Backup To Email – Backup2e…

With our email services providing an average of 5 GB’s of space, a nice little utility called “Backup To Email – Backup2e” has been developed to take advantage of that space and at the same time give you the ability to easily and quickly backup a file or folder to your email account. After you download and install the “Backup To Email” software, you will prompted to enter your email account settings (i.e. SMTP Outgoing Server settings, Account Username and Password). After everything has been setup, you can simply send files or folders to your email account by “right clicking” on the file or folder, selecting “Backup To Email”, via the Windows Explorer context menu (see example below). A dialog box will appear indicating the progress of the file or folder being sent. I have mine setup to send to my email; then, it is dropped into a “filtered” folder within my email storage. It appears the software requires “Java” to run and it is still in an early development stage. This concept is a great one and I hope the developer continues with the progression of this software. I have found great use in this software.

Features (as indicated on the web site):

• Right click files and backup.
  
• Right click folders they are zipped and backuped.
  
• Allow zip before send.
  
• Run custom command before send.
  
• Change subject prefix.
  
• SSL SMTP connection and non ssl.
  
• Configurable SMTP server.
  
• Scheduler in crontab notation so you can schedule backups.
  
• Ask for target email before every backup (by default not asking).
  

Lifehacker…

Today, I added the site “Lifehacker” to the “What’s On My PC…  Web Site Favorites”.  Lifehacker is one those sites that you will end up  visiting everyday.  Lifehacker has gained respect of users across the entire internet (worldwide) for its varied content.  Lifehacker…  tips and downloads for getting things done.

Giveaway of the Day…

The “Giveaway of the day project“, is a web site that offers for FREE, licensed software that you would have to buy otherwise.  Everyday the site nominates one software title that will be a “Giveaway” title of that day.  The software is available for download for 24 hours (and sometimes more) for free.  The software you download is not a trial or limited version, but a registered and legal version.   Visit “Giveaway of the Day” by clicking on the tab at the top of the page.  I plan to keep this tab in place so that visitor’s can conveniently see what the giveaway of the day is.

Play in the sandbox…

Did you ever wish you could browse the internet and not have to worry about malicious software or content attacking your system? OR Did you ever wish you could test a program without it causing changes to your computer? There is a way and it works very well. It is called “Sandboxie“…

Once you install Sandboxie, you can run or test your programs in an isolated space, called a sandbox, which prevents the programs from making altering changes to your computer and/or to the data in your computer. Any changes that are made are kept inside the sandbox. I have been following and using “Sandboxie” for nearly a year, and I primarily use it to run my browser in. For example, you can run your browser (i.e. Internet Explorer, Opera, Firefox) in a sandbox and not worry about malicious software (i.e. trojans, spyware, hijackers, etc…) causing harm to your computer. Any malicious software that is downloaded, is downloaded into the sandbox. In the event your computer becomes a victim of malicious content, the malicious content is trapped in the sandbox. At that point, you simply discard the contents of the sandbox and start over. If you are interested in trying this software out, I suggest you jump over to the Sandboxie web site and thoroughly read the “Help” and “FAQ” sections. This is good stuff; especially, if you ride the internet hard or you like to test software.

 

 

 

AppAholic – Where does your addiction lie?

Just added this one to the “What’s On My PC – Web Site Favorites”.  It is called “AppAholic“, a freeware review and interview site.  If you enjoy reviewing and trying freeware software, make sure you check this site out.

Spyware Techie

 

Have you ever experienced one of those rogue anti-spyware or anti-virus programs designed by hackers to take your money in return for a useless program.  I’m talking about those “no-name programs” that hijack your system, keeps popping up, and just won’t go away. Some of these programs actually appear very professional and will even emulate some of the Microsoft  Security Center software. Most users are taken in by this and end up infecting their systems. Removal, most often, is very difficult… If you do get hijacked or infected, hit the “Spyware Techie” site to research your problem. Spyware Techie is “A techie’s take on Spyware”. The site is stacked full of information and removal instructions for many of these rogue packages. Also, some advice that I was given many years ago when I first entered into the Information Technology world; “Believe Nothing and Verify Everything“…

Klondike Forever…

Everyone loves to play solitaire, especially “Klondike”, which is the solitaire game that ships with Windows. I recently came across one, called “Klondike Forever” that is really super cool looking.  It is in 3D, with sound and beautiful visual effects AND it is FREE.  If you find yourself really loving the FREE version of “Klondike Forever”, the web site offers a paid version called “Solitaire Forever” with over 150 solitaire games brought to life in 3D.