Category Archives: Toolbox – Internet

Opera Web Browser Version 10

Opera might be third in the Web Browser wars, but they put out a really good product. Version 10 is the best one yet.

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Internet Security Suites

Most new computers these days come preloaded with some form of Internet Security, usually McAfee or, *gasp*, Norton.  These are usually in the form of a trial version for up to 15 months with the hopes that, when the trial period is expired you will be so intimidated by the thought of installing a different […]

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Yahoo OnePlace for Mobile Browsers

Yahoo is not sitting back waiting for the next bid from Microsoft.  They are launching new products and services. A new addition to the Yahoo Mobile family is called OnePlace and if your phone doubles as a web browser at times, you might want to check this out. Face it, in their current form the […]

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GuerrillaMail Temporary E-Mail Addresses

I came across a really cool site today and wanted to do my part to spread the word. The site is called GuerrillaMail and they will automatically create a temporary e-mail address for you which will stay active for 15 minutes and doesn’t require you to enter a single shred of information. We have all […]

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McAfee Offers Free Rootkit Detector

McAfee has released Rootkit Detective 1.0 to help uses detect and remove any pesky rootkits that may be running on their computers. Here are a few of the features of this free tool from McAfee: Detect any system objects which the user cannot usually see, including files, processes and registryn entries. Provide details of all […]

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NetBeans v5.5 Launched!

Yes! Netbeans version 5.5 has been released! InfoWorld names NetBeans “Best Java IDE Innovator” in 2007 Technology of the Year awards Personally, I feel NetBeans itself is a very powerful Java IDE by itself. No other free editor could ever allow you to use GUI to create your splash screen for J2ME applications within minutes! […]

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Ask Getting a Jump on Next Year

I guess Ask is tired of getting their ask kicked and so decided to setup something that will possibly compete better with the other SEs chasing Google. They have launched Ask X and it looks slightly different from the other SEs. I searched for “north carolina web design” (we show up as #5 out of […]

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Use Skype and Get Paid

Bitwine has partnered up with Skype (free VoIP service through the end of this year – $14.95 per year thereafter) to offer the BitWine Taskbar Skype Edition. It is fully functional with the new Skype 3.0. The basic idea behind this is to allow experts to dispense their advice for a small fee, everything from […]

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Speed Up Firefox and IE

As if Firefox wasn’t fast enough :), Serge at webspeaker found a cool video that shows how to speed it up even more. If you use Firefox and want even faster browsing then this is for you. The video will walk you through the process step-by-step and to its credit, yes, it does work. Even […]

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Microsoft Process Monitor

Many of you have used the Regmon and Filemon utilities for Windows. We have used them for quite some time and like them. But now there is a new player in the Windows process monitoring toolbox – Process Monitor. Microsoft acquired Winternals Software back in July and this is a direct result of that. Think […]

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