MikesWhatsNews, 18, 12, 2002 in today's issue #619 OnePC How Christmas Lights Work Christmas Games Welcome to the North Pole. Spamming the Spammer Macromedia reports a security hole in Macromedia Flash Player Flip the Mix CCC Terragen ChangeExt ____________________________________________________________ NOTE: Any time you see the " ++ ", it means there is more of the article, or story, on the linked site. Mike ____________________________________________________________ There is a complete archive of past MikesWhatsNews newsletters available to members on the Yahoo page, it is searchable by word or issue #. Here is the address direct to the messages; http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MikesWhatsNews/messages and; //www.freelists.org/archives/mikeswhatsnews/ ____________________________________________________________ OnePC http://onepc.net/ "OnePC, home of the OnePC Network, your one-stop guide to your PC and the Internet. Inside, you'll find informative product reviews to show you the industry's coolest toys and easy to follow computing guides to help you get the most out of your computer." Thanks to; Christy ____________________________________________________________ How Christmas Lights Work - http://www.howstuffworks.com/christmas-lights.htm If you've ever been standing in your living room with a strand of Christmas lights that just won't work, you'll love this article! Learn what's going on so you can fix it yourself. From; HowStuffWorks http://www.howstuffworks.com ____________________________________________________________ Christmas Games http://www.theholidayspot.com/christmas/games/ free christmas games for kids online ____________________________________________________________ Welcome to the North Pole. http://portharbor.com/santa/ Home of you know who. Enjoy your visit. While you are here, don't forget to: Email Santa your christmas list. Visit Santa's Bakery for some special cookie receipts (Santa and Rudolph like Chocolate Chip cookies). Learn about ChristmasTraditions around the world or join the elves in Santa's Workshop for some fun and games. Visit Santa's library to learn how Reindeers really fly. Most importantly, read what the Christmas season means to various religions.. ++ ____________________________________________________________ Spamming the Spammer http://www.freep.com/money/tech/mwend6_20021206.htm Revenge can be sweet. Bulk e-mail king Alan Ralsky, allegedly "the world's biggest sender of Internet spam," is getting spammed big time -- inundated with ads, catalogs and brochures after posts by spam haters led to a plot to turn the tables. Read about the scheme and Ralsky's reaction in Mike Wendland's column in the Detroit Free Press at Freep.com. From; Detroit Free Press on line- www.freep.com ____________________________________________________________ -Macromedia reports a security hole in Macromedia Flash Player http://www.macromedia.com/v1/handlers/index.cfm?ID=23569 A security hole in Macromedia Flash Player and advises all users to download version 6.0.65.0, which fixes the problem. This vulnerability lies in a buffer overflow caused when handling a Macromedia Flash file (.SWF extension) with a malformed header. According to the Macromedia bulletin, in order to cause a buffer overflow, the Flash file header must be edited with a binary editor, as the Flash authoring tool cannot generate files with this vulnerability. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to run arbitrary code in the victim system. Version 6.0.65.0 of Macromedia Flash Player can be downloaded from: http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer/ ____________________________________________________________ Flip the Mix ~ free http://www.kewlbox.com/games/game.cfm?gameId=71 Windows or Mac or online Red?s at it again! He?s come up with a game he thinks no one can beat. But he hasn?t met YOU yet. Take up the challenge and get a high score. The more points you earn, the smaller Red?s ego gets. And that?s a prize in itself. ++ ____________________________________________________________ Christies Computer Corner thanks to Christy; <1stPicksoftware-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=subscribe> Terragen Freeware (non commercial use) Windows 95/98/NT/2000 http://www.planetside.co.uk/terragen/ Terragen is already capable of photorealistic results for professional landscape visualization, special effects, art and recreation. Controllable parameters allow extremely varied terrain shapes. Can also be used to 'fill in' realistic terrain on a user-defined landscape. The rendering engine allows extreme close-ups of landscape details with automatic level of detail adjustment." ~~~~~~~ ChangeExt Freeware http://justaskcomputer.com:8099/changext.html ChangeExt is a Windows Explorer extension that will display additional information when a file is right-clicked including: file extension, size, attributes, creation/modification date and short-cut info. Was this forwarded to you ? Get your own subscription here: <1stpickPCtips-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=subscribe> ____________________________________________________________ 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. 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