Well, the peak of Summer has arrived, as has the heat (in Northern California that is)!! Now that many of you are coming back from vacation, I figured you might want to share those photos with people.   On your next vacation you might want to find a healthy alternative to your normal dining faire? Check out www.vegdining.com for a vegetarian restaurant anywhere in the world!   Enjoy the summer, Clyde   Product Spotlight AddressGrabber   AddressGrabber is a super cool program where you can take an address and move it from one application to another putting all the information, like Name, Address, Phone number and email in exactly the right spot, without having to cut and paste, field/filed. I’ve been using it for over 2 years and love it!!   It’s the fastest way to process leads into contact managers like ACT!, GoldMine, Outlook and 25 other applications.  With a single click, AddressGrabber will intelligently sort and capture contact information from emails, web forms and any other source.  No more cut-&-paste or manual data entry!  AddressGrabber also helps you manage the database by allowing you to schedule follow-up activities at the parsing stage.         If you want the standard version plus Accounting Programs (Peachtree,MS Money, Quicken and Quickbooks) + Shipping Programs (Fed Exp, UPS) go for the business  version. Get a free 15-day trial: http://www.egrabber.com/partner/imc/agb/   If you want the standard version (no Accounting or Shipping Companies), go for the standard version. Get a free 15-day trial at: http://www.egrabber.com/partner/itm/ags/   HUGE Web Browser Vulnerability with Macromedia Flash   Over 90% of computers have a program called Flash which allows people to see cool movies and intros to web pages. There has been a discovery of vulnerability in Flash, which allows malicious coders to do 2 things: 1)      Run malicious code on Windows and Unix/Linux machines meaning just going to this website could erase your hard disk.   2)      When you go to a website with this malicious code, a person could read your hard drive. To solve this problem, go her and get the FREE updated Flash Player: http://sdc.shockwave.com/shockwave/download Read the full story here: http://news.com.com/2100-1046-949364.html?tag=fd_top   Sharing Your Photos with Friends/Family   Ceiva - Download Photos into a picture frame where you can send new photos via the Internet to your grandma/grandpa’s picture frame http://www.ceiva.com/   Free services where you upload your photos to the web and the recipient saves & prints them, or for a fee, they order prints.   Club Photo http://www.clubphoto.com/ dotPhoto http://www.dotphoto.com/ Fotki.com: Share Your Photos Online. Make Your Photo Albums http://www.fotki.com/ MSN Photos http://photos.msn.com/ Ofoto http://www.ofoto.com/ PhotoIsland.com -- share your photo albums online www.photoisland.com Shutterfly http://www.shutterfly.com/ Web Shots http://community.webshots.com/ Yahoo! Photos http://photos.yahoo.com/   Protect Your Data: Anti-Virus & Firewalls   Many of you out there think you’re totally prepared against computer attacks if you have the anti-virus software that came with your computer. This is not the case. New viruses are unleashed on the computer-using public minute/minute, every day, 7 days a week, of various strains. You need Anti-Virus software and you need to update it, MANUALLY, weekly. I still recommend Norton Anti-Virus for both the Mac and PC.   Additionally, hackers are scanning computers, at random, day and night, to see if they can attach themselves virtually to your machine. Once people invade your computer, they can do several things: destroy the data on your machine, take your sensitive data (like bank accounts, passwords and credit cards) and/or launch attack on other computers from your computer. The only way to prevent this is with a firewall. Depending up the degree of confidentiality of the data and your budget, you will either purchase a software (personal) firewall or a hardware firewall or both. I recommend getting both. This issue, we’re just going to talk about personal/software firewalls. Below I list an article on firewalls and several firewall options for both the Mac and PC. Each product has different bells and whistles. Feel free to try them all. My personal favorite is Norton Internet Security. I would not rely on any of the “free” firewalls, as the “paid for” versions are quite a bit more robust.   Firewall Net.com - Guide to install & configure for Windows Mac or Linux PC http://www.firewall-net.com/   Firewalls for the Mac Net Barrier http://www.intego.com/home.asp Norton Internet Security http://www.symantec.com/sabu/nis/nis_mac/   Firewalls for the PC Norton Internet Security http://www.symantec.com/sabu/nis/nis_pe/ Symantec Security Check http://security2.norton.com/SSC/ TINY Personal Firewall http://www.tinysoftware.com/home/tiny2?la=EN Zone Alarm http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/home.jsp   Two great new services from ITM Computing   1.       We are now offering on-line support. This lets us support you worldwide. Just go to www.itmcomputing.com and click on “Live Support” icon. If it says “Online,” that means that someone is there to answer you questions. The best times to get us live are from 9 am PST – 11 am PST and most evenings and scattered weekends. If we’re “Off-Line,” leave us a message and you’ll get an answer promptly. Sales and Billing “calls” are no charge. The cost for tech support services is $1/minute. 2.     In addition to the fantastic designers who work with me designing the beautiful web pages you can view at http://www.helpformywebsite.com/portfolio.htm , we now offer database programming for websites. We use PHP and mySQL. One example of this programming is that you can set up password-protected areas and charge access fees to get to them as another way of generating revenu   Hebrew Software   It amazes me how much software there is for other languages. I don’t know why, but it does. Here’s a sampling of the sites for Hebrew. I would love to get your favorite sites for Chinese, Arabic, Japanese, Russian, Vietnamese, or any of the other thousands of languages out there. What I’m looking for is 4 links for software that runs on a PC/Mac, which can be used to write in your mother tongue. I’ll include it in future versions of this newsletter!   Calendar Maven - Hebrew Calendar http://www.calendar-maven.com/index.htm Davka Corporation - First In Judaic Software http://www.davka.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi DavkaWriter 2001 http://www.davka.com/cgi-bin/product.cgi?product=12 TES  Jewish Software, Hebrew Language and Bible Software http://www.jewishsoftware.com/default.asp?page=category&id=10 Hebrew Software Digest http://www.gy.com/www/he.htm Hebrew Software http://www.rtlsoft.com/hebrew/   Just for fun!   Google in Hebrew http://www.google.co.il/   Fun with your Phone!   Here are some ways to save money, be vain and not miss calls while you’re on the Internet!   1-800 Toll free number search program to locate vanity 800 numbers. http://www.tollfreenumbers.com/index_flash.htm Area Code Lookup - Very cool way to find these! http://decoder.americom.com/cgi-bin/decoder.cgi?handle=americom&ps=1 Compare 10-10 phone rates and save on long distance service! http://10-10phonerates.com/ Free Long Distance Phone Rates Comparison Shopping - ABTolls.com http://abtolls.com/ Pagoo - Don't miss calls while you're on the Internet http://www.pagoo.com/cc.asp ************************ Hope you enjoyed the ride.... Clyde Lerner, In The Moment Computing Phone: 408.732.8500 E-mail comments/feedback to: http://www.itmcomputing.com/contact_computer.php This newsletter is a service of In The Moment Computing and is Copyright 2005 Clyde Lerner. All worldwide rights reserved. If forwarding, please forward all of e-mail, not any portion therein. To see past issues of This and That Computer Tips newsletter, please visit the web at: http://www.itmcomputing.com/newsletter.php and click on "Archives." Please note: Unless requested, questions pertaining to this newsletter will be answered in a 3-4 week time frame. If you need a faster response, there will be a small consultation fee of $15 per e-mail response. You will receive a reply within 48 hours. 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