Dec19
Products – Alphonso LabsThis is a great Free App for iPhones and Android. It allows for a graphical representation of reading feeds. This is the best system I have seen yet for browsing through news feeds.
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May17
So I decided to go with a more main stream virus protection software aside from my ThreatFire Freeware. To my surprise I noticed that Microsoft has a free anti-virus package called Microsoft Security Essentials. This suite is free and is appearing to do the job. I have not witnessed any adverse effects to the install nor computer slowdowns. Maybe, just maybe, Microsoft has put out a solid anti-virus product that does what it is suppose to, keep my computer safe without bugging me about it. If anyone has any comments about this software, please comment below.
Apr19
Remote Easy with Team Viewer Free
on April 19th, 2010 at 7:31 amPosted In: Computer advice, Free Software
Do you ever get a call from a friend, relative, or co-worker that need help with their computer. Any time that I help a person with their computer I set up a great free piece of software on their computer called Team Viewer. Team Viewer is a free remote desktop type program that allows you to control a persons computer while they can still see it. It is similar to PC Anywhere, but it is free and very easy to use. With features in the latest version you can also keep track of all the codes you have installed on their computers. This gives easy access to help your friends out in a bind. Setting up is easy and takes no networking experience, Team Viewer is also very good at getting through firewalls and proxy servers to give access. I use it frequently to help members of my family with computer issues. This program also allows them to see what I am doing to help them out in the future. Make note that Windows 7 Home does not have remote desktop capability, this gives you access into those machines, a feature I use frequently on my laptop at home.
Beyond helping a friend, this program also has a quite robust advanced feature package. One feature that I really like is the offline local IP setting. This can be used to connect to computers from with a local network with no outside internet connection via the local IP address.
There are different levels of login access you can set within this program. The software can be installed as a service, in which the login credentials are static allowing the remote user to login upon boot up or any time there after. Or, a user can initiate a session from their desktop and a unique password is generated each time. In this example the user opens the software and gives the unique login information to their remote user over the phone. The pass code will expire as soon as that session has been completed.
The benefit of this free product is in it’s simplicity. Team Viewer Website Link
Mar30
E-mail 2 Database is a free tool that parses text out of e-mails and puts them into a database or text file. I found this software while working on a project for work and it works great. You can put the text into SQL databases, Excel, or Text Files. The best thing is that it is truly freeware.
Feb23
If you need to send a big file up to 100mb to someone, yousendit.com is the way to go. Rather than filling up their e-mail box with a large file it posts it to their site for 7 days and up to 100 downloads. The free version works for files up to 100mb. If you want more you have to pay. It works great for moving big files easily.
Feb14
Threatfire Free Protection Software
on February 14th, 2008 at 6:55 amPosted In: Computer Security, Free Software
ThreatFire is a free Zero-Day threat protection program that runs along side of your Anti-Virus Software. This software helps to monitor your computer and protect it from mal-ware that has not been detected by your anti-virus signatures because it is too new. What does this mean in English? If you run this software along side your anti-virus program it will protect your computer even more from things that can change your computer environment. If you want good Free Anti-Virus software to go along with it try AVG Free Version. With both of these programs running side by side you can’t go wrong.
Feb13
People always ask me the best way to backup their computers. Lately, the best Free program that I have found is called GoodSync. This is truely a sync program and not a backup program, but I like to use Sync rather than Backup utilites because they give me better access to my files. This is a very easy program to use, and it is free. There is also a pay version for added features.
Here is how I backup my files:
1) Know where all of your important files are at. (Pictures, Music, Documents)
2) Buy a good external hard drive at least 400 GB. It should cost around $150 or less. (Don’t pay more than that)
3) Set up the Sync Program to Sync files from left to right taking them from your internal hard drive to your external hard drive.
4) Keep the files on both drives (So if one fails you have the other.) Storage is Cheap!!
5) For important files, such as Photos I also send my pictures to Flickr to back them up online in case something happens at my house. (Fire, Burglary) It’s not a bad idea to do this for all your important files.
6) Don’t rely on CD’s or DVD’s to backup your data, they can get scratched, and then your data is gone.
7) Always keep your important files in more than one place.
Good luck.
Feb13
This is the zip file for My Personal Folder 1.0 from Microsoft. It is a password encrypted program you put on your desktop to keep your files safe from probing eyes. As soon as Microsoft released it, they pulled it right back. IT managers were scared that people would forget their passwords and they would not be able to recover their files. Also parents were worried that their kids could hide things from them. Otherwise it is a great program.
** As with any encryption program DO NOT forget your password. Your data will not be able to be recovered if you forget it.
Nov08
Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 is a free program offered by microsoft to allow a person to run mulitple operating systems from a single PC. This means you can run Linux or even a different copy of XP or Vista from the same machine.
Feb25
This is a great download for processing video into different formats. While many high end software will do most of your encoding needs, you may need a program like this is you are planning to post to sites like you tube. YouTube recommends that you upload your video in 320 x 240 mpeg4 format. Virtual dub will allow you to take the video you make and turn it into the correct format so it will appear high quality on YouTube.
Direct Download Link 1.9.10 (stable), 32-bit version