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Dave's Diggins 7-6-00

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) Search engines
4) Hardware
5) E-biz
6) Humor?

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1) Free software and services

http://home.mminternet.com/~mmonti/CDScan.htm
http://pcusers.org/pcfree.html
Mike Monti's CDScan. Search for a particular file name, song title, or artist with this free CD cataloger. Insert a disc, enter its name, click the utility's Scan button and the disc's directory is added to your database

http://www.ziata.com/
http://pcusers.org/pcfree.html
Ziata is a heavy duty relational database that encompasses Data Tracking, Phone Message Pad, E-mail Integration, Staff In/out Tracking, Client Tracking, Labels, Electronic Mass Mailings, E-Mail Notifications of Deadlines etc. Ziata! 5.1 is a completely "freeware" version. It is operational for 100 users, has full existing functionality and will not expire.

http://www.insightdev.com/products/zutwpro_details.htm
http://pcusers.org/pcfree.html
Zip Up The Web PRO. Grabbing web pages has never been easier. Why save pages locally that are missing the graphics and links, when Zip Up The Web PRO can do it in one step and save the entire page? By typing the URL into the Zip Up The Web PRO screen, you can grab the page directly from the web. Or, if you find an interesting web page while browsing, just click on the Zip Up The Web PRO tray icon, and the page will be captured from your browser. Zip linked pages from 1-5 levels, or Zip an entire domain: ZUTWP lets you decide how many levels of link recursion you want to zip. Select ALL to zip the entire domain into one self-extracting file.

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2) Articles:

http://www.zdnet.com/zdtv/screensavers/windowstips/story/0,3656,2588028,00.h tml
http://pcusers.org/pcreference.html#articles
Tame the Win98 Taskbar. Sure, you can drag Win98's Taskbar all around the desktop. But can you make it useful? This article can help you make the Taskbar do your bidding.

http://www.langa.com/newsletters/2000/2000-06-15.htm#2
http://pcusers.org/pcreference.html#articles
This article tells you how to find older versions of DOS files like XCOPY.EXE.

http://www.pcnineoneone.com/howto/dualboot1.html
http://pcusers.org/pcreference.html#resources
How to dual boot Windows 9x and Windows 2000

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3) Search engines:

http://searchpdf.adobe.com/
http://pcusers.org/pcreference.html#search
Search for Adobe PDF files on-line. Now there's a way to search through more than a million summaries of AdobeŽ Portable Document Format (PDF) files on the Web. Your search results will allow you to see the summaries before deciding to view the original Adobe PDF

http://www.zdnet.com/zdtv/callforhelp/howto/story/0,3650,2543447,00.html
http://pcusers.org/pcreference.html#search
Pick the Right Search Engine-- Know which one is right for your queries:

http://www.zdnet.com/zdtv/callforhelp/answerstips/story/0,3650,2510123,00.ht ml
http://pcusers.org/pcreference.html#search
Specific Searching -- Search the contents of any site:

http://www.techcrawler.com/
http://pcusers.org/pcreference.html#search
Techcrawler is a search engine that allows one to conduct specific search and retrieval of internet/computer technology documents and materials available on the Internet.

http://raging.com/
http://pcusers.org/pcreference.html#search
Raging.com is AltaVista's leanerand quicker version of its regular search engine. This where their engineers work at tweaking the search engine algorithm's using the same database as AltaVista.

Search Engine Google ( http://www.google.com ) has added news features totheir search engine. If you put a relevant search term in the search box, news headlines will pop up first

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4) Hardware:

http://www.byte.com/column/BYT20000607S0001
A review of the Microsoft Intellimouse Optical USB and PS/2 Compatible and Castlewood Orb.

http://www.zdnet.com/zdtv/screensavers/answerstips/story/0,3656,2581618,00.h tml
What to look for in a good digital camera that won't break itself or the bank.

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5) E-biz:

http://wilsonweb.com/articles/checklist.htm
http://pcusers.org/pcebiz#article
The Web Marketing Checklist:, 27 Ways to Promote Your Site

http://www.zdnet.com/pcmag/stories/reviews/0,6755,2584387,00.html
http://pcusers.org/pcebiz#article
BizBlast E-Commerce Starter Kit. A review.

http://forms.findlaw.com
http://pcusers.org/pcebiz#legal
FindLaw has a site where users can access nearly 8,000 forms from US federal and state courts for free.

http://www.aspin.com/
http://pcusers.org/pcebiz#sites
ASP Resource Index, a complete and comprehensive ASP resource. It has : ASP code editors, applications, chat rooms, links to related sites, browser and server utilities, tutorials, etc.

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6) Humor?

http://www.exaflop.org/docs/x86still/
The X86 Still

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