A collection of everything I have found good on the Web inc. Programs,Games, Utilities and those "Just plain interesting sites"
Friday, November 19, 2004
Linspire Internet Suite
Linspire Internet Suite: "f you are running Linspire, download and install the new Linspire Internet Suite from the CNR Warehouse with one-click by clicking on the 1-Click Install graphic!"
Linspire
Linspire: "LinspireTM is a full-featured operating system like Microsoft Windows XP or Apple Mac OSX. Linspire offers you the power, stability and cost-savings of Linux with the ease of a windows environment. In addition, Linspire features exclusive CNR technology that makes installing software on Linspire fast and easy -- simply find the software you want in the CNR Warehouse, then click and run it! Watch a 5-minute Flash Demo to quickly learn more about Linspire and CNR."
Ashampoo.com - One of the market leaders in MP3, burning software and Windows� utilities
Ashampoo.com - One of the market leaders in MP3, burning software and Windows� utilities
About Ashampoo
Ashampoo is one of the leading Internet-based companies worldwide in the field of software development, sales and web portal sites, with more than 2 million registered customers and over 20 million program installations.
About Ashampoo
Ashampoo is one of the leading Internet-based companies worldwide in the field of software development, sales and web portal sites, with more than 2 million registered customers and over 20 million program installations.
Thursday, November 18, 2004
Cypherix : Cryptainer LE Free Encryption Software
Cypherix : Cryptainer LE Free Encryption Software: "CRYPTAINER LE ENCRYPTION SOFTWARE
Secure your data and ensure absolute privacy with Cypherix's powerful encryption software Cryptainer LE. It 's powerful 128 bit encryption, creates multiple 25 Mb encrypted containers (vaults) on your hard disk. These encrypted vaults can be loaded and unloaded on need. You can view, modify and hide all types of file with a single password."
Secure your data and ensure absolute privacy with Cypherix's powerful encryption software Cryptainer LE. It 's powerful 128 bit encryption, creates multiple 25 Mb encrypted containers (vaults) on your hard disk. These encrypted vaults can be loaded and unloaded on need. You can view, modify and hide all types of file with a single password."
The Great Software List, A-Z
The Great Software List, A-Z
The Great Software List. This is a wonderful source of information about software that is well organized and very useful. I know I see a few programs that I am going to try.
The Great Software List. This is a wonderful source of information about software that is well organized and very useful. I know I see a few programs that I am going to try.
Wednesday, November 17, 2004
TCM - Multimedia Trailer/Video List
TCM - Multimedia Trailer/Video List
TCM's archive of actual theatrical film trailers, including upcoming movie airdates. In RealPlayer and Windows Media formats.
How many are there? I stopped counting at 100, and was only partly through letter "B".
There's something in this treasure trove for everyone
TCM's archive of actual theatrical film trailers, including upcoming movie airdates. In RealPlayer and Windows Media formats.
How many are there? I stopped counting at 100, and was only partly through letter "B".
There's something in this treasure trove for everyone
PhotoBox - award-winning 12p prints FREE online photo albums for sharing
PhotoBox - award-winning 12p prints FREE online photo albums for sharing
Join now to store photos into your FREE online album space. You can choose to share albums with friends and family around the world. Your friends can view the photos, enter comments in the guest book and even order their own prints or gifts if they wish.
Sign up and you'll get 50MB of FREE space for photo storage and sharing for as long as you want. Place an order, (even for one print!) and you'll get 200MB and your space keeps rising by 50MB with each order placed! If you have a cameraphone, you can add photos by MMS and share pictures to mobile phones for FREE.
Join now to store photos into your FREE online album space. You can choose to share albums with friends and family around the world. Your friends can view the photos, enter comments in the guest book and even order their own prints or gifts if they wish.
Sign up and you'll get 50MB of FREE space for photo storage and sharing for as long as you want. Place an order, (even for one print!) and you'll get 200MB and your space keeps rising by 50MB with each order placed! If you have a cameraphone, you can add photos by MMS and share pictures to mobile phones for FREE.
World Community Grid - Home
World Community Grid - Home: "World Community Grid's mission is to create the largest public computing grid benefiting humanity. Our work is built on the belief that technological innovation combined with visionary scientific research and large-scale volunteerism can change our world for the better. Our success depends on individuals - like you - collectively contributing their unused computer time."
HOW YOU CAN HELP
Simply donate the time your computer is turned on, but would normally lie idle, for projects that benefit humanity. Like a screensaver, grid technology is easy to use, safe and free. When you are ready to use your computer, the grid connection will shut itself off until the next time your computer is idle. Join World Community Grid today!
HOW YOU CAN HELP
Simply donate the time your computer is turned on, but would normally lie idle, for projects that benefit humanity. Like a screensaver, grid technology is easy to use, safe and free. When you are ready to use your computer, the grid connection will shut itself off until the next time your computer is idle. Join World Community Grid today!
Finding a second opinion: Using free Web-based AV scanning resources (Virus)
Several antivirus companies offer free Web-based services you can use to scan your entire system for infection. Since they scan an entire machine for viruses and worms, I refer to these tools as "system scanners" to differentiate them from the "file scanners" which I'll discuss later. With a system scanner, simply surf to the site, click on a button typically labeled "scan now", and watch as your system is scanned. Here is a list of my three favorite Web-based system scanners for Windows machines:
* Computer Associates' system scanner. This tool has a very easy to use point-and-click interface with results that are simple to understand.
* Symantec's system scanner. This solid scanning tool is one of the faster ones. Also, beyond an antivirus scanner, this site also includes a separate scanner to look for common Windows vulnerabilities and Trojan Horses.
* Trend Micro's system scanner. This tool is also very good, featuring reports showing more detail about potential infections than the other services.
Most of these system scanners are implemented via ActiveX controls the Web site sends to your browser. Therefore, depending on your browser configuration, you may need to permit a single ActiveX control to run on your system. Given that a major antivirus vendor runs each of these sites, allowing such access is likely quite reasonable in most organizations. Furthermore, by pushing the ActiveX control to your browser, where the scanning occurs, none of these services involves sending any of your files across the Internet for inspection. All scanning is done locally. Remember that none of these system-scanning services is a replacement for a solid antivirus tool installed locally. They give you a good second opinion, but require you to manually surf to their Web sites to initiate a scan.
But what if you only need to check an individual file? That's where free Web-based file scanners come in handy. For each of these services, you can submit a single file or an archive containing a group of files. The service then runs one or more antivirus tools against the file and sends you the results. All scanning takes place at the services' machines, so no new software at all runs on your system, not even an ActiveX control. Here is a list of some of my favorite Web-based file scanners:
# Virustotal.com's file scanner. This Web site is the best one I've found for scanning individual files. (I use it all the time.) You can submit a suspicious file or archive by filling out a Web-based form, thereby sending the file via http. Alternatively, you can send the suspect file via e-mail to scan@virustotal.com. The beauty of this service is that they will scan your file with 11 different antivirus tools, including ClamAV, CA, Eset Software, FRISK Software, Kaspersky Labs, McAfee, Norman, Panda Software, Softwin, Sybari and Symantec. You'll get the diagnosis from each of these tools in a nice little report. Once you've submitted a file, you'll typically hear back within five seconds to two minutes.
# Kaspersky's file scanner. This one lets you submit files via a Web form, and get a response within a few seconds
# Symantec's file scanner. This scanner lets you submit files via e-mail. You'll need to zip the file in a password-protected zip archive with the password "infected" and send it to AVSubmit@symantec.com. They claim they'll respond within 24 hours with the verdict, although every time I've used the service, I get the results back in about an hour.
Keep in mind that these file-scanning services merely attempt to see if the file you submit matches any of their respective signatures. Your file might get a clean bill of health in these scans, but could still be very malicious. It's possible that you've received custom-created malicious code for which no signature has been created. Therefore, use the results of a file scanner as a single data point in your decision about whether the suspect file is really malicious. However, even given this limitation, these free services are immensely helpful in identifying infected systems and malicious code.
About the author
Ed Skoudis, CISSP, is cofounder of Intelguardians Network Intelligence, a security consulting firm, and author of Malware: Fighting Malicious Code (Prentice Hall, 2003).
* Computer Associates' system scanner. This tool has a very easy to use point-and-click interface with results that are simple to understand.
* Symantec's system scanner. This solid scanning tool is one of the faster ones. Also, beyond an antivirus scanner, this site also includes a separate scanner to look for common Windows vulnerabilities and Trojan Horses.
* Trend Micro's system scanner. This tool is also very good, featuring reports showing more detail about potential infections than the other services.
Most of these system scanners are implemented via ActiveX controls the Web site sends to your browser. Therefore, depending on your browser configuration, you may need to permit a single ActiveX control to run on your system. Given that a major antivirus vendor runs each of these sites, allowing such access is likely quite reasonable in most organizations. Furthermore, by pushing the ActiveX control to your browser, where the scanning occurs, none of these services involves sending any of your files across the Internet for inspection. All scanning is done locally. Remember that none of these system-scanning services is a replacement for a solid antivirus tool installed locally. They give you a good second opinion, but require you to manually surf to their Web sites to initiate a scan.
But what if you only need to check an individual file? That's where free Web-based file scanners come in handy. For each of these services, you can submit a single file or an archive containing a group of files. The service then runs one or more antivirus tools against the file and sends you the results. All scanning takes place at the services' machines, so no new software at all runs on your system, not even an ActiveX control. Here is a list of some of my favorite Web-based file scanners:
# Virustotal.com's file scanner. This Web site is the best one I've found for scanning individual files. (I use it all the time.) You can submit a suspicious file or archive by filling out a Web-based form, thereby sending the file via http. Alternatively, you can send the suspect file via e-mail to scan@virustotal.com. The beauty of this service is that they will scan your file with 11 different antivirus tools, including ClamAV, CA, Eset Software, FRISK Software, Kaspersky Labs, McAfee, Norman, Panda Software, Softwin, Sybari and Symantec. You'll get the diagnosis from each of these tools in a nice little report. Once you've submitted a file, you'll typically hear back within five seconds to two minutes.
# Kaspersky's file scanner. This one lets you submit files via a Web form, and get a response within a few seconds
# Symantec's file scanner. This scanner lets you submit files via e-mail. You'll need to zip the file in a password-protected zip archive with the password "infected" and send it to AVSubmit@symantec.com. They claim they'll respond within 24 hours with the verdict, although every time I've used the service, I get the results back in about an hour.
Keep in mind that these file-scanning services merely attempt to see if the file you submit matches any of their respective signatures. Your file might get a clean bill of health in these scans, but could still be very malicious. It's possible that you've received custom-created malicious code for which no signature has been created. Therefore, use the results of a file scanner as a single data point in your decision about whether the suspect file is really malicious. However, even given this limitation, these free services are immensely helpful in identifying infected systems and malicious code.
About the author
Ed Skoudis, CISSP, is cofounder of Intelguardians Network Intelligence, a security consulting firm, and author of Malware: Fighting Malicious Code (Prentice Hall, 2003).
Bored.
Bored.com: "Life.com "
matter how busy we usually are, there always comes a time when we are just plain bored. These are the types of occasions where you can say that you did absolutely nothing the entire day and actually mean it. During these times, you can probably be found sitting on your couch, frustrated with your own boredom. Whenever you reach this low and are desperate for something to do (besides watching bread grow mold), open up your Web browser and surf on over to Bored.com.
The site functions like a directory that leads you to amusing sites. The content is split up into categories, and you’re sure to find something stupid enough to be funny. Perhaps you’d like to see what your phone number spells, or you may wish to pop virtual bubble wrap. The choice is yours. You can also watch videos of stupid people doing stupid stuff – that’s always self-motivating. These are just a few of the time wasting options available on the site, but rest assured that there is a lot more to see here.
matter how busy we usually are, there always comes a time when we are just plain bored. These are the types of occasions where you can say that you did absolutely nothing the entire day and actually mean it. During these times, you can probably be found sitting on your couch, frustrated with your own boredom. Whenever you reach this low and are desperate for something to do (besides watching bread grow mold), open up your Web browser and surf on over to Bored.com.
The site functions like a directory that leads you to amusing sites. The content is split up into categories, and you’re sure to find something stupid enough to be funny. Perhaps you’d like to see what your phone number spells, or you may wish to pop virtual bubble wrap. The choice is yours. You can also watch videos of stupid people doing stupid stuff – that’s always self-motivating. These are just a few of the time wasting options available on the site, but rest assured that there is a lot more to see here.
envy.nu - Free web space provider. 100/250 Megs of free space, front page extensions, FTP, free games, free site tools, free web page
envy.nu - Free web space provider. 100/250 Megs of free space, front page extensions, FTP, free games, free site tools, free web page: "Sign up for your own FREE Website, loaded with features"
BrainPOP - Health, Science, Technology, Math, English Animation and Educational Site for Kids.
BrainPOP - Health, Science, Technology, Math, English Animation and Educational Site for Kids.
BrainPOP
The more you know, the more you know!®
You can learn more about us by watching our presentation movie or by reading our fact sheet.
BrainPOP is the leading producer of educational animated movies for K-12. The company creates original animated movies to explain concepts in a voice and visual style that is accessible, educational and entertaining for both children and adults.
BrainPOP
The more you know, the more you know!®
You can learn more about us by watching our presentation movie or by reading our fact sheet.
BrainPOP is the leading producer of educational animated movies for K-12. The company creates original animated movies to explain concepts in a voice and visual style that is accessible, educational and entertaining for both children and adults.
Speegle Speak Perfect Web Search.
Speegle Speak Perfect Web Search.
A Talking Search Engine! What more can I say?
Oh yes there is something,----- Try clicking on the Newsfeeds button to get your spoken list of the days news etc.
A Talking Search Engine! What more can I say?
Oh yes there is something,----- Try clicking on the Newsfeeds button to get your spoken list of the days news etc.
Profotos Professional Photography Resource
Profotos Professional Photography Resource: ">> Deanna Devine - Silvestre
Children are life's greatest gifts and the photography of these precious people is an important part of every parent's life.Deanna Devine - Silvestre of Devine Memories captures these children beautifully. View Deanna's Portfolio >>
What is Profotos.com?
Profotos.com is a premier professional photography website, specializing in the online promotion of photography and photographers."
Children are life's greatest gifts and the photography of these precious people is an important part of every parent's life.Deanna Devine - Silvestre of Devine Memories captures these children beautifully. View Deanna's Portfolio >>
What is Profotos.com?
Profotos.com is a premier professional photography website, specializing in the online promotion of photography and photographers."
Tuesday, November 16, 2004
Lissa Explains it All -- HTML Help and Tutorial for Kids
Lissa Explains it All -- HTML Help and Tutorial for Kids: "Hello, and welcome to Lissa Explains it All, the first and original HTML Help JUST for Kids. Lissa Explains it All is a colorful and fun approach to learning HTML for Kids and the young at heart. With this tutorial, kids and beginners learn step by step how to make their own Web page and publish it on the WWW. For the more advanced, .htaccess files, installing perl scripts and much more is covered."
A9.com Search
A9.com > Company > Why use A9.com?
A9 is a service brought to us by the prolific retailer called Amazon. The goal of this engine is to make your searching experience much more than a one-sided event. It tries to involve you by adding personalization options. Basic things like changing the look of the page can be done here, but there’s much more to see than just that. By creating an account with the site, A9 will remember your previous searches, assisting you in figuring out what you’ve already seen. On top of that, you can also store your bookmarks with the service, and take various notes on each page.
NOTE Have to get around to trying this later but for now why not try it yourself?
A9 is a service brought to us by the prolific retailer called Amazon. The goal of this engine is to make your searching experience much more than a one-sided event. It tries to involve you by adding personalization options. Basic things like changing the look of the page can be done here, but there’s much more to see than just that. By creating an account with the site, A9 will remember your previous searches, assisting you in figuring out what you’ve already seen. On top of that, you can also store your bookmarks with the service, and take various notes on each page.
NOTE Have to get around to trying this later but for now why not try it yourself?
Sunday, November 14, 2004
Common Sense Security
Common Sense Security
NOTE This site is owned and run by someone that I know and I have NO hesitation in recommending it to you.
This site is designed to give an overview of what we can do to keep our computers safer and more secure while we are on the Internet. My intention here is to give you a chance to learn about these programs in a general way so that you can be more informed about what is out there - and how to KEEP it out! This is not a technical site that gets into the chips and resistors of creating an impenetrable defense, it is a site that tries to explain some things in non-geek terms so that you can understand and learn. Every day, more and more programs are being developed to gather information about us, take over our web browser, and send us 'targeted advertising' in the form of pop-up windows. Chances are good that you have some of these programs on your computer right now without even knowing that they are there!
NOTE This site is owned and run by someone that I know and I have NO hesitation in recommending it to you.
This site is designed to give an overview of what we can do to keep our computers safer and more secure while we are on the Internet. My intention here is to give you a chance to learn about these programs in a general way so that you can be more informed about what is out there - and how to KEEP it out! This is not a technical site that gets into the chips and resistors of creating an impenetrable defense, it is a site that tries to explain some things in non-geek terms so that you can understand and learn. Every day, more and more programs are being developed to gather information about us, take over our web browser, and send us 'targeted advertising' in the form of pop-up windows. Chances are good that you have some of these programs on your computer right now without even knowing that they are there!
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