A FREE Easy Time Saver That Every Computer User Should Have

by Bill Koelzer

Often we discover by accident an incredibly timesaving tool, which we COULD have been using for years in our computer work, but just had not known about. Well, you will bless the day that you learned here about this true time saver.

Google Desktop: How many times have you misfiled something in your computer and wasted time looking for it? Did you ever need to find an old email of something a client said, but had no idea where you stored it? Ever need the last name of your school classmate's new husband to send them a card, but cannot find where she wrote it in a Word document story recounting their honeymoon vacation?

You download the Google Desktop tool at http://desktop.google.com

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Sites' Personal Questions May Pose Security Risk

Asking about your mother's home town is supposed to help legitimate sites protect your online accounts--but experts say hackers know more about you than you might think.

Paul F. Roberts, PC World

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Five scams you may not know about

By Gina Hughes Yahoo Tech

Identity theft has become a huge problem in the United States. The FTC recently reported that identity theft was the number one complaint again last year for the eighth consecutive year! There are literally thousands of scams out there, and you're probably familiar with most of them, but new scams are getting more sophisticated as people get savvier.

To read the entire article click here

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What is a firewall and why do you need one?

By Christopher Null: Yahoo Tech

Of the many computer security measures available to end users, none is more confusing to the novice than the firewall. I can understand why. Unlike anti-virus or anti-spyware tools, a firewall doesn't immediately telegraph what it does. I wouldn't be surprised if many people thought it was designed to prevent fires inside your computer. (It doesn't.)

Click here to read the rest of the story from Yahoo Tech

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