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    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.

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    Internet Site of the Week

    Database, Gotfried. K, Published on 27/10/2010

    » ''Change the world, one map at a time'' says ShowWorld _ and that's exactly what it does. Thanks to a clever bit of computer programming, this week's Internet Site of the Week displays a world map containing various facts and figures drawn from reliable sources like Unicef, Amnesty International, World Steel, The World Bank and others.

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    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.

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    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.

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    Internet Site of theWeek

    Database, Gotfried. K, Published on 03/11/2010

    » The dark side of social networking will soon be upon us. One such example is honestly.com (''Truth in Reputation''), a site that allows users to post anonymous reviews of their bosses and fellow workers.

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    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.

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    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).

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    Internet Site of theWeek

    Database, Gotfried. K, Published on 29/09/2010

    » Keeping track of the Internet is no easy task, but alexa.com has found a niche for itself by doing just that. It's a fascinating site to visit to see what's popular, which websites are the most visited, who's in the top 10, even have a peek at the volume of your own traffic to your own website.

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    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/.

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    Internet Site of theWeek

    Database, Gotfried. K, Published on 15/09/2010

    » What is a webtop and why would you want one? First of all, a webtop is an Internet page that is basically an all-in-one computer system, usually featuring an email client, a word processor, a calendar program, and so on. As to why you might want one, there could be any number of reasons: students in a classroom might find having a webtop a convenient way to communicate with teachers, keep up with scheduled events, or a place to store files. Rather than outfitting each computer in the classroom with all the necessary software for these tasks, the teacher can just have the students create a webtop, which they can then sign on to and do their work.

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