Digital Cameras In The Dark
Capturing adequately lit and detailed photos after sunset is always a
challenge.
But a few tricks can help you achieve better-looking night
scenes.
If your camera offers it, choose the Night Mode setting.
If your model does not have that setting but does have some basic manual
features,
navigate the camera's menu and change the ISO to highest
possible setting-for
example, to 400 or 800.
VIRUSES TARGET IM
To prevent infection, keep your IM client updated and follow these tips:
Be wary of files sent via IM, especially those with .exe and .scr
extentions, or ones
purporting to be games.
For best protection, verify
with senders before opening.
Never click an unsolicated link fed via IM, or one lurking in another
member's
profile or away message.
Check your antivirus company's home page or a general virus site, such
as
About.com for news of current threats.
CPU NAMES TO CHANGE AS CLOCK SPEEDS LOOSE THEIR RELEVANCE
Chips will be classed in a series based on key features that affect performance, including clock speed.
Desktop Celeron chips will carry the 300 series name, Pentium 4s will make up the 500 series, and P4 Extreme Editions will be the 700 series. CPU debuting midyear (2004) will carry the new names.
Within each series, Intel will assign a specific number based on features such as architecture, cache size, front-side bus speed,and gigahertz, as well as relevant new technologies.
THE 100% ACCURATE SPAM FILTER
It has been several years since you could look for a specific word in e-mail to get rid of spam.Besides, to sneak pass filters, spammers used different methods that change almost from hour to hour.
The most effective spam filters are permission-based tools which block messages sent by anyone who isn't on your whitelist. That's great if your only wanted e-mail comes from friends and family menbers.
But if you occasionally receive unexpected e-mail that you want to get, blocking every unknown sender won't work. That's where Challenge/Response, or CR filtering apps come in. The term means that the filter will block e-mail from an unknown source unless the sender of the e-mail replies to a special message correctly.
Here's how it typically works: Right after your Uncle Vick sends you an e-mail, your CR tool sends him a message directing him to perform some action, such as clicking a link. If he responds correctly to the challenge, he get added to the whitelist, and his messages get through from then on.
The challenge defeats spammers because virtually all junk mailers use bogus return addresses, and therefore can never correctly respond.