With ever-increasing popularity of sharing home-videos, mp3 audios, and other large files online, actually transferring those files to your customers, friends, and family presents a problem.

Most email systems limit size of files you can send, and often completely restrict some file types, such as .exe, from passing through their email servers.

Most computer geeks say, "Just ftp it to your server and I'll download it from Web."

Unfortunately, that solution often proves too much of a hassle, and actually rates impossible for those without ftp access to a website and knowledge to use it.

To solve this problem, a new breed of website file transfer service has emerged to help technically or time- challenged masses share their huge files online.

** http://www.YouSendIt.com **

I discovered this website as most people discover new sites, I saw someone else using it.

A friend wanted to send me a 10MB "zip" file while he traveled from San Francisco to Boise.

He couldn't use his ftp program to upload it to Web, and his ISP wouldn't let him send such a huge file.

So, he logged on to www.yousendit.com and completed a 4-step process.

(1) He entered my email address, (2) chose file he wanted to send by browsing his hard drive, (3) entered his email and typed in a brief message, and (4) clicked "send" button.

The service uploaded file to web and sent me an email message with a link to download file from their website.

After I downloaded file, I clicked a link to delete file from their server.

If I didn't bother to click that link, server would automatically delete file after 7 days.

A few things make this service unique.

First, it allows you to send files without forcing you to register as a user; it's totally anonymous.

In addition to connecting multiple devices to a single power source, surge protectors provide protection from frequent problems that plague conventional utility power. The most common of these problems are surges (temporary increase of voltage) and brownouts (temporary decrease of voltage). These disturbances slowly degrade many power supply units and cause premature equipment failure. The rising demand on our nation’s power grids is causing more brownouts than ever before (Gamble; Power Protect Your Computer).

The Inside of a Surge Protector

Toroidal Choke Coil: The toroidal choke coil is an electromagnet wrapped in wire. It filters out line noise as hot wire passes through it.

Metal Oxide Varistors (MOV’s): An MOV has three parts: a piece of metal oxide material in middle and two semiconductors joined to hot and ground wire. As a protective connecting unit it shifts unsafe voltage levels to ground wire.

Neutral Wire: The neutral wire is common in modern wiring practices for safety. It is used in conjunction with hot wire and ground wire.

Hot Wire: The hot wire holds passing current which contains excess voltage.

Fuse: A fuse is a resistor used to protect wiring from getting too hot. Fuses “blow or burn out”, thereby preventing electrical current from traveling further.

Ground Wire: The ground wire protects users from getting an electrical shock. It receives excess voltage from from MOVs. Most surge protectors contain a parallel circuit design whereby extra voltage is fed away from standard path to another circuit. Another design is a series circuit where electrical current is slowed; moreover it detects high voltage, stores electricity, and releases it gradually (Harris).

The majority of electrical currents diversion is done through metal oxide varistor or MOV. The MOV acts as a pressure-sensitive valve: based on level of voltage, electrons in semiconductors behave differently either creating lower or higher resistance. When voltage is correct, an MOV doesn’t do anything (Harris).

Specifications and Quality Considerations