eBay Pays Four Billion for New Phone Company by Dr Joseph Mercola
EBay has announced that it will buy the Internet voice service Skype. This move could pit eBay against both phone companies and other voice-over-internet services such as Vonage. Skype can be used to make free voice calls from any computer running Skype software to any other running the same... It is becoming more and more obvious that the Internet will become an increasingly important part of all of our lives. ... Since you are reading this on the Internet it seemed appropriate to review it. ... This development with eBay and Skype is a major clue that we are in the middle of a radical...

A Brief History of Mobile Computing by Natalie Aranda
The fascinating world of mobile computing has only been around since the 1990s. Since then, devices that have been developed for mobile computing have taken over the wireless industry. This new type of communication is a very powerful tool for both businesses and personal use. ... Most Palms use the familiar Windows interface, allowing the general public to access the internet via the usual Internet Explorer or other ISPs. ... These days, most laptops and personal digital assistants all have wireless cards or Bluetooth interfaces built into them for convenient mobile internet access.

Internet Security For Newbies by Flavius Saracut
The Internet is full of information and data, we can use it at work and at home, for increased productivity or for a great source of fun. Unfortunately, the Internet has also many dangers inside. I’ll try to explain the basic things that can be done to keep away those dangers from your computer. ... To keep you from troubles if you are connected to the internet you need: the latest service pack for the operating system and all hotfixes that were released, one antivirus that must has the latest database for virus signatures, one firewall to protect for brute force attacks or various...

Online Gaming Future? MMORPGs! by Mark Waters
MMORPG stands for massive multiplayer online role playing game…and now you can see just why MMORPG is shortened! It sounds fascinating and it is, players play in a constantly evolving virtual world online simultaneously with other online gamers. The Internet age has brought us so much that’s... There are free-of-charge online games found on the Internet, although their production quality is generally lower compared to their "pay-to-play" counterparts. ... MMORPG’s are played head to head against real people, real competitors and relationships are formed via Internet to talk about it or...

Always-On Networks Created with a Wireless Router by Troy Davies
If you're using a wireless network with Windows' built-in Internet Connection Sharing, you're probably quite happy with it -- but there's a problem. The problem is this: the computer the modem is connected to needs to be turned on before any of the other computers can get Internet access! ... Once you've got a wireless router, you can connect any of the computers on your network to the Internet anytime, regardless of which other computers are switched on! ... That's it -- in 99% of cases, you're ready to start using your wireless Internet.

Remote Internet Access by Josh Riverside
Most businesses, whether IT or non-IT, are under pressure to provide remote network access capabilities to its users. With Network Access, your computer becomes just another citizen on the network. You can access the servers just as if you were on the local network except response is slower. ... The bottom line when it comes to Remote Internet Access seems to be due diligence combined with enough knowledge and strict policy. ... The user communities requiring Remote Internet Access range from people who only need access to their e-mail and the corporate Web portal from their family PC, to...

Where to Get Software Drivers by Hugh Fraser
For along time before the Internet came along you could have lost you software drivers disk and you were lost with an unusable computer peripheral or if you were really unlucky, more than one. These day's your computer don't have to be a computer that starts up, runs, edits video's or whatever... 1st Option If you don't have the Internet, then get a family member or a friend to go online and do a search on Google, for example, I have a printer "Epson Stylus c86" that my Father give to me but he never gave me the software driver disk, now I can go along to Google and type in "Epson Stylus...

VPN by Kent Pinkerton
A virtual private network or VPN is a network that is used to connect nodes. It is constructed using public wires. Many systems enable users to create a network using the Internet. The Internet is used as a means of transporting data. Security mechanism such as encryptations and others are used... It is a private network that uses a public network such as the internet to connect remote sites or users together. ... Instead, it uses virtual connections routed through the Internet from the private network of the company to the remote site or employee.

Cisco PIX Technology by Benjamin Hargis
Ciso PIX Security Appliance. Cisco PIX Security applications can enforce policies on users and applications. Cisco PIX can protect you from many different network and Internet based attacks. Cisco PIX offers secure connectivity, using methods such as SSHv2 Secure Shell Two and VPN virtual... IPSec or Internet Protocol Security IPSec can be setup for VPN's. ... Version 7.0 also supports IKE or Internet Key Exchange. ... Cisco PIX can provide you with secure VOIP voice over internet protocol. ... This is really interesting 3G mobile security services.

Begun, The Browser Wars Have by Daniel Robson
As Mozilla Firefox nears 10% market share, with well over 25 million downloads direct from the makers website, and goodness knows how many through other sources, Microsoft announces that it will be releasing IE 7 ahead of schedule. Originally scheduled for release with Microsoft’s new Longhorn... To me Internet Explorer has not a patch on the competition, and without a major update soon will surely fall behind. ... Competition is the life-blood of progress, and if Microsoft were to seriously invest in their browser it would be of great advantage to Internet users as a whole.