Another chance to recycle used computers for Vermonters

Free computer drop-off at new Goodwill store in South Burlington

Cleaning out your closets? Got an old, dusty computer to get rid of? Bring it all down to the new Goodwill store opening Friday, December 11, at 1080 Shelburne Road (on the site of the former Tuscan Kitchen). They'll take it all for free--including the computers! Regular hours are Monday-Saturday 9-9, Sunday 9-7.

The building itself is constructed partially from reused materials salvaged from the former Tuscan Kitchen building, embodying Goodwill's own mission for keeping usable goods in use. It is on track for Energy Star certification with energy efficient heating, air-conditioning, and insulation features. Best of all, their drive-through donation zone makes it a breeze to drop off your lava lamp, broken-in jeans, and that faithful, old Commodore computer!

The new store is in addition to the existing Goodwill location at 329 Harvest Lane in Williston, which also accepts computer equipment for free.

Refurbished and Clearance Apple Items

I think I have posted more than once that I would love to get into and learn the Apple family of, I'm not even sure what term to use, Macs. I am not sure if the term Macs includes all of their "PCs", but that is what I mean for it to indicate. Apple does have a web site where they sell refurbished machines, and there doesn't seem to be a lack of good machines available here:

http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/specialdeals

There are also a lot of refurbished iPods at this site.

Hackers quick to exploit Tiger Woods crash

Interesting. Be wary of such sites. This comes from cbronline.com:

Cyber criminals are already exploiting the car crash involving golf superstar Tiger Woods by directing news-hungry surfers to malware-infested websites.

Both Symantec and Sophos have warned users to be on their guard when searching for news relating to the crash, which happened in the early hours of Friday morning at his home near Orlando, Florida.

Sophos has claimed that by early Saturday morning hackers had created webpages claiming to contain video footage related to the incident. Users visiting the infected sites are likely to see their PCs infected by a Trojan horse, which enablers hackers to use the PC to spread spam.