This morning, one of the contacts on my Windows Live Messenger list appeared to be on-line and sent me a link that looked like this: [myusername].historyshotz.com.

Anytime you are on a public network, you are more vulnerable to having your data stolen than if you were on your own home private network, unless you take the proper security precautions. If you have a Gmail account, Google would like to help you with those security precautions.

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About seven months ago we took a look at some of the headlines from The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. They're the real headlines that viewers send in which they find in newspapers across the country. There are so many funny headlines out there that we decided to put together a round two:

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Often times we find ourselves wondering whether Vista's harshest critics have ever used the operating system for more than an hour or two, if at all, because their complaints aren't usually justified.

Microsoft has done a fantastic job with Windows Live Photo Gallery, and it's definitely become my favorite way to manage photos. There's been no mention as to when the next version of Windows Live Photo Gallery will be coming out, but one thing that you can look forward to is facial recognition.

We are now starting to get more information about Facebook Connect which shows Facebook's ability to be innovative and grow. Facebook Connect allows other sites to integrate Facebook's identity system into their site to simplify things. Several sites have already partnered with Facebook and one of them is Digg.

Flock has always been focused on the social side of the web, and there's no browser that integrates better with all of the popular social networks.

Back in December, we questioned whether Google was hoping to compete with Wikipedia by launching a new service into beta called Knol. Knol stands for a unit of knowledge, and it is a place where experts go to write articles (Knol's) on a subject that they are familiar with.

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One of the things that I've always done on my Windows computers is have them show all of the hidden files. Some people think I'm crazy because this adds a lot more clutter, but it always seemed as though I frequently had to access files there were otherwise hidden.

Just when you thought we had enough web browsers available another goes and pops up right under our noses. That's exactly what the Japanese browser called Sleipnir did, and it's managed to scrounge up 9% of the browser market share in Japan.

Ever since Apple's App Store launched, we have heard from developers complaining for various reasons. One complaint is that when they (the developers) make an update, it takes Apple too long (there have been reports of developers waiting up to 10 days) to make the update available to the masses.

It's hard to believe that it has already been one year since TechSmith released their free Jing screencast and screenshot software. The project has been amazingly successful, and I can't say that I'm really surprised by that. Jing is simple to use, free, and more often than not it offers everything people need... including free hosting!

One of the features that many people are quick to point out is missing from the iPhone is voice dialing. Hundreds of phones offer such a feature and when the new iPhone 3G didn't have it, people were left wondering why. Soon the iPhone will have at least a few voice-type features thanks to technology that AT&T is researching and developing.

I'm sure that most of you have heard about Microsoft's Xbox LIVE video game service that lets players compete against each other over an Internet connection. Similarly Microsoft also has a Games for Windows LIVE service that will let you play against other people on your PC, and starting today the service is being offered to consumers for free.

In the past, we wouldn't have ever expected Google to be interested in acquiring Digg. But some of the acquisitions and services they have launched over the last year or two changed that thought and now we're not surprised over a rumor that Google is in final negotiations to acquire Digg.

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The new Firefox 3 address bar is one of those things that you either love or hate, and it's quite amazing how much buzz such a simple aspect of the browser can cause.