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Techno Thursday: Transferring Large Files

Yesterday, a Twitter follower, Lynne Lee, needed an economical way of transferring a large file. I had suggested using her FTP client or Dropbox, but those solutions didn’t met her needs. I turned to my VA colleagues at AssistU and the VACOC, who gave me a bunch of options to

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Techno Thursday: Firefox Tips

Who doesn’t read Lifehacker?? LOL! In case you missed it, there’s a great article on Lifehacker with tips on how to use Firefox to combat common web annoyances.

In this article you’ll be led to Firefox add-ons to block obnoxious ads, turn off auto-playing sounds, stop pages from auto-refreshing and others.

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Techno Thursday: TweetDeck

If you are active on Twitter, you will love TweetDeck. For a long time I resisted downloading TweetDeck because I liked Twitter’s web interface and didn’t see the need for TweetDeck. It only takes a second to log in to my Twitter account, and it’s just one more tab opened

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Techno Thursday: File Shredder

File shredder is a handy and important program to have on your computer – especially if you need to get rid of sensitive or personal information. I don’t remember where I first heard of this program, but I’m already getting a lot of usage out of it!

This is what it

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Techno Thursday: Swagbucks

Have you heard about Swagbucks yet?  Swagbucks is a search engine that rewards you with points each time you use their search engine.

Now, normally, I’m not one for signing up for points or other “rewards” because normally they are just gimmicks for getting your information and then when it is

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Techno Thursday: FilExt

FilExt is a handy website to keep on hand. It is a website dedicated to all things related to file extensions.

Don’t know what a particular file extension is? Or what programs can be opened with a particular extension? All you have to do is type the extension in the search

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Techno Thursday: Tiny, Snip and Bud URLS

For those of you familiar with Twitter, know that your posts are limited to 140 characters. When you post a link on Twitter, the last thing you want to do is waste characters on URL lengths.  Although Twitter does make the URLs tiny for you, it’s a good idea to

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Techno Thursday: Change those Passwords!

When was the last time you changed all your passwords? Yes, I know, you have dozens of groups and forums to which you belong. Yes, I know, it can take some time to change all those passwords.

Still, changing your passwords frequently can go a long way in helping to protect

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Techno Thursday: Blog Readers

I never bothered using a blog reader because I only read a handful of blogs so I didn’t see the point. I have since seen the error of my ways.

I signed up for Bloglines during the Thanksgiving weekend and now I wish I had done so a long time ago.

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Techno Thursday: Flash Drives

I love my 8GB PNY flash drive. Before I got my Dell Inspiron 1501, the flash drive was my constant companion.  Although I don’t use it as often now, it still comes in handy often enough. And, It was a life saver when my computer crashed a few weeks back.

What

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