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Software License Giveaway Winners

The folks at have generously donated five licenses for Handy Backup Standard to me, to award to my readers. I sincerely thank them for that.

Congratulations too:

Again, my thanks to the folks at for making the giveaway possible!
(Winners, check your Inbox [and maybe your Junk folder] for the Subject HBStandard Winner)

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December 31, 2010 Posted by | computers | 22 Comments

A Quick Reminder: Contest Ends

Folks, just a quick reminder that today – until midnight, Pacific – is the last chance to enter my latest software license giveaway drawing.

*** A Chance To Win A Valuable Prize! ***

The folks at Novosoft have generously donated five licenses for Handy Backup Standard to me, to award to my readers.

“Handy Backup is an easy-to-use backup software designed to perform automated backup of your computer. User-friendly interface and a rich set of backup features make it one of the best PC backup software for home and small office use.“

To enter the drawing, please see: Special Holiday Edition (A Giveaway!)

December 30, 2010 Posted by | Backups, free software | 2 Comments

A Scary, Outrageous, News Item

I interrupt my holiday to bring you the follow import news:

“A Michigan father faces up to five years in prison for snooping in his then-wife’s e-mail account in the first known domestic case for unauthorized e-mail login.

Leon Walker, 33, a computer technician from Rochester Hills, Michigan, easily logged into his then-wife’s Gmail account last year when he suspected she was having an affair with her second husband (she was). The two shared a laptop at home and, according to Walker, his wife kept her passwords in a notebook next to the computer, AP reports.”

Please click here to read the whole item. Your comments/reaction are welcome..

December 29, 2010 Posted by | News, tech | 7 Comments

A Holiday Game

In the spirit of being “on holiday”, I thought it might be fun to play some games… Ready people?

The Guess The Sender Game

someone

Sorry “Someone”, I didn’t get your card this year…
(Nor did I apply to any schools.. ahem.)

The Different Meaning To ‘WTF’ Game

(In today’s game, the “w” stands for “who”)

help_me

Sorry “Amora”, I didn’t read your plea for help… Hope you survived, though.

The $500 – per -week Is Not Enough Game

2nd_chance

Sorry, “2ndChance”, I don’t click for less than !!!$14 MILLION USD!!! .. which is why I did click on the below..

The Let’s Count The Typo’s! Game

From: Dr. HUCK LAMAM
Bank of Canada – Banque de Canada
TEL/Fax: Highly confidential
E-mail: hucklaman12@aim.com

Attn: Sir,

Courtesy of business opportunity, I take liberty anchored on strong desire to solicit for your assistance on this mutual beneficiary and risk free transaction with you, which I hope you give urgent attention.

To be precise; I am Dr. Huck Laman Senior Manager of Bank of Canada – Banque de Canada. In my department, we discovered an abandoned sum of US$ 43 Million(Forty Three Million United State Dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our customers who died along with his entire family in 1988 Lockerbie Pan American Airline plane crash. Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it unless somebody applied for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking procedures, but unfortunately to no avail and nobody has come forward to claim this money.

Therefore upon this discovery that I and other two officials in my department, we now decide to establish a cordial business relationship with you, hence my contacting you; We want you to purportedly present your good self as the next of kin or relation of the deceased so that we can release the fund (money) into your account for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and again we don’t want the money to go into the government account as unclaimed bill .The banking law and procedures herein stipulates that any accounts abandoned or dormant for a period of some years is subject to be closed and all money contained therein will be forfeited to the government treasury account. Now it is being speculated that the above sum will be transferred into government treasury account as unclaimed fund on or before April 2011. The reason for you to present your good self as the next of kin is occasioned by the fact that the deceased customer was a foreigner.

Mode of Sharing After the successful completion of the transfer is as follows, for the role you will be expected to play in the whole exercise,  we have agreed to give you Thirty (30%) of the total sum, and 10% has been set aside for the expenses we are going to encounter by both parties in the process of this transaction and the remaining 60% shall be for my colleagues and I in support of the aforementioned, you are urged to reply this letter indicating your readiness and interest to participate in this business.

After your reply, you will be advised on the next step afterwards. I quite believe that you will protect our interest by keeping this business top secret and confidential. Your interest will be equally protected, as we must maintain maximum confidentiality.

Sorry we cannot declare our official e-mail addresses and telephone numbers due to security reasons.

Trust to hear from you on this private email address E-mail: hucklaman12@aim.com

Thanks
Yours Faithful
Dr. Huck Laman

Sorry “Dr. Huck”, I’m just not a good secret keeper.
I might have tried a little harder to be one but, anyone who knows me would have known better than to insult me with an offer of 30%. I don’t sign as “next of kin” for less than half.. and you eat the expenses.

The What Did All These Games Have In Common? Game

That’s right, you guessed it! They all arrived Christmas day.

The Internet invites the “world-wide” into your home, (.www stands for “world wide web” after all) and some of the people out there in the “world-wide” are not very nice — are scuzbuckets actually. I hope you constantly remember that.. and tell your friends too..

Well, that’s enough games for today. Thanks for playing!

*** A Chance To Win A Valuable Prize! ***

The folks at Novosoft have generously donated five licenses for Handy Backup Standard to me, to award to my readers.

“Handy Backup is an easy-to-use backup software designed to perform automated backup of your computer. User-friendly interface and a rich set of backup features make it one of the best PC backup software for home and small office use.“

To enter the drawing, please see: Special Holiday Edition (A Giveaway!)

Enter my current giveaway and (possibly) win!

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December 28, 2010 Posted by | cyber crime, Internet, Internet scam, spam and junk mail | , , , , , | 5 Comments

Special Holiday Edition: Goodies Grab-Bag

Happy Holidays everyone. Once again, I am interrupting my ‘hibernation mode’ to  bring a few items to your attention..

Valuable software – free 

* Folks, sorry I did not catch this sooner. Does free software sound good to you? Be sure to check out this Bill Mullins article, 5 Fully Licensed Applications FREE From Ashampoo – Value $129.95!

* I am running a software license giveaway contest myself. Click here for the scoop, the skinny, the 411 (and to enter).

Recommended reading – free!
* My Personal Experience with a Craigslist Scam Attempt

“I recently took the plunge and actually posted (and sold), for the first time, several items on Craigslist. As a result of this new experience I soon learned..”

* A Look Back at 2010 (A good read by Paul Thurrott.)

Santa brought you a new computer?
I do recommend reading: Windows 7 Owners, You Want To Do This…, and my “Top 10 Things You Should Do” list.

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December 27, 2010 Posted by | computers, free software, Internet, software, tech | Leave a comment

Sunday Beauty XXIII | Contest | Holiday Edition

Folks, I went looking for a “season appropriate” photo, using “christmas+tree” as my keywords/search string. There were many pictures of spectacularly decorated trees to choose from. But, this is the photo that caught my eye.

Little White Xmas Tree

Photo by Thijs Knaap. Courtesy of Flickr. (As usual, click on the image to see more from this artist.)

*** A Chance To Win A Valuable Prize! ***

The folks at Novosoft have generously donated five licenses for Handy Backup Standard to me, to award to my readers.

“Handy Backup is an easy-to-use backup software designed to perform automated backup of your computer. User-friendly interface and a rich set of backup features make it one of the best PC backup software for home and small office use.“

To enter the drawing, please see: Special Holiday Edition (A Giveaway!)

Enter my current giveaway and (possibly) win!
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December 26, 2010 Posted by | Digital Images | 7 Comments

Special Holiday Edition (A Giveaway!)

Folks, I am pleased to announce my latest software license giveaway drawing.

(So much for my “hibernation mode…”) Yesterday I received a note from one of my contacts out there ‘in the biz’, asking me if I would be willing to run another contest, and help them promote a special sale they are offering for the holiday season. (Loyal readers may remember, I had reviewed their product in May.) Always thinking of you, Dear Reader, I agreed.

The folks at have generously donated five licenses for Handy Backup Standard to me, to award to my readers. I sincerely thank them for that. So I am going to do a random drawing¹ contest from folks who “enter” by posting a comment (below). The drawing will close Thursday, Dec. 30, and the winners announced Friday, in the last post of 2010.

Handy Backup is a program for creating “backup copies” of the files on your computer, which regular readers know, is something I repeatedly urge people to get into the habit of doing! With a backup program like Handy Backup, you don’t need a ‘habit’, you can set-it-and-forget-it.

Publisher’s description:

Handy Backup™ Standard is an easy-to-use backup software designed to perform automated backup of your computer. User-friendly interface and a rich set of backup features make it one of the best PC backup software for home and small office use. Handy Backup Standard features:

(Businesses will want to look at Handy Backup Server.)(Holiday sale expires on January, 10, 2011.)

To see my full review of Handy Backup, complete with slideshow, click here. (the article will open in a new window.)

How to enter? Residents of the US and Canada may enter the contest drawing by simply clicking on “comment” (below), and entering a name and a valid e-mail (so I can send you the license key) in the form. Actually commenting is optional. And, I shouldn’t have to say this, but multiple entries will result in disqualification.

Again, I thank the folks at for making this giveaway possible. A 30-day free trial can be downloaded here, Download Handy Backup. Try it out yourself. (And then leave a comment. You may just win an activation key..)

¹ All entrants will be placed into Random.org’s “randomizer”, and the top 5 results will be the winners.

Please have a safe and joyous Holiday!

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December 23, 2010 Posted by | computers | , , , , , , , , , , , | 34 Comments

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