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Welcome to another edition of our monthly newsletter.
As you can see, this months edition is feature packed with information. Of particular interest is the operating system article where you can see how out of date your operating system software may be.
This months newsletter is a little earlier in the month to give you a last minute opportunity to order that much needed hardware before the end of the financial year.
Just a quick reminder (may help you for the end of financial year), Calido accepts upfront payment of services for software/internet development saving you 10% on standard development rates. Contact us for more information.
Yours sincerely,
Most of us get them... Emails telling you how to get rich quick using no money of your own or invitations to adult only web sites...
In an attempt to reduce the amount of email you received on a daily basis, try the following suggestions:
1) Get a hotmail or yahoo email account as a "junk" email box. Use this account to fill in forms etc on the web. Half the time that you use your email address on line it will end up shared or bought as a list from another company - only give out your real address to people/lists that you know are legit.
2) Do not list your 'real' email address on your corporate website. Try and have it listed as personsname @ company.com.au (note the spaces). This will force web "crawlers" to at least manually alter your email address (more often than not it will be deleted from their list as failing).
3) Don't reply to spam... Once you reply to spam, they add you to a known "live email address". Most of the emails are coming from a program that sits and waits for replies as well. Once you reply it knows it has a live email address. Once sold, these lists fetch "more" money than guestimated lists.
If all else fails and you need to use a spam blocker, the 3 best SPAM killers in my opinion are:
Metador v1.0 - it handles pop3 and exchange mail accounts. 95% accurate (only 6% misidentified, reduces with learning). Easy to install, no/little configuration required. $29.95 US (free trial)
Spam Net Beta 9 - good for outlook 2000 and outlook 2002. only 62% accurate, 0.7% misidentified. $Free
SpamKiller 4 - handles pop3, and MAPI compliant email box's (outlook, outlook express, eudora, netscape communicator) - 92% accurate 40% misidentified $39.95 US
My personal recommendation is metador. Easy to use, high success rate, low failure rate, free trial version, fast processing of emails, easy to use etc etc
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| Microsoft Plans to Lower Office Prices |
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Microsoft plans to drop the prices of its Office XP suite of software by up to 15 percent.
The price drop has been announced in anticipation of the release of the new version 2003, which has been scheduled for release later this year.
It is expected these changes will come into effect in September this year.
Which operating System are you using ?
- Windows .Net Server - released Apr 2003
- Windows XP - released Nov 2001
- Windows 2000 - released Feb 2000
- Windows 98 - released Jun 1998
- Windows 95 - released Aug 1995
- Windows NT - released May 1993
- Windows 3.1 - released Jun 1992
Yes! Windows XP has been available for nearly 2 years
In a business environment, if you are using anything less than Windows 2000, you are using old technology that is putting your office data at substantial security risk.
Approximately 90 percent of clients using earlier operating systems do no run the freely available updates provided by Microsoft to keep your computer's security up to date.
Computers are no different to other machinery that keeps your office/production environment running smoothly. More often than not, companies lease their expensive equipment - a practice you should also be using with your computer hardware.
Your company can lease new computer equipment over a 3 year term with all payments (in most circumstances) 100% tax deductible.
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| MYOB - Effects from the new federal budget |
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With the tabling of the 2003/2004 budget, the Federal Government has announced that income tax rates will change from 1 July 2003. The changes are significant and will affect customers that use MYOB Accounting Plus, MYOB Premier and MYOB AccountEdge.
MYOB is working closely with the ATO to create a payroll update, which will be made available to customers that register MYOB Accounting Plus v13, MYOB Premier v7 and MYOB AccountEdge v3.
Customers using earlier versions of these products should upgrade to the latest versions to ensure that their payroll software is compliant from 1 July 2003.
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| Cumulative Patch for Internet Explorer |
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Released 5/6/03 - This is a cumulative patch that includes the functionality of all previously released patches for Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5 and 6.0. In addition, it eliminates two newly discovered vulnerabilities.
For more information or to download this patch, please visit Microsoft's website.
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| Hewlett Packard - Huge Price Drops |
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HP have dropped the prices by up to 35% on the following models. Contact us for more information.
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| Macromedia Studio MX $150 Rebate |
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All customers who purchase a full commercial or upgrade version of Macromedia Studio MX or Studio MX Plus before 30th June, 2003 will be eligible to receive a rebate of $A150 !
The following system is excellent value for money and includes 2 years warranty with end user support available.
Specifications
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| CPU: | Intel Pentium 4 2.4Ghz Processor |
| Motherboard: | Gigabyte GA-8SIMLHP Motherboard |
| Memory: | 512Mb DDR RAM (2x 256Mb) |
| Hard Disk: | Seagate 40G 7200rpm ATA100 Hard Drive |
| Floppy disk: | Panasonic 1.44Mb Floppy Drive |
| Graphic card: | Asus GeForce4 MX440-SE,64MB,DDR,64Bit,TV-Out |
| Monitor: | None |
| CD ROM: | LiteOn 16x DVD Drive |
| CD Burner: | Lite On 52x24x52 CDRW |
| LAN card: | Integrated 10/100 NIC |
| Modem: | None |
| Case: | Midi Tower Case with 300Wattt PSU |
| Keyboard: | Microsoft Internet Value Pack - PS/2 |
| Mouse: | Microsoft Intelli Optical PS2/USB Mouse |
| Speaker: | None |
| Operating System: | Microsoft Win XP Professional |
| System Warranty: | 2 Years RTB Warranty with End User Support |
| Cost: | $1479 inc GST |
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Altec Lansing AVS200 - 2 piece system. (RRP $49). |
$39 |
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Altec Lansing AVS300 - 3 piece system. (RRP $89). |
$73 |
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Altec Lansing AVS500 - 4 piece system. (RRP $149). |
$123 |
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Altec Lansing 621 - 3 Piece, 100 watts RMS. (RRP $299). |
$239 |
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Altec Lansing 641 - 5 Piece, 200 watts RMS. (RRP $649). |
$499 |
* Prices subject to change/availability. Includes GST.
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We value your custom and appreciate any comments you would like to share on our service, products or even pricing.
The questionnaire will only take a minute and you can rest assured that your opinions will be read and taken on board to further improve our service to you.
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