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Dave's Diggins 9-20-01

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

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1) The World Trade Center disaster.
2) Free software and services
3) Articles
4) Anti-virus
5) Hardware

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1) The World Trade Center disaster.

http://www.wired.com/news/wireless/0,1382,46595,00.html?tw=wn20010913
Of Frantic Calls and Rigid Rules

http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,46766,00.html?tw=wn20010913
Who Said the Web Fell Apart?

https://www.ifccfbi.gov/complaint/terrorist.asp
The Internet Fraud Complaint Center (IFCC), a partnership between the FBI and the National White Collar Crime Center, was established to fight Internet fraud by acting as a central repository for citizen complaints and tips. Now the IFCC has set up a special Terrorist Activity Information tip site that anyone can use to report information regarding the September 11th attack.

http://www.howstuffworks.com/carnivore.htm
How Carnivore Works. The FBI packet sniffer.

http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,61744,00.asp
Will Attack Hurt Net Privacy?

http://svc.travelocity.com/info/cust_alert/
Tips for Travel Under Increased Security at Airports.

http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/supergeek/story/0,23008,3347862,00.html
How Black Boxes Work

http://www.wired.com/news/ebiz/0,1272,46876,00.html?tw=wn20010917
Online donations set records

http://ufalocal94.org/
Uniformed Firefighter's Association of Greater New York Local 94. Up until last weeks tragedy there had been about 722 firemen killed in the line of duty in the 127 years of paid fire service in New York City. This puts into perspective the close to 300 firemen who died last week during the World Trade center disaster. The above link will tell you how to make a contrbution to the UFA Widows' and Children's Fund.

http://chapters.redcross.org/tn/nashvilleblood/
The web page for the Nashville chapter of the American Red Cross

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2) Free software and services

http://www.disobey.com/amphetadesk/
http://pcusers.org/pcfree.html
AmphetaDesk is a news aggregator - it sits on your desktop, downloads the latest news that interests you, and displays them in a quick and easy to use (and customizable!) webpage.

http://www.digitalminer.f2s.com/
http://pcusers.org/pcfree.html
Sleepsmart is a program which allows you to customize Suspend features. It can change the power scheme when any program in a set of programs is running which is very useful for users having TV tuner cards,DVD-ROM drives and also for users who frequently watch VCD's or even enjoy Audio visualisations (like Winamp(tm)). It can optionally disable the screensaver or scheduled tasks.You can specify programs to close before entering into suspend mode and to run when resuming from suspend mode. Even more advanced options are present such as playing a sound file before entering and after resuming from standby.

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3) Articles

http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_index.htm
http://pcusers.org/pctechy.html
This page describes several methods for users of Win98 and WinME to disable programs that run in the background. Of particular interest is an alphabetical index that lists executable files (.exe) and computer programs to which they belong.

http://www.cnet.com/software/0-6688749-8-7066082-1.html
http://pcusers.org/pcreference.html#articles
Does your PC have the right hardware and software needed for Windows XP.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/columns/bridgman/august13.asp
WindowsXP has built in support for CD burning

http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5096838,00.html
Hardware manufacturers would be required to create and install a government-approved anti-copying scheme in PCs and other digital devices under a draft bill making the rounds on Capitol Hill, according to sources.

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4) Anti-virus

The below tip came from a "Windows Tip of the day" newsletter from http://emazing.com , Emazing.com.

"Virus programmers will often attempt to disguise their program as another file by naming it something like wacky.jpg.vbs. When you open the attachment in Windows, you see the 'wacky.jpg' but the .vbs extension (meaning Visual Basic Script), is omitted. Such a file extension could potentially be dangerous to your system, if it's a virus or a worm. (Note: If you ever see a file attachment that has an icon that looks like a light blue 'S', do NOT open it.) Watch for these file extensions and don't open any attachments bearing any of them: .js, .jse, .vbs, .scr, .shs, and .shb

The issue here is that Microsoft, in an attempt to make their products more friendly, has the default for double-clicking an email attachment as an 'OPEN' command. You can add a layer of security by changing this default to an 'EDIT' command. To do so:

1). Windows Me: Go to the Control Panel and select the Folder Options icon. Now, select the File Types tab and a small flashlight will appear. You may have to wait a moment. Now, when the files are displayed, find one with one of the extensions I listed above. Select it, and click the Advanced tab. Now, highlight Edit and press the Set Default button.

2). Windows 95/98: This is a bit more difficult. Go to an Explorer window and select View, then Folder Options. Click the Files tab and scroll through the file types. You will see the extensions in the small window at the bottom. When you find a file with one of the extensions I mentioned above, click Edit. Now select Edit from within the Actions list and click the Default button."

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5) Hardware

http://www.hardwarecentral.com/hardwarecentral/news/3766/1/
New Maxtor Ultra ATA/133 Hard Disks Include 160GB Giant

http://www.hardwarecentral.com/hardwarecentral/news/3764/1/
Logitech Makes Noise in Audio Market With Speakers, Headsets. After acquiring well-known audio brand Labtec, Logitech has launched an expanded audio business with a series of premium PC speakers and PC/telephony headsets.

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