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December 2005

  • Browsing WebRings: Communities of Web Sites
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  • Calendar December 2005
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  • Calendar January 2006
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  • Cool Web Sites
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  • Digital Cameras Blossom as Popularity Increases
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  • Don't get caught by phishing schemes!
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  • From the Dealsguy
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  • HelpingTulsa
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  • Internet Lessons We Have Learned from Hurricane Rita
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  • I’m Not Going to Pay a Lot for Office Software – For Both PC and MAC!
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  • Legal Bytes: What is CALEA and Will It Affect My Life?
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  • Locked Out of Your Computer?
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  • Speedup Your Computer - Clean Your "Startup"
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  • General Meeting
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  • Tech News
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  • Tips for Locating Misplaced Files
  • USB Flash Drives
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  • Use the Net to Help Keep Your Kids Safe
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  • What Comes After You Have Your Pictures in Tip Top Shape?
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  • Windows Recovery or Restore Disks: Problems and Alternatives
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    November 2005


  • Calendar December 2005
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  • Calendar November 2005
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  • Color Management 2005
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  • Congress Declares “National Cyber Security Month”
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  • Cool Web Sites
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  • Expect the Unexpected When Traveling Abroad
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  • From the Dealsguy
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  • General Meeting
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  • HP Announces the Recall of Notebook (Laptop) Computer Batteries
  • HelpingTulsa
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  • How to Transfer Large Files Over the Internet
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  • Indexing the Web: Spiders, Web Crawlers & Bots
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  • Laptop Display Replacement
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  • Legal Bytes: Trolling for Wi-Fi - Is It Legal?
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  • Microsoft is Helping ...
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  • Netiquette Equals Friendly Online Neighborhoods
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  • Network Your Home or Office Internet
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  • October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month
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  • Protecting Our Kids Online
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  • Tech News
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  • The Insiders' Guide to Craigslist
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  • The Mystery of File Extensions Explained
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  • The New, the Best, and the Worst
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    October 2005

  • A $30 Backup Utility for 99 cents? Too Good to Pass Up!
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  • Calendar November 2005
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  • Calendar October 2005
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  • Chasing the Internet
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  • Cool Web Sites
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  • Fantasy Football
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  • From the Dealsguy
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  • General Meeting
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  • HelpingTulsa
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  • How to Transfer Large Files Over the Internet
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  • InterVideo MediaOne – DVD and CD Utilities
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  • Internet Explorer Tips and Tricks
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  • Lessons Learned Too Late - Another Attack of the Killer Worms
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  • Moderating a Question and Answer Session
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  • Open Letter to user group newsletter editors and columnists
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  • Reading Product Manuals Online
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  • Screen Shots
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  • Speedup Your Computer – Clean Your “Startup”
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  • Tech News
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  • Tips for Adding Audio and Video (for Free) to Your User Group Web Site
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    September 2005

  • 29 Useful Bookmarks
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  • Add a New Dimension To Your Browsing
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  • Beware of File Sharing
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  • Calendar October 2005
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  • Calendar September 2005
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  • Complete CD and DVD Burning Utility in One Box
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  • Cool Web Sites
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  • Figuring Out How Spammers Get E-Mail Addresses
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  • Free Homework Help and More from Yahoo!
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  • From the Dealsguy
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  • General Meeting
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  • HelpingTulsa
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  • How to Thank the Leaders of Your Computer User Group
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  • I’m Not Going to Pay a Lot for that Software!
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  • Lessons Learned Too Late – Another Attack of the Killer Worms
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  • Maintaining Your Downloads
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  • Network Your Home or Office Internet
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  • Sharing Your World
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  • Why Can't I Just Copy My Programs to My New Computer?
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  • Wi-Fi Wireless Internet and Network Availability
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  • Wireless Instant Messaging Makes Conversations Portable
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    August 2005

  • BBB Warns of Online Scam Using BBB Name
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  • Beware of File Sharing
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  • Calendar August 2005
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  • Calendar September 2005
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  • Cool Web Sites
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  • Don't Fall for "Human Engineering"
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  • Dual-Core Processors Are Coming!
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  • First Phishing, Now Pharming
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  • From the Dealsguy
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  • General Meeting
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  • Help Secure Your Computer with Better Passwords
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  • HelpingTulsa
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  • Lightscribe Drives and Media
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  • Scrapbooking Hobby/Craft Rescues Baby Boomer Memories
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  • Search Engine Tips and Tricks
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  • Still Another Computer Battery Recall
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  • Tech News
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  • Verify Your Computer Security with a Free Online Scan
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  • Wi-Fi Wireless Internet and Network Availability
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  • Windows: Better Safe (Mode) Than Sorry
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    July 2005

  • Adventures in Linux-land
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  • Another Silent Attack on Our Computers
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  • Calendar August 2005
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  • Calendar July 2005
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  • Computer Hysteria: Crash!
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  • Cool Web Sites
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  • Don’t Fall for “Human Engineering”
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  • Extortion a New Twist for Computer Malware
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  • Freecycle Network Offers Never-Ending Garage Sale (And It's All Free!)
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  • From the Dealsguy
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  • General Meeting
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  • Google – More Than A Simple Search Engine
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  • HandiApped Independence: Part 1
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  • HelpingTulsa
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  • How To Record Your Cassette Music to a CD!
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  • Review of Adobe's Creative Suite 2
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  • Search Engine Tips and Tricks
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  • Simple Password Practices Keep PC and Online Data Secure
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  • Tech News
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  • Weather and Emergency Information on the Net
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    June 2005

  • Another Silent Attack on Our Computers
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  • Apple Recalls PowerBook and iBook Batteries
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  • Attack of the Killer Zombies
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  • Cables: The Missing Part of Upgrades
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  • Calendar July 2005
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  • Calendar June 2005
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  • Cool Web Sites
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  • Current Hoaxes and Urban Legends
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  • Does Microsoft Listen?
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  • Double Threat Online Travel Scam
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  • Everyone's a Publisher, and Blogs are Our Printing Presses
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  • Five More Annoying PC Annoyances
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  • Free Credit Report
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  • From the Dealsguy
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  • General Meeting
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  • HelpingTulsa
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  • Link to digital movies with Movielink
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  • Protecting Your Internet Passwords
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  • So You Got A Virus On Your Computer?
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  • Spam Scams and Another Apple Recall
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  • Spring Into HTML and CSS
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  • Tech News
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  • The Latest on DVDs
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  • The New, the Best, and the Worst
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  • Tulsa's own free Wi-Fi website
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  • Would You Like An Internet Can Opener?
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    May 2005

  • An Examination of Google's Gmail
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  • Blog This
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  • Bringing Home Baby -- Getting Started with a New PC
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  • Browser Doohickeys, Doodads & Gizmos
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  • Calendar June 2005
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  • Calendar May 2005
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  • Check your Cybersecurity with Housecall
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  • Comparison of Blog Services
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  • Cool Web Sites
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  • Digital Camera Scene Modes
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  • Double Threat Online Travel Scam
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  • From the Dealsguy
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  • General Meeting
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  • HelpingTulsa
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  • How to Report Tech Problems to Get Answers
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  • "PHISHING" More Common as it Gets Nastier
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  • RSS Feeds
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  • Selling On eBay
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  • Tech News
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  • The New, the Best, and the Worst
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  • Vector or Raster?
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    April 2005

  • Calendar April 2005
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  • Calendar May 2005
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  • Configuring a Basic User's PC
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  • Cool Web Sites
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  • Cyber Security in 2005?
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  • From the Dealsguy
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  • General Meeting
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  • Hackers are NOT Crackers
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  • HelpingTulsa
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  • How I Made a Movie
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  • If Moving Can't Be Fun, At Least Make It Painless
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  • My Blog
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  • New Microsoft Anti-Spyware is a Winner
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  • Random acts of literacy
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  • Sounding the alarm over spyware threats and antispyware cooperation
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  • Tech News
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  • The New, the Best, and the Worst
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  • VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol)
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    March 2005

  • Ask The Expert - Bluetooth
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  • Better Business Bureau Online
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  • Calendar April 2005
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  • Calendar March 2005
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  • Consumer Electronics Show
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  • Cool Web Sites
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  • DVD and CD Burning Software
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  • FTC Names Its Dirty Dozen: 12 Scams Most Likely to Arrive Via Bulk Email
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  • FTC Reports That 53% Of Fraud is Internet Related
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  • Firefox: A program popularized by open source programmers
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  • Follow-ups and Updates
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  • From the Dealsguy
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  • General Meeting
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  • HelpingTulsa
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  • Identity Theft
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  • In search of "VCR for radio"
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  • Legal Bytes: Cyber Criminals - Who and Why?
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  • Panda Software Launches "Defend Your Child" Campaign
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  • Search the Windows WUGNET Shareware Hall of Fame
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  • Tech News
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  • The Computer Corner
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  • The Wonder of the Current Computer Hardware Transitions
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  • Trend Micro’s Comprehensive PC Security Suite
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  • Tulsa World threatenes local Tulsa Blogger
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  • Wendell S. McKee
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  • Windows Media Player 10
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    February 2005

  • A Better “Office” than “Office”?
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  • Calendar February 2005
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  • Calendar March 2005
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  • Cool Web Sites
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  • Eliyon People Finder
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  • Ergonomics for the elderly
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  • Firefox
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  • From the Dealsguy
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  • General Meeting
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  • Gmail
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  • Hard Drive HouseKeeping Is Vital
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  • HelpingTulsa
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  • IRS and “Free File Alliance” Again Offer FREE Online Tax Preparation and Filing
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  • Necessities for That New Computer
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  • Paint Shop Pro 9 Shines as Digital Camera Prices Plunge
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  • Screen Capture Tools Put Windows Data At Your Beck and Call
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  • Simple But Powerful Tools Find Misplaced PC Files
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  • Skype
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  • TCS Website Wins Website Contest
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  • Tech News
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  • The Digital Home
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    January 2005

  • Beware of SCUMWARE Pretending to be Anti-Spyware
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  • Calendar February 2005
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  • Calendar January 2005
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  • Computer Essentials
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  • Computer Hysteria: Compurescue!
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  • Computers Of The Future
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  • Cool Web Sites
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  • From the Dealsguy
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  • General Meeting
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  • Good Grief! Urban Legends Again Swarming on the Net
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  • Guidelines on Internet Access for Children and Parents
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  • HelpingTulsa
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  • HelpingTulsa Wins Awards
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  • Last Minute Digital Camera Related Gifts
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  • Legal Bytes: It's the Slammer for a Spammer!
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  • Malcolm’s Favourite Tools
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  • More Power to You, By Bill Garfield
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  • Necessities for That New Computer
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  • New Year's Resolutions for Computer Users
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  • Online Auctions Tips and Resources
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  • RSS Feeds in Firefox
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  • Road Warrior
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  • Save Money with Online Coupons
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  • The Computer Corner
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  • The Importance Of X-Height - For the bookshelf
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  • The Internet Gets Local
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  • Traps for Beginners — A Grateful Member Recounts A Lesson
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  • Website Feeds
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  • What's New
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  • Why Can't I Open This File?
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