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Welcome to our August eNewsletter. This month's edition shows you how
to make $250,000, be informed during the hurricane season, quickly find
pizza delivery service while on the road, and attach vCards to your
outgoing e-mail messages. Enjoy the last days of summer!

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Here's what's inside our August 2005 Newsletter:

A. Virus Writers Beware! - Sasser Worm Tipsters To Share $250,000
B. PressEnter News - Payment Options
C. Ask The Help Desk - What Is JPEG?
D. Great Sites To Check Out In August
E. Short Tutorial - Attaching vCards To E-mail Messages

The PressEnter Newsletter Team

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A. Virus Writers Beware! - Sasser Worm Tipsters To Share $250,000

Although he damaged thousands of computers, a German teenager has
wormed his way out of jail. Sven Jaschan, 19, was sentenced last
month for creating and unleashing the Sasser computer worm, a type of
self-replicating virus that crashed computers worldwide within minutes of
being released over the Internet back in February 2004. The worm attacked holes in Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 2000 and Windows XP operating systems.

Jaschan escaped jail time because he was a minor (age 17) when he
committed the crime. He was found guilty on three counts of computer
sabotage and four counts of data manipulation. Jaschan received a
suspended sentence of 21 months and was ordered to perform 30 hours of community service.

Jaschan's loss was two informants' gain, however. In November 2003,
Microsoft put $5 million into its "Antivirus Reward Program" to pay
tipsters for information leading to the arrest and conviction of virus
and worm authors. Now that Jaschan has been convicted, two unidentified
informants will share a $250,000 bounty.

Microsoft is still offering $250,000 each for information that
leads to the conviction of the authors of three notorious viruses:
the Blaster worm (MSBlast.A), the Sobig virus, and the Mydoom.B
worm. So if you have information about the persons who created these
viruses, Microsoft Corp., along with some heavy-hitting government
agencies, would welcome the opportunity to talk to you. You can
learn the procedures for reporting leads at this Microsoft web page:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/antivirus/.

Reminder: Please be sure to install and utilize virus-scanning software,
to update this software on a regular basis, and to scan all incoming
attachments before opening them, even if the attachment shows coming
from a trusted source. The ultimate responsibility of protecting
your computer against worms and viruses lies with you. In addition,
many viruses and worms spread not only via e-mail, but also through
the sharing of files when using floppy disks, zip disks, and networks,
as well as when downloading software. Be sure to scan these files for
infections as well. PressEnter offers F-Secure, an Internet security
suite, which includes an award-winning anti-virus program. For more
information, please contact our office or e-mail sales@pressenter.com.

B. PressEnter News - Payment Options

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C. Ask The Help Desk - What Is JPEG?

Question: I hear people talk about JPEG files. I know they are pictures
but what is JPEG?

Answer: JPEG is named after the committee (the Joint Photographic Experts Group) that created this technology. It's a very commonly used file
format that utilizes compression for saving and viewing images.

Most people who send photos to friends via e-mail attachments first
save the photos as JPEGs so that the recipient can easily open and view
the photos. Many digital cameras save photos directly to JPEG format.

Every commonly used e-mail software program (i.e. Outlook Express,
Outlook, Netscape Messenger, Entourage, Thunderbird, Eudora, etc.) has
the ability to display a JPEG image file. (There's no need to download
the JPEG software separately.) Also, if you save JPEG images from your
e-mail client or Web browser and store them on your hard drive, a simple
double click will open the JPEG image with a viewer application. On a
Macintosh, the viewer app is called "Preview" and on Windows XP it's
called "Windows Picture and Fax Viewer." Both are part of the standard
operating system installation so again there's no need to download any
type of JPEG software.

D. Great Sites To Check Out This Month

Pizza Delivered Fast When On The Road
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http://local.google.com/

Here's a handy tool when you are traveling on the road and have access
to an Internet connection. Let's say you are in your hotel room and would
like to have some pizza delivered. Simply go to this site, type in "pizza
delivery," and enter the town and state in which you are lodging. The
resulting page provides a listing of pizza delivery restaurants along
with phone numbers, addresses, and a map showing the pizza restaurant
locations within the local area. Pretty amazing!

Slurpee Celebrates 40 Years Of Brain Freezes
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http://slurpee.com/

This year marks the 40th anniversary of 7-Eleven's Slurpee drink. Yes,
the king of all brain freeze concoctions was introduced back in 1965 by
the 7-Eleven convenience store chain. Today more than 13 million Slurpee
drinks are consumed each month. Did you know that residents of Manitoba, Canada, consume more Slurpee beverages than any other city on earth? For more mind boggling Slurpee-related trivia and to waste hours upon hours of your life playing the mesmerizing Slurpeedrop Game, head over to this site.

New Animated Disney Film Released This Month
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http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/valiant/

>From the producer of Shrek and Shrek 2 comes the new Disney animated film, Valiant. The movie is loosely based on the true story of carrier pigeons
used by the United Kingdom during World War II to communicate with the
Allied troops and the French Resistance. Valiant, a comically clumsy
pigeon who sneaks his way into the Royal Pigeon Service, is assigned
one of the most important jobs of the war -- carrying essential messages
just prior to the D-Day invasion. See this site for trailer and clips,
photos, games, and downloads.

Hurricane Season Is Back
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http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/index.shtml

Tropical storm season is back once again. The National Hurricane Center's
Tropical Prediction website includes links to the latest satellite
imagery, an archived history of the most destructive hurricanes of
yesteryear, links to your closest National Doppler Radar Site, and the
official list of Worldwide Tropical Cyclone Names. (Some pretty unique
names are found here.) Batten down the hatches!

Livestrong Wristbands Support Cancer Research
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http://nike.com/wearyellow/main.html

Last month Lance Armstrong won a record-breaking seventh Tour de
France. What makes this feat even more amazing is that he did so as a
cancer survivor. Lance's deep resolve has provided inspiration to those
affected by cancer around the world. The Lance Armstrong Foundation's
mission is to inspire and empower people with cancer to live strong. Learn
more about the power of yellow and what you can do to support cancer
research awareness.

E. Short Tutorial - Attaching vCards To E-mail Messages

The use of vCards (short for virtual business cards) is growing in
popularity as a signature-line replacement within e-mail messages,
especially for business e-mail. vCards are essentially digital business
cards that can be attached to your e-mail messages. They usually contain
text-based information such as address, phone and fax numbers, and
website addresses. The cards appear as attachments to e-mail messages
with a .vcf file extension name.

To create your own vCard to attach to outgoing e-mail messages,
you'll first need to add your own information as a new contact in your
address book. This step is very similar with most any e-mail software
program. When using Outlook Express via Windows XP, here's how:

1) Open your address book by clicking on the "Address Book" button on
your Outlook Express button bar.

2) Click on the "New" button and select "New Contact" from the drop-down menu. Fill out the data fields with your contact information. Click "OK" when you're finished.

3) To save a copy of your record as a vCard, select the contact profile
you just created in the address book and then click on the "File"
menu. Select "Export" from the drop-down menu and then "Business Card
(vCard)..." from the submenu.

4) Click the "Save" button to save your vCard to your documents folder
and then close your address book.

The tutorials below show how to then attach your vCard to an outgoing
e-mail message when using a variety of e-mail software programs and
operating systems.

*Attaching a vCard in Outlook Express When Using Windows XP:

1) Click on "Tools" on your Outlook Express menu bar and select "Options"
from the drop-down menu. The Options window will open. Click on the
"Compose" tab.

2) Under the "Business Cards" section, click on the checkbox next to
"Mail." Click on the downward pointing arrow next to the "Mail" field
and select your vCard. If you leave "Mail" checked, your vCard will be
added to each outgoing e-mail. If not, you can select it from the Insert
menu on each of your outgoing e-mail messages before sending them.

3) Compose and send your message.

*Attaching a vCard in Entourage When Using Macintosh OSX:

1) Click on the Address Book icon on your Entourage button bar and click
on the contact card you want to send as a vCard.

2) Click on the Entourage Contact menu and drop down to "Forward as
vCard." A new e-mail message will be created with the vCard information
that you have selected attached to it.

3) Compose and send your message.

*Attaching a vCard in Mail.app When Using Macintosh OSX:

1) Create a new message by clicking on the "New" button on the Mail.app
button bar.

2) Click on the "Address" button on the Mail.app button bar. The
"Addresses" window will appear. Click on the entry's name in the "Name"
column and drag it to the body of the message.

3) Compose and send your message.

*Attaching a vCard in Mozilla's Thunderbird 1.0 Using Windows XP and
Macintosh OS X:

1) Click on the Thunderbird "Tools" menu and drop down to "Account
Settings." The "Account Settings" window will open. Click on your account
name and look for the checkbox next to "Attach my vCard to messages"
and click on it.

2) Click on the "Edit Card..." button. Check your contact information
and click "OK."

3) If you leave the box next to "Attach my vCard to messages" checked,
your vCard will attach to each outgoing e-mail for that account. If you
uncheck it, you can add it manually as needed.

4) Create a new e-mail message by clicking on the "Write" button. If
you left the checkbox unchecked in step #3 above, click on the small
arrow next to the "Attach" button on the message button bar and select
"Personal Card (vCard)" from the drop-down menu.

5) Compose and send your message.

*Attaching a vCard in Netscape 7 When Using Windows XP and Macintosh OS X:

1) Click on the Netscape Messenger "Edit" menu and drop down to "Mail
Newsgroups Account Settings." The "Mail Newsgroups Account Settings"
window will open.

2) Look for the checkbox next to "Attach my vCard to messages" and click
on it. Click on the "Edit Card" button. Check your contact information
and click "OK."

3) If you leave the box next to "Attach my vCard to messages" checked,
your vCard will attach to each outgoing e-mail message for that
account. If you uncheck it, you can add the vCard manually as needed.

4) Create a new e-mail message by clicking on the "Compose" button. If
you left the checkbox in step #3 above unchecked, click on the arrow on
the "Attach" button of the message button bar and select "Personal Card
(vCard)" from the drop-down menu.

5) Compose and send your message.

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PressEnter Newsletter Archives > August, 2005

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> August, 2005