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Beat the broadband blues

Are you getting all the ISP you pay for? Here’s how to make the most of your connection, and what to do if it’s time to switch providers.

Spam slayer: Do you speak spam?

An extreme volume of spam calls for extreme measures. You can create a "Safe Mail" folder in Outlook Express as an effective spam filter. Right-click on Local Folders and select New Folder. Next select Tools, Create Rules from Message and pair your a...

Mandatory copy controls near

If the entertainment industry gets its way, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will this week order vendors of every PC capable of receiving digital broadcast signals to use copy protection mechanisms that stop anyone from sharing copyr...

E-mail evolves

New products and Web services are designed to help you fight the battle of in-box overload.

A year on, multimedia metadata yet to shine

Your music collection is finally digital. You've ripped your 200 favorite CDs to MP3 files and you love the way the software allows you to create playlists or instantly call up favorites from your personal database of 2,000 songs. Setting out for the...

Wireless LAN hits the g spot

The appearance of wireless hotspots in Australian airports and other business traffic hubs has been a sign of a sea change in wireless networking.

New music service sings a different tune

For several years, one of the hottest topics in ebusiness has been what will happen with online music.

Developers show their independent streak

Web applications rule the enterprise. That's the indisputable conclusion to be drawn from this year's InfoWorld Programming Survey. Despite imperitives from Microsoft Corp. and others that developers abandon server-based HTML apps for fat desktop cli...

Maximum Google

Google is fast, accurate, and fun to use, but you can get even more out of the boss of search engines. We've found more than 20 ways to customise your Google searches; locate the sites, images, and news you want more quickly; and train Google to work...