[PC] tips and links 8-13-01

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What Does Today's Military Offer?

TodaysMilitary.com has one-stop information on college support, hundreds of career paths, real people videos, ROTC, Service Academies, air shows, and more! Link

Back To School

Your child might enjoy getting in a back-to-school mood by spending some time at the Cool Schools By Continent site. There they can look at school Web pages from Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America.

Among many others, we were impressed by Ocean Reef Primary School in Perth, Western Australia, and by Casola Valsenio Middle School in Italy. All the sites are excellent.

Click here for the Cool Schools By Continent site! Link

- Sue Whitehouse

What's Up Today

TROUBLESHOOT YOUR INK-JET Five simple steps to prevent a printer meltdown. Link

ONE-CLICK SHUTDOWN Turn off your PC instantly. Includes how-to video. Link

RAM LIMITS ON MOTHERBOARDS Before your stuff your PC with RAM, see if your motherboard can handle it. Link

JUDGES REBEL AGAINST MONITORS What's more important, protecting privacy at work or saving money? Vote, talkback, and chat. Link

FIRE UP MAC PROGRAMS Autostart programs during startup in Mac OS X. Link

COMPUTER SECURITY HYSTERIA Find out why the Code Red worm had more bark than bite -- after all of that hype. Link

WEBSITE DE LA NOCHE Master a foreign language on the Net. Link

WINAMP KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS Throw out your mouse and take control of your Winamp player, keyboard style. Link

AVANTGO FOR GEEKS Free open source tool lets you browse the Web off-line on your Palm. Link

GET ON TSS IN SEATTLE Send us your tech questions and you could be on our show. Link

SHOULD MEGAN KEEP HER PROMISE, OR SIGN AUTOGRAPHS? Link

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-- Anonymous, August 13, 2001


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