Rose City Software Bi-Monthly Newsletter

Rose City Software Update Info

New releases and updates since November:
(As shown on the Rose City 'what's new' page)

Lifeboat - 12/12 - Lifeboat v 1.1.0 data rescue program to quickly and safely recover your data after a crash

LinkStash - 12/1 - v1.6.15 - Linkstash updated for compatibility with FireFox v1.5 - New Spanish version also!

Rose City Software CD - 11/27 - Get all trial versions of all Rose City Software titles on a CD-ROM

TweakMASTER - 11/14 - v2.05 - std version comes with FREE registration (limited time only)

WinTasks 5 Professional - 11/12 - special 40% off partner offer for Rose City customers

TradeTrakker 2.5 - 11/07 - major upgrade - free for registered users

Special Offer- New Registry First Aid Platinum

For our newsletter subscribers, we have put together a special opportunity to get the new release of Registry First Aid Platinum version at a special upgrade price. This special upgrade is currently only available as a special offer during the purchase process for a $10 upgrade price. But this month only, current Registry First Aid users can take advantage of an offer to upgrade their existing copy of Registry First Aid Basic edition for around $10.

In addition to all the powerful features of Registry First Aid 4.0, the Platinum version adds a number of new tools to further assist you to keep your PC running with peak performance.

The Registry Management option allows you to have full control over many system features like the startup programs, uninstall records and more. This Special Platinum Release set of tools includes:

Auto Start Programs - You can disable and enable programs that are listed in the "Run" entries of the registry. This is a great tool if you need to temporarily disable items from running during the computer start-up and then later re-enable them.
Add/Remove Programs - Over time the Add / Remove Programs section of the registry may become full of programs that failed to be properly removed from the registry by software uninstalls that went awry. You can manage the Add / Remove section of the Registry with this tool.
Open With Dialog - You can manage your registry's information settings which hold the information for Windows on which file types are automatically opened by the various programs installed on your computer with this tool.
This is special offer only for registered users of Registry First Aid. If you are not already a registered user of Registry First Aid you can try it now by downloading a free trial version.

Special Offer for Rose City Customers only:

Now get an upgrade to Registry First Aid Platinum for a limited time
for around $10.00

To take advantage of this special offer you can click on this special purchase link.

NOTE: this link is not published anywhere else except this newsletter!

Key Rose City Software Site Links

WHAT'S NEW PAGE - Always find the latest developments at Rose City Software.

VERSIONS PAGE - shows the Latest Version available for each title we sell.

DOWNLOADS PAGE - lists the direct Download Link for each title we sell.

AFFILIATES PAGE - provides complete information on our lucrative affiliate program, a way for you to make as much as $10 per copy offering our software to your friends, coworkers or customers

Customer Update - This eZine also online here January 3, 2006

Dear Rose City Customer,

The holidays are just about over now and it's time to make those new year's resolutions. Surveys show the number one New Year's resolution is to lose weight! Yep... to get in shape for the New Year. Well, right behind that should be a resolution to get that flabby PC in top shape for peak performance. And what better way to do it than with Registry First Aid! And now we have a brand new RFA Platnium version to tell you about. Also with our January newsletter, we have some more important Windows update and security information, tips and tricks and special offers just for Rose City customers like yourself.

You are receiving our newsletter because you purchased a software title from Rose City Software, or you subscribed to our monthly newsletter. If you no longer wish to receive the newsletter, you may unsubscribe using this link. You can also update your information by visiting this link.

Last year we went to a bi-monthly schedule with this newsletter and we will maintain that approach this year. However, we got behind last fall and missed one and we wanted to start the new year off right, so we're sending out out first newsletter for 2006 in January. The next one will be in March.

It's winter time!

Our holiday newsletter contains lots of special information from our parent site, InfiniSource.com, a very popular Windows Resource Center and HelpWithWindows.com, including critical Windows update information, useful Windows tips and tricks. And don't forget about our free Winter Screensaver.

Last month many of you took advantage of the special 40% discount offers on our popular stock market and investment tracking software TradeTrakker, and on the super tuneup tool WinTasks Pro as well. We're extending our special offer again this month, but this will be the last month for it, so if you missed it last month, you might want to try it this month before it's gone! In addition more than 2000 of you took advantage of the special opportunity to obtain our award-winning email program, Courier at no cost!

This is the first issue of our bi-monthly eZine for 2006. We hope you'll enjoy this edition and feel free to forward it to your friends who might also enjoy it.

CONTENTS:
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- Special Free software offer!

- Rose City Software Update info
- Windows Update Information -
from Microsoft Update Center.
- Windows Tips and Tricks -
The latest from Windows-Help.NET

With each edition we will try to bring you a useful software offer... just as we did in previous months. Some are direct from Rose City and some are great toys and tools we have discovered elsewhere that we think you will like!

This month we have a special one for you called CallingID for the Internet.

CallingID lets you see the owner of the site you are accessing, where it is located and whether it is safe for sending personal information. It automatically detects, warns and helps you avoid phishing sites, and verifies safe sites. It executes 52 verification tests on each page you visit and provides you with simple easy, to understand risk assessments.

Many online frauds are perpetrated by deceiving victims into trusting a Web site and revealing confidential information such as credit card numbers. Many times users are lured to these websites by phony Phishing emails. According to Wikipedia, "Phishing is a form of social engineering, characterized by attempts to fraudulently acquire sensitive information, such as passwords and credit card details, by masquerading as a trustworthy person or business in an apparently official electronic communication, such as an email or an instant message."

The term phishing arises from the use of increasingly sophisticated lures to "fish" for users' financial information and passwords. These kinds of fraudulent practices are common with scammers posing as eBay, Paypal, various banks and other trusted organizations. You can't always tell the site is fraudulent even if you look in the address bar of your browser. These guys are pretty tricky.

One of the ways to help spot fraud is to find out who has registered a particular Web site; this may not prevent all fraud, but it is a step in the right direction. If you are looking at a site that claims to be in Florida but the owner lives in the Czech Republic (no offense to Czechs intended), it could be a scam.

Among other things, CallingID provides automatic DNS lookups for all URLs. A quick installation of this free product adds a new bar to the IE window showing ownership information, including geographical location for the Web site being visited. CallingID provides full risk assessment for users that send personal or confidential information (such as password, credit card details, etc.) over the Web. Click here for a demo of how CallingID works.

There's no adware, no spyware. Try CallingID... it can help keep you surfing the web safely.