Tech Tips

May 2006

Webby Awards

by Barbara J. Feldman May 15, 2006

On May 9, this year’s crop of Webby Award winners were revealed. Webby Awards honor excellence and creativity in websites. MySpace.com, Flickr, and Google Earth are just a few of the many sites honored. To see a complete list of winner and nominees, visit Webby Awards .

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Ransomware

by Barbara J. Feldman May 9, 2006

A new virus that encrypts your computer files and demands $10.99 for a key to unlock your data arrived last month. Dubbed “Ransom-A, “the best way to avoid getting infected is to keep your anti-virus software up to date and to scan your system regularly. Learn more about ransomware at Yahoo! News.

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Google Page Creator

by Barbara J. Feldman May 2, 2006

Google Page Creator is a simple and free way to create and host web pages. It has a WYSIWYG (“what you see is what you get”) interface, and doesn’t require any knowledge of HTML or web hosting. Google Page Creator is still in its early stages of development (it’s a Google Labs project) but is [...]

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