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Y O U T H T E C H N E W S For Kids and Teens, By Kids and Teens ================================================== REMEMBER THIS: (It's your key to Youth Tech!) ** Keyword: YT ** (Pull down your Go To Menu and select "Keyword".) ================================================== Sunday, April 20, 1997 Volume 2, Edition 17 Making headlines this week . . . # YT FEATURE: Teen Picks - software reviews # WEB 'O BYTE: MS Internet Explorer 4.0 # GEEK HUMOR: Mischief @ the computer lab # NEWSFLASH! LAVA LAMP & AOL Q&A ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- YT FEATURE: Teen Picks - Software Reviews -- submitted by ytcc steve ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thinking about buying the game "Diablo", or perhaps the utility program, "Norton Utilities"? Before you run out and drop a substancial amount of cash, you first need to check out the Youth Tech Teen Picks! Magazine articles and reviews can't always give you a first hand experience using the program; However, Teen Picks can. Teen Picks is software reviews from people like you -- Members of the Youth Tech Community. You can find reviews about games, utilities, even your favorite applications. Curious to know the pro's and con's, likes and dislikes of certain software -- Teen Picks will inform you. Have experience with a particular application or want to rave about a great game? You too can have your review posted for other members of the community to see. Keyword: YT > Have Fun > Teen Picks (Software Reviews) -OR- Click Here ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Web 'O Byte: Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 -- submitted by ytcc byte ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Microsoft has recently unveiled its newest version of Internet Explorer 4.0! Internet Explorer 4.0 allows Windows 3.x users to have moving pictures, advanced audio features, JAVA, and many other extras! Also in IE 4.0, a new and improved search engine has been redesigned, making things easier to find and more user friendly. Internet Explorer 4.0 also delivers a complete and integrated set of tools for every type of user from basic services like e-mail, conferencing, broadcasting, and Web-authoring capabilities. Internet Explorer 4.0 will inform you when your favorite sites have been updated. With all the enhancements to IE 4.0, it's bound to be a serious contender in the Web Browser market. Note: Information was obtained from a developer's press release -- Enhancements have yet to be verified ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GEEK HUMOR: Ways to annoy people @ the computer lab -- submitted by purple033 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --Type frantically, often stopping to look at the person next to you evilly. --Write a program that plays the "Smurfs" theme song and play it at the highest volume possible over & over again. --Every time you press Return and there is processing time required, pray "Ohpleaseohpleaseohpleaseohplease," and scream "YES!" when it finishes. --"DISK FIGHT!!!" --Try to stick a Nintendo cartridge into the 3 1/2 disc drive, when it doesn't work, get the supervisor. --Print out the complete works of Shakespeare, then when its all done (two days later) say that all you wanted was one line. --Bring in a bunch of magnets and have fun. --Stare at the person's next to your's screen, look really puzzled, burst out laughing, and say "You did that?" loudly. Keep laughing, grab your stuff and leave, howling as you go. --See who's online. Send a total stranger an IM. Talk to them like you've known them all your life and hangup before they get a chance to figure out you're a total stranger. --Pull out a pencil. Start writing on the screen. Complain that the lead doesn't work. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWS FLASH! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Did you know that LAVA LAMP has clocked more than 4,000 downloads and the Coke Bear Ski screensaver has listed more than 3,500? Find these programs and more @ the Download Center. Keyword: YT > Download -OR- Click Here --- Wondering how to use Favorite Places, or where to find Barron's Booknotes? Stop by for Youth Tech's AOL Q&A (Wednesday's @ 10 PM Eastern). Also, don't forget to come play a round or two of Techie Trivia (Friday's @ 11:30 PM Eastern). Come show off your computer knowledge! Keyword: YT > Talk & Communicate > Live Event schedule -OR- Click Here - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~~~ HAVE COMMENTS? ~~~ Send all email to the screenname YTCC News. We invite you to submit your own stories and humor. As always, your comments and feedback are appreciated. ===REMEMBER, DON'T GIVE OUT YOUR PASSWORD!!!=== No AOL employee will EVER ask you for your password. If you give it out by mistake, go immediately to keyword: PASSWORD and change your password! ***WANT TO UNSUBSCRIBE?*** The answer is no. You'd miss out on news you need! But, if you really must -- You can unsubscribe to the Youth Tech Newsletter by clicking Here and choosing the options to "Unsubscribe". - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |