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Social media helping people quit smoking

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Hey, the folks at American Legacy Foundation are the real deal, set up by lots of states as part of a settlement deal with the tobacco companies.

They run the Truth campaign, trying to prevent addiction among the young.

Here's their new effort to help people out:

Social media can help create social change, but it can also help with PERSONAL
change -- like helping people quit smoking. There are now iPhone apps that can help,
Twitter feeds, even online communities, like this one at BecomeAnEX.org.

The EX plan offers lots of other tools, resources, information and exercises that
can help you prepare to quit smoking today. Probably the best part is that EX comes
with a built-in network of friends and support. You can access their social network
of other people trying to quit at BecomeAnEX.org

Craiglist Pulls 'Adult Services' Section From Site?

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Less than a month after both Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster and the site's founder Craig Newmark defended the website against allegations that its Adult Services was a hub of illegal prostitution and sex trafficking, it looks like that section is no more.

Late Friday, Craigslist visitors in the U.S. saw the Adult Services link replaced by the words "censored" in a black box.

As of late Saturday night, the company had not posted anything about this change onits official blog. No word from Mr. Newmark either.

Craigslist has become a target of at least 18 states' attorney generals over the Adult Services section.

It's not known if the removal of the controversial section is permanent or merely to make a point. If it is permanent, that would be a huge financial blow to the company, which relies on Adult Services listings for a good chunk of its revenue.

Don't Obsess About Your Credit Score

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I've read a lot of stores lately about "credit score enthusiasts" who want to get the perfect credit score or are obsessed with improving their score. While it's certainly better than not caring about your credit score at all, it almost never pays to get a perfect score.

iTunes 10 addresses 13 security vulnerabilities

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All of the holes are contained in WebKit and can be exploited to compromise systems

Microsoft hardening tool with graphical user interface

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The tool allows users and IT professionals to harden existing software against known attacks - without the need to recompile
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Save $420 On Your Comcast Bill By Being A Pain In The Butt

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Jeff in Seattle saves $420 a year on his Comcast bill by calling the company once every 6 months and demanding they keep him at the lowest competitive rate of $29.99. He threatens to go to Qwest if they don't give him that rate. He's been doing this for several years now, and it keeps working.

How to Save $420 on Your Comcast Cable Bill This Year

PCDECRAPIFIER

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Easily identify and remove crapware from a new (or old) PC. "The PC Decrapifier is a program designed to remove or uninstall a specific list of unwanted software in an unattended fashion. It can be used to clean off most of the annoying software that is typically shipped with new PCs

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Military Radio Messes With Garage Door Opener

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Add this to the list of reasons why you should think twice before moving to Yuma, Ariz., where the thermometer can hit 124 degrees: nearby Marine Corps radio signals can kill your garage door opener

Foothills resident has garage door problem

Wendy's Cook: I Pulled Knife On Co-Worker For Serving Bad Bacon

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An employee at a Wendy's in Connecticut has been charged with second-degree assault, first-degree reckless endangerment, threatening and breach of peace after allegedly pulling a knife and threatening to stab a co-worker. But he claims it was all for a good reason: He was upset at the other employee for serving bacon that had dropped on the floor

Cook Arrested In Beef Over Bacon

Some Linux Distros Vulnerable to Version

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In the wake of all of the stories about the Windows DLL hijacking bug, it appears that certain Linux distributions may be vulnerable to a similar problem related to the way that Linux handles a specific variable in some cases. The bug apparently was introduced via a Debian patch last year.Read More