Tip of the Week: 15 more tips for saving money on inkjets

Last week's radio show on Printers generated a lot of interest, especially in the area of ink refills and money saving options.

On the heals of that heightened interest, we continue with a whole bunch o' tips from the folks at Computer Shopper for those looking to save some $$$ on inkjets.

Headwhack of the Week: Uninstalling Internet Explorer 8

One of the most common questions we field today is whether it's safe to upgrade to Internet Explorer 8.  Their is no right or wrong answer as each of you have a unique set of circumstances and there is no way to know if a specific person will have a problem with IE 8 until it get's installed and used.

That being said, it is clear that some are experiencing some real problems with IE 8 that the 'compatibility mode' isn't solving.  If you are in that camp, here is a link with instructions on how to Uninstall IE 8.

Geek Speak of the Week: Glurge

Those pseudo inspirational stories that come to your Inbox offering a strong moral lesson, distorted or untrue facts along with the threat of misfortune if you do not forward them to all your friends. Originally coined by a contributor to Snopes.com

Security: Thank Canada: Facebook's 4 Big Privacy Fixes

Pick on Canada all you want, but this week the country did good by muscling Facebook into making privacy changes. Our northern neighbors took the lead on scrutinizing Facebook's privacy policy and required alterations in accordance with Canada's privacy laws.

News: Jessica Biel 'Most Dangerous Celeb' in cyberspace

Through no fault of her own, actress Jessica Biel is now the most hazardous celebrity on the Internet. Fans searching online for Biel have a one-in-five chance of hitting a Web site with malware, according to McAfee's third annual report listing Hollywood's most "dangerous" online celebrities.

News: The Smartest Non-Smartphones

If you want a smartphone but are put off by the high data plan costs,  PCMag.com has assembled a review of phones that are almost as powerful-and in some cases,  even better than traditional smartphones.

Data Doctors Video on Cnn.com: Why Firefox should be UR browser ? 

You hear it virtually every week on the radio show: Windows users should strongly consider using Firefox as their primary browser & only use IE when forced to by the site...get the video version of this advice here!

Watch the video and help our rankings on CNN.com!  You can watch us live AT OUR NEW TIME every Wednesday afternoon at 2:30PM Pacific, 5:30PM Eastern or watch the archived versions of our segments whenever you want at  CNN.com/video.

Opinion:   Hey Flickr ... why so censorious?  

The popular social media photo site isn't talking about 'Jokerized Obama,' and you better not either

Weekly Advice Column: Avoiding spam filters 

If you think that more and more of your outgoing messages are not getting to your recipients or worse getting bounced because your address has been blacklisted, your aren't imagining things.

The battle against the spammers has an unfortunate casualty: your real messages!

Knowing what will cause your message to get caught in a spam filter BEFORE you send out the message is a very good start to improving your personal messages spam score!

This Week's Show: Dealing with Spam, Ham & Meatloaf!

Everything that ends up in your Inbox falls into one of three categories:

Spam - unsolicited commercial e-mail

Ham - legitimate messages

Meatloaf - Jokes or other meaningless messages from well meaning friends

Understanding the basic rules and 'netiquette' of e-mail can dramatically reduce your exposure to the bad stuff, making it easier to get to the good stuff.

Listen in as the Data Doctors focus on the obvious and not so obvious rules of the road for electronic messages.

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