Daves Diggins Newsletter 11-16-00 (ISSN 1529-1103)

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Dave's Diggins 11-16-00

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) Not-so-free software and services
3) Articles:
4) Search engines
5) Hardware

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1) Free software and services

http://www.zdnet.com/pcmag/stories/solutions/0,8224,2638772,00.html
http://pcusers.org/pcfree.html
FavOrg scans the Websites in your Favorites list for favicons -- custom icons provided by the Website. The icons are displayed on the Favorites bar, the Favorites menu, and the Address bar. Custom icons make the Favorites list easier to scan, letting you locate a given shortcut faster. Microsoft added the custom icon feature to IE5; FavOrg brings this functionality to IE4 as well. Favicons are usually lost when you delete your Temporary Internet Files, but FavOrg preserves them. The program also lets you associate any icon you choose with a given shortcut, even if no favicon is provided. Since FavOrg must check the validity of an Internet shortcut before attempting to download the favicon, it automatically flags dead links as it goes through your Favorites list. If you like, it can update redirected links or reset dead links to the site's root.

http://www.topcities.com/Computers/jfchua/falert.htm
http://pcusers.org/pcfree.html
fileAlert! (v1.8) There are times, especially after installing some trial software, when you'd like to know exactly what files have been added to your hard-disk and in which folders. fileAlert! (v1.8) can be useful at such times. It reports to you, listing full path and name, and categorized, every file created, modified or deleted on the current drive since a certain date and time. No file escapes notice -- whether hidden, system, read-only, temp, normal, or whatever. You can then decide on the uses for such a list. It can help you to remove files which an uninstall fails to remove.

http://www.duodata.de/automailer/mdetails.htm
http://pcusers.org/pcfree.html
AutoMailer automatically dispatches files as email-attachments. The files you wish to be mailed must be stored in a user-defined, so called "autoprocessing directory". AutoMailer periodically polls this directory for changes and if a new or modified file is found, it will be e-mailed.

http://www.copernic.com/winkey/
http://pcusers.org/pcfree.html
WinKey Start your favorite applications, folders and Web pages instantly by using your own Windows key shortcuts with WinKey! This FREE shell extension allows you to define keyboard shortcuts with the Windows key. You can use almost any key combination and create shortcuts to system folders such as My Computer, Network Neighborhood, Dial-Up Networking, Control Panel and Recycle Bin.

http://www.timecave.com/timecave/about.jsp
http://pcusers.org/pcfree.html
Timecave. The idea is simple: drop an email message into the cave and tell it when to come out. It'll stay there for as long as you'd like, within reason. So for days, weeks, months, and even years, the Time Cave will hold onto your message. Once the message's time comes, it's speedily sent on its way back toward you (or whoever you addressed it to). Use it as a free reminder service or just to send your future self a kind note. Want to make sure you don't forget something, whether it's an appointment or an ideal? The Time Cave can help

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2) Not-so-free software and services

http://www.kaczynskisoftware.com/kazstamp.htm
http://pcusers.org/pcnotsofree.html
KazStamp gives your envelopes the look you want through different fonts, sizes, graphics, and colors. It provides full integration with Microsoft Outlook, Word, and Excel. KazStamp prints POSTNET bar codes, handles mass mailings, and provides Internet searches for zip codes. Shareware.

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3) Articles:

http://www.sgmvp.freewebsites.com/Fav/favorite.htm
http://pcusers.org/pctechy.html
From Roger: "Here is a page of links to specialty Windows help sites maintained by independent Microsoft-certified Most Valued Professionals (MVPs.) Most are information-only sites, not consultation services. Most MVPs regularly monitor Usenet newsgroups related to their specialty, and ask that you post any inquiries on the public newsgroups, rather than writing directly to them. The MVPs often have information that isn't documented anywhere (yet) on the official Microsoft Knowledge Base."

http://www.pcnineoneone.com/howto/electricity1.html
http://pcusers.org/pcreference.html#resources
Electricity 101. This excellent article presents a basic explanation of the considerations involved in powering and protecting your personal computer. To minimize complexity, it is deliberately limited in scope to typical home or small office computing situations.

http://www.winmag.com/columns/explorer/2000/23.htm
Automatic Update Services -- Yea or Nay?

http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/00/11/13/001113oppetreley.xml
Microsoft's road to consumer trust is to open source Windows.

http://www.techtv.com/callforhelp/answerstips/story/0,3650,2450945,00.html
Filter Email in Outlook Express. How to have email from certain people delivered to specific folders

http://www.techtv.com/callforhelp/answerstips/story/0,3650,2283115,00.html
http://pcusers.org/pcreference.html#articles
Unsending Email

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4) Search engines

http://www.excite.com/search/news
http://pcusers.org/pcreference.html#search
Excite News Search. Excite provides three comprehensive search indexes to help you find the news stories and photos you're looking for. After entering your query in the search box, simply select which news index you'd like to search:

Web News, refreshed four times a day, provides headlines from over 350 Web sites, including ABCNews, Boston Globe, CNN Interactive, E! Online and Popular Science.

Newswires, updated every hour, collects breaking stories and photos from wire services like Associated Press, Reuters, SportsTicker, Business Wire and Dow Jones.

News Photos, updated every hour, contains more than 20,000 of the latest news photos from Reuters and Associated Press

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5) Hardware:

http://www.maximumpc.com/content/2000/11/15/12229
Dig a Fallout Shelter: AMD Preps 1.5GHz Missile. This article details the AMD microprocesor development roadmap.

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