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Using a Windows XP system in its default setup on the Internet "amounts to a car parked in a bad part of town, with the doors unlocked, the key in the ignition and a Post-It note on the dashboard saying, `Please don't steal this'," according to a rec...

Last week I discovered two dialler programs had been installed without my knowledge in my computer. These change the number used by dial up connections to expensive premium rate lines. They were unable to work as I'm connected to an ADSL line and the...

While the war rages in Iraq the battle of the television networks to capture viewers on the Internet has heated up. Some commentators claim that the Iraq war may be the "defining moment" for streaming news media, in much the same way that Cable News ...

Even if you do not know your geography, you would conclude that it must be cold in Iceland. With 69.8 percent of the entire population online, Iceland had the highest rate of Internet penetration in the world at the end of May 2002, according to a st...

Despite all the warnings about computer security to executives, the financial toll continues to mount from this form of break-in, according to the Computer Security Institute (CSI) annual computer crime and security survey. Meanwhile, Ernst & Young's...

I'm a statistic's freak, so here are some recent factoids I've put together to wrap up a year of amazing changes. Call them the Harper's Index on technology, or not. Maybe you'll find a description of yourself somewhere in the stats. First, how about...

The founders and backers of Internet-based companies have been crying for the past year with the shakeout in the sector. But the real weeping is going on in the international telecommunications companies, especially those like Bermuda-headquartered G...

because most of us would rather be out and about when we're not working, rather than fiddling with hieroglyphics on a computer screen. Friends also might start giving you that blank look when you try to describe what you're doing. But go ahead, expre...

Hello again, weekend Webmasters. Last week's column had some tips about getting started on creating basic Internet pages using some free HTML editors without having to go through the hassle of learning HTML tags. This week I discuss how to manage gra...

So you want to create a personal Internet site so that your family overseas can see some of your photographs or read about the latest gossip on the rock. Or perhaps you have a small business that doesn't need anything more sophisticated than a few pi...