PCMAG.com has a great list of 173 Free applications which might just be all you need for your computing needs. (click here)
Archive for May, 2009
Free Software – 173 Possibilities
May 26, 2009Protecting the Kids with OpenDNS
May 25, 2009
One fairly easy and free way to protect the kids (and yourself) on the internet is to use OpenDNS as a way to connect to sites. It has parental controls with 50 filtering categories plus phishing protection. You can even make the changes on your router so that all computers in your house will be protected. You do need to create an account with OpenDNS, but that is easily done. I’m running it on my main computer to give it a test.
AllMyFaves – A Site of Sites
May 22, 2009
Instead of using Google to find specific sites, AllMyFaves.com puts many of them together with a pleasing appearance and easy interface. Thanks to MarkP for this tip.
Turn Off JavaScript in Adobe Reader
May 14, 2009
Adobe Reader seems to be having more security flaws lately. One way to reduce those problems is to turn off Javascript in Adobe Reader. Here’s how to do it:
Open any PDF document.
- Edit
- Preferences
- Javascript – uncheck the box to enable Javascript.
