A List of Souces for Free ebooks

A List of Souces for
Free E-books
O'Reilly online

Please note, I have not checked these links as of yet. but plan to in the near future. It appears to be a variety of links of varied interests. It is my hope that you find some interesting links both related and unrelated to computer topics.

If you know of any other listings that you would like to share please email them to me at support@computer-gal.com and I will share them for you, giving credit where credit is due.

Thanks again!

http://www.oreilly.com/openbook/

http://sysadmin.oreilly.com/

Computer books and manuals

http://www.hoganbooks.com/freebook/webbooks.html

http://www.informit.com/itlibrary/

http://www.fore.com/support/manuals/home/home.htm

http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/webbuy/freebooks.html

The Network Book

http://www.cs.columbia.edu/netbook/

Some #bookwarez.efnet.irc links

http://www.extrema.net/books/links.shtml

Some #bookwarez.efnet.irc fiction

http://194.58.154.90:4431/enscifi/

Pimpas online books (Indonesia)

http://202.159.16.55/~pimpa2000

http://202.159.15.46/~om-pimpa/buku

Security, privacy and cryptography

http://theory.lcs.mit.edu/~rivest/crypto-security.html

http://www.oberlin.edu/~brchkind/cyphernomicon/

Misc online reading material

http://www.eastcoastfx.com/docs/admin-guides/

http://www.eastcoastfx.com/~jorn/reading/

Computer books

http://solaris.inorg.chem.msu.ru/cs-books/

http://sweetrude.net/~cab/books/

http://alaska.mine.nu/books/

http://poprocks.dyn.ns.ca/dave/books/

http://58-160.skarland.uaf.edu/books/

http://202.186.247.194/~ebook/

http://hooligans.org/reference/

Linux documentation

http://www.linuxdoc.org/docs.html

FreeBSD documentation

http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/

Sun documentation

http://osiris.imw.tu-clausthal.de:8888/

http://uran.vvsu.ru:8888/

SGI documentation

http://newton.unicc.chalmers.se/ebt-bin/nph-dweb/dynaweb;td=2

http://techpubs.sgi.com/library/tpl/cgi-bin/init.cgi

IBM Online Redbooks

http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/

Digital UNIX documentation

http://www.unix.digital.com/faqs/publications/base_doc/DOCUMENTATION/V40D_HTML/V40D_HTML/LIBRARY.HTM

File system Hierarchy Standard

http://www.pathname.com/fhs/2.0/fhs-toc.html

http://www.linuxbase.com/

UNIX stuff

http://www.ucs.ed.ac.uk/~unixhelp/index.html

http://www.uwsg.indiana.edu/usail/

http://www.isu.edu/departments/comcom/unix/workshop/unixindex.html

http://www.franken.de/users/lorien/unix.html

http://www.cs.buffalo.edu/~milun/unix.programming.html

Programmers reading

http://www.programmersheaven.com/

http://www.cs.monash.edu.au/~alanf/se_proj97/

Programming Pearls 2nd edition

http://www.cs.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/pearls/

C stuff

http://www.strath.ac.uk/CC/Courses/NewCcourse/ccourse.html

http://www.cm.cf.ac.uk/Dave/C/CE.html

http://www.cprogramming.com/tutorial.html

http://www.cs.virginia.edu/c++programdesign/slides/

http://www.icce.rug.nl/docs/cplusplus/cplusplus.html

Perl stuff

http://www.webdesigns1.com/perl/ir.html

http://www.ictp.trieste.it/texi/perl/perl_toc.html

http://www.itknowledge.com/tpj/

http://www.plover.com/~mjd/perl/

Java stuff
http://www.cs.brown.edu/courses/cs016/book/

http://polaris.cis.ksu.edu/~schmidt/CIS200/

http://www.daimi.au.dk/dProg1/java/langspec-1.0/index.html

Lisp stuff

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/project/ai-repository/ai/html/cltl/mirrors.html

http://www.cs.tulane.edu/www/Villamil/lisp/

Ada stuff

http://www.adahome.com/Tutorials/

Database reading

http://www.bus.orst.edu/faculty/brownc/lectures/db_tutor/index.htm

SQL stuff

http://w3.one.net/~jhoffman/sqltut.htm

http://www.doc.mmu.ac.uk/STAFF/E.Ferneley/SQL/index.htm

http://www.daimi.au.dk/~oracle/sql/index.html

Visual Basic stuff

http://www.vb-world.net/books/

Handbook of Applied Cryptography

http://www.cacr.math.uwaterloo.ca/hac/

X Window System

http://tronche.com/gui/x/

http://www.cen.com/mw3/refs.html

http://www.gaijin.com/X/

GTX and Gnome stuff

http://developer.gnome.org/doc/GGAD/ggad.html

QT and KDE stuff

http://www.troll.no/qt/

http://developer.kde.org/documentation/tutorials/index.html

http://www.arrakis.es/~rlarrosa/tutorial.html

Corba stuff
http://www.iona.com/hyplan/vinoski/

TCP/IP info

http://www.tunix.kun.nl/ptr/tcpip.html

Misc programmers reading

http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~chilimbi/Pubs.html

http://www.ic.arizona.edu/~nromano/spring99/readings.htm

Some useful tech articles

http://www.sysadminmag.com/

http://www.dotcomma.org/

Considering Hacking Constructive

http://www.firstmonday.dk/issues/issue4_2/gisle/index.html

Eric's Random Writings

http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/writings/

IBM's History

http://www.ibm.com/ibm/history/story/text.html

Electronic Publishing

http://www.civeng.carleton.ca/~nholtz/ElectronicPublishing.html

Digital processing
http://www.dspguide.com/pdfbook.htm

The Hardware Book

http://sunsite.auc.dk/hwb/

Network iQ Router Reference Manual

http://www.teltrend.co.nz/documentation/networkiq/rel74/html/rmtoc.htm

Cisco Product Documentation
http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/

Novell developers’ appnotes
http://developer.novell.com/research/appnotes/

Icons for your desktop

http://nether.tky.hut.fi/iconstore/

Hackers' Hall of Fame at Discovery Online
http://www.discovery.com/area/technology/hackers/hackers.html

Symbols and signs and ideograms and stuff

http://www.symbols.com/ Dictionaries http://www.ohiolink.edu/db/oed.html
http://www.ohiolink.edu/db/ahd.html

http://www.ohiolink.edu/db/columbia.html

http://www.ohiolink.edu/db/thes.html

http://www.eb.com:180/

Misc reading material

http://dali.orgland.ru/tcd/

http://www.ud.se/english/press/pdf_publ.htm

Dante’s Inferno

http://sophia.smith.edu/~lkleinbe/dante/home.html

http://www.divinecomedy.org/

Books and texts

http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/books.html

http://www.ipl.org/reading/books/

http://www.nakedword.org/

http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/alex/

Literature stuff

http://lion.chadwyck.co.uk:8080/

http://www.swan.ac.uk/uwp/lit.htm

Octavo books

http://www.octavo.com/

Project Gutenberg - books and texts

http://www.promo.net/pg/

Project Runeberg - Scandinavian in books and texts

http://www.lysator.liu.se/runeberg/katalog.html

The Elements of Style

http://www.bartleby.com/141/index.html

Bigtext - illustrated books and manuals for DOS

http://www.ozemail.com.au/~kevsol/oldfav.html#bigtext

Breeze - a complete text system for Windows
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~kevsol/sware.html#brzwin

Language links
http://www.june29.com/HLP/

Grimm’s' fairy tales
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/grimm/archive.html

Winnie the Pooh
http://www.machaon.ru/pooh/

Seven Wonders of the World
http://ce.eng.usf.edu/pharos/wonders/

Medieval history
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook2.html

Misc history

http://www.usaor.net/users/ipm/contents.html

http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/littleton/re0_cath.htm

Stonehenge’s Legends
http://www.missgien.net/stonehenge/legends.html

In Parentheses historical papers
http://www.inpar.dhs.org/

Bulfinchs Mythology
http://www.bulfinch.org/

The Dead Sea Scrolls
http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/scrolls/toc.html

Qumran historical site
http://www.kalia.org.il/Qumran/

Index of cults
http://www.totentanz.de/kmedeke/cults.htm

Heretical speculation
http://www.calweb.com/~queribus/gnosticgnus.html

The esoteric Ordo Supremus Militaris Templi Hierosolymitani http://www.osmth.org/index.html

Runes and Norse stuff
http://www.multiart.nu/grimner/
http://www.eastcoastfx.com/~jorn/runes/

Extinction level events
http://members.xoom.com/korwisi/ele/english/index.html
http://impact.arc.nasa.gov/
http://www.boulder.swri.edu/clark/ncar.html

Stephen Hawkings Universe
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/hawking/html/home.html

The constellations
http://www.dibonsmith.com/constel.htm

Falling into a black hole
http://casasrv.colorado.edu/~ajsh/schw.shtml

Gravity is a push
http://www.epicom.com/gravitypush/

Online audio books
http://www.broadcast.com/books/scifi/

ElecBooks
http://www.elecbook.com/eblist.htm

NewMedia Classics
http://www.newmediaclassics.com/

Online Books Archive
http://docs.online.bg/

Internet Public Library
http://www.ipl.org/

Rocket-Library.com
http://www.rocket-library.com/categories.asp

PalmPilot E-Text Ring
http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=pilot_text&id=2&List

Virtual Free Books

http://www.virtualfreesites.com/free.books.am.html

All About Ebooks
http://aalbc.com/ebooks/Allaboutebooks.htm

Pc Magazine has listed the best free software for 2009 179 apps

PC Magazine has done it again. They have listed the best free software for 2009, totalling 179 free applications, software, utilities and more for free. This is definitely a url to bookmark when looking for a application to do the job. Computer Gal has found that for every program there is usually twice as many that are free that will accomplish the same task and even more for free. So be sure to check it out and save the link for future references.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2338804,00.asp

Here is the table of contents of what is available

App Launchers
Audio/Music
Backup
Blogging
Browsers
Calendar/PIMs
Communication/E-Mail
Conferencing
File Transfer/Download
File Viewers/Converters
Finance
Fun/Home
Graphics
IMs
Interface Enhancers
Local Search
Office
Operating Systems
Networking
RSS Readers
Synchronization
Video

Also if you missed last years list here is the url to that as well http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2260070,00.asp

If you know of a good program that is free that is not listed here, let us know and we will list it on our blog, giving you the credit!

Until Later

Computer Gal

BigCrumbs Signup Reminder

A while back I posted a link to bigcrumbs to introduce you to a really simple way to save and earn money. I have earned almost $1,000 since I started a year back. It is really simple you sign up and have access to savings to many main online stores, such as best buy, ebay and more. Not only do you save, you also earn cash back. I receive a payment every month, even if I have not purchased a single item. I have received checks over $100.00 for simply signing up. I urge you to join, as you have nothing to lose and lots to gain. Here is the link once again, I hope you take advantage of this simple opportunity.




Believe me, you will be happy that you did!

Computer Gal

2009 Press Release and Awards Recieved!

I am very proud to have received the following award from Dade City Commerce. I have pasted the press release and award below. Thank you!

Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Computer Gal's Receives 2009 Best of Dade City Award
U.S. Commerce Association’s Award Plaque Honors the Achievement
WASHINGTON D.C., June 8, 2009 -- Computer Gal's has been selected for the 2009 Best of Dade City Award in the Computer Maintenance & Repair category by the U.S. Commerce Association (USCA).
The USCA "Best of Local Business" Award Program recognizes outstanding local businesses throughout the country. Each year, the USCA identifies companies that they believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category. These are local companies that enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and community.
Various sources of information were gathered and analyzed to choose the winners in each category. The 2009 USCA Award Program focused on quality, not quantity. Winners are determined based on the information gathered both internally by the USCA and data provided by third parties.
About U.S. Commerce Association (USCA)
U.S. Commerce Association (USCA) is a Washington D.C. based organization funded by local businesses operating in towns, large and small, across America. The purpose of USCA is to promote local business through public relations, marketing and advertising.
The USCA was established to recognize the best of local businesses in their community. Our organization works exclusively with local business owners, trade groups, professional associations, chambers of commerce and other business advertising and marketing groups. Our mission is to be an advocate for small and medium size businesses and business entrepreneurs across America.
SOURCE: U.S. Commerce AssociationCONTACT:U.S. Commerce AssociationEmail: PublicRelations@us-ca.orgURL: http://www.us-ca.org

Directory: 100 technology experts on Twitter & Links to more tips and resources

What’s a tweet?
The word “tweet” is a Twitter term used as both a noun and a verb. As a verb, it used to talk about a user posting something on Twitter. For example, “She tweeted that she was flying to a business meeting in Seattle with Microsoft.” When used as a noun, it refers to an individual Twitter post. For example, “He posted a tweet last week that included a link to screenshots of Mac OS X Snow Leopard

I found a great list on techrepublic of 100 of the best in technology that are on twitter.

Here is the list and the link

So here is the list, which is not ranked 1-100 but simply listed in alphabetical order. If there are others you think should be added to the list, make a note in the comments.
Chris Anderson (@chr1sa) Editor in Chief of Wired and author of The Long Tail
Michael Arrington (@techcrunch) Founder of TechCrunch
John Battelle (@johnbattelle) Author and pundit on Google and Internet search
Veronica Belmont (@veronica) Former CNET TV and Mahalo Daily host
Randall Bennett (@randallb) Founder of TechVi; former CNET TV producer
David Berlind (@dberlind) TechWeb Editor-at-Large
Ryan Block (@ryanblock) Former Engadget editor and co-founder of GDGT
Henry Blodget (@hblodget) Controversial Wall Street journalist who covers tech sector
Danah Boyd (@zephoria) Academic/researcher in new media
Ed Bott (@edbott) Microsoft Windows expert, blogger, book author
Jason Calacanis (@jasoncalacanis) CEO of Mahalo, founder of Weblogs Inc.
Pete Cashmore (@mashable) CEO of Mashable
David Davis (@davidmdavis) Author, blogger, expert on Cisco and virtualization technologies
Chris Dawson (@mrdatahs) ZDNet blogger on technology in education
Natali Del Conte (@natalidelconte) CNET TV host of Loaded and tech correspondent for CBS News
Mrinal Desai (@mrinaldesai) Co-founder of CrossLoop; tech news junkie
Sam Diaz (@sammyd) ZDNet news hound on the Between the Lines blog
Larry Dignan (@ldignan) ZDNet Editor in Chief; prolific tech news blogger
Esther Dyson (@edyson) Veteran technology pundit
Matt Cutts (@mattcutts) Google engineer, blogger
Bill Detwiler (@billdetwiler) TechRepublic’s head technology editor
John C. Dvorak (@therealdvorak) Famously cranky tech pundit
Erik Eckel (@erikeckel) IT consultant and TechRepublic writer
Mike Elgan (@mike_elgan) Widely-published freelance tech writer
Rob Enderle (@enderle) Long-time analyst of the PC industry
Caterina Fake (@caterina) Co-founder of Flickr
Dan Farber (@dbfarber) Editor of CBSNews.com; former editor of CNET and ZDNet
Scot Finnie (@sfinnie) Editor in Chief of Computerworld
Mary Jo Foley (@maryjofoley) One of the world’s top commentators on Microsoft
Ina Fried (@inafried) CNET’s resident Microsoft analyst
John Furrier (@furrier) Silicon Valley entrepreneur; now specializing in mobility
Steve Gillmor (@stevegillmor) Editor of TechCrunch IT, veteran tech journalist
Bob Gourley (@bobgourley) CTOvision.com blogger; government IT expert
John Gruber (@gruber) Author of Daring Fireball blog; covers mostly Apple
Dion Hinchcliffe (@dhinchcliffe) Blogger and consultant on Web 2.0 for business
Chuck Hollis (@chuckhollis) EMC CTO and blogger
Andy Ihnatko (@ihnatko) Apple pundit
Jeff Jarvis (@jeffjarvis) Professor and author who covers intersection and tech and media
Mitch Kapor (@mkapor) Lotus, Mozilla pioneer; angel investor
Guy Kawasaki (@guykawasaki) Venture capitalist and former Mac columnist
Michael Krigsman (@mkrigsman) Watchdog of IT project failures
Sarah Lacy (@sarahcuda) Freelance author covering Silicon Valley
Leo Laporte (@leolaporte) Host of TWiT network and former TechTV host
Brian Lam (@blam) Editorial Director of Gizmodo
Nicole Lee (@nicole) CNET editor on cellphones and smartphones
Jennifer Leggio (@mediaphyter) ZDNet blogger on social media for business
Cali Lewis (@calilewis) Host of GeekBrief.TV
Charlene Li (@charleneli) Author and social media thought leader
Jim Louderback (@jlouderb) CEO of Revision3; former editor of PC Magazine
Scott Lowe (@scottdlowe) CIO, author, and TechRepublic columnist
Andrew Mager (@mager) Web developer and ZDNet blogger on Web 2.0
Om Malik (@om) Founder of GigaOm
Amber MacArther (@ambermac) Tech journalist and broadcaster
Richard MacManus (@rww) Editor and founder of ReadWriteWeb
Marissa Mayer (@marissamayer) Google product development executive
Caroline McCarthy (@caro) CNET writer covering Web 2.0
Harry McCracken (@harrymccracken) Founder of Technologizer and former editor of PC World
Tom Merritt (@acedtect) Host of Buzz Out Loud and various CNET TV shows
Walt Mossberg (@waltmossberg) Tech columnist for The Wall Street Journal
Rafe Needleman (@rafe) Editor of CNET’s Webware
Patrick Norton (@patricknorton) Tekzilla host and former TechTV personality
Andrew Nusca (@editorialiste) ZDNet news writer; SmartPlanet.com editor
Tim O’Reilly (@timoreilly) Founder and CEO of O’Reilly Media
Jeremiah Owyang (@jowyang) Forrester analyst on new media technologies
Jason Perlow (@jperlow) ZDNet blogger and Linux Magazine writer
Chris Pirillo (@chrispirillo) Tech geek turned Internet personality
Jason Pontin (@jason_pontin) Editor in Chief of MIT Technology Review
David Pogue (@pogue) Tech columnist for New York Times and CNBC
JR Rafael (@jr_raphael) Tech news writer for PC World
Maggie Reardon (@maggie_reardon) CNET reporter on mobile and wireless technology
Don Reisinger (@donreisinger) Gadget columnist for CNET
Gabe Rivera (@gaberivera) Founder of Techmeme
Peter Rojas (@peterrojas) Original creator of both Gizmodo and Engadget
Kevin Rose (@kevinrose) Founder of Digg.com, host of Diggnation
Joshua Schachter (@joshu) Creator of Delicious, a.k.a. del.icio.us
Jack Schofield (@jackschofield) Computer editor at The Guardian
Erick Schonfeld (@erickschonfeld) TechCrunch editor
Robert Scoble (@scobleizer) Tech writer and social media flag-bearer
Sascha Seagan (@saschasegan) Mobile writer for PC Magazine
Doc Searls (@dsearls) Tech journalist, author, open source advocate
Stephen Shankland (@stshank) CNET News reporter, covering Web and search
Deb Shinder (@debshinder) Popular tech tip writer for TechRepublic and other publications
Dwight Silverman (@dsilverman) Technology editor for the Houston Chronicle
Jason Snell (@jsnell) Editorial Director of Macworld
Mark Spoonauer (@mspoonauer) Editor in Chief of LAPTOP
Robert Strohmeyer (@rstrohmeyer) PC World editor and columnist
Kara Swisher (@karaswisher) Silicon Valley blogger for AllThingsD.com
Paul Thurrott (@thurrott) Microsoft Windows columnist, editor, and podcaster
Joshua Topolsky (@joshuatopolsky) Editor in Chief of Engadget
Gina Trapani (@ginatrapani) Founding editor of Lifehacker.com
Lance Ulanoff (@lanceulanoff) Editor in Chief of PC Magazine
Rick Vanover (@rickvanover) Senior IT professional and TechRepublic blogger
Tony Vincent (@tonyvincent) Writer on mobile tech and IT in education
Werner Vogels (@werner) Amazon.com CTO
Jack Wallen (@jlwallen) Linux enthusiast, columnist, and tip writer
Padmasree Warrior (@padmasree) CTO of Cisco Systems
Fred Wilson (@fredwilson) Tech venture capitalist in New York
Alex Wolfe (@awolfe58) Editor in Chief of InformationWeek
Molly Wood (@mollywood) CNET TV host and creator of the famed “Molly rant”
Dave Zatz (@davezatz) Gadget and digital lifestyle blogger

Source Techrepublic http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/hiner/?p=1860&tag=nl.e099.dl090819&tag=nl.e099

Some other helpful links

A quick Twitter guide and glossary for business users

10 valuable Twitter utilities for business users

99 Essential Twitter Tools And Applications

50 Useful Twitter Tools for Writers and Researchers

Twitter 101 for Business (Twitter.com)
How I use Twitter, and you? (Jeremiah Owyang)
A brief and informal Twitter etiquette guide (Chris Brogan)

My twitter is http://twitter.com/computergals

I have to admit, I do not use it much yet, but plan to more in the future.

Hope this helps

Computer Gal

Resetting Admin Password In Vista

If you have an account in vista with administrative priviledges you can reset the password

in Vista, just use the Search field), enter control userpasswords2 (don't forget the 2 at the end).

In the dialog that appears is a panel titled Password for Administrator. Click the Reset Password button in this panel and assign a new password that you'll remember but that a malefactor or a virus won't guess.

If that button is disabled, check the box at the top that says, Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer. That will enable the button. After changing the Administrator password, close the main User Accounts dialog by clicking Cancel rather than OK. That way, your change to the "Users must enter..." check box won't actually change anything.

A tip from PC Magazine

Microsoft Security Essentials Beta Free

Microsoft is offering free to the public a free antivirus security essential pack. As usual while in beta format, free offerings don't last long, so get it while you can.

You can find more information and the free download here

Hope this helps

Computer Gal

Did you know Computer Gal is a Page Plus Dealer

I'm not sure if I mentioned this or not, but I am a authorized page plus cellular dealer. I can activate your phones, add minutes, even offer you fantastic dealer pricing on new phones.

Please let me know if I can help you in any way. I will add some of the current sales soon.

Computer Gal

How to extend trial period Windows Server 2008

Here is a neat trick that allows you to extend your 60 day trial period on Server 2008 and probably other Microsoft prodcuts as well. I know it works with Vista too for sure. Anyway all you have to do is open the command prompt and type slmgr.vbs -dli
A windows will pop open giving you the current status of your evaluation period. This is really important because you do not want to run the next script until the end of your 60 day trial period. Now type slmgr.vbs -rearm. Important you can only reset the trial period 3 times, thus allowing you to extend your evaluation period up to 240 days. Hope this helps!

Till later
Computer Gal

Auctiva no longer free for the most part

Activa due to ebay's affiliate change in policy has been forced to charge for their services.

Apparently after a mass closing of accounts they changed their new fees. From what I gather on the boards, people were going to end up paying them up to $700.00 after paying listing, image hosting and some other charges. Credit to their CEO he paid attention and fast and changed their fees to a monthly fee depending on how many listings you create/relist per month. So if you have auctiva, hurry up and check it out before you end up paying a large bill for not selecting a plan and get stuck with the default pay per listing fee, when ebay's relists your listing automatically every 30 days.

until later

Computer Gal

Recycle your old computer/laptop and help a child

Hello,

I am the owner of Computer Gal's LLC. I have found a need in the rural areas such as lacoochee and Dade City where Students are without computers and there are not any library s close enough for them to walk (most of their parents have no vechicle) to to complete their assignments. Their are also adults that are in need of access to a computer to sign up for government benefits, and look for jobs.

I am looking for a building in the above area so set up a learning center as well as a computer lab for some of the individuals to use. I will also be giving systems to needy families for a either no cost or minimal to cover parts and fuel. We also will be in need of a van to deliver and pick up students and adults to transport them back and forth from the computer lab if necessary.

If you have a vacant building in the above area that you are not using we are willing to paint and such to work off rent until hopefully a government grant is approved to pay rent.

We are asking that anyone that would like to donate or recycle their old systems to please contact us and we will pick up any items that you have.

Businesses/consumers wishing to donate we are hipaa certified and will conpletely erase all information to secure your privacy.

We are completely 100% women and are approved as a minority owned company and will be applying for non profit license (under another business name), but in the mean time we are asking people to please use our Company Computer Gal's LLC which is on the list as a recycle drop off center so we many use those recycable systems to help the rural low income areas as they are in need.

I have over 15 years technology experience, as well as Healthcare Information Technolgoy, Web Design, computer repair, computer training and much more.

Businesses again please consider Computer gal's when upgrading to new systems, as your old systems could be the difference between someone graduation high school.

thank you again.
If you wish you donate any of the above please contact me. sherry@computer-gal.com

Moneybookers is the way to go with ebay after paypal 21 day hold announced

• Want to break up the monopoloy? Moneybookers is now an autorized payment service for ebay buyers and sellers.
  
  Ebay/Paypal announced that they would be holding the sellers money for 21 days or until the buyer left a positive feedback. WTF, most buyers do not even leave feedback, they just want their product, and are not interested in playing the ebay feedback game. Now sellers will have to get the buyer to please leave them feedback or wait out the 21 days that paypal get to keep your money. Sounds crazy but it is true.
  
  Want out sign up with moneybookers here or if link does not work here is the url https://www.moneybookers.com/app/?rid=11847353
  
  More info about moneybookers below
  
  Moneybookers for Buyers
  You will love the convenience, protection, and rewards from using Moneybookers.
  Pay conveniently via credit card without complicated registration burden
  Moneybookers gives you a complete overview of your online spendings - so you can keep track of your expenses
  Payments are instant - you get your items faster
  You do not reveal any sensitive financial or personal information to the seller

ebay's policy on acceptable payment methods http://pages.ebay.com/help/pay/methods.html

I read on auctionbytes that after ebay banned money order and checks basically forcing everyone to use their fully owned payment service paypal, that floods of complaints were sent to the attorney generals office.

I guess ebay figured busted, we had better allow some other alternatives, but started with services that were very expensive.

Anywho looks like moneybookers is the way to go for now, but I truly believe ebay is digging it own hole as they are the most untrustworthy company I have seen in a long time with their mandory changes every 30 days or so. Thoughts anyone?

Computer Gal

ebay nightmare still not over- Paypal wants to hold your money for 21 days.

Well,
I don't think you guys will believe this, but hopefully you will.

Remember the nutcase that tried to blackmail me (all over not paying me for napster codes after he got the codes) and threaten my life amoung all kinds of over cray sh!T. Well, since I took a couple months off for summer break and so forth. I get an email from paypal stating that there will be a hold of 21 days on all my payments (since I started adding my inventory back on ebay). I have sold well over 1,000 items on ebay with a pretty clean track record until this guy and his friend decide to neg me.


I have ben on ebay for since the year 2000 and did not get my first negative until this year.

People are saying that since a seller cannot leave a negative, buyers are just leaving them for fun, who knows.

Anyway can you belive that you are supposed to wait 21 days after you sold an item to get your money. I mean no way is paypal keeping my money interest free for that amount of time. I am supposed to pay for everything out of pocket, wait 21 days while they collect the interest. Ebay/Payal wake up. The products are not yours, you cannot keep the money. Monolopy is what I smell. Buyers can't even write checks or money orders anymore so most sells will be forced to go through paypal so they can keep it.

Well I guess someone turned them in for something so they did add a couple more payment methods one is moneybrokers. Please sign up with them. Click here and read below for more info.

From my ebay terms
Accepted forms of Payment:
Currently Computer Gal's LLC only accepts Moneybookers and approved alternative to paypal. Moneybookers offers all the same protections of paypal, but they are seperately owned allowing a fair playground for both buyer and seller.
I have copied information from moneybrookers web site for more information on their buyer services.
Whether you are selling products or buying items, Moneybookers is the easy way to complete an online transaction. With Moneybookers your data is secure and protected against identity theft.
Moneybookers for Buyers
You will love the convenience, protection, and rewards from using Moneybookers.
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For More information on Moneybookers
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For more information on ebay's moneybookers payment policy check here http://pages.ebay.com/help/pay/methods.html

Summer Break

Hello All!

I'm still on a little summer break from ebay and my online persona. I received some very threatening emails from some crazy sicko on ebay wishing me and my family death and all kinds of crazy stuff. I reported it to ebay and do you know what they did? Nothing! I mean the guy is completely nuts and the language he used was so foul, I would find it hard to believe he passed the second grade. He filed false claims against me and when I ignored him, he finally left a negative feedback and then got someone else to as well. ebay of course only hires people that may have passed the third grade so they let it all stand because it is becoming the marketplace they are striving for. So today's lesson is, threaten whoever you want to on ebay, call them any name you want, because ebay will not do anything to you. Professionalism is no longer a must to buy or sell on ebay, they have lost everything that made them so unique to begin with, which was a great American trading post where you could find the old and hard to find, chat with like collectors, find others with the same interest. Now it is a alleyway, underground hangout for the criminals and crazies, that has people in customer service that can't even speak english. Not a place for honest people that can trust a hand shake deal. ebay knows it is one sided with their positive only feedback which has opened so many doors for scam artists it is unbelievable, but do they care. NO, and either should we. If the sellers leave ebay so would the buyers. As long as we keep bending over, they will eventually push us down and laugh, because they know the next round of unemployed will open a store the next day and they can start all over. What they don't know is eventually someone else will stand up to bat that has a even playing field and they will go down in history as being the biggest rip off America has ever seen!

Where in the world is Computer Gal?

Hi Folks, sorry it has been awhile since I posted, but a lot has happened over the last month.

My eldest daughter got married which was a huge event as my daughter is a interior designer and well as you can imagine, everything had to be just so. I am so happy for her and her new husband.

I then got the flu which had me down for a good couple weeks, I guess since I was so mentally and physically exhausted.

I then got a ebay stalker who has been threatening my life and just plain making me miserable. Guess what ebay is doing...NOTHING. They would not remove his undeserved negative feedback. Which he left because I would not play his game, meaning I ignored his threats on my life, my families life and suggested that I suffer some pretty "silence of the lamb" type stuff. I am just appalled at the entire thing so I have been making a living the best I can without ebay's help at the moment (care to donate to my cause?)

As soon as this all blows over I have a ton of great tips lined up for everyone, including how to make money on the web via affiliates that seem to work out for a lot of enterprising folks. So stay tuned.

Computer Gal

ps Robin Hood could you please contact me ASAP

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Ten million PCs may be infected with sneaky programs

Panda: ID Theft Trojans Are on 1 in 100 PCs We Scan

According to an article I read on PC World web site and I have quoted below for you, we have some major problems going on. The part that worries me, which I have highlighted for you below is that 35% of the infected computers were running up to date protection!

"The company found that just over one percent of the 67 million people who tried out its free ActiveScan test site last year were infected with malicious software designed to help thieves steal sensitive information about victims. If one percent of the world's 1 billion computers are infected, that would mean that this kind of software is on 10 million PCs worldwide, the company reports.

These identity-theft-focused Trojan programs are becoming more sophisticated, and more common. Panda's detection rate jumped 800 percent between the middle of 2008 and the end of the year, according to Carlos Zevallos, a security evangelist with the security company. "The report shows a very sobering number," he said. "We don't want it to seem that it is a hopeless battle [but] all businesses innovate, and crimeware is a business."

Identity theft is a big problem. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission estimates that 9 million U.S. residents have their identities stolen each year through a variety of techniques, including dumpster diving, skimming credit card numbers at legitimate businesses and phishing.

According to Panda, these Trojan programs are a now a serious threat too. Victims of the Trojans are usually tricked into installing the software themselves. They may think they're installing a new plugin in order to view a video. Once the software is installed, it typically sends messages to a central, command and control server

Although banking Web sites have added a lot of features over the years to prevent hackers in another country such as Russia from logging into online accounts, these banking Trojans can be really hard to stop, Zevallos said. "They essentially have complete control of your machine, so they can send a request from your machine and the Web site will not know that it is not being initiated by the user."

Trojans can take screen shots of everything on your screen and search the machine for credit-card numbers, Social Security numbers, resumes -- anything that could be used in identity theft. Today's Trojans can even download software updates from their criminal masters.

Today's most common financial Trojans go by names like Cimuz, Sinowal and Torpig.

Most of these programs come from China or Russia, but Panda says that a growing number are coming from Brazil and Korea too.

In the past few years, hackers have become very good at cranking out new, slightly altered, variants of their malware, designed to evade antivirus detection. So antivirus products will detect identity theft Trojans, but not all of them. Panda said that 35 percent of the infected PCs that it spotted last year were already using up-to-date antivirus programs."

Not good news folks, here is the link for the article

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Microsoft Offers $250K Reward to Catch Worm Conficker Author

Do you know the conflicker worm creator? If so, you could earn $250k if you turn them over to Microsoft.

According to an article at Inside tech and I quote
http://www.insidetech.com/news/articles/3997-microsoft-offers-250k-reward-to-catch-worm-authors

"The Conficker worm multiplied like wildfire, and spreads through a hole found in Microsoft Windows systems, though the vulnerability was patched in October. It also is able to disable anti-malware protection and will block an infected PC from visiting anti-malware vendors Web sites to receive updates.
Security experts are even more worried about the possibility the worm calls home every 24 hours to at least 250 servers each day for instructions or directed actions."

Hosuton's police department apparently was infected and forced to stop arresting people with traffic warrants because the worm spread its way through the police and city court's computer systems.

Now that is bad news folks. Click on the link above for more information on the conflicker worm.

Computer Gal

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List of week passwords used by hackers the most

If you are using a password listed below, change it immediately, as it is listed on the most commonly used by hacker password list.

123
1234
12345
123456
1234567
12345678
123456789
1234567890
123123
12321
123321
123abc
123qwe
123asd
1234abcd
1234qwer
1q2w3e
a1b2c3
admin
Admin
administrator
nimda
qwewq
qweewq
qwerty
qweasd
asdsa
asddsa
asdzxc
asdfgh
qweasdzxc
q1w2e3
qazwsx
qazwsxedc
zxcxz
zxccxz
zxcvb
zxcvbn
passwd
password
Password
login
Login
pass
mypass
mypassword
adminadmin
root
rootroot
test
testtest
temp
temptemp
foofoo
foobar
default
password1
password12
password123
admin1
admin12
admin123
pass1
pass12
pass123
root123
pw123
abc123
qwe123
test123
temp123
mypc123
home123
work123
boss123
love123
sample
example
internet
Internet
nopass
nopassword
nothing
ihavenopass
temporary
manager
business
oracle
lotus
database
backup
owner
computer
server
secret
super
share
superuser
supervisor
office
shadow
system
public
secure
security
desktop
changeme
codename
codeword
nobody
cluster
customer
exchange
explorer
campus
money
access
domain
letmein
letitbe
anything
unknown
monitor
windows
files
academia
account
student
freedom
forever
cookie
coffee
market
private
games
killer
controller
intranet
work
home
job
foo
web
file
sql
aaa
aaaa
aaaaa
qqq
qqqq
qqqqq
xxx
xxxx
xxxxx
zzz
zzzz
zzzzz
fuck
12
21
321
4321
54321
654321
7654321
87654321
987654321
0987654321
0
00
000
0000
00000
00000
0000000
00000000
1
11
111
1111
11111
111111
1111111
11111111
2
22
222
2222
22222
222222
2222222
22222222
3
33
333
3333
33333
333333
3333333
33333333
4
44
444
4444
44444
444444
4444444
44444444
5
55
555
5555
55555
555555
5555555
55555555
6
66
666
6666
66666
666666
6666666
66666666
7
77
777
7777
77777
777777
7777777
77777777
8
88
888
8888
88888
888888
8888888
88888888
9
99
999
9999
99999
999999
9999999
99999999

Computer Gal

More on the Worm:Win32/Conficker.B

Which is also known as:

TA08-297A (other)

CVE-2008-4250 (other)

VU827267 (other)

Win32/Conficker.A (CA)

Mal/Conficker-A (Sophos)

Trojan.Win32.Agent.bccs (Kaspersky)

W32.Downadup.B (Symantec)

Confickr (other)

Each security service provider seems to have a different code name, which in my opinion is ridiculous. It seems they should all agree on one name, to at least make it easy on the consumer/tech on finding removal tools or overall general information.

The worm exploits a vulnerability in the Windows Server service (SVCHOST.EXE). If the vulnerability is successfully exploited, it could allow remote code execution when file sharing is enabled. It may also spread via removable drives and weak administrator passwords. It disables several important system services and security products. Here is the hints that you may be infected.

The following system changes may indicate the presence of this malware:

• The following services are disabled or fail to run:
Windows Update Service
Background Intelligent Transfer Service
Windows Defender
Windows Error Reporting Services

• Some accounts may be locked out due to the following registry modification, which may flood the network with connections:
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters
"TcpNumConnections" = "0x00FFFFFE"

• Users may not be able to connect to websites or online services that contain the following strings:
virus
spyware
malware
rootkit
defender
microsoft
symantec
norton
mcafee
trendmicro
sophos
panda
etrust
networkassociates
computerassociates
f-secure
kaspersky
jotti
f-prot
nod32
eset
grisoft
drweb
centralcommand
ahnlab
esafe
avast
avira
quickheal
comodo
clamav
ewido
fortinet
gdata
hacksoft
hauri
ikarus
k7computing
norman
pctools
prevx
rising
securecomputing
sunbelt
emsisoft
arcabit
cpsecure
spamhaus
castlecops
threatexpert
wilderssecurity
windowsupdate

Up next a list of the most commonly used passwords that hackers look for to break into your network.

Computer Gal

Confickr/Downadup Worm Spreading Fast & Hard to kill

The Confickr/Downadup Worm is spreading fast and is hard to kill according to Information Week Dark Reading recent articles. The conficker worm, which originated in China, has now extended across 83 countries, and is particularly virulent in the United States, Spain, Taiwan, Brazil and Mexico. In the U.S. alone, PandaLabs has identified at least 18,000 infected computers, although the real figure is probably much much higher. This worm is working like the blaster worm which was devistating to many networks a few years back. A good example of how fast this worm is moving is out of 2 million analyzed, 118,000 were infected. Apparently there was a patch for the worm in October, and any computer that did not download Microsoft's patch is vulnerable. The worm then shuts down the computers ability to download the patch or update their antivirus software. The worm also favors mp3 players and usb drives by running a program that asks the consumer if they want to open the device to view the files, once clicked yes to view the contents it infects the computer. Read more at the Panda blog entry for this worm here http://research.pandasecurity.com/archive/Warning_3A00_-Conficker-worm-infections-gaining-traction.aspx?sitepanda=empresas

Download's Microsoft patch here http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS08-067.mspx

Disinfect affected machines using Malware Radar for corporate networks, or ActiveScan for personal computers. - Disable AutoRun for USB devices - Make sure that all antivirus and security solutions are updated to their latest product version and signature file version.

Double check that your antivirus software is updating, run full scans, visit our web site onine resource page for free online scans, and also add Panda's free scan to the list as well which requires a quick registration found here

http://www.pandasecurity.com/activescan/index/?track=1&Lang=en-US&IdPais=63

As always I will keep you posted on any new news!

Computer Gal

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