Mrs. Mecomber's Scrapbook

I’ve been testing out a few newer Firefox Addons (post to come about that), but I wanted to mention a new one called Web of Trust that has been a pretty good one. It’s touted as: WOT is a free Internet security addon for your browser. It will keep you safe from online scams, identity [...]

Like the sands of the hourglass, like the political tweaking of the Medicare supplement plan, software updates are ever with us. Two biggies hit the scene this month. Here’s what’s up… Firstly, if you use the Firefox browser, it is advisable that you update to the latest version, 3.5. The update fixes some serious security [...]

In a rare move, Microsoft has released a statement notifying the public of a severe vulnerability in their software that they have not a fix for, yet. Microsoft is investigating a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Video ActiveX Control. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the local [...]

This is SO COOL. It’s called Click2Map. It’s like a “skinning” program– a software editor, really– for the very popular Google Maps. I love Google Maps, I admit. I use it all the time, especially to map out my travels for my travel blog. I have a very nice map of all the places we’ve [...]

I spent the better part of the weekend in computer repair work. I helped my pal in Virginia clean his computer of a nasty virus (we did it through long distance telephone, that was fun :-p). And then I had my own problems to fix. Last week, a lot of my software programs got “updates” [...]

Well, the very cool thing about the iPhone is it’s Inter-connectability. I think I would LOVE an iPhone, just for that purpose. (It’s the $300 price tag that makes me reconsider!). How about you? Have you got an iPhone? If so, check out this site for videos: Vuzu. The quality of the videos is much [...]