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Attention Digital Photo Fans!

You gotta grab this! (and fast)

How would you like a fantastic deal on the best selling consumer photo editing software on the planet? Well, we've got it - Microsoft Picture It Photo - and at an incredible price. Once you try it, you'll see why it's so popular!

As soon as I launched this program I discovered why people love it so much. This is probably about the easiest to use photo software available (a sentiment echoed by dozens of magazine reviews). It takes the common tasks people use photo editing software for and makes them incredibly simple to accomplish.

With this program, it's really easy to remove red eye, cut people out of one photo and put them in another, crop, adjust contrast, add text, draw shapes, add a border, sharpen, use special effects, enhance the color, remove dust, restore old photos, clone, and more! Most operations are a single step process!

OK, the above would be enough to convince anyone this outstanding program is a must have, but it doesn't stop there! You can create all kinds of print projects with your photos like custom albums, animations, awards, calendars, cards, envelopes, flyers, frames, labels, mats, postcards, stickers, and lots more!

Once you're done with your photo project, you can save it to your hard drive, order prints, or even send it to family and friends via e-mail! This even includes movies to help you with common tasks! Sure, regular help is OK, but watching how something is done? That's the way to go!

OK, those are just the highlights - it can do lots more. How much? Your cost is only $14.97 and US shipping is FREE! Great deal huh? Well it looks even better when you consider this retails for $49.95! If you work with digital photos, this is one deal you don't want to miss!

http://www.worldstart.com/store/picture-it-photo-2002.htm

PS - Please note that this is one of those items we tend to sell out of. So, if you don't want to miss your chance, please get to the site ASAP.

Super Speaker Sale!

Wow, we had hundreds of people decide it was time to ditch their old, tinny sounding computer speakers yesterday! Lots of multiple orders, people sending a set to friends, that sort of thing. Thanks to all who ordered :-)

If you somehow missed out on this incredible deal, be sure to get to the site today - before we sell out!

Again, these high-end speakers are made by Polk Audio and deliver full, rich sound right from your computer's sound card. Not only will they make your CDs and digital music sound great, but even the normal windows sounds are more enjoyable with these attached :-)

Everyone we've shown these to has been very impressed with their sound and wanted a set! They couldn't believe we were only charging $29.97 for 'em. Oh, and yes, this price includes both speakers, not just one (we had some questions yesterday about that).

Your price on these is fantastic - just $29.97, free US shipping. You'd have to pay between $50-$100 to get anything close to this from a retail store.

http://www.worldstart.com/store/polk-audio-speaker.htm

We're running low, so grab yours today!

Computers 101

Q:
Why does my monitor go black after about 15 minutes of not using the computer?  

A:
Windows has a Power Management setting that will shut your monitor off after a specified amount of time. If you don't like when it's shutting the monitor off, you can change it by doing the following:

1. Hit the Start button, Settings, Control Panel (XP users: hit the Start button, Control Panel, then go to Performance and Maintenance link). Then, open the Power Management icon.

2. Look for the "Turn off monitor" drop box. Select the amount of time you want the computer to wait before shutting off the monitor, or tell it not to shut the monitor off at all.

~ Steve

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Tip of the Day

Explorer and Netscape: Synchronize Your Browser Favorites!

Not only can you use this tip to update and share bookmarks/favorites between Internet Explorer and Netscape, you can also use it to export your NS bookmarks to IE and vice-versa. I suppose you could even use it to share them with your other computers or friends. That's right... three tips for the price of one!

To Export Internet Explorer Favorites

Go to the File menu and click Import/Export. The Wizard will help guide you through the process.

Choose "Export Favorites" and click Next.

Choose the folder you want to export, or click the top folder "Favorites" to send them all. Specify the destination for your favorites file. I suggest that you send it to your "My Documents" folder and call it "favorites.htm" to help distinguish it from your Netscape bookmarks file.

To Export Netscape Bookmarks

Open the Bookmarks menu and choose Manage Bookmarks. In your Bookmarks window, open the Tools menu, and choose Export.

In the "Export bookmark file" box, choose a destination folder for your "bookmarks.html" file to go. I suggest putting it in "My Documents". Click Save.

To Import Netscape Bookmarks in Explorer

Go to the File menu and click Import/Export. Choose "Import Favorites". If the Netscape "bookmark.html" file you just created is not in the box, you will need to browse for it (now you know why I told you to put it in "My Documents").

Next, you can choose where you want it to go. You can put it in a folder, or just dump it in Favorites and sort it all out later. Click Finish.

To Import Explorer Favorites in Netscape:

Open the Bookmarks menu and choose Manage Bookmarks. In your Bookmarks window, open the Tools menu and choose Import.

In the "Import bookmark file" box, locate and select the bookmark file you want to import (remember, we named it "favorites" and put it in "My Documents").

Click Open and it saves all the links in your Bookmark file. You can sort them out from there.

Now you have the power to synchronize your favorites and your bookmarks. Since you have a bookmark file created, you can even send it as an email attachment to friends or save it on a disk to install on another computer. Pretty cool huh!

~David

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Amanda's Cool Site of the Day

Legends Online

"A continuing series of interactive galleries highlighting the work of renowned photographers." With a intro slogan like that you probably expect to be kind of bored. So let me spice this up for you: a site that is full of gorgeous photography that is updated frequently!

You can browse by going through their currently featured photographers on the front page or you can click on the gallery button, and browse by photographer. Some famous photographers you’ll find here are: Steve McCurry, Arnold Newman, Rodney Smith and many more.

Browse through the galleries at your leisure, each one is different and has special intrinsic qualities that should be celebrated. Some use different mediums, others just have an eye for quality photography, either way you'll enjoy it.

http://www.pdnonline.com/legends/

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