ISSN 1488-3163; PC Improvements © 2003
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Welcome to the 238th issue of the PC Improvement News. PCIN consists mainly of news and tips. There is something for everyone, and if this is your first issue, I'm sure there will be something for you. If you give me two or three issues, I know that you will come back for more!
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April showers bring May flowers, or so I've heard. Since the Winter went so long, our showers have been delayed into this first week of May. But the grass is growing and everything looks alive. It's beautiful. Things are pretty slow around the Wing house these days. Andrew is squirming all over the place, but can't quite crawl forward yet. He's a pro shimmying backwards though :-)
I've mentioned this before, but we should have several reviews for you over the next few weeks. Both Chris and I are working on a couple of reviews each, so we should have some things to share soon.
Graham editor@pcin.net and Chris chris@pcin.net
Suspected Web Hacker Arrested at Net Security Show
British police have arrested a man suspected of hacking into high-profile corporate Web sites and defacing them with a distinct digital calling card: a 'fluffy' pink bunny rabbit.
New Scotland Yard said on Wednesday they arrested 24-year-old Lynn Htun at a London convention center, the site of InfoSecurity Europe 2003, one of Europe's largest trade fairs for Internet and computer network security.
Law enforcement and Internet security professionals said they believe Htun is the mastermind of the 'Fluffi Bunni' hacking exploits, which European and U.S. authorities have been investigating for over a year."For more info:
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=2661643
Xbox Live update at E3
"Rumours abound that Microsoft is set to announce a major update to its Xbox Live kit at this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). Microsoft is keeping mum, but has admitted to a few 'groundbreaking announcements' at the most important games show of the year.
Currently the Xbox Live kit allows players to communicate with others via the headset, but only in-game. It is thought that Microsoft hopes to extend this concept with chat and locater services. This would allow players to have their Xboxes act much like ICQ or Messenger, giving a list of known friends whom they can chat with along with general chat rooms--all without the need for a game to be running. Anther added feature coming the way of Xbox is the media center concept, which would allow owners to upload music and video to the console to watch or listen to whenever they like."For more info:
http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2003May/gee20030507019882.htm
'Matrix' game company changes name to Atari
"Franco-American video game publisher Infogrames, in an effort to increase its profile with consumers by reaching back into gaming history, said Wednesday it is changing its name to Atari.
For more info:
To mark the new Atari and the new ticker symbol ATAR, Chief Executive Bruno Bonnell is set to open the Nasdaq on Wednesday.
Infogrames/Atari shares have been on a run of late, rising more than 130% on the Nasdaq since April 18, when the company said it had completed work on Enter the Matrix, the hotly anticipated video game companion to the forthcoming Warner Bros. film The Matrix Reloaded.
The Atari name is the most storied in video gaming, dating back to the early 1970s, when Nolan Bushnell and a team of engineers at Atari created 'Pong' the arcade video game that was so popular machines sometimes jammed up because they were overflowing with quarters."
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/2003-05-07-atari_x.htm
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Why do you say "Oops!" after hitting send?
"Ever hit 'send' on an email too soon? Or embarrassed yourself by clicking 'reply all' when that snide remark was only intended for the original sender? You're not alone.
Consumers' habits and styles vary greatly when it comes to communicating and organizing personal information electronically. We recently commissioned a survey focusing on the behavior of electronic communicators, and the findings include noteworthy results. Among results is evidence of how often consumers send - or forget to send - attachments; an electronically advanced baby boom generation; and a Mac user passion for sending random and interesting shots. Answer the survey questions below and see how you stack up against the rest of America!"
Check it out at http://www.microsoft.com/mac/entouragex/entouragex_main.asp?embfname=survey.asp
Create Outlook shortcuts on your Desktop
To create shortcuts to specific Microsoft Outlook features on your desktop, right click on the desktop, choose New Shortcut. In the Create Shortcut Dialog box, put a path to the shortcut with one of the following:
"c:\program files\microsoft office\office10\outlook.exe" /c ipm.note (New Email Message)
" c:\program files\microsoft office\office10\outlook.exe" /c ipm.stickynote (New Note)
" c:\program files\microsoft office\office10\outlook.exe" /c ipm.contact (New Contact)
" c:\program files\microsoft office\office10\outlook.exe" /c ipm.appointment (New Appointment)
" c:\program files\microsoft office\office10\outlook.exe" /c ipm.post (New Post)Substituting the correct path to Outlook and then adding a description for the shortcut.
Digital Camera Resource
"The Digital Camera Resource Page, founded in November 1997, is designed to be an unofficial resource for current or future owners of digital cameras. It is aimed more towards the consumer end, rather than the high end (read: $20,000) professional cameras. The mission of this site is to:
1. To provide honest reviews of digital cameras, with no sugar coating. If I think a camera isn't a good choice, you'll know it. Reviews are written without a lot of technical jargon, so everyone can understand them.
2. Do #1 without shoving ads down the throats of our readers. That means no pop-ups, pop-unders, interstitials, or any other annoying ads. I also won't make you scroll through a page of ads to get to the content."
Check it out at http://www.dcresource.com/
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