It is said that “diamonds are forever”. The eyes of many females glisten whenever they see those sparkling gems on a ring, necklace, bracelet, pendant, or even a watch. But for many that is as far as it goes - they see it but can’t buy it. The smart thing to do then would be to first is to think of what would fit your looks, personality and lifestyle, and then shop around for it. There is no better better place to look for diamond bracelets than at Primestyle.com, located in the world famous diamond district of Manhattan.

Why choose Primestyle.com? Here are ten good reasons:

1. The finest selection of Quality Diamonds & Jewelry
2. A wide selection of Diamond Jewelry
3. Low prices
4. Summer Sale now on (limited time offer of $30 discount with discount code at checkout in addition to a 50% - 78% off sale for the entire website)
5. Many satisfied customers who have purchased their jewelry
6. Customer testimonials on their website
7. Squaretrade business verified member
8. Secure website order processing
9. All items are brand new
10. Personal Customer Care service

They guarantee that you will never pay retail prices on jewelry at their store, period! Their diamond bracelets will indeed last forever, and that special someone who you bought it for will love you forever. You can even treat yourself to some diamond jewelry.

So why not visit Primestyle.com and see what they have to offer? I am quite sure you will be pleasantly surprised.

Many of you will agree with me when I say that some Internet Browsers are faster than others, and that would be expected. Why? Because each browser manufacturer is trying to prove their product as being the best thing since sliced bread. The truth be told, there are many different internet browsers on the market today, some of which most of us have never heard of. So much for that.

Based on my experience with internet browsers that I have used over the years, I would say that FireFox (this is my opinion now) is the fastest when compared to Netscape, Opera, and Internet Explorer. I say so because when I compare the speed, or loading time, of FireFox to the other three, the pages come up much quicker. In addition, I like the tabbed browsing effect (I know that Opera and IE7 have it) which keeps my taskbar neat. To get from one page to another, all I have to do is click on the tab I want and, voila!, I am there.

I would imagine that the new IE7 would have a great improvement on speed compared to its predecessors, but I have not had a chance to try it yet, so my opinion remains in favour of FireFox. Netscape in itself is not bad, nor is Opera (which I used extensively before I started using FireFox). So, in order of speed, from the fastest to the slowest, here are my choices:

- FireFox
- Opera
- Internet Explorer
- Netscape

Keep in mind that this analysis is based on my experience. Others may have a different experience with which one loads faster, but for me FireFox rules (at least for now)!

Industrial standards are applied throughout just about every facet of internationally used piping systems, cables, screws, nuts, bolts, beds, tiles, tyres, paints, lubricants, clothing, and so much more. What this does is to standardize these products so that anywhere in the world you go, the quality would be consistent. Say for example you live in Australia and bought a hard drive for your laptop. You then travelled to Japan where your hard drive failed and needed to be replaced. You would then be able to buy a new hard drive in Japan that would fit your laptop because of the standardized size of the hard drive for laptops. This makes accessing things we need much easier than before compared to once upon a time when you would have to discard a perfectly good piece of equipment and buy a new one because the spare parts available in your country could not fit it.

ISO 9000 standards are applied to products. ISO (International Organization for Standardization) ensures that quality standards are maintained worldwide. Since the world is one big global market, it is important that such standards be in place. As it relates to Network Cables, these same conventions apply. The main types of network cables are:

- CAT5e
- CAT6
- Coaxial
- Fiber Optic
- RJ45
- Twisted Pair

With the ISO Standards applied, anywhere in the world that you go and buy any of these cables, you can be sure they will work in any other part of the world. And quality is also assured. This saves on cost and time as you would not have to buy a different cable in each country you go - simply carry the one you already have! An exerpt from the ISO 9000 websites states:

The ISO 9000 family is primarily concerned with “quality management”. This means what the organization does to fulfil:

- the customer’s quality requirements, and
- applicable regulatory requirements, while aiming to
- enhance customer satisfaction, and
- achieve continual improvement of its performance in pursuit of these objectives.

Truly remarkable! We are thus guaranteed quality products - money well spent.

Owning a piece of prime real estate is the desire of the not so faint at heart. When we speak of prime real estate, we are talking about houses, land, the works. An increasingly popular choice for many people the world over is condos. The Seattle area has quite a few to offer and they are not hard to find as you can go online to easily find the condo that is just right for you. The number one source for Seattle Condos, whether for buying, selling, or renting is CondoList, hosted by CondoCompany.com. You would not be the only one trying to get bargain prices for condos as thousands of unique visitors visit the website everyday to do business.

The beauty about CondoCompany.com is its flexibility since it allows a wide crooss-section of Realtors, Owners, and Developers to list condos that they have for sale in the Seattle area. By doing this, the middleman is eliminated from any business transactions because potential buyers who are seraching for Seattle Condos will be able to directly contact the owner or listing agent of the condos. How’s that for top class service?

Keeping in mind that people have different tastes, CondoCompany.com recently launched a program they dub “Building Specialists”. The term “Building Specialists” refers to a real estate agent who specializes in a specific type of condo building, generally luxury high rise condos. The agents who are listed are carefully screened before qualifying as a Seattle Building Specialist. This ensures that buyers get real value for their money.

So remember - if you are searching for Seattle Condos, the first and only place you need to check is the CondoCompany.com website. You are sure to find one to suit your taste.

It has been a while since I last posted any information on viruses, so here is a rundown of some of the viruses that are presently out there:

W32/Sober.r@MM:
New mass-mailing worm that includes code to prevent stinger.exe from being effectively run.

W32/Mydoom.bc@MM, W32/Mydoom.bd@MM, W32/Mydoom.be@MM:
Three new variants of the Mydoom mass mailing worm. All three variants leave the BackDoor-CEB.f trojan horse program behind.

W32/Bropia.worm.p:
Internet worm that propagates through MSN Messenger.

W32/Mydoom.bb@MM (W32.Mydoom.AX@mm):
Mass-mailing worm similar to earlier variants of MyDoom. MyDoom.bb also downloads and installs this back-door Trojan software on target machines.

W32/Zafi.d@MM:
E-mail virus with mass-mailer

W32/Sober.j@MM (W32.Sober.I@mm):
Variant of an older mass-mailer

W32/Netsky.ag@MM (W32.Netssky.AD@mm):
E-mail Virus

W32/Bagle.az@MM (W32.Beagle.AR@mm):
Another Mass-mailing Worm

W32/Bagle.ag@MM (W32.Beagle.AC@MM):
Mass-mailing Worm that also propagates via peer-to-peer networks

W32/Bagle.n@MM (W32.Bagle.M@mm):
Polymorphic mass-mailing worm with its own mail sending engine

There’s plenty more around, and even more being added almost daily. For a more exhaustive list, run a search on the search engines for “latest virus names” and see how many more you can identify.

Always remember to keep your antivirus software up-to-date.

Data courtesy of the OIT Virus Notification Program