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The ArisHost Tutorial is now available at the ArisHost homepage. It comes in two choices: an online version with a fast paced flash interface, and a downloadable zip version with full on voice support. The interactive tutorial is a crash course to website management using the ArisHost control panel. It contains a step-by-step guide to the usable features of the control panel, as well as relevant information on the company's benefit packages and contact information.
As an ArisHost officer puts it: "It's all in that new icon on the left panel menu…. Just click on Aristia and you will access a comprehensive and attractive tutorial on the basics of website management, and the ins and outs of the ArisHost system. The ArisHost Tutorial is set to be a one-of-a-kind interactive customer support. It has everything you need to know to get started with ArisHost. It's our way of gearing up for the coming months. There will be a lot more!"
AH! Trends
The Windows XPerience
Windows XP's recent release has once again ignited protests against the much-maligned Microsoft empire. The buzz is that the new operating system is nothing more than another glossed over "corrected" version of its flawed predecessors. It remains imperfect in certain aspects despite new or improved features. And what's worse, several experts have questioned XP's system security.
Yet, Microsoft is Microsoft. Sales are up and will continue in that trend for a long time. And admittedly, the new operating system is impressive. There's the device/hardware and shared DLL support that answers many a Windows platform upgrade problem; the task manager has been improved; as well as several developments in device driver resiliency, and installation, update, repair and backup options. XP is touted as the convergence of the consumer and business lines of Microsoft's operating systems. It has passed independent testing by Ziff Davis Media Company with minimal system crashes unlike its predecessors.
The security issue revolves around the implementation of full raw socket support that critics say have no place outside Internet research projects. Support for full raw sockets exposes the web to untraceable and malicious attacks that are easily programmed, and allows full administrative privileges to all applications by malicious hackers. This comes in light of recent attacks on the computer systems of California's primary electric grid operator (which were undetected for 17 days), as well as several dubious server probes that have raised fears of high-tech espionage.
Furthermore, despite product improvements, Windows XP trail behind Unix-based operating systems when it comes to features, such as multi-user login options. Microsoft's edge is that its proprietary biases have made cross-platforms almost impossible, forcing Windows users to stick with them through crash after crash in their systems.
With this in mind, excitement is naturally low-key, expecting system glitches to appear soon.
References:
Lab Report: Windows XP More Reliable
Posted: October 29, 2001
www.microsoft.com
Reliability Improvements in Windows XP Professional
July 2001
www.microsoft.com
Why Windows XP will be the Denial of Service Exploitation Tool of
Choice for Internet Hackers Everywhere
By Steve Gibson
Gibson Research Corporation
www.grc.com
California hack points to possible IT surveillance threat
By Dan Verton
June 12, 2001
www.computerworld.com
Microsoft: Early Windows XP sales top those of Windows 95, ME
by Matt Berger
November 08, 2001
IDG News Service
Link Up!
http://download.cnet.com/
This site is tops! Absolutely a must-visit for those who want to power up their PCs and hook up with what's new and hot in computer applications. It has everything from scripting programs, utilities and drivers, screensavers, and even handheld PC applications. Downloadables are freewares, sharewares or demos, and there's a payment system feature on site. Articles and product reviews are available through CNET's other technical sites, which have links at download.cnet.com.
Our Site!
The ArisHost site of the week:
www.ewokvillage.com
Now this is one fun and interesting site! True to its name, the website is much like a community of Star Wars fans. It's a fine and playful web of online huts, and opened doors where surfers/Star Wars fans meet. In the Party Hut, you could pound the trooper (chat), insult ewoks (post messages), and tell a few stories (post fan fiction). You can join discussion groups, and exchange banners and information about your Star Wars website. There is an Information Hut, but don't think you'd get the answers from here-not yet anyway. But do check out the hut and Ask Wicket. Wicket's like your online galaxy far-away Magic Eight Ball. These, among its other features, make ewokvillage.com a must-surf site!
AH! Relief
How we sometimes wish life could be like this… Another list off the web:
Live Life Like A Computer
If you messed up your life, you could press "Alt, Ctrl, Delete" and start all over!
To get your daily exercise, just click on "run"!
If you needed a break from life, click on "suspend". Hit "any key" to continue life when ready.
To get even with the neighbors, turn up the sound blaster.
To "add/remove" someone in your life, click settings and control panel.
To improve your appearance, just adjust the display settings.
If life gets too noisy, turn off the speakers.
When you lose your car keys, click on "find".
"Help" with the chores is just a click away.
You wouldn't need auto insurance. You'd use your diskette to recover from a crash.
We could click on "send" and the kids would go to bed immediately.
To feel like a new person, click on "refresh".
Click on "close" to shut up the kids and spouse.
To undo a mistake, click on "back".
Is your wardrobe getting old? Click "update".
If you don't like cleaning the litter box, click on "delete".
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Is there a one "best" operating system? I hear so many varieties around, and with the simultaneous releases of Microsoft's platforms, I get confused as what to use. -- Mark R.
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