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</font><font color="#000000" size="5" face="Arial">February
13, 2005 </font><font color="#000000" size="3"
face="Arial">Freeware, why settle for less, or pay for
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face="Arial"><strong>Reviews</strong></font><font
color="#FFFFFF" size="4" face="Arial"><strong> </strong></font><font
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size="2" face="Arial"> <img
src="http://img29.photobucket.com/albums/v88/clif_notes/internet.gif"
alt="Internet" align="absmiddle" width="32"
height="32"> <strong>AccountLogon</strong> -
logon to your web accounts with one click</font></td>
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<td><font size="2" face="Arial">AccountLogon is a
good password manager tool for use on Internet
Explorer that protects all your passwords from
prying eyes. When the PC boots, AccountLogon will
ask you for a single password that allows you to
forget all the rest of your passwords while you
are surfing. I found it to be a stable program
and not a big resource hog. It's operation
is fairly simple but I found the logon capture
not as easy as what I'm used to with AI Roboform.
It also doesn't seem to detect when you've
arrived at a website that it's been to and offer
to log you in. After I used it awhile I decided
to go back to using my old freeware copy of AI
Roboform (see last week's newsletter). This
program works well and if I had to decide between
it and the new version of Roboform, I would
choose AccountLogon because the new version of
Roboform is trialware and can only store 30
logons. </font><hr>
<p><a href="http://rhodessw.dezines.com/"><font
size="2" face="Arial">Website</font></a><font
size="2" face="Arial"> - </font><font
color="#008000" size="2" face="Arial">Freeware</font><font
size="2" face="Arial"> - requires IE5 or IE6 </font></p>
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<p><font size="2" face="Arial">Quote from the
website - <em>Have you ever forgotten your online
passwords? Are you tired of entering a username
and password for EVERY password protected website
you visit? Well, now you can have ONE password
that lets you safely logon to any of your web
accounts with just 1 click! Download this amazing
FREE software and you will never have to type
another password again!</em></font></p>
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size="2" face="Arial"> <img
src="http://img29.photobucket.com/albums/v88/clif_notes/security.gif"
alt="Security" align="absmiddle" width="32"
height="32"> <strong>Fraud Eliminator
-</strong> Anti-Phishing Software Protects
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<td><font size="2" face="Arial">Here's a glowing
review from </font><a
href="http://www.technewsworld.com/story/40391.html"><font
size="2" face="Arial">TechNewsWorld</font></a><font
size="2" face="Arial"> about a new Internet
Explorer toolbar. </font><hr>
<p><font size="2" face="Arial"><em>A new company
in the anti-phishing space is offering a free
program that acts much like a firewall for Web
sites to protect computer users from online fraud
attacks. FraudEliminator, a security software
startup, is offering the first product to provide
comprehensive protection to home Internet users
from online fraud schemes and phishing attacks.
Phishing is a tactic criminals use to trick
computer users to visit a fraudulent Web site or
respond to phony e-mail messages and disclose
person identification and financial account
passwords ... Company officials said they have
designed a security program so safe and easy to
use that you can install it on your grandmother's
machine.</em><br>
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<p><a href="http://www.fraudeliminator.com/"><font
size="2" face="Arial">Website</font></a><font
size="2" face="Arial"> - </font><font
color="#008000" size="2" face="Arial">Freeware </font><font
color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial">(this
program has changed to McAfee SiteAdvisor)</font><font
size="2" face="Arial"> </font><font face="Arial"> </font></p>
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src="http://img29.photobucket.com/albums/v88/clif_notes/system.gif"
alt="System" align="absmiddle" width="32"
height="32"> <strong>FreeRAM XP Pro 1.4</strong>
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<td><font size="2" face="Arial">Jean in Montana
wrote to me: <em>Clif have you ever tried Free
Ram XP Pro? It is a fabulous little program
for instant ram freeing. I first got it
when I was on dial-up, even now on DSL I wouldn't
go without it. </em></font><hr>
<p><font size="2" face="Arial">Jean is a security
analyst (</font><a href="http://a-sap.org/"><font
size="2" face="Arial">ASAP</font></a><font
size="2" face="Arial"> 2004) and assistant
manager at </font><a
href="http://groups.msn.com/windowsxpcentral"><font
size="2" face="Arial">Windows XP Central</font></a><font
size="2" face="Arial"> on MSN. She also teaches
classes for the local Adult Community Education
(ACE) program on "Net Nasties". Thanks
for the tip Jean. </font></p>
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<p><a
href="http://www.yourwaresolutions.com/software.html"><font
size="2" face="Arial">Website</font></a><font
size="2" face="Arial"> -- </font><font
color="#008000" size="2" face="Arial">Freeware</font><font
size="2" face="Arial"> </font></p>
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<p><font size="2" face="Arial">Quote from the
website - <em>Freeware application to free and
optimize your computer's RAM (Random Access
Memory), resulting in an increase in system
performance and productivity. Automatically
configures itself for ease of use and also
features advanced options and customizability.
FreeRAM XP Pro has been designed to be easy to
use yet highly customizable by computer novices
and experts alike.</em> </font></p>
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src="http://img29.photobucket.com/albums/v88/clif_notes/graphics.gif"
alt="Grahics" align="absmiddle" width="32"
height="32"> <strong>Image Desktop</strong> -
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<td><a
href="http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=tutelage"><font
size="2" face="Arial">Tutelage</font></a><font
size="2" face="Arial"> wrote to me: <em>A friend
of mine wrote this nice little image viewing
utility in visual basic.</em></font><font
face="Arial"> </font><font size="2" face="Arial">Hi
Tutelage, I tried this little program out and my
opinion is "two thumbs up". It really
can be convenient to have pics on your desktop
without Windows borders around them. I'm thinking
I'll be able to use it for tutorials. Image
Desktop allows you to resize and move pictures
all over your desktop and it doesn't mind having
several copies of itself running at the same
time. I think it's a keeper. </font><hr>
<p><a
href="http://www.geocities.com/aific/imagedesktop.html"><font
size="2" face="Arial">Website</font></a><font
size="2" face="Arial"> - </font><font
color="#008000" size="2" face="Arial">Freeware </font><font
color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial">(author -
Peter Macko)</font><font color="#008000" size="2"
face="Arial"><br>
</font></p>
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<p><font size="2" face="Arial">Quote from the
website - <em>ImageDesktop is an unique image
viewing utility with one feature that clearly
distinguishes it from all others - you see only
the viewed picture without any unnecessary
borders of the main window or even any toolbar
buttons. You don't even see the titlebar. You see
only the image and nothing more. Well, is it
useful for something at all? Quite surprisingly,
yes, it is. We often find it useful when we need
to describe a picture, and this is what we do so<SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Arial,Helvetica">
we can type and look at the picture at the same
time.</SPAN></em></font><font size="2"
face="Arial, Arial, Helvetica"><em>:</em></font><font
size="2" face="Arial"> </font></p>
<ol>
<li><font size="2"
face="Arial, Arial, Helvetica"><em>Open a
word processor (e.g. MS Word or
StarWriter)</em></font><font size="2"
face="Arial"><em> </em></font></li>
<li><font size="2"
face="Arial, Arial, Helvetica"><em>Open
ImageDesktop</em></font><font size="2"
face="Arial"><em> </em></font></li>
<li><font size="2"
face="Arial, Arial, Helvetica"><em>Use
its context menu to open a picture</em></font><font
size="2" face="Arial"><em> </em></font></li>
<li><font size="2"
face="Arial, Arial, Helvetica"><em>Adjust
size</em></font><font size="2"
face="Arial"><em> </em></font></li>
<li><font size="2"
face="Arial, Arial, Helvetica"><em>Move
it to a corner of the screen</em></font><font
size="2" face="Arial"><em> </em></font></li>
<li><font size="2"
face="Arial, Arial, Helvetica"><em>Turn
on "Stay on Top" feature</em></font><font
size="2" face="Arial"><em> </em></font></li>
<li><font size="2"
face="Arial, Arial, Helvetica"><em>Start
writing</em></font></li>
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size="2" face="Arial"> <img
src="http://img29.photobucket.com/albums/v88/clif_notes/security.gif"
alt="Security" align="absmiddle" width="32"
height="32"> <strong>Spyware Doctor</strong> -
free spyware scanner</font></td>
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<td><font size="2" face="Arial">I was interested
in Spyware Doctor because it's rated highly at
Download.com. I decided to give it a try even
though I think my system is fairly clean. It will
scan your PC and remove spyware. The version
you download is "crippled" and they
want you to pay US to be able to use all the
really nice features. </font><font face="Arial">
</font><font size="2" face="Arial">I downloaded
and installed SD and the installation was very
easy. No questions or registrations. </font><a
href="http://www.download.com/WinPatrol/3000-8022-10129149.html"><font
size="2" face="Arial">WinPatrol</font></a><font
size="2" face="Arial"> noticed that SD set itself
up to start with Windows, and also registered two
dll's as Internet Explorer browser helper objects
(BHO's). If this hadn't been antispyware software
with good credentials, I would have been
scrambling to kill it off as quickly as I could. </font><font
face="Arial"> </font><font size="2"
face="Arial">When I ran SD it first asked me if
it could run a full system scan and I allowed it
to do that. About 67% of the way through the scan
it really started slowing down and after 2 hours
it had only gotten to 72% so I stopped the scan.
SD had detected 42 objects on a system that I had
just previously scanned with Adaware and reported
clean. I examined some of the flagged objects and
they appeared to be legitimate entries as far as
I could tell. Before I removed the objects, I
scanned my system with </font><a
href="http://www.download.com/3000-8022-10227353.html"><font
size="2" face="Arial">HiJackThis</font></a><font
size="2" face="Arial"> for a "before"
logfile. I removed the flagged objects with SD
and then took an "after" logfile with
HiJackThis. I compared the two logfiles and there
was no difference. Apparently SD had flagged 42
objects that really weren't important enough for
HiJackThis to notice them. </font><font
face="Arial"> </font><font color="#000080"
size="2" face="Arial">Conclusion: I believe
Spyware Doctor is easy to use and good at
detecting spyware but it's not going to replace
any of my current detection tools. I had problems
with it's scanning and I don't like seeing
disabled features in a free program. I would
recommend it for an occasional scan after your
normal scans with </font><a
href="http://www.download.com/3000-2144-10045910.html"><font
color="#000080" size="2" face="Arial">Adaware</font></a><font
color="#000080" size="2" face="Arial"> and </font><a
href="http://www.download.com/Spybot-Search-Destroy/3000-8022-10122137.html"><font
color="#000080" size="2" face="Arial">Spybot
S&D</font></a><font color="#000080" size="2"
face="Arial">, but I wouldn't buy it for the
extra features. Those features are available
in other security tools for free.</font><font
face="Arial"> </font><font color="#800000"
size="2" face="Arial"><em>Here are the features
that are disabled in this free version:</em></font><font
face="Arial"> </font><font size="2" face="Arial">*
OnGuard runs in the background to monitor and
protect your PC from browser infections and
tracking cookies <br>
* Immunize your system against more than a
thousand known web-browser hijackers (BHO) and
ActiveX threats </font><hr>
<p><a
href="http://www.pctools.com/spyware-doctor/"><font
size="2" face="Arial">Website</font></a><font
size="2" face="Arial"> - </font><font
color="#FFFF00" size="2" face="Arial">CrippleWare
</font></p>
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<p><font size="2" face="Arial">Quote from the
website - <em>Spyware Doctor is a multi-award
winning spyware removal utility that detects,
removes and protects your PC from thousands of
potential spyware, adware, trojans, keyloggers,
spybots and tracking threats.</em></font></p>
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alt="Grahics" align="absmiddle" width="32"
height="32"> <strong>Windows Media Encoder 9
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<td><font size="2" face="Arial">I found a
great tip from Fun_in_Chicago, the assistant
manager at </font><a
href="http://groups.msn.com/FreeComputerSupport/"><font
size="2" face="Arial">Free Computer Support</font></a><font
size="2" face="Arial">. Gary is a Computer
Systems Engineer and says his favorite
playtime toys are a John Deere 425 all wheel
drive tractor, 4x4 offroad truck, and 1973 Norton
Commando 750 motorcycle. I'm jealous because
it sounds like he's having way too much
"fun in Chicago". </font><hr>
<p><a
href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/forpros/encoder/default.mspx"><font
size="2" face="Arial">Website</font></a><font
size="2" face="Arial"> - </font><font
color="#008000" size="2" face="Arial">Freeware </font></p>
<hr>
<p><font size="2" face="Arial">Quote from </font><a
href="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1757782,00.asp"><font
size="2" face="Arial">PC Magazine</font></a><font
size="2" face="Arial"> - <em>At one time or
another, you've probably wanted to show friends
or family how to e-mail photos, format a resume,
or do other tasks on the computer. But unless
they live nearby, it's not easy. There are a few
good applications out there for creating
easy-to-follow video tutorials to walk them
through, such as Macromedia Captivate, Qarbon's
ViewletBuilder and ViewletCam, and TechSmith's
Camtasia Studio. But these cost 9 to 9,
which is more than most people want to spend for
this purpose. Fortunately Microsoft offers a
free, functional alternative—Windows Media
Encoder. Windows Media Encoder can capture the
screen as you perform a task such as editing a
photo; in fact, almost anything you can do on the
screen can be recorded as a video. You can even
narrate the demo as you record the steps you're
performing. It's surprisingly easy to achieve
good results in minutes. Probably the only reason
the program isn't more widely used is that few
people know it exists.</em></font></p>
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size="2" face="Arial"> <img
src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v88/clif_notes/icons/shell32_06.gif"
alt="Disks" align="absmiddle" width="32"
height="32"> <strong>ZipALot </strong>-
unzip multiple zip files all at once </font></td>
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<td><font size="2" face="Arial">This small
program works very nicely. I sometimes have
10 or 15 zip files on my desktop at the same
time. ZipALot will unpack all of them
into individual folders for me in a
couple quick moves. </font><font color="#800000"
size="2" face="Arial">Tip</font><font size="2"
face="Arial">: To make sure it unzips files
into folders with the same
name, open the </font><font
color="#800000" size="2" face="Arial">Filter
Settings</font><font size="2" face="Arial"> and
open the </font><font color="#800000" size="2"
face="Arial">Expert</font><font size="2"
face="Arial"> tab then put a check next to
"Directory for every file" </font><hr>
<p><a
href="http://www.ractive.ch/gpl/ZipALot.html"><font
size="2" face="Arial">Website</font></a><font
size="2" face="Arial"> - </font><font
color="#008000" size="2" face="Arial">Freeware </font></p>
<hr>
<p><font size="2" face="Arial">Quote from the
website - <em>Most of the unpack programs only
can handle one archive at once. With ZipALot you
can extract (unace, unrar and unzip) multiple
files at once!<br>
<br>
ZipALot takes all the archives from one directory
and extracts them to another one.<br>
<br>
ZipALot can currently handle ZIP, RAR and ACE
(V.2) archives.<br>
<br>
Filter options allow you to control the
extraction process. <br>
Tell which archives you want to extract, what
files you want to have extracted from<br>
the archives and which not.<br>
With a simple click you extract i.e. all your
images from dozens of archives!</em></font></p>
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<td><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><strong>TIPS</strong></font><font
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alt="Website" align="absmiddle" width="32"
height="32"> <strong>eMessenger.net</strong>
- check all your IM's online</font></td>
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<td><font size="2" face="Arial">Are you at the
library, work, friends house and you can't wait
to get home to chat on you instant messengers? No
problemo, just go to eMessenger.net and you can
log into MSN Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, and AOL
Instant Messenger. No applications to load, just
login at the website and you can chat until you
turn blue. I have read their privacy policy
and I'm a ok with it as long as they are being
honest. </font><hr>
<p><a href="http://www.e-messenger.net/"><font
size="2" face="Arial">Website</font></a><font
size="2" face="Arial"> - </font><font
color="#008000" size="2" face="Arial">Tip (and
Cool Website)</font><font size="2" face="Arial"> </font></p>
<hr>
<p><font size="2" face="Arial">Quote from the
website - <em>EMESSENGER PRIVACY POLICY<br>
At the eMessenger login you have to enter your
username and password to use our service. WE WILL
NOT STORE YOUR PASSWORD IN ANY WAY ON OUR SERVER.
Information we do collect is used for internal
reporting tools and to notify users about
features and updates of our service. Your email
address will not be shared with other third party
organizations for commercial purposes. If you
want to unsubscribe from receiving any updates
please send an email to unsubscribe @
e-messenger.net. If you feel that this site is
not following its stated policy, you may contact
us at info @ e-messenger.net</em> </font></p>
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alt="Security" align="absmiddle" width="32"
height="32"> <strong>Security Issues for Windows
and IE</strong> - tips from mvps.org</font></td>
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<td><font size="2" face="Arial">If you follow the
advice in this article from MVPS, you'll
have a much safer and easier time while you
are online. </font><hr>
<p><a
href="http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/security.htm"><font
size="2" face="Arial">Website</font></a><font
size="2" face="Arial"> - </font><font
color="#008000" size="2" face="Arial">Tip</font><font
size="2" face="Arial"> </font></p>
<hr>
<p><font size="2" face="Arial">Quote from the
website - <em>Practice Safe Hex! - Browsing the
Internet without protection is just plain
foolish! It can't be stressed enough on how
important it is to keep your system
up-to-date. </em></font><a
href="http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/default.asp"><font
size="2" face="Arial"><em>Improving the security
of your computer</em></font></a><font size="2"
face="Arial"><em> (Microsoft - must read!)</em></font></p>
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size="2" face="Arial"> <img
src="http://img29.photobucket.com/albums/v88/clif_notes/website.gif"
alt="Website" align="absmiddle" width="32"
height="32"> <strong>Web Site Basics</strong>
- Help.com teaches you how to make a web site</font></td>
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<td><font size="2" face="Arial">Have you ever
wondered how hard it is to make a web site? This
free course from Help.com promises to take it
easy on you. If you ever need advice on how to
create a free website, you can always <SPAN id="profEmail1"></font><a
href="http://www.xanga.com/senduser.aspx?user=Clif_Notes"><font
color="#0033CC" size="2" face="Arial">email me</SPAN></font></a><font
size="2" face="Arial"> and I'll do my best to
help. </font><hr>
<p><font size="2" face="Arial">This course no
longer exists - </font><font color="#008000"
size="2" face="Arial">Tip </font></p>
<hr>
<p><font size="2" face="Arial">Quote from the
website - <em>These days it seems like everyone
has a Web site: companies, clubs, newborns, pets,
and grandparents just to name a few. Do you want
to make your mark on cyberspace? It's much easier
than you think. This course will walk you through
the process from soup to nuts, and in no time
flat you'll have a Web site to call your own. Web
Site Basics is less about learning HTML code than
it is about how Web pages come together to make a
good site, and how to find the right tools and
hosting plan for your site. Class starts on
Monday, February 14.</em></font></p>
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<td><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><strong>COOL
WEBSITES</strong></font><font face="Arial"><br>
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<td align="middle" bgcolor="#002866"><font
size="2" face="Arial"> <img
src="http://img29.photobucket.com/albums/v88/clif_notes/website.gif"
alt="Website" align="absmiddle" width="32"
height="32"> <strong>Google Maps beta</strong>
- endless oceans?</font></td>
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<td><font size="2" face="Arial">Google has a
really cool beta map search site up now. It still
needs a lot of work though. It shows only endless
oceans all around the US at this point. It has a
great click and drag interface. If you want to
move any direction on the map you just drag it
that direction and the map updates pretty quickly
as you drag it along. To center on an area, you
just double click on it. Zooming in and out is
done on a side sliding bar. I included a link to
the area I live in if you are curious. I love to
cruise around Grand Lake in the summer. I don't
have my own boat right now, so if anyone wants to
donate one to me, just email me. </font><hr>
<p><a href="http://maps.google.com/"><font
size="2" face="Arial">Website</font></a><font
size="2" face="Arial"> - </font><a
href="http://tinyurl.com/6tkz4"><font size="2"
face="Arial">I live here</font></a><font size="2"
face="Arial"> - </font><a
href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Tech%20Test%20Online%20Maps"><font
size="2" face="Arial">Review of Map Search Sites</font></a><font
size="2" face="Arial"> - </font><font
color="#008000" size="2" face="Arial"> Cool
Website</font><font size="2" face="Arial"> </font></p>
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<p><font size="2" face="Arial">Quote from the
website - <em>Google Maps is an online service
that allows users in the U.S. to find location
information, navigate through maps, and get
directions quickly and easily. Google Maps has
several unique features:</em> <em>* Draggable
maps – you can click and drag Google maps to
view adjacent sections; no more long waits while
new areas download. <br>
* Integrated Local search results – Google
Maps integrates local search results from Google
Local. So to find a pizza place, simply type in
"pizza in San Jose", and pizza places
appear at various locations on your map, with
phone numbers for each location on the right side
of the page. <br>
* Turn-by-turn directions – Type in an
address and Google Maps plots the route for you,
displaying it visually on the map itself,
together with step-by-step directions for getting
there (or back from there). When you click on one
of these steps (say, "turn left"), you
see a floating bubble with a magnified view of
the area mentioned in the directions. <br>
* Keyboard shortcuts – You can use arrow
keys to pan left, right, up and down. The Page
Up, Page Down, Home and End keys let you pan out
even wider. And you can zoom in with the plus (+)
key and zoom out with the minus (-) key.</em> </font></p>
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size="2" face="Arial"> <img
src="http://img29.photobucket.com/albums/v88/clif_notes/website.gif"
alt="Website" align="absmiddle" width="32"
height="32"> <strong>IceRocket.com</strong>
- cool search engine</font></td>
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<td><font size="2" face="Arial">Here's a tip from
guest reviewer CyberGuide. </font><hr>
<p><font size="2" face="Arial">Latest Updates
from </font><a
href="http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=cyberguide"><font
color="#3366CC" size="2" face="Arial">cyberguide</font></a><font
size="2" face="Arial"> </font><font
color="#3366CC" size="2" face="Arial">SEARCH
ENGINE: ICEROCKET.COM</font><font size="2"
face="Arial"> <em>It will be a long while
before Uncle Google is dethroned from its
kingdom. However, this interesting search engine
has some nice features such as search results
shown in thumbnails, blogs search, the weird
phone pics (???) and multi-media search. Have a
go, you never know,...</em> </font></p>
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<p><a href="http://www.icerocket.com/"><font
size="2" face="Arial">Website</font></a><font
size="2" face="Arial"> - </font><font
color="#008000" size="2" face="Arial">Cool
Website</font><font size="2" face="Arial"> </font></p>
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src="http://www.icerocket.com/img/linkhor.gif"
width="198" height="47"> </font></td>
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type="text" size="20" name="q"
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size="2" face="Arial"> <img
src="http://img29.photobucket.com/albums/v88/clif_notes/website.gif"
alt="Website" align="absmiddle" width="32"
height="32"> <strong>tutorial</strong></font><font
color="#0000A0" size="2" face="Arial"><strong>find</strong></font><font
size="2" face="Arial"><strong>.com</strong> - a
website that helps you find help</font></td>
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<td><font size="2" face="Arial">Thanks to a
resource link at the </font><a
href="http://groups.msn.com/WebDesign/homepage1.msnw"><font
size="2" face="Arial">WebDesign</font></a><font
size="2" face="Arial"> group, I've found this
cool website and I want to share it with you.
TutorialFind has an index of very good tutorials
for almost any computer task you can think of.
The site is easy to navigate and it looks like
they are currently working to improve it. </font><hr>
<p><a
href="http://www.tutorialfind.com/tutorials/"><font
size="2" face="Arial">Website</font></a><font
size="2" face="Arial"> (appears to be a broken
site)- </font><font color="#008000" size="2"
face="Arial">Cool Website</font><font size="2"
face="Arial"> </font></p>
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<p><font size="2" face="Arial">Quote from the
website - <em>During the past five years the
traffic hitting tutorialfind has grown to levels
far greater than expected. Lately we have been
charged enormous excess bandwidth fees, and have
had to move the site to a more bandwidth friendly
host. We have also taken this opportunity to
redevelop the site as an ASP.NET application, to
provide a better platform for future development.
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