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YHH -- January, 2007 -- A Wii problem

UD -- Dec 29, 2006 -- Just how big is my hard drive?

UD -- Dec 22, 2006 -- Wait 'til the gamers see this

UD -- Dec 15, 2006 -- Transfer any music you own to your computer

UD -- Dec 8, 2006 -- Google Desktop, a good thing or a security risk

UD -- Dec 1, 2006 -- Spam comprises more than half of email in Europe

YHH -- December, 2006 -- New York Times finds rural folks use Internet satellite

UD -- Nov 24, 2006 -- And the console games are on

UD -- Nov 17, 2006 -- Don’t run multiple antivirus programs on your computer

UD -- Nov 10, 2006 -- Christmas Special

UD -- Nov 10, 2006 -- Beware dialup users, IE 7 is no Firefox

UD -- Nov 3, 2006 -- More DSL available, possibly for you

YHH -- November, 2006 -- Complaint Department

UD -- Oct 27, 2006 -- Record Battery Recall Tops 9.6 Million

UD -- Oct 20, 2006 -- Rumor checking, early shopping

UD -- Oct 13, 2006 -- Friday Freebie, Google buys Youtube

YHH -- October, 2006 -- Needs Headline

UD -- Oct 06, 2006 -- Computer 'haunted' by Trojans

UD -- Sep 29, 2006 -- Friday Freebies

UD -- Sep 22, 2006 -- Road trip

UD -- Sep 15, 2006 -- Differences in driving directions and times

UD -- Sep 8, 2006 -- Mexican virus; Vista, leave laptop on

YHH -- September 6, 2006 -- 1932 World Series, Babe Ruth Calls His Shot

UD -- Sep 1, 2006 -- Computers compared, PC calculators, WiFi spots

UD -- August 25, 2006 -- SP2 update and Net neutrality

YHH -- August 2006 -- WildBlue and VPNs

UD -- August 18, 2006 -- Google does not want you 'Googling'

UD -- August 11, 2006 -- Fiery Laptops Not Good Idea for Teachers

UD -- August 4, 2006 -- Money Available for Widespread Wireless

UD -- July 21, 2006 -- CIS can help keep your computer secure

UD -- July 14, 2006 -- Cheap and Easy, Blogs Spark Discussion

UD -- July 7, 2006 -- Google Earth vs. Microsoft's Local Live

YHH -- July 2006 -- WildBlue works OK, but look out for the Installers

UD -- June 30, 2006 -- More reader emails

UD -- June 23, 2006 -- Look out for satellite installers

UD -- June 15, 2006 -- Reader Emails

UD -- June 9, 2006 -- Digitize your LP records

UD -- June 2, 2006 -- Speed Up Windows XP

YHH -- June 2006 -- WildBlue and Other News

UD -- May 26, 2006 -- Before the iPod came the Walkman

UD -- May 19, 2006 -- Friday Freebie

UD -- May 12, 2006 -- Mac Attacks Increasing

UD -- May 5, 2006 -- SketchUp - Free 3D Modeling Program from Google

YHH -- May 2006 -- AT&T Says 10% More in County Will Get DSL

UD -- April 28, 2006 -- Byte by Byte

UD -- April 21, 2006 -- 'MacHeads' can soon use Intel chip, too

UD -- April 14, 2006 -- 'Last mile' users have a while to wait for DSL

UD -- April 7, 2006 -- County-Phone Company Meeting is Tuesday

UD -- March 31, 2006 -- Discussion on Faster Internet Needs Support

UD -- March 24, 2006 -- Bill Gates Says Books and Newspapers Will Be Obsolete

UD -- March 10, 2006 -- Plusses and Minuses of CDs and DVDs

UD -- March 3, 2006 -- China announces launch of Chinese domain names

UD -- February 24, 2006 -- Starry-eyed researcher posts list online

UD -- February 17, 2006 -- Company's computer chips a little fishy

UD -- February 10, 2006 -- Enjoy Super Bowl ads, again, on the Internet

UD -- February 3, 2006 -- Mailbag still filling on high-speed subject

UD -- January 27, 2006 -- WiFi at home or office can esily be boosted

UD-- January 20 -- Mailbag still filling with tales of slow-speed woe

UD-- January 13, 2006 -- Faster Internet a Highly Sought After Utility

UD -- January 6, 2006 -- More High Speed Internet Would Be a Good Thing

YHH -- January 2006 -- Waiting for Wild Blue

UD -- August 5, 2005 -- Multiple monitors make multitasking easy

UD --July 15, 2005 -- Web site lists top tech stories of the past 10 years

UD -- July 1, 2005 -- Reader has praise for Netscape's new browser

UD -- June 24, 2005 -- Credit card security scandal affects millions

UD -- June 17, 2005 -- Apple takes new direction with processors

UD -- June 10, 2005 -- Laptop computers have come a long way

UD -- June 3, 2005 -- E-mail program shows resistance to change

UD -- May 27, 2005 -- Program users share memory-leak problems

UD -- May 20, 2005 -- Software company goes the extra mile

UD -- December 30, 2005 -- Dell Recalls 35,000 Laptop Batteries

UD -- December 23, 2005 -- Google and AOL Seal Billion Dollar Deal

YHH -- May 2004 -- Why I don't build custom computers

UD -- April 30, 2004 -- Switching Internet service providers is easy

UD -- April 23, 2004 -- New technology will be the death of DVDs

UD -- April 16, 2004 -- Effort required in fight against viruses, Non-Windows computer, Yes and no, Available tools, Use your head

UD -- April 2, 2004 -- The virtual reality of a wired house, Demo house, virtual viewing, Computer speed

YHH -- April 2004 -- But Wait! There's More!, Future Tech, Texas Quarters Recalled

UD -- March 19, 2004 -- Spyware, hijackers and hot spots, oh my

UD -- March 5, 2004 -- Projected cost of county web site investigated

YHH -- March 2004 -- DSL comes to the Hill, Don't forget to renew your domain registration, Thinking about buying a new computer?

UD -- February 20, 2004 -- Internet search engines have come a long way, Music downloads, New Blaster-type virus attack imminent

UD -- February 6, 2004 -- Faster Internet service soon will be available, Phishing alert, Xombe Trojan

YHH -- February 2004 -- That's Fast Internet,

UD -- January 23, 2004 -- Internet searches not created equal

UD -- January 9, 2004 -- Big choices for computer users in 2004, Items to watch, Viruses, worms and trojans

YHH -- January 2004 -- SETI Update, Your Own Star, Spam Bill, Wal*Mart Music, Suing Microsoft, Thanks

UD -- December 26, 2003 -- Website determines gender through writing, Computer recycling

UD -- December 5, 2003 -- Rechargeable batteries can be recycled, Microsoft wants into your vehicle, Virtual tours, Holiday shopping

YHH -- December 2003 -- 20 Years of Viruses, Who to Believe?, Lover Spy

UD -- November 21, 2003 -- Apple's latest just in time for Christmas, Internet taxes and spam laws, Secrecy for sale, Interface Manager

UD -- November 7, 2003 -- Going in search of a thoughtless search, Too much personal informtation, Definition tools, MSN dropping LookSmart

YHH -- November 2003 -- Fast Finally, Download Service, A lot of computers sold

UD -- October 24, 2003 -- Online music service now convenient, legal, Napster and MusicMatch, Carbon Nanotubes, Time Online, Speaker Boy

UD -- October 10, 2003 -- MRAM, Mac vs. PC

UD -- September 26, 2003 -- Some computer viruses come with credentials, Hacker Charged, Another e-mail hoax, IRS vs. Greenpeace, Internet Taxes

UD -- September 12, 2003 -- Well-protected network invaded by virus, Worm invasion, How much damage?, Rooting it out, Inadequate protection, Adequate backup

UD -- August 29, 2003 -- An expert compares Internet connections

UD -- August 15, 2003 -- Internet service providers are compared

UD -- August 1, 2003 -- Different Internet providers offer different services, Glossary of terms,

UD -- July 3, 2003 -- Once again, Virus Warnings and Virus Hoaxes, SPAM, ISP Update

UD -- June 20, 2003 -- New desktop computer pulls out all stops, Memory Prices Rising, Virus Writing 101, Do Not Call, Flight Controllers

UD -- June 6, 2003 -- Browser Battles, ISDN question

UD -- May 23, 2003 -- Web surfing, e-mail not always easy on the road, Web check, Back door access, Calling card connection, Blog production

YHH -- May 2003 -- Slow Journey to High Speed Internet Access

UD -- April 25, 2003 -- Windows Updates, Road Trip with New Laptop in Old VW, Sadam Soap on a Rope.

UD -- April 11, 2003 -- Stay Tuned on Battle of Yahoo vs. Google, Google News, Yahoo Offerings

UD -- March 14, 2003 -- Popular Search Engines Earn Good Grades, Virtual PC for Macs, Urban Legends and Folklore

YHH -- March 2003 -- A Cabin Fever Cure, Gravesites, Famous Prisons, Inquisition, General Pershing, Too Much Email

UD -- February 21, 2003 -- Vigilance is Good Defense Against Identity Theft, Working on Internet Access, Alta Vista Sold

YHH -- February 2003 -- Naked Air, California's Quarter Design, A Great Web Time Waster, Help Finding your Product Key, Internet Connection Speed

UD -- January 31, 2003 -- A Wealth of Information Available Online, Research on the Internet, Several Stops in Searching the Internet, Origins Questioned

UD -- January 17, 2003 -- Case's Successor Better Have Some Great Ideas, Microsoft Office, 2003 Virus News

UD -- January 3, 2003 -- Sun Microsystems Win One Against Giant, Search-Engine Company Changes, e-Bay Fraud

YHH -- January 2003 -- Post Holiday Goodies, New 2003 Virus, Online Shopping is more the Norm, HP-Compaq Merger, Satellite E-mails

UD -- December 13, 2002 -- Christmas Gifts for the Techies on your List

YHH -- December 2002 -- Pass the Turkey

UD -- November 29, 2002 -- Backup: the Prevention that's Cheaper than the Cure, Upgrade or New

UD -- November 15, 2002 -- More to Search Engines than Meets the Eye, Speaking of Yahoo

UD -- November 1, 2002 -- 'Net can Prepare you for Next Halloween, About those Hoaxes, De-spamming

YHH -- November 2002 -- Of Squirrels, Shakespeare and Slums, Recent Urban Legends, Yosemite Website?

UD -- October 18, 2002 -- Computer Performance not Based on Clock Speed, Stinger for BugBear, Elkern and Klez Viruses, A Handy Tool for Conversions

UD -- October 4, 2002 -- A Look at the Evolution of Word Processing, Word Perfect Woes, Early Word Processors, New Worm for October, Say Cheese

YHH -- October 2002 -- The Moms Network, Virtual Classrooms

UD -- September 20, 2002 -- New Gadget Links Television with computer, Trojan Horses and Other Things That Shouldn't Be On Your PC, Back to the Kids and the PC

UD -- September 6, 2002 -- New Version of Netscape Draws Some Raves, Vulnerabilities in some Microsoft Software, Ugly Web Sites

YHH -- September 2002 -- Paint Marv's Car, Don't Park on Washington Street in Sonora, Unreal Photos, Oh That's What's Going On

UD -- August 23, 2002 -- Manufacturer gets Heat over Desktop Processor, Sharp Introduces New Notebook, In the Future You may have to Pay to Replay, Blocking Pop-Up Adds, More Klez Virus, Mac Heads Only

UD -- August 9, 2002 -- Find Yourself in a Defunct Domain Name, Urban Legends, Kubrick's Hal, Free Downloads, Stopping Pop-ups

YHH -- August 2002 -- I'm Back, Creek Fire, Sept. 11, Killer Japanese Seizure Robots, Really Bad Advice, Microsoft Turning on the Meter, Almost Done

UD -- July 26, 2002 -- Time to clean out e-mail and ant's nests, Ants in the keyboard, An Army of Gamers

UD -- July 12, 2002 -- Music CDs May Become Computer Unfriendly, Netscape vs. Microsoft Explorer, Computers Have Changed Things

UD -- June 28, 2002 -- Truth and consequences in Internet world, JPEG Virus?, IRS Scam, PEW Report

UD -- June 7, 2002 -- Fingerprint Payments, Portable PC Computers, Budget Laptops, Power Supplies, Grain of Rice-Sized Radio, Yahoo-Japan

YHH -- June 2002 -- More Guard Rails and Missing Cyanide Trucks, Another Hoax Virus, Stolen Cyanide Truck, Really Big Iceburg, Beware of Wireless Cash Registers, Check your Cancer Risk

UD -- May 31, 2002 -- Be Prepared Before your PC Crashes, Virus Hoax, Netscape 7, XP Redux, Who is Searching for What?, Darwin Awards, A Little Batty

UD -- May 24, 2002 --A Few Lessons in Bit Rot and Bogodynamics, Quantum Bogodynamics

UD -- May 17, 2002 -- United States Burning up the E-mail Lines, The Nielsen//Net Ratings, Software Upgrades, Budget Digital Cameras, KLEZ Virus

UD -- May 10, 2002 -- Computers' Biggest Problems are Humans, Faithful readers comments on Digital Cameras and Reformat-Reinstall

UD -- May 3, 2002 -- Time to Clear up Some Misconceptions, KLEZ Worm

YHH -- May 2002 -- Digital Nannys, Gold, Parts for PCs

UD -- April 26, 2002 -- Catching up with Spring on the Internet, Pocket Size Computer, Limitless Energy, Windows XP Nightmares, Yahoo Yodeler, Virus Warning - Redux

UD -- April 19, 2002 -- Closing Comments on Internet Service Survey, ISP table of information

UD -- April 12, 2002 -- Questions and Answers about 'Technical Stuff', ISP table of information 'Technical Stuff'

UD -- April 5, 2002 -- What Internet Server Providers Offer, Glossary, ISP table of information

YHH -- April 2002 -- Could an Invention and an Event Combine to Bring Us Change?
Time, Jokes, April Fools, Open Saturdays.

UD -- March 29, 2002 -- Expect to See More Advertising over the Internet, Catalog Search, Image is Everything, AOL, Time Warner "Oops", Internet Filters at Libraries, Self and Vanity Publishing.

UD -- March 22, 2002 -- There may be a Return to the Browser Wars, New Hacker Back Doors, Speak, Text to Speech Programs, Virtual PC, Device Drivers, Google Doodles, Excel Spreadsheets.

UD -- March 15, 2002 -- 'Updater' Keeps Computer Files Current, Bookmarks, More Web Cams

UD -- March 8, 2002 -- Outer Space can be Captured on the Internet, Hoaxes and Urban Legends, Bin Laden Liquors Game, Playboy Games, Keeping Windows Up to Date, The New "iDrive,"

UD -- March 1, 2002 -- Find some foothills fun on the Internet, Free E-Mail, Caffeine Ratings

YHH -- March 2002 -- One Thousand Dollars Down the Drain, Open Saturdays; Return of Lessons.

UD -- February 22, 2002 -- Repair or Upgrade Older Computer, Old Computer Parts Clocks, Top New Viruses, Online Greeting Cards, Leaving the Computer On or Off, Pay per Click Advertising Marches On.

UD -- February 15, 2002 -- Olympics can be found on the Internet, too, Plug-ins, Olympic History, More Sporting News, Coffee Made Me Do It, Company "Hacked", Google Competing with Overture, Pop Up Ads, E-mail Spam Crackdown, You Can Set the Sensitivity of the Filters.

UD -- February 8, 2002 -- Microsoft Already Planning for its Next Step, Should you Upgrade your Operating System?, Search Engines to Disappear?, Animation, More Use the Internet Than Don't, AOL Drops ODP.

UD -- February 1, 2002 -- Internet Offers a Wealth of Information, Whitbread Round the World Race, More Internet Control, Chicken Concern, www.dailyrotten.com, Internet License Plate Gallery, Pet Pill Search.

YHH -- February 2002 -- Meat Hats, E-mail Hoaxes, Virus Hoaxes, Don't like Microsoft or Bill Gates?, Charging for Web Site Submission.

UD -- January 18, 2002 -- What's in a name? Just check the Internet, Gopher Update, Microsoft and AOL, Archiving documents, Northern Light, Virus Map, Mac Users Group, Definitions and Terminology

UD -- January 11, 2002 -- Portals and search engines not the same, Netscape released version 6.2 , Netscape vs Explorer.

UD -- January 4, 2002 -- Manuvering the search engine routes, Top Listing for your Web Site

YHH -- January 2002 -- Top 5 favorites of CNET, drkoop.com Up in Smoke, E-Shopping Up in November, Newt Gingrich, Nanotechnology, Antarctic Wallpapers, Daily Laugh, Rainbow Family Annual Gathering, More Old Priest Grade

UD -- December 28, 2001 -- Some toys Santa Claus may not have left, My favorite best of 2001, Digital Cameras, Battle Bots

UD -- December 21, 2001 -- Rules of Credit Card Fraud on the Internet, Gopher Update, Magic Lantern, Gaming Consoles, Last Minute Gifts - 100 Gadgets of 2001

UD -- December 14, 2001 -- Weather Forecasts, Shopping for Computers

UD -- December 7, 2001 -- Positive response to Windows XP program, Credit Cards and the Internet

YHH -- December 1, 2001 -- Old Priest Grade Alternatives, Web Cams

UD -- November 30, 2001 -- Ugly Web Pages, Award Winning Web Sites, Internet Radar, New virus called Badtrans.b

UD -- November 23, 2001 -- Just Say "n'yet" XP, Microsoft and DOJ Settlement, Information Appliances, Microprocessor Anniversary, Paid Advertising

UD -- November 16, 2001 -- Striking Back at Osama, Massacre Osama Computer Games, Gophers Driving me Mad

UD -- November 9, 2001 -- Web Sites for the Paranoid and Curious, (the anthrax scare)

UD -- November 2, 2001 -- Windows XP--Should You Upgrade Your Computer?, Create PDF Files Easily and Cheaply, Still Digital Camera Shopping?

YHH -- November, 2001 -- Windows XP, Urban Legends, The Darwin Awards

YHH -- October, 2001 -- The Bombing

UD -- October 26, 2001 -- Envision the Internet as a huge library, The Networks

UD -- October 19, 2001 -- More viruses will probably be coming, Urban Legends and Internet Hoaxes, Latin Quotes

UD -- October 12, 2001 -- To my Dad on his 75th birthday

UD -- September 28, 2001--Computer guidance for the common user, A little background

September, 2001 -- Viruses, Cleaning, Backup, Yahoo Search

August, 2001 -- Monitored Internet Use, Windows XP, Cell Phone Radiation, Stickies, Mac/PC users

July, 2001 -- Internet in Jupiter, Cliches

June, 2001 -- Back to the Futurliner, Macs Rule, Gardening, Free Fonts, Keyboard Shortcuts, Paint Marv's Car

May, 2001 -- Dot Com Bombs, Tudor Mansion, Mississippi Floods, ZIP Program, Sopranos

April, 2001 -- Weather; Banner ads; Dot com Stocks; Urban Legends; Blood Alcohol Content

March, 2001 -- Top 100; Stock Sales; File Extensions; Internet Explorer; New Netscape; Virus Tip

February, 2001 -- A tip for your PC; Sweepstakes; Aol to Raise Rates?

January, 2001 -- More Internet Suffixes; Pay to Play is Here to Stay

December, 2000 -- Digital Cameras

November, 2000 -- Napster; SETI Update

October, 2000 -- It's Not My Fault; Convert Anything to Anything Else

September, 2000 -- Change Your PC Startup Sound; Web Cams

August, 2000 -- Paint Marv's Car Again; Web Cams; Mind-it; On-line Tech Support

July, 2000 -- How Fast is Your ISP; Web Cams; Internet Explorer and Netscape Tips

June, 2000 -- You Bought What on EBay?

May, 2000 -- Picking on AOL, Again

April, 2000 -- No Fools Here

March, 2000 -- Upgrade to ISDN; Tech Support Sucks

February, 2000 -- Weather and Yosemite Skiing Links

January, 2000 -- Mojave Desert Phone Booth;

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Earthquake Maps -- Recent Earthquakes

Naval Research Laboratory, Monterey, California

U.S. Naval Observatory Master Clock

Handy Tools

Convert Anything to Anything Else

Track When a Web Page Changes

Measure Your ISP Connection Speed

Link Checkers

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Antartica

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Lock Ness Monster Cam

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