European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 4, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tripes wednesday april 4 2007 your Money put the video in video ipod virtual hard Dave i your systems memory becomes convert pxm402u hooked up to my Dell ask Jim dimension 4700 running inter video wind cd creator do you have any suggestions on software to use to convert these dds to use on the ipod Bob Emberger a youve got a lot of company or e the phenomenon is producing Large numbers of people who would like to Load and play their homemade videos in the popular machines for macintosh owners this is a no brainer just use the movie and Ivd programs built into the Mac of 10 operating system but ifs not that simple in the windows world the latest version of that inter video soft Ware you used to make those dds includes a tool that will output to ipod and just about any other video editing and burning software does the same thing the trick is to use the output feature in the software to create a file on your hard drive in the format known As mpeg4 just about All of the windows video software includes mp4 output but sometimes finding the Way to make it work can be daunting another Way to do this is to acquire specially software such As video a ipod converter which is free although a donation is requested from video a holdings inc Check out  let me add that the smoothest Way for windows users to work their video ipod is apples Quick time pro for windows software available for at As an upgrade to the quicklime movie viewer q i have a Gateway computer and every time i Power my system up the hard drive is blinking As if it is going crazy is there any Way i can see just what the hard drive is doing i have windows up Clyde l Downs or a dont fret yet or d bewildering behaviour of Jim Coates so another possibility is that a program you have installed such As one of the desk tops from Google Yahoo and Microsoft Etc is indexing the Content of the drive so these flashing lights often can be ignored but because this is bothering you it will contribute to your peace of mind if you can find out what s going on to make that drive Flash repeatedly Lef s Start with the most dire Case theres always a Chance that some kind of malware virus Trojan worm Etc has taken Over part of your computer and is causing it to do something such As fire off Large numbers of emails or perhaps Send copies of the virus itself scan your hard drive using whatever antivirus software came with your computer another step is to Check for adware and spyware that antivirus programs might Overlook Check out spy Bot search and destroy at  which is free even As the Sites creators urge folks to donate something to keep them going you also can get a pretty Good picture about what s happening or not happening using the task manager that appears when windows users Type the control Alt and delete keys simultaneously then Click task manager in the display that summons open the Tab called processes Click on the View option in the menu bar at the top of the display and choose select columns tool that brings up a list of Check boxes that will let you create mealtime reports of hard drive input and output Check the ones with in the name and watch the numbers change As the hard drive flashes to see what process is responsible got a question on personal technology Send a note to Jim Coates at com questions can be an swered Only through this column Market summary Exchange 52week High Low name last net chg Ltd chg chg 52wk chg 770811 1279533 106833 Dow Jones industrials 1238230 65 521142 413472 Dow Jones transportation 481683 38097 Dow Jones utilities 51020 nose composite 930555 amex Index 218027 Nash a composite 242226 142455 85241 Russell 2000 80322 1482876 1224990 do Wilshire 5000 1444755 50515 945362 217989 180065 253142 201278 146157 87089 83001 121929 71053 66858 most Active is or More name last chg firs data s Kraft forum Motorola Hali Ibon s air up Pfizer inc no earn Antrias 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information there Are tens of thousands of restaurants that Arent complying with Industry Secu Rity rules says Robert Carr chief executive of heart land payment sys tems inc a Prince ton n j company that processes card transactions for Small merchants about half of heartlands clients Are restau rants All companies that accept Plas tic must follow a Complex set of Security rules put in place by visa Mastercard american express co and Morgan Stanley discover unit since january 2005 restau rants represented about 40 per cent of incidents in which intruders gained unauthorized Access to credit card information Accord ing to data tracked by visa that is the largest percentage of Inci dents among merchant groups meanwhile chicag based am  which conducts Security audits for merchants says that 62 percent of the Security breaches it has seen Over the past 18 months came from the restaurant Industry the incidents involve myriad Security break Downs including poorly protected wireless net works that Crimi nals can tap into from a Laptop from the parking lot and systems that allow employees to steal card information not All Inci dents resulted in successful frauds visa Doest disclose How much fraud can be traced to restaurants most merchants dont disclose incidents unless there is a big Chance that a major fraud will occur or has already been spotted Joseph Sanscrainte a new York lawyer says one of his restaurant clients was fined More than an unusually Large Fine for what he described As a Small business for storing card data in violation of the rules the heat is certainly being turned up Sanscrainte said its and sensibility Call in divorce experts by Marshall Loeb Market watch new through a divorce is an emotionally exhausting experience adding in sult to injury attorney fees associated with the process can run into the thousands of dollars to combat such costs some people Are increasingly turning to mediators instead of lawyers to help them Settle the divorce a mediator is a third party who helps a divorcing couple come to an acceptable agree ment about the terms of the divorce this person assists the couple in the negotiation pro Cess but does not actually make the decisions if you do choose a mediator you should consider consulting a financial adviser As Well says Katherine e Stoner attorney mediator and author of divorce without court a guide to Media Tion and collaborative divorce but do it Early in the process so that you will know what is sues May come up and what Steps to take to avoid them in addition to the first meeting you should also consult the adviser before agreeing to any property settlements Stoner offers the following guidelines when working with a financial adviser during a medi ated divorce aim for prevention of prob lems instead of waiting for your advisers advice request it in and Vance a Good adviser will offer multiple options and will Illus trate How they work with exam Ples h ask questions if you dont understand something now is not the time to hold Back get your adviser to explain anything that seems confusing get a second opinion if youre not comfortable with the advice youre getting if s Wise to ask for a second or third opinion