10 minute E-Mail

Ever wanted to have a temporary, throwaway e-mail address? One you could use when you are filling out a web form and they require you to provide an e-mail address. 10 Minute mail is a free service that allows you to create a free e-mail address that lasts for 10 minutes.

Sender Policy Framewoks, Helps Fight Spam

Have you ever received an e-mail that supposedly came from you but was not sent by you or your company? For example; you have an e-mail account called Sales@MyCompany.com and one day you receive an e-mail from Sales@MyCompany.com. You didn't send this e-mail, it's spam, it could be an ad for herbal medicine or a get-rich quick scheme.

No big deal, just delete it right?

Well not really, actually it is a big deal. Think about it, that spammer is sending his electronic trash, (with your companies name on it) to potentially thousands of other e-mail addresses!

This can damage your companies reputation.

Fortunately, there is a solution.

SPF = Sender Policy Framework

"SPF fights return-path address forgery and makes it easier to identify spoofs.
Domain owners identify sending mail servers in DNS. SMTP receivers verify the envelope sender address against this information, and can distinguish authentic messages from forgeries before any message data is transmitted."

Setting up SPF is free. If you don't have one set up one today Read More

Beware the top online holiday scams

Tis' the season, for scammers and other crooks. To make sure you don't get scammed, check out this list of the top online scams. Oh yes...Merry Christmas.

Upgrading to Visual Studio 2008, Use Caution

If you plan to upgrade to VS 2008 take care. Installation can be tricky if you are using the BIDS
features of SQL Server 2005. Read More

Get your own TV Show

Something like YouTube for live video, this site can turn web cam owners into video broadcasters.

Ustream is a platform that provides live interactive video for everyone. Anyone with a camera and an Internet connection can use Ustream to broadcast to a global audience.

Just go to the site, register and name your show and you get a web cam specific URL that can be viewed 24/7, best of all its free.

Senate approves 7 year Internet tax ban

The Senate has approved a 7 year extension to the ban on Internet taxation. The extension will prevent greedy state bureaucrats from imposing new taxes on internet usage; which could increase internet use fees by as much as 17%. GOP lawmakers want to make the ban permanent; saying it would spur investment in broadband internet access, Democrats forever in love with taxes of any kind, blocked the attempt

Free download teaches programming

Want to learn game development or OOP? A free tool called 'Alice' can help; According to the Alice.org site: "Alice is an innovative 3D programming environment that makes it easy to create an animation for telling a story, playing an interactive game, or a video to share on the web. Alice is a teaching tool for introductory computing.