Tech Tips

July 2005

Tracking Cookies

by Barbara J. Feldman July 26, 2005

Cookies are small text files saved on your computer by websites. Some are used to remember your website preferences (such as your login username, or local zipcode for weather or movie listings.) Others are used to track your surf patterns between websites. These are also known as “tracking cookies” or “spyware cookies.” When choosing a [...]

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Answers.com

by Barbara J. Feldman July 19, 2005

If you are increasingly frustrated with “Results 1 – 10 of about 1,193,000,” try Answers.com. instead of your usual search engine. It is one of my favorite sites because it consistently finds the short answers I am looking for. Answers.com also works great on web-enabled cell phones and other small screen devices. If you use [...]

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Kids Email Registry

by Barbara J. Feldman July 12, 2005

Parents in Michigan can now register their’s minor children’s email addresses on a statewide do-not-email list that allows for prosecution if anyone that advertises an adult-only product (liquor, tobacco, dating, etc) to a registered email address. Utah is gearing up to enact a similar law. For more breaking news on this topic, try this Yahoo! [...]

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Scheduled Tasks

by Barbara J. Feldman July 3, 2005

To run periodic programs on your Windows XP machine (such as a virus scan or a backup routine), setup a Scheduled Task. To begin, fire up your Control Panel, and click on Scheduled Tasks. To learn more, read Ask Leo! or Microsoft Support.

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