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You may already know that for some time now Google has been offering free local phone numbers and unlimited free calling within the continental United States through their "Google Voice" service.

What you may not know is that by leveraging Google Voice and some other free services, with a little bit of thrifty ninja kungfu you can be making and receiving totally free phone calls from an ordinary telephone, without Ma Bell! Heck! You can even get Grandma doing it, and she'll hardly know the difference!

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Link: http://hubpages.com/hub/Creating-a-Free-Linux-Web-Site-with-Amazon-Web-Services-AWS

Some great stuff from thrifty ninja black belt Tony Lawrence!  He walks us through setting up a free (for a year) linux virtual host in the Amazon cloud.  Listen and learn, my thrifty ninjas!

-Sensei

Malware infection of Windows based pc's is a problem that people are asking Sensei's help with at an alarming rate!  The term "malware" refers not just to viruses, but also to unwelcome adware, spyware, and similar forms of infection which, though not technically "viruses", can render your computer totally unusable and, even worse, leak your sensitive, personal, and private information, or even surrender control of your computer, to someone out there in the vast internet cloud.

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(Do you already have a malware infection that you need help cleaning up??  If so, check out Sensei's article "Cleaning Up a Malware Infection", then come back here and learn how to prevent future infections.)

Malware in the form of "spyware", "adware", "trojans", "rootkits", "pop-ups", and the like have become as big a threat to computer systems as viruses, if not bigger. These softwares degrade the performance of your computers, your network, and your internet connection. They waste a business' money by siphoning computing and network resources, and employees' time; home users face a scylla and charibdes: spend lots of money on geeks who can fix it, invest lots of precious family and leisure time learning to do it yourself, or take drastic measures like "wiping and reinstalling", or replacing the computer.

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Link: http://www.linux-mag.com/id/8505/

WiFi Extension Problem Solved: DD-WRT, from Linux Magazine: "Linux, once again, has saved me hundreds of dollars and several headaches by being versatile, free, and powerful. This week, you’ll learn how I turned a giant lemon into a bucket of lemonade using the DD-WRT project, a never-used Linksys (Cisco) wireless router, and my Internet service provider’s router."

Take a read!

-Sensei