Links for Sunday March 24, 2002

If anyone would like to download a US Flag for their email or web site here are a few I found.
To download any Flag just right click on it and click on Save Picture as:
Keep your flag outside all of the time.
Remember the flag must be lit up at night. So leave it out all night, just put a light on it.

GOD BLESS AMERICA!

Here are the links from the show on March 24, 2002 Announcing the eNews newsletter from OnComputers.info (www.OnComputers.info/newsletter)
						Google takes on supercomputing:
						http://news.com.com/2100-1001-867091.html
						Seti@Home:
						http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/
						OnComputers Seti@Home page
						http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/stats/team/team_48460.html
						United Devices:
						http://members.ud.com/projects/cancer/
						turbolinux:
						http://www.turbolinux.com/products/enf/enfuzion.html
						Parabon Computation:
						http://www.parabon.com/
						Platform Computing:
						http://www.platform.com/
						Avaki:
						http://www.avaki.com/
						Bill Clinton virus proves user security sucks:
						http://www.theregus.com/content/55/24416.html
						IE, Outlook run malicious commands without scripting:
						http://www.theregus.com/content/4/24206.html
						Open-source flaw threatens MS code:
						http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-860428.html
						2.5G cellphones offer always-on Internet access:
						http://www.dallasnews.com/business/technology/stories/032102dnpergprs.44132.html
						Bell Labs Says It Shatters Data Delivery Record:
						http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=581&u=/nm/ 20020322/tc_nm/telecoms_lucent_dc_3
						Cellphones more dangerous than drunk driving:
						http://www.theregus.com/content/5/24413.html
						Email2go: battle lines, reviews:
						http://www.theregus.com/content/54/24418.html
						Cyborg strip searched by Air Canada:
						http://www.theregus.com/content/28/24417.html

Scott Stetzer is a Senior Technical Marketing Manager for Maxtor Corporation
Scott has spent over 18 years in the storage industry working in disk drives, applications, software programming, test equipment and storage subsystem. Scott is well experienced in storage interfaces and has also worked to assist companies in the design and implementation of storage systems for unique and specific applications including professional video editing systems. Scott has spent over 9 years working for Quantum corporation’s disk drive division in diverse roles, starting as engineering manager for customer support in Japan and then as technical marketing manager for Asia Pacific region based in Singapore. On returning to USA he organized and managed a software development group within the company focused on delivering end user applications and tools for customers. With Quantum’s disk drive division now merged into Maxtor Corporation, Scott is involved in future interface technologies and the application of storage into new business applications at Maxtor.

Almost every personal computer has a hard drive. This
device is a mechanical/electronic data storage device that houses the non-ROM data for your computer. So what happens if your hard drive crashes? What is a hard drive crash? Can you limit the damage?

Inside your hard drive is a tiny read/write head that
floats just above the drive. Jolts, normal usage, and other events can eventually cause your hard drive's head to touch the drive, causing failure. The saying is "It's not IF your hard drive will fail, it's WHEN."

You can limit your damage by backing up your data frequently to tape, CD, ZIP, or other media. You can also back up to another hard drive. If you value your data, set up a backup regiment for yourself today! Also, if you transfer one hard drive to another computer, let the old hard drive become a non-essential drive, so that if the older drive crashes, your loss is limited.

Microsoft Windows ages as it is used. As you use it, install, uninstall, patch, save, load, and all the other functions, Windows actually goes through a process that I call 'decaying.' After a point, Windows becomes unusable. Many people misinterpret this as a need to upgrade. Not at all. At this point, there are four steps you need to take:

Back up everything. Format your hard drive. Reinstall Windows and your applications.
Reinstall your data.

Sounds easy? Not at all! This is a long and arduous process that is not for the weak of heart, but nonetheless it may be necessary.
- Michael Vincent
http://www.emazing.com/windows.jsp

Cookies are small files placed onto your computer by Web sites to keep track of various types of information. Some are completely benign, some are helpful, and others are invasion of privacy. How can you tell the difference?

Right click the IE (Internet Explorer) icon and click Properties. Click the 'View files' button. Up will pop a list of the various cookies (and other files) that have been placed onto your computer as you have been surfing the net. If you see file names from sites you know and trust, leave them alone; the others you can selectively delete. Remember that some cookies contain information that may be helping you as you surf, such as loading up a page faster. Be selective when deleting!