Cutting Spam Out of Your Network's Diet - 7/25/2007 You probably wonder why e-mail providers can't simply block all spam before it gets to you. The truth is there's only so much they can do. The rest is up to you.
Cybermedia UnInstaller 4.5 - 5/29/1999 An uninstaller for Windows that cleans up your whole system in addition to safely uninstalling any unwanted applications.
Deciphering the Latest Wireless Acronyms - 10/10/2005 Stumped by acronyms such as WPA2 and WMM? You're not alone. Windows networking guru Ron Pacchiano defines these new terms and, more importantly, explains why you need to care about them in his latest Q&A.
Demystifying a Small Business Network - 3/14/2008 Running your business over a network -- even if it's only to share Internet access -- can help you be more productive and efficient. We take a look at the basic components of a network and how they all fit together.
Demystifying Search Engine Optimization, Part 1 - 5/1/2008 Search engine optimization can be a confounding and inexact science, but learning fact from fiction can help you make the most of your Web marketing efforts.
Demystifying Search Engine Optimization: Part 2 - 5/13/2008 It takes more than the right keywords to optimize a Web site. In part two of our series on SEO strategies and tips, we look at style sheets, link building, and tools for tracking your search engine rankings.
Desktop Publishing with Microsoft Word - 6/5/2002 No, the world's favorite word processor doesn't have all the features of a deluxe desktop publishing program, but it has more and finer formatting controls than you're using now. Here's how to take advantage of text boxes, line spacing, and other tools for surprisingly stylish newsletters or flyers.
Desktop Search Tools Gaining Popularity - 7/14/2005 With so much data out there, finding it is becoming as big a problem as storing it once was. But a new crop of desktop search tools is making this job a easier and riskier.
Dev Tutorial: Behind the Scenes with XHTML - 8/9/2004 Lee Underwood follows up a previous dev tutorial on the requirements for proper XHTML coding with a more focused look at what some of those requirements are in relation to the head portion of the Web page.
Discover the Joys of Automatic Network Configuration - 12/7/2004 One of the lesser-known features in Windows XP makes it easy to move a mobile computer from a home network to the office LAN without needing to manually reconfigure TCP/IP settings. And it doesn't matter if you are moving between wired networks, wireless networks, or any other networked environment.
Do It Yourself: Roll Your Own Network Cables - 4/24/2006 This one begs the question: Why assemble your own Ethernet cables? Maybe you need custom lengths of cable. After all, coiling a 25-foot cable when you need only two feet is overkill, not to mention a decorating don’t. You won't do it everyday, but having the supplies and know-how to whip up a cable on the spot is handy.
Do You Know Your Digital Vermin? - 2/2/2005 Do you know the differences among viruses, worms, and Trojan horses? Learn how each can bring harm to your PC and what you can do to exterminate these digital vermin.
Do You Really Need a Server? - 9/25/2006 PCs networked in a peer-to-peer fashion are adequate when you have only two or three users on the network. After that you really need to consider investing in a network server. Here's why.
Documents to Go - 5/20/2001 Short on time and without a computer, this program lets you use Office applications on your Palm Pilot and then Hotsync them to your computer.
Don't Fall Prey to Lazy Password Practices - 10/30/2006 Building strong passwords helps you protect both business and personal data from unauthorized access. But passwords are meaningless if they are too simple or written down where others can access them.
Don't Leave an Internet Trail Behind You - 8/28/2006 In addition to storing Web addresses, AutoComplete can also store usernames and passwords of your accounts. So if you're not careful, AutoComplete could inadvertently allow unauthorized users to gain access to your sensitive information.
Don't Let 802.11b Bring You Down - 10/31/2005 Buying a 802.11g router won't improve your wireless LAN's performance if you also have 802.11b devices connected to it. The good news is that there is a painless resolution to ensure that faster devices aren't slowed down by slower WiFi devices.
Don't Let Your Networked Home Theater Devices Go It Alone - 7/7/2008 Connecting multiple consumer electronics devices to your network wirelessly can be a pricey and time-consuming undertaking. Networking them via a wireless bridge is one way to save money, time, and clutter.
Don't Let Your Users Buy the 'Pharm' - 8/29/2005 Pharming and phishing are shredding whatever little trust there's left in the internet. Learn how to spot these schemes and prevent them from making victims out of your users.
Dragon NaturallySpeaking Pro 3.5 - 8/7/1999 Dragon NaturallySpeaking is the world's first large-vocabulary, general-purpose, continuous speech recognition system. Users talk naturally and their words are transcribed immediately with high accuracy onto their PC screens.
Dreamweaver 3 Fireworks 3 Studio - 12/6/1999 Today's Web sites are increasingly complex and built by larger teams. Macromedia offers the Dreamweaver 3 Fireworks 3 Studio as their ultimate all-around Web developer tool set. Find out if it's as good as they claim.
Dynamic HTML Lab: Fun with Mozilla Border Radii - 10/11/2004 Mozilla has jumped the gun on CSS3 and prematurely put an end to purely rectangular elements with their curved elements and borders. The Dynamic HTML Lab offers a preview of what to expect in CSS3 as well as a demonstration of what you can do right now in Gecko browsers (Mozilla and Netscape 7+).
Easy Troubleshooting with Network Diagnostics and WNTIPCFG - 1/14/2008 Can't reach a Web site or send and receive e-mail? Tucked away into Windows XP is a built-in utility called Network Diagnostics that can save some time and effort by automatically scanning various aspects of your connection with a single click.
eCorp eFax - 6/1/1999 What Is Small In Size (About 1.8 Megs), Lightning Fast, And So Easy A Child Could Use It?
eCorp eMail97 - 6/1/1999 We have been testing several Email packages over the last few weeks, and it seems like each one has it's own unique features. Find all about Email 97 in this review!
Eight Steps to Improve Business Security in 2008 - 3/18/2008 Poor protection against Internet threats and a lack of in-house security practices (yes, you really do need those) can take a serious toll on your business. Here are eight ways to boost your security quotient.
Elcom Advanced Zip Password Recovery 2.3 - 6/23/1999 Advanced Zip Password Recovery 2.3 is a program for recovering lost or forgotten passwords in .zip and .exe files. AZPR allows you to find any password made up of words, numbers, and or characters. So how useful is it? Read this review to find out!
Elegant Excel Formatting - 4/18/2002 Got financial news that's sure to please the boss? Don't bury it in a bland, black-and-white grid of hard-to-read numbers. Office expert Helen Bradley shows you how to outdo Excel's built-in formatting with intelligently colored rows or columns and cells that show data in more intuitive, eye-catching ways.
Endless Defrag - 9/2/2001 A tale about how following directions and using tried and true remedies doesn't always solve a computer problem.
Enhance Windows 95 - 6/1/1999 How to get the most out of Windows 95 with add-on utilities like the Microsoft Powertoys and various shortcuts.
Enhancing Windows 95 Security - 5/29/1999 Enhancing security is a big issue with Windows 95. There are two methods for stepping up your Operating System security outlined in this article -- one for those needing a very secure system, the other for keeping kids out of their private things.
ePrompter - 6/28/2000 EPrompter is a neat little (free) email notification utility that automatically checks up to eight accounts at once, showing at a glance their current status, whether online or offline.
Excel Views and Reports - 8/21/2002 Your boss wants the big-picture view, but her boss is a micromanager? Give each of them a personally tailored printout by taking advantage of Excel's Custom Views feature and Report Manager add-in. Here's how to find them (the latter was left out of Excel 2002, but you can fix that) and start setting up, saving, and summoning different perspectives on workbook data.
Excel's Best-Kept Secret - 7/10/2002 Calculating a dozen variables by picking one choice from a menu? Testing what-if values by lazily clicking up-and-down arrows instead of typing each number? Microsoft Excel's Forms toolbar has some of the slickest point-and-click time-savers in the whole Office suite. Helen Bradley reveals this little-known resource.
Exchange 2003 Service Pack 1, Installation and Overview - 7/26/2004 Exchange 2003 SP-1 is made up of myriad fixes, enhancements, and new features. Ryan Smith takes a closer look at what's new in the messaging system and also offers several installation tips and notes a couple of potential hiccups to keep an eye out for.
Executive Diskeeper 5.0 - 6/1/1999 The newest version of the Windows NT defragmentation tool, Diskeeper 5.0.
Extra Strength Partition-It - 9/30/1999 With Extra Strength Partition-It by Symantec you can regain lost disk space, re-partition that underused hard drive, and even run multiple operating systems from a single hard drive!
Feurio! - 8/26/2000 We have been creating CDs for years and have felt that the software that came with our CD-R was great--but boy, were we wrong! Ahead Software of Karlsbad Germany has what could be the ultimate solution.
Ffyon Applications FSplit 1.5 - 5/29/1999 FSplit splits downloaded files into sections that can be easily copied to floppy disks.
Firefox Buggier than IE: Which Is Safer? - 9/23/2005 In the first six months of this year, Firefox had nearly twice as many reported vulnerabilities than Internet Explorer? Is one safer than the other?
