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| Having trouble viewing parts or all of the newsletter? View the entire newsletter here! Norman from MN. writes: What desktop is the "best buy" right now for just home use and selling things on eBay? That's a much harder question to answer then you might imagine, Norman. For this reply's sake, we'll focus on specifications to get in a desktop instead of manufacturers, as things like warranty, price, location and availability vary greatly among companies. For basic tasks like web browsing, e-mail and auction creation you don't need a lot, but there are certain components which will give you the biggest bang for your buck. Processor: Core i3-2100 (Or higher) or Core i5-2300 (or higher). The newest core i3 and i5 processors from Intel have very solid performance for the price and offer a very speedy processor compared to some cheaper AMD alternatives. While AMD processors compete well when running many applications at once, single applications will respond quicker on a core i3 or i5 chip. The one exception is AMD's A6 and A8 line of processors, which while being slower on single applications do have very impressive integrated graphics which can enable modest game playing. Memory: 4 GB or higher. More than 4 GB isn't necessary for a few applications used at once, but can't hurt. Don't spend extra money to upgrade unless you have a specific program which requires it like Photoshop. Hard Drive: Any are good, but look for one where the speed is rated at 7200 RPM. You'll really shock the PC sales guy by asking what the hard drive speed rating is, but 7200 RPM drives perform significantly faster then 5400 RPM drives typically found in cheaper PC's. If you can't get a 7200RPM drive it's not the end of the world, but it'll make programs open faster and browsing images/files quicker. Monitor: Buy the biggest you can afford. Having bought my father a 24″ LCD on sale at a wholesale club for $249 I knew even though he initially said he didn't need it and it was too big, he soon fell in love with the easily readable text and larger work area. And here is one last tip… Don't be afraid to find someone to build it for you! Building a PC isn't as hard as it sounds, and with a little help from your local computer geek you can get exactly what you want, often for hundreds less then the big box stores. ~Tim Click here to rate this tip | Printer friendly version
It's The Optical Mouse That Gives Your Options! Stop Wasting Time With That Lagging Old Mouse and Check This Out! IT'S SMOOTH - IT'S WIRELESS - IT'S PERFECT! Smooth Optical Scrolling With a Twist - Pick Your Scroll Speed! Pick Between 1600, 1200, or 800 DPI With the Push of a Button! Tilt Wheel Scrolling - Wireless USB Receiver - Gorgeous Midnight Blue It's Our Best Mouse Yet - And THAT'S Saying Something!
If You Don't Have Optical... You have NO idea what you're missing! Unless you're OK with that old, jerky, lagging ball mouse, you really need to get with the times. Optical is the newest, smoothest technology out there, and this mouse is the front-runner! You won't believe how smooth your scrolling can be. You won't believe the precision. You won't believe the comfort...But you'd better! Optical With Options: Choose Between 1600, 1200 or 800 DPI! Ok, so now that you know how smooth, fast and precise optical is, you've gotta check this out! Take your pick: see the image? That middle button under the scroll wheel allows you to pick the dbi speed you're most comfortble with! Maybe 1600 is too advanced for you - so try the 1200 or 800 - you're going to find your PERFECT dbi speed! Tilt Wheel Scrolling - Wireless USB Receiver - Low Battery Indicator! Looking for a few more reasons why this is our BEST mouse yet? Read on! Oh, and it's got a GORGEOUS Midnight Blue Color That Looks Great! What an OUTSTANDING Deal! Your cost, for a VERY short time, is just $16.97 and US Shipping is FREE! That's an unbelievable deal - try finding that at ANY of your big box stores - you'll NEVER be able to! http://store.worldstart.com/product/7826 PS: limited quantity deal - we don't know how long these are gonna stick around, so get yours now before the price jumps up to $22.97 Thursday!
BRAND NEW - HOT OFF THE LINE PHOTO EDITING SOFTWARE! From Amateur to Pro - This is THE Program to Have! If You Loved X3, PhotoPlus X4 Will Blow Your Mind! Forget PhotoShop - This Does Everything That Can Do... EXCEPT IT'S EASIER TO USE AND A FRACTION OF THE COST! Crop, Adjust, Retouch, Enhance, Customize and TONS More! Comes With PanoramaPlus X4 - A FREE Bonus Program!  Your Personal Digital Darkroom - Does Everything You Need and More! Just $18.97 - an UNBELIEVABLE Value!
You No Longer Have to be a Pro... To produce professional grade photos! Back in the good old days, either you were a skilled photographer or you weren't. There wasn't much you could do to existing photos in order to make them better. Go ahead and look through your old photo albums...not exactly great, are they? These days, you have TONS of photos, and the beauty of it is, you can upload them digitally and make HUGE improvements to them. Technology today allows us to preserve and improve those cherished memories and keep them forever. There's only one problem... Most "standard" photo editing software costs a small fortune! We won't drop any names - chances are, you know who the guilty parties are. Here at Worldstart, we're constantly searching for the BEST photo editing software at the LOWEST price - without sacrificing on quality. Everyone LOVED Serif PhotoPlus X3 - and now, we're proud to introduce to you Serif PhotoPlus X4! Take everything you loved about X3, add even MORE features, more power, keep it easy to use and priced low...and you've got yourself a winner! Check this out! Brand New. Insanely Good. Most of us use photo editing software for the small things. You know, like removing blemishes, fixing red eye, getting rid of blurriness - mainly cosmetic things. Well, not only does Serif X4 have an AMAZING PhotoFix Studio, it's got a TON of other powerful features, and we're going to go over just some of them below - read on and fall in love! And just keep in mind that other photo editing software with this kind of power and this many features will cost you hundreds...this one doesn't even come close to that perverse excuse for a price! PhotoFix Studio - Your One-Stop Fix-All! Everybody knows the camera always seems to highlight our worst flaws when getting a picture taken - PhotoFix Studio eliminates those problems in seconds! It also allows you to adjust white balance exposure, lighting curves, film emulation and more - just wait until you get to use it! Single out any and all issues and make them disappear with ease! Cropping Made Easy - Really Easy! Aside from fixing cosmetic issues with photos, easily the other most common feature we look for in a good photo editing software is the cropping. Ever take a photo that turned out near perfect, if not for something you just don't like in the background? Crop it out! Sometimes, there's a certain aspect of a photo that we'd like to single out and focus on. This often leads to cropping and resizing, and with lesser, inferior programs, something this simple can end up a confusing, out of focus mess! Well not with Serif X4 - it makes cropping simple! You'll notice that this NEW version of X4 gives you cropping with Drag & Click guides and the Rule of Thirds Grid to give you that PERFECT picture composition: Looking For Effects? Get a Load of This! From amateur to pro, you're gonna LOVE this! The Effects Gallery allows you to have your pick of a huge variety of effects that you can add to a given picture. You can choose from filters like Black & White, oil painting, impressionist, pencil drawing - and TONS of others! It's simple to use and very user friendly. The Effects Filter allows you to customize your photos and add a unique effect in a variety of ways - and it provides a simple drop down menu that provides quick examples of what each one can do. You'll have a blast putting different effects on different photos, and the results really are professional grade! Simply Select an Effect: And Let it Blow Your Mind!  
Idiot Proof History Menu - Go Back to the Original Any Time You Need! For example, lets say you're working on a photo and it's nearly perfect. Until you make a change that you thought would enhance it, when really it didn't create the effect you were looking for. Now lets say that you did that multiple times, and you really just want to go back to the original and start over. You are learning, after all. Most photo editing software only allows you to go back ONE single step - you're out of luck if you need to go back more. Well, the fine folks at Serif don't like to limit their customers, and they understand that we're not all pro's. So THIS particular history menu allows you to go back as far as you need - from one step, all the way back to the beginning! That's just one more feature that makes this the BEST photo editing software for everyone - from pro's to amateurs! A Finished Product That'll Impress ANYONE! Using a combination of the PhotoFix Studio, Text Layers, Layer Effects and Drop Shadow, we were able to take a poor photo with potential, and turn it into a beautiful keepsake memory of Easter morning! The real shocker? How fast and easy it was to make this photo shine! Once you familiarize yourself with this program, you'll realize that the possibilities are virtually endless. The user-friendly interface really helps to walk you through whatever it is you're trying to do, and in no time you won't even need to use it - you'll just know how!
That's one of the things that really sets Serif apart from the other programs - It's fast, easy, and extremely effective...and you don't need to know anything about photography to successfully use it! There's TONS of Great Features - We Merely Scratched the Surface! Hey, it would take FOREVER to write an entire section about each of the features in this program! You'd be reading this thing forever. So instead, look below for a quick summary of some more of the outstanding features you're getting with this program. This thing is STACKED - and these are just some of the highlights! Raw Studio: this allows you to edit raw images before they're even produced! Take care of any and all adjustments, like noise reduction and poor exposure. Get your color tone balance correct the first time around by adjusting white balance, exposure and black point - all from one menu! You can even create your own custom text and effects. HDR Photo Merge: this is AWESOME. It allows you to merge photos that contain different or contrasting exposures. You can customize the color range to create impressive, stunningly beautiful images by merging two or more images together. Go ahead and further adjust it after you're done for complete customizations. Pen & Paint Tools: ready to really get creative? Choose from tons of textures and multiple paint brushes to draw on your digital photos, add in drop shadow, and finish it off with your own text - your photos can be anything you want them to be! Serif PhotoPlus X4 even makes it easy to manage your existing photos. Import and export from any location, and catergorize, tag and rate them from one location. No matter how many photos you have, you'll be able to sort through them in no time! And don't forget how easy it is to share them with the world! You can even upload them onto Google Maps, add Geo Tags and send them to anyone! FREE Bonus Program: PanoramaPlus X4! That's right - this is a FREE bonus program that comes with Serif PhotPlus X4! You can easily create stunning panoramic photos by putting several different images together! Imagine being on a ski trip in gorgeous Colorado - you're at the top of the slope and you've taken several stunning skyline shots. Sure, each photo is beautiful, but you want a panoramic shot of everything together. Guess what - it's easy to do and this program comes as a bonus FOR FREE! Powerful Photo Editing Software - Amazing Price! You'd think a photo editing program of this quality would run you several hundred dollars (cough...photoshop...ahem...) Well...not at Worldstart! Today, you can get this cutting edge, top of the line photo editing software for just$18.97 with FREE US shipping! That's an amazing deal, and your photos are going to thank you for it! PS - The quantity is EXTREMELY limited! This program will be gone Thursday , so if you don't grab it today, you're gonna miss out on the DEAL OF A LIFETIME
Harper from OR asks: What does the term "Pinned" mean? For Example: The bottom section of the Start Menu is reserved for frequently used programs, or programs that I use on a regular basis. Though this may sound the same as a pinned menu, the items on the list change dynamically based on what I've been apt to do lately. So if I've been using the calculator a lot, it's icon will show up, but if I stop using it for awhile and make use of something else, that icon will show up. Get the point? :) ~Andrew Click here to rate this tip | Printer friendly version Do you have a question for us? Ask it here!
In Search of a Smartphone Part Three: Carriers and Cost In this, the third in a series chronicling the search for a smartphone, we'll examine providers and plans. The first article covered smartphone basics; the second looked at security. Having never owned a smartphone–or even a decent cell phone–research for this series has been an eye-opener. Due to my lack of experience in most things mobile, it's likely that mistakes will occur, or important information will be overlooked. Please feel free to offer criticism or comments. Read this and more over at Worldstart! (Want these tips in their entirety? Sign up for Premium!) Windows 7 Performance Tweaks Everyone seems to be in love with Windows 7, so this article's intent is to share cool tips with people who are interested in getting the most out of the OS -especially those who are running Windows 7 on older, under-powered systems. Learn how here! (Want these tips in their entirety? Sign up for Premium!) Anvi Smart Defender I have a dilemma. I've written numerous WorldStart articles about free software; all of which performed as promised, and was safe–as far as I could tell. However, with Anvi Smart Defender I wandered into previously unexplored territory. Except for a couple minor inconveniences, this software seems to perform well and it received glowing reviews from other trusted sources, but something about it bothers me. So, unlike most WorldStart download articles–along with a review–this software evaluation is about following your instincts. Anvi Smart Defender is an anti-malware program that can add an extra layer of malware and virus protection, when run in conjunction with an effective antivirus. In addition to these protections, it offers PC optimization and repair features. Get the download link here! (Want these tips in their entirety? Sign up for Premium!) For stories, jokes, quotes and cartoons every day, sign up for our Just for Grins newsletter.
The 150th anniversary of the Civil War is this year, so I thought I would find a great Civil War site to share with you. What I discovered was an awesome site that is focused on the battles of the war, and brings them to you with the latest technology so that you can watch interesting, animated maps! There are a couple ways to navigate. I started by checking out all the nifty stuff featured on the main page, but there is also a menu along the top of the page with Maps, Photos, Books, Battle Apps, Blogs, Battlefields, Land Preservation, Education, and About Us. I am a map lover, so I started in the map section. I really love this because you can see how the battle fronts progressed and listen informative narration on the battle you're watching. Another really neat feature of this site that I was interested in was the Battle Apps. They are available for iPhones, Android, and Google Play enabled devices -and they're free! There are five to pick from: Malvern Hill, Chancellorsville, Bull Run, Devil's Den and Little Round Top (my favorite), and Fredericksburg. I also really enjoyed the Photos section. They showcase both historical and contemporary photographs of battlefields, forts, and more. They even offer a 3D section! This site is an excellent way to explore the Civil War maps, battlefields, and even applications for your phone! Check it out today! ~Amanda Click here to rate this tip | Printer friendly version Do you have a cool, non-commercial site that you want to share?Send it to Amanda at amanda@worldstart.com
Geeze - Why Get A WHEN YOU CAN GET AN AMAZING MICROSOFT LIFECAM INSTEAD! WOW! Check This Out! One Touch Calls - Amazing Video AND Photo Quality - Fun Video Effects... Work Great With... Windows Messenger, Google Chat, Yahoo IM, AOL - You Name It! Easily the Best Audio AND Visual Quality in ANY Webcam! Flexible 6' Cable - Universal Attachment Base - Works on ANY Monitor! Something Smells Like Mediocrity... And it's that weak webcam you've been using for the last five years! Seriously, maybe you're not aware, but there have been some HUGE steps in webcam technology recently, and you don't know what you're missing! Say goodbye to the days of blurry, dark visual and tinny, weak audio. Say goodbye to the days of not being able to do anything but have a short, hard-to-follow conversation on your webcam... Because THIS thing is going to blow your mind. Period! If you've been considering a new webcam, NOW is the time! If you're at all fed up with the one you're currently using, NOW is the time to replace it! If you don't have a webcam and have been holding out for the best of the best...THIS IS IT! Ok, so I've talked it up enough. Ready to learn some of the barebones facts? Do you need PROOF that this is the best "webcam" on the market? Then read on - there's a reason this is called a "Lifecam!" Outstanding Video, Audio and Photo Quality! First thing's first: STUNNING video clarity! The Microsoft Lifecam features 640 X 480 video AND photo resolution. That means that both your webchats and your photo swaps are going to have the best of the best in terms of total clarity. 30 Frames Per Second? WOW! That's right, this is hot technology we're talking about! The Lifecam captures up to 30 frames per second, giving you excellent video quality. Ever get that glitch with your current one? Of course you do - it probably only captures 10 frames per second and is constantly trying to catch up. Not this one! Built-in Microphone - Automatic Voice Recognition! If you're looking for superior audio quality, look no further! As soon as you speak into the microphone, it instantly recognizes that you're in a voice chat and provides automatic clarity without you ever needed to adjust its levels! And just wait until you take a picture using your webcam (which you can with the push of a button). You'll be blown away by the high-resolution quality. It's like having an expensive, professional grade camera built right in! One Touch Calls - Huge IM Compatibility! Yes, this webcam is optimized for Windows Live Messenger, which is what the majority of people now use. So using it with the Lifecam is a BREEZE to both set up and operate. So easy, in fact, that once it's installed, you can make one-click calls to ANY of your friends on your Windows Live Messenger list. But it certainly doesn't stop there! You can use other popular software like Skype, Yahoo!, AIM and more - it's easy! Not Only Will it Fit YOUR Monitor - It'll Look GREAT! And man...it's stylish! There's no other way to put it, really - this thing just looks good! Of course, it also functions flawlessly and is PACKED full of technology making it the hottest Lifecam on the market! Microsoft Lifecam - The Deal of a Lifetime! Generally, high-tech devices come with a hefty price tag and a fat instruction book. Well not only is this thing simple to use - it's extremely affordable! Check this out: for today and today only, the Microsoft Lifecam can be yours for just $18.97 with FREE US SHIPPING! http://store.worldstart.com/product/7824
May Wallpaper! Check it out - our May wallpaper is ready to go! Also, we've been choosing only horizontal images for the wallpaper, but I get SO MANY requests for some of the vertical shots to be wallpaper, I just had to go ahead and do it. So, give it a try and let me know what you think by posting on the blog entry for this idea (Click Here) As always, all the desktop wallpaper below is 100% free.
It can all be found here: http://www.backcountrygallery.com/wallpaper/ Enjoy! ~Steve
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WorldStart Tech Tips 2012-05-02
Most "standard" mice offer 400 DPI...BIG DEAL! 
Tilt Wheel Scrolling: AWESOME! The scroll wheel goes four ways, allowing you to move up and down, and side to side! This is perfect for spreadsheets, web pages - anything!
In a matter of minutes, you can make any photo look it's best using the PhotoFix Studio. This allows you to make a number of common adjustments in a flash! 
Ok, so you're not a professional photographer. Neither are we - but with Serif PhotoPlus X4, you can do anything you want to existing photos, and go back to the original any time you need to.
Observe the image to your left. 
Introducing the Microsoft Lifecam...
Sometimes, it's the little things that make a HUGE difference! Using a Universal base wasn't just a good idea on the part of Microsoft - it was the BEST idea! Whether you're using an old computer from the 90's or your workin' with a brand new machine, the Lifecam is going to fit onto your monitor!
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