Powerful Free Data Recovery

TestDisk is a powerful free data recovery software! It was primarily designed to help recover lost partitions and/or make non-booting disks bootable again when these symptoms are caused by faulty software, certain types of viruses or human error (such as accidentally deleting a Partition Table). Partition table recovery using TestDisk is really easy.
TestDisk has features for both novices and experts. For those who know
little or nothing about data recovery techniques, TestDisk can be used
to collect detailed information about a non-booting drive which can
then be sent to a tech for further analysis. Those more familiar with
such procedures should find TestDisk a handy tool in performing onsite
recovery.
http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk

Free Trucking Screensaver

17 Stunning images of custom trucks. It's FREE!
http://www.masslogics.com/screensaver/

Free program launcher

RunMe is a free program launcher that can dock into
sides of your screen and become available on mouse-over. It is similar
to the Windows’ start menu in its look and feel, in that allows
for placing shortcuts in folders within folders. It supports special
effects, animation, transparency, and a good number of very good
looking skins. Nothing beats a good launcher for quickly re-inventing the way you work
with your computer. I did not expect much of this launcher at first but
after trying it I found it to be very robust and surprisingly
smart-looking. more here

Phishers use DNS tricks

Anti-phishing group reports a sharp rise in malware that directs users to DNS servers controlled by phishers.

The latest information on phishing indicates that fraudsters are increasingly using malicious software to direct users to
their deceptive sites. The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) said in a new report Thursday that it saw a sharp rise in November in malware that directs users to DNS (Domain Name System) servers controlled
by phishers. DNS servers play a crucial role in locating Web sites. The servers translate a domain name into an IP (Internet protocol)
address, enabling a Web site to be located and accessed through a browser. Often, the phishers will set up their own DNS server that works fine most of the time but can redirect to their own malicious
site. more here

Telemarketers Beware

Check your Gmail messages without opening your browser

The Gmail Notifier is an application that alerts you
when you have new Gmail messages. It displays an icon in your system
tray to let you know if you have unread Gmail messages, and shows you
their subjects, senders and snippets, all without your having to open a
web browser. The Notifier is in beta. Before you download it, we encourage you to review the system requirements and privacy information. source

Diesel linked to truckers' deaths

The odds of dying from heart disease are nearly 50 percent higher for
truck drivers than the general U.S. population, and diesel exhaust is a
likely culprit, according to a new Harvard University study of
importance to transportation-heavy California.

The findings are part of the largest and most comprehensive study yet
conducted on the effects of diesel engine emissions on trucking
industry workers nationwide, from long-haul drivers to office clerks,
engine mechanics and dockworkers exposed to exhaust in the yard. Harvard Medical School researchers said they examined the jobs and
medical histories of more than 54,000 male Teamsters union members who
had worked for one of four national trucking companies from 1985
through 2000.
The findings are important not only for transportation workers but also
for people who commute in heavy diesel-fueled traffic or who live or
work near truck terminals, ports and railroad yards, said Cynthia
Garcia, a state air pollution scientist. more here

search 85 million videos

http://en.fooooo.com/

Qtrax is the world’s first free and legal peer-to-peer (P2P) digital music site

Music lovers can discover new music and legally download full-length,
high-quality versions of their favorite songs while compensating both
the artists and the record labels through non-intrusive and relevant
advertising. Qtrax has the unparalleled support of the major record
labels and all of their respective publishing divisions. Qtrax and its
components are developed by LTDnetwork Inc. a division of Brilliant
Technologies Corporation. http://www.qtrax.com/

Online sharable voting lists

VoteLists lets you create a list of rankable items. Others can add items (if you want that), comment on them, rate them and more!
http://www.votelists.com/

Most malware now from legitimate sites

Most websites serving up malware are legitimate according to a senior
security researcher. Dan Hubbard, Websense's vice president of security
research, said that for the first time, legitimate sites seized by
hackers outnumber malicious ones.

According to data compiled by Websense, 51 percent of the sites it
classified as malicious in the second half of 2007 had been compromised
and then seeded with attack code that infected unpatched machines
visiting the URLs. The remaining 49 percent were "intentionally built
for malicious intent," the Websense report said. source

Uninstall, delete, remove unwanted programs and traces easily

Revo Uninstaller helps you to uninstall and remove any unwanted application installed on your computer.
With its advanced and fast algorithm, Revo Uninstaller analyzes an
application's data before uninstall and scans after you uninstall an
application. After the program's regular uninstaller runs, you can
remove additional unnecessary files, folders and registry keys that are
usually left over on your computer. Even if you have a broken
installation, Revo Uninstaller scans for an application's data on your
hard disk drives and in the Windows registry and shows all found files,
folders and registry items so you can delete them. http://www.revouninstaller.com/index.html

Free online calculator site

Free online calculator site that includes auto loan, interest, calorie,
car payment, loan, retirement, morgage, and standard calculater. Use
these calculators to plan your payments and solve any problems.http://mycalculator.org/

Explore community-built lists to easily find new stuff

• Users build lists by ranking their favorite stuff
• Users also import lists from experts around the web
• Seekler merges all the lists into one community list that you can use to find new stuff

http://seekler.com/

Nonpartisan candidate calculator

VoteHelp is a nonpartisan candidate calculator that tracks the main politicians'
stands on important issues.

http://www.votehelp.org/

Process Lasso v2.44

Process Lasso is a unique new technology intended to
automatically adjust the allocation of CPU cycles so that system
responsiveness is improved in high-load situations. It does this by
dynamically temporarily lowering the priorities of processes that are
consuming too many CPU cycles, there-by giving other processes a chance
to run if they are in need. This is useful for both single and
multi-core processors. No longer will a single process be able to bring
your system to a virtual stall. n addition, Process Lasso offers capabilities such as
default process priorities, default process CPU affinities, termination
of disallowed processes, and logging of processes executed. With Process
Lasso you essentially create rules to manage processes running on your
system. freeware http://www.processlasso.com/prolasso.php

Blogger v Wordpress

In case anyone was wondering.... Im running a test wordpress:)
http://truckthis.wordpress.com/
Not real sure what im doing:))) but just testing

Small antivirus companies are overwhelmed

Small antivirus and anti-spyware companies are being
overwhelmed by the amount of malware being produced, according to
security researcher Alex Eckelberry. Eckelberry, president and chief executive of antivirus company Sunbelt
Software, said on Thursday that the huge amount of malware in existence
makes it difficult for small compnaies to tackle the problem. "No longer can a company compete with a few folks in the lab and a group of good programmers," wrote Eckelberry in a blog post.
"They're out there: little companies with small teams working an
anti-spyware or antivirus product, but it's hopeless. A small platoon
won't win this war. You need a brigade." fullstory

Roll your own Firefox Search Engine

Create custom search engines for Firefox
http://www.rollyo.com/firefoxsearch.html

Get your programs faster with less fuss

Downloading the latest versions of your favorite programs is a tiring
task, especially on a fresh installation of Windows. Navigating through
the mess of websites and download links is frustrating, waiting for the
installers to download is boring, and running each one separately is
annoying. InstallPad can help you. It takes a list of your favorite programs and
will download and install the ones you pick. It doesn't need to ask any
questions, so you can go do more important things. InstallPad can
resume downloads you've canceled, and can even try and find the latest
version of your program online. If you administrate or develop for Windows, InstallPad can help you get
a machine set up with service packs, applications or development tools
without the need for CDs or running lots of scripts. With it you can
quickly install a host of programs silently, pass arguments to the
installers, and run post-installation scripts. http://installpad.com/

Cops can search you and your phones memory

Here's a frightening but real proposition: if you are caught breaking
certain traffic laws, not only do police have the right to search
you—they can go through all your electronic data as
well—your text messages, call histories, browsing history,
downloaded emails and photos. In a recent academic paper, South Texas
Assistant Professor Adam Gershowitz explains that because many traffic
violations are arrestable offenses, just as a cop could search your
pockets for drugs, said cop can also search your pockets for a
smartphone and go through all its contents. The same is true for any
standard arrest, and given the amount of data in current smartphones,
it's a scary proposition (even for law-abiding citizens like us).
source

Alabama Rolls Out Web Portal for Truckers

MONTGOMERY, Ala., January 23, 2008
- The state's Information Services Division (ISD), a division of the
State Department of Finance, announced the roll out of a new web portal
for truckers this morning. The site, found at www.trucking.alabama.gov, provides a single-source, one-stop portal for truckers in or passing through Alabama. "Alabama's state troopers welcome the
development of this new portal as a means of quickly and reliably
communicating information vital to commercial drivers, which
contributes overall to highway and traffic safety in our state," said
Col. J. Christopher Murphy, director of the Alabama Department of
Public Safety. The portal is geared toward providing
everything from online payments of trip and fuel permits to safety
issues, road rules and regulations and Alabama maps identifying welcome
centers, rest areas, emergency road closures and much more. story here
http://trucking.alabama.gov/trucking/

Your personal Windows desktop weather station

Weather Watcher v5.6.24 **update**
Automatically retrieve the current conditions, hourly forecast, daily
forecast, detailed forecast, severe weather alerts from the National
Weather Service (US only), and weather maps for over 77,000 cities
world-wide. The current conditions can be quickly viewed by holding
your mouse pointer over the Weather Watcher system tray icon. Weather Watcher will allow you to automatically retrieve your weather
data at a set interval, display the current temperature in a customized
tray icon, display the current condition image in a tray icon,
designate which weather information is displayed in the Weather Watcher
system tray tooltip, convert the weather data using almost any
conversion, display a weather map as your desktop wallpaper, log the
weather data in any format, export the weather data in any format,
customize the look of the Weather Watcher interface and icons via
skins, and much more. Its FREE:) look here

AccuRadio is the world's leading independent, multichannel Internet radio station

Featuring over 300 channels and subchannels of really cool music.

Plus, you can customize each channel to your tastes. And, best of all, it's free!
http://www.accuradio.com/

OTR.Network a free resource for Old Time Radio (OTR) fans

The OTR.Network Library is a free
resource for Old Time Radio (OTR) fans. We have over 12,000 OTR shows available for instant listening, with 100 more added each week. http://www.otr.net/

Safeway has converted its entire US trucking fleet to use cleaner burning biodiesel fuel.

Safeway Inc., the third largest supermarket retailer in the US, has
announced that it has converted its entire US trucking fleet to use cleaner
burning biodiesel fuel.
All 1,000 Safeway lorries are now displaying the "Powered by Biodiesel" logo to
help inform the public about its commitment towards the use of biofuels.
According to Safeway, the initiative will help reduce carbon dioxide emissions
by 75 million pounds annually (3,400 tonnes), the equivalent of taking nearly
7,500 passenger vehicles off the road each year. source

Watch local TV, world TV, Live TV, satellite TV on your PC

Using anyTV means you can watch numerous of international TVs without a
television, TV Tuner Card or a satellite receiver. Watch anywhere you
have your internet Online. No additional equipments required.http://www.anytvplayer.com/

243% more protection than antivirus alone

Will your antivirus software catch the latest malware that just came out today? In most cases, no, because
it simply does not know how to detect it yet.

But ThreatFire's ActiveDefense technology does, and has
proven to provide up to 243% more protection when combined with traditional AntiVirus products.
PCs are under constant attack from viruses, spyware and identity theft. Every day you hear about a new
threat to your PC. They're coming faster than ever before, they're getting harder to stop and traditional
antivirus products are not able to keep up. ThreatFire is dramatically different to traditional antivirus software. Normal antivirus products
usually need to have first identified and seen a threat before they can provide adequate protection
against it. The protection is then provided via a signature or fingerprint update, which must first
be written by an antivirus researcher. This creates a large window of time where threats are undetected
and can therefore infect your PC even when you have antivirus software installed. ThreatFire continually protects your PC against attacks by detecting malicious behavior, such
as capturing your keystrokes or stealing your data, instead of only looking for known threats like normal
antivirus software. By implementing sophisticated real-time behavioral analysis ThreatFire is
able to stop never- before-seen
"zero-day" threats solely by detecting their malicious activity. http://www.threatfire.com/

low-level, real-time registry monitor

Not sure what happened to the web site but snapfiles still offers this.
RegistryProt is a standalone, compact, low-level, real-time registry
monitor. By monitoring important locations and keys in the Windows
system registry, RegistryProt will alert whenever a key is added or
changed and then give the option of accepting the key change, reverting
back to the original key setting, or deleting the key. A very useful
tool to detect Trojan infection or other undesired system changes.FREEWARE http://www.snapfiles.com/get/regprot.html

Clipboard of the stars:)

Well its my fav:)
Ditto is an extension to the standard windows
clipboard. It saves each item placed on the clipboard allowing you access to any
of those items at a later time. Ditto allows you to save any type of information
that can be put on the clipboard, text, images, html, custom formats, .....
Version 3.15.4 now avaliable http://ditto-cp.sourceforge.net/

SHOUTcast Radio still here

Lotsa Internet radio has come and gone but shoutcast is still here:)

Welcome to SHOUTcast Radio, the home of free Internet Radio. Tune-in to
thousands of free online radio stations from DJs and broadcasters
around the world. Start enjoying online radio with SHOUTcast Radio now
in just three easy steps...

http://shoutcast.com/

5 great map add-ons for Firefox

We checked out these add-ons for helping your find yourself, (no, not
that way) and they do a good job of helping you get where you want to
go. Well, at least they get you the directions and well, the rest is
really up to you.source

40,000 new users per

Well thats whose downloading Comodo Firewall. Ive mentioned this firewall before and it is good but can be TOO good. When I say that I mean it will block things and not report to you that its blocked them (at least from what ive seen). This firewall is most likely the best software firewall on the market but it takes some getting used to.

Next Generation, Preventative Firewall Achieves High Acclaim from
Leading Industry Sources in its Ability to Prevent Viruses, Spyware,
Malware, Rootkits and Trojans from Infiltrating Computers. Comodo, a leading Internet security company, today announced that the
new release of Comodo Firewall Pro Version 3.0. is being downloaded and
installed at a rate of almost 40,000 new users per day which makes
Comodo Firewall Pro the fastest growing free firewall solution,
protecting millions of computers worldwide. This new release advances
computer security from being a defensive and reactive system to a
preventative and proactive solution based on a new A-VSMART™
technology architecture, (A-VSMART is short for "Anti; Virus, Spyware,
Malware, Adware, Rootkit and Trojan"). While still free, Comodo's next
generation firewall helps customers more effectively prevent virtually
all types of threats from penetrating a computer and incorporates the
latest security prevention technologies available. source

Investigation Prompts Call For Change In Trucking Industry

HOUSTON -- Local 2 Investigates exposed the
problem last year. Now massive, nationwide changes to the trucking
industry are being proposed. Our hidden camera investigation showed how
a person with no experience and little training could still get a
license to drive an 18-wheeler. The proposed changes are aimed at
making the roads safer for you and your family.Our hidden
cameras followed a Local 2 employee last February as he took the
state's road test for a class-A commercial driver's license, a license
that will allow him to drive any 80,0000 pound commercial truck.But
before our employee took the state's test, his only experience with
commercial trucks consisted of watching videos on truck safety for
three hours, studying practice tests for another two hours and a
21-minute, 16-second practice drive. But that practice drive wasn't
even in an 18-wheeler. It was in a 14-wheel vehicle with a push button
transmission and no container on the back. That was all it took for him to pass all of the state's tests and walk away with a class-A commercial driver's license. source

naked DSL

After long requiring Internet customers to also have land-line phone
service, AT&T is offering stand-alone DSL service for as little as
$20 a month.The San Antonio-based telecommunications giant had feared customers
would ditch their phone lines in favor of wireless phones if they
weren't required to stay tethered, but the Federal Communications
Commission ordered the marketing switch as part of AT&T's 2006
merger with BellSouth Corp. AT&T launched it this year. more here

Create PDFs from any Windows program

PDFCreator easily creates PDFs from any Windows program.
Use it like a printer in Word, StarCalc or any other Windows application. Free http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/

FBI warns of rise in phone-based 'vishing' attacks

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation's
Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) warned Thursday that so-called
"vishing" attacks are on the rise. These are scams where criminals send
an e-mail or text message to a victim, saying there has been a security
problem and the victim needs to call his or her bank to reactivate a
credit or debit card. "Upon calling the telephone number, the recipient is greeted with
'Welcome to the bank of ...' and then [is] requested to enter their
card number in order to resolve a pending security issue," the IC3 said
in its alert.

In the past few years, inexpensive VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol)
technology and open-source call-center software has made it inexpensive
for scammers to set up phony call centers, paving the way for these new
types of scams. Security experts say that vishing can be more effective
than traditional phishing techniques -- which direct victims to fake
Web sites -- because the voice-based attacks have not been as widely
publicized. A new vishing scam involves sending text messages to cell phones,
instructing victims to contact the fake online bank to renew their
accounts, the IC3 said. Those who are unsure whether they have been targeted by this scam
should look up the bank's phone number and call the bank directly, the
IC3 advises.
Operated in partnership with the FBI and the National White Collar Crime Center, the IC3 is a clearinghouse for Internet crime complaints. source

Google Scraper

Been Using this a long time:)
http://www.scroogle.org/

Looking for love on the Internet, Beware The Pre-Valentine Love Bug

Looking for love on the Internet may
be a good idea, just don’t get bitten by any malicious computer
bugs by opening any love related e-mails sent to you by an anonymous
lover.Sophos is warning users of a widespread
e-mail posing as a message of love in an attempt to install malicious
codes to your computer. The company says that the people behind the
Dorf Trojan has deliberately spammed out a romantic e-mail campaign,
luring unsuspecting computer users to dangerous websites.
read more

freeware system optimization and privacy tool

updated on 17th January 2008
CCleaner is a freeware system optimization and privacy tool.
It removes unused files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster
and freeing up valuable hard disk space.
It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history.
But the best part is that it's fast (normally taking less than a second to run) and contains
NO Spyware or Adware! :)http://www.ccleaner.com/

Trucking Stocks Soar

NEW YORK — Shares of most trucking companies soared Monday after
a Bear Stearns analyst upgraded the sector, suggesting that the stocks'
values are nearing bottoms, but warned the sector isn't out of the
woods yet.Analyst Edward Wolfe raised his rating on the trucking sector to
"Market Weight" from "Underweight." He also upgraded carriers Werner
Enterprises Inc., Heartland Express Inc., Knight Transportation Inc.,
Con-way Inc. and Arkansas Best Corp. to "Peer Perform" from
"Underperform."Wolfe said while demand remains weak, it doesn't appear to be getting
worse. He predicted 2008 will be a very volatile year for trucking
stocks, as opposed to the last several years in which the sector has
consistently underperformed the broader markets.Wolfe has held an "Underweight" rating on truckers for two and a half years.In midday trading, truckload carrier Werner Enterprises rose 92 cents,
or 5.7 percent, to $17.05. Heartland Express added 57 cents, or 4.2
percent, to $14.19, and Knight Transportation gained 83 cents, or 5.5
percent, to $15.84. J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. climbed 69 cents,
or 2.8 percent, to $25.25.Among less-than-truckload carriers, Con-way surged $2.49, or 6.4
percent, to $41.50, and Arkansas Best jumped $1.32, or 7.3 percent, to
$19.47.source

Quickly collect information about your system

Auslogics System Information provides comprehensive and easy to understand information about your system configuration.
It will show hardware configuration, video-card information, OS
details, list of running processes, and other information. This
information can be saved as a file and sent to technical support. And
it's absolutely FREE.
Unlike other similar products, Auslogics System Information has many advanced features. Information from pages can be placed on the clipboard with a single click.
Creating a report for your IT department couldn't be easier as you merely choose HTML, XML, or plain text and press a single button.
Visual charts and diagrams will help evaluate the state of your computer.
http://www.auslogics.com/system-information/index.php

theinfo.org - large data sets

This is a site for large data sets and the people who love them:
the scrapers and crawlers who collect them, the academics and geeks who
process them, the designers and artists who visualize them. It's a
place where they can exchange tips and tricks, develop and share tools
together, and begin to integrate their particular projects.http://theinfo.org/

Worst Pills - Prescription drug info

Find information
on your drug, dietary supplement, drug
family, disease or condition.
http://www.worstpills.org/

Analyze license agreements for interesting words and phrases

End user license agreements (EULAs) are the bane of most computer users.

No one wants to read through pages and pages of boring text before
installing a program. And many programs put their license agreements in
small windows that require lots of scrolling. So many people either
skim them or skip reading them altogether.
But it can be dangerous not to read license agreements.

License agreements can provide information about the intentions of
software, and other bundled components. Have you ever installed a
program, only to have your desktop taken over by advertising? It may
have been noted in the license agreement that you simply clicked past.
If you aren't reading the license agreements, you have no idea what you
could be agreeing to.
You should always read license agreements before agreeing to them.

But now there's a way of making that much easier. EULAlyzer http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/eulalyzer.html

The unique and indispensable process listing database

Uniblue's free and comprehensive online Process Library resource is for anyone who immediately wants to know the exact nature and purpose of any and every single process that is - or should not be - running on your PC.
http://www.processlibrary.com/

Comment and Vote on Congress with OpenCongress

As Congress returns tomorrow to start a new session, OpenCongress is
excited to announce a major update that will put all the bills and
votes at your fingertips. It's never been easier to track what's
happening with your government.
read more

Firms Using Technology

Two years from now, Diana Hatcher knows she'll be ripe for promotion to a
more senior job at United Parcel Service Inc. Based on her most recent
performance review, the company's talent-management system determined that
she'll qualify to advance by then if she gains experience in a different area
within her department. Her boss is now helping her make the switch. Hoping to reduce turnover and increase worker satisfaction, companies
are upgrading the way they manage, assess and share employee
performance data. They're investing in Web-based software that tracks
the progress of workers from the time they apply to a company to their
exit. read more here....

Black Ice Information

Black ice is ice frozen without many air bubbles trapped inside, making it transparent.
Black ice takes the color of the material it lies on top of, often wet
asphalt or a darkened pond. Its difficult-to-detect nature makes it a
significant hazard to drivers, pedestrians, and sailors.Black ice, also known as "glare ice" or "clear ice," typically refers to a thin coating of glazed ice on a surface, often a roadway. While not truly black, it is transparent, allowing the usually-black asphalt/macadam roadway to be seen through it, hence the term. It is unusually slick compared to other forms of roadway ice.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_ice

Google Maps Enhanced with Weather Channel Data

Planning a trip using Google Maps just got a little easier and useful. Google teamed up with The Weather Channel to create interactive layers that overlay weather data and radar information on top of Google Maps. To use the feature click on the Google Maps' My Maps tab and select The Weather Channel feature to begin exploring. source

Dedicated to fighting spyware

Malwarebytes is a site dedicated to fighting spyware. Malwarebytes has
a variety of tools that can identify and remove certain malicious
software. When your computer becomes infected with spyware,
Malwarebytes may provide the needed assistance to remove the spyware
infection and restore the machine. Most software created by
Malwarebytes is freeware. Your donations help this site develop new
programs to combat spyware.http://www.malwarebytes.org/

Unattended Windows Guide

Have you ever wanted a Windows CD that would install Windows by
automatically putting in your name, product key, timezone and regional
settings? And have it merged with the latest Service Pack to save time?
Followed by silently installing all your favorite applications along
with DirectX 9.0c, .Net Framework 1.1 and then all the required
hotfixes, updated drivers, tweaks, and a readily patched UXTheme
without any user interaction whatsoever? Then this guide will show you
how you can do just that! http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/

The world's most popular anti-spyware

Every computer user has the right to protect their private information.
We give you that right for free!
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/products/ad_aware_free.php

Custom radio that plays what you want

Jango is all about making online music easy, fun and social.Just type in an artist - and your first station starts playing right
away. You'll get the music you want, along with similar favorites of
Jango users who share your taste. Customizing your stations further is
just as easy. Just add more artists and rate songs that you want to
play more or less.You can also tune in to other people's stations - and they can tune in
to yours! In your player, you'll see who's listening to the same music
as you, who's listening to your stations, and what your friends are
playing.http://www.jango.com/

Slacker - Personal Radio

Your Music without the work:)
http://www.slacker.com/

How to Make Firefox Load Faster

Read here-http://www.techsupportalert.com/how_to_make_firefox_faster.htm

http://upx.sourceforge.net/#download

Deadly Mexican gunbattles spark fears of Texas spillover

Deadly gunbattles in two Mexican border cities last week left their
sister communities in the Rio Grande Valley hoping that the brutal
cross-border violence plaguing Nuevo Laredo for years had not spread
downstream permanently. Five people died in fierce firefights between suspected Gulf Cartel
gunmen and Mexican troops and federal agents in Rio Bravo and Reynosa. Those cities sit just across the Rio Grande from lucrative havens for
so-called Winter Texans, setting the multi-billion dollar drug trade on
a collision course with a growing tourism industry. "We're very concerned that the Mexican military controls its violence,"
said Hidalgo County Judge J.D. Salinas. "I stopped going across (the
border) to have lunch years back."Salinas said he now routinely declines invitations from his counterpart in Reynosa to attend events there.On the other hand, an average of about 18,000 passenger vehicles crossed bridges from Reynosa into Hidalgo and Pharr every day last year, according to U.S. Customs and Border
Protection. More than 5,500 people walked across those bridges daily. Miriam Medel Garcia, spokeswoman for the Mexican Consulate in McAllen,
said it was too early to tell if the recent violence would affect
cross-border traffic in the area. read more here

Turn your $2,000 computer into a $20 alarm clock!

Karen's Alarm Clock v3.0.3 Set up to five different alarm times.
Wake up to a beep, any wave or MIDI file,
even a track from your favorite audio CD.
Great for travellers,
or the executive who likes to sleep on the job. :)
http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptalarm.asp

Flixster-The Movie Community

The Flixster movie community includes movie ratings and showtimes,
movie reviews, movie layouts, movie pics & posters, movie news, video clips,
movie fan clubs, actor profiles and fan clubs, celebrity news, celebrity photos,
celebrity layouts, and the never ending movie quiz.http://www.flixster.com/

Untrained truckers busted

Highway Patrol auxiliary officer Carlos Gimeno arrests Jesus Luis Montesino in his home on Friday morning. If you wanted to be a trucker but didn't have time for the training, Steven Baez was your guy. The sergeant with the Army National Guard had a stack of vouchers (form
DA-348E) that excused wannabe drivers from taking the state of
Florida's commercial vehicle competency exam. He sold them to South
Floridians for up to $4,300 a pop. And then he got busted. Now his customers are being taken off the road. In a series of predawn raids Friday throughout Miami-Dade County,
federal state and local authorities busted five bleary-eyed truck
operators. Two more were arrested later in the day. Many more arrests are coming. Cops say Baez, who pleaded guilty to the
scam and faces sentencing on Jan. 16, sold at least 200 of the vouchers. source

Autoruns 9.02

This utility, which has the most comprehensive knowledge of
auto-starting locations of any startup monitor, shows you what programs
are configured to run during system bootup or login, and shows you the
entries in the order Windows processes them. These programs include
ones in your startup folder, Run, RunOnce, and other Registry keys. You
can configure Autoruns to show other locations, including Explorer
shell extensions, toolbars, browser helper objects, Winlogon
notifications, auto-start services, and much more. Autoruns goes way
beyond the MSConfig utility bundled with Windows Me and XP. Autoruns' Hide Signed Microsoft Entries option helps you to zoom in
on third-party auto-starting images that have been added to your system
and it has support for looking at the auto-starting images configured
for other accounts configured on a system. You'll probably be surprised at how many executables are launched automatically!http://www.filehippo.com/download_autoruns/?3682

Turn your computer into an internet TV

http://www.getmiro.com/

Remove infections of Trojans, Spyware, Adware, Worms, Keyloggers, Rootkits, Dialers and other malicious programs

Security must not be a privilege. Under this motto, Emsi Software provides the Malware scanner completely free of charge for private use. But it is not a very limited version, it is a full tool to clean your computer from Malware. Not only Spywares, as detected by classic Anti-Spyware programs, but also especially Trojans, Backdoors, Worms, Dialers, Keyloggers and a lot of other destructive pests, which makes it dangerous to surf the web.
http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/free/

Candidate Calculator

Which 2008 Presidential Candidate Agrees With You?

http://www.vajoe.com/candidate_calculator.html

Beware of Myspace

There's now one more reason to be security-conscious while using MySpace.com: fake Microsoft updates. Using a hacked MySpace profile, online criminals are trying to trick victims into downloading a malicious Trojan Horse program
by disguising it as a Microsoft update, according to researchers at security vendor McAfee. Web surfers are presented with what appears to be
a popup window advising them to download the latest version of
Microsoft's Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool, which was just
released this Tuesday. This software is distributed by Microsoft to
help Windows users rid their systems of malware.
In reality, the popup window is just part of a larger image that takes up most of the computer screen. If the user clicks
anywhere on this image, his computer will then begin to download the Trojan program. source

Lake Erie UFOs

Waves of UFO sightings over the waters of Lake Erie are earning the
great lake a reputation as a UFO hot spot. But the lake's new
popularity may have more to do with a string of popular videos on
YouTube than sightings of little green men. "It's a hot spot," declares local ufologist Aaron Clark about the
beaches of Lake Erie near Cleveland, Ohio. "Some believe there's a UFO
base on the bottom of the lake." While not yet rivaling UFO hot spots like Mexico City or Phoenix, Lake
Erie has generated enough buzz that news and documentary filmmakers are
taking notice. Several Lake Erie UFO videos have made the national
news, and The History Channel is airing a segment on Lake Erie UFOs,
due to air in February.
There have been more than 20 credible UFO sightings in the area in the last two years, according to Clark, a spokesman for the Cleveland Ufology Project, one of the oldest UFO-spotting groups in the country. source

Satellite Antenna Alignment Software

The latest version 2.38.0 has been released on January 07, 2008. Download the latest version now ("saa.exe")

The program "Satellite Antenna Alignment" is used to calculate
the angles necessary for installing satellite dishes. The main difference
from similar software is the possibility to calculate the position
for all satellites at once. Thus, you get a clear picture about
what satellites can be physically visible from the location where
the dish will be installed. It should be kept in mind that the program
makes a purely theoretical calculation according to formulas and
in real circumstances a lot of additional factors should be taken
into account when a satellite dish is installed. These factors include
various obstacles (buildings, trees), the landscape, the altitude,
transponder orientation, polarization, etc. Nevertheless, this program
will allow you to evaluate the position quite precisely. The calculation
can be saved to a text file, copied to the Windows clipboard or
printed out at once. It is possible to save the list of locations
for which the calculation is done. Later on, you will not have to
enter the coordinates of these locations again. Just select them
from the table. http://www.al-soft.com/saa/satinfo.shtml

The world’s first and only super-realistic auto racing simulator

Leading
industry publication tells how the racing world's top trainers are using
VirtualGT auto-racing simulators to shorten reaction times, improve focus
and concentration, and get drivers into the zone. VirtualGT
is the world’s first and only super-realistic
auto racing simulator designed for race
training and home entertainment.
VirtualGT is, quite simply, the world's
finest auto racing simulator. Pro racers tell us VirtualGT
is the closest you can get to the real thing.http://www.virtual-gt.com/

Firewall Near perfect rating: Comodo Firewall Pro 3.0

This new version has a refined-looking user interface without the separate Comodo Launch Pad used by version 2.0:
Future add-ins will plug directly into CFP. Its main screen shows
overall system status, much as many security suites do. It also
includes Comodo news, a tip of the day, and links to configure program
features. Most suites display a red warning if you turn off a
significant security element, but CFP figures that if you turned it off
you must have meant it. CFP shows a red X only if there's something
actively wrong with the configuration, in which case it offers a link
to a built-in diagnostic that could fix the problem.http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2704,2240712,00.asp
http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/

Test the iPhone

With the iPhone Simulator:)

edit your PDF files online for free

PDF Hammer is a website that allows you to edit your PDF files online
for free. You don't need to install any additional software, you can
edit PDF documents right now inside your browser. Once you start, you
will be able to upload one or more PDF files into your project, arrange
the pages in any order you wish, and delete any pages you don't want. http://www.pdfhammer.com/

PC Tools AntiVirus Free Edition

With PC Tools AntiVirus Free Edition you are protected
against the most nefarious cyber-threats attempting to gain access to
your PC and personal information. Going online without protection
against the latest fast-spreading virus and worms, such as Netsky,
Mytob and MyDoom, can result in infections within minutes.http://www.pctools.com/free-antivirus/

beefing up magnets for electric-drive cars

Ask Iver Anderson at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames
Laboratory about consumer interest in and desire for
“ultragreen” electric-drive vehicles, and he’ll reply
without a moment’s hesitation that the trend is unstoppable and
growing fast. The Ames Lab senior metallurgist and Iowa State University adjunct
professor of materials science and engineering is playing a major role
in advancing electric drive motor technology to meet the enormous swell
in consumer demand expected over the next five years. He and his Ames
Lab colleagues, Bill McCallum and Matthew Kramer, have designed a high-
performance permanent magnet alloy that operates with good magnetic
strength at 200 degrees Celsius, or 392 degrees Fahrenheit, to help
make electric drive motors more efficient and cost-effective. The work
is part of the DOE’s Vehicle Technologies Program to develop more
energy-efficient and environmentally friendly highway transportation
technologies that will enable America to use less petroleum. full story

Cadillac Provoq

GM just took the wraps off the Cadillac Provoq—the first car
ever introduced at the Consumer Electronics Show. Their latest fuel-cell
vehicle gets twice the range of the new Equinox SUVs that are about to hit the
road, and it’s “engine” is only half as large.
It can hit 100 miles per hour and get to 60mph in 8.5 seconds—faster than
Cadillac’s current crossover. And I believe those numbers. I got to drive the super-peppy
Equinox around Vegas today and I was amazed at the whiplash acceleration.
(Despite the defamation of electric motors by internal-combustion enthusiasts,
motors are the ultimate sports car power plants—delivering high torque as soon
as you hit the gas—err, accelerator. more here

GPS Devices Balloon With Features

They can plumb the Internet for the latest movie times, news headlines,
stock figures and gas prices. They'll even help you skirt traffic, find
a parking spot or make a phone call. Oh, and they'll navigate for you,
too. The latest global positioning system devices on display at this week's
International Consumer Electronics Show are roving information portals
— well beyond the first turn-by-turn GPS guides with maps and
directions. Now practically taken for granted, GPS technology is available for
tracking hikers, boaters and pilots and it's routine in cars, sports
watches and cell phones. As a result, plain vanilla portable navigation
devices have plunged below $200, forcing manufacturers to fight for
ways to continue commanding premium prices. Their response: to cram as
many extra features on the devices as possible.read more

Bix is the top spot for online fun and fame

As Shakespeare himself once lip-synced, "All the world's a karaoke
stage" (wait, maybe that was Bix user ShakyG from New Jersey?). Either
way, the point is, the Web has now opened up a crazy new world of
possibilities. Which is perfect for budding superstars like you, who
are just waiting to strut your stuff.And Bix is center stage to all the fun. In a nutshell Bix lets you create, enter, and judge online contests.http://bix.yahoo.com/about.htm

ohdontforget.com

Remind anyone about an event at a specific day & time queue up birthday reminders for the next several months

have your to-do items sent to you throughout the day. Text messages queued up with ohdontforget.com will be

delivered at the date & time specified, unless you specify "now", which will send the message instantly.
See More HERE

MS Paint on Steroids

Paint.NET is image and photo manipulation software designed to be used
on computers that run XP, Server 2003 or Vista. It started development
at Washington State University as an undergraduate senior design
project mentored by Microsoft, and is currently being maintained by
some of the alumni that originally worked on it. It is meant to be a
free replacement for the MS Paint software that comes with all Windows
operating systems. Paint.NET has many of the powerful features that expensive commercial
applications have, including the ability to use layers. We welcome any
suggestions, and provide the source code for final releases under the
MIT License. Paint.Net requires the .NET Framework 2 in order to run. Opensource-Free
http://www.filehippo.com/download_paint.net/?3663

TV-Browser for Windows 2.6.3

TV-Browser is a java-based TV guide which is easily extensible using plugins. It is designed to look like your paper TV guide.very cool:))TV-Browser

Third Massachusetts death blamed on infected milk

A third elderly man has died in an outbreak of listeriosis linked to a central Massachusetts dairy. The victim, identified only as an 87-year-old
from Norfolk County southeast of Boston, became sick in November and
died last week, The Boston Globe reported. The source of the infection is believed to be
Whittier Farms, a Worcester-area dairy. Whittier had previously been
known as an old-fashioned company that still home-delivered milk and
other dairy products, and sold milk in glass bottles.
Dr. Alfred DeMaria, the Massachusetts director of
communicable disease control, said five cases of listeriosis had been
identified. The most recent to be discovered was a woman diagnosed with
listeriosis in September while hospitalized to deliver a baby. Health
officials have found she drank Whittier milk before becoming sick.source

Unlimited number of clipboards

MultiClipBoard is a utility, which can hold an unlimited number of clipboards helping you copy and paste in any application under Windows.

• MultiClipBoard can hold text, formatted text, pictures etc.
  
• Their contents will be saved when closing MultiClipBoard and restored when reopening it.
  
• An undo and a clear feature for each clipboard is provided.
  
• Optional write protection for individual clip boards.
  
• Every button will show its content as a hint.
• Shortcuts for the buttons are provided.
  
• MultiClipBoard can be sent to the system tray.
• 
  MultiClipBoard runs under Microsoft Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP, Vista or higher.
• 
  0.8 MB space available on hard disk.
• 
  
  This program is Freeware. You may use MultiClipBoard free of charge, you may copy and publish it.
• http://www.luziusschneider.com/MultiClipBoardHome.htm

Teamsters Back in Court to Stop Unsafe Mexican Trucks

The Bush administration broke yet another law in continuing to allow long-haul trucks from Mexico to use
U.S. highways, according to a letter filed Monday by the Teamsters Union in
the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco. The Bush administration pretends the law doesn't apply to the existing
program. It has said it will continue to allow some trucks from Mexico to
travel beyond the narrow border zone. "The lawlessness, recklessness and sheer arrogance of the Bush administration
just blows my mind," said Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa. "Did
Transportation Secretary Mary Peters somehow forget she took an oath of office
to uphold the law?"source

4 health behaviors can add 14 extra years of life

People who adopt four healthy behaviours – not smoking; taking
exercise; moderate alcohol intake; and eating five servings of fruit
and vegetables a day – live on average an additional fourteen
years of life compared with people who adopt none of these behaviours,
according to a study published in the open access journal PLoS Medicine. Rather than focusing on how an individual factor is related to health,
the study calculates the combined impact of these four simply-defined
forms of behaviour. The results suggest that several small changes in
lifestyle could have a marked impact on the health of populations. There is overwhelming evidence showing that lifestyles such as smoking,
diet and physical activity influence health and longevity but there is
little information about their combined impact. Furthermore the huge
amount of information provided by these studies and the varying
definitions of a health behaviour that these studies use can often make
them confusing for public health professionals and for the general
public. For example: small amounts of alcohol appear to be related to
lower risk of cardiovascular disease health but what is the overall
impact on longevity "source

Revo Uninstaller v1.42

Revo Uninstaller helps you to uninstall and remove any unwanted application installed on your computer.
With its advanced and fast algorithm, Revo Uninstaller analyzes an
application's data before uninstall and scans after you uninstall an
application. After the program's regular uninstaller runs, you can
remove additional unnecessary files, folders and registry keys that are
usually left over on your computer. Even if you have a broken
installation, Revo Uninstaller scans for an application's data on your
hard disk drives and in the Windows registry and shows all found files,
folders and registry items so you can delete them.
With its unique "Hunter mode",
Revo Uninstaller offers you some simple, easy to use, but effective and
powerful approaches to manage (uninstall, stop, delete, disable from
auto starting) and to get information about your installed and/or
running applications.http://www.revouninstaller.com/

Pretty Neat Wallpapers

Lots of wallpapers to choose from here:)
http://wallpapers.verhau.de/

CW McCall Convoy Mike Douglas Show 1976

Who can remember This? :-)

WebGoRadio for Microsoft Windows

WebGoRadio for Microsoft Windows works with both Internet Explorer and FireFox web browsers. WebGoRadio is a completely free very small download that installs in just seconds and contains NO SPYWARE! Listen to music while you cruise the net, without any other software
required. Comes preloaded with the top 20 internet radio stations, plus
you can add more if you like. New features... Find
free MP3s with our advanced search, grab torrents from directly from
web pages with NO EXTRA software required! Create TinyUrls on the fly,
rip videos from sites such as YouTube, Google Video and much much more!http://www.webgoradio.com/

Mega File Search

Search all the big file sharing sites in one place:) for now anyways;))
http://www.megafilesearch.com/

WorldCat

WorldCat is the world's largest network of library content and
services. WorldCat libraries are dedicated to providing access to their
resources on the Web, where most people start their search for
information.WorldCat.org lets you search the collections of libraries in your
community and thousands more around the world. WorldCat grows every day
thanks to the efforts of librarians and other information professionals. You can search for popular books, music CDs and videos—all of the
physical items you're used to getting from libraries. You can also
discover many new kinds of digital content, such as downloadable
audiobooks. You may also find article citations with links to their
full text; authoritative research materials, such as documents and
photos of local or historic significance; and digital versions of rare
items that aren't available to the public. Because WorldCat libraries
serve diverse communities in dozens of countries, resources are
available in many languages.
http://www.worldcat.org/default.jsp

Customize Your Web

If your a Firefox user you might already have these and if not give 'em a try.2 addons for Firefox are Stylish and Greasemonkey. Between the 2 you can justabout make the web look like you want it to:))

Stylish allows easy management of user styles. User styles empower your
browsing experience by letting you fix ugly sites, customize the look
of your browser or mail client, or just have fun. With an online
repository at userstyles.org, you don't even need to know how to write
styles yourself; just a couple clicks and the chosen style is applied.
Stylish is to CSS what Greasemonkey is to JavaScript, and unlike other
methods of using user styles, most styles take effect immediately.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2108
http://userstyles.org/
Greasemonkey Allows you to customize the way a webpage displays using small bits of JavaScript.
Hundreds of scripts, for a wide variety of popular sites, are already available at http://userscripts.org.
You can write your own scripts, too. Mark Pilgrim's definitive Greasemonkey guide, diveintogreasemonkey.org will show you how.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/748

Garmin's POI Loader v2.3.2

The Garmin POI Loader allows a
user to download to certain Garmin GPS units (see list here) points
of interest or user specific locations. You might say that these are
nothing more than waypoints, in the newer Garmin auto navigators. Garmin
has made significant
improvements to its free POI Loader
since its initial release, making it easier for people to create their own POI
files. Version 2.2, was released in January 2006, and if you do not have
the newer version, we recommend you download it here. The Garmin version
of POI's involves .csv files and now .gpx, which are different from the .ov2
format used with the TomTom. The POI Loader is now compatible with Garmin's MapSource program included in
Garmin's mapping software. Most units which are compatible do not have
MapSource as part of the package however. But you can also use EasyGPS or G7ToWin, shareware type programs, which will work as well.
There are now a few websites which offer pre-produced POI's. Some are fee sites, others are free. In
the U.S., there are three websites we are currently aware of which
have commercially produced POI files. They include: GPS-POI-US POI Factory and POInUSA. Another where you can send a query and create your own business type listings is POI2Go.com. There
is already a wide variety of POI sites for European countries and one for
Australia. Visit Garmin's POI Source page here for links to these sites. Most of these sites offer files available for download, which
include restaurants as well as speed and red light cameras or other
speed zones, where you may want an alert as you approach it. You can also create your own. The problem for some, is knowing how to create these
POI files, so they can be downloaded into your unit. There are clearly many ways to do this, this
article only offers a couple of basic ways, to create .csv or .gpx files, for
you to download to your Garmin capable unit, with the POI
Loader. Once you download POI files into your Garmin unit,
then an option of "Custom POI's" will appear in your "My Locations" category.
http://www.gpsinformation.org/penrod/poiloader/poiloader.html

FireFTP

This is one I use all the time:)

FireFTP is a free, secure, cross-platform FTP client for Mozilla Firefox which provides easy and intuitive access to FTP servers.

• It's free!
• Cross-platform: Works on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux
• Secure: SSL/TLS support, same encryption used with online banking and shopping
• Synchronization: Keep directories in sync while navigating
• Directory Comparison: Compare directory content (compares subdirectories too!)
• International: Available in over 20 languages
• Character Set Support:UTF8 and just about any other character encoding supported
• Automatic reconnect and resuming of tranfers
• Search/Filtering
• Integrity Checks of transfers (XMD5, XSHA1)
• Export/Import accounts
• Remote Editing
• File Hashing: Generate hashes of files (MD5, various SHA's)
• Drag & Drop
• Timestamp Synchronization
• Proxy support
• Advanced properties (CHMOD, recursive CHMOD, thumbnails)
• Tutorials and help files available along with personalized support
• IPv6 support
• Open Source!
• Seamless integration with Mozilla Firefox
• ...did we mention it's free? :-)
• http://fireftp.mozdev.org/

Songbird Music Power

I know I post about this too much:)
Songbird is a desktop music player I've been using lately instead of iTunes and
I've really been enjoying it. Based at core on Mozilla technology, this
week the company kicked off a 6 week campaign to build the 40 most-requested Firefox extensions for Songbird.
This big burst of functionality could put Songbird over the edge as a
music-lover's dream-come-true, though it's pretty close already. The company is backed by Sequoia Capital, the funders of Google and
YouTube, and though the product has had "developer releases" available
for almost 2 years - it's not really offered as a public product yet.
No matter, you can and should try it out now. Alex Iskold wrote here
about the product's desktop/web blend in February. source

Man Using GPS Drives in Front of Train

DUH....A Global Positioning System can tell a driver a lot of things —
but apparently not when a train is coming. A computer consultant
driving a rental car drove onto train tracks Wednesday using the
instructions his GPS unit gave him. A train was barreling toward him,
but he escaped in time and no one was injured.source

Surf the web with Calculator

??? you might ask
Ever find yourself sitting in front of a computer that's been locked
down by an overzealous IT administrator who won't let you install any
software or even open Internet Explorer or Firefox? If that PC is
running Windows XP, there's a good chance you can still visit Download Squad (or other sites if that sort of thing appeals to you).
All you have to do is launch a Windows application like Calculator, and
then click the Help button. Under Help, click "Help Topics," which will
bring up a help window. Next, all you have to do is right click on the
title bar and select "Jump To URL." Now you can type in any web address
you like, but make sure to include "http://" at the beginning.
Basically what you're looking at is Internet Explorer 6 inside a help
window, but this version of the program isn't quite as smart as IE6. It
won't automatically add the http:// for you. And of course, there's no
bookmarking feature.source

Urban WiFi Routers at Risk

Indiana University
researchers say densely populated wireless routers could be the next
method for spreading pharming, script injection, and bot infections...Your crazy next-door neighbor could also be your biggest
WiFi security risk: If his wireless router gets infected, it could
spread malware to your router as well.Researchers at Indiana University in Bloomington recently built an epidemiological model
of the feasibility of malware rapidly spreading among WiFi routers in a
densely populated area. They found in their simulations that tens of
thousands of WiFi routers could be infected in two weeks -- and most
were infected within 24 to 48 hours.source

Turn Your Laptop into a GPS with Garmin Mobile PC

Garmin takes its GPS software and adapts it for Windows PCs. Need an actual GPS device? No problem. Garmin International introduced Garmin Mobile PC, a GPS software package for notebook PCs.
The software turns your laptop into a powerful GPS using Garmin's
familiar "Where To" and "View Map" interface found on all of their
current personal navigation devices. Garmin Mobile PC users have the
added advantage of navigating to outlook contacts stored on their
laptop.
The software-only version works with broadband modems, third party GPS
receivers via serial or Bluetooth connections. A bundled version
includes the GPS 20X high sensitivity USB receiver. The Garmin Mobile
PC software costs $59.99; a bundled USB GPS receiver raises the total
price to $99.99 http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2704,2242891,00.asp

Truckers push for national idling laws

Interstate truck drivers are clamoring for national rules on how long
they can idle their engines to keep warm or stay cool during
federally-mandated driving breaks. Truckers say the patchwork of state
and local laws is difficult to follow. The issue challenges state and local regulators, who must protect the
air quality of their communities and the safety of truckers delivering
vital goods. "It is the most frustrating scenario you could imagine," says Todd
Spencer, executive vice president of the Owner-Operator Independent
Drivers Association, which represents 159,000 truckers and small
trucking firms. "The federal regulations say a driver must stop to
sleep after X number of hours.

How many people could sleep in their car
when it's 96 degrees or 14 below without the engine running?"
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-01-02-idlingtrucks_N.htm

Toyota outruns Ford

Toyota Motor Corp. overtook Ford Motor Co. to become the No. 2
automaker by U.S. sales in 2007, using new products and relentless
strategy to break Ford's 75-year lock on the position. Toyota sold 48,226 more cars and trucks than Ford, according to sales
figures released today. Toyota's sales were up 3 percent for the year,
buoyed by new products like the Toyota Tundra pickup, which saw sales
jump 57 percent. Ford's sales fell 12 percent, ending with a whimper a year that is
expected to be the worst for the auto industry since 1998 as consumers
fretted over high gas prices and the economy.source

Free MusicZilla

Free music zilla, the first tool specialized for
social music downloading, enables you download free mp3/music/song from
imeem,last.fm,pandora,myspace and almost all social music services. Free Music Zilla - enables you to get free
music from the huge music libraries in social music service. It's easy
to operate and a really hear-and-get tool, from which you can obtain
unlimited mount of mp3/music/songs.http://www.freemusiczilla.com/

Eavesdropping on Bluetooth headsets

I know alot of drivers use these so check it out. You might reconsider:) or not

Few users realize that Bluetooth headsets can be exploited granting a
remote attacker the ability to record and inject audio through the
headset while the device is not in an active call. SANS Institute
author and senior instructor Joshua Wright demonstrates.All that is necessary is knowing the device address, which can be
easily sniffed, and the secret pin, which defaults to 0000. The headset
audio is tapped while not in a call, so any room conversation the
headset's mic can pick up can potentially be listened to remotely.

See The Video here

The 2 Million Mile Haul BIO-Diesel Test

Iowa Central Community College
and Decker Truck Line, Inc, Renewable Energy Group, Caterpillar Engine
Company, the Iowa Soybean Association, the National Biodiesel Board,
and the U. S. Department of Agriculture all joined together for an
extensive study of the long term effects of B20 biodiesel in big trucks
over a two year period. read more here

Police say trucker gave crash course to 2 trainees

A tractor-trailer driver who was accompanied by two trainees didn't set
the best of examples yesterday, according to state police. They said Bruce Rushton, 53, of West Valley City, Utah, fled north on
Interstate 99 in Bedford County after hitting and damaging a light post
in the parking lot of Hoss's Steak and Sea House in Bedford Township. A witness provided information that led police to Mr. Rushton. They
said he was training two passengers in the truck to be drivers for C.R.
England Trucking.
source

Drivers On Cell Phones Clog Traffic

Motorists who talk on cell phones drive slower on the freeway, pass
sluggish vehicles less often and take longer to complete their trips,
according to a University of Utah study that suggests drivers on cell
phones congest traffic.

"At the end of the day, the average person's commute is longer because
of that person who is on the cell phone right in front of them,"

says
University of Utah psychology Professor Dave Strayer, leader of the
research team. "That SOB on the cell phone is slowing you down and
making you late." full story

D.B. Cooper Unsolved Mystery - cold case files

It is considered one of the great unsolved mysteries of FBI history:
how a seemingly quiet man in his mid-40s hijacked an airliner somewhere
between Seattle and Reno, Nev., in November 1971, then parachuted in
his loafers and trench coat, making off with $200,000 in cash. Who was he? Did he survive? After all these years, federal authorities
say they still do not know, and the case lingers and vexes and
fascinates as the only unsolved airplane hijacking in U.S. history. But now, with the advantage of technologies that were not available
decades ago and with newfound attention from an agent on the West
Coast, the FBI has announced that the cold case is officially hot again
— and the search is on for the parachuter who called himself Dan,
and sometimes, D.B. Cooper. And, for the first time, the FBI is providing pictures and information on the case to the public on its Web site. full story here

miro 1.0 Free Internet TV

http://www.getmiro.com/

CB radio led to a confrontation and mans death

The Washtenaw County sheriff's
department says a 44-year-old man was stabbed to death at a Scio
Township truck stop Saturday after a conversation on a CB radio led to
a confrontation.
The department tells The Ann Arbor News officers got a call Saturday to the TA Travel
Center in Scio Township, about 35 miles west of Detroit. They say Gregory A. Hobalt of Davenport, Iowa, was pronounced dead at the University of Michigan Hospitals.
Authorities are holding a 36-year-old man from Garland, Texas, while they determine charges. They say the suspect apparently made offensive comments on the CB radio about the 10-year-old daughter of Hobalt's girlfriend.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,319171,00.html

RSSMate, a free RSS and Podcast reader

When RSSMate is docked on the desktop, it sits elegantly beside your
preferred browser and consequently it's incredibly easy to move from
one to the other. (Most RSS readers come with their own browser, but
with RSSMate you have the freedom to choose your own browser.)

RSSMate can read all recognised RSS xml formats (RSS 0.90 through to RSS 2) and Atom formats (0.3 & 1.0).http://angusj.com/rssmate/