Feb / 2005 - Issue #8
The Sirius Star is a monthly newsletter intended to inform, reward, educate, and entertain our clients, potential customers and resellers.

Note from the Sirius Star Staff:
Please accept our appologies for the missed issue last month (January).
To reconcile, we would like to inform our viewers on our plans to move the STAR completly online, removing any lenghtly PDF downloads. We hope you will continue to read, and suggestions are always welcome. Thank you!


Is It Time to Upgrade Your Software?
By Charles Carr

re you tired of hearing, “Hey, the latest version of your software is available, got a credit card?”. In light of spending hard earned dollars, the usual tendency is to try and make-do with what you have. Almost everyone has their story of the software upgrade gone bad. It amazes me that software is in somewhat of a class of its own.

Read the full story in this month's Hot Topic .



Feature: Getting the Stall Out of Install
By Sirius Staff

   Getting software onto your computer can lead to aggravation.  You follow all the instructions, and it doesn’t work as planned. You may have done similar or the same install before and not in worry mode, only to find out the half an hour task has ballooned into a problem.

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Techy Tip: Websites: CSS vs. Tables
By Jacques Desjardins

   If you have any experience designing a website, and know the basics of HTML, you must know there are 2 main structures to consider....

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Activist in Brazil gather to protest open source software.
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Wi-Fi takes over in homes.
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Hubble Robot Repair Deal Given to Canadian Firm.
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Wireless network smashes world speed record.
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Chocolate Coverred Chocolate with Champagne


Cooking Instructions:

1) Even the non-cook will love this recipe.
2) Purchase your favorite Champagne and chill.
3) Buy fresh strawberries that have their stems intact. Wash, dry and refrigerate the strawberries. (Cold strawberries will cause the chocolate to harden and there will be less dripping.)
4) Chocolate dip: Buy a jar or Nutella, European chocolate hazelnut spread.
5) Place 1 cup of Nutella in a double boiler or fondue pot.
6) Add 1 to 2 Tablespoons of heavy cream.
7) Heat over low heat! Add more heavy cream as needed until the consistency of heavy cream.
8) Serve your Valentine. Men, you can do it!


Table of Contents
 • Hot Topic
 • Virus Alert
 • Feature
 • Techy Tip
 • Industry News
 • Tips & Quotes
 • Recipe
 • Funny Bone
 • Specials
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Miek’s Dime    By Miek Gall

Spam of Virus, who really knows?
You may have noticed the recent influx of blank email messages in your inbox. I certainly have at my home email.  What are these messages and where are they coming from?

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“He is a hard man who is only just, and a sad one who is only wise.”
   ~ Voltaire

“Hearts will never be practical until they are made unbreakable.”
   ~ Wizard of Oz


Make sure your backup is working correctly, but just as important that it is backing up the right data!

Get quick definitions from google using the define keyword (ex. define: valentine).

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