kcnews1_2001

TABLE OF CONTENTS
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MOUSE & KEYBOARD COMBO
OPEN IT WITH WINZIP
DiVX ;-)
HOW DO I?
WHALE OF AN EMAIL
PRTSCN KEY
SMILEYS GALORE
INTERNET CONNECTION SECURITY
FREE MOVIES ON THE NET

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Keyboard Shortcut Du Jour
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GIMME A MOUSE AND KEYBOARD COMBO
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Normally we list KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS here. Once you learn them they make TASKS EASIER AND FASTER than with a mouse.

This month we've got 3 nifty Mouse/Keyboard Modifier Combinations! Try them in the Windows Explorer! Ready or not... and hold the fries! <g>

KC TECHSHOP
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DON'T SHOP BLIND!
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Shop at KC TechShop!

* MONEY-SAVING RANKINGS - we list the best sites for comparison shopping, reviews and infos.
* "SWEET SPOT" SHOPPING LISTS - for PC DESKTOPs and LAPTOPs. Get the best price-to-quality ratio!

RAINY DAY DEAL$:
Pacific Image Scanner - scan images at a price you can't resist: ONLY $19.99
Canon Color Inkjet Printer Bonus printer cable included (a $10$ value): ONLY $39.95
HP EXTERNAL CD Burner - write & rewrite custom CDs (the best backup solution for laptops): ONLY $199.99

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HOUSEHOLD ITEM
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OPEN IT WITH WINZIP
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Wow! HOUSEHOLD ITEM is a new feature for KC News! We'll present items that belong in every wired household. Tools for living. Tell us if you agree!

WinZip is a straightforward, fast, and easy-to-use zipping and unzipping utility. And it's a shareware program that you can download for FREE. It includes built-in support for popular Internet file formats such as TAR, ZIP, UUencode, XXencode, BinHex, MIME, and so on. A utility that every PC should have.

Where can you download WinZip? Use one of the shareware sites that you'll find here:
http://www.kahl.net/shareware

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WORD OF THE MONTH
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DiVX ;-)
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What if i told you you could get your all-time favorite movie over the net - rather than at the video store? Sounds exciting, huh? Read on...

MAYBE you heard about the original DiVX - that failed out DVD rental plan. This is not it. DiVX ;-) is a new software technology that uses the same name - with a smiley attached to it. Based on MPG4 it offers superior image and sound compression based on MPEG4. Yes, it can compress digital video. So you can fit a DVD on a CD! Which means that downloading entire movies with a broadband connection will take less than an hour instead of days.

An update to Divx ;-) is on it's way. Named Divx ;-) Deux or Project Mayo it could do for movies what NAPSTER did for music. It is the future standard for internet video. The software could allow studios -- or anyone else -- to distribute DVD-quality videos in digital form over the net. Call it the MP3 of video!

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SITES FOR SORE EYES
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HOW DO I?
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How do I do this or that? Here's a website will plenty of answers!

BARGAINS IN THE AMAZON
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Amazon.com now has an OUTLET!
> Up to 50% off toys and electronics and up to 60% off kitchen essentials
> Books under 5 bucks, CDs for less than $7, and videos under $10

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KC TIPS
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WHALE OF AN EMAIL
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Most EMAIL ATTACHMENTS are limited in size. Depending on who your provider is, the maximum can be anywhere from 1.5 to 10 MB. So when you want to send really big files, what can you do? If you and the the person you are corresponding with are tech savvy, you can always use FTP (File Transfer Protocol).

But if you just want to rely on email, the WHALEMAIL website comes in handy... UP TO 75MB!

NEW GLOBALCOM CALLING RATES
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GOT THE RAINY DAY BLUES? Call a friend! But first go to GLOBALCOM and get some great LONG DISTANCE RATES! Check out the new VOICENET "PRECISION" and "POWER" CALLING PLANS for the USA! How does this sound:
* 4.9¢ per minute state to state
* 9.9¢ per minute domestic calling card calls (from any phone!)
* NO MONTHLY FEE - only a 5$ monthly minimum usage!

The Print Screen (PrtScn) key on your keyboard sends the current screen to the CLIIPBOARD (NOT TO THE PRINTER, as one would expect). So to print the contents of the Clipboard, you'll need to use a separate application, such as PAINT.

Open Paint--select Start, Programs, Accessories, Paint--select Edit, Paste, and if you see a message stating that the image is larger than the current bitmap, click Yes to confirm that you'd like it to enlarge the bitmap.

The image on the Clipboard now appears on screen. From there, you can use Paint's Print command to print the screen.

(Tip-in-a-tip: If you're printing an entire screen, switch to Landscape mode first--select File, Page Setup, select Landscape, and click OK--so the image will fit on a standard letter-size page.)

(Another tip-in-a-tip: Hold down Alt as you press Print Screen to send only the currently active window to the Clipboard.)

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AOTM (Acronym of the Month)
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SMILEYS GALORE
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As promising we'll do a recap of EMOTICONS this month. They are also called smileys.
Smile like this:       :-)
Wink like this:       ;-)
Frown like this:     :-(

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!!Hoax & Virus Alert!!
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TEST YOUR INTERNET CONNECTION SECURITY
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Permanent connections such as DSL or cable use stable IP addresses which are easy targets for hackers/crackers to use, sometimes for fun, and sometimes to stage further break-ins.

Automated scan tools can quickly pass over an entire domain, and report on machines that appear to be insecure. Even unsophisticated computer users can scan 1000s of machines in an evening for simple configuration mistakes.

Remember kids, play it safe on the net. Don't trust internet fairy tales. Especially those scam letters from Nigeria which are popping up everywhere.

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NetTips
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FREE MOVIES ON THE NET
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Who needs a TV where there are great websites for watching free movies? Check these out on a rainy day:
http://Alwaysi.com/
http://www.CinemaPop.com/

Alex
Kahl Consultants
http://www.kahl.net
Technology. Use it appropriately. Put it in our hands.

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THE PUNCH LINE
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THERE ONCE WAS...
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[Thanks Mike!]
There was once a young man who, in his youth, professed his desire to become one of the world's great writers.

When asked to define "great" he said, "I want to write stuff that the whole world will read, stuff that people will react to on a truly emotional level, stuff that will make them scream, cry, howl in pain and anger!"

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