ISSN 1488-3163; PC Improvements © 2002
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I sure hope that most of you noticed that Chris sent the newsletter out last week. I was away with Lisa and Andrew for a short vacation. We went to Cleveland and Kirtland, OH. They are about 3.5 hours away from here. We went to Cleveland just to see what it was like, and we went to Kirtland to see some historical sites from the 1830s from our Church.
We had such a good time with Andrew. The highlights of the trip were probably when we took him swimming with us. The pool was very warm and he loved it. He would splash occasionally, but most of the time he just sat there staring at everything around him. He didn't fuss once. He was very cute 8-)
If you are interested in any pictures, you can read about our trip at http://wingfamily.ca/lisagraham/20021118-20021120/index.htm
Finally, on a computer note... I will have a review of Paragon's Hard Disk Manager 5.5 software next week.
Graham editor@pcin.net and Chris chris@pcin.net
eBay Takes a Shot at Amazon
"Taking a shot across Amazon.com's bows, eBay launched what it calls a new 'electronics superstore site' for both consumers and IT buyers, and introduced free shipping on many items, a first for the auction giant.
The San Jose, Calif.-based company said it is offering access to 'millions of products' at ebayelectronics.com, including consumer electronics, computers, peripherals, networking gear, telecom, software, photography equipment and video games.
And most of this stuff is being offered by top manufacturers and retailers, not by people cleaning out their closets."For more info:
http://www.internetnews.com/ec-news/article.php/1502311
Jury: RIM infringed on patents
"A federal jury determined that Research In Motion infringed on patents and on Thursday ordered it to pay $23 million to holding company NTP.
RIM, maker of the BlackBerry wireless device, said it disagrees with the verdict and vowed to appeal. At the same time, the company said it will record a pre-tax provision of approximately $23 million against potential damages in its third quarter.
'Today's jury verdict was wrong as both a matter of law and fact,'Charles Meyer, RIM's chief legal officer, said in a statement. The company said that if the judge upholds the jury's verdict, RIM will appeal."For more info:
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1106-966786.html
Where Is MP4?
"It is a rare day when MP3s are not mentioned in a major newspaper. The format is not only a technical success, but also the center of a firestorm of political activity as intellectual property guardians square off against file-sharing advocates. Is there a follow-up to this audio format that has taken the world by storm?
As a matter of fact, there is. It is called MPEG-4 -- MP4 for short -- and a number of companies and projects are already using it."For more info:
http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/20021.html
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Last Week's Poll
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| Total votes: 127 |
This Week's Poll
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I would like to partition my 20 GHz hard drive. I'm running Windows ME at present but I'd like to put '98 on as well. Can anyone help?
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StarDock
Several weeks ago we featured a review on Stardock's Object Desktop product. In a recent Lockergnome they mentioned ObjectDock. ObjectDock is a Start Menu replacement for Object Desktop and is currently in Beta, but seems very stable on my system. I was very happy with my initial use of the product. For those of you looking for an OS X start menu type application, this is it.
--Chris
eMode
I came across this site recently that has all sorts of fun quizzes. eMode claims it is "the #1 Destination for Self-Discover." Some of the tests include The Ultimate Personality Test, The Enneagram Test, Emode's Original Inkblot Test, True Talent Test, Discover Your Sexual Personality, The Emotional IQ Test, and Career Personality Test . Visit http://www.emode.com/ to try them out.
The Wing Family Tips
My parents and 2 of my sisters were over tonight. I told them I was having a hard time coming up with a third tip. Here are their words of wisdom:
Dad
Don't get a web host that lets their system get hacked into and people send spam from your account (he had this problem)
Mom
Leave early from work if you can't get the computer to work
Andrea
If the monitor is blank, turn your computer on
Brianna
Don't give out your credit card number
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