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Cumulative Index 2003
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BUYERS GUIDES |
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Buying a Used Server, Buying Time Brent Ozar, July 2003
So You Want to Buy a Scanner, Scanner Time, Charlie Weekley, April 2003
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DIGITAL CAMERAS |
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CCD vs. CMOS, The Latest Trumors Beverly Rosenbaum, August 2003
Kodak Pro14n, The Latest Trumors Beverly Rosenbaum, August 2003
Lexar Media Professional Series Compact Flash Cards, The Latest Trumors Beverly Rosenbaum, August 2003
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EDITORIALS/OPINION |
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Help Files and Other Useless Documentation, The Soap Box - Opinion Eb Guenther, August 2003
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FOR HAL-PC MEMBERS |
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Benefits
Thanks to Friday crew!, The E-Mail Bag Beverly Rosenbaum
Kroger Shopping Card, Carry the Card, HAL-PC staff, Feb 2003
Zone Alarm Support for Members, Zone Alarm HALNet Support, August 2003
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Volunteer of the month
Bob Grefe, Volunteer of the Month, June 2003
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HARDWARE
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Data Storage (Portable)
Iomega Corporation Mini USB, Mobile Computing Chuck Horowitz, July 2003
EZQuest Cobra+, Mobile Computing, Chuck Horowitz, June 2003
Iomega 750MB USB Zip drive, Mobile Computing, Chuck Horowitz, March 2003
RAM-on-a-Stick, CES 2003, Fred Thorlin, March 2003
Shecom Ikebana USB 2.0 Slimline, Mobile Computing, Chuck Horowitz, May 2003
Shecom Ikebana USB 2.0 Slimline, Mobile Computing, Chuck Horowitz, June 2003
Toshiba HOPBIT 5-GB Pocket Server, The Latest Trumors, Beverly Rosenbaum, March 2003
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DVD
Has DVD Come of Age?, The Latest Trumors, Beverly Rosenbaum, Feb 2003
HP DVD 300i(&e), The Latest Trumors, Beverly Rosenbaum, Feb 2003
Microsolutions DVD+RW Backpack, Mobile Computing, Chuck Horowitz, June 2003
Philips DVDRW228, The Latest Trumors, Beverly Rosenbaum, Feb 2003
Pioneer DVR-A04, The Latest Trumors, Beverly Rosenbaum, Feb 2003
Sony DRU-500AX, The Latest Trumors, Beverly Rosenbaum, Feb 2003
Sony DRX-500ULX, The Latest Trumors, Beverly Rosenbaum, Feb 2003
Writeable DVD Standards, CES 2003, Fred Thorlin, March 2003
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Keyboards
Gyration Ultra Cordless Optical Mouse, Mice in Space, Fred Thorlin, April 2003
Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop For Bluetooth Keyboard and Mouse Combo, The Latest Trumors, Beverly Rosenbaum, March 2003
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Laptop Accessories (Misc)
3COM Embedded Firewall PC Card, Mobile Computing, Chuck Horowitz, January 2003
3COM Embedded Firewall Policy Server, Mobile Computing, Chuck Horowitz, January 2003
Atek Electronics Tote-Remote, Mobile Computing, Chuck Horowitz, January 2003
Table Tote Pro, Off to College Tools Charles W. Evans, August 2003
TrekStor ThumbDrive Touch, Mobile Computing, Chuck Horowitz, January 2003
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Modems
Hardware v. Software Controlled Modems, Email Bag The Readers Write, Feb 2003
More Relief for Modem Grief, Email Bag, The Readers Write, July 2003
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Monitors
LCD Monitors, The Latest Trumors, Beverly Rosenbaum, January 2003
OLED (Organic Light Emitting Display) Monitors, The Latest Trumors, Beverly Rosenbaum, January 2003
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Mouse
Gyration Ultra Cordless Optical Mouse, Mice in Space, Fred Thorlin, April 2003
Rocket Mouse, Off to College Tools Charles W. Evans, August 2003
Wireless IntelliMouse Explorer For Bluetooth, The Latest Trumors, Beverly Rosenbaum, March 2003
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Printers
HP Photosmart 7550 Inkjet Printer, The Latest Trumors Beverly Rosenbaum
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Processors
AMD Notebook Processors, Mobile Computing Chuck Horowitz, July 2003
Intel Banias, Mobile Computing, Chuck Horowitz, January 2003
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Routers
Linksys BEFVP41, Buying Time, Brent Ozar, April 2003
Linksys BEFW11S4, Buying Time, Brent Ozar, January 2003
SMC Barricade SMC7004WFW, Buying Time, Brent Ozar, April 2003
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Scanners
Canon 1250U2F, Scanners, the Reviews Team, April 2003
Epson Perfection 1660 Photo, Scanners, the Reviews Team, April 2003
Microtek 5900, Scanners, the Reviews Team, April 2003
Visioneer OneTouch 9220, Scanners, the Reviews Team, April 2003
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| HISTORY OF COMPUTING |
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CDs & DVDs (Differences), Part 3 Baby Steps to our Future Ron Fenley, August 2003
CDs & DVDs (Standards), Part 2 Baby Steps to our Future Ron Fenley, July 2003
CDs & DVDs, Part 1, Baby Steps to our Future, Ron Fenley, June 2003
MicroProcessors, Baby Steps to our Future, Ron Fenley, Feb 2003
The User Interface, Baby Steps to our Future, Ron Fenley
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| HOME MEDIA |
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Harmon Kardon in dash GPS/stereo, Mobile Computing, Chuck Horowitz, May 2003
Heard Any Good Books Lately?, Nibbles & Bits, Charles Olsen, January 2003
Linksys MP3 Player, Mobile Computing, Chuck Horowitz, May 2003
Rockford OmniFi, Mobile Computing, Chuck Horowitz, May 2003
Tivo Home Media Option, Buying Time, Brent Ozar, May 2003
D-Link DSB-R100 USB Radio, Buying Time, Brent Ozar, March 2003
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| HUMOR |
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Cartoons
The Cookie Jar Rajan Sedalia, August 2003
The Cookie Jar Rajan Sedalia, July 2003
The Cookie Jar, Rajan Sedalia, June 2003
The Cookie Jar, Rajan Sedalia, May 2003
The Cookie Jar, Rajan Sedalia, April 2003
The Cookie Jar, Rajan Sedalia, March 2003
The Cookie Jar, Rajan Sedalia, Feb 2003
The Cookie Jar, Rajan Sedalia, January 2003
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Columns
Easter Eggs, The Egg & You Charles W. Evans, July 2003
Humor Resources M.L. Giggleman, July 2003
Slogans, ML Giggleman, June 2003
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| LEGAL ISSUES |
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Zerox Sues Palm Over Handwriting Recognition Software Patent, Nibbles & Bits, Charles Olsen, May 2003
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| NETWORKING |
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Bluetooth Technology, The Latest Trumors, Beverly Rosenbaum, March 2003
Going Wireless, Buying Time, Brent Ozar, January 2003
Networks Are Like Bathrooms, Buying Time Brent Ozar, August 2003
Wireless Security with VPN, Buying Time, Brent Ozar, April 2003
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| OPERATING SYSTEMS |
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LINUX
Linux Open Source, Open Source, Mark Heumann, March 2003
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Longhorn
Longhorn Preview, Are You XPerienced? Todd Rosen, July 2003
Windows Future Storage, Mobile Computing Chuck Horowitz, July 2003
Longhorn Gateway to Hypermedia, Baby Steps to our Future, Ron Fenley, May 2003
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Windows CE
McKendric & Macallan, Mobile Computing, Chuck Horowitz, January 2003
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Windows Pocket PC
Windows Mobile 2003 Software for the Pocket PC, Mobile Computing, Chuck Horowitz, August 2003
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Windows XP
Hardware Compatability, Are You XPerienced?, Todd Rosen, April 2003
Helpful Websites, XP Websites, Todd Rosen, May 2003
Windows 95/98 Software Compatability, Are You XPerienced?, Todd Rosen, April 2003
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XP Media Center
Microsoft Windows XP Media Center, Buying Time, Brent Ozar, March 2003
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| PDA |
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Accessories
Belkin Portable PDA Keyboard, Mobile Computing, Chuck Horowitz, Feb 2003
Belkin USB Power Sync Travel Kit, Mobile Computing, Chuck Horowitz, Feb 2003
Belkin USB Sync Cradle, Mobile Computing, Chuck Horowitz, Feb 2003
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Hardware
Dell Axim X5 Pocket PC,
Mobile Computing, Chuck Horowitz, June 2003
Mobile Computing, Chuck Horowitz, April 2003
Garmin GPS Palm, CES 2003, Fred Thorlin, March 2003
Hewlett-Packard iPaq Pocket PC h1910, Mobile Computing, Chuck Horowitz, May 2003
Palm m505, Mobile Computing, Chuck Horowitz, Feb 2003
Palm Tungsten, Nibbles & Bits, Charles Olsen, March 2003
Palm Tungsten T, Nibbles & Bits, Charles Olsen, Feb 2003
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Software
Launcher X, Nibbles & Bits Charles Olsen, July 2003
AeroPlayer, Nibbles & Bits, Charles Olsen, March 2003
GedStar v4.3, Genealogy on the Go, Eli Bensky, January 2003
GedWise, Genealogy on the Go, Eli Bensky, January 2003
Handy Tree, Genealogy on the Go, Eli Bensky, January 2003
Jot for Palm, Nibbles & Bits, Charles Olsen, May 2003
Kinoma Player, Nibbles & Bits, Charles Olsen, March 2003
MegaClock, Nibbles & Bits, Charles Olsen, August 2003
My Roots, Genealogy on the Go, Eli Bensky, January 2003
Outlook on Your Palm, Nibbles & Bits, Charles Olsen, June 2003
Pocket Tunes, Nibbles & Bits, Charles Olsen, March 2003
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| PROGRAMMING & LANGUAGES |
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Apache Jakarta Project (Java for Apache), Open Source, Mark Heumann, March 2003
MySQL, Open Source, Mark Heumann, March 2003
PERL, Open Source, Mark Heumann, March 2003
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| SOFTWARE |
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Anti-Virus
AVG Antivirus, Worm & Virus Killers, the Reviews Team, June 2003
HALNet's Postini Anti-Virus Screening, HALNet Postini, Romain Slabbaert, Feb 2003
McAfee VirusScan 7 - Home Edition + Firewal, Worm & Virus Killers, the Reviews Team, June 2003
Norton Internet Security 2002: AV & Firewall, Worm & Virus Killers, the Reviews Team, June 2003
Panda Antivirus Platinum 7.0, Worm & Virus Killers, the Reviews Team, June 2003
PC-cillin 2003, Worm & Virus Killers, the Reviews Team, June 2003
Will Anti-virus Software Kill Spyware, Are You XPerienced?, Todd Rosen, April 2003
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CD Burners
LabelWhiz CD Card Label Kit, CES 2003, Fred Thorlin, March 2003
NTI CD-Maker 6 Platinum, CD Burning Programs, the Reviews Team, May 2003
NERO 5.5, CD Burning Programs, the Reviews Team, May
2003
Roxio Easy CD & DVD Creator 6, CD Burning Programs, the Reviews Team, May 2003
Roxio Toast Titanium - Mac Burning!, CD Burning Programs, the Reviews Team, May 2003
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Fax
MightyFAX Charles W. Evans, July 2003
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Financial
Federal Tax Information, Federal Tax Info, Charles W. Evans, March 2003
Intuit TurboTax 2002, Yes, it is Tax Time, Sally Hamilton, March 2003
Microsoft Money 2003 Deluxe, Yes, it is Tax Time, Sally Hamilton, March 2003
TaxACT Standard 2002, Yes, it is Tax Time, Sally Hamilton, March 2003
H&R Block TaxCut Deluxe 2002, Yes, it is Tax Time, Sally Hamilton, March 2003
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Office
602 Pro PC Suite, The Latest Trumors Beverly Rosenbaum, July 2003
AbiWord, The Latest Trumors Beverly Rosenbaum, July 2003
Atlantis, The Latest Trumors Beverly Rosenbaum, July 2003
EasyOffice, The Latest Trumors Beverly Rosenbaum, July 2003
Keyboard Shortcuts for MS Word, Managing Email, Charles Sherwood, April 2003
Mac Utilities, The Latest Trumors Beverly Rosenbaum, July 2003
MS Office Single Document Interface, Trumors, Beverly Rosenbaum, June 2003
Microsoft's Wish Program, Trumors, Beverly Rosenbaum, June 2003
Open Office, The Latest Trumors Beverly Rosenbaum, July 2003
Open Source Programs, The Latest Trumors Beverly Rosenbaum, July 2003
Ragtime Solo, The Latest Trumors Beverly Rosenbaum, July 2003
Sun Microsystems StarOffice Suite 6.0, Off to College Tools Charles W. Evans, August 2003
Think Free Office, The Latest Trumors Beverly Rosenbaum, July 2003
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PIM
Outlook On Your Palm, Nibbles & Bits, Charles Olsen, June 2003
Beyond Contacts, Nibbles & Bits, Charles Olsen, June 2003
SpashData SplashPhoto, Nibbles & Bits, Charles Olsen, April 2003
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Presentation
3D-Album version 2.03
3D-Album, Fred Thorlin, March 2003
CES 2003, Fred Thorlin, March 2003
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Server Software
Apache Web Server, Open Source, Mark Heumann, March 2003
Comanche, Open Source, Mark Heumann, March 2003
Servers Alive, Buying Time,Brent Ozar, Feb 2003
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Spyware
Will Anti-virus Software Kill Spyware, Are You XPerienced?, Todd Rosen, April 2003
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Text-to-Speech
TextAloud MP3 Mary Alice Young, July 2003
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Utilities
3D Aquarium, New XP Owners, Charles W. Evans, January 2003
AdWare, New XP Owners, Charles W. Evans, January 2003
Cookie Crusher, New XP Owners, Charles W. Evans, January 2003
Darn Passwords, New XP Owners, Charles W. Evans, January 2003
Diskeeper 7.0 Frank J. Harrison, July 2003
GoBack, Email Bag, Beverly Rosenbaum, March 2003
HISTORYZilla, New XP Owners, Charles W. Evans, January 2003
Jot for Palm, Nibbles & Bits, Charles Olsen, May 2003
Magic Notes: Digital Sticky Notes, Off to College Tools Charles W. Evans, August 2003
Photo Rescue, The Latest Trumors Beverly Rosenbaum, August 2003
PurgeIE, New XP Owners, Charles W. Evans, January 2003
RegCleaner, New XP Owners, Charles W. Evans, January 2003
STOPZilla, New XP Owners, Charles W. Evans, January 2003
SWISH-E, Open Source, Mark Heumann, March 2003
tightVNC, Open Source, Mark Heumann, March 2003
TweakUI, Are You XPerienced?, Todd Rosen, Feb 2003
TweakXP Pro, New XP Owners, Charles W. Evans, January 2003
Window Blinds, New XP Owners, Charles W. Evans, January 2003
WinDriversBackup (WDB), Identify Internal Hardware, Charles Sherwood, June 2003
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Video Editing
See VIDEO
Pinnacle Studio 8
CES 2003, Fred Thorlin, March 2003
Movie Moguls Awake!, the Reviews Team, Feb 2003
Roxio VideoWave 5 Power Edition, Movie Moguls Awake!, the Reviews Team, Feb 2003
ULead Systems VideoStudio 6, Movie Moguls Awake!, the Reviews Team, Feb 2003
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VM Ware
VM Ware ReviewBuying Time, Brent Ozar, June 2003
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| SYSTEMS |
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Laptop Computers
Acer TravelMate 426LC, Mobile Computing, Chuck Horowitz, June 2003
Cybernet Manufacturing, Inc. DeskBook, Mobile Computing, Chuck Horowitz, April 2003
IBM ThinkPad A31p, Mobile Computing, Chuck Horowitz, June 2003
IBM ThinkPad G40, Mobile Computing Chuck Horowitz, August 2003
Micro Pro, Inc. SlateVision Tablet PC 6003, Mobile Computing, Chuck Horowitz, May 2003
Sharp Actus MV12W, Mobile Computing, Chuck Horowitz, June 2003
Sony VAIO PCG-GRX620, Mobile Computing, Chuck Horowitz, June 2003
Sony VAIO PCG-FXA63, Mobile Computing, Chuck Horowitz, June 2003
Sotek 3120X, Mobile Computing, Chuck Horowitz, June 2003
Tadpole Computers Sparkle, Mobile Computing Chuck Horowitz, August 2003
Toshiba Satellite 5205-S503, Mobile Computing, Chuck Horowitz, June 2003
Toshiba Satellite 1955, Buying Time, Brent Ozar March 2003
Velocity Micro NoteMagix s56, Mobile Computing, Chuck Horowitz, June 2003
Winbook J4, Mobile Computing, Chuck Horowitz, June 2003
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Tablet PC's
Acer TravelMate C100, Mobile Computing, Chuck Horowitz, March 2003
Compaq TC1000, Mobile Computing, Chuck Horowitz, March 2003
Micro Pro, Inc. SlateVision Tablet PC 6003, Mobile Computing, Chuck Horowitz, May 2003
Microsoft Tablet PCs, Buying Time, Brent Ozar, March 2003
Toshiba Portégé 3500, Buying Time, Brent Ozar, March 2003
ViewSonic V1100, Buying Time, Brent Ozar, March 2003
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| TECH SUPPORT |
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Internet
ADSL Connection & Transmission Issues, From the HALNet Support Desk, HALNet Support, January 2003
Connection Issues, HALNet help - I can't connect , Bob, the modem guy, March 2003
Dial-up Networking (DUN) Errors, From the HALNet Support Desk HALNet Support, August 2003
HiJacked Home Page, Change Homepage HALNet Support, August 2003
More Relief for Modem Grief, The E-Mail Bag Beverly Rosenbaum, July 2003
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EMail
Converting EMail Messages to Text Files, The E-Mail Bag Beverly Rosenbaum, August 2003
Dealing With Corrupt EMail Headers, Email Bag, Beverly Rosenbaum, April 2003
Outlook Won't Open Attachments,
Are You XPerienced? Todd Rosen, August 2003
Are You XPerienced?, Todd Rosen, April 2003
Email Bag, Beverly Rosenbaum, April 2003
Outlook Personal Address Book, Are You XPerienced?, Todd Rosen, Feb 2003
Outlook Error (With Corel WordPerfect), The E-Mail Bag Beverly Rosenbaum, July 2003
Plain Text EMail
Email Bag, Beverly Rosenbaum, March 2003
Email Bag, Susan Ostlund, January 2003
Spam
Are You XPerienced? Todd Rosen, August 2003
Email Bag The Readers Write, Feb 2003
HALNet Postini, Romain Slabbaert, Feb 2003
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Windows 95/98
Freeing Memory with System Monitor, Help Desk, Bob "the modem guy", May 2003
Windows Grid Problem, The Windows "Grid" Problem, Charles Sherwood, May 2003
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Windows ME
Freeing Memory with System Monitor, Help Desk, Bob "the modem guy", May 2003
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Windows XP
Arranging Icons on the Desktop, Are You Xperienced, Todd Rosen, January 2003
AutoUpdate, Are You XPerienced?, Todd Rosen, Feb 2003
Backing up the Registry, Are You XPerienced?, Todd Rosen, March 2003
Clean Up Utility, Are You Xperienced, Todd Rosen, January 2003
Creating User Profiles, Are You XPerienced? Todd Rosen, July 2003
Disabling Dr. Watson, Are You XPerienced?, Todd Rosen, March 2003
Disabling the Fading Menu Feature, Are You Xperienced, Todd Rosen, January 2003
Event Log, Are You XPerienced? Todd Rosen, August 2003
FDisk, Are You XPerienced? Todd Rosen, August 2003
File Formats, Are You XPerienced?, Todd Rosen, June 2003
Freeing Drive Space, Are You Xperienced, Todd Rosen, January 2003
Hiding System Software Icons, Are You XPerienced?, Todd Rosen, March 2003
Helpful Websites
Are You XPerienced? - Website Recommendations Todd Rosen, August 2003
Are You XPerienced? - Helpful Websites Todd Rosen, July 2003
XP Websites, Todd Rosen, May 2003
XPerienced websites, Todd Rosen, March 2003
Importing Registry Keys, Are You XPerienced? Todd Rosen, August 2003
Logon Restrictions, Are You XPerienced? Todd Rosen, July 2003
Maximum Connections Per Computer, Are You XPerienced? Todd Rosen, July 2003
NTFS File System, Are You XPerienced?, Todd Rosen, May 2003
Quick Launch Bar, Are You XPerienced?, Todd Rosen, May 2003
Reinstalling XP, Are You Xperienced, Todd Rosen, January 2003
Restore Point, Are You Xperienced, Todd Rosen, January 2003
Restoring the Registry, Are You XPerienced?, Todd Rosen, May 2003
ScanDisk via XP (Error Checking),
Are You XPerienced?, Todd Rosen, June 2003
Are You XPerienced?, Todd Rosen, May 2003
Setting NUMLOCK to ON, Are You XPerienced? Todd Rosen, July 2003
Setting Preferences for Stand By Mode, Are You XPerienced?, Todd Rosen, April 2003
Shut Down Problem, Are You XPerienced?, Todd Rosen, June 2003
System Restore
Are You XPerienced?, Todd Rosen, June 2003
Are You XPerienced?, Todd Rosen, Feb 2003
Zip
Are You XPerienced?, Todd Rosen, March 2003
Are You Xperienced, Todd Rosen, January 2003
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| THEORY |
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Intelligent Computers via Self-Indulged Experience, Baby Steps to our Future Ron Fenley, April 2003
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| TRADE SHOWS |
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Consumer Electronics Show, 2003, CES 2003, Fred Thorlin, March 2003
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| VIDEO |
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See Software, Video Editing
Video Compression Standards, Different ways to record your video, Charlie Weekley, Feb 2003
Video Editing, Video Editing, Charles W. Evans, Feb 2003
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| VIRUS |
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See Software, AntiVirus
False Virus Warnings Websites, Are You XPerienced?, Todd Rosen, May 2003
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| WIRELESS DEVICES |
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Audi Telematics Control Unit, The Latest Trumors, Beverly Rosenbaum, March 2003
Bluetooth Technology Overview, The Latest Trumors, Beverly Rosenbaum, March 2003
Code-Division Multiple Access (CDMA), The Digital Tourist, Fred Thorlin, Feb 2003
Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM), The Digital Tourist, Fred Thorlin, Feb 2003
Jabber Freespace, CES 2003, Fred Thorlin, March 2003
Nokia N-Gage, The Latest Trumors, Beverly Rosenbaum, March 2003
Short Message Service (SMS), The Digital Tourist, Fred Thorlin, Feb 2003
Smart Personal Objects Technology, CES 2003, Fred Thorlin, March 2003
TDK BluPaq, The Latest Trumors, Beverly Rosenbaum, March 2003
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