DEMOletter Weekly Edition Nov. 1, 2004 Volume 9, Number 43 Editor's note: Enjoy all that DEMOletter has to offer. The e- mail below simply outlines topics covered in the highly colorful and accessible weblog, www.demo.com/demoletter. Any of the links below will take you directly to the full article, along with other items such as the "Weather Report" on past demonstrators, and polling on current topics. In addition, we now have an RSS feed, so you can get DEMOletter articles sent to you directly as they publish! To sign up for that, add the following URL to your RSS reader application - http://www.demo.com/demoletter/index.xml * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * INSIDE DEMOLETTER THIS WEEK * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ EXTRA HOUR? CLEAN OUT THE DESK! ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ I frequently wish for more hours in the day so I can get more done (like most of you, I'm guessing). Once a year, that wish comes true. We "fall back" into standard time and get another hour. But what do we do with the extra hour? I decided to clean my desk, which I always promise to do when I have more time. In the process, I found several odds and ends that I've wanted to share in this column. Full story at http://www.demo.com/demoletter/006646.html ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ END NOTES: ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ * Ritz Camera teams up with Mirra for the holidays * ScanSoft releases new Dragon speech software * ISPs sue more spammers, this time over spim This week's End Notes are located at http://www.demo.com/demoletter/006643.html ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ THIS WEEK'S POLL QUESTION ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ What are the best ways to fight spam? Add your voice at www.demo.com/demoletter ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ WEATHER REPORT ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ * Evermore Software scored a big win for its Evermore Integrated Office suite when it landed all five major educational contracts in China. * Akimbo announces an exclusive deal to sell its Akimbo Player through Amazon.com for the 2004 holiday season. The complete Weather Report archive is located at http://www.demo.com/demoletter/weather_report.html ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ MID-WEEK ITEMS ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ The DEMOletter is more than a Monday-only newsletter. Check out the items we posted during last week: * EverNote announced the public beta for its note-taking software. The DEMOmobile 2004 alumnus wants customers to try out their software for free. Full story at http://www.demo.com/demoletter/006617.html * IMlogic (DEMO '04) also has some free software to offer -- its IM Detector software detects and blocks instant messaging and peer-to-peer traffic. Full story at http://www.demo.com/demoletter/006608.html
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