Daves Diggins Newsletter 5-3-01 (ISSN 1529-1103)

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Dave's Diggins 5-3-01

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
6) Hardware

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1) Free software and services

http://support.microsoft.com/servicedesks/fileversion/dllinfo.asp
http://pcusers.org/pctechy.html
Microsoft DLL Help Database. This database contains information about DLL files that ship with selected Microsoft products. Use DLL Help to identify which software installed a specific version of a DLL.

http://www.scotfinnie.com/newsletter/default.htm
Scot Finnie's Windows Insider and Broadband Report newsletters are no longer being published since Winmag.com suspended operations. However, Scott now has his new newsletter up and going at the above address. Subscription is still free.

http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/itresources
Computerworld IT resource center. Categories include, QuickStudies, Supplements, IT Reports, White Papers, Books for IT Leaders, Forums, Events/Training and RFP Center.

http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
http://pcusers.org/pcfree.html
Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0 is now available. This version has support for screen readers , better display of text on LCD screens, and the ability to save copies of files downloaded in Web browsers.

http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.htm
http://pcusers.org/pcfree.html
CPU-Z is a freeware that provides some information on your CPU including, Processor name and vendor, Core stepping and process, Processor package, Processor current core voltage, Internal and external clocks, clock multiplier, Partial overclock detection, Processor features, including supported instructions sets, L1 and L2 cache informations : location, size, speed, technology.

http://www.informationweek.com/LP/columnists/fredlanga.html
With the demise of WinMag.Com Fred Langa can no longer do his WinMag "Explorer" columns. however he has found a outlet for his columns at InformationWeek under the Listening Post.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/ork/xp/
http://pcusers.org/pctechy.html
Microsoft has sold its big 10-lb, 1800-page Resource Kits both for Windows, and for Office, with administrative add-in tools on CD, typically for about $49. Resource Kits provide detailed technical information on how the Office programs work, plus administrative tools for managing and maintaining Windows or Office installations. RKs are great for technical-minded users who are curious about what goes on "under the hood," as well as for programmers who write their own add-in tools.

What Microsoft rarely makes well-known, however, is that the same Resource Kits are also available online for FREE, including the add-in tools. Those considering an upgrade to Office XP may want to have this link handy. (Don't run any of the tools available here on an Office 2000 or 97 installation!) The online OXPRK tracks revisions to documentation and the tools.

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2) Articles

http://www.informationweek.com/835/langa.htm
http://pcusers.org/pcreference.html#articles
Message In A Bottle. Hidden or undisclosed ISP policies put your E-mail at risk. Here's what you can do about it.

http://www.techtv.com/callforhelp/howto/story/0,23008,3322962,00.html
How to Fight Spam

http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0,10738,2712935,00.html
Is Netscape stepping back into the ring? Maybe, thanks to AOL.

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3) Search Engines:

http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,43392,00.html?tw=wn20010427
Google Restores Deja View. Remember all those postings you made on Usenet. Well they are back. Google has completed its promised task of making the Deja View usenet archives searchable

http://www.winmag.com/
Although Winmag.com is out of business you can still search its database of articles.

http://www.researchville.com
http://pcusers.org/pcreference.html#search
Researchville has added over 400 daily newspapers to its research site. The newspapers are broken down by states and it allows you to do do searches on the newspapers listed for that state (Tennessee has 11 newspapers listed).

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6) Hardware

http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5081916,00.html?chkpt=zdnn042701
IBM breakthrough: Nanotubes, The development in nanotechnology, the manipulation of molecular structures, will allow IBM to more easily create groups of transistors from tiny cylinders called carbon nanotubes.

http://www.hardwarecentral.com/hardwarecentral/news/3276/1/
Intel Prices Pentium 4 Below Pentium III

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