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June 22, 2008 – 5:55 am
You can hardly pick up a newspaper that does not contain an article about the poor state of the economy. Whether or not you agree with the assessments that the economic sky is falling, pretty much everyone agrees that getting a home loan is a little more difficult these days. This is why you really need to keep an eye on your credit standing.
In a previous article (Have You Checked Your Credit Report Lately?), I told you how to get a free copy of your credit report from all three major reporting bureaus each year. It is important to monitor your credit report to help prevent identity theft and protect your credit rating. However, when it comes time to get a loan, it is your credit “score” that lenders really want to check out. Your credit score can have a significant impact on how much it costs you to borrow money.
Until now, you had to pay to find out your credit score. Fortunately, CreditKarma.com has changed all that by providing you with a free credit score from one of the three major credit bureaus. They can even help you monitor your score over time so you always know where you stand.
Of course you have probably been around long enough to realize that there is no such thing as a free lunch. CreditKarma makes their money through advertising. They provide you with special offers that are tailored to you based on your credit score. The offers may be useful if you are looking for things like a lower interest rate on a credit card or a special deal from your cable company. Check it out.
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The beauty of bookmarks, is that they almost eliminate the need to print web pages. However, no matter how you feel about the need to save the trees, sooner or later you are going to have to print a web page.
I would guess very few owners of gadgets and appliances take the time to actually read the manual. However, unless you are an extreme geek, you will probably run into an issue or two with your cell phone, mp3 player, sound system or some other appliance that will require a quick check of the manual. So the manual does come in handy, even if you do not read it from cover to cover.
Milan Woollard, the principal of Shasta High School in Northern California, said he will eliminate the student newspaper after it published a front-page photo of a student burning an American flag. He described the latest issue of the student-run Volcano as “embarrassing.”
They say that timing is everything and Carmax, the nation’s largest retailer of used cars, has timed the release of their new website perfectly. With gas prices at an all time high, many consumers are beginning to think about getting rid of their gas guzzlers and buying a more fuel efficient ride.
Best Buy is trying out a free recycling program at stores 117 Best Buy stores scattered across eight states.
A few years back, I nearly quit watching traditional television shows. Why? Well, I just couldn’t bring myself to watch another goofy situation comedy, the newest flavor of CSI or (god forbid) Cops. Instead, in my search for intellectual stimulation, I got hooked on Tech TV. Unfortunately, I was a little late to the party and Paul Allen (the co-founder of Microsoft and the owner of Tech TV) decided to dump Tech TV on G4, a video game network, who quickly disassembled everything good about the network.
On Tuesday, I traveled to Black Mountain, NC for a tour of the 
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Over the holiday weekend, I made a couple of changes to The Sisyphus Comments. If you scroll down the right column of the blog, you will see a new section entitled “Twitter Updates.” Now I realize that my less technically oriented readers are asking themselves, “What’s a Twitter?”
It’s really exciting when you finally make the decision to pony up a few hundred (or thousand) dollars to buy a new computer. You usually end up with the latest operating system and a pretty good speed bump, so all is well, right? Not quite.
Digital cameras have given us the ability to share pictures with family members and friends. Unfortunately, the size of these high resolution image files can create some problems. One obvious issue arises when the recipient of your photographic masterpiece is still using a dial up connection. He can forget getting the rest of his e-mail until your mega attachment finishes downloading.
You can find PDF files all over the internet since they are frequently used by companies and government agencies to distribute information. Content providers like the files because they work on any computer. Unlike other file formats, such as the Microsoft Word DOC files, the formatting of a PDF document doesn’t change from computer to computer, regardless of the operating system.
