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Kerrville, Texas
830-895-5016
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| What's
Up This Week? | Sunday, October 9, 2005 |
Hear Ye! Hear Ye!
Sometimes
we have
special sales and sometimes we
have important notices about virus outbreaks and other technical
bulletins. Check this section often for items that may affect
your computing environment. Call 830-895-5016 if you're
interested in any sale items we might list here.
Latest Virus Threats W32.ToxBot.AL http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.toxbot.al.html
W32.Beagle.CL@mm http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.beagle.cl@mm.html

(Click image) | Kingston USB Flash Drives & Automatic Backups Special offer available only on your next service call! We can obtain and sell these 1 GB USB Flash Drives for just $70 compared to OfficeMax price of $90.
Add our free backup software and you're all set. Plug this
tiny drive into your computer's USB slot and backup copies of your critical files. Conveniently carry them home on your keychain. These also make great Christmas stocking stuffer gifts! Call 895-5016 if interested. For more information...
http://www.kingston.com/digitalmedia/u3_wmv.wmv
http://www.kingston.com/digitalmedia/datatraveler_home.asp
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Fun Stuff
Each
week we stumble across interesting and fun sites on the internet.
Passing them along means we get to share these good times, laughs, and
educational websites. We hope you enjoy this section of our
newsletter as much as we do!
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Snowflakes! Definitely a fun and educational site about crystals and snowflakes, where they come from, and how they are formed. Enjoy! http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/
Don't Look If You Are Afraid of Heights! http://www.pibmug.com/files/empirestate.jpg
High-Tech Way To Stop Telemarketers http://home.flash.net/~carlton2/telemark.htm
Strange, Mysterious, Addictive, and Fun! One of my all-time favorites... http://www.boohbah.com/zone.html
Astronomy Picture of The Day Archive Tons of interesting and educational photos... http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html
Surgical Instruments of the Ancient Romans! http://www.med.virginia.edu/hs-library/historical/antiqua/instru.html
Web
Hosting
Tips
Do
you
have a domain website hosting account with
us? If so, you'll want to check this section for handy tips
to
help make your website standout from the crowd. Sometimes
we'll
give tips about working with your Plesk Control Panel.
Add Your Website URL to Google's Search Engine This is where you can add your website to Google's Search Engine. But be patient - sometimes it takes almost six weeks for it to start showing up. http://www.google.com/addurl/?continue=/addurl
How Do I Interpret My Webalizer Statistics? Last week I posed the answer to the question
"How many hits has my website taken?". That answer seemed to generate a
lot of interest and quite a few more questions about the various
definitions and meanings of Webalizer terminology.
Here are the links for the "The Simpleton's Guide to Web Server Analysis" and the "Webalizer Quick Help". Now you too can read those treasure troves of information and find all the answers to your Webalizer questions...
http://www.mrunix.net/webalizer/simpleton.html http://www.mrunix.net/webalizer/webalizer_help.html
Linspire
Linux Tips
Linspire
Linux is a great operating system that is
designed to be the easiest of all desktop linux distributions.
If
you haven't tried it for yourself yet, ask for a free demo CD the next
time we service your computer.
KStars - Desktop Planetarium This
is a great software program for any budding astronomer, young or old.
It's one of my favorite add-ons for Linspire Linux... http://www.linspire.com/lindows_products_details.php?product_id=3183
Linspire Linux Tip of The Week Don't
forget to check the archive link at that page for previous tips...
Latest Linspire Letter....
Microsoft Windows
Tips Microsoft Windows is
still the operating system that most people are familiar with.
Many businesses have built their IT requirements around this
commercial operating system and so it remains the cornerstone of our
onsite support service. Windows XP Power Toys and Fun Packshttp://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/default.mspxSoftware Download of The WeekGoogle EarthDownload
and install this software so you can see satellite images of any
location in the world. Some of their satellite images have amazing
clarity and some of them are not so clear. Maybe you'll have fun
looking at your old neighborhoods and remembering childhood memories...
http://earth.google.com/
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The
man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much
he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a
dollar, is bound to succeed. ~Henry Ford
Happy Computing!
Tomas Bright Ideas Computing Kerrville, Texas 830-895-5016 http://www.bictx.com
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