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Upgradin' Like Crazy!

We sold a ton of the "How to upgrade your PC" programs yesterday! Thanks to all who ordered.

Again, this 2 CD ROM set covers everything (in detail) you need to know in order to upgrade (or repair) your PC. It uses both text and video to demonstrate exactly how any given procedure is done. It's one thing to read about how to replace a motherboard, but actually watching a video of someone doing it is the BEST!

It covers upgrading everything- processors, memory, motherboards, sounds cards, hard drives, CD/DVD/RW drives, video cards, modems, network cards, adding a second hard drive, and more. It even includes a parts guide that tells you what type of parts to get (plus what to avoid) and why!

Let's face it - it's not a matter of "if" you'll need to upgrade, it's a matter of when. After all, why spend thousands on a new system when you may be able to upgrade your existing computer for a fraction of that cost?

The price on this? That's the best part - it's only $14.97 (retail $29.95) with FREE US shipping! Plus, you have our satisfaction guarantee - if you don't like it return within 30 days for a refund! Nothing to lose! Check it out:

http://www.worldstart.com/store/how-to-upgrade-your-pc.htm

PS - Grab these while you can! "Popular" is an understatement when describing this one!

Computers 101

Q:
I see CD-ROM drives speeds listed at 24x, 32x, etc. What does that mean?

A:
It means that the CD-ROM drive is that many times faster than the original Proto-CD-ROM drive from caveman times. Just how fast was that? Well, the original CD drive transferred data at a rate of 153,600 bits per second (bps). If you have a CD-ROM drive that has a read speed of 32x, then data transfers at 4,915,200 bps!

The same goes for the write/re-write speed on your CD-R or CD-RW drive. If it is 8x, then it writes data at 1,228,800 bps.

We've come a long way in a short time!

~ David

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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 :-)

~ Steve

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Amanda's Cool Site of the Day

Radio Lovers

At Radio Lovers you can get free old time radio shows, including Abbott and Costello, Amos and Andy, A Date with Judy, Avengers, Batman, Authors Playhouse, and many more. I love their intro so I'm going to share it with you here in my corner.

"We offer hundreds of vintage radio shows for you to listen to online in mp3 format, all for free. Before the days of video games, shopping malls, MTV, and the Internet, families used to sit in their living room each night to listen to radio shows such as Abbott and Costello, Superman, Groucho Marx, The Avenger, Gunsmoke, Sherlock Homes, and many others. When TV became popular in the 1950s, most of these shows went off the air, but they now live on at websites such as this one and on weekly nostalgia radio broadcasts worldwide."

You can browse by category, or you can simply click a link and see all they have to offer, either way I don't think you'll be disappointed. This site is an archival treasure. So check it out.

http://www.radiolovers.com/

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Send it to Amanda at amanda@worldstart.com