--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Infopackets Gazette: Tuesday, Feb 27, 2007 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: This newsletter has been truncated to ensure timely delivery to Readers and to reduce web server bandwidth consumption. To view the articles in their entirety, you must visit our web site. To quickly browse the contents of our current issue, scroll down this page. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WARNING !!! The last program you uninstalled may be causing severe > performance degradation! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've owned a computer for any length of time, you have inevitably downloaded, installed, and later gotten rid of program after program. 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Don't get left behind ... download our RSS news feeds, today! http://go.infopackets.com/e20070227-02 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- On this Day in History -- February 27 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Famous people born on this day: --> 1902, John Steinbeck --> 1930, Joanne Woodward, actress. --> 1932, Elizabeth Taylor, actress married 8 times. --> 1934, Ralph Nader, ex-Corvair fan --> 1942, Elodie E. Akerman Events on this day in history: --> 1844, Dominican Republic gains its independence. --> 1883, Oscar Hammerstein patents first cigar-rolling machine. And don't forget... --> Independence day in the Dominican Republic. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > " The cream of the software crop! We highly recommend this download. 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