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Lamar Stonecypher (20,038 pts

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Fake Antivirus Scam Still Around
You're using your computer and suddenly a warning pops up that you've got a virus. Your own antivirus can't find it, but the warning is persistent. An icon in the system tray is suggesting that you get better antivirus protection - by name. The problem is that this virus software is a total scam.
Published by Lamar Stonecypher (20,038 pts ) on Oct 31, 2009 to
Windows Platform Articles

Comcast to Become Protocol-Agnostic
Ordered by the FCC to cease blocking P2P protocols, Comcast has revealed how they plan to comply in a "protocol-agnostic" manner. This has been a fascinating look at the inner workings of a large ISP, but can we trust them to treat heavy Internet users fairly?
Published by Lamar Stonecypher (20,038 pts ) on Oct 29, 2009 to
Windows Platform Articles

Turn Your Vista Laptop into a Mobile Hotspot
Need to share your wireless Internet connection with your friends or colleagues? If they've got WIFI, the solution is easy and free. This article tells you how.
Published by Lamar Stonecypher (20,038 pts ) on Oct 27, 2009 to
Windows Platform Articles

List of Articles about Managing Media and Entertainment on a Media Center PC
After thirty years of collecting movies and music, I sit down in front of a Vista Media Center computer and wonder how to get all that media into the PC in a way it can be quickly cataloged and retrieved. Impossible task? Maybe not. Half the articles I've written at Bright Hub have been about this.
Published by Lamar Stonecypher (20,038 pts ) on Oct 26, 2009 to
Windows Platform Articles

Turn Your Vista or Windows XP Media Center PC into a Video Jukebox
Want to get your DVDs organized and saved on your big, new external hard drive in Media Center? "My Movies" in Media Center can give you that capability, and it's free. Here we look at ways to burn DVDs to the hard drive and integrate them for viewing in Windows Media Center or on the TV.
Published by Lamar Stonecypher (20,038 pts ) on Oct 24, 2009 to
Windows Platform Articles

Google Chrome Security Features
Security in Google Chrome was a design consideration, possibly making it the safest and most stable web browser yet created. How well did they do? In this article, we look at the individual security features and try to decide what they all add up to.
Published by Lamar Stonecypher (20,038 pts ) on Oct 23, 2009 to
Windows Platform Articles

How to Create a Hidden, Encrypted Folder on Your USB Flash Drive
Want a hidden, encrypted folder on your USB flash drive for your sensitive data? We look at creating a folder hidden inside a hidden container using TrueCrypt and then test how it works in Windows.
Published by Lamar Stonecypher (20,038 pts ) on Oct 22, 2009 to
Windows Platform Articles

How to Save a DVD to a Hard Drive
In this article we’ll look at a way to copy a DVD movie to the hard drive for backup, storage, and to be opened and watched in an application like PowerDVD. A similar technique can also be used to "mount" and play an audio CD in your PC. We'll look at using DVD Shrink first.
Published by Lamar Stonecypher (20,038 pts ) on Oct 21, 2009 to
Windows Platform Articles

Fighting for Native Rights with the Makah Tribe of Washington State
Can America condone a culture that participates in whaling? What if the tribe involved has a legal treaty to do so and the whale is not an endangered species? What if other Americans (Inuits) ARE allowed to hunt whales? Is this valid opposition or a case of "not in my backyard?"
Published by Lamar Stonecypher (20,038 pts ) on Oct 21, 2009 to
Language Learning Articles

How to Capture Cassette Audio to MP3
Do you have a collection of old cassette albums that you'd like to listen to in iTunes or on your MP3 player? This article shows how, with screen shots and links, to copy cassette music into tracks on the PC and export the tracks to MP3. It's a bit time consuming, but it's not too difficult.
Published by Lamar Stonecypher (20,038 pts ) on Oct 21, 2009 to
Windows Platform Articles