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Pirates! Spammers must expect you to really believe in things like the tooth fairy. Here's an example of a deal for outrageous savings sent in one spam message. You'll note that the prices are below what the original vendor charges its wholesellers. Conclusion? This stuff is bootleg pirated software. Example of probable pirated software: Windows XP PR0 2002 - retail: 270.99 ; our priice: 50.00 Ms 0ffice 2OO3 PR0 - retail: 499.00 ; our priice: 110.00 Ms 0ffice XP PR0 2OO2 - retail: 579.99 ; our priice: 100.00 Ms Windows 2OOO PRO - retail: 266.99 ; our priice: 50.00 Norton Anti virus Corporate 2OO3 - retail: 69.99 ; our priice: 15.00 Norton System Works 2OO3 Deluxe - retail: 96.99 ; our priice: 40.00 What do you get in reality? They tell you that you only get the CD and no documentation. But it may also be a CD with a key that doesn't work or that alerts the vendor to pirated software. You may also get legal process from the vendor directing you to remove the software or worse you might be charged with a crime. That's if you get anything at all. When you deal with unreputable sources, you can also expect to send money and not get anything at all. Deals like this aren't deals at all. The only one that benefits is the spammer, which in this case is a person in a foreign country who will probably have a new e-mail address and identity in a couple of days. If the deal sounds too good to be true, it isn't true. Don't be a sucker and fall for a con. Don't be a spam enabler - never buy anything offered in a spam e-mail. Posted by WEBnME @ 2/29/2004 04:13:00 PM 
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WinSize - A Must Have Tool For Webmasters Size Windows with Precision This little utility lives in your windows taskbar tray and when you use your mouse to expand or reduce the size of a window, it tells you the dimensions of the window. This is helpful in quickly determining whether your website will be easily viewed at a given resolution. For example, if you look at http://www.usdoj.gov/kidspage/ with WinSize, you'll find the page is 854 pixels wide which means it will have a horizontal scroll bar at the bottom of the browser for people using 800x600 resolution on their monitors. Posted by WEBnME @ 2/29/2004 12:24:00 PM
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Resources - Testing Tools for Developing Accessible Web Sites :: WATS.ca http://www.wats.ca/resources/testingtools/44 Webmasters - WATS has an impressive list of tools that you can grab to test the accessibility of your pages. The WebDevAccess.exe tool from Microsoft allows you, for example, to highlight text on a web page, right click, and then select view partial source to see the code supporting only the highlighted part of the page. The resizing tools are useful in helping you see what your site looks like at lower resolutions. Posted by WEBnME @ 2/29/2004 12:16:00 PM
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Dolls from Around the World http://home17.inet.tele.dk/ethnics/ Wonderful pictures and descriptions of dolls abound at The International Doll Museum website. Although navigation on the site is flakey and often at the bottom of the page, the quality of the information is great. Posted by WEBnME @ 2/29/2004 12:05:00 PM
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Web Controlled Model Railroad - Internet-Bahn http://rr.informatik.tu-freiberg.de/bahn.html And from Germany we find a model railroad that you can control via the web. It isn't always available, so you may have to check back from time to time, but you can pick a train and watch from various cameras. Posted by WEBnME @ 2/28/2004 10:00:00 PM
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Turkish State Railways Model Railway http://www.ferendeci.com/Trains/Navigation/Trains.htm This site features an awesome collection of photos of an exceptional model railway with a focus on the days when steam was king. Posted by WEBnME @ 2/28/2004 09:22:00 PM
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Awesome Model Railroading Site http://www.modeltrainsmuseum.ca/trains/index_flash.cfm Thanks to reader response, I want to share this site with you. The Model Trains Museum on Granville Island, Vancover, BC has a huge train collection and spectacular layouts that you can see through the magic of 3-D virtual reality on their website. And if you have an urge to get a train whistle, well you are at the right place. Posted by WEBnME @ 2/28/2004 09:13:00 PM
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The Bigger the Boys, The Bigger the Train Layout http://www.tmrci.com/ As kids at Christmas we had that eager anticipation that Santa might just bring that wonderful lionel steam locomotive with some track and sure enough for months there was enjoyment building a layout and then watching the train go in endless circles. So what do grown-up kids do when they really want to run a model railroad? They form a club and pool resources to build a bigger layout. The Model Railroad Club in Union, N.J. has been at it for about half a century adding track and rolling stock little by little and now boasts a train layout some 120 feet long and nearly as wide. They feature a number of pictures of their layout via the web. These guys are serious about their hobby. These are grown-up kids that never stopped dreaming about a bigger train layout. If you like looking at trains, you'll want to make a virtual visit. Posted by WEBnME @ 2/28/2004 12:15:00 PM
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Good Advice on Handling "spam" E-mail Virginia Attorney General on Spam The Virginia Office of the Attorney General has a great FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) section on what to do when you get spam e-mails. Visit the link above and click on "Tips on Dealing with SPAM" to view the FAQ. If you want to report a fraud or attempt at fraud via spam, you can usually report it via your local law enforcement, your state's attorney general, or the FBI (http://www.fbi.gov click on Submit a Tip). Posted by WEBnME @ 2/27/2004 05:33:00 AM
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Phones of the Future - Holographic Images? Anchorage Daily News | Flashy new cell phones hit Europe Lots of stories are floating out of the 3GSM World Congress industry show in Cannes and one of the most fascinating items is a picture appearing in AP news stories of a new Panasonic Holographic Viewer Phone. There is a lot of talks about phones that will pipe TV and multimedia content to you, but little information on the "Holo Phone" and what it does. So take a look at the picture and imagine a phone capable of projecting holographic imagery. Move over R2D2. Posted by WEBnME @ 2/26/2004 09:02:00 PM
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King of Beers May Be King of Data Mining CNN.com - 66,207,896 bottles of beer on the wall - Feb. 25, 2004 Great news story describing how Anheuser Busch uses data mining through out its product distribution system to know what is selling and how competitors are stacking up. A-Bs use of data allows them to drill down to the beer aisle of your favorite store to figure out what to put there to get the best sales. Posted by WEBnME @ 2/25/2004 11:53:00 PM
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On the Horizon - New Face of Mobile Computing Nokia 9500 Communicator Check out the Nokia Communicator 9500 due to ship in the 4th quarter of 2004. This device will operate at about half the speed of normal broadband with 80 MB of memory. It will include advanced voice features and a normal keyboard along with an integrated VGA camera. Camera, PDA, Internet Device and Phone all rolled into one just about covers it. And at 14.8 x 5.7 cm, it is small. Posted by WEBnME @ 2/24/2004 10:32:00 PM
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Shark Tank: Next time, just let him take notes Computerworld's Shark Tank When the workplace starts to be annoying, its time for some humor. Try out the Shark Tank. There's always a fresh story about some technologically challenged boss or co-worker that will lighten your mood. Posted by WEBnME @ 2/24/2004 03:02:00 PM
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Thinking of a Movie? Preview a Trailer. http://www.apple.com/trailers/ Apple - QuickTime - Movie Trailers has been around for a long time, but surprisingly not everyone knows about this rich trove of movie trailers that can be viewed on your PC screen. Install QuickTime and you can see the most recent trailers for movies as soon as they are released. Whether you'd like to see a preview of Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ or see Cedric the Entertainer's role in Johnson Family Vacation, you'll find the trailer here. Posted by WEBnME @ 2/22/2004 05:19:00 PM
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Intriguing Website - Earth Views http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/satellite.html When your problems seem so large, put them in perspective by taking a look at Earth from a satellite. This website offers views of Earth from over 100 different satellites. Posted by WEBnME @ 2/21/2004 07:17:00 PM
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True or False? Can You Believe The Story In Your E-Mail? http://www.snopes.com/snopes.asp Amazing and unusual stories are quickly passed by e-mail. You know the drill. The story grabs your emotions and you want to share it with all your friends because it inspires, horrifies, or makes you laugh. Pretty soon a lot of people think the story is true, but not very many people ever check the facts. Some of these stories are not true and are what you might call an "urban legend", but most people believe them. So how do you find out whether that gem in your e-mail is just good storytelling or the real McCoy? You may want to check out http://www.snopes.com/snopes.asp. Snopes has both a search engine and a nice list of catagories of modern day fairy tales. See whether you can figure out whether a seeing eye dog named Lucky caused the deaths of four of his owners or whether the British displayed a sense of humor in World War II after the Germans constructed a phony wooden airfield by sending a plane to drop a wooden bomb on it. Posted by WEBnME @ 2/21/2004 10:52:00 AM
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Are You A Spam Zombie? You Could Be. USATODAY.com - Spammers exploit high-speed connections, careless users Somewhere between a third and two-thirds of all spam is relayed across personal computers whose owners have failed to correctly configure their computer or to secure it adequately. Posted by WEBnME @ 2/20/2004 09:32:00 AM
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Google Expands Search Capability by 1 Billion Pages CNN.com - Google adds 1 billion pages to search - Feb. 18, 2004 CNN reports that Google will now index more than 4.28 billion web pages and that Yahoo will run its own search engine without help from Google. Posted by WEBnME @ 2/19/2004 05:27:00 PM
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Underground History - Disused Stations on London's Underground http://www.starfury.demon.co.uk/uground/ If you've ever been curious as to what happens to a subway system as technology marches on, this website may be of interest with its chronicle of the London Underground's history. It features interesting photos of abandoned stations and trackage. Posted by WEBnME @ 2/19/2004 02:42:00 AM
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RIP - WebMonkey Website - Say It Ain't So Wired News: Webmonkey, RIP: 1996 – 2004 For many of us who started learning the craft of webmastering in the mid 1990s, the advent of Wired's WebMonkey website was an incredible help. It was a place we could go to see great coding solutions for java, dhtml menus, javascripts and other matters. Sad to say the end of this website has been announced. Wired News reports that the end is near. The site, http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/ was still up and running today. If you want to capture a nugget or two before the site disappears, you'll want to do so soon. You may want to have a look at the HTML Cheatsheet, Color Codes, Browser Chart and Stylesheets Guide just for starters. Posted by WEBnME @ 2/17/2004 10:46:00 PM
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Social Engineering - What Is It? http://www.sans.org/rr/papers/index.php?id=529 If you have a personal firewall and an anti-virus program running, you may feel pretty comfortable that your computer is safe. These are important steps in protection, but one of the most important is understanding that many attackers simply go after human weaknesses using social engineering to get access to your system. The SANS article "The Use of 'Social Engineering' As A Means of Violating Computer Systems" at the link above is a good primer on how Social Engineering works and what to do about it. Posted by WEBnME @ 2/17/2004 09:01:00 AM
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MEDLINEplus - A Website That Does It Right http://medlineplus.gov/ If you are looking for health information, you'll probably find just about anything you need to know at MEDLINEplus.gov, which is operated by the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health. Aside from being a great reference site for health topics, interactive tutorials, drug information, and a medical encyclopedia, this website shows some of the best attributes of web design and functionality. Navigation is easy. Pages load quickly. Information is well cross-linked. The site is also availabe in Spanish. One of the subsites, NIH Senior Health, is dedicated to health issues for senior citizens. http://nihseniorhealth.gov/listoftopics.html The NIH Senior Health site is very user friendly and offers special features like enlarged text, high contrast, and talking web pages. The MEDLINEplus site offers e-mail updates to visitors. Webmasters wishing to feature this site as a public service to customers of their own websites can get code from MEDLINEplus for links or a search box like those shown below.  Posted by WEBnME @ 2/15/2004 05:56:00 AM
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Valentine Cards of Old - What Did They Look Like Museum of the City of New York The Museum of the City of New York offers a glimpse into the past with a wonderful collection of old valentine cards dating back to the 19th century. You can click on any individual card to get a detailed history for the card or just browse through the images. At the bottom of the 19th century display, you can whisk away to the twentieth century with a click. Posted by WEBnME @ 2/14/2004 09:06:00 AM
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Send A Victorian E-Valentine Museum of London It's not too late to send a special and unusual valentine card. The Museum of London offers five unique Victorian era images for you to use. Posted by WEBnME @ 2/14/2004 09:03:00 AM
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The History of Valentine's Day http://www.historychannel.com/exhibits/ valentine/history.html Rushing to buy one of the billion valentine cards exchanged each year? Thinking of flowers or a box of chocolates for someone special? Where did this custom orgininate and what is the story on the patron saint? The HistoryChannel.com website has a great information source with three summary of the history of this wonderful holiday. Posted by WEBnME @ 2/13/2004 02:13:00 PM
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IM - The New Target http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/internet/02/11/ instantmessenger.ad.ap/index.html If you are using AOL Instant Messenger (free version), you may want to read CNN.com's "IM game spreads virulent ad-delivery software - Feb. 11, 2004" published yesterday. IM users that download and install a humorous flash game without paying attention to the license are also installing software called Buddylinks which has been sending an advertisement to all of the people on the user's AIM buddy lists. There is a lesson here. Nothing is really free. You should be asking "what's the catch?" Is it a license to use your computer to send ads? Is it the installation of software you don't want? Read the license before installing any software. Caveat Emptor. Posted by WEBnME @ 2/12/2004 08:52:00 AM
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Remove Hidden Data from Microsoft Documents Office 2003/XP Add-in: Remove Hidden Data If you have Office XP or Office 2003, you can download a tool from Microsoft that will allow you to remove hidden data in Office documents before sharing them. You may, for example, wish to remove revision history, comments, and other collaborative effort artifacts before publishing the document. Posted by WEBnME @ 2/11/2004 10:10:00 PM
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Get The Patch http://www.microsoft.com/security/ Take a minute to visit the Microsoft Security website. Microsoft has an alert for Windows users to immediately update their computers. Aside from the alerts for immediate updates, this website offers convenient links to Windows and Office updates, help with the mass-mailing worm "MyDoom" and a free support number for virus-related matters. Posted by WEBnME @ 2/11/2004 05:32:00 PM
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Google Alert - Track a Web Search Automatically http://www.googlealert.com/ Every wish that there was a way that you could be automatically notified when anyone on the web adds content related to a subject of interest to you? If so, you'll want to visit the Google Alert site and sign up for free. This would also work well for sites that publish weekly or periodic features, but sometimes are a little slow getting content up on the web. Instead of checking everyday for something new, you could sit back and wait for a Google Alert to let you know when new content was available. Posted by WEBnME @ 2/10/2004 11:44:00 PM
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Through the Light of Laughter http://www.londonstimes.us/cat/cat.html Cartoonists Against Terrorism (CAT) is a collection of cartoonists' works expressing thoughts, concerns, and sorrow for the terrible acts of terrorism committed on September 11. As long as we can keep our humor and see the world through the light of laughter, there is hope in a troubled world. Enjoy. Posted by WEBnME @ 2/10/2004 12:57:00 AM
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What If An Internet User Beginner's Permit Was Required? http://www.webnme.com/BeginnerPermit.asp What if you had to take a test before you could surf the web? It might look something like this. This test is really a way to help people learn a little about basic safe computing practices on the Internet. Please share it with those friends and relatives who open every attachment and call you to fix the havoc they have created. The test comes complete with help for each question. Each tutorial explains which answer is best and why the others are not a good choice. Try it out and see how well you do. Posted by WEBnME @ 2/08/2004 02:54:00 PM
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Protecting Your Privacy http://www.ftc.gov/privacy/ The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has set up a website on Privacy Initiatives that has some great information on how to protect your personal privacy both on the Internet and in daily life. This is a website that is worth browsing. If you are running an e-mail server then you'll also want to have a look at http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/edcams/spam/index.html. The FTC has just released guidelines on how to secure e-mail servers to lower the risk of your server being used by spammers. Posted by WEBnME @ 2/07/2004 06:23:00 PM
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Privacy - Trying to Write Machine Readable Privacy Notices? Dr. Cranor has produced an excellent introduction to machine readable privacy notices. If you are trying to figure out the "how to stuff" so that you can add a machine readable privacy notice to your site, this is a great free resource and a good place to begin your quest. Dr. Crano provides link to tools, examples and an easy to understand discussion of the subject. If you need detailed information, you may want to snag Web Privacy with P3P written by Dr. Lorrie Faith Cranor. Posted by WEBnME @ 2/06/2004 10:59:00 PM
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Great Photos http://www.fifth-essence.com/archive/bestpix2003/index.htm You've been working hard all week and need something to bring a smile to your face right? Here it is. This site offers a series of absolutely wonderful photographs sure to awe and relax. Posted by WEBnME @ 2/06/2004 01:10:00 AM
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Morons in wwwebbbbbbbb ssspaaaaaaaaaaace! http://members.optusnet.com.au/~night.owl/morons.html Looking for a truely independant view of website authoring? This site is worth a close read, if you are a webmaster. Don't expect soft touchy-feely stuff. The author of this site is on the offensive against moronic webmasters that make using the web painful. Posted by WEBnME @ 2/04/2004 09:59:00 PM
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Missed the Super Bowl Commercials? IFILM Super Bowl Ads Whether you missed them or just want to see them again, you can find them all at ifilm.com. Posted by WEBnME @ 2/02/2004 09:58:00 PM
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Looking for a Power Browser? Think iRider http://www.irider.com/irider/ Try out the iRider Web Browser or check out the demo movie. This browser can open multiple pages, browse ahead, search multiple search engines, add multiple links to favorites in a batch, and more. And for those that hate annoying pop-ups, this browser has a nifty pop-up manager. Posted by WEBnME @ 2/02/2004 08:43:00 PM
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Need Help With Windows XP Professional? http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/ howto/videos/default.asp Microsoft has a little known wonderful collection of training videos that are absolutely free tucked away at this website. All you need is Windows Media Player which comes standard with your operating system. Topics include home networks, communicating, music, photos, video, help, and mobile computing. If you have a slow connection or just prefer reading. You can find a series of articles on using Windows XP Professional at http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/howto/default.asp If you are looking for a power user's guide to Windows XP, you may want to take a look at the following: Posted by WEBnME @ 2/01/2004 08:53:00 AM
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