Is your computer acting like a possessed zombie from hell? Maybe it’s time to call the professionals for a little exorcism. CyberDefender is offering free technical support to anyone on Halloween Day to rid your computer any viruses, zombies, botnets, or any other malware taking up residence in your hard drive. If you think you could use the extra help, give them a call at 877-377-3765 starting on October 31st until Nov. 1st at 9AM PST. Normally, they charge $50 to $100 for this service, but this Halloween you get the special treatment with services that repair malware damage, speed up your system or makes sure your other your security software is working properly. The catch is they’ll try to get your on board as a Cyberdefender customer, but you’re not obligated to sign up for anything, unless that is, a service like this helps you sleep better at night. Mark your calender, and if you decide to use them, come back to tell us about your experience.

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Mother’s Day is coming up, and it’s time to celebrate Mom with a gift from the heart. Even if she’s not a techie dame, I’m sure she’s tech-curious, and wouldn’t mind snapping up one of those cool gadgets she’s seen here on Techie Diva. So here is a collection of links of some pretty cool gear fit for the greatest Diva in the family. Mom.

• Gifts for Every Type of Mom-Yahoo Tech
• Mother’s Day Tech Gift Ideas-Yahoo
• Momlog: Geeky Gift Ideas for Mom-Gearlog
• Top Five Best Presents for Mumsie-Wumsie-Shiny Shiny
• Mother’s Day Gifts-Cnet
• Mother’s Day Tech-Blubrry
• Mother’s Day Gift Guide 2007-Digital Trends

Moms, what do you want for Mother’s Day? Let us know in the comments below.

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I’ve been trying to get better at organizing my cable mess, so recently I bought a beautiful black box from The Container Store and hid all my power strips along with cables in it. The cables come out on one end to plug to my computer, and only two cables go out of the box to plug into the wall. It’s better than having a small mess of roll-up cables on one corner. My next project is going to focus on labeling cables. I currently have all those extra cables in a box, and it gets confusing trying to figure out what cable belongs to what gadget. I’ve been looking for an easy way to label those wires, and I’m glad I found the ID Pilot Wire Identification Labels. Three types of sticky labels are available (Office, Electronics, and Household) so you don’t ever have to wonder what cable goes to what. At $6 a package, these ID labels are a great buy.

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Greetings Earthlings! I’m ready for a vacation, are you? Just in case you were on Wi-Fi free exotic island frolicking in the sun somewhere during your Spring Break, here’s a recap of my latest tech tips over at Yahoo! Tech.

• Eliminate Spam by Masking Your Email Address
• Family Website or Family Network?
• Go Ahead, Complain About Your Boss
• What Type of Chair Do You Have?
• Fighting Game Addiction Subliminally
• Free vs. Paid Web Hosting
• Find Cheap Gas on the Fly

Got any tips? Send me an email. And don’t forget to sign up to win a Wii!

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 Hello Everyone! We’ve been getting a lot of entries for the Wii contest, and I just want to thank everyone who’s participating by either signing up for our newsletter or filling out our survey. You guys are great! Thanks for all your comments too. You guy/gals sure know how to make us feel special! We love you too! I thought I’d spread the geek love by pointing you to some articles I’ve written on Yahoo! Tech, just in case you missed it.

• Do You Have Unclaimed Money Out There?
• How To Clean a Filthy Keyboard
• Your Trash is Another Person’s Treasure
• Pssst, Want Free Music?
• Get The 5-1-1 on Carpooling (for Bay Area Drivers)
• How Shutterlag Ruined My Gene Simmons Photo

Also, the fab ladies over at Born Rich are naming me their Cool Geek of the Week (I’m honored), and they are now opening the lines for question suggestions, so if you have anything on your mind, ask me.

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 Sometimes I get a little carried away with the advice over at Yahoo Tech, so if you’ve been missing out, here are some links to some of my longer posts. I’m also working on a series of posts that address building your first website from start to finish. I’ve only covered Domain Registration so far, but if you need help getting started, check out upcoming posts on web hosting, design, and marketing.

Here are some stories I recently wrote over at Yahoo! Tech. Hope you enjoy them.

• How to Avoid Repetitive Strain Injury
• Treatment of Internet Addiction is Shocking
• Cell Phones as Your Best Shopping Buddy
• Missed a Show? Here’s What To Do
• Watch TV Online for Free
• Archiving Your Digital Memories on Discs
• Don’t Leave Your Home Router Defenseless
• Voicemail to Email in a Flash

As always, if you have any questions, send me an email.

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We’re only a few weeks away from the new daylight-savings time which will begin on Sunday, March 11 at 2 a.m. There’s been a lot of talk of how this affects any scheduled appointments by an hour if you don’t update your mobile phone and computer software. To prevent any problems or missed appointments, check out how you can update  your gear with the available downloadable updates issued for operating systems and mobiles.

• Windows XP
• Windows Mobile
• Microsoft Outlook
• Mac OS X Tiger 10.4 
• Blackberry
• Palm OS: Nothing out yet
• Lotus Notes

Has anyone else come across any other software updates? To find out more about these changes, check out these other posts:

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