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USB Speeds If you've gotten a new computer in the last few years, it more than likely came with USB ports. If you're not sure, USB ports are the little slots on either the front or back of your computer that you can use to plug in certain devices, such as a flash drive or digital camera. USB ports come in two different speeds: 2.0 and 1.0, with 2.0 being faster. Most newer PCs have the 2.0 speed, but if you purchased yours quite awhile ago, you may have the 1.0 speed. So, if you've ever wondered which speed you have, keep reading to learn how you can find out! To get to your computer's USB area, you need to right click on the My Computer icon on your desktop and choose Properties. Next, click on the Hardware tab and then hit the Device Manager button. When the new window opens, scroll down to the very bottom where it says Universal Serial Bus controllers. Click on the plus sign (+) next to that and all of your USB information will come up. You may have quite a few listings or you may only have a few. It just depends on how many ports came with your computer and if you've added any yourself. If you see one that says something like "USB Enhanced Host Controller," that means you have the 2.0 speed. The "Enhanced" part is what sets the 2.0 apart from the slower speed. On my computer, that entry was the very last one, so make sure you look through your whole list before you make any assumptions. Also, just for your information, if one of your USB ports is 2.0, it's likely that all of your ports will be the same. That goes for the 1.0 speed as well. Most computers don't come with two different port speeds. So, tell me, how does it feel to know what kind of USB speed your PC is running? Pretty darn good, huh? Check yours out today! ~ Erin June Wallpaper! Here's this month's wallpaper! As always, it's 100% free, so head on over and grab one! Special Note - We've updated our system, and while the three shots below are our featured images, you can now add this month's calendar to ANY image in our gallery! If you haven't been by for awhile, make sure you check it out!
All can be found here: http://www.worldstart.com/wallpaper/index.php Enjoy! You can't stop now! There's so much more to read about. Keep going to learn all about adding priority settings to your e-mails, find out how you can multiply many cells at once in MS Excel and learn all about what encryption is and why you should be using it. Also, be sure to check out this week's awesome download thanks to Gary and as always, don't miss out on Amanda's Cool Site of the Day!
Attention!!! Awesome SD Card Reader With An Extra Awesome Price!!! Card Readers are Super Cool and Super Easy to use! And NOW is the Perfect time to get one! This Little Handy USB Device lets you easily read and write to SD/MMC digital memory cards! But, this little Card Reader also works as a mini flashdrive! How Sweet is that? And I can't believe how easy it is to work these things! All you have to do is pop in your camera's memory card and a folder will open showing you all your camera's folders and pictures! Then simply drag and drop your selected pictures into files on your computer. This is so much easier than dealing with a tangled mess of USB cords, trying to find the right cord to plug your camera in, getting software to recognize your camera, and fighting with your computer to get your pictures where YOU want them! Yup, I just love my card reader!! Plus- it works as a storage device too! Just by dragging and dropping the files from your computer into the card, this device allows you to carry everything at once! Just leave a memory card in and you're good to go! Cool huh? Oh! And don't worry about it not being compatible with your memory card!!! This tiny device is works with just about everything! Of course, it works great with every type of the the ever popular SD cards, and it also works with MS, MMC, and more - See the site for a list! They are faster than you can imagine too!!! Mine works twice as fast as when I use to plug my camera into my computer using a USB cord. I don't know what I would do without my Card Reader! I just love it! And I know you will love yours too!!! Want one? Your cost is just $8.97 and US Shipping is Free!! And let me tell you, it is worth every penny! http://store.worldstart.com/product.php?productid=4374 P.S. Honestly, save yourself the time and the hassle of dealing with cords! Use this Card Reader! They are just too cool to pass up! Control Your Electronics Up To 100 Feet Away!!! The Perfect Way To Cut Costs!! Amazing Sockets Make ANYTHING Remote Controlled!!! On Sale Today!!! (06-05-2008) We all use our TV remotes! Probably more than once a day! Wouldn't it be great to use a remote for more than just your TV? Well, with this- you CAN!!! If you are like me, you hate turning off the lights at night, just to have to find your way through a dark room, scared you might step on something. Even more, you hate to pay a higher electric bill because you left those lights on all night! Well, wait until you get your hands on a Remote Control PlugIN Socket! These things are just too cool to pass up! With just a press of a button, you can turn on / off your lights, appliances, electronics - anything that plugs into a wall - from another room (up to 100 feet away!) It's great! Never have to worry about walking through a dark room again! I got a set, and I use them with everything electronic (well, minus my fridge!). Every night, I just click the remote before I go to bed! It is easier than turning off a surge protector. And, better yet... since I don't forget to shut things off at night, I have really cut the cost of my electric bill! It is so NICE, especially in those summer months when the electric bill tends to rise because of the air conditioning! This really helps keep it in check! You Cost? For just $26.97 and US Shipping is FREE, pick up these Remote Control Sockets! http://store.worldstart.com/product.php?productid=2375 PS: These things are really great! And with the money I saved in electricity, they paid for themselves in a matter of weeks! Warning - This amazing price is only guaranteed today! It WILL go up to $32.97 soon!! Listen To Your iPod or MP3 Player In Your Car! Awesome Deal On Wireless FM Transmitter!! No Wiring - No Hassles! Amazing Price Too! WOW!! Whew! I guess everyone is gearing up for summer travel! We sold hundreds and hundreds of these yesterday! You know a great deal when you see it, that's for sure! If you missed out, you've gotta grab this today - it's SOOOOO much less expensive than you'll pay in the stores! (Horror) Story Time! Last Christmas Santa brought me an uber-cool iPod. I was so excited! I thought that this would be the best thing to take on long car rides! One problem, my car doesn't have an AUX drive to plug my iPod or Mp3 player into. So, to solve this problem, I went out to a local retail store and saw countless other people, just like me, in the aisle desperately searching for a way to play MP3's & iPods through a car radio. But this isn't all people were buying. Many customers were also buying brand new stereo systems that hooked up to an MP3 player or iPod. After all, who really wants to burn a CD anymore? So that day, I walked out of the retail store with a $50.00, bulky plastic thing that plugged into my Car Cigarette Lighter and an iHome, which is a MP3 Stereo compatible only with iPods! The "extra" equipment just to play my MP3's ended up costing me a small fortune! And let me tell you, worrying about all the messy cords frustrates me. I am replacing both of these with the GXP Wireless FM Transmitter. This Wireless FM Transmitter is Amazing! This little guy is super-affordable and incredibly easy to use! Just plug it into ANY iPod or MP3 player! The signal picks up great in my car, and my antenna is in the back! I was amazed with how clear it sounded. It actually sounded 100X better than the one that cost me $50.00!!! No longer will you be limited to just the earphones, a car adapter, or an expensive MP3 stereo! With the FM Transmitter, you can take it anywhere. It works with any FM Radio! There are even 12 different frequency selections to choose from, so the music will never cut out! And, there are suction cups to mount the transmitter, making it totally hands free- perfect for driving! Your Cost? This awesome transmitter is just $14.97 and US Shipping is FREE! Be smarter than I was, and save yourself a whole lot of time and money! http://store.worldstart.com/product.php?productid=4370 PS: YAY for the Summer. This is a great, simple way to bring music to enjoy at the beach, a park, or a picnic!
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Q: A: Setting your e-mails as high priority, or even low priority, will help your receivers understand if the e-mail needs to be read as soon as they get it or if they can let it go for a couple hours. I'm not saying you should mark every e-mail you send as high or low priority, but it's nice to let your readers know what's going on. High priority is much more common than low priority, because it just lets everyone know how important the e-mail is. Setting your e-mail priority is very simple to do, so let's get started! In Outlook Express, create a new message just like you would for any other e-mail. Along the toolbar buttons at the top, look for the button that says Priority. Click on it once to get High Priority, click on it twice to get Low Priority or click three times to have no priority at all. There's also a down arrow on the button, so you can click on that to choose either high, low or normal (none) priority as well.
A red exclamation point is used for high priority and a blue down arrow is used for low priority. Once you choose your priority, a message will appear at the top of the e-mail saying which status the e-mail is set to. Next, you can compose the e-mail like you normally would and send it off. When your receiver gets the e-mail, they will see either the exclamation point or the arrow beside their message. That way, they will know instantly if they need to read the e-mail right away or not. If you use Netscape mail, click on the New Message button and look for the pull down menu that says Priority. When you click on the menu, a list of priority settings ranging from lowest to highest will come up and you can select which one you want. Then just compose the e-mail like you always do and send it off. For Hotmail, click on New and look for the drop down menu at the top of the page that says "Set priority to." You can then choose between High importance and Low importance. Once you've made your selection, just type out the e-mail and send it off. That's it. I hope this tip has helped some of you out! ~ Erin Have a question for the newsletter? Submit it at the link below:
Multiply Many At Once When you're working in MS Excel, do you ever have the need to multiply, add, subtract or divide several cells by the same value? If so, please tell me you didn't go through and make all of those changes individually! Well, I hope not, because that can be very time consuming and Excel offers a much more efficient method that is available right within the Paste Special function.
Voila. Everything is altered all at once with just a few clicks! ~ April
Hotel Rooms Can Kill Your Computer! Protect Your Laptop While Traveling! Amazing Surge Protector Makes It Simple! Keep Your Computer From Fryin'!!!! WOW! - These are still just CRANKIN'!!! Hurry, get yours today!! It is such a great price! Don't let this offer pass you by!!! I don't know about you, but hotel outlets scare me. I always wonder about the wiring in those places each and every time I plug my laptop in, ya know? You just don't know if the guy next door is going to fry your computer when his hair dryer shorts out! Everyone uses a surge protector at home, but hotels are even more dangerous - and no one seems to pack one! That's nuts! Well, we have the prefect solution! It's the Kensington SmartSockets Portable Surge Protector, and you'll have full-function surge defense in a travel size package! This surge protector is unbelievable and super reliable. Not only do I highly (really, really highly) recommend it, but Kensington SmartSockets Portable Surge Protector guarantees itself. So much so, that there is a full LIFETIME PRODUCT WARRANTY AND a whoppin' $10,000 in connected equipment protection! So if this thing fails and your equipment connected to the surge protector is ruined, not only will you get a new SmartSocket but Kensington will replace up to $10,000 in connected equipment!!! WoW!!! What an amazing deal! But, this thing gets even better! The Smartsocket Surge Protector has a built in phone line spliter that turns one phone outlet into two! And this completely surge-protects your phone line in the process! Phone line surges are the most common way to mess up your computer - and I'm confident that your chances of frying your computer via phone line jumps waaaayyyyy up in a hotel! Your cost? We're talking just $10.97 and FREE US shipping, the Smartsockets Portable Surge Protector, will defend your electronic equipment. Take back your control while traveling, get the Smartsocket Portable Surge Protector today! http://store.worldstart.com/product.php?productid=4369 PS: It is the summer and travel season, so I am sure this item will go quickly. Order yours today, before the vacation rush! For this kind of money, why even take a chance? Grab one today! YIKES!!! $50-$70 For A 2 GIG SD Card? Not For You!! Best SD Card Deal You'll Ever See! HUGE 2 Gig SD Card - $15.97!!!! Price Guaranteed Today ONLY!! WOW - These just keep on flying out the door, so we're going to keep them at this price another day or two! WOW - Thank You to the hundreds and hundreds who ordered! Everyone was excited about his one, especially the people who were looking at retail stores for SD cards and seeing $50+!! (YIKES!!) This is the best deal we've ever had on SD cards! If your camera or MP3 player uses SD (and most do), then you've gotta get in on this one! WOW! I've seen these in stores for $70+!! For $15.97 you should buy some for yourself and your friends! PLUS - these aren't just your run-of-the-mill cards! Get this - these are high-speed 80X cards! That means that most cameras (say, less than two or three years old) will enjoy getting the photos to the card MUCH faster! A lot less time wasted trying to take a photo while the camera is "busy" writing! Cool huh? Here's the deal: We're talking a 2 GB SD Card - $15.97 and US shipping is FREE (Today only)! Go ahead, look at your local store for 80X 2 Gig SD cards - they can go for as much as $70! It's crazy not to grab this one! Get 'em while you can - I'm not sure how long we'll be able to get this price! 2 GIG Card ($15.97, best deal): http://store.worldstart.com/product.php?productid=3649 This price will increase to $24.97 soon (and heck, that's still a great deal)! WOW!! 8 Gig Micro Hard Drive! Just $29.97!!! You Gotta Try This!! Best Price EVER For 8 Gigs Of Storage! Oh, did we get a deal for you with this one! It's an 8 Gig Mini Hard Drive and you're really gonna love it! This works just like a flash drive - only it doesn't set you back as much money! Just plug it into your computer and it will show up as an external drive under My Computer. From there, simply drag and drop your files! Works on any XP or Vista computer - no drivers required! WOW! These are fantastic for any kind of files! Office documents, spreadsheets, music, photos, backup - whatever! Just pop it into your computer and drag and drop! You can even install programs on it if you like! The really fantastic thing about these is that you're getting a TON of storage space for a LOT less than the price of a comparable flash drive! You can spend $75 or more for an 8 Gig flash drive - this gives you the same storage for just $29.97! WOW! PLUS these are super-fast USB 2.0 drives! You'll be amazed at the file transfer speed! Wait till you try it! Want one too? I don't blame ya! Head to the link below and get in on this deal before they're gone! For just $29.97 (free US shipping), you can't go wrong! Only a limited number available! http://store.worldstart.com/product.php?productid=4328 PS - Don't miss out! These are just GREAT! Built to last, quick, and extremely portable! Not really much bigger than a flash drive, but not nearly as expensive! Get 'em before they're sold out!
What's a Wizard? You've heard of a computer wizard before, right? I'm guessing most of you have even used one before to set something up on your computer. And if you haven't, you really should give it a try sometime. They're very helpful and they make everything so much easier. Either way, if you have no clue what I'm talking about or if you'd like to learn more about computer wizards, you should check out the tip on our homepage today. It comes complete with everything you could ever possibly need to know about wizards! The Bubblesphere Now, if that title doesn't make you smile, I don't know what will! The cool site we have featured on our homepage today is actually a Web site devoted to bubbles. How cool is that?! It's called The Bubblesphere and it has more information about bubbles than you probably ever thought possible. It's one of the coolest sites I've ever seen! If you're at least intrigued, I urge you to visit our homepage ASAP. You don't want to miss this one! Here's the link you need: http://www.worldstart.com/ Enjoy!
Wireless Encryption Another reader asked: Can you please tell me a little more about encryption in regards to wireless Internet? Of course I can! We have mentioned encryption in some of our other articles before, but we've never really explained it very well, so thank you for asking this question. Before we get started, I need you to instill something into your mind. Just take note that when it comes to your wireless network, make sure you know you will always need encryption. There are no and, ifs or buts about it. You need it! Okay, so, first of all, what is encryption? Well, it is the process of coding or scrambling information so that it can only be read by someone who knows the correct decoding key. Encryption is used a lot on secure Web sites and other data transfer programs. In other words, encryption stops anyone who is not supposed to read certain information from actually having access to it. For example, if you were to enter an unsecure site and a third party saw some of your information, they would be able to read it if you didn't have your encryption enabled. Otherwise, they would be able to see everything. It's always safer to do things over an encrypted line. So, in regards to using a WiFi router, it's best to have your line encrypted. WiFi signals are basically radio waves and they can be picked up by any receiver without you ever knowing it. The receiver doesn't have to be connected to your router in order to gain access to your system. If you don't use encryption, all of the data you transfer over your computer is sent in a plain text format and it can and probably will be read by anyone who is interested. When it comes to your wireless connection, it's just simply best to use every form of protection you can get. Along with having a personal firewall and an antivirus program on your computer, it's smart to use closed networks, address limitations and of course, encryption. There are a couple types of encryption, including WPA and WPA2 (WiFi Protected Access). There's also WEP, but WPA is much stronger and it's newer. With WPA, your encryption key changes with every session, so it keeps your system much safer. To learn more about the different types of encryption and how to set them up for your system, you can read this tip. Let's raise a toast to your wireless safety! ~ Erin If you enjoy our tips, tell your friends. That's what keeps this newsletter growing.
IE 7 Pro I have an awesome program for you today! It's called IE 7 Pro and its main purpose is to help you add new features right to your Internet Explorer 7 Web browser. It's simply amazing, so let's check it out! This program allows you to add such features as saving forms, download management, control of the browser with mouse movements, spell checker, advanced tab control and many, many more. IE 7 Pro is a free download and it has so many features, I would never be able to cover them all. Truly, after downloading IE 7 Pro, I don't know how I could ever go back to using IE 7 without it! For more information about IE 7 Pro, its features and to download it, just visit this Web site. You will also find a video there that shows off some of the features, as well as, a great review by some of the Download.com staff writers. I hope you enjoy this one! ~ Gary For stories, jokes, quotes and cartoons every day, sign up for our Just for Grins newsletter.
This Web site is all about doing things with text! It's divided into two sections: the menu and the text. To get started, simply type some text into the text box. For example: My puppy is driving me crazy today! Now, on the menu, you can choose from all sorts of settings to change the text around so that it suits your needs. Your choices are: Settings (default), Sorting/Alphabetizing, Formatting, Labeling, Case/Capitalization, For Coders and Miscellaneous. My favorite feature has to be the Sorting/Alphabetizing! You can type in a random list of words and alphabetize it with just one click. That means if you have a list of names, you can type it in as is and sort it easily. I tend to alphabetize everything, so this option is quite handy. You can even attempt to sort by last names, which is great for rosters or invitations! Here's an example: Hello! Hello! Sorted: A pickle would be tasty with my hamburger. Another favorite of mine is the Labeling option. With it, you can add numbers, letters or even Roman numerals to your sorted lists. Cool, huh?! For example: 1. A pickle would be tasty with my hamburger. For Coders is another great section. Here you can remove HTML coding from text, convert text and add select options with just one click. I love it! There are probably many more uses for this site than what I have discovered so far and I can’t wait to keep exploring. I hope you do the same. Enjoy! ~ Amanda Do you have a cool, non-commercial site that you want to share?
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June Wallpaper Here's June's wallpaper. It's all free, so enjoy!
All can be found here: http://www.worldstart.com/wallpaper/index.php Enjoy!
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Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Computer Tips [ High Priority - Read Now! + Must-Have Wireless Protection + Awesome IE Pro Features ] 06/05/08
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