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through the data stored on their computer by mimicking a three dimensional office. Software developers, including those at Microsoft, have been working, so far unsuccessfully, to come up with a better system of navigation through computer data by usi...

Web stores? A: Shoppers don't have to wait for advertising circulars to arrive with their newspapers or in the mail to find coupons. There are some great deals available on the Internet that consumers can use at online stores and cybershops and for ...

Are you worried about downloading your e-mail because of the ILOVEYOU virus and other copycat viruses? Don't worry. You cannot get the ILOVEYOU virus just from downloading your e-mail. If someone sends the infamous ILOVEYOU e-mail to you, do not pani...

Remember the saying that you should never go back into the kitchen of your favourite restaurant? Well the same description probably applies to the computer rooms housing the hardware and software systems of many organisations. They're usually a mess ...

Yes, you too can become a secret agent. The latest hot device for the man or woman about town is the hand held scanner. These thin portable scanners allow quick scans of pages of text, bits of sentences you may want to remember, or a document left as...

Are you afraid to use your credit card on the web? Worried that an online `eavesdropper' will capture your card number and send it off to a den of thieves? Well don't worry! There has never been a documented case of anyone having his or her credit s...

found a pocket of investor appetite for initial public offerings and junk bonds when it completed its long-awaited IPO on Wednesday and junk bond sale on Thursday. Still, poor market conditions forced Vancouver-based 360networks, run by former Micros...

US firms are looking to offshore centres in an attempt to overcome the worldwide shortage of information technology (IT) workers according to a report from research firm IDC. However, on closer inspection much of the needs of these firms -- lots of c...

The categories and the 35 finalists nominated for the MIT eBusiness Awards in seven categories -- due to be announced April 12 -- are indicative of the shape of electronic commerce today. The "Web Responsibility'' category recognises companies such a...

I had a standard conversation yesterday with Eliza, a famous chatterbox. Eliza: "So how are you doing today?'' Ahmed: ''I'm in top form.'' Eliza: "Do you believe it is normal to be in top form?'' Ahmed: "Why should I come to an idiot like you?'' Eliz...