Filed under: Business, Finance, Utilities, Windows, Web services, Freeware
Monesafe - Today's Free File
by Victor Agreda, Jr. Mar 10th 2006
This is a clever twist on the concept of
RSS, but doesn't use RSS. Monesafe fetches your bank and credit card info on a
regular basis, and updates that info live inside the application. Sounds risky doesn't it? According to the developer,
everything is encrypted, plus the app will lock if left idle after a period of time, so prying eyes can't get to it.
Personally, I didn't think this was useful to me, as my accounts are rarely that active... But there are some nice
features for us less spendy consumers out there. For one thing, constantly viewing your accounts could alert you to
fraud. You can also setup Monesafe to alert you when bills are due, and then pay them online. Possibly the most useful
feature is the anti-phishing tool, which checks URL's for fakeness against a large database. And yes, Monesafe is free,
but be advised that (just like all software out there) the developers are not responsible if you get your financial info
hijacked.
With Halloween fast approaching, it's a great time to get in some practice defending your territory against zombies. In Graveyard Shift, you take aim at zombies and other creepy-crawlies, blasting them into splatters of cartoony green guts. It's a casual first-person shooter, and it's very easy to get the hang of - use the mouse to aim, click to fire. Graveyard Shift has at least 15 levels, and it might even have some secret stages I haven't unlocked yet.
They key to getting good at Graveyard Shift is learning to use ...
