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August 7, 2007

by Jamie Yates

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Everybody has widgets and gadgets
Amnesty™ Generator is downloadable and free
Use it to convert from Google and others to Vista sidebar
Also available for Mac 10.4
http://www.amnestywidgets.com/GeneratorWin.html

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It’s amazing what services you can find
Do you travel a lot or have two homes?
You may be interested in Earth Class Mail
Selected mail sent to central location
Scanned and accessible from anywhere
Can be shredded or recycled
Can be forwarded – original or electronically
Set-up fee ($35) plus monthly charge ($14.95+)
http://www.earthclassmail.com/personal-use

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The 46 Best-ever Freeware Utilities!
Actually 46 categories – more than 46 programs
Something for everyone
It includes a nice writeup for each one
Seems like a good starting point for free software
Main site has a lot other good information
http://www.techsupportalert.com/best_46_free_utilities.htm#21

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Want to create and print your own book?
Can have both hardcover and soft cover
Prices are reasonable – 8x10 soft cover 40 pages $18.95
Many different options and page counts available
Supports both Windows and Macs
Requires small download
Try Blurb
http://www.blurb.com/home/1/

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You can’t do without this if you work wirelessly outdoors
Do you want to keep mosquitoes and other insects away
It’s the PC version of all the sound driven animal/insect repellants you see
It’s tunable to any animal or frequency
Comes with a predefined list
It appears to be free
Clearly not a US made product.
http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecontent?url=http://dcrteam.sourceforge.net/ultrafobos/&lp=es_en

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Could you crash the entire Internet?
What would happen if it did crash?
It could be really bad
http://www.theonion.com/content/video/breaking_news_all_online_data