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============================================================ ********** Sponsored by Dell Small Business ********** Huge savings on select Dell Systems & Servers! http://eletters.pcmag.com/zd1/cts?d=81-1048-1-1-371668-96827-1 ************************************************************ ============================================================ Welcome to today's edition of Inside PCMag.com. Every once in a while we'll visit someone's office and run into the mouseball. Once a mainstay of mice everywhere, the little ball underneath nearly all mice created in the '80s and '90s has fallen on hard times. Remember the old days of cleaning the ball and wheels of gunk? Some of you may still be doing that. Is anyone still using the old-style mouse, or is it all light-based tracking these days? Tell us about your old and new mice and which, if any, you prefer, in the forums. http://eletters.pcmag.com/zd1/cts?d=81-1048-1-1-371668-96830-1 IN THIS ISSUE: * Opinion: Yahoo! Domains Are One Sweet Deal * Review: E-Mail Phone Ready to Fly * Security Watch Report: Microsoft's Win XP SP2 May Have Major Hole * Review: A Big Flat LCD Panel * Utility: App Launcher Helps You Control File Associations * Product News: New Epson PowerLite Projectors * Syncmag.com Special: A Football Tailgater's $999 Dream ============================================================ Opinion: Yahoo! Domains Are One Sweet Deal Executive editor Lance Ulanoff once made fun of the "gold rush" for good marketable Web domains, but now a new $9.95 small-business domain service from Yahoo! has him singing a very different tune. Ulanoff takes you through the domain acquisition process and shows you how you can get in on the action. http://eletters.pcmag.com/zd1/cts?d=81-1048-1-1-371668-96833-1 ============================================================ Review: E-Mail Phone Ready to Fly More and more phones are showing up with QWERTY keyboards, and the most interesting part about this new trend is the myriad ways in which manufacturers hide and then display the keyboard. The new Nokia 6820 is a compact, Bluetooth-ready phone that flips open to display a split keyboard (keys on either side of a small screen). It's a particularly odd configuration, but perhaps all the other features Nokia packs into the $250 phone can overcome this potential limitation. Read our full review and check out the slide show to learn the final result. http://eletters.pcmag.com/zd1/cts?d=81-1048-1-1-371668-96836-1 ============================================================ Security Watch Report: Microsoft's Win XP SP2 May Have Major Hole One of Service Pack 2's newest features, the Security Center, uses an editable database that could be edited to mislead the user about the state of security on his system. Learn how wide-open this vulnerability is, what Microsoft is or isn't saying about it, and what you can do--if anything--to protect yourself. http://eletters.pcmag.com/zd1/cts?d=81-1048-1-1-371668-96839-1 Plus: More Windows Firewall Tips http://eletters.pcmag.com/zd1/cts?d=81-1048-1-1-371668-96842-1 ============================================================ Review: A Big Flat LCD Panel At 23inches, the BenQ FP231W has the potential to be a decent multipurpose display, useful for work and, especially, home (check out the ergonomics)--as it stands ready to play DVDs and HDTV. However, the pricey unit ($2,500) falls short in a couple of key areas. Get all the details in our full review. http://eletters.pcmag.com/zd1/cts?d=81-1048-1-1-371668-96845-1 ============================================================ Utility: App Launcher Helps You Control File Associations Tired of QuickTime, Windows Media Player, and other applications hijacking the associations of your media and other files? Our new utility, App Launcher, gives you fine control of all file associations and even lets you switch them at will (for special projects). Join our utility library and download it today. http://eletters.pcmag.com/zd1/cts?d=81-1048-1-1-371668-96848-1 ============================================================ Product News: New Epson PowerLite Projectors Plus: Turn digital images into valid U.S. postage stamps. http://eletters.pcmag.com/zd1/cts?d=81-1048-1-1-371668-96851-1 ============================================================ Syncmag.com Special: A Football Tailgater's $999 Dream Our friends at Syncmag.com show us just how much cool gear you can get for $999 and fit into the back of a pickup for the next football game. But that's not the best part. The real kicker is that you can win it all. Go to the site and enter. 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