Kerrville, Texas
830-895-5016

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











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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





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 Packs
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/default.mspx

Software Download of The Week
Google Earth
Download 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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