Huntsville, AL Offers Municipal WiFi Offering That Makes Sense by Kurt Uhlir
For the past several years, municipalities across the country have talked about and even begun implementing free WiFi offering. Many critics of these plans have claimed that cities have no business offering free high-speed wireless access as it competes with local telephone companies, cable... Some municipalities have proposed offering WiFi for a cost and simply providing free services for low-income households, but this still leaves the cost of the initial computer hardware as a barrier to internet access and moves the city into the position of a utility/service provider.

Introduction to Microsoft .NET Technology by Ratko Carevic
In 2000, Microsoft announced its .NET software environment, a new addition to Windows. The .NET (“dot – net”) environment is effectively a “virtual computer” that runs on a real computer, with the advantage that any program written for it will run on any computer which is running .NET. ... If two copies of a file exist (such as on a personal computer and a company computer), the less recent version must constantly be updated, this is called file synchronization. ... The most important component of the .NET architecture is Web Services, which are applications that can be used over the...

Viruses & Spyware - I'd Be Willing To Bet That You Have Viruses & Spyware On Your Computer! by Frank Shrum
Hi, I started offering my services as a computer tune-up guy in my home town in order to further promote my dialup services. Every since I started doing this it has proven to be a very profitable avenue of marketing but something else has made itself known to me in the process. ... It seems to me that every legitimate internet marketer on the internet should be telling every customer that they have about these tools and helping people keep their computers clean because if you think about it: 1) You use the internet to market your wares and services to the public, right?

Internet Fax -- New Way to Send and Receive Faxes by Kwan Lo
Everything goes online, including faxing service. Internet fax service is a convenient way to send and receive faxes via the internet. There is no need to install a fax machine, fax modem, and additional phone line. You can send and receive faxes by email anytime anywhere with internet access. ... With the increasing popularity of laptop computers and wireless or broadband internet access, internet fax service is gaining public awareness. ... This is how internet fax service works: when you subscribe to internet fax service, you will receive a local or toll free fax number.

Easy Guide on Networking Your Home Computers by Pinky Mcbanon
Easy Guide on Networking your Home Computers Let's say you have 3 desktop computers at your home. One in your kid's room, in your home-office and one in your family room. Your idea is to have all these 3 computers connect to the internet. One computer has an internet connection on a DSL or... (6) Connect a network cable on each computer that you want to get connected to the internet-- (connect this cable at the back of the computer (port name: ethernet). ... (9) Then turn on your computer(s) -- make sure the light at the back of the computer is blinking!

Use Internet Phone Service to make cheap calls worldwide by Doval Preeti
Have you ever heard of an Internet phone? If not, get prepared to change the way you think about long distance phone calls. You can actually use your Internet connection to make cheap telephone calls anywhere in the world. Today we find several Internet phone service providers across the world... Some Internet Phone services allow you to use a regular telephone, as long as you connect it to an adaptor while others allow you to make calls from a computer or a special VoIP phone that doesn’t require an additional adapter.

Is the Computer Repair Business Dead? by Joe Duchesne
Computer repairs are being done by computer novices at a higher rate than ever before. More and more people do their own computer repairs. Whether it is installing a hard drive or installing an operating system. Is the computer repair business dead? The computer industry is evolving. ... On the other hand, if you charge the same as everyone else but get the computer repair done quickly, this can easily result in an increase in business. ... Find out what your competitors are charging for general computer parts and look to stick around that.

Configure Windows Indexing Service for Performance by Stephen Bucaro
The Windows Indexing Service provides you with the ability to perform advanced searches on directories located on your computer and on shared directories on the network. The Indexing Service was introduced with IIS (Internet Information Services) and is now installed with Windows 2000 and... Note: If Internet Information Server (IIS) is installed on your computer, you should also see a catalog named "Web". ... If you want to index everything, open the "Computer Management" application as described above, and select "Services ...", then right-click on "Indexing Service" and select...

Cable Modems by Kevin Stith
Cable Modems are made to acquire data through your television. This way, you can access the Internet using a tried-and-true technology, at a reasonable cost. They are mostly used in broadband Internet that usually eats up the unused bandwidth that is sitting in your cable TV network. ... Many companies now offer Internet services with your cable subscription. ... Lines of cable modem from telephone and computer are now widely available. ... You can share your Internet access by connecting a router to your cable modem.

How to Make the Most of MP3 Downloads - Entering the World of Digital Audio by Carol Finch
Some industry experts claim that the increasingly wide availability of MP3 downloads is showing signs of taking over the way that we buy and listen to the music that we love. The days of the CD may not be over as such but it's certainly true that many more consumers nowadays are using one or... These will give you a general idea of how these services work, the kinds of music on offer (both in terms of catalog size and genre) and how they may work for you (you'll also find more in-depth analysis of their services elsewhere on our site): iTunes eMusic MusicMatch Napster MSN Music...