Just a heads up because I know quite a few of us use NOD32 as our antivirus if you are upgrading to Windows 7 you might have some issues. So if you are running ESET [NOD32 Antivirus] you might want to check this out: CLICKY TO READ

How do I safely upgrade from Windows Vista to Windows 7 with ESET Smart Security installed?

last night i tried to open a new gmail account only to find that i cant unless i give them a cell phone number to confirm. does anyone know how long it has been like this? i was annoyed, i dont want to give my cell phone number out like that, they claim its to stop spammers and the like which i think is ridiculous. Do you think a lot of people will have a problem doing this? I for one don't like it.

So if your one who purchased a PC this past year and it has the sticker on it that it qualifies for the Windows 7 then here is what you need to do to get it. Windows 7 release date it October 22nd so its right around the corner.

I have found a great little program that is not only free but user friendly and easy. With one click you can download any YouTube video or extract any audio from a YouTube Video. Just think if you have a favorite Musical video and you would love that song on your MP-3 player now you can do that. One click and you can download the audio of that Youtube.

OK this is for Vista users. Here is a nice little program that will add two extra options to your Rt click. Prior to the program this was the options I had:

After I added the program you can see the new options of "Copy To" and "Move To"

Panda Security is currently offering a free trial of the latest Panda Antivirus Pro 2010 with license key valid for 3 months.

Features include:

• Anti-Virus
• Anti-Spyware
• Anti-Phishing
• Anti-Rootkit
• Firewall
• Identity Protect
• Technical support service(Forums/Email & Web)
• Live up-to the-minute update
• SOS Virus
• Compatible with Windows XP 32-bit and Vista 32/64-bit
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So you have a favorite picture that you love but you need to resize it well there is a easy program to do that and best of all its free. I use this program all the time.

VSO Image Resizer

They have a video on their site showing how easy it is to use:

I am trying to create a ringtone from a small audio segment of a tv show that i downloaded from iTunes, i think i would start with turning the segment into a mp3 and take it from there? any help on this would be great.

Firefox 3.5.3 is now out. If you have Firefox already just click Help then Check for updates. Then follow the prompts. I use Linux Mint and have the latest Firefox thanks to Ubuntuzilla. To update if have Ubnutuzilla close Firefox, open a terminal and type "gksudo Firefox &" without the quotes. Type in your password. This opens Firefox as root. Now click Help then check for updates. Close Firefox and you can now open it normally with the newest version installed.

Parents often buy software to protect their kids on the web and to monitor what they are doing. So why would a parent pay money to do this only to have a software company like Sentry Parental Control Software collect and sell data on the kids that the parents are only trying to protect? I'm guessing that the parents didn't really read the fine print (face it sometimes its so long who really does) and didn't know that they are agreeing to the inf