KIPUG (Kern Independent PC Users Group) is a users group for users of personal computers in the Bakersfield and Kern County.
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SITE OF THE MONTH
This website offers the latest space weather news to the public in both easy understandable and more technical articles. It is also fun to view images sent in by astonomers depicting space events such as auroras, nebulas, etc.
I am also in the process of updating links to the latest computer and hardware websites. If you have a link please email me with the link.
ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE
  AVG Check Point
E-Safe   F-Secure
Kaspersky McAfee Panda
    Sophos
Symmantec Trend Micro waVe Antivirus
     
DOWNLOADS
5 Star Shareware.com C-Net Downloads Free Download Center
  Internet.com I.T. Pro Downloads
Jumbo Kid's Domain Downloads  
Microsoft Download Center PC World TuCows
ZDnet    
     
MUSIC AND BOOK DOWNLOADS
Janis Ian Music Sharing view    
Baen Free Library - Books    
     
SOFTWARE PROGRAMS
Acrobat Reader   Animation Shop
Bejeweled Cute FTP  
DeLormaTopo USA Director DreamWeaver
Drive Image Eudora File Maker
Fireworks First Page 2000 Flash
Freehand Home Site ICQ (Chat)
Internet Explorer    
  Mozilla (
Netscape Office Open Office
    Photo Shop
  QuickTime Quicken
Real Audio Starry Night (Astronomy) Star Office
  Turbo Tax Windows
WinZip Word Perfect  
     
LINUX SOFTWARE DISTRIBUTORS
Debian GNU/Linux DistroWatch.com Gentoo Linux
Knoppix Lycoris Linux Mandrake Linux
Red Hat) Linux SuSe Linux  
     
MEMORY
AMD Crucial Fujitsu Microelectronics
G-Link Technology Gigabyte Intel
Kingston Technology Micron Technologies, Inc. Oki Semiconductor
Rambus Samsung Sharp Microelectronics
Toshiba e-Memory.com  
     
MOTHERBOARDS
Abit AOpen American Megatrends
Asus Epox Iwill
MSI Shuttle Soyo
SuperMicro SysOPT Tyan
Motherboards.org (resource) Motherboards.com (resource)  
     
HARD DRIVES
Fujitsu IBM Maxtor
Quantum Seagate Western Digital
     
SOUND CARDS
Antex Electronics Creative Digital Audio Labs/
Digital Audio Labs Fortemedia Hercules
MidiMan   Turtle Beach
     
VIDEOCARDS
ATI Intergraph  
Nvidia Matrox Trident
     
MONITORS
KDS Mag Magnavox
NEC Philips ViewSonic
Sony    
Epinion.com (reviews) Monitor World (lots of links)  
     
PRINTERS
Brother Canon Epson
HP Lexmark NEC
Oki Data    
     
TECHNICAL WEBSITES
AnandTech Bug Net CNet News
FDisck.com Hardware Central Extreme Tech
InformIT PC Computer Notes PC Guide
PC Mechanic PC Technology Guide Slashdot
Tech Republic Tech World  
Tom's Hardware Guide User Friendly Comic Strip  
  Utility Geek ZD Net