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Burn Baby, Burn!

Back by popular demand! We've had people asking about this one for a month now!

Do you have a CD writer in your computer? Ever wish you had some really great software to burn with? Hmm, how about some software to create CD really cool labels? (I hate those label-less"mystery disks")

Well, that's what we were thinking when we came up with this offer!

We have created what could be the ultimate CD burning bundle for you. We have NERO Express and The PrintShop CD Label Creator for only $19.97! (FREE US Shipping) Both are current titles and have a combined retail of nearly $95.00!! How's that for a deal?

NERO Express:

First off, let's look at my new favorite CD burning software, NERO Express. This program makes burning CDs incredibly easy - but at the same time it's extremely powerful. It's fast becoming the burning software of choice for thousands across the globe. After using it, I can see why. My only regret is not switching sooner!

To say this is program is full featured is an understatement (take a look at the page on our site). Naturally, it can do all the basics - create CDs (or DVDs if your drive supports it), make copies of CDs, do backups, etc. One of the really great features is the way it allows you to use a CD-RW like a floppy drive. Just drag a file to it and it will write it to CD! Incredibly easy!

It also includes a utility to edit wav files, a fantastic media player, an MPEG video encoder, test utilities, video menu creators, and more! It even lets you drag and drop JPEGs and create a slide show on video CD! Just pop it into a DVD player and you can show friends and family your trip to the bahamas! Is that cool or what??

I could go on and on, but once you get to the page below, you'll see how powerful this software really is!

The PrintShop CD Label Creator:

The second part of this deal is The PrintShop CD Label Creator. This fantastic program makes creating professional looking CD tables a snap. With 100,000 online images, 10,000 images on the CD, plus over 1000 different layouts, creating that perfect CD label is easy! Oh, and yes - you can use your own photos - it even lets you edit them from within the program!

It uses a handy little Wizard interface, so it's a very fast, step my step procedure. Of course, you can edit whatever the wizard creates or just create a new label from scratch. It even includes tutorials to help answer any questions you may have. Finally, since it's from the makers of The PrintShop, you know it's a quality piece of software.

I wish I could go on, but I don't want to write a book on these two programs! They are both incredibly good, and the bundle price is fantastic. Just think, for $19.97, you can have the ultimate burning kit! Oh, if you only want one of the programs described above, you can buy them individually. Click the link below now!

http://www.worldstart.com/store/nero-printshop.htm

PS - Don't miss out! This is an incredible deal and we may not see this good of a price again! Remember, if you don't think it's as good as I say it is, just return in within 30 days for a refund! Nothing to lose - unless you wait and miss out!

Computers 101

Q:
What are Interrupts?

A:
Interrupts are what your 4 year old generates every time you try to have any kind of conversation with someone (just couldn't resist).

It's also a computer term (surprise). Normally called Interrupt Requests (IRQ), they are basically calls made from a hardware device to get the "attention" of the CPU (similar to the way a 4 year old gets an adult's attention, just not as annoying).

For example, if a disk drive needs to get the attention of the CPU to perform a task, it sends an "interrupt" that allows it to have access to the system.

The average computer has 16 interrupts, most of which get sucked up right away. This causes problems when you want to try to install a new piece of hardware that requires an interrupt that is already being used.

Some interrupts can be "shared", but the best solution is probably to use USB devices whenever possible. Your USB port allows you to use tons of hardware devices with no concern about running out of interrupts. All the devices on a USB port share the port's Interrupt Request number (see, your kindergarten teacher was right about sharing).

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Tip of the Day

Dump Your Deleted Email

If you're using Outlook or Outlook Express and want to empty your "Deleted Items" folder it's pretty easy. Just right-click the Deleted Items bin, click Empty Deleted Items Folder. That'll do it. Most e-mail clients work in a very similar fashion—if they use a recycle bin type folder like Outlook Express does.

However—if your e-mail program doesn't have that handy little right-click-and-empty feature there may still be hope. Go into the Deleted Items folder (or the equivalent for your software) and hit CTRL-A. That should select everything in that folder. From there, just hit Delete.

What if you want to keep your deleted stuff that's less than, say, one week old? Well, you can do that too. Click the oldest message and scroll down to the last one you want to remove. Next, hold your Shift key and click the message. Everything between the first e-mail you clicked and the last should be highlighted. A quick little tap of the Delete button and it's all over.

Finally, if you haven't emptied that deleted item folder for awhile, remember that it can get HUGE and take up a ton of hard drive space. So, empty regularly—and be careful not to delete important stuff (like this newsletter :-)

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http://www.worldstart.com/writers-guidelines/index.htm

Amanda's Cool Site of the Day

Internet Archive

How long have you been on the internet? Probably not as long as Yahoo or even Microsoft has been. If you’d like to take a step back into the past, visit today’s cool site so you can see what a certain website looked like.. Say.. 5 years back. Just go to the "Wayback Machine" at the Internet Archive.

For example, take a look at Microsoft.com back in 1996 compared to what it is today. It’s amazing how websites transform from something simple to complex sites.

Even better, pull up a search for worldstart.com and see what we looked like back in 1998. Neato.

If you can’t find a certain website, then you can always add it to their database for future comparison.

http://www.archive.org

Do you have a cool, non-commercial site that you want to share?
Send it to Amanda at amanda@worldstart.com