- An alternative to Microsoft Outlook Express that's Free!
- Tried of all those viruses and Trojans that come through your Outlook express account? Than try Thunderbird an open source e-mail program from Mozilla. The same people who brought you Firefox and the original Netscape.
- Back Up Devices
- The most neglected safeguard we almost always fail to do is backup our existing data and operating systems on our computers. How many times have we been caught when our computer crashes, the hard drive quits or something happens necessitating a reinstallation of everything on our computer. A backup procedure is very often overlooked and neglected either through procrastination or just plain laziness. Under either condition we lose "big time" and have to reinstall everything but at the loss of files, letters, or programs we can never recover
- Free and/or less expensive Options to Microsoft Office 12 Suite
- Microsoft has plans to release a brand new office suite (considerably more expensive) 12 in the second half of nest year. The "upgrade" promises to be most dramatic change since Windows 95. With free or low cost document processing mimicking Microsoft's office, Microsoft has been working to differentiate its product from others and maximize its profits
- Education on The Net
- The Internet has been the subject of controversy since the RCMP arrested a man In Kirkland Lake for providing offensive material to the Internet. However this material is only a very small percentage of the information you can access on the Internet, so lets not overlook some of the excellent educational material on the Internet, all of which you can access.
- Design Your Own Web Site
- Good web site design takes a lot of time as there are important factors one must consider to increase the probable success of you site. Some of these are: Internet search engine expectations, ease of navigation, time taken to download the page, intra browser compatibility both across browsers and backward compatibility with older browsers, overall appearance, and last but most important, content and suitability for your customers.
- Is a Content Management System Right for You?
- I often hear these complaints: "I paid a lot of money for my web site and it doesn't work for me" I want to update my material on the web site but I can't contact the person who built it", "I don't have time to make any changes or update my web site and it will cost me dearly to hire some one to update for me."
- Is Someone Phishing for your personal information?
- (fish´ing) (n.) The act of sending an e-mail to a user falsely claiming to be an established legitimate enterprise in an attempt to scam the user into surrendering private information that will be used for identity theft
- Linux Another Operating System
- Angry, frustrated or just plain mad at Microsoft and its Windows operating systems (Win98, WinNT,WinXP)? So are many others, with 85% of operating systems using Windows Microsoft they no longer try harder; tech support is difficult to get, their web site for support is difficult to use, and they "frankly don't seem to care".
- Linux part two
- The Linux operating system has been around for 20 years and has been the realm of computer greeks , computer hobbyist, and tecnophiles. It has been regarded as a superior, less expensive and more stable operating system than Windows. Linux's biggest disadvantage has been its interface ( similar to Unix and old DOS)
- Elementary Linux
- So a basic system requirement to operate Linux is: System requirements for Linux consist of an Intel-compatible 386 computer with at least eight megabytes (MB of RAM and a 250 MB or larger hard drive. A 3.5" floppy drive is preferred to the older 5.25" style. Although most 386's don't have CD-ROM drives, one would be useful for installing Linux (if you don't want to download it and put it on floppy disks). You can get by with less RAM and hard disk space, but such systems tend to be limited and are often designed for a specific task
- Linux in the Office
- Recently, a number of office software suites have become available under Linux. StarOffice (www.staroffice.com) is a large package (about seventy megabytes) but is well worth the time spent downloading. There is also a "Deluxe" version available for sale online (US$39.95 plus shipping). The deluxe version provides an installation CD, a printed installation manual, and a printed user's guide, which are unavailable in the download able version.
- Linux as a desktop System
- Linux has made its mark as a server operating system. In fact, it has been called "The Internet's Operating System" because many Internet Service Providers and Web sites make use of Linux. As a desktop operating system it left much to be desired. In the last year, however, this has changed Linux is available as a desktop system
- Maintaining Search Engine Position
- Once you have established your site on the search engine there is an ongoing process to continually update and renter your web site on a monthly or bimonthly basis.
- PGP (Pretty Good Privacy)
- he last in my mini series on privacy; an introduction to Pretty Good Privacy (PGP),a military grade encryption that is used to scramble (encrypt) and unscramble (decrypt) e-mail and / or data so that it can only be read by those intended to read it. You encrypt your e-mail message and send it to others who can decrypt it. You can encrypt and decrypt files on your computer that you don't want others to read. At present this PGP encryption can only be used by those in the USA and Canada. To find out more about the politics of PGP go to http://www.crypto.org
- Patch for faster Internet connection?
- In practice the speed advantage of cable over ADSL is much lower than might first be apparent. Both cable modem and ADSL performance vary from one minute to the next depending on the pattern of use and traffic congestion on the Internet. This means that both services will rarely -- if ever -- reach peak performance.
- Printer Ink Refills at Home
- Have you got a printer? Are you tired of paying $50 - $60 for a new cartridge? Does you new printer seem to use more ink rather than less? There is an alternate, cheaper solution for your dilemma; refill the old cartridge at ˝ the cost
- Search Engines and their use
- Are you confused by all the places to visit on the Internet? Are you lost in the vast piles of junk that now appear on search engines (i.e. forget about www.yoursite.com, gamble with us instead)? Up the creek without a paddle? Well let me suggest some solutions, simple but effective. As the search engine becomes more of a commercial venture it becomes less useful; try these strategies.
- Search Engines and their use
- Are you confused by all the places to visit on the Internet? Are you lost in the vast oceans of information? Up the creek without a paddle? Well let me suggest some solutions, simple but effective methods to cruising on the Internet with little pain.
- Search Engine Secrets
- Everyone wants to be at the top of the search engine list when their company name, business or service is entered in the search. There are no "search engine secrets", just hard work. The "keywords" for you site are most important; those words that best describe your enterprise or service. They should be unique and accurate. Your "keywords" are obtained through the meta tags on your page, or the words in the top of your page text. Careful and thoughtful selection of your "keywords" will increase your chances of coming out towards the top of the list. The results as to who appears at the top of the major search engine lists varies from week to week.
- Search Engine Secrets Part 2
- Have you seen the ads "submit your site to 300 search engines only 29.95(US)"? Are they of any value? Are auto submit programs useful? The short answer; no. If an Internet surfer is going to look for something he/she will only use the top ten search engines: AltaVista, Excite, HotBot, Infoseek, Lycos, MSN, Netscape, Northern Light, WebClawer and Yahoo.
- Spyware the curse of the Internet
- There has been a noticeable increase in my e-mail, at various addresses of, virus and adware. I now use a number of software programs to "clean out the trash". There are four steps you can take to ensure that you too, are not a victim of these predators.
- Web Site Usability
- Wide usage of web sites and the Internet as a means of obtaining information or doing business makes "usability" an important consideration in web design.
- Why should I want Web Site Statistics?
- Many people have build web sites as have many local businesses; but is it any good? Do people actually use it? How many times is the web site viewed? Is it lost in Cyberspace?
These questions and many more can be answered by an analysis of the statistics log - Yahoo's Personalized Web Search
- Yahoo.comn is first off the block with a personalized web search program. It can be seen at http://www.virtualcommunity.ca/websearch.html.
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