Someone asked why anyone would pay $12 for 24 issues of Neat Net Tricks Premium when you can get the same number of issues free in this NNT Standard edition. That's a good question and it deserves an answer. The Premium (paid) edition offers no ads, just pure reading, at least a dozen graphics-enriched tips that aren't in the free edition, plus a software tip-of-the-issue, a two-minute tekkie tip, other special features, software giveaways, and a full-length timely article in every issue. Not bad for 50 cents a mailing! And, if you don't like what you see, you don't pay! Give it a try at http://www.neatnettricks.com/store . Regards, Jack * * * * * 01. PASSWORD MANAGER lets you control all your passwords with a single master password. It can be launched directly from a USB thumb drive and works on Windows, Mac, and Unix. Download free at http://www.passworddragon.com/ . 02. BULK RENAME UTILITY lets you rename multiple files quickly and in many ways. Download free at http://www.bulkrenameutility.co.uk/Main_Intro.php . 03. RADIO BETA. Search for your favorite radio station by geographical location or genre at http://www.radiobeta.com/ . 04. CUSTOM CALENDAR. Choose the month and year, add your image, then print it at http://www.freephotocalendar.net/free-printable-photo-calendar.php . * * * * * Please forward this issue to friends and suggest they subscribe to their own. It's easy and free to do at http://www.neatnettricks.com/subscribe . * * * * * 05. SPENDSTER. Sponsored by the nonprofit National Endowment for Financial Education, the site at http://spendster.org provides a confessional "safe haven" where you can share your story about impulse buying and things you should not have bought. Includes tips for saving money, reducing spending, etc. 06. THE PASSWORD METER at http://www.passwordmeter.com/ is yet another tool to subjectively measure the strength of your password strings. 07. AUDITORIUM says it's about the process of discovery and play. There are no right or wrong answers; there are many ways to solve every puzzle. To get started, fill up the first audio level at http://www.playauditorium.com/ . 08. UNMASK PARASITES. Just one more thing to worry about, this site at http://www.unmaskparasites.com/ cautions: "Hackers exploit security vulnerabilities in popular web software such as blogs, forums, CMS, image galleries and wikis to insert hidden illicit content into web pages of innocent third-party web sites. Thousands of web site owners are unaware that their sites are hacked and infected with parasites." I was relieved to find it reported the NNT Web site is clean. 09. GOOG-411. Still another feature from that search engine giant Google, dial 1-800-GOOG-411 from any phone, state the location and business type, and connect to the business for free. More details are at http://www.google.com/goog411/ . =============== Neat Net Tricks is copyrighted, 2009, all rights reserved. You may quote or forward copies of this email with credit to "Neat Net Tricks, http://www.NeatNetTricks.com ". Neat Net Tricks is registered with the U.S. Library of Congress, ISSN: 1553-4619. There is no cost to subscribe. To subscribe or unsubscribe, visit: http://www.neatnettricks.com/subscribe . ===============