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Internet Site of the Week
Database, Gotfried. K, Published on 22/12/2010
» This week's Internet Site of the Week is FindTheBest, at findthebest.com, a comparison engine that allows users to browse or search for almost anything, providing an unbiased overview of options so that you can choose the right one for you.
Internet Site of the Week
Database, Gotfried. K, Published on 15/12/2010
» Facebookers (and you know who you are), you're in for a treat. It's a new web browser called RockMelt designed, from the ground up, to be a ''social browser'' and to put all your Facebook and Twitter feeds on one screen.
The world of webtops
Database, Gotfried. K, Published on 01/12/2010
» There are a surprising number of webtops out there on the Internet, so surprising that it makes you wonder what all the fuss is about. After all, a webtop is simply a web page that acts like a computer operating system. The webtop screen looks a lot like your computer desktop, offering access to email, calendaring, word processing, instant messaging and so on - some even come with their own web browser (a browser within a browser - what's the point of that?).
Internet Site of theWeek
Database, Gotfried. K, Published on 17/11/2010
» It has happened to all of us: you click on a ''send me an email'' link and your computer grinds to a halt while trying to start up an application like Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express or some other external program that you never use. Annoying, isn't it?
Internet Site of theWeek
Database, Gotfried. K, Published on 10/11/2010
» If you've spent a lot of time using computers, you've probably got lots of files on your computer that are pretty old _ and you may not have the original programs used to create them.
Seeking solace online
Database, Gotfried. K, Published on 03/11/2010
» It's no secret that I suffer from bipolar disorder, a major mental disorder, which is not so much an illness as a chemical imbalance in the brain. It has made my life like a nonstop rollercoaster ride _ up and down, year after year, stumbling from one self-induced disaster to the next, not realising until I was about 40 that there was something seriously amiss. With medication, the road has been smoothed somewhat, though I often feel like a zombie, which is neither good nor bad; not really much of anything at all.
Internet Site of the Week
Database, Gotfried. K, Published on 20/10/2010
» This week's Internet Site of the Week is a venerable old site well worth a bookmark _ NoNags at www.nonags.com, the best place on the Internet to find free software.
INTERNET SITE of the Week
Database, Gotfried. K, Published on 13/10/2010
» Mind your manners! And if you don't know how, you'll want to pay a visit to The Emily Post Institute Etipedia at www.emilypost.com/etipedia, an electronic database of social dos and don'ts, with additional rules about how to behave while on the Internet and composing email (necessary, if some of my correspondence is any indication _ it's extremely easy to come across as rude and abrupt in email since you're not there, in person, to see the reaction of the person reading your email. It can be difficult to tell if one is joking or serious, being ironic or purposefully unpleasant, with those visual cues from normal conversation).
Escape the tyranny of file formats
Database, Gotfried. K, Published on 06/10/2010
» Today I would like to share with you one of most important things about software that you will ever learn or need to know, and I can say that with some confidence, based on 20 years of using a personal computer.
Internet Site of theWeek
Database, Gotfried. K, Published on 08/09/2010
» The Internet is certainly a wonderful place if you read English. But if English isn't your mother tongue, it becomes a bit more challenging. Some of the smarter sites, like Yahoo!, are making efforts to make their copious content and services available to the rest of the world. That's why this week's Internet Site of the Week is Yahoo! Thailand, located at www.th.yahoo.com/.