Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 23:05:51 -0400
To: raleman@PLDI.NET
From: "techtv Week" <zdtvweek@zdemail.zdtv.com>
Errors-To: bounce-zdtvweek-8430877@zdemail.zdtv.com
Subject: Netcam U/Windows Me Tips
Reply-To: zdtvweek@zdemail.zdtv.com

TECHTV WEEK
September 25, 2000

_____________First Things First____________________
NETCAM U IS IN SESSION!

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Editor, techtv Week
Lewis_Wallace@techtvcorp.com

_____________Table of Contents_____________________

 1. Get Windows Me installation insights
 2. Be a speedy supergeek
 3. Catch uncensored Surf Guru action
 4. Speed up your Windows startup
 5. ATI's All-in-Wonder Radeon performs
 6. Get looped with 'Acid DJ 2.0'
 7. New software thwarts email spies
 8. Adoption scams wrack would-be parents
 9. Developing a sensitive robot
10. Outwit auction snipers
11. The gig is up
12. 'Munch's Oddysee:' strange and sublime
13. Get techtv on your television
14. Complete television show schedule
15. How to subscribe and unsubscribe

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_____________Interact_____________________________
1. GET WINDOWS ME INSTALLATION INSIGHTS

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Should you upgrade to Win Me or do a clean install? Inquiring
minds want to know! Get tips from others in "The Screen Savers"
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_____________The Screen Savers___________________
2. BE A SPEEDY SUPERGEEK

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_____________Internet Tonight______________________
3. CATCH UNCENSORED SURF GURU ACTION

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Sure, the "Internet Tonight" security guard and self-styled Web
expert is plenty weird. But wait until you see the Surf Guru
segments that didn't make the cut. Catch the raw, unexpurgated
video and read some very, very disturbing tales by cohosts Scott
Herriott and Michaela Pereira. Hint: The stories concern toupees
and an alleged love affair.


_____________Call for Help_________________________
4. SPEED UP YOUR WINDOWS STARTUP

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This simple tip explains how to use MSCONFIG to make your Windows
machine boot up faster.


_____________Fresh Gear__________________________
5. ATI'S ALL-IN-WONDER RADEON PERFORMS

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The new Radeon features a TV tuner, media player, and a PC first:
a digital VCR. Not only does this video card perform TiVo and
Replay-like functions such as pausing live TV, it conceals
stunning 2D and 3D power sure to keep gamers smiling. Plus, it
packs the best DVD playback ever seen from any video card.


_____________AudioFile____________________________
6. GET LOOPED WITH 'ACID DJ 2.0'

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Check out our review of Sonic Foundry's loop-sequencing software.
It's cheap, fast, and out of control.


_____________techtv News__________________________
7. NEW SOFTWARE THWARTS EMAIL SPIES

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SafeMessage lets users create emails that self-destruct once read.
Could it render the FBI's Carnivore toothless?


_____________CyberCrime_________________________
8. ADOPTION SCAMS WRACK WOULD-BE PARENTS

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Hopeful adoptive parents can find themselves conned on the
Internet if they don't watch their steps.


_____________Big Thinkers_________________________
9. DEVELOPING A SENSITIVE ROBOT

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When Federico Faggin helped develop the first microprocessor for
Intel, he guaranteed his spot in the tech history books. Now he's
trying to make history again with the invention of neural
computers. The computers of the future might be robots that can
see, hear, and feel.


_____________The Money Machine__________________
10. OUTWIT AUCTION SNIPERS

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Tired of losing to last-second bidders at online auctions? We'll
teach you how to use software and the Net to win every time.


_____________Silicon Spin__________________________
11. THE GIG IS UP

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The race to the 1-GHz processor is over for both AMD and Intel,
but what was the ultimate cost? Did the chip makers sacrifice
quality in their quest for speed?


_____________GameSpot TV_______________________
12. 'MUNCH'S ODDYSEE': STRANGE AND SUBLIME

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"Munch's Oddysee," the strangest and most sublime videogame ever
to hit our consoles, pits mysticism against consumerism,
industrialism against environmentalism, and burp against fart.
Lorne Lanning, creator of this newest title in the Oddworld
series, maps his goals are for the upcoming marvel.

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