Selected About.com Highlights - Week of February 21, 2000.Entertainment & Television Editors/Interactive Writers NEW YORK--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE) About.com (http://about.com), the leading network of niche vertical sites, offers continuously updated, reliable information on thousands of topics. This week's select highlights include: Family Values family values pl.n. The moral and social values traditionally maintained and affirmed within a family. - "Marriage Under Fire" Has Fox's latest foray into Verb 1. foray into - enter someone else's territory and take spoils; "The pirates raided the coastal villages regularly" raid encroach upon, intrude on, obtrude upon, invade - to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate; "This new colleague invades my the game-show revival undermined the sanctity of marriage? Protestantism Guide Pat Grauer writes about why you should be outraged. http://protestantism.about.com/library/weekly/aa021600a.htm Personal Finance - "The Taxman Cometh" It's that time of year again, when the U.S. resounds with the noise of pencils breaking and adding machines being thrown across the room. Don't panic
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Computers - "Open Windows" Windows 2000, Microsoft's latest upgrade to its Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. , finally hit stores this week. Windows NT Guide Douglas Ludens examines its impact on home and business users. http://windowsnt.about.com/library/weekly/aa021400a.htm Film - "Two Great Tastes" What do you get when you combine actor William Shatner <noinclude></noinclude> William Alan Shatner (born on March 22, 1931) is a Canadian actor who gained fame for playing Captain James Tiberius Kirk, captain of the starship USS Enterprise and the artificial language Esperanto? The 1965 movie "Incubus incubus (ĭng`ky  bəs), lascivious male demon said to possess mortal women as they sleep and to be responsible for the birth of demons, witches, and deformed children. ," long thought lost by the viewing public. It's not lost any more; read Paranormal paranormal,adj 1. outside the realm of normal experience or scientific explanation. n 2. collective term for anomalous phenomena. Guide Stephen Wagner's review. http://paranormal.about.com/library/weekly/aa021400a.htm Holidays - "How The Party Started" Mardi Gras is less than a month away, and our intrepid guides trace its roots back to ... Mobile, AL? Yep. Mobile Guide Joseph Sackett follows a French celebration through Dixie. http://mobile.about.com/library/weekly/aa021100.htm Internet - "Get Net-Savvy" About.com has just launched a new Internet Channel devoted to helping people use and understand the Internet. With 18 separate Web sites on topics such as Chatting Online, Email, Online Shopping, Internet Conferencing and Antivirus Software, the new channel offers a diverse range of information and links for both Web enthusiasts and beginners. (There is even an Internet for Beginners Site.) http://home.about.com/internet About About.com About.com is the leading network of niche vertical sites for users and marketers. The network includes more than 700 highly targeted environments, each overseen by a professional guide. Each vertical niche provides a comprehensive customer experience including the Internet's best link directories, original content, community features and commerce opportunities. Media Metrix (December 1999) ranks About.com as the largest news, information and entertainment Web property in the U.S. More information on the company can be found on its Web site at www.about.com |
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