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Bullet Points
Managed Services - Network Security Outsourcing
According to the recently released 2005 FBI/CSI Computer Crime and Security
Survey, nearly nine out of 10 U.S. businesses suffered from a computer
virus, spyware or other online attack in 2004 or 2005 despite widespread use
of security software.
The fear of lost productivity and regulatory repercussions resulting from
various security threats is one driver behind the growing interest we are
seeing from an small/medium-sized businesses in outsourcing the security-related
aspects of their IT environment. This includes firewall, remote access, anti-spam,
anti-virus, anti-spyware, user identification, and other security-related systems.
It appears that many business owners have concluded that IT security requires
highly specialized skills that may not be available in-house, and so it makes
more sense to outsource these functions.
MS Office Templates
Looking for templates for resumes, planning calendars, or design a killer résumé?
Microsoft's Office Online web site has all sorts of free templates for all Office
programs (e.g. Word, PowerPoint, Excel, etc.)
When you move your mouse over a hyperlink in Microsoft Internet Explorer,
Outlook Express, or Outlook, the address of the Web site typically
appears in the Status Bar at the bottom of the window. After you click a
link that opens in Internet Explorer, the address of the Web site
typically appears in the Internet Explorer Address Bar, and the title of
the Web page typically appears in the Title Bar of the window.
Unfortunately, malicious people sometimes create links to a deceptive
(spoofed) Web site that displays the address, or URL, to a legitimate
Web site in the Status Bar, Address Bar, and Title Bar. This article
describes steps that you can take to help mitigate this issue and to help
you to identify a deceptive (spoofed) Web site or URL:
Many people misuse PowerPoint. For example, some put their presentations
word-for-word on the slides, separated by heads and subheads in outline form.
Then they read the text directly from the slides. This will almost certainly
put an audience to sleep. Here are some hints that can help you give more
powerful presentations:
Don't cram too much information on a slide.
Only list your main points and then fill in the details verbally.
Reading the main points is Ok, but summarize or paraphrase the rest as you go along.
Visuals such as charts and graphs will help you drive home your point.
Stick to the point and don't digress.
Use attendees' names in your examples. This will help keep them engaged.
Keep your presentations under an hour (counting questions at the end).
Moving Around Large MS Word Documents
To move around large Word documents, use the Edit/Go To command, or press F5.
Word opens the Find and Replace dialog box with the Go To tab active.
In the Go to what box, choose how you want to move -- to a page, line
number, table, and so on. Your choice determines the display of the Go to what
list. For example, if you select Line, Word displays "Enter line number."
To move "absolutely" (for example, to go to Page 5 if you've selected to
move by pages), enter 5. To use relative addressing (to go five pages
forward), use +5. Word changes the label on the "Next" button to "Go To."
Click on that button to move.
Having someone obsessed with you - whether out of anger or unwanted
affections - can be an ordeal. It's not just celebrities who
find themselves dealing with someone who just won't go away. Even if
the person doesn't physically threaten you, the fact that
someone is following you around, keeping tabs on what you do, and/or
contacting you when you want to be left alone is annoying at best and can
disrupt your life.
The Internet has opened up many new opportunities for those that tend
to engage in this sort of behavior. If you have a MySpace.com account,
visit chat rooms, participate in discussion boards and email lists,
have a web site or otherwise interact with other people on the Internet,
you may eventually find yourself the target of a cyberstalker. Someone
who gets angry at you because of the political views you express may
start bombarding you with nasty email messages, or someone who likes
how you look in a picture you posted somewhere may start sending love
letters.
That's bad enough, but sometimes it escalates beyond online harassment -
your stalker may be able to use online resources such as Zabasearch to find
out your address and/or phone number. And once he/she knows where you live,
if you own your home it's easy in some places to look you up on the county
property tax rolls, many of which are online.
Most jurisdictions have laws against harassment and stalking, and these
usually are worded to include online activities. For instance, The Texas
Stalking By Electronic Communications Act, enacted in 2001, covers sending
of any repeated electronic communications in a manner likely to harass,
annoy, alarm, abuse, torment, embarrass or offend another. There are a few
states that don't yet have laws that specifically pertain to electronic
harassment, but most do. To find out what the law is in your state, see the
list of U.S. laws at:
http://www.haltabuse.org/resources/laws/index.shtml
Bills have also been introduced in Congress to make cyberstalking a federal
offense, due to the interstate nature of Internet communications.
If you've ever been the victim of harassment, this sounds like a good
thing - but it has engendered a lot of controversy. Some legal experts argue
that this will stifle freedom of speech on the Internet, making it illegal
to post "annoying" or "offensive" criticism of a politician on a blog.
Others worry that even correctly written laws have a high potential for
abuse. If a former boyfriend or girlfriend gets angry at you, he/she could
use the emails sent during your relationship (perhaps editing them) and
claim that they were unwanted. In fact, anyone who wanted to cause you
trouble could send forged threatening or obscene messages to him/herself
from a free web mail service and claim you sent them. Other laws, such as
the domestic assault laws, have already been misused in this way and the
potential for false accusations is even greater when fake evidence is so
easy to create.
The bottom line is, be very careful about giving out personal information
online, especially when interacting with unknown people in chat rooms,
discussion boards and listservs.
