It seems no matter how much information comes available online, people thirst for more. To illustrate this point, just take a look at all the online news services sprouting up on the web like garden weeds. With the click of a mouse you ca...

Copyright (c) 2008 Jim EdwardsI started writing this column way back in 1998 and one thing rates as true today as it did ten years ago: people love free stuff online. Free software tops the list of free things they love. People particular...

Copyright (c) 2008 Jim EdwardsTools for making online video get more common every day online. The latest craze, Flip Video cameras, make it simple and fun to snap high-quality video clips and use them for business or pleasure. Despite the...

Copyright (c) 2008 Jim EdwardsThe online scam technique known as "phishing" is not new. Phishing has plagued Internet users for several years now, but its effectiveness has caused the practice to grow to record levels among online crimina...

Copyright (c) 2007 Jim EdwardsThe following websites warrant a close look simply because they rate so darn useful! In fact, you might just want to tear this article out of the paper right now and put it up on your fridge -- because I know...

After another security hole recently surfaced in Microsoft's Windows operating system, the software giant released a patch this past Friday to plug the possibly devastating "back door" which allows hackers to potentially seize control of an...

Copyright (c) 2008 Jim EdwardsOk! Tis the season to make startling predictions about where the web will head this year and what rates your attention in the world of ecommerce.I'll say I've seen some great predictions by others this year, ...

I have a love-hate relationship with my computer. In fact, often I love to hate my computer! It will do things I know even the great Mr. Gates didn'tintend, and it usually does them at the least convenienttime (like when I'm on a deadlin...

Copyright (c) 2008 Jim EdwardsMicrosoft's Internet Explorer Web browser still rates as the most popular and widely used browser for one simple reason: it rides along with every Windows installation.But in response to security scares over ...

Copyright (c) 2007 Jim EdwardsWe talk about surveys all the time in Internet businesses.What purpose do they really serve?It took me a long time and a lot of mistakes to realize just how valuable they can prove in your Web and info- publi...

A lady emailed me yesterday very upset over the fact that her friend's Internet Service Provider (ISP) wasn't delivering important email messages. This lack of delivery caused a real problem for the two of them with ruined plans, misse...

No matter how fast your processor and regardless of howmuch ram you carry, there comes a time when you realizeyour computer just doesn't run as fast as it did when youbought it. Windows loads slower, programs take longer to launch,and, i...

Ever find yourself typing the same things over and over onyour computer? Maybe you type the same blocks of text into your emailmessages thirty times a day. Or maybe you find it hard to remember a long websiteaddress and never seem to get...

Ok, for those of you still waiting, the Internet won't go away. Hang up the hopes that it represents a passing fad sharing the fate of the Beanie or the Pet Rock. With legitimate high-tech stocks finally in the market, regular people d...

Web logs, commonly referred to as "blogs," represent all therage right now in online publishing. Not really a newsletter or traditional html page publishing,blogs resemble more of a web-based diary where the creatorrecords their thoughts,...