Random ding ding sound from my imac

hi all,
i bought my first mac on wednesday and have really good experience with it so far... i noticed that every now and then it makes a ding ding or dong dong sound... can anyone shed some light on this? it happens when i'm using it and it happens when i'm not using i.e. watching a dvd last night it did it twice. the only thing i have installed since purchase is mac office 08 and eyetv 3 software. thanks in advance.

To get rid of any sounds related to Entourage, go to to Entourage Preferences. In General Preferences, click on ”Notification”. Under “Sounds”, uncheck “No mail sound”. You won't hear any sounds when Entourage periodically checks for e-mail via "Send and Receive". If you don’t want to hear sound when you receive new mail, also uncheck “New mail sound”. If you like, you can also get rid of the Welcome, Sent mail, Mail error, and Reminder sounds by unchecking their respective boxes.
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