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Just a few "Golden Nuggets" of info that I've mined from the internet
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1) Administrative Announcements
2) Free Software and Services
3) There's No Business Like E-business
4) Articles
5) Web Development
6) Hardware
7) The Forum
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1) Administrative Announcements:
In this issue under "Articles:" is a tip wriiten by Roger Imai that is now hosted on the 37211 web site. If you want to put an article on the web site, then just e-mail me your article. I will look at it and do any needed HTML coding. I will then let you review the page for your final approval before it is posted to the newsletter or possibly even the reference desk page!
I am adding a new section to the newsletter called "The Forum". It presents a topic for discussion and then directs the readers to our new 37211 discussion forum hosted by EZboard. It doesn't require any sign up in order to post a reply.
I have updated the menu on the 37211 PC Users web pages to include a page on E-commerce called "The E-Biz Page" http://pcusers.org/pcebix.html.
At the bottom of the newsletter a privacy statement and a disclaimer have
been added. They have also been included in the newsletter home page at:
http://pcusers.org/pcnewsletter.htm
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2) Free Software and Services:
http://www.hushmail.com
http://pcusers.org/pcfree.html
HushMail, the world's first web-based fully encrypted email system. With
HushMail, you can send fully encrypted email to anyone else on the planet
with a HushMail account, and all you have to know is the passphrase that you
create and your recipient's HushMail address.
http://www.ureach.com/
http://pcusers.org/pcfree.html
uReach.com’s all-in-one communication service offers a single destination
from which you can send, receive, and manage all your calls, voicemail,
email, faxes and pages. You can access the service over the web or via your
free toll-free number (uNumber™).
The service’s uReachMe technology enables consumers to automatically
transfer incoming calls from their uNumber to any phone. This phone number
can be changed at any time from the phone or the web. Or, if the member
prefers, uReach.com can take a message and notify them via pager, ICQ or an
alternate email address. Members can call their uNumber to check voicemail
messages, have email read to them over the phone, manage incoming faxes, and
access their calendar and address book.
The basic uReach.com service offers 30 minutes of uReach.com phone time each
month (60 minutes during the first month only) and the web site offers
unlimited free access. Additional phone minutes can be purchased for
approximately 8-10 cents a minute, varying by amount purchased. Premium
services will also be offered for an additional charge.
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q243/4/24.asp
http://pcusers.org/pctechy.html
Roger told me about this utility from Microsoft. It takes snapshots of the
entire contents of any directory on your machine. It displays important
information about all files and subdirectories such as version, size, date,
and attributes. It also lets you compare two images to determine how the
files in a target directory have changed. This would be good to use just
prior to making an upgrade so that you would have a ready reference to see
what changes were made.
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3) There's No Business Like E-business:
http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/story/story_4648.html
http://pcusers.org/pcebiz.html#articles
Free Help for Small Business is Big Business Online
http://www.dxstorm.com/dxsites2/dxshop/?cc=t&code=default
http://pcusers.org/pcebiz.html#sites
We invite you to build a real store with up to 12 products in the catalog
without ever paying for DXSHOP. You get access to every feature in DXSHOP
that is normally included as part of the paid service. This means you can
* open up your own store, live to the Internet
* accept credit cards if you have Merchant status
* set up real-time, credit card processing**
* have affiliates sell your products on their sites
* have a membership database
* advertise your e-store and track the results
* and much, much more.
http://www.mercurycenter.com/business/top/081998.htm
http://pcusers.org/pcebiz.html#legal
Businesses want Congress to enact a law making Internet transactions legally
binding.
http://www.taxcite.com/?deb09
http://pcusers.org/pcebiz.html#newsletter
Besides some excellent tax advice, this site has a neat little service that
allows you to not only download the IRS filing extension form, but it will
send you reminders by e-mail as that extension deadline gets near.
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http://pcusers.org/rogertip1.html
http://pcusers.org/pcreference.html
Written by Roger Imai. "For compulsive information packrats, this is a
convenient way to build a library of support articles off the Web".
http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/04/cyber/cyberlaw/07law.html
http://pcusers.org/pcebiz.html#legal
Legality of 'Deep Linking' Remains Deeply Complicated
http://www.zdnet.com/special/stories/defense/0,10459,2522918,00.html
http://pcusers.org/pcebiz.html#legal
Individual rights are being chipped away as corporations work to expand
intellectual property laws, panelists say.
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http://www.webteacher.org/winnet/indextc.html
Although designed to introduce education professionals to internet usage,
this site would be suitable for anyone wanting to learn more about the internet.
http://www.free-backgrounds.com/
http://pcusers.org/pcwebhead.html
Free-Backgrounds.com. This site specializes in background graphics for web
pages. It also has a free background-a-day e-mail service.
http://webclipart.about.com/internet/webclipart/index.htm
http://pcusers.org/pcwebhead.html
A site for free web clipart arranged by category
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http://www.howstuffworks.com/cache.htm
http://pcusers.org/pcreference.html
How Caching works.
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7) The Forum:
Some of the members have complained that during the past few months there
appears to an anti-microsoft bias at the group meetings. Is this a justified
observation? If true, then is it fair? What is it that you like or dislike
about Microsoft?
To reply to this topic go to the 37211 group discussion forum at
http://pub7.ezboard.com/b37211pcusersgroup and click on the "Dave's Diggins
newsletter" forum. Remember to bookmark the discussion page so that you can
return later to look at the other replies.
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This newsletter is sponsored by the 37211 PC Users Group. All comments,
suggestions or submissions should be sent to david.donoho@pcusers.org.
The Dave's Diggins newsletter subscription list is not publicly accessible nor is it provided or sold to anyone for any other purpose.
Disclaimer: The tips and other information provided in the Dave's Diggins' newsletter are believed to be accurate, but we cannot and do not guarantee that all the information listed within or linked from, this publication will work on all systems, for all users, at all times. All information herein is offered as-is and without warranty of any kind. Neither the 37211 PC Users Group, nor its officers and contributors are responsible for any loss, injury, or damage, direct or consequential, resulting from application of any information presented here.
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