Pecuniarities

I received an informative email forward the other day from my college Spanish professor (the same one who sent me the Calvin & Hobbes Lemonade Stand comic which has been a bit of a hit) and thought it could be useful to our readers.
I know there are a lot of good ID theft prevention tips [...]

A few weeks ago, I haplessly picked up a nasty trojan horse virus on my laptop running Windows XP. Because I had AVG Anti-Virus (Free Edition) installed, one of the most highly lauded free anti-virus programs out there, I thought that I was safe from the evils of the cyberworld, but I was wrong.
As soon [...]

Money on the Mind: Social and Psychological Ramifications
I came across an interesting article on MSN Money last night titled Does money make you mean? which described a study conducted on a group of subjects who had been preconditioned to have money on their minds when various experiments were conducted. The study found that those with [...]

Next to the TV, DVD, flushing toilet, hot shower, computer and properly working automatic garage door, the internet is one of the best inventions ever. In fact, living in the desert as I do, I couldn’t get along without the internet. Even with the rising cost of internet service, the number of things it allows [...]

A list of government websites and resources for identifying and reporting fraud, identity theft, SPAM, email scams and more.

Tiny leaks and evaporation put a constant drain on your resources. As discussed in our previous post, From Pennies One Million Dollars Grow, a few cents saved here and there can add up to be a significant amount. Here we offer 101 suggestions for plugging expenditures in various aspects of your life – around the [...]

Note: We are taking a short break from blogging this week and will be re-posting a few of our earlier articles that may not have been read by many of our current readers. If you have already read this article (and those few to come), we apologize for the repetition and assure you that we [...]