How many newsletters do you get you wish you didn’t? And how many times do you have to unsubscribe from a newsletter until you are finally unsubscribed? I reference Land’s End. I once bought something from that site and stupidly agreed to subscribe to their newsletter. After trying to unsubscribe from their sometimes many-a-day “newsletters” I finally gave… Read More »
After our big giveaway of CyberGhost and Sticky Password with the purchase of Emsisoft these past few week, we know a lot of you have CyberGhost and don’t have a clue what to do with it. (If you still don’t have it and you’re reading this prior to 9/17/2013 – you can get it free with our Weekend Sale… Read More »
How many of you have seen this commercial? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmx4twCK3_I There is so much misinformation on the Internet and so much good information on the Internet too. Unlike a good library where you can do research and pretty much trust the sources, the Internet is replete with uninformed sources, rumors, lies, intentionally misleading sites, opinions, and millions of people… Read More »
How to search like a spy: Google’s secret hacks revealed The National Security Agency just declassified a hefty 643-page research manual called Untangling the Web: A Guide to Internet Research (PDF) that, at least at first, doesn’t appear all that interesting. That is, except for one section on page 73: “Google Hacking.” “Say you’re a cyberspy for the NSA and… Read More »
Privnote Send notes that will self-destruct after being read I love this cloud-based service. I can send really searing notes to EB and then have amnesia. She will blast me for something I supposedly wrote and I can say, “but EB, I never wrote such things to you!” And she’ll say, “Yes. You did!”. Well then, EB show… Read More »
When EB and I first crawled on the Web, circa 1993, the Web was a novelty. No one was making billions of dollars on the Web. There were no Facebooks or Googles or Twitters. Our most fun thing to do was visit Dave Central (a freeware site), and try all the new freeware he listed each day. Email… Read More »