What is the difference between Spyware and Adware? How do you block them? What else should you know about this increasing problem?

PC Magazine answers these questions and many more – see their article: “Book Excerpt from PC Magazine: Spyware and Adware: A Warrior’s Guide”

How often have you wished you could listen to your iPod in the car? PC Magazine runs down 6 ways to link your iPod into your car stereo system!

Linking iPods and Car Radios

Solution from PC Magazine: Is It Spyware?

PCMag.com Shareware Library: MessengerLog 5 Pro 5.10

Ever had an IM conversation and wished you could save it for future reference? Here’s an inexpensive program to do that!

The next version of Internet Explorer isn’t here yet, but it’s on the horizon. Since I’ve never made the transition over to Firefox, I’m excited to see IE incorporating some of the features that make Firefox stand out. Most importantly, the new IE will include an RSS Feed reader, hopefully eliminating the need for yet another program or website to monitor feeds (I’m currently using http://www.bloglines.com). Check out the forthcoming update information & features in PC Magazines’s article: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1840714,00.asp.

Cheers!
~ Cindy

A few months ago, I was introduced to “widgets” on a Mac system and was intrigued. Widgets are small programs that don’t need a web browser or other application to open them and they can remain open yet in the background on your desktop. I found a favorite game on a Mac widget and was disappointed to come back to my widget-less Windows system (okay, only partially disappointed!). Now Yahoo! is offering a similar program allowing widgets to work on Windows machines! I downloaded the first ones today – my favorites so far are the weather station and the comic strip reader. Check out PC Magazine’s article and download the program at Yahoo!

Happy Weekend-ing!
~Cindy