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Martyn
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Handy and Usefull Links « Posted: 03 March 2006 at 12:24 PM »
I've decided to add a selection of links that have been previously mentioned in the IT Suite.

http://www.gimp.org - A free image editing package.

http://www.getfirefox.com - An easy to use alternative to Internet Explorer. link updated

http://toolbar.google.com - Google toobar with handy popup blocker and spell checker. Works with both Internet Explorer and Firefox.

http://free.grisoft.com - A free Anti Virus soution for your PC. Updates automatically too!

If you can think of any more that might be of use for other people please let me know.

Martyn
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HairySpiderLegs
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Re: Handy and Usefull Links « Reply #1 Posted: 03 March 2006 at 12:51 PM »
Quote from: Martyn on 03 March 2006 at 12:24 PM
http://www.getfirfox.com - An easy to use alternative to Internet Explorer.

That took me to a rather non-descript site!

This might be better:

http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/
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Martyn
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Re: Handy and Usefull Links « Reply #2 Posted: 03 March 2006 at 02:14 PM »
 Roll Eyes sorry  Roll Eyes

i've got a dodgy 'e' key on my laptop

it wont happen again.... promice  Shocked
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HairySpiderLegs
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Re: Handy and Usefull Links « Reply #3 Posted: 03 March 2006 at 02:28 PM »
 Grin

Love your sig by the way - I'd edit it to reflect a more truthful question that my guys ask:

Have you tired of turning it off and on again???

 evil6 Makes me sound picky but I'm not trying to be, honest! It's that dodgy 'e' key!

One application I use at home is the Microsoft version of Antispyware, or Defender as they now call it.
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Heidi
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Re: Handy and Usefull Links « Reply #4 Posted: 03 March 2006 at 02:57 PM »
I guess you watch The IT Crowd on CH4 Martyn, or is that just a standard IT engineer's reply?!  evil6
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HairySpiderLegs
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Re: Handy and Usefull Links « Reply #5 Posted: 03 March 2006 at 03:08 PM »
I get to say it quite often, it's second in line to "Log out, then back in again". Getting the base unit switched off buys us Techies a bit more thinking time  evil6

By the way I have always wanted to write a sitcom based around the IT World. The C4 attempt proves to me that no-one has yet written a comedy about IT so I still have time evil6
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Re: Handy and Usefull Links « Reply #6 Posted: 03 March 2006 at 03:29 PM »
More to add:

http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/ - Ad-Aware, to search, identify and remove adware from your PC.

http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/ - Spy Bot - scan and destroy spyware on your PC.
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Kipper
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Re: Handy and Usefull Links « Reply #7 Posted: 03 March 2006 at 03:50 PM »
Quote from: HairySpiderLegs on 03 March 2006 at 02:28 PM
Grin

Love your sig by the way - I'd edit it to reflect a more truthful question that my guys ask:

Have you tired of turning it off and on again???

 evil6 Makes me sound picky but I'm not trying to be, honest! It's that dodgy 'e' key!

One application I use at home is the Microsoft version of Antispyware, or Defender as they now call it.


Hey....it could also read....."Have you TRIED turning it off and on again"......there are also the the four magic letters that don't require the missing keyboard 'e' to bring a computer back to life...

R.T.F.M...........(READ the F'Guess'g Manual)...

and

C.T.F.C...........(CHECK the F'Guess again'g Connections)...

Works for me everytime...... Grin Grin....I love this Techy stuff.. Roll Eyes


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Kipper
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Re: Handy and Usefull Links « Reply #8 Posted: 03 March 2006 at 05:00 PM »

Not too sure about the new Google Toolbar Martyn.....it would appear to have multi Privacy problems.......seems anything you leave there is accessible by anyone....

I'll go find the article and Post it here.....it's somewhere on my Security Forum...

I'll be back... Grin

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Kipper
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Re: Handy and Usefull Links « Reply #9 Posted: 03 March 2006 at 05:08 PM »

This is, of course, if we are talking about the same thing Martyn..

Kipper, Cool

February 09, 2006
Google Copies Your Hard Drive - Government Smiles in Anticipation
Consumers Should Not Use New Google Desktop

San Francisco - Google today announced a new "feature" of its Google Desktop software that greatly increases the risk to consumer privacy. If a consumer chooses to use it, the new "Search Across Computers" feature will store copies of the user's Word documents, PDFs, spreadsheets and other text-based documents on Google's own servers, to enable searching from any one of the user's computers. EFF urges consumers not to use this feature, because it will make their personal data more vulnerable to subpoenas from the government and possibly private litigants, while providing a convenient one-stop-shop for hackers who've obtained a user's Google password.

"Coming on the heels of serious consumer concern about government snooping into Google's search logs, it's shocking that Google expects its users to now trust it with the contents of their personal computers," said EFF Staff Attorney Kevin Bankston. "If you use the Search Across Computers feature and don't configure Google Desktop very carefully—and most people won't—Google will have copies of your tax returns, love letters, business records, financial and medical files, and whatever other text-based documents the Desktop software can index. The government could then demand these personal files with only a subpoena rather than the search warrant it would need to seize the same things from your home or business, and in many cases you wouldn't even be notified in time to challenge it. Other litigants—your spouse, your business partners or rivals, whoever—could also try to cut out the middleman (you) and subpoena Google for your files."

The privacy problem arises because the Electronic Communication Privacy Act of 1986, or ECPA, gives only limited privacy protection to emails and other files that are stored with online service providers—much less privacy than the legal protections for the same information when it's on your computer at home. And even that lower level of legal protection could disappear if Google uses your data for marketing purposes. Google says it is not yet scanning the files it copies from your hard drive in order to serve targeted advertising, but it hasn't ruled out the possibility, and Google's current privacy policy appears to allow it.

"This Google product highlights a key privacy problem in the digital age," said Cindy Cohn, EFF's Legal Director. "Many Internet innovations involve storing personal files on a service provider's computer, but under outdated laws, consumers who want to use these new technologies have to surrender their privacy rights. If Google wants consumers to trust it to store copies of personal computer files, emails, search histories and chat logs, and still 'not be evil,' it should stand with EFF and demand that Congress update the privacy laws to better reflect life in the wired world."

For more on Google's data collection:
http://news.com.com/FAQ+When+Google+...66.html?tag=nl http://www.boston.com/news/nation/ar..._roils_the_web http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...DGEPGPHA61.DTL http://news.com.com/%20Bill+would+fo...3-6036951.html

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