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Issue 220 - January 01, 2003
ISSN 1488-3163; PC Improvements © 2003
==== 2029 Subscribers in 56 Countries ====
Welcome to the 220th 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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any suggestions or comments.
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CONTENTS
OPENING THOUGHTS
Happy New Year! I hope that every one had a safe a happy New Year's Eve Celebration.
Lisa and I canceled our cable service a couple of months ago, so we didn't get
to see any of the big parties on TV. But we still had a fun time with Andrew
(I got him up just before midnight) and 2 of my sisters.
We'll get back into the normal swing of things next week.
Graham editor@pcin.net
and Chris chris@pcin.net
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The NEWS
Year in Review
The end of a calendar year always brings the traditional "Year in Review"
articles. Here are a couple to check out. I'm sure I'll have more next week.:
C/Net Year in Review - Open Source
http://news.com.com/2009-1001-978381.html
Court battles stole '02 tech limelight
http://www.thestar.ca/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_PrintFriendly&c=Article&cid=1035776066035&call_pageid=971794782442
A Yawn Of a Year In Tech
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38172-2002Dec25.html
Happy Birthday, Dear Internet
"From its early days as a pet project in the Department of Defense to
its infamous time nestled under Al Gore's wing, the history of the Internet
is littered with dozens of so-called birthdays.
Some historians claim the Internet was born in 1961, when Dr. Leonard Kleinrock
first published a paper on packet-switching technology at MIT.
Others cite 1969, when the Department of Defense commissioned the Advanced
Research Projects Agency Network, known as ARPANET, to research a communication
and command network that could withstand a nuclear attack.
The 1970s boast a slew of what could be pegged essential Internet milestones,
including the advent of e-mail and the splintering off of ARPANET from military
experiment to public resource.
But perhaps the most famous of the lot is the acclaimed Jan. 1, 1983, switch
from Network Control Protocol to Transmission Control Protocol and Internet
Protocol."
For more info:
http://www.wired.com/news/infostructure/0,1377,57013,00.html
Report: China Closes 3,300 Cybercafes
"China has closed more than 3,300 Internet cafes in a safety crackdown
launched after a fire in June at a Beijing cafe killed 25 people, the official
Xinhua News Agency says.
Nearly 12,000 other Internet cafes have been closed temporarily while they
make improvements, Xinhua said Thursday."
For more info:
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-china-cybercafe-crackdown1229dec29,0,7050167.story
Town sells on eBay for $1.78 million
"An 82-acre town in Northern California described as a 'fixer-upper'
sold on eBay on Friday for $1.78 million. The winning bid for Bridgeville
on the electronic auction block will bring the buyer a mile and a half of
riverbank, four cabins, nine houses, one cemetery and a backhoe."
For more info:
http://www.msnbc.com/news/851687.asp
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/25/national/25EBAY.html
POLL of the WEEK
Last Week's Poll
Did you receive any 'technology' gifts this year?
| Yes |
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42.71 % (41) |
| No |
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57.29 % (55) |
| Total votes: 96 |
This Week's Poll
PCIN.net FREEHELP
FORUM
There has been very little activity in the PCIN.net FreeHelp Forum over the
holidays. If you've got a question, visit http://www.pcin.net/help/forum/
to post it, or just check it out to answer some questions that others have.
PCIN.net UPDATE
Check out these new or updated pages on the PCIN.net site:
Object Desktop Software Review
http://PCIN.net/help/software/objectdesktop.php
LG GCE-8400B 40x 12x 40x CD-RW Hardware Review
http://PCIN.net/help/hardware/lggce8400b.php
PCIN.net Search
http://PCIN.net/search/
Some Useful Registry Tips
http://PCIN.net/help/articles/registry_tips.php
THE TIPS and OTHER
STUFF
Outlook Calendar Holidays
One of the newsletters I subscribe to is Scots Newsletter. He used to work
at Windows Magazine and now does this newsletter. It the most recent issue,
he described a problem that you may have with trying to use the Tools - Options
menu to add Holidays into the Calendar. Apparently there are no holidays after
2002. The newsletter explains how to fix this (which is a good tip itself),
but the description of how to fix it, also talks about how to show your Calendar
by category. This is a helpful hint as well, because if you've inserted Holiday's
more than once, then you've most likely got duplicate entries. The newsletter
explains how to delete them. Check it all out at http://www.scotsnewsletter.com/37.htm#tipadaweek
Internet Explorer Saves Images As Bitmaps (.bmp Files)
I know that many people have had this problem:
" When you save an image in Microsoft Internet Explorer, the image is
saved by default as a bitmap (.bmp). You do not have the option to save the
image by using an extension other than .bmp. You experience this behavior
even when the image uses a different format (such as .gif or .jpeg).
For example, when you right-click an image on a Web page, and then click Save
Picture As, the file name that appears in the File name box is Untitled, and
the file type that appears in the Save as type box is Bitmap (*.bmp)."
Read all about it at http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;810978
The Internet's #1 Education Site for K-8 Teachers and Kids
Visit http://www.funbrain.com/
for a site for kids. There are all sorts of games; fun, but they also teach
the kids things too.
DISCLAIMER
and OTHER STUFF
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