Imagine never having to delete E-mails to make room for more. Yahoo! just announced that it's going to allow unlimited E-mail storage for Yahoo! Mail starting in May 2007. Yahoo! Mail already offers Norton Antivirus and SpamGuard to protect your inbox, E-mails up to 10 MB, access to your inbox from any computer connected to the Internet, Messenger alerts for incoming messages (even on your mobile phone), an address book, Address AutoComplete, 15 filters and 500 blocked E-mail addresses, and more. If you don't have a free Yahoo! Mail account, sign up here.
Happy 10th anniversary, Yahoo! Mail!
Showing posts with label Internet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Internet. Show all posts
27 March 2007
14 March 2007
Searching For A Cell Phone Plan
(This is a sponsored post.)
My parents have been travelling the length of California this week to visit relatives, including me. They weren't sure how long they'd stay at my sister's house, but they planned to give me a call to let me know if they were going to arrive Tuesday afternoon or Wednesday afternoon. Tuesday at dinnertime I heard a knock on my door. My parents had arrived. I was very happy to see them, but I was surprised that they hadn't called. My Mom explained, "I tried to call after we left, but wouldn't you know it? My cell phone battery was already dead. I just bought a new battery for it, but if I don't recharge it the full 5 1/2 hours every night, it quickly loses its juice. I need a new cell phone that isn't so power hungry."
Of course, a new cell phone means a new cell phone plan to go with it. As I'm the "techie" in the family, my Mom looks to me for advice. Since I'm not familiar with cell phone plans other than the ones available for the cell phone I used to have, I had to check the Internet for other cell phone service providers to compare the options available. Wirefly Mobile makes it easy to comparison shop with the major cell phone service providers, Cingular Wireless, T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless, Sprint, Nextel, Alltell Wireless, and Disney Mobile, as well as other national and specialty cell phone carriers. Wirefly has the Wireless Wizard to help one decide the best cell phone plan to fit one's needs. Just type in your ZIP code on this Web page to start the process.
Whereas I would need text messaging, data capabilities, and low minutes because I don't want to pay for minutes I'm never going to use, my Mom's needs are simpler: a cell phone plan that offers lots of minutes, but none of the extra services and capabilities she'll never use. Wirefly Mobile shows the most popular cell phone plans by price and minutes, so I can see at a glance which cell phone carriers' plans my Mom would likely be interested in.
Many of the plans include free cell phones, which can save you hundreds of dollars over other carriers' cell phone plans, so it pays to compare all of one's options. I found Wirefly's Resources Web page to be especially helpful when explaining to my Mom the various featues available in case she wanted more than "just a cell phone."
My parents have been travelling the length of California this week to visit relatives, including me. They weren't sure how long they'd stay at my sister's house, but they planned to give me a call to let me know if they were going to arrive Tuesday afternoon or Wednesday afternoon. Tuesday at dinnertime I heard a knock on my door. My parents had arrived. I was very happy to see them, but I was surprised that they hadn't called. My Mom explained, "I tried to call after we left, but wouldn't you know it? My cell phone battery was already dead. I just bought a new battery for it, but if I don't recharge it the full 5 1/2 hours every night, it quickly loses its juice. I need a new cell phone that isn't so power hungry."
Of course, a new cell phone means a new cell phone plan to go with it. As I'm the "techie" in the family, my Mom looks to me for advice. Since I'm not familiar with cell phone plans other than the ones available for the cell phone I used to have, I had to check the Internet for other cell phone service providers to compare the options available. Wirefly Mobile makes it easy to comparison shop with the major cell phone service providers, Cingular Wireless, T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless, Sprint, Nextel, Alltell Wireless, and Disney Mobile, as well as other national and specialty cell phone carriers. Wirefly has the Wireless Wizard to help one decide the best cell phone plan to fit one's needs. Just type in your ZIP code on this Web page to start the process.
Whereas I would need text messaging, data capabilities, and low minutes because I don't want to pay for minutes I'm never going to use, my Mom's needs are simpler: a cell phone plan that offers lots of minutes, but none of the extra services and capabilities she'll never use. Wirefly Mobile shows the most popular cell phone plans by price and minutes, so I can see at a glance which cell phone carriers' plans my Mom would likely be interested in.
Many of the plans include free cell phones, which can save you hundreds of dollars over other carriers' cell phone plans, so it pays to compare all of one's options. I found Wirefly's Resources Web page to be especially helpful when explaining to my Mom the various featues available in case she wanted more than "just a cell phone."
10 March 2007
Keep Your Web Browsing Habits Private
Did you know that the search engines keep track of your search history via cookies and their massive databases? The search engines collect and store information on your searches and attach them to your IP address, and if you're logged into one of their services, this information is also attached to your online identity. To avoid this tracking of your Web surfing, read Preston Gralla's article, "Seven ways to keep your search history private."
Also beware if you have installed Internet Explorer 7. If you turn on the "phishing filter" tool, the URL's you visit will be sent to Microsoft. According to IE7's help:
Also beware if you have installed Internet Explorer 7. If you turn on the "phishing filter" tool, the URL's you visit will be sent to Microsoft. According to IE7's help:
"When you use Phishing Filter to check websites automatically or manually, the address of the website you are visiting will be sent to Microsoft, together with some standard information from your computer such as your computer's IP address, browser type, and Phishing Filter version number. To help protect your privacy, the address information sent to Microsoft is encrypted using SSL and limited to the domain and path of the website you are visiting. Other information that might be associated with the web address, such as search terms, information you entered in forms, or cookies, will not be sent."
The "Gotta Have" Extensions If You Have Firefox
If you have the award-winning (and free!) Firefox Web browser installed on you computer (or you are thinking about installing it), ComputerWorld.com has compiled a list of the 20 free Firefox extensions you gotta have to customize it. I don't know how they left out the NoScript security add-on (winner of the "2006 PC World World Class Award" that prevents JavaScripts, Java or other executable code from running without your permission) or the AdBlock Plus add-on (prevents ads from being downloaded to your computer) from their list, but they did. You can download these free add-ons from Mozilla.com at the links I've provided.
24 February 2007
Offer Search On Your Web Site, Part 2
If you have a big Web site or a blog you've been writing pages and posts on for a long time, chances are it's hard to find the brilliant thoughts you've written unless visitors use a search engine. Make it easy for your visitors to find your important information by adding a free Yahoo! Search Engine on your Web site or blog. Customize the look on the search results page to match your Web site or blog and add Yahoo!'s powerful search analysis tools. It's free.
Offer Search On Your Web Site, Part 1
Even with links to Web pages or blog entries from a central "table of contents," sometimes it's hard for new visitors to find information on your Web site or blog. If you just want a simple search box, head over to Yahoo! Search Builder and let the builder quickly create the HTML code for you to paste on your Web page or blog. Now that's easy!
17 February 2007
Scam Alert: Drive-By Pharming
Symantec's security expert, Zulfikar Ramzan, in conjunction with two professors, Sid Stamm and Markus Jakobsson, at the Indiana University School of Informatics, has produced a proof-of-concept JavaScript Web application that, if disseminated in the wild, would mean that one only need visit a malicious Web page to be attacked and have account User ID's and passwords swiped. No malware is installed, so the user wouldn't even be aware that an attack had occurred. This special method of attack is called "drive-by pharming," and you need to know about it.
The attack is aimed at broadband users whose Internet connection is routed through a router before connecting to the user's computer. The malicious Web application changes the DNS (Domain Name Service) server setting for the router (which requires the router's password -- and half the time people don't change the default password!), so that when the user types in the URL for a bank, the router requests the IP address of the desired URL from the attacker's DNS server, not the DNS server it's supposed to get the address from. Of course, the attacker's DNS server has been set up to return the wrong IP addresses for certain banking and credit card institutions' Web sites, which just so happen to be the IP addresses for the attacker's bogus Web sites that look just like the real thing. The user types in his User ID and password at the bogus Web site and . . . bingo! The attacker has all he needs to transfer money out of the real bank account.
It's easy enough to protect yourself from this scam by changing the default password on your router, so that no one can change its settings without your knowledge. Here is a list of the most common routers and links to the manufacturers' Web sites to find out how to change your router's password.
For more information about this scam, including a short video explaining it in more detail, please follow this link.
The attack is aimed at broadband users whose Internet connection is routed through a router before connecting to the user's computer. The malicious Web application changes the DNS (Domain Name Service) server setting for the router (which requires the router's password -- and half the time people don't change the default password!), so that when the user types in the URL for a bank, the router requests the IP address of the desired URL from the attacker's DNS server, not the DNS server it's supposed to get the address from. Of course, the attacker's DNS server has been set up to return the wrong IP addresses for certain banking and credit card institutions' Web sites, which just so happen to be the IP addresses for the attacker's bogus Web sites that look just like the real thing. The user types in his User ID and password at the bogus Web site and . . . bingo! The attacker has all he needs to transfer money out of the real bank account.
It's easy enough to protect yourself from this scam by changing the default password on your router, so that no one can change its settings without your knowledge. Here is a list of the most common routers and links to the manufacturers' Web sites to find out how to change your router's password.
For more information about this scam, including a short video explaining it in more detail, please follow this link.
09 February 2007
Opera 9.1 Web Browser Available
The free Opera 9.1 Web Browser is now available for download. The improved security of Opera supports SSL version 3 and 256-bit encryption, provides pop-up blocking and fraud protection against phishing sites, and it clears the history and cache when exiting, protecting your privacy. Version 9 has new features, such as BitTorrent download linkers, a content blocker (for unwanted ads and images), individual site preferences management, thumbnail previews, widget Web applications, and more.
Opera sports loads of features, such as the built-in POP/IMAP E-mail client is a combination E-mail program, news reader, mailing list organizer and RSS/Atom newsfeed reader. It also includes tabbed browsing, a file transfer manager, password manager, fast-forward, and "mouse gestures" (where certain mouse movements launch commonly used features). Opera even includes voice features, which allow you to talk to it to operate its features, or to have documents read aloud to you. How's that for automation?
Opera sports loads of features, such as the built-in POP/IMAP E-mail client is a combination E-mail program, news reader, mailing list organizer and RSS/Atom newsfeed reader. It also includes tabbed browsing, a file transfer manager, password manager, fast-forward, and "mouse gestures" (where certain mouse movements launch commonly used features). Opera even includes voice features, which allow you to talk to it to operate its features, or to have documents read aloud to you. How's that for automation?
30 January 2007
Google Docs And Spreadsheets
Please note that Yahoo! is linking to this page from the search engine because it doesn't have most of the other 100+ pages of this blog in its index yet.
If you're looking for information on why BloggerBotIsDead and the best alternatives, then please follow my link to my blog post's page, because the recommended alternatives have problems you should know about and no one else is reporting on them.
If you're looking for information on the many ways to safeguard your data, computer, and network for free, then please start on the most recent page of my blog.
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Google Docs And Spreadsheets
Collaborate with your colleagues over the Internet using shared spreadsheets and word documents by using Google's free Docs and Spreadsheets (Beta) Web application. Only you and the folks you select can access these online documents. Upload existing documents or create new ones online, and then share them remotely with your colleagues. The documents are stored securely on Google's servers, so no need to worry about snoops.
Use a Web browser to edit your documents from anywhere: at the office, at home, at school, from a hotel while on travel, or anywhere else one may imagine. Best yet, you and your remote colleagues can share and edit the documents at the same time. Document revisions list who changed what and when to help keep track of multiple collaborators' edits.
Need your own copy? Export a copy of the document to your hard drive. Worried that your spreadsheets and documents on your hard drive may be lost during a data disaster? Store a copy of them online with Google's Docs And Spreadsheets. The convenient auto-save while working online with Google's Docs And Spreadsheets helps prevent data losses due to power outages or Internet disconnections.
This Web application has the look and feel of common Office programs, so they'll be familiar, and productivity won't drop while learning how to use the application. When finished with the document, publish it online as a Web page with a single mouse click. When it's published, choose whether the whole world may view it, or certain people you select may view it, or no one else at all may view it. These documents can even be posted to a blog if desired.
Be warned that the Web application is a bit slow, and of course it's still in beta, so don't expect too much.
If you're looking for information on why BloggerBotIsDead and the best alternatives, then please follow my link to my blog post's page, because the recommended alternatives have problems you should know about and no one else is reporting on them.
If you're looking for information on the many ways to safeguard your data, computer, and network for free, then please start on the most recent page of my blog.
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Google Docs And Spreadsheets
Collaborate with your colleagues over the Internet using shared spreadsheets and word documents by using Google's free Docs and Spreadsheets (Beta) Web application. Only you and the folks you select can access these online documents. Upload existing documents or create new ones online, and then share them remotely with your colleagues. The documents are stored securely on Google's servers, so no need to worry about snoops.
Use a Web browser to edit your documents from anywhere: at the office, at home, at school, from a hotel while on travel, or anywhere else one may imagine. Best yet, you and your remote colleagues can share and edit the documents at the same time. Document revisions list who changed what and when to help keep track of multiple collaborators' edits.
Need your own copy? Export a copy of the document to your hard drive. Worried that your spreadsheets and documents on your hard drive may be lost during a data disaster? Store a copy of them online with Google's Docs And Spreadsheets. The convenient auto-save while working online with Google's Docs And Spreadsheets helps prevent data losses due to power outages or Internet disconnections.
This Web application has the look and feel of common Office programs, so they'll be familiar, and productivity won't drop while learning how to use the application. When finished with the document, publish it online as a Web page with a single mouse click. When it's published, choose whether the whole world may view it, or certain people you select may view it, or no one else at all may view it. These documents can even be posted to a blog if desired.
Be warned that the Web application is a bit slow, and of course it's still in beta, so don't expect too much.
28 January 2007
Google Web Accelerator
Does your Internet connection seem slow? If one has broadband, one expects Web pages to load fairly fast. However, sometimes they don't due to various reasons. Google has a tool that may help alleviate some of those reasons. It's called the Google Web Accelerator. According to Google, "Google Web Accelerator uses various strategies to make your web pages load faster, including:
- Sending your page requests through Google machines dedicated to handling Google Web Accelerator traffic.
- Storing copies of frequently looked at pages to make them quickly accessible.
- Downloading only the updates if a web page has changed slightly since you last viewed it.
- Prefetching certain pages onto your computer in advance.
- Managing your Internet connection to reduce delays.
- Compressing data before sending it to your computer."
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