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I have published the November 28 2008 COOLSITES Newsletter #193 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.
November 28 2008 COOLSITES Newsletter #193 by Mark Donaldson
Happy Thanksgiving
Subscribers received the newsletter one day early, on Thursday morning, so they can take advantage of the Black Friday shopping news. Just another good reason to subscribe. Mark.
Subscribers who didn't receive the newsletter, due to stupid filters, 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 9am EDT, they can quickly download it, unzip it and peruse it offline. You can also read it online from there.
If you are a subscriber 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 or more for the newsletter.
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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
Greetings from Clif Notes Newsletter
November 23, 2008
Below are the headlines from this week's letter.
There won't be a letter next week because of Thanksgiving holiday.
# REVIEWS
1. bLADE wiki - another great desktop wiki for quick notes
2. VDownloader - search, download and convert videos
3. Easy Unicode Paster - adding exotic characters to a page
4. WinSonar - protection against unknown programs
5. Windows Vulnerability Scanner - may not be useful for the average user
6. AnVir Task Manager - replace Windows task manager
7. Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel - mount ISO files as virtual CDs
8. Old Newsletter
# TIPS AND FEEDBACK
1. What free software do you need?
2. Gmail Has Themes
3. Backup Your Gmail Account
4. GMail Drive - set up multiple free hard drives online
5. Comments last week
6. Internet Fixes Weekend Windup
# COOL WEBSITES
1. The Dutch Jewel - great organized list of freeware
2. Turkey Day Video
3. Shoplifting Seagull Video
4. 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
Latest Newsletter
http://freewarewiki.com/ClifNotesNewsletter081123
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Security News
"Websense® Security Labs(TM) ThreatSeeker(TM) Network has discovered a new, malicious social-engineering spam campaign that is disguised as an official email sent from Google's Web 2.0 social networking site, Orkut. This campaign is another attempt by spammers to profit from popular Web 2.0 services. A spoofed personal message, in Portuguese, is sent from a user allegedly on the Orkut network seeking love. This campaign continues a previous attempt to target Orkut. We
http://securitylabs.websense.com/content/Alerts/3242.aspx about the previous attempt last week.
The message contains several links that appear to lead to the official Orkut Web site. Clicking on a link actually leads to a malicious executable file, which is a Trojan Downloader named "imagem.exe" (SHA1: 6862b862877e5cb9f2180cc53ee4338977bc0efb). The malicious file opens the legitimate Orkut network login page, and in the background downloads a password stealing Trojan named "msn.exe" (SHA1: eee7ea71e6ce023fb9000ed75854a8cfd1fafe63). "msn.exe" is copied to various system locations, using different names: "plugin.exe","kss.exe." These copies are bound to the system's start up.
The Trojans in this attack are hosted on a compromised labor union Web site from southern Brazil. This continues the trend of malcode hosted on compromised Web sites.
Websense Messaging and Websense Web Security customers are protected against this attack.
To view the details of this alert
http://securitylabs.websense.com/content/Alerts/3243.aspx "
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Security Links
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. The definitive source of rogue info is Spyware Warrior- Rogue-Suspect Anti-Spyware Products & Web Sites:
http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm
Apple updates Safari for second time in two weeks:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/11/25/Apple_updates_Safari_for_sec..._time_i
Six Easy Ways to Tell if a Virus Really is a Virus - CNET Spyware, viruses, & security Forums:
http://forums.cnet.com/5208-6132_102-0.html?forumID=32&threadID=31...5&m
Wi-Fi- How to Protect Your Wi-Fi Network from the WPA Hack:
http://lifehacker.com/5079721/how-to-protect-your-wi+fi-network-from-t...wpa-hac
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Consumer News and Links
BFAds, BlackFriday and BlackFridayAds all post advertising circulars that have been leaked by company insiders
BFAds -
www.BFAds.net
BlackFriday -
www.BlackFriday.info
BlackFridayAds -
www.BlackFridayAds.com
Most of these stores will have people waiting outside early before they open
JCPenney -Free Mickey Mouse 2008 snow globe and $10 coupon for Saturday
Ikea -Free breakfast until 10:30Am -Friday through sunday
Pep boys -free $10 GC -first 50 -5:30-7:30AM
Sams Club -Free continental breakfast from 5-8AM
Half Price Books -first 100 customers get a free tote bag and $5 GC
A Do-It-Yourself Christmas- 34 Great Gifts You Can Make Yourself 8 Get Rich Slowly:
Arby's FREE FRY-DAY FRIDAY, November 28th Print page:
http://arbys.fbmta.com/members/ViewMailing.aspx?MailingID=27917288228&...;StoreC
Consumer Prices Drop Record 1% in a Month:
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Economy/wireStory?id=6287915
Consumer Reports. Guide to Buying a Digital Camera. Navigate through the raft of digital cameras:
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/electronics-computers/cameras-photo...phy/dig
Credit Card Users Face Higher Fees, Rates:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122714426964243103.html
Exact Eyelights Giveaway. We’re so excited about NEW Exact Eyelights Eye-Brightening Mascara that we’re giving it away:
http://www.covergirl.com/sweepstakes/exacteyelights/?_requestid=3973125
FREE GLOW STICK! (includes shipping) from LifeGear:
http://lifegearcompany.com/freeglowstick
Free Holiday Music From Slacker ~ Windows Fanatics:
http://www.lockergnome.com/windows/2008/11/24/free-holiday-music-from-slacker/
Free Music. Apple - iTunes - Affiliates - Download iTunes:
http://www.apple.com/itunes/affiliates/download/?trackName=Working+On+...ream&am
Free Music. Oprah's Favorite Things for a Thrifty Holiday:
http://www.oprah.com/article/oprahshow/20081118_tows_holiday/2
FTC Cracks Down on Payday Lenders:
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2008/11/cashtoday.shtm
Make money with your craft online - Columns from The Kim Komando Radio Show- & Web site:
http://www.komando.com/columns/index.aspx?id=5267
Mortgage meltdown results in pets going to pound. Please adopt a pet. Mark.:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/11/21/pets.foreclosure/index.html
Mouse Print. The Mouse Print in Black Friday Sale Ads:
http://www.mouseprint.org/
Needless Car Air Filters Pushed When Changing Oil:
http://www.abc15.com/content/news/investigators/consumeralerts/story.a...?conten
Top 10 Tips to Bag a Bargain on Black Friday:
http://www.consumerworld.org/pages/shoptips.htm
Worst Toys of 2008. 10 potentially dangerous toys:
http://www.toysafety.org/worstToyList_index.html
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Windows Secrets Newsletter • Issue 176a • 2008-11-26
Free content posted on Nov. 26, 2008
INTRODUCTION
By Brian Livingston
A news update to bring you rootkit solutions
'Tis the season — promote your biz for free
No paid content in news updates; next issue Dec. 4
TOP STORY
By Woody Leonhard
Antivirus tools try to remove Sinowal/Mebroot
Use F-Secure's utility to clean out rootkits
Your only real remedy may be a clean start
http://WindowsSecrets.com/comp/081126
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Make My Start Page Your Home Page I have updated it on 10-3-8
Try my start page and make it your home page by clicking "Click here to make my start page your default homepage".
It has the following convenient logins and links such as: Google Mail Login, Yahoo Mail Login, Windows Live MSN HotMail Login, Froogle Price Search, Google Maps, MySpace Login, Lockergnome Cool Web Links, Weather Radar, BugMeNot, E! Online, Zap2it TV Guide, Snopes, Scambusters, YouTube, FaceBook, and links to my webpages. You can also google the web or my website. It also has a link for your suggestions so you can help me make it better.
The best thing about it is it's simple, small and loads up on dialup in less than one second. Check it out today at:
http://luem42.googlepages.com/start.html
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COOLSITES Toolbar has been updated to include the following gadgets:
LabpixiesTV
Calorie Calculator
Calculator
Todo
Sudoku
YouTube Top 10
FloodIt
Unit Converter
Invaders
Show My IP
Backgammon
NY Times Classic Crossword
Babylon
Notes
Wikipedia Search
Travelocity
Trio
Memory Game
Black Jack
Video Poker
The best thing is you don't have to do anything. The next time you open your browser the toolbar will be automatically updated to include them.
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Space Weather News for Nov. 25th
http://spaceweather.com
ISS TOOLBAG: A backpack-sized tool bag inadvertently dropped from the International Space Station last week is orbiting Earth and has been sighted from the ground. The tool bag is surprisingly bright, about 6th or 7th magnitude, which makes it an easy target for binoculars or a small telescope. Today's edition of
http://spaceweather.com offers observing tips, sighting reports and a movie of the bag in orbit.
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COOLSITES 98 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".
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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