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The HowToWeb®
Update
January 19th, 2003 Welcome to The HowToWeb® Update. The Update is a monthly newsletter which provides information and resources for computer web professionals and new features on howtoweb.com. Subscription Information You can receive Update by email. Click here for subscription information. Site reviews, quick links, search tools and resources for webmasters can also be found on HowToWeb.com. Click here for HowToWeb®. Vol. 6, Issue No. 1 ISSN No. 1097-2056 In This Issue: - New Features on HowToWeb® - Webmaster News - New Websites - Online Sales and Deals New Features on HowToWeb.com HowToWeb® Discussion Forums (Beta Test) http://www.howtoweb.com/forums.htm Visit our new discussion forums at WWForums.com to discuss web development, web marketing, website design and tech industry topics with other computer and web professionals. Stop by to say hello, and give us your thoughts and suggestions for the new community. New Webmaster's Corner Sections Think Your Hard Drive is Clean? Think Again. A recent study found that many people think simply erasing files from the hard drive they are about to discard or sell will destroy it. This is not true. In fact, even re-formatting the disk itself will not completely erase the data. New Scientist reported that two graduate students who purchased used hard drives over the Internet were able to recover valuable personal and financial information on the drives. Sources: http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993274 http://www.howtoweb.com/forums/cleaningdrives.htm FAST Now Indexes MS Word Documents FAST is now including Microsoft Word documents within its web search results. Each Word document is labeled (MS Word) next to the title on a search results page. Users can also restrict search to only Word documents by using the using the pull-down menu in the 'results restriction' section of AlltheWeb's advanced searching page. Sources: http://www.writenews.com/2003/011003_fast_msword.htm Virus Hoaxes Still Fooling People People are being made victims of virus hoaxes, which arrive by email and tell people they have been infected with a dangerous computer viruses. The email hoax then goes on to tell people to delete a certain file on their computer to remove the virus. However, the file is often an important system file that should not be deleted. Sources: http://news.com.com/2100-1001-979045.html Growing Spam Menace Spam is a growing menace. The number of spam messages more than doubled last year and could easily double again this year. One method for stopping spam are spam filters but they tend to filter out appropriate emails as well. Another method are whitelists, but they can block business correspondence and make things difficult for legitimate publishers. New laws could also be passed in 2003, but determining the difference between spam and legitimate business correspondence can sometimes be complicated. Sources: http://news.com.com/2100-1023-979108.html http://slate.msn.com/?id=2074042 http://www.howtoweb.com/forums/spam.htm Yahoo Reaches 2 Million Paid Subscribers Yahoo announced that two million people have signed up to use fee-based services on its yahoo.com portal. Yahoo offers a number of fee-based services from enhanced email storage to online bill paying. Sources: http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2128291,00.html Steve Case Ousted From AOL Chairmanship Steve Case has stepped down as Chairman of AOL Time Warner. There has been growing resentment towards Case from investors as the merger between AOL and Time Warner has grown sour and the stock has plummeted. Sources: http://news.com.com/2100-1023-980286.html http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,57197,00.html New Websites ChangeOne.com http://www.changeone.com Reader's Digest has launched ChangeOne.com, a subscription-based online service and resource for dieters. ChangeOne aims to help dieters make lasting eating and lifestyle changes by offering a personalized, interactive weight loss program. Charter memberships will cost $9.95 per month. PBS Parents http://www.pbsparents.org PBS Parents combines the resources of PBS and local public television stations across the country, to offer features, advice and educational activities to parents and caregivers. Mister Rogers answered parents' questions in the site's debut month. MarketingFix.com http://www.marketingfix.com Five independent web marketing veterans have come together to form a new website, MarketingFix.com. The site aims to be a vital resource for those who follow trends in Internet marketing and media. MarketingFix, a collaborative weblog, will aggregate stories from dozens of other publications every day with short summaries, links and additional comments to help put the news in context. iShape http://www.ishape.com iShape is an online weight-loss tool that delivers personalized exercise and nutrition programs via the Web and email. iShape tailors plans to a a user's specific needs and lifestyle and delivers the plan daily to keep users motivated and on track to reaching their goals. Created by the nutrition and fitness experts at Shape magazine, iShape designs a weight-loss plan based on a person's favorite foods, daily schedule, and level of fitness. A subscription to iShape is $45 for three months or $99 for one year. MediaCynic.com http://www.mediacynic.com Media Cynic is a weblog and column that offers a timely and sometimes irreverent look at current media happenings, as well as film and television reviews. Science.gov http://www.science.gov Ten federal agencies have teamed to launch science.gov, a new website which is geared toward an audience that ranges from academics to private business owners. The site offers a compilation of information from 10 government agencies and 14 scientific and technical organizations. ShoppingBlog.com http://www.shoppingblog.com A weblog that reports on new, bestselling and popular products. Online Sales and Deals Note: The information about online shopping deals is not reprinted in the archives because it is time-sensitive. To obtain the full version of each newsletter be sure to subscribe. Click here for subscription information. If you are interested in more information about online shopping and shopping deals you should check the Computer Center and also consider subscribing to The Traders TradeTM Update. |
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