Daves Diggins Newsletter 5-18-00 (ISSN 1529-1103)

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Dave's Diggins 5-18-2000

ISSN 1529-1103

Just a few "Golden Nuggets" of info that I've mined from the internet

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1) Free software and services
2) Articles
3) Web development
4) Web sites
5) E-business
6) Hardware
7) Humor?
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1) Free software and services

http://www.jetico.sci.fi/index.htm#/bcwipe.htm
http://pcusers.org/pcfree.html
The BCWipe utility is a shell extender for Windows 95/98/NT, intended to secure delete your files. It supports correspondent U.S. Department of Defense recommendations (DoD 5200.28-STD). The BCWipe utility provides 3 ways to shred file's contents from the disk:

http://www.winmag.com/columns/powertools/ptlookup.htm
http://pcusers.org/pcfree.html
Winmag.com URL Discombobulator v1.3. This freeware allows you to lookup the IP address(es) associated with any valid domain name. Or lookup the domain name associated with any IP address. As a bonus, the program generates alternate "shrouded" URLs for any web site, and can display the ASCII Code table.

http://www.callwave.com/findoutmore.html
http://pcusers.org/pcfree.html CallWave. You can surf the Internet on your single phone line without worrying about missing important calls. It works with the Busy Call Forwarding feature of your phone line to answer calls while you are online. Once activated, callers no longer get annoying busy signals when you are online. Instead, callers will hear a brief CallWave greeting after which they can leave a short message at the tone--that you will be able to hear instantly!

http://www.fantastica.com/digilex/cmail.html
http://pcusers.org/pcfree.html
SeeMail Lite gives you the chance to read your POP3 e-mail while it stays on the server, from anywhere in the world. You can check if there are any large e-mails in your mailbox and delete them before you download, read, save or print the important ones in your regular e-mail client, or use SeeMail Lite just to read, save or print your mails when you are on the road. It does not matter how many mails you have in your mailbox, you can always read the last one without having to download all those in front of it.
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2) Articles:

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q192/8/46.ASP
http://pcusers.org/pcreference.html#articles This is Microsoft's instructuions on how to disable active scripting in Outlook Express v4 or v5. Doing this will shut down a security hole in the program.

http://www.zdnet.com/products/stories/reviews/0,4161,2563275,00.html
ZD-net Windows Millennium Edition Preview. Behind the familiar face of Windows 98, Microsoft's latest OS hides new features and lots of enhancements.

http://www.zdnet.com/zdtv/screensavers/answerstips/story/0,3656,2557553,00.html
http://pcusers.org/pcreference.html#articles
Make a CD restore disk using Norton Ghost and a CD-R.

http://go.hotwired.com/webmonkey/backend/security/tutorials/tutorial1.html/eg20000511
http://pcusers.org/pcreference.html#resources
Data Encryption Tutorial

http://partners.nytimes.com/library/magazine/home/20000430mag-internetprivacy.html
The Eroded Self. In cyberspace, there is no real wall between public and private. And the version of you being constructed out there - from bits and pieces of stray data - is probably not who you think you are.

http://uspolitics.about.com/newsissues/uspolitics/library/weekly/aa050400a.htm
Is AOL's Filter a Republican?
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3) Web development

http://webtechniques.com/archives/2000/05/kunicki/
http://pcusers.org/pcwebhead.html
Real World Cross-Browser HTML Development. This article discusses the differences in the way Netscape and Internet Explorer interpret and display HTML tags.

http://www.infohiway.com/faster/
http://pcusers.org/pcwebhead.html
The Bandwidth Conservation Society. A resource for web developers with an interest in optimizing performance, but still maintaining an appropriate graphic standard.

http://htmlgoodies.earthweb.com/
http://pcusers.org/pcwebhead.html
HTML Goodies. With nearly two million monthly impressions and an audience of 200,000 Webmasters, Web designers and developers, HTML Goodies is one of the Internet's most popular stops for information on HTML and other mark-up languages.

http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20000514.html
http://pcusers.org/pcwebhead.html
Eyetracking Study of Web Readers. A study of how people read news on the Web.
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4) Web sites

http://f5computing.com/
http://pcusers.org/pctechy.html
The F5 Technical Support Portal & Knowledge-Base

http://www.securius.com/
http://pcusers.org/pctechy.html
Securius.com. This portal site is all about computer security. It's designed to connect those curious about security to resources including tips and tools.

http://www.arsrobotica.com/
Arsrobotica. Robotics for the masses. All of the articles and news items on the Ars Robotica website are divided into the following sections: Editorials, Interviews, Lessons, News, Reviews, Tutorials.

http://www.ewanted.com/
Ewanted.com is an upside down auction site. Buyers place an ad specifying the items they want and then sellers submit offers to them.
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5) E-business

http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/0005/ma000502.htm
http://pcusers.org/pcebiz.html#articles
A High-Tech Honcho Who Says No to Hypergrowth. For Lurita Doan, life and business got a lot better after she constrained her company's expansion. First in a series on women entrepreneurs and how they run companies.

http://www.usatrade.gov/website/
http://pcusers.org/pcebiz.html#sites
The Commercial Service of the U.S. Department of Commerce is committed to assisting U.S. firms in realizing their export potential by providing expert counseling and advice, information on markets abroad, international contacts, and advocacy services

http://www.teledotcom.com/508/sections/tdc508service_virtualsubl.html
http://pcusers.org/pcebiz.html#articles
Content Delivery Service Providers (CDSPs) are starting to provide a host of content translation services that serve up sites in other languages, use different monetary units and even taxation rules, and tap the browser's origin and other intelligence to make these calculations.

http://www.newsbureau.com/tips/
http://pcusers.org/pcebiz.html#articles
Tips for Press Release Writing and Effective Media Relations

http://www.patents.ibm.com/
http://pcusers.org/pcebiz.html#sites
IBM's Intellectual Property Network. A searchable database for information on all patents.

http://www.zdnet.com/smallbusiness/stories/general/0,5821,2559362,00.html
http://pcusers.org/pcebiz.html#articles
Attracting employees the e-way
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6) Hardware

http://news.cnet.com/news//0-1006-200-1849850.html
Intel to replace faulty PC motherboards. The company said it found problems with Pentium III computers containing a chip called the "memory translator hub" (MTH). The MTH is malfunctioning because of system noise, or internal computer signals. The flaw with the MTH can cause computers to freeze up or reboot.

http://www.zdnet.com/zdtv/screensavers/showtell/story/0,3656,2560570,00.html
http://pcusers.org/pcreference.html#resources
Upgrade Your Hard Drive: Capacity vs. Speed, UDMA/66 vs. UDMA/33 Interface

http://www.zdnet.com/zdtv/screensavers/showtell/story/0,3656,2275802,00.html
http://pcusers.org/pcreference.html#resources
HOW CD-Rs WORK. How Phase-Change Recording Works

http://www.zdnet.com/pcmag/stories/reviews/0,6755,2558511,00.html
LCD Monitors. They look great and take up less space, but are 15-inch LCD monitors worth the price? PC Labs tests 14 models to help you decide.

http://www.hardwarecentral.com/hardwarecentral/reviews/1787/1/?nl
http://pcusers.org/pctechy.html
SDRAM vs. RDRAM, Facts and Fantasy

http://www.hardwarecentral.com/hardwarecentral/reports/1517/1/?nl
Intel Willamette CPU Preview Revisited
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7) Humor?

http://www.rinkworks.com/dialect/
The Dialectizer. Speak Redneck and other dialects. This hilarious language translator takes English text an' jest has mo' fun wif 'em than a pile o' sweet patootees.

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