*CyberCoyote - February 22, 2007*

NEWS, NOTES and NOTICES

*Backup Continued*
George Jester finished his presentation on backing up the things on your computer. He covered "drive images" straight backup, incremental backup and differential backup. George is going to see about posting his Powerpoint slides to our Yahoo! group. There is some interest in continuing with tutorial sessions on backup. Contact George or myself if you are also interested.
http://cybercoyote.org/computer/backup.shtml -- more on backup http://cybercoyote.org/club/contacts.shtml -- contact information

*Next Week*
We'll hear about the identity protection plan that LifeLock offers. Come learn how LifeLock can help you do what the politicians in Washington won't let you do for yourself.

Now there is really a guaranteed way to remove ID theft from your everyday life. An Arizona-based company, LifeLock, provides a system that "locks up" personal information and completely backs the service with a $1 million guarantee. While all others worry about how to clean up problems from ID theft, LifeLock concentrates on stopping the crime before it can cause havoc.
http://www.lifelock.com/

TIPS, TOPICS and TWEAKS

*First phishing, now pharming*
This online threat is silent but deadly. It could even penetrate my own bullet-proof banking strategy. :-( This new exploit effects both wired and wireless (WiFi) routers.
http://cybercoyote.org/links/040.html
http://cybercoyote.org/links/041.html -- more about drive-by pharming

*Connection Speed*
Wondering what your Internet connection speed is? Want to see if you can improve it? Start here:
http://cybercoyote.org/internet/connect.shtml#speed

*Geni*
A fast new way to build your family tree. And to stay in touch.
http://www.geni.com/

DIGITAL PHOTOS

*The Megapixel Myth*
David Pogue did some work on digital cameras last fall for his new Discovery-network series. Out of that came a couple of articles in "The New York Times" on the "megapixel myth". The bottom line is that 5 megapixels is fine for most purposes. The physical size, not the digital size, of the sensor is much more important. That and other factors. I think the articles are well written, and important if you're looking for a fine camera. [You'll probably have to register (free) to read one of the articles.]
http://cybercoyote.org/links/042.html -- the initial work
http://cybercoyote.org/links/043.html -- breaking the myth
http://cybercoyote.org/links/044.html -- further deconstruction

CONSIDER THIS

*Ziggy*
http://cybercoyote.org/links/045.html

*Welcome, You've got Mail*
The original voice of AOL.
http://www.makinwavs.com/index.html

*The First Mice*
Developed at Stanford Research Institute (close to where I worked at the time).
http://sloan.stanford.edu/MouseSite/Archive/patent/Mouse.html -- #1
http://cybercoyote.org/links/031.html -- Microsoft's version 10 yrs later