You want to be more anonymous?

Paul

Being anonymous isn’t easy but these few steps will help you be out there in the net.  I have several ways to keep your privacy in tack, although it isn’t easy.  Some things you can do to make your life more private is:

In Firefox 3 : Tools>Options>

By making Firefox clear out your third party cookeis you can make people think you’re new.  You need 3rd party cookies for hulu and other places.

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In Firefox you will also want to clear your private data every time you close Firefox:

You will also want to make sure that “Always clear my private data when I close Firefox” is checked and then you will click settings:

As you can see all mine are checked to make sure that when I start up Firefox, it starts fresh.  I also recommend you download CCleaner which makes sure all your cache is cleared out from IE to Firefox.  I’ve not tried this with any other browsers but I would think this program would also clear out all the cache.

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I’d also suggest some other ways to be more private.  Here is a good suggestion:

Tools>Options>Security Tab:

You should also click the saved passwords button and clear out the passwords from time to time! By making sure you don’t have Firefox remember you passwords no one else can use Your saved FireFox passwords.  I’d suggest using a Password Manager.

My recommendation is:

With this you will to can be a little safer on the web.  If you like this and other articles please feel free in supporting me by clicking and buying any item on my page, you’re support helps bloggers like help us keep blogging!!

Hulu Summer Clues for July 14-18 for 2008! REVEALED

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Well I’ve checked what they are doing and I’ve got to say, it’s kinda funny!!!  So what are the clues.  I’ll break it down for you here’s the 5 clues that you can understand much easier!!

  1. Monday:       Casino Royale (1976) [Tiny URL]

  2. Tuesday:      The Fall Guy Season 1 [Tiny URL]

  3. Wednesday:  Fiddler On the Roof [Tiny URL]

  4. Thursday:    The Dick van Dyke Show Seasons 1-3 [Tiny URL]

  5. Friday:        The Rundown (2003) [Tiny URL]

These are just guesses but I am almost certain that this “tiny clue” comment refers to the tiny URL webpage.  I am quite sure this is the linup for next weeks.   Tiny URL’s are used to make easy ways to tell people how to get to a post!!  I thought it was really easy but I wanted to let people know what I thought.  If you like this post, I’ll be trying to figure out next weeks clues, so keep watching!!

3 Reason why Friendfeed is dying!!

Paul

So I been watching Friend Feed the last few days, I’ve seen Mark Trapp talking about trolling. I also seen Robert Scoble saying he finds this interesting, and I’ll quote Mark Trapps Post about it:

http://friendfeed.com/e/ffc08931-e0ab-40e9-9d21-7dfb353f5878/Are-you-a-blogger-Are-you-short-on-cash-this-week/

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First Reason — So as you can see this is what people call page trolling! They try to get people to visit there page and get a page count. I say this is a FOUL, and you need to take a time out in the booth for doing this. I don’t want to see this getting on friend feed. I hope FF comes up with a way to let you put in keywords to ignore and such that would be so nice.

Second Reason — They have to make comments about blogger and Twitter. I don’t want to hear stuff about twitter and how they can blog this stuff up all day long!! It’s like the Gilmore Gang talking about getting a Hair Cut. This really needs to change and become a better feed then it has in the past. I will get flame comments or even flame mail but it’s the truth!!

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Third and Final — Robert Scoble talked about this in his post about advertising the Gilmore gang, I guess I did that in the last reason and You can see how this will result in people see that I am actually reading this stuff, so it is going to be the death of me in the long run!! I say we can’t get sucked into these type of post or comments. We need to become a better blogger and commenter on the feed to get people to see the post!! Trust me, if you make it they will come!!!

It’s up to all of us to make Friend Feed the best it can possibly be on the Internet. Let’s make Friend Feed the next Cloud Computing!!

Windows Vista Hidden Super Fetch

Paul

I was talking to a friend last night about Vista. She was talking about speed and reliability, I suggested that she use ReadyBoost. What is Readyboost? It retrieves all the important files and documents that it needs after you start up. Microsoft says:

Windows Vista introduces Windows ReadyBoost, a new concept in adding memory to a system. You can use non-volatile flash memory, such as that on a universal serial bus (USB) flash drive, to improve performance without having to add additional memory “under the hood.”
[Via Microsoft]

So by saying you can use a USB for this. All your really doing is using external memory to help augment the internal memory. So you system doesn’t have to cache everything on the hard drive. It will speed up the system, I know it does on mine!!

What is Super Fetch?

SuperFetch monitors which applications you use the most and preloads these into your system memory so they’ll be ready when you need them. Windows Vista also runs background programs, like disk defragmenting and Windows Defender, at low priority so that they can do their job but your work always comes first.
[Via Microsoft]

So now that you know what this is let’s talk about how it speeds up your system. Readyboost uses someting like Super Fetch and reads all it can and stores it in memory, the most common programs, the most common applications and keeps it in a memory cache. Oh now here’s where it gets interesting. Memory Cache is simply the excess amount of information that can’t be used in ram. So this excess information would go to the cache memory directory and create a file for that particular information so it can organize and be ready to launch and speed up the system. In theory, The information that it has organized onto the directory would be easier and quicker to read so as not to use up a lot of file processing. It’s like the old saying an apple a days keeps the doctor away. See, Windows is constently looking at what you open up the most and wants to keep those files loaded as much as because it is quicker that way.

So how do I use Readyboost?

This is a simple way to use Readyboost.

  1. Get an USB memory stick preferably twice the size of your memory (You can also use Sd cards if you have an SD reader.)
  2. Put it in the slot
  3. Right Click on the drive
  4. Select Properties
  5. Select Readyboost tab (remember the card or USB device has to be fast enough to use it)
  6. Select use this device
  7. hit Apply, and then Ok

That’s it, you’ve completed the steps to get Readyboost to work . Enjoy

Microsoft Can’t you get anything Right?

Paul

I sit here listening to “Windows Weekly 61, Windows 7” and I wanted to talk about what he said and I quote:

Windows Vista was a major release, and Microsoft is positioning Windows 7 as a major release as well. However, the language Microsoft uses to describe the technical underpinnings of the Windows 7 suggest that this product will in fact be a minor release.
[Via Winsupersite]

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So My one questions is Windows going to be in fact a new whole system or just an update to Vista!! Here is some other quotes that I’ve found on the web:

Microsoft clearly are trying to launch Windows 7 as soon as possible, even though many users are only just getting around to upgrading to Windows Vista. I wonder if Windows 7 will be one upgrade too many for some customers?
[Via Windows7.cc]

So let’s start talking about this news. Will they be doing the final RC for Windows soon or are they going to wait till next year. It appears that they are going to do something soon but not sure what. They’ve been tight lipped from the start of windows Vista and have not been releasing anything big about Windows 7, Is this the attempt to hide there disgrace about Vista and how hard they are having to work for Windows 7?

First, there’ll be some new, unspecified integration with the Internet “cloud.” Windows 7 will have built-in connections with something like Microsoft’s “Live Mesh,” a Web-based system for sharing and synchronizing folders, learning the online status of friends and family, and syncing mobile devices with your desktop system.

Next, you’ll find automated backup, Microsoft’s catch-up answer to Apple’s Time Machine. This seems obvious from a leaked screen shot of the new Windows Health Center control panel applet in Windows 7.

[Via PcMagazine]

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So let’s Start talking about what Pc Magazine is talking about “cloud” computing. What they mean by cloud computing is like how you have google mail on your laptop but also on there website to be able to access it anywhere you have internet access. You can have it come in more than one ways and has the ability to keep your notes in Sync with other systems. Now they also are talking about the Apple’s Time Machine like backup for Windows 7, I am quite curious how they are going to do that also, they seem to be copying Apple and making it seem like they come up with even more features. Some other points I’d like to make are “Is Windows 7 a threat to Vista or a Complete replacement to Vista?”

PDC 2008 is slated for October 27 to 30 in Los Angeles. (I wonder if it will be right before/after/during the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference, also slated for some time next fall, and possibly in Los Angeles.)
[Via Zdnet]

Now here’s my thinking on this one that they will have to start developing programs and talk when and what will be involved in Windows 7. They serious can’t be thinking it’s all about Vista, I haven’t seen a shred of evidence to think this Professional Developers Conference is going to be anything but talk about the next Windows 7. I just want to ask Microsoft to get this right this time. I don’t want to see another system that has to many bugs for corporate to use. Is Vista a doomed O/S and if so why?

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