As you probably know by now, the term phishing refers to an attempt to gain personal information from end users by spoofing legitimate companies and financial institutions, such as PayPal or Ebay. In order to do this, an attacker sends a message (usually an e-mail) stating there is some sort of serious issue with your account and in order to take care of it, you need to log in with your account information at their site, which is of course, fake.

Once this is done, the attackers have the information they want, which puts the ball squarely in their court. This has been a very successful avenue for attackers in the past. They have been able to harvest various user's personal information with ease. Lately however, the public is getting a little wiser to these sorts of attacks and we aren't so easily fooled anymore.

The one thing about hackers is that they are resilient. You stop one method and they shortly figure out another. Well, the new method appears to be a hybrid phishing attack that blends technology and traditional methods combined with the misplaced security of speaking with someone on the phone.

This brings in phone phishing. Phone Phishing is becoming very popular, yielding a high success rate. The concept remains the same: fool someone into giving you personal information by impersonating another company, but the execution has a slight twist. There are a few different styles of phone phishing, with the most popular being when an attacker instructs the user to call a customer service number in order to rectify the bogus situation.

On the other end of the line, it could be a fake customer service representative or an automated message. It doesn’t matter. Either way, they are going to ask you to divulge personal information. This method has not been in use that long, but it is notably successful. People tend to feel more comfortable giving their information out over the phone instead of the Internet, especially when they feel they are safe.

There are variations of Phone Phishing, which I have summarized below:
    * Some methods take advantage of the rich content with the smart phones that are out there today, which can send/receive instant messaging, as well as, e-mail. These are both more traditional methods of phishing that have proven to be highly successful in the past.
    * There is a method of phone phishing that is identical to the method listed above, but instead of being directed to a phone number, you are instructed to go to a Web site, which is of course, fake and it then requests your personal information.
    * A less traditional phishing scam (but still in the same family) is the method in which an attacker will use a police scanner to help capture cell phone calls. This is primarily for older analog phones that have little encryption on the audio transmission. With the newer digital phones, this isn’t an issue due to the encryption placed on the audio. With analog phones however, it is quite easy to steal audio from a transition and as a matter of fact, Newt Gingrich had a cell phone conversation tapped by someone using a common police scanner.

The systems architecture for Beijing 2008 was finalized last month by Atos Origin, the main IT supplier for the games. And all the facilities--a PC factory, data center, integration lab and technology operation center--are now operational.

An IT team of around 3,500 people, which includes 2,500 volunteers, will be responsible for 10,000 PCs, 1,000 servers, a games information system and an information diffusion system across seven cities.

"You have one chance to get it right. There is no second chance," said Guillaume Huard, sales and marketing director for the Olympics and major events at Atos Origin. "Testing is a big component. You don't want to affect the competition in any way. The testing is intense and takes more than a year."

The testing will include a run-through of 500 possible worst-case scenarios, rehearsing every situation that could go wrong, including virus infections and cables being cut, but Huard said the biggest threat is still an internal one.

"We have had people trying to print their own accreditation badges," he said, "or trying to find their way around the network when they shouldn't."

To minimize risks, all the Olympic volunteers--IT and non-IT--go through rigorous police background checks. In Beijing there will be a total of 70,000 volunteers, filtered down from around 5 million applications.

The reliability required for the Olympic Games is so high that there is little new or cutting-edge technology used.

"You have to freeze your solution quite a long time before the event," Huard said. "We are not going for cutting-edge and bleeding-edge technology. It has to be mature, proven, tested technology."

There are currently 100 IT staff members in Beijing, three-fourths of whom are Chinese. Testing begins this month for IT supporting 12 Olympics events in 11 different venues. Work on the IT infrastructure for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics is also already under way, and work on the London 2012 IT systems will begin after Beijing, in November 2008.

First of all, let me ask you this: are you also a fan of Internet Explorer 7?   Don't worry, it's okay to admit that you like Firefox better as a Web browser, but maybe you prefer the way Internet Explorer 7 looks. If that's the case, you're definitely going to want to check out this new theme. Here are the specs: the new theme is titled "Vista-Aero" and it was created by both Merci chao and my FireFox. Vista-Aero really gives you the look and feel of IE 7, but it runs like Firefox. Sounds pretty darn cool, huh?!

Now, with this new theme, you also get a feel for Windows Vista, hence its name. So, all in all, it gives you the looks of IE 7, combined with Vista's Aero interface, while still giving you the features and navigation style you love so much with Firefox. This one's a win-win situation, if you ask me! This theme was recommended by several of our message board users and after downloading it myself, I have to agree with them. It's absolutely fantastic. If you'd like to install it for yourself, just visit the link and click on the Install Now button. Now, go to it! 
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4988

Issue: U.S. as IT leader
The United States is the birthplace of both the personal computer and the Internet. It has written the rules for using business technology to deliver staggering increases in worker productivity. It has given the world major innovations in the microprocessors that power computing and electronics devices of all sizes and functions.

The U.S. has quite simply served as the undisputed leader and catalyst of the global IT industry for the past 40 years. Yet the landscape has changed rapidly over the past decade, and especially in the past five years, as the U.S. is now facing challenges across the board from nimble innovators in Europe and Asia.

In the past several months, many journalists and commentators in the U.S. have made bold assertions and dire predictions about America’s decline as a force in technology. Below is a list of some of the more prominent (and most dire) reports, including links and some quotes that provide a brief synopsis of each one.

US Losing Its IT Chops (TechNewsWorld)
    “The United States has fallen to seventh place among 122 economies in its network readiness, or ability to leverage the opportunities of IT, according to a report … by the World Economic Forum [sponsored by Cisco]. Denmark supplanted the U.S. at the top of the list thanks in part to its regulatory environment, government leadership and vision in leveraging IT for growth.”

    “I’m surprised we were in the No. 1 spot in 2006,” said Safa Rashtchy, senior research analyst with Piper Jaffray. “The fact is, as much as we don’t like to admit it, we are not the leading edge of Internet and wireless technologies. Part of the reason has to do with our economy and lack of government support; it’s also a byproduct of the extremely competitive market.”

U.S. Technology Deployment Leadership Threatened by Emerging Economies (Info-Tech)
    “The world’s emerging economies are narrowing the technology deployment gap with the U.S. and other developed countries, says a new global study conducted by Info-Tech Research Group and KnowledgeStorm. While the U.S. is still the global leader in the implementation of technology-enabled business solutions, adoption of these systems by enterprises within regions such as India, Africa, Asia and Latin America is growing due to confidence in the ability of technology to transform business…

    “Emerging economies can play catch-up quickly because of the ability of these countries to adopt the latest versions of technology that’s already been tried, tested and improved in established economies. From an Information Technology (IT) solutions perspective, India has already joined the ranks of established economies because of the willingness of its IT managers to embrace sophisticated solutions.”

Study: US Lags Behind in Broadband Speeds (PC World)
    “The U.S. is lagging behind other industrialized nations in the availability and use of high-speed broadband connections, according to a report [by] Washington-based Communications Workers of America… According to the report, the U.S. is 16th in the world in deployment and availability of high-speed networks…

    “The U.S. [also] lags behind other nations when it comes to cost of broadband access… Speeds of 50Mbit/sec., which is not available to residential consumers in [the U.S.], is available to Japanese consumers for roughly US$30 per month. U.S. consumers typically pay $20 for about 1Mbit/sec. service and $30 to $40 for about 4Mbit/sec. service.”

Perspective: America’s tech moment of truth (CNET)
    “In the past few years, other nations have caught up with, and in many ways surpassed, the United States in reaching important milestones, and the future is probably going to get worse… A decade or so ago, roughly 35 percent of the investments in leading-edge chip technologies were made in the United States. In the last five years, only about 10 percent to 12 percent of those investments landed stateside… Many of these overseas investments are made by U.S. corporations.”

Turning Our Backs on Tech: Corporate America has to make IT jobs sexy again (Fortune)
    “In the global battle for infotech supremacy, is America surrendering? Recent evidence suggests that the U.S. is at least thinking about giving up. I’m talking not just about America’s ability to produce the fastest chip or most popular software but also about something potentially even more serious: the ability of all businesses to be world-class users of information technology…

    “The more worrisome problem is what’s happening with the kids. Moving herdlike, as usual, they’ve decided that IT is excruciatingly uncool. Of course it was the coolest thing on the planet just seven years ago, when interest in computer science as an undergraduate major hit a 20-year high. But then a lot of things happened. The dot-com boom went bust at just the time companies stopped hiring staff to fix Y2K problems. More important, the pop culture image of infotech workers flipped from dot-com billionaires in Gulfstreams to Dilbertesque drones writing code in cubicles and Third World masses working for pennies an hour.”

Sanity check
After reading those articles, it’s easy to get pessimistic about the current state of IT in the U.S., but I would caution against concluding that the U.S. is doomed to tech mediocrity for the following four reasons:

1.) The U.S. is at a tactical disadvantage at the moment — Since many of today’s latest technologies (in virtually every field) are simpler to use and implement, have more features, and are much cheaper than their predecessors, international upstarts have a big advantage right out of the gates when they establish their internal IT infrastructure. These upstarts get to build their infrastructure from scratch, unlike many of their U.S. rivals, which don’t have the luxury of a clean slate but have to face the difficulties of data migration and staff retraining when upgrading or migrating to the latest technologies. That means new rivals have the advantages of new technologies. However, this advantage will even out and disappear over time as the upstarts become entrenched in their current systems. The irony is that the technology itself — much of it created by U.S. companies and often including major innovations in recent years — can be one of the major factors that allows startups to quickly make up ground on incumbents.

2.) This was bound to happen as IT helped accelerate globalization — One of the most significant changes that has come with the rapid advancement of computers and networks has been the world-changing developments in communications technology. Just think of it … you can now make a good-quality Skype video call from the U.S. to China and be connected for over an hour, and it’s free! These changes have connected people more quickly and cohesively than ever before, have spread new ideas and developments across the planet, and have driven the powerful forces of economic globalization. With all of these forces at work, it was only a matter of time before more people from new parts of the globe got involved in the technology sector and helped drive it forward in new directions.

3.) Silicon Valley is still the epicenter of the technology world — Clearly, not all of the best ideas in technology are hatched from that overpriced stretch of real estate from San Jose to San Francisco, California. Companies such as Vidoop (in Tulsa, Oklahoma) and Zoho (with its product teams in India) have proven that. Nevertheless, there are still more new and innovative tech ideas concentrated in Silicon Valley than anywhere else on earth. And with Google, Intel, Yahoo, Apple, and so many other tech giants anchored in Silicon Valley, nothing is going to change that fact anytime soon. More of the greatest innovations in technology are coming out of the U.S. than anywhere else.

4.) The sleeping giant hasn’t woken up yet — The U.S. can never go back to having the kind of unparalleled tech leadership position that it enjoyed a decade ago. That genie will never go back in the bottle. There are simply too many players involved now and too much competition. However, the sleeping giant does need to wake up and acknowledge that it is under attack from various competitors. Many of the problems that the IT industry faces in the U.S are due to complacency, and that’s fixable. The U.S. tech industry must shake off that complacency and work toward creating a better regulatory atmosphere for tech companies to flourish here (with help from the U.S. government, of course), a better approach to reigniting interest in tech education, and a better sense of the areas where the competition is winning and where there are still opportunities for U.S. companies and workers to take the lead in today’s multinational IT industry.

Do you think the U.S. has lost its role as the world leader of IT? Why or why not? If you do think so, what do you think are some of causes? Where do you think the U.S. still has opportunities to lead? Join the discussion.

Oh, what a great question! After reading through this question, I immediately went and did a search in our archives, because I thought for sure we had done a tip on this before. But, much to my surprise, there was nothing to be found. I couldn't believe we hadn't covered this topic before. It's definitely one that a lot of you could get some good use out of. So, that's exactly why I'm going to take care of this one today. There's no use waiting any longer. Let's get right down to it!

First of all, you might be wondering why it's a good idea to buy an external hard drive. Well, the main purpose for one is to act as a backup option for your computer. If something were to go wrong with your regular hard drive, you could easily switch over to this one, without losing anything. It also adds a lot of portability to your data. With an external hard drive, you can take your data anywhere you need to go. They're very simple to use and they always seem to come in handy!

Alright, with all of that said, here are five tips you can use when buying an external hard drive:

1.) Go With a Brand Name - When it comes to external hard drives, it's best to buy a brand name. Yes, it may cost you a little more, but it will save you in the long run. If you go with a name you don't recognize, you're really only going to get what you pay for. (Yes, the saying is true!) A hard drive made by a "not so well known" company may end up breaking down faster than another brand would and so on. Another good reason to buy a brand name is the warranty that comes with it. If something does go wrong with your drive, you can always have it fixed right away. On the other hand, with other companies, you might have a little trouble contacting them and actually getting your hard drive repaired. So, if you don't want to deal with all that hassle, go with a brand name. You'll thank me later!

2.) Search It Out - It's best to do some research before you go out and buy a new external hard drive. You can use Google (or any of your other favorite search engines) to do this. You can search out the different brands and model types beforehand and that will really help you when you go to purchase the hard drive. If you have a specific type in mind that you want to buy, look for some reviews and any feedback you can find. That information will help you to see how reliable a certain hard drive really is. You may be surprised at some of the things you find, but at least you'll know you're getting the best hard drive for your money!

3.) Check the Connectivity - When you're buying an external hard drive, you'll want to pay attention to the connection type it has. The one you purchase will either connect via USB or Firewire. Now, Firewire is the fastest choice, but your computer may not have that type of connectivity. In that case, you'll need to find one that will work with your computer, which will probably be a USB version (most all computers these days have USB ports). You'll then also need to check on the USB connection you have. Do you have USB 1.0 or 2.0? It's likely that you'll have 2.0, but if you only have 1.0, you'll need to find a hard drive that will support that as well. Without the proper connections, the whole thing is pointless, so you really need to pay attention to this aspect of it.

4.) Speed - You don't want a hard drive that runs as slow as molasses, do you? I didn't think so! In that case, you need to look for a hard drive that is going to give you the speed you want. When it comes down to it, the faster your hard drive performs, the faster your data will be transferred to your computer, etc. With that in mind, there are three things you need to check out when you go to buy your drive. First is the seek time. This needs to be 10ms or less. Second is the buffer size. The more of this, the better, but your drive should have at least 4 MB of buffer. Third is the RPM. For this, the higher it is, the better. It should be at least 5400rpm, but 7200rpm is preferred. If you stick to those basic tips, your hard drive will work just fine!

5.) Size - The last thing you need to keep in mind when you're buying a new hard drive is the size of it. You knew this one was coming, didn't you?! When it comes to size, you can basically go by the rule of "buy as much as you can afford." When we're talking about data storage space, you can never have too much, so if you can afford 100 GB, get that. If you think you'll need more space and can handle it, get that. It's all up to you, but it's best to add an extra 50 percent on to the amount you think you're going to need. That way, you'll know for sure you won't run out of space within the first couple of months.

Then once you find your deleted Recycle Bin, to prevent any more accidents, let's see how you can resize the desktop icons by scrolling the mouse. Alright, let's get started!

Quick Instructions on How to Find a Lost Vista Recycle Bin:
1.) Right click your Vista desktop.
2.) Choose Personalize.
3.) Select Change Desktop Icons.
4.) Under the Desktop Icon Settings, place a checkmark next to the Recycle Bin option.
With that done, let's continue on!

Step by Step Instructions on How to Find a Deleted Vista Recycle Bin:
1.) Right click in a clear area on your Vista desktop.

Experts at SophosLabs™, Sophos's global network of virus, spyware and spam analysis centers, have warned of a huge spam campaign in the last 24 hours, designed to manipulate the share price of a company which sells wireless products to young people. Sophos reports that the scale of the spam campaign is so great that it has resulted in the amount of spam seen by its global traps rising by 30% in the last 24 hours.

The spam messages are being sent to internet users worldwide, with an attached PDF file which urges them to buy shares in a company called Prime Time Group Inc. Investors may not be aware that the spammers have already purchased stock at a cheap price and are trying to artificially inflate its price by encouraging others to purchase more. The spammers plan to then sell off their stock at a profit, which may cause the price to plummet.

The massive spike in spam was first seen at Sophos's spamtraps in Germany at 16:40 BST yesterday, but was quickly seen arriving at other monitoring stations around the world. The email messages are being sent from compromised home PCs, turned into compromised zombies by hackers.

Part of the message reads as follows:

IMAGINE IF YOU HAD THE CHANCE TO BUY A WAL-MART FRANCHISE IN MEXICO RIGHT WHEN IT FIRST OPENED ITS DOORS THERE AND ALL YOU NEEDED WAS A SMALL STAKE TO GET IN.

Hurry, we see this stock starting to make the turn NOW.
Big watch in effect for August 8, 2007!!!!

"The scale of this stock pump-and-dump spam campaign is like nothing we've seen before, and it looks like it is working for the cybercriminals behind it. The share price in this company has rocketed as a result of bogus news being blasted to internet users worldwide," said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos. "In an attempt to get past anti-spam products criminals are now regularly using PDF files to carry their slick enticements for potential investors. Although a solid anti-spam defense can protect against this menace, there are plenty of people who still haven't defended their email gateways and are being fooled into making an unwise investment."

Last month, Sophos published its Security Threat Report July 2007, examining the latest trends in spam, malware and hacking. The report described the trend for spammers to use PDF files to try and escape detection by email gateway filtering products.

    * Read more about the spam campaign on the SophosLabs blog
    * Download "Sophos Security Threat Report July 2007"
    * Download a podcast on the Sophos Security Threat Report July 2007 now

Sophos experts report that pump-and-dump stock campaigns account for approximately 25 percent of all spam, up from 0.8 percent in January 2005.

Earlier this year, Sophos reported how the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) had suspended trading in 35 companies as they were found to be commonly referenced in pump-and-dump stock email campaigns.

Sophos recommends companies protect themselves with a consolidated solution which can defend against the threats of spam, hackers, spyware and viruses. 

Trend Micro, more commonly referred to as Housecall, offers free virus scans and in most cases can fix damage down by a virus or worm that your computer may have contacted. The program works well.  The first time one uses the free program it is necessary to download a small program. Trend Micro walks you through the process.   Then the virus scans are quite simple for each return.  Go to http://housecall.antivirus.com/  then choose the link   "Scan without registering".  Follow the directions.

You should disable any anti virus program that you have running.  If you do not have a virus program I recommend that you use one of the programs offered above first and then download and install one of the free programs listed below or install any anti virus program you have purchased.
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Free Anti Virus programs for download. 
Quite a few KCnet members use these programs and like them.
Be careful if you download a virus program and you already have one installed on your computer.  You need to at least disable the program already installed.

AVG Free
AVG Free Edition is the well-known anti-virus protection tool. AVG Free is available free-of-charge to home users for the life of the product! Rapid virus database updates are available for the lifetime of the product, thereby providing the high-level of detection capability that millions of users around the world trust to protect their computers. AVG Free is easy-to-use and will not slow your system down (low system resource requirements).
http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/2/lng/us/tpl/v5

Avast
Avast has been "anti virusing" for quite awhile.  The following info comes from their download page:   Avast! Home is now free of charge for HOME users for NON-COMMERCIAL use. You can find more info here.
http://www.avast.com/eng/down_home.html
Note: This product is free for home non-commercial use after registration!
HINTS:   Click on the English Version Link and download the installation file.  Then click on the installation file and follow the directions.  You will need to return to the download page and click on the link to get the registration key.   It will be sent to you in an email after you provide some registration information.  This will give you 14 months of coverage including any updates which can be set to auto download.  You can reregister for additional free coverage at the end of the 14 months.
You will want to browse around and choose from the many options available for operation.  This process will take some time and digging.

Another good free program is:
http://www.free-av.com/
This one installs a bit easier than Avast.

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Free Spybot and Adware programs for download.

AVG Anti-Spyware Free is a free anti-spyware protection tool developed by GRISOFT for home use. We invite you to join the millions of satisfied customers worldwide who have downloaded the software and now enjoy the benefits of ewido anti-spyware Free.
What you get with anti-spyware Free
Easy to use
Daily database updates
Heuristics to detect unknown threats
Automatic Cleaning Engine
And most of all ... great customer satisfaction!
http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/20/lng/us/tpl/v5 

Spybot - Search & Destroy 1.4 - product description
Application to scan for spyware, adware, hijackers and other malicious software.
Choose one of the sites to download from.
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/mirrors/index.html

Ad-Aware Personal provides advanced protection from known data-mining, aggressive advertising, Trojans, dialers, malware, browser hijackers, and tracking components. This software is downloadable free of charge.
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/

Windows Defender  is a free program that helps protect your computer against pop-ups, slow performance, and security threats caused by spyware and other unwanted software. It features Real-Time Protection, a monitoring system that recommends actions against spyware when it's detected, and a new streamlined interface that minimizes interruptions and helps you stay productive.
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx 
 

True Viruses and Warning Letters of Impending Doom.
Believe it or not, the amount of harm done by sending false computer virus alarms and letters of impending doom to your thousand closest friends can be just as damaging as the alleged virus (if it even exists!);  if you remember the story of the boy who cried wolf, you understand why.
If you think you've got the scoop on the latest new devastating virus or latest doom warning, check it out at the Web sites below before taking it on yourself to alert the world.  If the virus is as terrible as you think it is, odds are the virus fighters already know about it and -- good news here!  -- your anti virus software provider probably knows about it too and already has an update for it.
Sophos supplies this current information about actual hoaxes.  Look at them. Read about them.  If you are sent one of them, delete it.

Here are a few sites of many that can help you determine if an email is a hoax or real.

http://www.snopes.com/
http://vil.nai.com/VIL/hoaxes.asp
http://kumite.com/myths/
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/hoax.html
http://www.scambusters.org/VirusHoaxes.html
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/hoaxes/
http://www.truthorfiction.com/
http://www.quatloos.com/

To get started browsing through these mammoth creations, you need to click Search. This will provide you with several ways of browsing.

You can search by keyword, list of attractions by name (choose a letter from the alphabet), by category, by state, by Canadian province, by country or you can even browse through them all at once.

If you do choose to view them all at once, allow for an extended load time, as it is a big file. But, to be honest, it's my favorite way to check them out. When it's done loading, it will come up as a table and for each one, they have a photo of it. Just click the link to be taken to that attraction’s page.

On the attraction’s page, you will learn, at the very least, where it is located and when it was built. If you’re lucky, the attraction you picked will have a background story as well. For example, check out the listing Alligator.

News and Notes – Here you will learn of the latest happenings in the world of these large attractions. From the 50th anniversary of the catsup bottle to the donation of a huge fire hydrant, it's all very interesting to check out!

Oh, and don’t forget to check out the Gallery of Huge Beings. It’s set up as a thumbnail gallery and it is divided up by location. Just scroll down the page and click the thumbnail you’d like to see larger. I, of course, checked out Jacques from Marblehead, Ohio.

I hope you enjoyed this jaunt into the universe of giant roadside attractions. I know I did. It is pretty neat and it's a really fun way to pass some time!

http://www.wlra.us/

How Products Are Made     Jack Laubscher clued me in to this site.  It is awesome both text descriptions and graphics are used to give the explanations.  You'll want to spend a lot of time here and Bookmark/Favorite this site for future referencing. (Mike)
How Products Are Made explains and details the manufacturing process of a wide variety of products, from daily household items to complicated electronic equipment and heavy machinery. The site provides step by step descriptions of the assembly and the manufacturing process (complemented with illustrations and diagrams) Each product also has related information such as the background, how the item works, who invented the product, raw materials that were used, product applications, by-products that are generated, possible future developments, quality control procedures, etc.

For example, you can find here descriptions of Air Bag, Air Conditioner, Artificial Snow, Automobile, Battery, Blue Jeans, Chewing Gum, Coin, Compact Disc, Credit Card, DVD Player, Fireworks, Hologram, Jet Engine, Laser Pointer, Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), Nuclear Submarine, Paint, Popcorn, Refrigerator, Telephone, Television, Temporary Tattoo, Vaccine, Vacuum Cleaner or Watch.

This searchable site is suited for a general audience and the descriptive language of this reference material is easy to understand and to follow. So go ahead we invite you to learn about How Products Are Made!
http://www.madehow.com/index.html

If you have children, chances are you’ve watched a lot of animated films.

No doubt you’ve seen plenty of films produced by Pixar. Pixar’s animation is among the best in the industry.

The company is responsible for Toy Story, Finding Nemo and Cars. It also produces short animation pieces, which you can watch on its site.

So stop by and check out some of the short films. You can start with Lifted. It’s about teen aliens!

Your digital gear is protected under your homeowner’s or renter’s insurance policy, right? Maybe. Tune in to tomorrow's national radio Kim Komando Digital Minute to learn more about insurance and digital gear. My Digital Minute is broadcast on hundreds of stations throughout the country. To find a local station that broadcasts my Minute, visit my site. You'll also find information on other ways to catch my radio shows.
http://www.pixar.com