[MikesWhatsNews] MWN #632

MikesWhatsNews, 16, 01, 2003
in today's issue #632
MSGTAG
Frozen Networks v1.2
How Instant Messaging Works
eBay Scammers
PrcView
What Programs are Spyware
Judge: Kazaa can be sued in U.S.
CCC      Bad Robots
        Don't Start
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MSGTAG Free 
http://www.msgtag.com/products/
Windows 98, 2000, Me or XP 

MSGTAG Free sends you email notifications when your messages are received
and opened by your friends. The eye-catching MSGTAG capsule sits on your
desktop or in your system tray, allowing you to enable or disable tagging
with one click. 

MSGTAG FREE FEATURES 
Works alongside your existing email client, so that you don't have to change
the way you compose or send your messages 
Sends you email notification when your mail is received and viewed. Email
receipts tell you the date and time the message was sent, the date and time
that it was opened, and how long it has been in between. 
  
Works on all popular email clients including Outlook, Outlook Express,
Netscape Mail, Eudora and Pegasus Mail. 
Entirely automatic with no irritating popup windows. The recipient sees a
small MSGTAG footer at the end of each email so they know that you know. 
Supports attachments, inline images, and multimedia emails. 
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Frozen Networks v1.2 - game - free
http://www.wordboosters.com/more/mr_frznet.html
Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP
Frozen Networks version 1.2 is a freeware logic game in which you must
figure out how to destroy all copies of the Windows operating system before
they freeze-up and destroy all your computers! But look out ... if pirates
get hold of Windows, they make an illegal copy of it ... if worms touch the
disk containing the rival O/S, the disk is rendered useless. Comes with 20
levels and a level editor.
Thanks to; My Computer Headaches
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mycomputerheadaches/
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How Instant Messaging Works -
  http://www.howstuffworks.com/instant-messaging.htm
  Sometimes, even e-mail isn't fast enough. Learn about instant
  messaging and check out what you can do with real-time computer
  communication.
From; How Stuff Works
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eBay Scammers
http://ebayersthatsuck.com

Ebayers That Suck.com is in no way affiliated with ebay or any other auction
site. We here at ebayers that suck encourage  shopping on ebay and believe
it's business model is superb. The intentions of this site are to encourage
a better on-line auction experience by warning people about deadbeat buyers
and sellers.
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PrcView Freeware
http://www.teamcti.com/pview/
Window NT/2000/XP and 95/98/Me

"PrcView is a process viewer utility that displays detailed
information about processes running under Windows. For each
process it displays memory, threads and module usage. For each
DLL  it shows full path and version information. PrcView comes
with a command line version that allows you to write scripts to
check if a process is running, kill it, etc."
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What Programs are Spyware
http://www.suttondesigns.com/EnigmaBrowser/Spyware.html
Possible check with this list - of known Spyware - 
Thanks to; AJ
 AJ (appeljon1) ~ COMPUTER HELP-ONLINE -
A Technical Support Alliance Member 
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/computerhelponline/ 

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Judge: Kazaa can be sued in U.S. By Declan McCullagh 
<http://msnbc-cnet.com.com/2100-1023-980274.html?type=pt&part=msnbc&tag=alert
&form=feed&subj=cnetnews>
A Los Angeles federal judge has ruled that record companies and movie
studios can proceed with a lawsuit against the parent company of Kazaa--the
most popular online file-swapping service--in the United States. 
In a 46-page decision that became public Friday, U.S. District Judge Stephen
Wilson said a lawsuit against Sharman Networks could proceed, since Kazaa
software had been downloaded and used by millions of Californians. 

Sharman Networks is headquartered in Australia and incorporated in the
Pacific island nation of Vanuatu. The company had filed a motion to dismiss
the lawsuit, arguing it was not bound by U.S. laws since it did not have
substantial contacts with California. 

"Given that Sharman's (Kazaa) software has been downloaded more than 143
million times, it would be mere cavil to deny that Sharman engages in a
significant amount of contact with California residents," Wilson wrote.
Also, he said, "many, if not most, music and video copyrights are owned by
California-based companies." 
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 Full story on cnet.. http://snurl.com/kg0
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Christies Computer Corner thanks to Christy;
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Bad Robots 

http://www.robotgroup.org/projects/pitbull.html

You've heard of mechanical bulls, those mechanized rodeo rides.
But how about a mechanical pit bull? This robot will bite your
leg off, just like the real thing. 
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Don't Start

Don't you just hate it when you've installed a program that
insists on starting itself when you boot the
computer? You know the drill. You install something and it places
an icon in your system tray.

Now, all those little icons you see in your system tray represent
programs that are RUNNING. If a
bunch of stuff loads when you start your computer, you may be
maxing out your system before you
launch your first regular program. So, if you find your computer
getting progressively slower as you add
more software, it could be that these system tray icons are, at
least partially, at fault.

In addition, program running in your system tray can cause any
(or all) of the following problems:

- Sluggish system speed
- Frequent lockups / illegal operations
- Software install problems
- Difficulty in running some programs

The more of these programs you have running, the more likely it
is that you're going to see one or more
of the problems mentioned above. Granted, System Tray programs
are not the only cause for the
conditions mentioned above, but they are the first place to look.

So, how do you keep all these unwanted programs at bay?

1. Click the Start button and select Run...

2. Next, type in:

msconfig

Then hit OK.



3. The System Configuration Utility should run (please note that
not all computers have it installed -see
note below).

4. Click the Startup tab.

5. You'll see a listing of all the stuff that starts itself when
your computer does. Just uncheck the programs you don't want to
load and leave the rest alone.


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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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