the best thing since sliced bread, but here are some other incredibly useful tech tools.

1. Eye-Fi - a brand new SD card that allows you to send photos using Wi-Fi. Simultaneously, you can send photos to your computer and an online photo site. For example, I send my photos to FaceBook.

2. Slide and Negative Converter - From my college days, I have thousands of slides. Sadly, I haven't looked at them in years. Well, thanks to this product, those slides have been converted to digital files. Wow, the memories. This is the product that got the most buzz from my viewers.

3. Flip Video - Ah, a simple (and inexpensive) video camera that easily uploads video files to your computer and YouTube. Here's a sample: There's nothing like a six-year-old playing in the snow -- for the first time.

Also, I have been traveling the country speaking about "Online Safety" and "The Future of the Internet". For details, check out Leebow.com.

If you've got teenagers/college students, check out my recent appearance (online safety) on CBS:
http://www.cbs46.com/video/15161675/index.html

For even more details, be sure to visit my site: CrossingTheDigitalDivide.com.

And last, but not least, since TV is in a re-run mode, here are some incredible videos and video sites.

Until next time, wishing you Net Speed,

Ken Leebow
www.Leebow.com
press.Leebow.com
bio.Leebow.com

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Total eclipse of the Moon

Start planning now for the grand total eclipse of the Moon that's coming on the evening of Wednesday, February 20th, for all of the Americas. Mark.

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Windows Secrets Newsletter â€¢ Issue 139 â€¢ 2008-02-07

The following topics appear in the free version

TOP STORY Symantec uninstaller may not finish the job
Incomplete removal poses a risk to users
Symantec clarifies its uninstall approach
How to remove Norton products from your system

KNOWN ISSUES Positive reviews for Norton raise readers' ire
Some readers revolt against Symantec products
Many feel suites don't provide best protection

WACKY WEB WEEK Nuts â€” a little dab'll do ya

http://WindowsSecrets.com/comp/080207

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COOLSITES 83 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.