The Sweet Stuff: Software - #21 - Three free Thanksgiving screensavers

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Gadget TV #59 / November 20, 2009
Samsung Story Station offers simple and attractive storage
If you listen to Joan Rivers, you can never be too rich or too skinny. If you listen to us, you can never have too many USB ports or too much storage. Enter the Samsung Story Station 1TB. This consumer external USB hard drive plugs into an available USB port to offer a quick and easy storage expansion. It's even got software on board for Windows users to

create a hidden portion of the hard drive

,

encrypt all or a portion of the drive

and

password protect a folder or group of folders

. And it looks slick too.
Tutorials #493 / November 20, 2009
What is FTP?
The folks who worked on the early computers were pretty straightforward about naming things. They didn't go medical and give things Latin names. For the most part, the names for most computer technology is really simple. FTP? Nothing more complex than "file transfer protocol".
Tutorials #492 / November 20, 2009
What is NTFS

NTFS or New Technology File System

is the current standard for Windows based computers. NTFS if faster, more reliable and just generally better than previous file systems. The file system on your computer has come a long way since the early days of computers; the way data is stored and found has improved greatly over the years and NTFS is one of those improvements.
Balancing the budget with Quicken Online #10 / November 20, 2009
Using Quicken Mobile on your iPhone
The cherry on top of the excellent

Quicken Online Mobile (iTunes link) free web app

is the similarly

excellent free iPhone app

. With

Quicken Online Mobile

, you can see all your transactions and get a look at your overall

financial health

anywhere you get a cell signal.
A video overview of Google Wave #5 / November 20, 2009
Catching up on the Wave
Because discussions in Google Wave tend to take on a life of their own, you need a place to see everything that's happened in your Waves since you last logged in. Enter the Google Wave inbox, your one-stop shop for seeing what's new.
Pimp my PC #9 / November 19, 2009
Pimp your Mac icons with CandyBar
Sure, it's got a cute name but CandyBar is pure pimp. Trick out the attractive but static icons on your Mac to replace stock with sweet. Grab icons from IconFactory and turn your Mac OS X dock and system icons into something a little more personalized, customized and tricked out.
The Sweet Stuff: Software #21 / November 19, 2009
Three free Thanksgiving screensavers
In honor of Thanksgiving in the United States, Michael "Doctor File Finder" Callahan takes a look at at three, free Thanksgiving screensavers. We'll also look at some of the other free Thanksgiving stuff that's available in an upcoming episode.
Tutorials #491 / November 19, 2009
What is Linux?
Linux is a free and open source operating system that was first created in 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Today there are many different variations of Linux which are called "distributions." Doc gives a brief introduction to Linux and tells you what you need to know.
Tutorials #490 / November 19, 2009
What is ROM?
We've all heard the term "CD-ROM". We've all heard the term ROM used in relation to our computer, but

what exactly is "ROM"?

It stands for Read Only Memory and it forms the fundamental building blocks for your computer. Doc explains.
Balancing the budget with Quicken Online #9 / November 19, 2009
Settings in Quicken Online
Quicken Online can send you updates to let you know how you're doing financially. Get an alert if you're nearing your spending limit on a certain category, get daily updates to let you know if you're on track, get bill payment reminders, warning calls as credit cards near their limits and much more. It's all here under

Quicken Online settings

.
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