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Subject: Restart Windows Without Rebooting/Quiet Your PC
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Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2000 20:20:04 MDT

TECHTV WEEK
October 23, 2000

_____________First Things First_________________
RESTART WINDOWS WITHOUT REBOOTING

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Need to restart Windows, but want to avoid the hassle of fully
rebooting your computer? Use this time-saving tip to give your
operating system a fresh start quickly.

Lewis Wallace
Editor, TechTV Week
Lewis_Wallace@techtvcorp.com

_____________Table of Contents__________________
 
 1. Quiet your noisy PC
 2. Coolest TV commercials ever
 3. Purge your bloated hard drive 
 4. Best low-cost laptops
 5. Convert LPs and tapes into MP3s
 6. Avoid Priceline.com nightmare
 7. Who benefits from online booze ban?
 8. Why million-dollar sites bomb
 9. 3Com introduces Audrey
10. SDMI full of holes?
11. Behind the scenes with 'Diablo II' creator
12. Meet TechTV personalities
13. What comes after the cell phone?
14. Get TechTV on your television
15. Complete television show schedule 
16. How to subscribe and unsubscribe

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_____________The Screen Savers___________________
1. QUIET YOUR NOISY PC

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Want to throw away your computer's annoyingly loud fan? Learn how
to make your PC as quiet as a Mac.


_____________Internet Tonight____________________
2. COOLEST TV COMMERCIALS EVER

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From early classics to disturbing segments shelved due to the
triumph of good taste over excess, AdCritic.com archives the
coolest television commercials ever made.


_____________Call for Help_______________________
3. PURGE YOUR BLOATED HARD DRIVE

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Is your hard drive crammed to overflowing? Follow these simple
steps to safely eliminate unnecessary files and free up space on
your PC.


_____________Fresh Gear__________________________
4. BEST LOW-COST LAPTOPS

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"Fresh Gear" rates three top notebooks on screen size, battery
life, ease of use, weight, performance, and overall design. If
you're shopping for the ultimate sub-$1,500 laptop, our low-cost
notebook roundup is a valuable guide.


_____________AudioFile____________________________
5. CONVERT LPS AND TAPES INTO MP3S

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Don't ditch your beloved vinyl and cassettes. Digitize your entire
analog music collection.


_____________The Money Machine___________________
6. AVOID PRICELINE.COM NIGHTMARE

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The name-your-own-price website is ticking off customers and the
BBB. Don't be next. 


_____________Silicon Spin_________________________
7. WHO BENEFITS FROM ONLINE BOOZE BAN?

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Congress is passing a law making it illegal to sell alcohol online,
supposedly to keep kids from buying booze. But is the law intended
to protect kids or help liquor distributors?


_____________Working the Web____________________
8. WHY MILLION-DOLLAR SITES BOMB

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Get an inside look at how incompetency and hubris can kill a good
idea for a website.


_____________TechTV News________________________
9. 3COM INTRODUCES AUDREY

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3Com hopes its new Internet appliance called Audrey -- which
features email and Web access, PDA synchronization capability, and
more -- can duplicate the Palm's success. 


_____________CyberCrime__________________________
10. SDMI FULL OF HOLES?

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The Secure Digital Music Initiative's much-touted system for
protecting digital music from piracy turns out to be full of holes,
according to a report.


_____________GameSpot TV________________________
11. BEHIND THE SCENES WITH 'DIABLO II' CREATOR

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"GameSpot TV" gets down and dirty with David Brevik, the creator of
"Diablo II." He tells us what it's like to be president of Blizzard
North and responsible for one of the most successful games on the
PC.


_____________TechTV Chat_________________________
12. MEET TECHTV PERSONALITIES

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Can't get enough of your favorite TechTV talent? See our full chat
schedule for dates and times these celebrities will be chatting up.


_____________Big Thinkers________________________
13. WHAT COMES AFTER THE CELL PHONE?

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In 1973, Martin Cooper won the race to build the first portable
phone, forever changing the way people communicate. Now he hopes to
change the way bandwidth is used.

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_____________TechTV Me___________________________
14. GET TECHTV ON YOUR TELEVISION

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Can't find TechTV on your television? We want to fix that. Click on
the URL above and sign our online petition. We'll take care of the
rest.


_____________TV Schedule_________________________
15. COMPLETE TELEVISION SHOW SCHEDULE

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TechTV offers 24 hours of television shows every day. Check our
complete television schedule for show times.


_____________Newsletter_________________________
16. SUBSCRIBE AND UNSUBSCRIBE INSTRUCTIONS

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