Small, cheap, and surprisingly powerful, netbooks have made portability affordable. But with so many models flooding the market, choosing a mini-notebook that fits your needs isn’t as easy as it should be. Here’s a look at the upcoming crop, and the advice you need to buy wisely.
The term netbook, coined by Intel, conveys little useful [...]

ALL-PURPOSE LAPTOPS come in a hodgepodge of sizes and shapes, a testament to just how much, and how quickly, notebooks are evolving right now. For this roundup we looked at small and spunky systems that are a smidgen too heavy to be considered ultraportables, as well as at laptops that have expansive, 16-inch screens but [...]

MICHAEL VANA WAS skeptical when he saw the pop-up from “Antivirus 2009” on his screen. The former Northwest Airlines avionics technician, who lives in Schaumburg, Illinois, guessed that the dire warning of a system infection was fake, but when he clicked the X to close the window, it expanded to fill his screen. To get [...]

IF YOU COULD roll out of bed, commute just 40 feet, work in your robe and fuzzy slippers, and save thousands of dollars on travel expenses, would you do it? And, as a business owner or manager, would you offer the same benefit to your employees?.
Implementing a secure and comprehensive telecommuting plan at your business [...]

MOST WEB-SAVVY TRAVELERS know how to find cheap airfares, hotel rooms, and rental cars on comparison sites such as Kayak.com and Farecast.com, or on the big booking sites (Expedia, Orbitz, Travelocity, and the like). But last year, dozens of Web 2.0 travel sites jumped in to fill newly emerging niches in travel planning. Here’s a [...]

The most important feature that web hosting companies provides you with is the Dynamic Site Creator. This interactive flash does not entail programming expertise. If you are new to building and designing web pages, this is an excellent feature to have at your disposal. Another feature that web hosting companies offers you Dynamic Content, which [...]

You’ve acquired some PLR content. But how do you use it to best advantage while avoiding roadblocks? Search engines are trying to feed surfers relevant results. To do that, along with other things, they have to scan the on-page content. If you think that having the same content on two different sites gives you two [...]

Almost everyone enjoyed art class, but let’s be honest–there was probably only one kid in each classroom with actual talent. Such is the case with true Web design. So you may not be a brilliant artist, but you can probably create a credible Web site design that serves the purpose of attracting attention. If your [...]

1. The Myth of “Content is King, No Animation/Sound/Java/etc.”
The adage “Content is King” applies to all Web sites. Sometimes this rule is taken to mean that Web sites should be graphically sparse and rely heavily on copy. It is true that when you add sound, animation, Java applets and lots of graphics, your Web page [...]