software from trusted sources can be bad

Just a reminder that breaches in security can happen to anyone...

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November 06

"...I was trying to download a sandbox application...I got unexpectedly re-routed to download.com...

"...then I got re-routed to another page on download.com...The list of recommended software includes AntiVirus Defender, an adware program that we detect as not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.OneStep.z...

"...Download.com assures users that all programs available via the website have been analysed, and don’t contain any malicious code...you’ve got to stay very alert indeed to make sure that you don’t get caught out."

better than the clipboard

Stan called our radio show asking about an "autofill" program...

I'm using Ditto: "...saves each item placed on the clipboard allowing you access to any of those items: text, images, html, and more.

"The program is available in English - Chinese - Croatian - Dutch - French - German - Italian - Japanese - Polish - Portuguese - Romanian - Spanish - Swedish - Turkish..."

There's an installable version, and a "Portable" one.

free mac software

During the show, I gave a link on air as my "Website of the Week"..and since have found two more to suggest:

The Free Mac Classroom (the one I mentioned on-air)...

Open Source Mac...

and FreeMacWare.

Wal-Mart Launches MP3 Music Download Tracks

...Wal-Mart will continue to offer its existing WMA-format music downloads...customers may select the option of MP3-format downloads at 256 kbps for $0.94/track and/or WMA-format downloads at 128 kbps for $0.88/track

(Yay!)