[MikesWhatsNews] MWN #482

MikesWhatsNews, 30, 05, 2002
in today's issue #482
Hugh's (Other) Enemies List
Little Explorers
Indentifont
Daily Earth
Web Cloak And Dagger 
Tina's FrontPage Tips
Free Security Alert Subscription
CCC     Mom's Minivan   

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NOTE: Any time you see the "  ++ ",  it means there is more of the 
article, or story, on the linked site. Mike
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Hugh's (Other) Enemies List

http://www.ominous-valve.com/theenemy.html

Learn about the Enemies List (Spyware companies) and the harm 
they do to your computer and yourself.
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Little Explorers:

http://www.EnchantedLearning.com/Dictionary.html

An alphabetic exploration for the youngest web surfers.
Links are carefully choosen, so the content is approriate for 
small children. 
1176 illustrated dictionary entries! Each word is used in a 
meaningful example sentence. Most entries have links to a
related web site. Just click on an underlined word (or its 
accompanying picture), and you'll link to a great web site
related to it. 
Submitted by Christy
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Indentifont
  http://www.identifont.com/
 "Identify a font with the Identifont online
 typeface identifier. 
Answer a few questions about the letters in your sample
and see a list of typefaces that match."
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Daily Earth
http://www.dailyearth.com/
Global newspaper directory -- Your Daily Source for the World's News
US and International newspapers on line
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Web Cloak And Dagger ~ By Nelson King
http://www.computeruser.com/articles/2105,3,6,1,0501,02.html
Deployed properly, defenseware will disable spyware.

"If they take up my time or use my personal information without my 
permission, I want to hurt them." So said a friend of mine. 
We were talking about the various pop-up windows, those instantly 
irritating promotional devices that show up in our browsers without 
warning and without permission. 
Usually--in my case, always--we click them away, which takes 
attention and time. But of course, they also use bandwidth, 
since they often contain a lot of graphics. 
On a dial-up Internet connection running at the usual subpar speed, 
the hit is not insignificant. And it's getting worse.

Right now there's a cat and mouse game going on between the 
operators of Web sites, commercial advertisers, and the consumer. 
Everybody is trying to devise gimmicks to get your attention or get 
information about you. This isn't much different than elsewhere 
(billboards, TV, telephone, junk mail), except that on the Web it 
takes more of your resources (time, effort, mental activity) because
it's so pervasive. It's an assault on what I call the ignore-it factor. 
If it's easy to ignore--like junk mail--then it's no problem. 
If not--like telemarketers' calls at dinnertime--
then it's costing you something.
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See;  ComputerUser Newsletter 29 April 2002
http://www.ComputerUser.com
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 FrontPage Tips, by Tina Clarke

 Altering the image sizes

If you simply resize images, FrontPage does not alter the
file size.  To make the file smaller too, you should select
the 'Resample' icon in the Image toolbar after you have
resized it.

AccessFP - FrontPage Resource Centre
Site -  http://www.accessfp.net/
Ezine & Forums - http://anyfrontpage.com/  FREE FP E-Books
Journal - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AccessFPJournal
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Free Security Alert Subscription -
http://nct.symantecstore.com/virusalert
Get free subscription of Symantec security response now and begin
receiving email alerts whenever there is a high-level virus
outbreak or Internet security threat!
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Christies Computer Corner thanks to Christy;
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Mom's Minivan

http://www.momsminivan.com/

Road Trip Fun! Travel Games & Road TripTips for the family!
Planning a road trip? Here's a part of your travel planner you
can't leave without! MomsMinivan.com has over 101 ideas for 
fun things for kids to do in the car, kids' travel games, car seat
safety info, and road-trip tips. 
They are organized by age group, so have a look around - 
there's something for everyone!

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Cleaning Up The Internet Explorer Toolbar
You may well not need all the icons in the Internet Explorer
toolbar. Why not remove the ones you never use? 
To do this, run Internet Explorer and choose;
 View|Toolbars|Customize. 
When the Customize Toolbar dialog box opens, click any 
object in the right pane that you don't need,
 and then click Remove.

On the other hand, if you'd like to add some buttons to 
the toolbar, you can click on the desired button in the 
left pane of the dialog box and then click Add.

When finished, click Close.

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Antivirus software is a good choice to scan your system for possible 
viruses, however no virus scanner is 100% effective as manufactures
cannot keep up with the rapid change of viruses that happens daily.
Be sure to update yours regularly.
http://www.hackfix.org/software/antivirus.html
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