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Spoilt for choice
Database, Gotfried. K, Published on 04/08/2010
» If you're sniffing around for the right office products to buy, you'll be happy to know that you've never had more choices, and that many of those choices are completely free.
Internet Site of the Week
Database, Gotfried. K, Published on 07/07/2010
» Facebook is a popular site, with 400 million users now and counting. CEO Mark Zuckerberg is hoping for one billion users in the not too distant future, a goal he just might achieve.
The importance of porn
Database, Gotfried. K, Published on 01/09/2010
» The Internet owes a lot to porn, whether we care to admit it or not. Without porn driving growth and web technologies (picture formats, file-sharing, and so on), the Internet probably wouldn't be what it is today. In the early days, trading pornographic pictures occupied much of the Internet's time and effort. Even before the Internet, there were BBSs full of porn for the downloading.
INTERNETSITE of the Week
Database, Gotfried. K, Published on 01/09/2010
» If you're writing the Great American Novel, or perhaps Australia's answer to Harry Potter, or any book at all for that matter, you may want to visit the authonomy website at www.authonomy.com. A community of writers sponsored by HarperCollins, the site basically allows you to post your magnus opus and receive feedback, whether good or ill, from other members of the site.
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/.
Internet Site of the Week
Database, Gotfried. K, Published on 11/08/2010
» I'm one of those people who find computer screens incredibly boring. When you're working with various applications like Microsoft Word, there's not much you can do about it. Some applications, like WinAMP and Google Chrome, have ''skins'' or ''themes'' that you can download to change the application's appearance.
INTERNET SITE of the Week
Database, Gotfried. K, Published on 25/08/2010
» The Internet is a most interesting place, full of interesting things, but how do you find them? How do you search for something when you don't know what you're searching for? And what about the serendipity of stumbling across an amazing site that you had no idea existed?
Internet Site of the Week
Database, Gotfried. K, Published on 14/07/2010
» Getting medical advice on the Internet is not always the best idea. There are many health sites packed with information, but one needs to be careful about where the information comes from and stick with trusted sites by trusted names. And even then, as such sites will say, one should only use the information as a bit of a diagnostic tool rather than as an excuse not to visit the doctor. Whenever there's any sort of health trouble, a visit to the doctor is a must.
Internet Site of the Week
Gotfried. K, Published on 14/07/2010
» Getting medical advice on the Internet is not always the best idea. There are many health sites packed with information, but one needs to be careful about where the information comes from and stick with trusted sites by trusted names. And even then, as such sites will say, one should only use the information as a bit of a diagnostic tool rather than as an excuse not to visit the doctor. Whenever there's any sort of health trouble, a visit to the doctor is a must.
Singing the same old vapourware song
Database, Gotfried. K, Published on 02/06/2010
» According to recent reports in the tech press, Microsoft's Internet Explorer web browser recently dropped to below 60 percent in market share, down from a high of 95 percent back in 2003. For many reasons, this is excellent news. But another report, on the other hand, demonstrates that Microsoft has not given up on its bag of tricks, the sort of tricks that helped Internet Explorer supposedly ''win'' the browser war in the first place.