Tech Insider: David Wolfgang-Kimball

 
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4 Steps to Speedy Surfing
Save yourself time, money, and frustration! Learn four easy ways to increase your online surfing speed. Go >

 

A Guide for Your First Time Online
You're going online for the first time--now what? With this article, you'll know what to expect--and not expect--your first time online. Go >

 

Just Say No to Spam!
Spam is the junk email of the Internet. Learn how to minimize the inconvenience of spam through these 5 steps. Go >

 

5 Guidelines for Beginner Chatters
These five guidelines for beginning chatters will explain the rules of the road in chat in order to have fun and be safe online. Go >

 

How to Not Get Lost Online
Don't get lost online! Find out how to use home pages, filters, search engines, and bookmarks to know where you've come from and where you're going, and how to get home again. Go >

 

Easy Guide to Buying a Digital Camera
Find how to make a smart purchase of one of the most exciting gadgets introduced in recent years: the digital camera. Go >

 

Easy Guide to Buying a Scanner
Choosing a scanner can be confusing! We've listed the top five criteria you need to understand when selecting a scanner. Go >

 

Adopt a Virtual Pet!
PETZ software allows you to put an animated virtual pet on your desktop. Go >

 

Common Email Errors to Avoid
Email is a form of Internet communication that has become nearly as important as a telephone for those connected to the Net. Learn the ground rules for email and the most common email errors and how to avoid them. Go >

 

Personalizing Your Desktop
How to identify your desktop in a room of identical machines. Go >

 

The Wild and Woolly Web
Computers are subject to malicious attack by viruses, Trojan Horses, and worms. Learn what these are and how you can protect your PC. Go >

 

Working at Home: 10 Essentials
These days, most routine office work can now be done from home. But of course, this requires the appropriate tools. Here are the ten technologies that can make your home office a reality. Go >

 

Sharing the Wealth
Buying the software you need to carry out all your daily transactions can drain the average person's bank account--not counting all the upgrades you'll need a year later. The solution? Shareware. Go >

 

Crumbling the Magic Cookie
Ever wonder what a "cookie" is and how it works? The first clue--it's not a snack! Find the answers in this quiz. Go >

 

12 Most Common Email Scams
Email boxes are filling up with more offers for business than any other kind of unsolicited commercial email. That's a problem, according to the Federal Trade Commission, because many of these offers are scams. Go >

 

WWWhat?
Think you know the difference between the Internet and the World Wide Web? Go >

 

The Web in Space
Computers and the Internet are Earthbound no longer! Go >

 

Who's Behind That Web Site?
Want to know who's on the other end of your online transaction? We can tell you how to find out--in five easy steps! Go >

 

In Search of an ISP
If you're considering changing your Internet Service Provider, look no further. Go >

 

Legislating Decency
Do parents need government guidelines to monitor smut online, or should the Internet be free from government control? Go >

 

Cracking the Code
Join the hot debate between the feds and the techies over privacy on the Net. Go >

 

Two Bits for a Penny
As the number of communications mediums grows exponentially, large telecommunications companies will have more and more incentive to provide a integrated communications package--telephone, Internet access, Cable TV, and cellular--all on one bill, supplied by one company. Go >

 

Spam Update
Not long ago, the sound "You have mail!" was good news. Today, however, more often than not, it means that you have a mailbox full of unsolicited marketing opportunities, ads for XXX sex sites, and semi-literate promotions--in other words, spam. Go >

 

Why is the Internet So Darn Slow?
We're all familiar with the scenario--turn on the computer, dial up your favorite Web site, and...wait. Why is it that one day the Internet is nice and snappy and the next day it is slow as molasses? We'll look at the whys, and what (if anything) you can do about it. Go >

 

You Know It's Time to Upgrade When...
What do careers, relationships, and personal computers have in common? Just this: the secret to success in any of these is knowing when to stay with what you've got--and when to bite the bullet and upgrade. Go >

 

Who's Gathering Information on You Online?
There's an industry of information-hungry marketers out there, and they are unscrupulously using the Web to gather information--about you. Go >

 

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