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What is Bookshare

Asks panda A. Bookshare is a new literary resource or online library available on the Internet, which provides the capacity for thousands of new books to be downloaded in digital formats. The service00:00 Mon 11th Mar 2002

Can you recommend a good search engine

Asks Madeline A. Some of the most popular search engines include the following: Google Google has become increasingly popular since it launched a couple of years ago - especially as it now boasts00:00 Mon 04th Mar 2002

What is Brightmail, is it a type of email or is it an email provider

Asks Madeline A. Brightmail is neither of the above. It is computer software that protects email from the likes of spam, viruses, junk mail etc. or as Brightmail puts it, it "provides advanced00:00 Mon 04th Mar 2002

Is it possible to send an email via telephone

Asks JacksonC A. Yes, it is possible if you have an Amstrad emailer plus phone. Q. What is this A. It is basically a digital telephone, with a keypad and a screen attached to it - which allows you00:00 Mon 04th Mar 2002

What is the Warhol worm

Asks esme A. The Warhol worm is a new virus that first hit users of Microsoft's Instant Messenger at the beginning of February. It directed users to a website identified in an email link as00:00 Mon 25th Feb 2002

What is XML

Asks marmalade A. XML stands for Extensible Markup Language. It is similar in principle to hypertext markup language (HTML) in tagging information to appear on web pages. However, where HTML's00:00 Mon 25th Feb 2002

I need a new, portable mini disc player - can anyone recommend a decent one

Asks Daniel A. Although you don't hear so much of mini-disc players these days - it's hard to get past the hype of CD and DVD players - there are quite a few good ones on the market. It really00:00 Mon 25th Feb 2002

Why is BT in hot water over hypertext links

Asks simonteller A. BT are not exactly in hot water, but rather hot under the collar, over the whole subject of hypertext. It began a court battle in the US this week (on Monday, 11th February 2002)00:00 Mon 18th Feb 2002

What is Money Claim

Asks jammyjoe A. Money Claim Online (MCOL) is a new website that allows you to claim any money owing to you and obtain judgement on your case over the Internet. It is part of a pilot scheme,00:00 Mon 18th Feb 2002

Who is offering the best deal for Digital TV, Internet and Telephone at the moment BT is about #60 a month all in, which strikes me as quite expensive....any others

Asks Birchy A. There are a few other packages out there that you might want to investigate. It will depend on where you live as to what services will be available in your area, so it is best to00:00 Mon 11th Feb 2002

What does SAR stand for and what does it relate to in association with mobile phones

Asks howardpiercy A. SAR stands for specific absorption rate. Often thought to monitor levels of radiation emitted by mobile phones, it is actually the unit of measurement for the amount of radio00:00 Mon 11th Feb 2002

What is Microsoft QMGR or loadme.exe

Asks esme A. Microsoft QMGR (sometimes located on your PC in a file called loadme.exe) is part of a programme called Quality Manager - which is installed automatically onto your PC if you use MSN00:00 Mon 11th Feb 2002

What is firewire

Asks manhattan A. Firewire (also known as standard IEEE 1394) is a high performance serial bus, developed by Apple Computers, to connect multimedia devices to your computer. It works on one single00:00 Mon 04th Feb 2002

What does ASP stand for

Asks jammyjoe A. It means application service provider. Q. What does an ASP do A. An application service provider rents a company or individual access to applications (usually software-based00:00 Mon 04th Feb 2002

Can anyone give me some information on the My Party virus

Asks esmeharrison A. The My Party virus is believed to have started on 26 January 2002, and is spreading rapidly via mass mailing of email addresses. Q. How do I know if I have received an infected00:00 Mon 04th Feb 2002

Is there a web site, in a similar vain to the Friends Reunited one, that allows you to find people you used to work with, instead of those you went to school with

Asks pascal A. Since the launch of Friends Reunited website and its huge popularity it has had many imitators, a couple of similar sites for tracking down old school mates include Classmates and Your00:00 Mon 28th Jan 2002

What is the e-envoy and what does he or she do

Asks matthewculter A. The e-Envoy is a governmental position set up to target all aspects of e-business in the UK, with a special mandate to lead the drive to get the UK online. The Office of the00:00 Mon 28th Jan 2002

What does ADSL stand for

Asks Jasmine A. ADSL stands for Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line. Q. What is ADSL A. ADSL transmits digital information using high bandwidth on existing copper phone lines. It is asymmetric in00:00 Mon 28th Jan 2002

Is it true that HMV are going to have all their singles online

Asks Felix A. It is not strictly true, but it has taken steps to head off some of the threat posed to high street record shops and record labels by the Internet. In November 2001 it announced a deal00:00 Mon 14th Jan 2002

What is Internet2

Asks diane A. Internet2 is a non-profit consortium of 180 universities, primarily in the US, backed by the US National Science Foundation and the US Federal Government that has, over the past couple00:00 Mon 14th Jan 2002