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ONLINE STORES
New Egg
- Perhaps the most popular online store for computer parts and components for DIY and Gamers.

Frozen CPU - really good for case fans and CPU fans and small parts inside CPU.

Xotic PC - Sells very customizable Clevo/Sager Laptops. That is, Desktop power in a Laptop with no bloatware pre-installed and with good customer support.

Zip Zoom Fly

ProVantage -
Good for Video Security Equipment; specifically, the Axis network cameras.



PRICES ENGINES
PriceGrabber -
has a nice feature that lets you estimate the shipping cost from your zip code. Probably the best engine out their right now

PriceWatch -
good web site if know exactly what you want. Very fast site and also very straight forward with respect to information. Many many companies listed here.




HARDWARE GUIDES
Sharky Forums -
Lots of Buying Advice for Gaming PC's and Laptops

PC Gaming Buying Guide- BestBuy
(Thanks for the tip, Owen and Amanda.)



OTHER IMPORTANT CPU LINKS
Crucial - good place to get RAM memory, this is because of quality, shipping cost and you know exactly what kind of memory you are getting. A lot of these other place don't tell you exactly OR actually don't even know EXACTLY what they are selling you even if they wanted to.

Reseller Ratings - great place to find out what kind of mail order business you are dealing with. Check this site out before you place any order with any company you find on the internet


INTERNET ACCESS
RoadRunner - this is for Cable Modems around $40/month. say that you saw a billboard ad to see if you can avoid setup charges

SouthWesternBell - DSL service, not that easy to get, but it might be your only choice. Expect problems, delays and poor service at time. They probably have a self-install kit which is nice(be sure to get the Network card and NOT the USB modem which has lots of problem no matter what they say.)
Around $40/month

PacBell - Pacific Bell DSL service, not that easy to get, but it might be your only choice. Expect problems, delays and poor service at time. They probably have a self-install kit which is nice(be sure to get the Network card and NOT the USB modem which has lots of problem no matter what they say.)
Around $40/ month

Speed of Me - Internet Speed Test; very good test, uses only HTML, no need for plugins or add on's.

DSLReports - For the latest information about DSL and Cable modem Service in you area. You can also check your connection speed HERE 1 or HERE 2 , very useful.

Bandwidth Place - Another DSL speed test as well as more DSL info.


ANTI-VIRUS
PC World Anti Virus Chart- March 2006
http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/article/0,aid,124475,00.asp

Ad-Block
Popular Extension for Firefox and Chrome to reduce unwanted Ad's that can many times lead to spy ware and virus Popups on webpages that ask you to download!!!

Comparison of Free Anti-Tracking Browswer Extensions - a list of other Anti-Tracking Browser Extentions


Firefox Extension Home Pages:

Searchbar Autosizer
https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=1172&application=firefox

Resize Search Bar
- (adjust toolsbar after install and restart of firefox)
http://dragtotab.mozdev.org/resizesearchbox/

Locationbar2
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4014

termBlaster - use this over the below dictionary search
http://www.forizon.com/products/termBlaster/ or http://termblaster.mozdev.com/

Dictionary Search
http://dictionarysearch.mozdev.org/

IE View - view pages in IE via right click
http://ieview.mozdev.org/

Firefox View - view pages in firefox via right click
http://www.iosart.com/firefox/firefoxview/

Forecast Fox
- get weather forcast in firefox
http://forecastfox.mozdev.org/

Fasterfox
- caching program to make loading webpages faster
https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=1269&application=firefox

Fission - integrates url and progress bar like Safari
https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=1951&application=firefox

Extended Statusbar - A Statusbar with Speed, Percentage, Time and loaded size
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1433/

BlockSite - blocks site
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3145

BlockSite List to Import


Ad-Block - Popular Extension for Firefox and Chrome to reduce unwanted Ad's that can many times lead to spy ware and virus Popups on webpages that ask you to download!!!
https://getadblock.com/


PDF Download - allows you to see PDF in and outside the browser
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/636/

Verizon Minutes Used
- allows you to check minutes used
http://verizon-minutes-used.blogspot.com/
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SPECIAL EXTENSIONS

Web Developer
http://chrispederick.com/work/webdeveloper/

Firebug
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1843



ViewSourceWith
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/394/
http://dafizilla.sourceforge.net/

View Rendered Source
http://jennifermadden.com/scripts/ViewRenderedSource.html

Add N Edit Cookies
http://addneditcookies.mozdev.org/

Fire FTP

http://fireftp.mozdev.org/

Fox Clocks
https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?application=firefox&id=1117http://www.stemhaus.com/firefox/foxclocks/

Flash Got
http://www.flashgot.net/whats

Download Statusbar
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/26/

Firefox Extension Backup Extension (FEBE)
https://addons.mozilla.org/addon.php?id=2109
http://customsoftwareconsult.com/extensions

Compact Library Extension Organizer
http://customsoftwareconsult.com/extensions/cleo/cleo.html


Calculator
https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?application=firefox&id=1194
http://calculator.mozdev.org/


Status-bar Calculator
https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?application=firefox&id=2111

Windows Resizer
https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?application=firefox&id=1985

Amazing webpage emailer
https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?application=firefox&id=886

Table2Clipboard
https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?application=firefox&id=1852
http://dafizilla.sourceforge.net/table2clip


TimeTracker
https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?application=firefox&id=1887
http://www.usablehack.com/


Bookmarks LinkChecker
https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?application=firefox&id=1647

Statusbar Clock
https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?application=firefox&id=52
http://www.cosmicat.com/

FoxClocks - better
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1117/


TimeTracker
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1887/


View Dependencies
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/2214/
http://mozilla.queze.net/


Grocery List Generator
https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?application=firefox&id=1327
http://www.captaincaveman.nl/



Data Analytics
https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?application=firefox&id=2010

Context Highlight
https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?application=firefox&id=239

Copy All Urls
https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?application=firefox&id=934




Mozilla GPS Extension
https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?application=firefox&id=1751


gTranslate
http://www.menjatallarins.com/extensions/#gtranslate



HARDARE, FILE, CPU, Peripheral and DISK UTILITIES
  1. Trinity Rescue Disk - http://trinityhome.org/
  2. Trinity Rescue Disk - TestDisk Recovery Application - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TestDisk
  3. Damaged Hard Disk Page - http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/Damaged_Hard_Disk
  4. Recovering Lost Partitions = http://trinityhome.org/Home/index.php?wpid=61&front_id=12
  5. Memtest - also on TRD above or at http://www.memtest.org/
  6. The Ultimate Boot CD - http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/
    contains Hard Drive Diagnostics for all the major manufacturers. Memtest, CPU test, and other utilities.
  7. Window Sysinternals - http://www.SysInternals.com/



Workaround for FF File Input Security Feature
STEP 1:
about:config
Right Click -> New -> Boolean
Enter 'signed.applets.codebase_principal_support' without the quotes
Press Enter

STEP 2: Add the following code:
function getPath() {
try {
netscape.security.PrivilegeManager.enablePrivilege("UniversalXPConnect");
} catch (e) {
alert('Unable to access local files due to browser security settings. To overcome this, follow these steps: (1) Enter "about:config" in the URL field; (2) Right click and select New->Boolean; (3) Enter "signed.applets.codebase_principal_support" (without the quotes) as a new preference name; (4) Click OK and try loading the file again.');
return;
}
var fileName = document.getElementById("LocalFileUrl").value;

document.getElementById("LocalFileUrlHDN").value = fileName;
//alert(fileName);
}



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