This is a video that shows how to be a little bit more secure using Microsoft Windows based web development tools by using them on a Mac (using OSX Leopard) which is much more secure than Windows. Windows has many more vulnerabilities than UNIX based operating systems such as Apple’s OS X and Linux. The security level of Linux and OSX is far superior to Windows and we can add a layer of security by running the Windows OS within VMware.
The Windows based web development tools can still be used (such as Adobe Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks, Photoshop, etc.) to build the website files but then instead of transmitting the files using the less secure Windows (and possibly having key logger malware spying on every key that is typed in the Windows environment such as user logins and passwords), we can drag and drop the files from the virtual machine (using VMware Tools) directly to the Mac.
You may get some other ideas as well after watching this video. On another note, you should notice the quality of these videos getting better as I figure out better ways to encode them.
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Yahoo launched the ymail.com and rocketmail.com domains for email accounts. Yahoo is one of the largest email account providers in the world with both free account and pay accounts. The free accounts have an ajax based web portal for reading and writing emails. For years, Yahoo has used the yahoo.com domain for email addresses. It is very simple to sign up for a new account. Just go to ymail.com and sign up. You can even chat with your friends within Yahoo mail.
Since these new domains just opened up, you may have a chance at getting your real name before someone else takes it. I had some friends of mine get their first name (like name@ymail.com). As long as it is more than four letters, you might have a shot. But don’t wait too long or you may miss your chance and end up with something like name1234@ymail.com. It is just not the same.
If you do sign up for a free account. Be sure to login to it regularly or you may lose your account. Or, you can purchase the “plus” package to add more features, more disk space, more spam filters, pop3 access, and much more.
So, go sign up for an account at ymail.com or rocketmail.com.
Mozilla launched Firefox 3, one of the most popular internet browsers. The highly anticipated launch and attempted download record clogged internet servers hosting the open source package which is available on all major platforms. Users trying to download firefox 3 were greeted with timeouts and other “server too busy” type messages as they attempted to set a record for most downloads in a day.
After the initial hours of the launch, things seemed to settle down a bit and users could download Mozilla’s firefox browser without issue. I downloaded the Mac OSX version and installed it. I recorded a video as I downloaded and installed it. There are many nice new features and it does seem to be a bit more snappy than prefious firefox versions. I don’t get into too many details in the video but thought I would post one so you could get a little idea about the process.
Keep in mind that if you install the newest version and you already have a lot of plugins (or add-ons) that you use in your current version of firefox, they plugins may not work if the developer has not yet released a version for firefox 3. You may want to wait a bit or at least keep a copy of your older version so you can continue using your plugins.
I hope everyone had a great Father’s day. I sure did. I always enjoy spending time with my family. My family is the primary reason I build my internet businesses. It gives me the freedom to control my own success. A job will not allow you to control your own success (or freedom). A job will keep you enslaved to your employer. Your employer will dictate how much money you make, when you have to work, and how long you have to work. If you think about it in a different way, you employer tells you how little money you make (just enough to get by - if even that much). They tell you when you can’t be spending time with your family and they tell you how much time you can spend with your family. On top of that, they can lay you off at any moment regardless of your situation.
I recently had some friends of mine told that they were no longer needed at their place of employment. They had worked hard (and did an excellent job) for many years and made the business what it was for their employer. They made many sacrifices along the way for the sake of their jobs and in the end, they were just let go. This seems to happen more and more these days.
The best way to be successful and in control of your own freedom is to have a business of your own that you control. An internet business is an ideal way to accomplish these goals. All you need to do is find out what people want and are willing to pay for, create the product, and sell it. It’s really pretty simple. It may not be easy, but it is a simple formula.
What are you interested in? Do you have a hobby? What do you know a lot about? You are an expert about something. If you know more about something than a majority of other people, you are an expert to them. They will want to know what you know. Just think about how many times someone asked you advice about something. You were an expert to them about whatever they were asking about. There are MANY more people that would ask you the same type of questions if they knew you could help them and a percentage of those people will pay you for your information.
So, get started and set up a blog or some other internet presence about yourself and your “expertise” and let people know about you. This is just the beginning of a successful business that can help you can gain financial freedom and success.
