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Entries for October, 2007

Recycle old electronics and cell phones

Have you ever thought about recycling you computer, cell phone, or any other old electronics that you might be throwing away? Doing so can reduce the amount of harmful materials such as lead and mercury that enter landfills and in turn enter the ground or air. Blog Action Day has chosen the topic of the [...]

Destroying hard drive data

Here’s a video showing you one good way to destroy your hard drive data, so that identity thieves can’t get their hands on it. PLEASE NOTE: DO NOT DO THIS UNLESS YOU ARE SURE YOU DON’T NEED YOUR HARD DRIVE ANYMORE! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Buzz it up Mixx it [...]

Avoid scams online by watching your URLs

Just wanted to post this quick tip to help prevent everyone from getting sucked into scams online. We’ve all heard about the Nigeria email scams roaming the internet, and the infamous Melissa virus, which spread through email as well, yet following this simple tip I’m about to show you will protect your personal information and [...]

5 things anti-spyware software should do but doesn’t

With spyware taking over at an alarming pace as the next problem that computer users have to face, companies left and right are developing software solutions that claim to remove all known traces of spyware from your machine. I recently tried out a few of these anti-spyware programs (which will remain nameless) and I found [...]

Essential PC software

I’ve added a few links to software that is key to maintaining a healthy computer while surfing the internet.  You can see the links by clicking on the resources tab near the top of the page.  This page will constantly be under construction as new programs come out that help keep your computer clean and [...]

Sony confirms OLED by December 1st

Sony has confirmed that they will be releasing their first generation OLED TVs in early December in Japan. No you are not seeing things, that is actually how thin this OLED is. Now this might not sound that interesting but look at it this way, they are going to start manufacturing an HDTV that has [...]