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WEB LINKS & RESOURCES Most of these Web references were inspired by Saturday Workshop discussions or other PLCC activities. Generally, they do NOT (re)present recommendations nor ready-made answers to questions raised at these meetings. However, it is hoped that they provide some of the background needed by some members to understand the discussions, pronouncements or presentations. A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - Y - Z Security News Source: Feedzilla A The Adobe® AIR® "... runtime includes both the WebKit HTML and Adobe Flash® engines, enabling you to build applications using HTML, JavaScript, Flash, or Flex. Because Adobe AIR supports these technologies equally, you can use the tools with which you are already familiar to build web applications in the browser." Android Operating System for Mobile Devices [Wikipedia] Anti-Virus Ranking Sites www.av-comparatives.org/ anti-virus-software-review.toptenreviews.com/ nextadvisor.com/internet_security_software/ www.2009softwarereviews.com consumersearch.com/antivirus-software Can you afford to use free Anti-Virus software? B BING Bing (Home Page) Photos Bing vs. Google: Find out yourself! Bing Cash Back Program ends July 30, 2010, 9pm C C-CLEANER SOFTWARE C-Cleaner (Wikipedia) | C-Cleaner (Piriform Co.) download.cnet.com/CCleaner/ CHIMACUM SCHOOL DISTRICT Technology Department Chimacum Highschool Scholarship Information Kitsap Sun Scholarship 2007 Information for Chimacum HS "Chrome sparkles with Flash" CLOUD Cloud Computing [Wikipedia] Cloud Storage: How it works COMPUTER Diagnostics PCPITSTOP BELARC Free Software Snapfiles Backup Programs HsinLin.Com Freeware Freebyte Backup CCleaner [CCleaner is a freeware system optimization, privacy and cleaning tool. It removes unused files from your system] COMPUTER PROGRAMS SNAGIT Start-Up Programs Free Software Open Office Spoofstick SiteAdvisor Need a Magnifier? COMPUTER TIPS WorldStart.com COMPUTER MAGAZINES Smart Computing PC Magazine PC World COMPUTER TERMS Dictionary of Computer Terms WEBOPEDIA File Extensions D E EBOOKS & EBOOK READERS March 2010 EBook Presentation at PLCC (with Links) Explorer (MS Internet Explorer) New Internet Explorer 8 (released 2010) www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/default.aspx en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Explorer_8 F "Favorites" in MS Internet Explorer FILE EXTENSIONS File Extension Directory FileInfo.com FINGERPRINT READERS Fingerprint Reader from Microsoft [Wikipedia] Fingerprint Reader from MS [2007] Flash (Adobe) [Wikipedia] G GOOGLE Google Voice: Teach your Phone New Tricks! H Genealogy Sites Graphic Illustrations HALLMARK VIRUS HDMI: High Definition Media Interface HEALTH www.portludlowhealthguide.com (Port Ludlow Today) Handout from PLCC Presentation, April 2010 Medical Sites [2006 Handout] HOME GROUPS Home Group (Windows 7 Feature) HOME NETWORK Setting up a Home Network [Microsoft] Share Files and Printers between Windows 7 and XP I INFORMATION & KNOWLEDGE SHARING Information Sharing on the Semantic Web (a Google Book) By Heiner Stuckenschmidt, Frank Van Harmelen Making Use of Knowledge Sharing Technologies by Darius Hedgebeth, in VINE 37 (2007), pp.49-55. Instant Messaging [Wikipedia] J K Karen's Replicator [Backup Program] KEY SHORTCUTS Keyboard Shortcuts (pdf) [submitted by Aven Anderson] Microsoft Key Shortcuts Outlook Express Key Shortcuts L LAPTOPS Laptop: How to Buy One LIBRARIES / GENEALOGY Jefferson County Library Kitsap Regional Library Library Index Lightroom (Adobe Photoshop) M MAC USERS SMUG Strait Macintosh User Group on Washington's North Olympic Peninsula [SMUG supports Mac users in the Sequim/Port Angeles area] Port Townsend SLUGS (Seriously Layed-Back [A Macintosh] User Group MAGNIFIER Magnifier MEDICAL INFORMATION SITES: Handout from PLCC Presentation, April 2010 Good News for Our Hearts! PTL, 28/6/2009 N NCCIC: National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center "DHS [Department of Homeland Security] has established the (NCCIC), integrating and eventually synchronizing the work of existing cyber- and communication incident response mechanisms into a unified operations center..." [Source] O OFFICE 2010 Templates Video: Get started using templates in Excel 2010 Video: Get started using templates in PowerPoint 2010 Video: Get started using templates in Publisher 2010 Office Web Apps We are excited to announce that today (June 7, 2010) Office Web Apps are available on Windows Live. The initial release is available to Windows Live customers in the USA, Canada, Great Britain and Ireland with support for English, Spanish (USA) and French (Canada). More languages and locales will be added over the coming months. This release includes Word, PowerPoint, Excel and OneNote. OLYMPIC PENINSULA DESTINATIONS Interesting Destinations Olympic Peninsula Home Page Jefferson County website P PARTITIONS (for Hard Drive) Resize Your Partitions" Washington Post, June 22, 2010 "Windows 7 and Vista come with a partitioning tool that will allow you to resize existing partitions. To get there, click Start, right-click Computer, and select Manage. In the resulting Computer Management program, click Disk Management under Storage in the left pane. Right-click the partition you want to change and select either Extend Volume or Shrink Volume." Phishing PHOTOGRAPHY Photoshop (Adobe) [Google Search] PICASA Photoshop Lightroom (Adobe) Port Ludlow Port Ludlow Today (Comprehensive Portal) Port Ludlow Village Council Port Ludlow Arts Council South Bay Community Association The Beach Club at Port Ludlow Port Ludlow Resources Port TOWNSEND Port Townsend SLUGS (Seriously Layed-Back [A Mac] User Group Q R RECIPES RECYCLING Computer Parts Disposal Site Ink Cartridge Recycle Program RSS RSS Specifications: Blog Feed for All: RSS Feed Creation Tool Feedzilla: RSS (available for free downloads) S SEARCH ENGINES List of Search Engines by categories (Wikepedia) Major Search Engines and Directories (SearchEngineWatch) Internet Tutorials: Search Engines How to Choose a Search Engine or Directory Bing (Microsoft) Google Yahoo Secunia [provider of Vulnerability Intelligence and Vulnerability Management tools] SECURITY on the Internet MICROSOFT SECURITY: 6 Rules For Safer Financial Transactions Online Microsoft Security Essentials Free download: Protect your PC from viruses, spyware, and other malicious software SHIELDS UP: Have you visited "Shields Up" lately? SHOPPING mwave How to Buy a Laptop Price & Product Comparisions Price Watch Price Grabber Ink Cartridges SHORT CUTS: see "Key Shortcuts" SILVERLIGHT What is "Silverlight"? MS Silverlight is a web application framework that provides functionalities similar to those in Adobe Flash, integrating multimedia, graphics, animations and interactivity into a single runtime environment. Initially released as a video streaming plugin, later versions brought additional interactivity features and support for CLI languages and development tools. The official (Microsoft) Silverlight 4 Site SkyDrive [Wikipedia] Smileys: Windows Smiley Tools "Do you like to insert a laugh in your emails with a smile, to pep them up with a funny emoticon, to add some wit with a wink? These tools let you insert animated, graphical smileys in your emails easily." Snag it | Snip it [tools for capturing screen shots] SPOOF: "How to recognize spoofed Web sites" SYNC: see under "Windows Live Sync" SYSTEM RESTORE System Restore & Restore Ponts [Wikipedia] T Telephone Services: Alternatives? Skype Smart Phone Review (C-Net) TRAVEL & TECHNOLOGY Resources U UNINSTALLER(S) Revo Uninstaller (free solftware) [runs in combination with Windows-based uninstaller, but goes further] UBUNTU & a variation: KUBUNTU Wikipedia UBUNTU/Linux [Open Source Operating System belonging to the LINUX family] " Super-fast and great-looking, Ubuntu is a secure, intuitive operating system that powers desktops, servers, netbooks and laptops. Ubuntu is, and always will be, absolutely free. Whether you're an experienced Linux user or you're just getting started with open-source software, there are lots of ways to get involved with the Ubuntu community." V VIRUS PROTECTION & iNFORMATION Government Spam Website IBM Internet Security Systems: "Ahead of the Threat" On Guard Online by Federal Government Vulnerability Monitor/ Security Wizzard Snopes SpyWareWarrior Virus Totorial W WEB SITE DEVELOPMENT Building a Web Site (QUAMUT) A decade of good website design Hypertextuality Introduction to HTML Use a Web Editor File Transfer Protocol FileZilla: Free FTP Software Web Content Management System(s) [WCMS] [Wikipedia] CMS Wire: Web Content Management Systems (CMS) News & Articles Examples: Drupal: Open Source Content Management System Acquia Drupal is a packaged distribution of the open source Drupal social publishing system. A collection of essential software from the Drupal community, Acquia Drupal provides a quick on-ramp to begin building Drupal websites. Joomla! Open Source CMS Resident Interactive -- Digital Village Proprietory Content Management System for Communities [such as "PortLudlowToday"] Various Downloads, incl. "Content Management System Brochure (500 kb)" WINDOWS (Microsoft) Windows Key [Wikipedia} Windows Shortcut Keys: see: Key Shortcuts Install, reinstall, or uninstall Windows (7, Vista, XP) [Microsoft] Windows Search "... finding just the right file when you need it can be challenging. Windows Search provides an easy and comprehensive solution for finding and organizing the content you care about, whether it's on your PC, in an e-mail message or attachment, on a remote file share, or on the Web." Windows Live Sync "Windows Live Sync (formerly known as Windows Live FolderShare) is a free-to-use internet-based file synchronization application by Microsoft that is designed to allow files and folders between two or more computers be in sync with each other on Windows (Vista and later) and Mac OS X based computers, based on Live Mesh's data synchronization technologies...." [Wikipedia] SYNC & MESH: Microsoft updating Windows Live apps (June 2010) On the Sync front, Microsoft is merging its existing Sync and folder sharing tools as well as the Live Mesh product ... WINDOWS LIVE Windows Live [Wikipedia] Windows Live is the collective brand name for a set of services and software products from Microsoft, part of their software plus services platform. A majority of these services are Web applications, accessible from a browser, but there are also client-side binary applications that require installation on a user's PC. Microsoft’s new free apps beat Google, Apple in some ways (June 2010) Windows Live Mail / Windows Live Photo Gallery (which will take on Apple’s iPhoto and Photoshop Elements by adding facial-recognition software... Craziest feature: It lets you merge several photos of the same group of people into one picture that includes everyone’s best face) / Windows Live Movie Maker & more. Windows Live Messenger Windows-Live SkyDrive [Wikipedia] Windows 7 Microsoft Debuts Windows Live Essentials Beta (June 24, 2010) Windows Live Essentials "features multimedia and productivity applications such as Messenger, Photo Gallery, Movie Maker, Sync, Writer, Mail and Family Safety." Clean Install Windows 7 with Upgrade Media (Paul Thurrott) It was the final unanswered question about Windows 7. But now, thanks to numerous reader reports, my own hands-on experience, and a briefing with the team at Microsoft responsible for this technology, I think we have some answers. Sadly, Microsoft is still making it difficult to clean install Windows 7 with Upgrade media, as it did with Windows Vista. But fear not, .... Migration to Windows 7 [doc] Tools Needed Prior to Installation/Upgrade... Author: Donald Plorde Windows XP Power Toys for XP How to use Windows XP Troubleshooting Windows XP WORD (Microsoft) Insert degree symbol in Word "Shrink to fit" in Word Change default font in Word Y YUBICO: "The key to the clouds" Yubico is the company behind the YubiKey; an authentication key for simple and secure access to networks and services. Z Zeus (banking) virus is back! Selected Links related to recent Saturday Workshop Discussions 2010 Microsoft’s new free apps beat Google, Apple in some ways (June 2010) Windows Live Mail / Windows Live Photo Gallery (which will take on Apple’s iPhoto and Photoshop Elements by adding facial-recognition software... Craziest feature: It lets you merge several photos of the same group of people into one picture that includes everyone’s best face) / Windows Live Movie Maker & more. SYNC & MESH: Microsoft updating Windows Live apps (June 2010) On the Sync front, Microsoft is merging its existing Sync and folder sharing tools as well as the Live Mesh product ... Windows Live Messenger Windows Smiley Tools "Do you like to insert a laugh in your emails with a smile, to pep them up with a funny emoticon, to add some wit with a wink? These tools let you insert animated, graphical smileys in your emails easily." Cannot Open Some pictures (just shows a little red x in a box) [CNET] UBUNTU/Linux "Whether you're an experienced Linux user or you're just getting started with open-source software, there are lots of ways to get involved with the Ubuntu community." [General details (Wikepedia)] ... and more (cont.) See also: CNET Forums (Quite a few!) Selected Links related to earlier Saturday Workshop Discussions 2010 Other Links Introduction to Windows Live ID Microsoft's soon to be updated "Live Hotmail" Service Working with (incl. multiple) Windows 6 Rules For Safer Financial Transactions Online Putting Color in your Inbox Listing [docx] Windows Live ID Use Windows Live ID to sign in to MSN Messenger, MSN Hotmail, MSN Music, and other sites and services! Windows Live ID works with Passport Network sites. The buzz about Google Buzz (Feb 16, 2010) New EMS Site for PL! (Aug 2009) The P.I.'s Microsoft Blog GoGreen (Eco-Friendly Computing) [pdf, 145KB] Computer Security News Feed Pew study: Wireless Internet use up sharply "soft" and "hard" return in MS Word word.tips.net/Pages/T000170_Understanding_Hard_and_Soft_Returns.html Importance of Account settings (Ports) in Email (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol [SMTP]) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_Mail_Transfer_Protocol Deleting browsing history from Internet Explorer Master Password in Fire Fox www.firefoxfacts.com/2008/05/08/how-to-use-a-master-password/ (Free) Photosynth (Microsoft) livelabs.com/photosynth/

If it is Saturday, it is time to take your Questions to the 10:30 am Workshop at the Bay Club!

July 2010

Port Ludlow Computer Club
120 Spinnaker Place
Port Ludlow, WA 98365
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