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Safeway has converted its entire US trucking fleet to use cleaner burning biodiesel fuel.
2008-01-21 12:59:00
Safeway Inc., the third largest supermarket retailer in the US, hasannounced that it has converted its entire US trucking fleet to use cleanerburning biodiesel fuel.All 1,000 Safeway lorries are now displaying the "Powered by Biodiesel" logo tohelp inform the public about its commitment towards the use of biofuels.According to Safeway, the initiative will help reduce carbon dioxide emissionsby 75 million pounds annually (3,400 tonnes), the equivalent of taking nearly7,500 passenger vehicles off the road each year. source
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Watch local TV, world TV, Live TV, satellite TV on your PC
2008-01-21 12:34:00
Using anyTV means you can watch numerous of international TVs without atelevision, TV Tuner Card or a satellite receiver. Watch anywhere youhave your internet Online. No additional equipments required.http://www.anytvplayer.com/
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243% more protection than antivirus alone
2008-01-21 12:23:00
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 ...
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low-level, real-time registry monitor
2008-01-19 23:40:00
Not sure what happened to the web site but snapfiles still offers this.RegistryProt is a standalone, compact, low-level, real-time registrymonitor. By monitoring important locations and keys in the Windowssystem registry, RegistryProt will alert whenever a key is added orchanged and then give the option of accepting the key change, revertingback to the original key setting, or deleting the key. A very usefultool to detect Trojan infection or other undesired system changes.FREEWARE http://www.snapfiles.com/get/regprot.html
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Clipboard of the stars:)
2008-01-19 22:45:00
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/
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SHOUTcast Radio still here
2008-01-19 21:27:00
Lotsa Internet radio has come and gone but shoutcast is still here:)Welcome to SHOUTcast Radio, the home of free Internet Radio. Tune-in tothousands of free online radio stations from DJs and broadcastersaround the world. Start enjoying online radio with SHOUTcast Radio nowin just three easy steps... http://shoutcast.com/
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5 great map add-ons for Firefox
2008-01-19 20:29:00
We checked out these add-ons for helping your find yourself, (no, notthat way) and they do a good job of helping you get where you want togo. Well, at least they get you the directions and well, the rest isreally up to you.source
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40,000 new users per
2008-01-19 20:27:00
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 fromLeading 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 thenew release of Comodo Firewall Pro Version 3.0. is being downloaded andinstalled at a rate of almost 40,000 new users per day which makesComodo Firewall Pro the fastest growing free firewall solution,protecting millions of computers worldwide. This new release advancescomputer security from being a defensive and reactive system to apreventative and proactive solution based on a new A-VSMART™tec ...
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Investigation Prompts Call For Change In Trucking Industry
2008-01-19 19:10:00
HOUSTON -- Local 2 Investigates exposed theproblem last year. Now massive, nationwide changes to the truckingindustry are being proposed. Our hidden camera investigation showed howa person with no experience and little training could still get alicense to drive an 18-wheeler. The proposed changes are aimed atmaking the roads safer for you and your family.Our hiddencameras followed a Local 2 employee last February as he took thestate's road test for a class-A commercial driver's license, a licensethat will allow him to drive any 80,0000 pound commercial truck.Butbefore our employee took the state's test, his only experience withcommercial trucks consisted of watching videos on truck safety forthree hours, studying practice tests for another two hours and a21-minute, 16-second practice drive. But that practice drive wasn'teven in an 18-wheeler. It was in a 14-wheel vehicle with a push buttontransmission and no container on the back. That was all it took for him to pass all of the sta ...
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naked DSL
2008-01-19 18:27:00
After long requiring Internet customers to also have land-line phoneservice, AT&T is offering stand-alone DSL service for as little as$20 a month.The San Antonio-based telecommunications giant had feared customerswould ditch their phone lines in favor of wireless phones if theyweren't required to stay tethered, but the Federal CommunicationsCommission ordered the marketing switch as part of AT&T's 2006merger with BellSouth Corp. AT&T launched it this year. more here
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Create PDFs from any Windows program
2008-01-19 18:22:00
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/
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FBI warns of rise in phone-based 'vishing' attacks
2008-01-18 18:13:00
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation'sInternet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) warned Thursday that so-called"vishing" attacks are on the rise. These are scams where criminals sendan e-mail or text message to a victim, saying there has been a securityproblem and the victim needs to call his or her bank to reactivate acredit or debit card. "Upon calling the telephone number, the recipient is greeted with'Welcome to the bank of ...' and then [is] requested to enter theircard number in order to resolve a pending security issue," the IC3 saidin its alert.In the past few years, inexpensive VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol)technology and open-source call-center software has made it inexpensivefor scammers to set up phony call centers, paving the way for these newtypes of scams. Security experts say that vishing can be more effectivethan traditional phishing techniques -- which direct victims to fakeWeb sites -- because the voice-based attacks have not been as widelypublicized. A new v ...
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