This Weeks Links:
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1. Protect Against E-mail Attacks
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This article gives some good advice on how to protect against malicious e-mail attacks. Since many attacks are propagated via e-mail, it is probably not a bad idea to give this one a click.
http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=191902044&subSection=
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2. What to Do When Windows Gets Really Messed Up
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We've all had a computer take a turn for the worse at some point in the past, perhaps even displaying the dreaded Blue Screen of Death from time to time. If your Windows PC is giving you more errors than results, try this article's suggestions. May lead you out of the woods.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,145266/article.html#
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3. Down for Everyone or Just Me?
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This is a handy site to bookmark for future reference. If you ever run across a site that doesn't come up in your browser, it will let you check whether the site is down (for everyone) or just you. May help point out an ISP or other local issue.
http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/
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4. Babbage's Difference Engine
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Now that's a computer! Wow. The fact that someone engineered something so complex over 100 years ago is pretty impressive. In fact it was so complex that it was not even built until recently. Check out the machine and the history behind it flixxy.com
http://www.flixxy.com/babbage-mechanical-calculator.htm
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5. Data Recovered from Columbia Disaster
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In case you missed this, here's a data recovery story that is off the charts. Improbable as it may sound, experts recovered scientific data from a hard drive severely damaged in the Challenger tragedy.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/05/09/columbia.data.ap/index.html
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