Quiz Yourself On Popular Internet Services

You've probably heard the names of the Internet services in today's quiz countless times, but-if asked-could you define what they do? Today's true/false quiz tests your knowledge about these popular sites.

Test Your 'Net IQ Quiz #10

1. Twitter is an online auction site. True or False?


True

False




2. Blogger is a popular blogging platform. True or False?


True

False




3. PayPal is service that makes it easy to accept or make payments over the Internet. True or False?


True

False




4. If you want to place a classified ad online, you might go to Craigslist.org. True or False?


True

False




5. Facebook is a free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit. True or False?


True

False

Good luck!

How To Exclude Objectionable Material From Your Search Results

Here's the problem: You're using Google to research something on the Web, but you don't want to see search results that have objectionable content-so, what do you do? How do you tell Google that you don't want to see offensive imagery or words? Simple-just use the SafeSearch feature built into their search engine!

How to enable it:

1. Go to Google and click on Search Preferences (located to the right of the search entry box).
2. Scroll down the page till you see SafeSearch Filtering and select the level of filtering you want: no filtering, moderate filtering, or strict. You're done!

In Yahoo! Search you'll find a similar filter by clicking on Options, then Preferences. For Windows Live Search, click on Advanced, then Options.

Next time you use a search engine, give this feature a try!

AARP & Google Offer Online Safety Tips

Concerned about online safety? AARP and Google are too, apparently. They've recently collaborated on a six part video series about Internet safety tips that you can watch on YouTube! Here is the first video in the series:

Veterans Day On The Web

A year ago we highlighted some great Veterans Day resources available on the Web. A year later, those resources are still worth your while!

Once again, in honor of this national holiday here are those notable Veterans Day sites:

• The United States Department Of Veterans Affairs has an impressive collection of Veterans Day information on its Web site including a photo gallery, FAQs page, historical information and more.
• Military.com commemorates Veterans Day with military slideshows and informative articles, among other highlights.
• The U.S. Army Center Of Military History presents The History Of Veterans Day in a handy one-page timeline.
  

Our brave veterans are a national treasure-may we never forget the sacrifices they've made!

Challenge Yourself With GameKnot's Daily Chess Puzzle

Do you like trying to solve the types of chess puzzles you find in your daily newspaper? Then you'll love the chess puzzle provided by GameKnot.com that you'll find here every day on The Senior Surfer!

The puzzle is located on the left-hand sidebar, right after The Memory Game. See if you can solve today's challenge!

Popular Internet Terms You Should Know...Take Our Quiz

Here are some more popular Internet terms you should know the definitions of. Do you? Find out by taking our quiz!

Test Your 'Net IQ - Quiz #9

1. Software that's available for free on the Internet is known as?


Cheapware

Freeware

Botnets

Codeware




2. What is a URL?


Another term for Web address

An Internet Chat Room

Another term for an Internet Service Provider

An antivirus program




3. What are cookies?


Firewalls

Another term for Web browsers

What online auction sites are known as

Data files Web sites send to your Web browser




4. Of the following, which is a file format used for storing music on a computer?


JPEG

GIFF

TIFF

MP3




5. The rate at which data can be transferred from the Internet to your computer is known as?


SSL

Bandwidth

Quicktime

RSS

Good luck!

Featured Google How-To Video: "Introducing the Google Help Forums"

If you've ever had questions or issues regarding Google, you'll be happy to know that they've made some new improvements to their Google Help Forums that you'll no doubt welcome. The video below has more details!

Watch Obama's Victory Speech On YouTube

Congratulations to Barack Obama on being elected the next President of the United States! In case you missed his victory speech, here it is on YouTube:

Keep Track Of The Election Results Online

Want an easy way to keep track of the election results this evening? Just check the Decision '08 Presidential Results widget from MSNBC, that we've placed over on the left hand sidebar!

You can easily add this feature to your own Web site or blog-if you have one-by clicking on "get & share" at the bottom of the widget. Just follow the instructions that appear!

Visit The Official Web Sites Of The Presidential Candidates

The election is tomorrow! If you still haven't visited the official Web sites of the Presidential Candidates, what are you waiting for? We'll make it easy for you...

• For Barack Obama's official Web site go to BarackObama.com.
  
  
• For John McCain's official Web site go to JohnMcCain.com.

Don't forget to vote!