Every few months it seems as if it makes sense to check in with Google and see what news things they are doing. Below are three things – the first two are for searchers and the last is for web owners. Google Alerts This is a service that tracks news and new items on the … Continue reading →

I had a little misfortune this week – I picked up a peeping popup, aka spyware. It was, and still is, kind of sad – but I’m on the road to repair and I’m happy to share my map with you. What is spyware? It’s a program that monitors your actions online. Hackers can use … Continue reading →

For those of you who are long-time Byte subscribers you may recognize the following. Two people in the last couple of weeks have asked me about identity theft so I am rerunning a Byte December 17, 2003 – Minimizing Risk of Identity Theft This statistic is dated (Dec 2000), but according to the Identity Theft … Continue reading →

I have heard so much on the Mac Minis lately – on the news, in newsgroups, jokes on TV – that I just had to look into it for myself. I thought I’d share what I learned. (This isn’t meant to be an endorsement for Mac – just an effort to keep us all in … Continue reading →

This week I am in Chicago at a Search Engine Strategies conference. It has been great and I have lots of fodder for future bytes! Today, however, I am short of time and will therefore have to share two quickie resources that I haven’t had time to fully research for you: MSN Search MSN has … Continue reading →

Today’s Byte is short but hopefully helpful… This week someone asked me about backing up documents online. Specifically, they asked if I knew of any web sites that would store documents online for free. I was going to look for a few sites to share with the Byte list when I came across the following … Continue reading →

Phishing is another name for a type of Internet fraud. It is an email or pop up ad that looks like it is a business you know and trust, but isn’t. The offending company will use the logo of your bank or a vendor and find a reason to ask you to confirm important details, … Continue reading →

Yesterday I got a letter from the Minnesota District Court of Claims Administration telling me how to file a claim against Microsoft as part of the big class action suit. I thought I might save you some reading or answer some questions by pulling out what I thought were the more important pieces below. (I … Continue reading →

Security concerns have promoted many users to stop using Internet Explorer. I won’t go into the problems (to learn more you can visit the following news story). I thought I’d introduce a few other browsers instead: Netscape: I used to love Netscape! I still remember the sad day I gave it up – but it’s … Continue reading →