InSSIDer Detects Wireless Networks [Featured Windows Download] (11)
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Windows only: Free applicaiton inSSIDer scans networks within reach of your computer's Wi-Fi antenna, tracks signal strength over time, and determines their security settings (included whether or not they're password-protected). Previously mentioned NetStumbler has long been a favorite for this sort of functionality, but it doesn't work well with Vista or 64-bit XP. inSSIDer, on the other hand, works like a charm on both Vista and XP, and it's open-source to boot. This must-have for ...
The Financial Crisis in Pictures: 8 of the Best from Around the Web (15)
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With the stock market continuing to plunge, one thing remains constant: financial news sites like to tell part of the story with images of distressed Wall Street traders and executives that are experiencing some of the worst moments of their careers. While the news of the day is indeed troubling and makes us all nervous, the emotion captured in some of these images is better than that any story could tell. Here are 8 of ...
WTF? Google Has a Sense of Humor: Adds Audio Previews to YouTube Comments (6)
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YouTube is not exactly known for the depth of discourse in its comments. A few days ago, Randall Munroes's popular web comic XKCD suggested that Google should add an audio preview for all comments, so that commenters might realize how inane some of their comments really are. Now, Google has implemented exactly this feature: audio previews for YouTube comments. While the XKCD comic recommended that commenters would have to listen to a comment before posting, ...
Children Are Becoming Prime Identity Theft Targets - How to Protect Your Child’s Credit History (2)
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We’ve all heard about the precautions we should take to protect our own credit, but now that may not be enough. An increasing trend is for identity thieves to seek out the social security numbers and identifying information of children. This creates a unique problem since most parents wouldn’t even think to pull their child’s credit history since they obviously know they aren’t old enough to have any financial accounts. So, how are criminals even ...
The Budget Calculator Breaks Down How Much You Can Spend [Economy] (14)
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CNBC's On the Money weblog has put together a simple budget breakdown calculator to help you rein in your spending in the face of the financial crisis. The flash-based calculator uses CNBC's personal finance expert Carmen Wong Ulrich's budgeting advice to build a nicely illustrative pie chart calculator that helps you visualize a set of reasonable budget goals. Just enter your take-home pay and hit calculate. The percentages listed are estimates, naturally, but it's a ...
The Worst Gifts We Have Ever Gotten (1)
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Sometimes I have an idea for a particular article and I have think twice, before broaching the topic. Today, I thought about it four times. What kind of ungrateful turd I must be to talk about getting bad gifts! I firmly believe in not looking a gift horse in the mouth. Still, we have gotten a collection of gifts over time that have lead to more stress than if we hadn’t gotten the gift at ...
Says Amazon: S3 Is So Popular, We're Lowering Prices (9)
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According to a post this morning on the Amazon Web Services Blog, the Amazon S3 service has grown so much over the last year, that the company has decided to lower the pricing on storage. The growth from quarter to quarter has been dramatic: S3 now stands at 29 billion objects, up from 22 billion just a quarter ago. The service has also stayed busy with peak usage on October 1st at over 70,000 storage, ...
Who Really Uses Mint.com (And Other Banking 2.0) Services Anyway? (17)
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Given the U.S. economic crisis, people are looking for new and better ways to get a handle on their personal finances. We recently profiled 10 money management web applications that promise to do everything from analyzing your spending behavior to saving you money by negotiating lower rates on credit cards. The proliferation of these types of apps would have you believe there's a big demand for web-based financial tools. But is there really? We would ...
Opening the Door to Helping Your Parents (1)
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Yesterday, I called my parents just to see how they’re doing. I usually give them a call two or three times a week and talk for most of an hour, mostly with my mother. During the conversation, we talked about my father’s health. He’s in his mid-sixties and still in pretty good shape, but he’s lost a step or two from when I was a kid. He’s still incredibly active, but he can’t spend a ...
Test Your Web Mail's Password Recovery (Before Someone Else Does) [Email] (8)
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CNET's Michael Horowitz runs down the ins and outs of securing and restoring access to your Gmail, Yahoo, or Hotmail account, whether it's been infiltrated, locked you out, or you're just looking to ensure its privacy. It's a good guide that might make you think twice about your web mail practices, especially if you haven't run through his final bit of advice: Test your password recovery procedure—the kind that left Sarah Palin's Yahoo Mail account ...
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Eric Atkins said:
I thought password recovery questions would only be used by me. I was wrong. Anyone can use them and get access to your email and other web accounts.
Theme XP in Dark Blue, No Hacking Required [Themes] (8)
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The Ask VG blog points us to a dark blue, modern-looking "Embedded" theme for Windows XP, designed and signed by Microsoft. That means no file hacking—just install the package and switch your theme in your desktop preferences. Here are two direct download links. To use other, non-signed themes, check out our guide to using custom visual styles in XP and Vista. [via]
Once-a-Month Shopping: Save More by Shopping Less (2)
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How often do you go to the supermarket? Could you get by making only one trip per month? What if it saved you money? My wife and I are both reading America’s Cheapest Family by Steve and Annette Economides. During his time as an ad salesman, Steve was “shocked to read in a food industry publication that grocers expect six of ten items consumers pick up in the store to be unplanned purchases.” Steve and ...
How to Financially Educate Your Children (2)
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By Nora DunnYou have the power to create and mold your child’s financial imprint. It is through your own actions, discussions, and attitudes towards money that your children will develop habits – both good and bad – that will carry them through and last a lifetime. They won’t learn it from anybody else; finances are not taught (at least not thoroughly enough if at all) in schools, and nobody else is going to show them ...
