We’ve just been accepted into Google Wave beta, Google’s new social networking site, and Facebook/Twitter rival. We’re testing it out, and should get a review of it out in a week or so. We have 6 invites, for any of you who want to help us test it. First come, first serve. Please email admin@pcmole.com for invites. We ask that those of you who do get invites, that you provide us with your opinion of Google Wave–any pros or cons you can find. You can either email your opinions in, or post them to the PCmole forums.
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How to Clean that Computer Screen Once and For All
Thursday, September 10th, 2009Have you ever had a hard time keeping your computer screen clean? Well here’s a way you can do it online, that’s right, online. No cleaning supplies, saliva, rags or wipes necessary. It’s also free!
New eBay Policy
Saturday, August 22nd, 2009It has come to our attention, and has been confirmed, that eBay has a new policy whereby they may add your photos to a ‘catalog’ for other users to use in their listings (but will attribute the photos to you with a link to your user page).
PC-Mole thinks this policy will ultimately hurt eBay, depending on which photos they choose to share. If they take ‘home taken’ photos, then people may assume that the photos are of the actual item they are bidding on, and be dissapointed when the item arrives. However, if eBay is judicious in which photos they decide to open up to other eBay-ers, the policy will actually make eBay easier to use, providing photos for those who either don’t have a camera, or are just too lazy to upload their own photos.
eBay mentioned this policy change briefly in an email on July 27th. The new policy officially goes into effect on August 31st. The small notice is a little unfortunate, but PC-Mole still thinks eBay is cool, “We forgive you eBay!”. If you aren’t a professional photographer who sells his/her photos, you don’t need to be concerned. You’ll even get a little free advertising! However, if you want to keep your photos to yourself, here’s how to opt-out of the new program:
1. Log into your eBay account and go to ‘My eBay‘ via the ‘My eBay’ tab in the upper-right corner of the page.
2. Move your mouse cursor over to the account button, but don’t click it. A menu of options appears.
3. Click the ‘Site Preferences’ option.
Move your mouse cursor over the 'Account' button, then click 'Site Preferences'
4. You’ll see a list of settings. Find the one that says ‘Share your photos’ and click the corresponding ‘Show’ button on the right side of the page.
5. You should now see the text ‘Consider photos I upload in the listing process for inclusion in the eBay product catalog and other product offerings. 
Yes’ in the ‘Share your photos’ box.
6. If there is a ‘No’ where the ‘Yes’ should be in the
text, then you’re good to go, and eBay won’t share your photos with others; if not, proceed to step 7
7. Click the ‘Edit’ button directly under the ‘Show’ button you clicked earlier (it should be on the right side of the page).
8. Check the little box with your mouse, and then click ‘Submit’.
You’re done!
An Accurate Weather Source Available 24-7
Thursday, August 6th, 2009If you’re tired of listening to an outdated weather source forecasting rainy and 60 while you’re looking out the window at sunny and 80, it may be time to check out weather.gov, the National Weather Service’s weather forecast
Enter your city/state or zip code to get detailed weather information for your area
site. Weather.gov has a history of being more accurate than most forecasts, and provides more details than broadcasted weather such as TV and radio updates. You can find the current, and forecasted temperature, precipitation type, chance percentage, humidity, barometric pressure, and more at weather.gov. Just enter your zip code or city and state and you’ll get results tailored to your specific location, as well as local weather alerts and warnings.
Weather.gov's weather forcast shows thumbnails representing an overview of the next few days so you can tell at a glance.
New Google Alternative
Wednesday, June 10th, 2009
A Look at Google's New Rival, Bing.com
If are tired of using Google and want to try something different, or you dislike Google’s political agenda but want a decent search engine, then the next thing you’ll want to do will probably be to point your browser to www.bing.com, Microsoft’s new search engine. Bing shows a daily picture of a city with historical information about it, and includes news, image and video searches. The video search uses video thumbnails, which are a quick way to preview (or even watch the whole) movie. Bing even includes it’s own news search feature, much like Google News. The streamlined ‘gallery’ format makes for a great multimedia experience, the only time you could have any trouble is on slow internet speeds. Bing also has a blogging service, a new competitor for Google’s Blogger.com. Overall, Bing.com is definitely worth checking out. It seems to be catching on after only a few days of being advertised in the media and otherwise and could very well give Google a run for it’s money.
