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#	Date	Topic
310	28-12-02	The trouble with Java
309	17-12-02	Teens are the new tech influencers
308	8-12-02	A new way to do wireless networks
307	1-12-02	My wishes for 2003
306	21-11-02	Networking using AC power lines
305	12-11-02	Leave the laptop home
304	6-11-02	Is Dell the new monopolist?
303	31-10-02	Understanding core technologies
302	14-10-02	We don't write on glass
301	26-9-02	How to bug a Word document
300	23-9-02	Fighting Spam    and  reader comments
299	16-9-02	Where in the world is Afghanistan?
298	24-8-02	Dealing with email separation anxiety
297	19-8-02	Do you want fries with that?
296	9-8-02	I have a dream
295	24-7-02	Federated identities create new security risks
294	19-7-02	What is Microsoft doing wrong?
293	9-7-02	You may not have received this email
292	2-7-02	Separating ads from edit on search sites
291	26-6-02	The new face of printers
290	5-6-02	Don't try this at home
289	23-5-02	The clickless install
288	15-5-02	Chasing email phantom employees
287	8-5-02	How file sharing benefits the music industry
286	1-5-02	Famous Computer Products Reviewers Correspondence Course
285	26-4-02	Learning from my students on network security products
284	12-4-02	New ways to manage your Outlook contacts
283	27-03-02	Remembrance
282	21-03-02	The temptation to cut and paste
Sp.	10-03-02	Bike charity fundraising
281	4-03-02	Desperately seeking wireless solutions
280	27-2-02	Olympic networks then and now
279	1-2-02	Billing your customers
278	21-01-02	Cleaning out a virus infection
277	15-01-02	The new digital home hub
276	24-12-01	Solutions to getting email on two computers
275	18-12-01	Becoming master of your own domain
274	14-12-01	Managing your digital music, part 2
273	9-12-01	Managing your digital music, part 1
272	6-12-01	Will SMS succeed in the US?
271	28-11-01	Buying movie tickets online
270	12-11-01	Windows Movie Maker can't hold a digital candle to iMovie
269	6-11-01	Securing your home(land)
268	30-10-01	Stealing wireless bandwidth is easy
267	22-10-01	Let's talk about passwords
266	15-10-01	The Tao of technical support
265	10-10-01	Norton Anti-Virus 2002 a winner
264	4-10-01	The future of home networking
263	17-9-01	Why you should wait until next year to switch to Linux
262	10-9-01	More tips before you fire someone
261	10-6-01	Why we don't read the trades anymore
260	4-9-01	Your web-connected fridge may be a security risk
259	27-8-01	The wild west of DSL
258	21-8-01	Read this before you fire anyone
257	17-8-01	Getting Rid of Code Red
256	30-7-01	Those annoying pop-under ads
255	17-7-01	Where Webvan went wrong
254	13-7-01	Microsoft vs. Time Warner, and the coming battle for entertainment content
253	26-6-01	Playing digital music with Voyetra's Audiotron
252	19-6-01	Making Movies
251	8-6-01	Creating eBooks
250	30-5-01	Running out of ink
249	21-5-01	Blame it all on green ketchup
248	11-3-01	Cheating vs. collaboration
247	3-5-01	Serving up spare slots
246	30-4-01	Power to the passenger
245	23-4-01	Improving your remote office security with firewalls and VPNs
244	16-4-01	Improving your site's chances with search engines
243	2-4-01	Trust me, I'm from Microsoft (and I am here to help you)
242	28-3-01	Learning from black hats
241	21-3-01	Rexall's rotten eCommerce example
240	16-3-01	Choosing a mailing list service provider
239	2-3-01	Picking the right registrar
238	26-2-01	Learning from Snow White
237	9-2-01	How to make money with an online news web site
236	6-2-01	Upgrading Windows
235	30-01-01	Preventing denial of service attacks
234	24-01-01	Home networking still ain't easy
233	19-01-01	Let the games begin
232	12-01-01	Reading the news on the go
231	09-01-01	ScreenIt and BellSouth: the good and the bad of site design
230	03-01-01	There are no second chances with eCommerce
229	18-12-00	Side-by-side shopping
228	12-12-00	One man's simple secure email solution
227	1-12-00	Secure email is still the pits
226	22-11-00	Why you should have your business plan on your web site
225	17-11-00	Being a master of your domain just got harder
224	14-11-00	Thinking about grandma's computer
223	8-11-00	Remind Me
222	30-10-00	Microsoft's dead butterfly
221	25-10-00	Block them lawyers!
220	19-10-00	When you really want to read this email
219	12-10-00	Burning a better backup
218	6-10-00	Think NIC? Think again
217	4-10-00	Buying a firewall for your home network
216	29-9-00	Anniversaries
215	25-9-00	AOL, the ultimate family legacy application.
214	18-9-00	What makes for a well-designed web site
213	12-9-00	Learning from the government's security lapses
212	6-9-00	If u can rd this, u r 2 cewl
211	14-8-00	A new way to test software online
210	7-8-00	The coming Microsoft music monopoly
209	31-7-00	Making the move to net-based applications
208	24-7-00	Examining Contentville
207	18-7-00	Creating a privacy policy for your web site
206	11-7-00	Finding your match in cyberspace
205	6-7-00	eCommerce for her, another dumb idea
204	26-6-00	Stealing digital goods
203	18-6-00	Asking for your support
202	9-6-00	What becomes an eCommerce legend most?
201	1-6-00	Better design
200	26-5-00	We need volunteers
199	19-5-00	Lessons learned from the demise of boo.com
198	12-5-00	The auction is now open
197	1-5-00	Surfing on company time
196	20-4-00	The big blur
195	10-4-00	Evaluating the new wireless web applications.
194	4-4-00	Appreciating the innovations of Palm and AOL.
193	27-3-00	A plea to return to single tasking.
192	20-3-00	The hidden privacy hazards of HTML Email.
191	13-3-00	Learning from Napster
190	28-2-00	What becomes a location most?
189	18-2-00	Desperately seeking broadband
188	10-2-00	A letter from Nepal
187	4-2-00	The DotCom People
186	1-2-00	My first firewall
185	22-1-00	Joining an affiliates network
184	16-1-00	Managing web systems effectively
183	9-1-00	Staying connected when on the road (international version)
182	2-1-00	Buying a car online
181	20-12-99	The Shipping News, or when you absolutely, positively have to know
180	11-12-99	Measuring web performance
179	6-12-99	Shopping on the web, two days seems like an eternity
178	1-12-99	Internet groupware can give you competitive advantage
177	21-11-99	Keeping your contacts in sync
176	15-11-99	It's hard work protecting your family's PCs
175	8-11-99	Using email to effectively communicate with your customers
174	1-11-99	Son of (return of) push
173	25-10-99	Email paranoia
172	18-10-99	Preserving online archives
171	10-10-99	Don't let shoppers name their price
170	3-10-99	Attention loyal shoppers
169	21-9-99	Why search engines are clueless
168	12-9-99	You've Got (Hot) Mail
167	7-9-99	Using CNN for Network Management
166	27-8-99	Making beautiful music on your PC
165	21-8-99	Recommended reading
164	15-8-99	Picking the right fat pipe
163	8-8-99	The coming bandwidth congestion
162	4-8-99	When bad things happen to good PCs
161	26-7-99	Let the Instant Messaging Battle Begin
160	15-7-99	I've been hacked!
159	21-6-99	A teen-eyed view of Moneyopolis
158	14-6-99	MyHardDisk.com
157	1-6-99	What is the real price of free PCs?
156	23-5-99	More on how to start your own mailing list
155	17-5-99	What's in a (domain) name
154	12-5-99	Do you really want Windows CE on your TV?
153	4-5-99	Thughts on computers in our schools
152	27-4-99	Denial is not just a river in Egypt
151	16-4-99	How to spam your friends
150	4-4-99	Welcome to Update Planet
149	29-3-99	Beware of Microsoft's XML
148	22-3-99	Taking Credit for Inventing the Intenet
147	15-3-99	Picking the right gizmo for traveling email use
146	10-3-99	More options for home networking
145	5-3-99	Home Networking Ain't Easy
144	28-2-99	Learning about web mindshare
143	22-2-99	Microsoft should pay for lost productivity
142	16-2-99	Sympathy for the devil (Hasn't Microsoft suffered enough?)
141	8-2-99	Dealing with rogue web sites
140	25-1-99	Timing is everything
139	18-1-99	Top Ten Web Trends and Predictions
138	11-1-99	How I hate eWallets, let me count the ways
137	8-1-99	Cookie Coda
136	5-1-99	Perplexed with PINs
135	21-12-98	Make a Mac your next web server
134	15-12-98	AOL, the next Internet Superstation
133	9-12-98	Learning to love Linux
132	2-12-98	Delete this email now
131	9-11-98	We still need to kick the tires
130	3-11-98	Online comparison shopping is the pits
129	29-10-98	Buy Internet service, get a free PC
128	24-10-98	Buying into the Microsoft Web ?
127	17-10-98	Running out of time with cc:Mail
126	3-10-98	How to clean up your web site with online tools
125	28-9-98	Is there an Internet Appliance in your future?
124	17-9-98	The Starr Report was anything but a stellar day for the Internet
123	9-9-98	Sharing calendars via the web
122	18-8-98	The summer the web grew up
121	5-8-98	We already know what you are, now we are just talking price
120	27-7-98	Sue A Spammer Today
119	21-7-98	One tale of upgrading to Win98
118	15-7-98	What went wrong with wireless data
117	8-7-98	Using Email for customer support
116	1-7-98	Why home networks don't happen
115	22-6-98	The death of banner ads
114	14-6-98	Are you a buyer or a seller?
113	2-6-98	What becomes a community most?
112	26-5-98	There is no demand for messages
111	19-5-98	More on why cable-modems and small businesses are like oil and water
110	12-5-98	Portal, Schmortal
109	21-4-98	Making hard things easy: Java Servlets
108	13-4-98	Win $50 by finding stuff on the web!
107	8-4-98	Small Businesses will be high-speed Internet access innovators
106	27-3-98	In praise of porn
105	18-3-98	Why buy the cow when ... [charging for web content]
104	11-3-98	Trying to secure your email? Forget it!
103	28-2-98	The making of a successful interactive web site
102	16-2-98	I don't do downloads
101	9-2-98	Email as the rebirth of push
100	3-2-98	This web site may be a hoax!
99	28-1-98	Time to downgrade your browser to version 3
98	22-1-98	Microsoft: deal with NDS for NT, puh-leeze!
97	7-1-98	Dealing with directories
96	18-12-97	Truth in advertising?
95	6-12-97	A letter from Australia
94	26-11-97	Small but noteworthy products
93	21-11-97	More on online backup
92	17-11-97	Getting your email on the road
91	10-11-97	All SET, With No Place To Go
90	5-11-97	To SID with Love
89	29-10-97	More on latency issues
88	23-10-97	Why is the web so slow?
87	9-10-97	In re Sun v. Microsoft: Countersue!
86	2-10-97	Why Yahoo has won
85	23-9-97	A look back two years ago
84	16-9-97	Can you trust Microsoft to pay your bills?
83	11-9-97	The Hunt for Better Backup
82	3-9-97	Apple's OS Woes
81	28-8-97	The Era of Bad Feeling
80	20-8-97	The sounds of silence
79	4-8-97	More on SPARC and NT
78	30-7-97	Time to put a little SPARC into NT
77	23-7-97	Building a better test lab
76	17-7-97	Good content can save you money!
75	13-7-97	Where in the Internet is Carmen Sandiego?
74	3-7-97	Real time news
73	23-6-97	Hit reply to answer: dealing with unsolicited emails
72	13-6-97	What if they built a mall and no one cared?
71	4-6-97	How usable is your Web site?
70	22-5-97	Sorting out what dynamic HTML really means
69	15-5-97	Link to me and I'll sue!
68	13-5-97	The Making of a Mediocre Web Site
67	16-4-97	Do you really need your own T-1?
66	11-4-97	More on TV/Web divergence
65	9-4-97	TV/Web convergence can't happen soon enough for me!
64	28-3-97	Lessons learned from testing NT products
63	24-3-97	Lessons learned from web publishing
62	15-3-97	More on measuring web ad effectiveness
61	7-3-97	On the web, 1 + 1 doesn't always equal 2
60	28-2-97	More on ActiveX vs. Java Security
59	22-2-97	Can you trust your next download? Kannst Du Deinem n"chsten Download vertrauen?
58	15-2-97	Let's Get Pushy LaÙt uns dr…cken gehen
57	30-1-97	Why Electronic Commerce isn't a cake walk Warum elektronischer Handel kein Spaziergang ist
56	23-1-97	More on maintaining a web-based archive
55	19-1-97	Maintaining a web-based archive and suggestions for AOL users
54	14-1-97	1996: The Year We All Discovered Email
53	6-1-97	Where the Internet meets the fax machine
52	24-12-96	Lawyers in love, sending electronic holiday greetings
51	18-12-96	Brownian Motion and a new newsletter called WOT
50	12-12-96	Bob Denny's 1997 predictions, what the 'net has done for us lately
49	4-12-96	A Tale of Two webs: Microsoft and IBM electronic commerce servers
48	27-11-96	Ethics Questions for Thanksgiving: Disney vs. China and Amazon.Com
47	20-11-96	Electronic airline ticketing, Internet Weather Report, and books for the holidays
46	11-11-96	Web shopping and pushing content via Intermind revisited
45	28-10-96	Convergence, Digital Cameras
44	18-10-96	When the going gets tough, the tough go shopping
43	08-10-96	Speaking in tongues, delivering audio and visuals over the 'net
42	02-10-96	Do you have a backup Internet connection?
41	25-09-96	Tell me how to do my job!
40	17-09-96	A look at our industry ten years ago
39	11-09-96	Blocking excessive email: right or wrong?
38	5-09-96	How to win your next web contest ?Cœmo ganar el prœximo concurso de póginas de Internet? Wie Kann man den n"chsten Wettbewerb gewinnen? Comment gagner le prochain concours des pages d'Internet?
37	23-08-96	How can you build an Intranet without any web servers? ?Cœmo construir una red Intranet sin servidores de Internet? Wie kann ein Netz ohne Diener von Intranet aufgebaut worden? Comment peut-on construire un reseau Intranet sans serviteurs d'Internet?
36	15-08-96	Ethics for the on-line world: privacy and authentication issues
35	08-08-96	Running IP and Windows can be like mixing oil and water
34	02-08-96	A letter from Italy
33	24-07-96	Bringing computers into our schools: an update
32	17-07-96	The Cookie Monster: Privacy Pig or Shopping Shill? El Monstruo de los Cookies: ?compra a la carta o husmeos en la intimidad? Das Monstrum der Cookies. Kauft es nach der Karte oder Schn…ffeleien in der Dunkelheit? Le monstre des cookies: Est-ce qu'il achØte š la carte ou des flairs dans l'intimit??
31	11-07-96	How to Make Money Fast: Flip a WebSite!
30	27-06-96	The end of the American Weekend, the rise of on-line news
29	22-06-96	The Internet as an operating system, Battle of the Intranet White Papers
28	13-06-96	Way New Network Architecture: Peer web servers and browsers-as-screen-savers
27	04-06-96	Tips and Tricks for the Public Relations Clueless
26	30-05-96	Nightmares in Web Server Performance
25	24-05-96	Can Microsoft rescue Apple's Impossible Mission?
24	15-05-96	HTML Ads, More on Benchmarking Web Servers, and Watching your Plumbing
23	03-05-96	Lessons Learned from Self-Publishing on the Web
22	30-04-96	Pushme/Pullyou: How do you get your Internet dose?
21	18-04-96	Head Count: Can we quantify enough to make web ads work?
20	10-04-96	Browser as environment, Novell does Java, and Wall Street find searching
19	29-03-96	Running on NT, Web Server benchmarks, and other things
18	15-03-96	Microsoft, Netscape, AOL and Compuserve: the new distribution model
17	07-03-96	Cable TV, Satellites, or Ma Bell: Who's Gonna Win?
16	22-02-96	Top Ten Web Trends
15	14-02-96	A Pro-Unix reply to WI#14
14	06-02-96	Picking the right Intranet platform ?Cœmo elegir el servidor de Intranet adecuado? Wie kann man den geeigneten Intranetsdiener aussuchen? Comment peut-on choisir le serviteur d'Intranet adequat?
13	31-01-96	ISDN issues RDSI. Enredados en la Red. ISDN: Verwickelte auf das Netz. RDSI. Pris dans un fil†t
12	25-01-96	Which Windows and the rise of NT
11	08-01-96	Buying Computers Via the Web
10	02-01-96	The SoftRAM Scam story
9	20-12-95	Don't Do Downloads
8	08-12-95	Copyright and the Web
7	29-11-95	More on CD ROMs, Syndication with Web Review
6	16-11-95	Is the web a radio, a movie, or a book? Table of contents and index
5	04-11-95	Intranet, Getting back to basics, Notes vs. the Web
4	24-10-95	New places to visit, feedback on openness
3	17-10-95	The end of open systems on the Internet
2	01-10-95	Getting support from Compaq
1	25-09-95	IBM's Netfinity

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