I recently ran up against the nastiest piece of malware I’ve ever encountered – Windows Security Suite – (which of course has nothing whatsoever to do with Microsoft or Windows).  In a word, the program makes your computer seem completely infected and compromised, to the point where you can’t launch your browser, Task Manager, your [...]

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If you use Google maps to create itineraries or check out sights to visit and own a Garmin GPS, the two are a powerful travel planning combination. It takes just seconds to download sites, including their addresses to your Garmin device.

All that’s required is a Garmin GPS and one of the following PC’s & browsers:

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Kevin on December 8th, 2009

Recently someone at work asked me to “burn some files on a disk.”  How quaint!  I hadn’t burned a data disk in years, what with thumb drives being so handy, inexpensive, and compact.  But this last attribute can also be a negative:  USB drives are so small, they’re easy to lose. What if you lose [...]

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Kevin on October 7th, 2009

Here’s one of the simplest explanations I’ve found yet: Of course I’m still waiting for an invitation as well…  you?

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About a week ago social media guru and online marketer Chris Brogan blogged about dozens of online resources in several different categories including information, web-based work, mobile apps and several others. I’ve found myself going back to the list several times in order to explore some of the sites and to discover some new tools.  [...]

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Ever wanted to take a picture of something spectacular – the Lincoln Memorial, Michelangelo’s David, or the like – only to have tourists milling around in the frame? If you’re reasonably competent with Photoshop you can probably remove them, but what about the rest of us?? Look no further than Tourist Remover from snapmania. The [...]

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