(News) Amazon.com appears to be suffering a major outage.
(News) It's great to keep in touch with your friends and colleagues, but does the price have to be spam, zombie bites, and friend invitations from people you've never heard of?
(Reviews) This Web-based service delivers immediate fixes for your PC woes.
(How To) Overwhelmed by the mere thought of getting your hectic schedule on track? Here are nine essential Web apps to help you get your must-do's done.
(How To) Use the MagMyPic Web site to make a clever novelty magazine cover in just a few clicks.
(News) Microsoft is opening up its Windows Live platform to allow users to share their contact lists with five social-networking sites, some of which until now have been accessing such data through the back door.
(News) The BBC says its English-language Web site now appears fully available to Internet users in China after years of being blocked.
(News) Interesting betas from SugarSync, Capzles, and Shifd.
(News) Normally staid sites and individuals celebrate April 1 with weird, silly, and elaborate hoax pages. Here are our favorite pranks of years past. Will anything make the list in 2008?
(News) A code of conduct addressing how major Internet service providers and portal operators should deal with Internet censorship in China is in the final stages of preparation by Human Rights Watch and the providers, the head of the human rights pressure organization said Tuesday.
(How To) Get names and addresses from the Web, research practically anything, and learn about a new input device.
(News) Beijing appears to have taken a page out of Myanmar's playbook by blocking some Internet access amid rioting in Tibet that has already seen as many as 80 people killed, according to the Tibetan government in exile.
(News) Microblogging site Twitter had its busiest day ever Tuesday and needs more than 30 servers to help its thousands of users keep each other posted about their lives, founder Blaine Cook said Wednesday.
(News) Google executive tapped to help social-networking company's global expansion.
(How To) Find shipping bargains, jot notes to yourself (and friends) online; plus awkward sports interviews.
(News) GetRxConnected.com helps doctors switch from paper-based prescriptions to online forms that pharmacies can access directly.
(News) Experts at the Future of Web Apps in Miami shared lessons they learned from starting up their Web 2.0 companies.
(News) Within 10 hours, Bill Gates had racked up nearly 1,200 answers to a question that he posed on professional-networking site LinkedIn, with new comments coming in every minute.
(News) JotSpot users and developers are torn about Google's relaunch of the hosted wiki service Wednesday under the name Google Sites as part of the Google Apps hosted suite.
(News) Joining CCTV, the Beijing Olympics' official Internet and mobile phone broadcaster, are online video sites Tudou.com and MySpace China.
(News) A look at a search engine for hotels and restaurants, a free workspace service, and an online database-creation service.
(Reviews) Customizable Internet radio site implements social networking well.
(Reviews) This one-stop social networking site has more attitude than functionality.
(Reviews) Police auctions, a visual thesaurus, universal IM, shipping rates--and a big helping of time wasters.
(Reviews) Whether you're looking for a job, a party, or long-lost friends, your ideal online meeting place is out there. We'll help you find it.
(News) IBM, Google, Microsoft, Verisign, and Yahoo have joined the OpenID Foundation board.
(News) A Michigan woman has been charged with using the Craigslist classified-advertisement Web site to find a killer for a romantic rival.
(News) A civil suit filed in Florida by Dell and its Alienware subsidiary is giving insight into the enormous sums of money that can be made by creating Web pages full of advertising links.
(News) MySpace will open the doors of its developer Web site on Tuesday and make available there the necessary tools to build applications for the world's most popular social-networking site.
(News) Social network MyLifeBrand gives 'Greg Brady' fans a place to connect and learn about new causes.
(News) A look at Comcast's entertainment portal, a video site for game fans, and AOL's new investment information center.
(News) MySpace Wednesday will begin letting programmers pre-register for its developer platform program, which will open for business next week.
(News) Analysis: They may be amusing and provide unanticipated uses, but do they have functions for the long haul?
(News) Microsoft will provide the technology that allows visitors to the U.S. Library of Congress (LOC) to first take a virtual tour of historic documents and map out what exhibits they want to see, the two organizations announced Thursday.
(News) Microsoft claims Red Register is illegally profiting from Microsoft's trademarks.
(News) Social nets made headlines for security concerns, but even the big kids are logging in, as major tech players buy in.
(News) Facebook will help other social networking sites to run applications developed for its own software platform, it said Thursday.
(News) SourceForge Inc.'s open-source, project-hosting Web site now has an eBay-like marketplace, where users can offer support services for sale.
(News) Online reviews site Yelp.com today suffered from a glitch that blocked access to the site.
(News) A blog set up to promote former U.S. Vice President Al Gore's film, "An Inconvenient Truth," has been hacked and is hosting links to Web sites hawking online pharmaceuticals.
(How To) Goodies for you, including a free inventory program--and maybe a (practically) free flash drive.
(How To) Transform your network to enhance your personal and professional life.
(Reviews) The new, improved Web won't deserve that name until sites make clear what they do with your private data. And online tech support gets a lot better. And...
(Reviews) Whether you're interested in blogging, making music, shooting videos, publishing your novel, or starting your own social network, these great services can help--in many cases, for free.
(News) A look at an online database app, a repository for notes and documents, and a service that monitors your finances.
(News) Several large broadcasting and Web companies came out in favor of filtering software and procedures for addressing copyright concerns in a set of guidelines released Thursday.
(News) China watchers, get your scorecards out: Google Inc.'s YouTube is blocked, Wikipedia is still blocked, but, for the moment, Google blog site Blogspot.com is available and some pictures from Yahoo Inc.'s Flickr photos can once again be viewed.
(News) Popular video-sharing service YouTube Inc. opened its second Chinese-language Web site on Thursday, localized for people in Taiwan.
(News) The Web site blamed for last week's Internet problems within the State of California has been taken offline after links to pornographic material reappeared on the site.
(News) Microsoft Corp. has launched an online health-care service designed to help patients take control of their health records and monitor their medical conditions.
(News) AOL LLC's venerable Netscape.com site, given an extreme Web 2.0 makeover 15 months ago and transformed into a spiffy social news site, will revert to being a traditional portal again.
(News) Wikipedia's English site is blocked again in China, after over two months of being accessible, continuing a saga of on-again, off-again availability.
(News) Many Web developers these days feel a sleep-depriving mix of unbridled enthusiasm and nagging concern over Facebook Inc.'s social-network platform.
(News) One week after hackers stole personal information from millions of people who had posted their resumes to the job-searching site Monster.com, the company has warned its users to be vigilant about online fraud because the breach was not an isolated incident.
(News) Microsoft Corp. has launched an experimental Web site that plays with two technologies the company plans to make a big part of its Web strategy going forward -- Internet-based search and Silverlight.
(Reviews) These Web sites allow you to upload your videos for sharing with other connected users, through either the site or your blog, and some even share income with you.
(How To) New services make it easy to customize the best of the Web's content to your heart's delight, or to meet the needs of your business.
(News) Gil Penchina on lunacy, air miles, and being profitless.
(News) A word of caution about editing entries "anonymously" in Wikipedia: a tool has been developed that can show who made the changes.
(News) Jimmy Wales talks about the challenges, changes, and future of the online encyclopedia.
(News) Virtual worlds such as Second Life can be useful to businesses if they evaluate the risks involved, according to a research note from Gartner.
(News) Auto maker Toyota is hoping that a nightclub made of interlinked giant virtual cars will result in positive buzz for its Scion cars among the denizens of teen-friendly virtual world There.com.
(News) The online collaboration that has made Wikipedia one of the most used sources of information on the Internet is also being used to build a school and offer classes across the online world, and the project is taking off.
(News) A new Web site assessment service launched by Accenture LLP could help businesses get more bang out of the bucks they invest in their consumer sites.
(News) Here are our favorite stops in the blogosphere, covering everything from high tech to low comedy and all manner of pursuits in between.
(News) IDG News Service recently had a chance to talk to site usability expert and consultant Steve Krug about best practices and major mistakes in Web design. Here is an edited transcript of the chat with Krug, who runs a one-man consulting firm called Advanced Common Sense in Boston, has a Web site called Sensible.com and wrote a book titled "Don't Make Me Think! A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability."
(News) What's tomorrow's YouTube? The Web's next breakout hit may be one these innovative, useful, and fun new sites.
(News) Google Inc. is gathering some of its top executives in Paris next week for an international press conference and speculation is rife that announcements will include a local version of YouTube for European countries.
(News) The largest and most valuable collection of ancient Chinese art and artifacts in the world is being entered into the digital universe in Taiwan by museum curators and IT managers intent on freeing it from its physical boundaries.
(News) Google Inc. has improved [
Google Maps] with immersive views of streets from a handful of U.S. cities, as well as with miniapplications that can be embedded on a map.
(News) Yahoo Inc. is interested in purchasing Bebo Inc. to strengthen its disappointing social networking standing, the British newspaper The Sunday Telegraph has reported.
(How To) Access your Google search data, learn about a new Web encyclopedia, and brush up on your geography.
(News) Kevin Rose, the founder of Digg Inc., threw in the towel on Tuesday night.
(News) A beta version of News Corp.'s MySpace community site was launched this week in China, but users must be careful when typing the Chinese site's URL or may end up shopping for patio furniture.
(How To) Forget your troubleshooting woes with these terrific videos and games.
(News) An impasse between the world's largest social network and the U.S.'s most popular photo site has ended.
(News) MySpace.com has launched a beta of a news site it hopes will bring more advertising revenue to the popular social networking site.
(How To) How to steer clear of disreputable domain registrars.
(Reviews) New Web sites let you create your own community.
(News) ComScore Networks Inc.'s latest monthly worldwide ranking of popular Web sites shows that the sites with the most unique visitors aren't always the ones with the most engaged users.
(News) Forget about botnets. If you want to knock a Web site offline, all you need is a nationally syndicated radio show.
(How To) ICANN terminates RegisterFly's accreditation after thousands of customers lose their domain names--here's how to avoid their fate.
(News) Six years after Wikipedia.org debuted, editors at the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) have finally deigned to add the word "wiki" to the OED's online version.
(News) Slashdot.org plans to release on Thursday a new feature designed to give more participation in the selection of articles to its users, who submit links to stories and comments about them to the site.
(News) Social networking sites have changed the game for political candidates.
(How To) Free Windows XP tool that saves you time, free online services that save you gas money, and a free ringtone generator that's just plain fun.
(News) Wikimedia Foundation Inc.'s popular Wikipedia online encyclopedia cracked the top ten list of most popular Web sites in the U.S. for the first time in January, according to comScore Networks Inc.
(News) Presidential candidates have discovered that being on the Web means more than posting a few glitzy pictures, speech transcripts and an "e-mail me" link.
(News) Imagini's algorithms use image responses to guide shoppers, pair potential pals.
(News) European domain name registrars gain new tool to fight spam, phishing, and other abuses.
(News) Proponents say e-prescribing initiative will eliminate errors associated with handwritten prescriptions.
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(Reviews) Web service and software combination offers simple, convenient syncing, but limited editing and organizing tools.
(How To) A straight-ahead jazz station, helpful little downloads, and a generous helping of time wasters to get you through the holidays.
(News) Some bloggers pitch products for pay, often without telling their readers.
(Reviews) You have lots of stuff to get done. And these next-generation services can help with everything from wrangling passwords to throwing a party.
(news) Your Guided Tour of the All-New PCWorld.com
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(news) First Look: Share Photos and Stories With Tabblo
(news) Researcher Details Amazon, MSN Flaws
(news) Netscape to Take On Slashdot
(news) Where 2.0: New Sites Put Your Life on the Map
(news) MySpace May Auction Off Its Search Business
(news) Alleged MySpace.com Hackers Arrested
(news) Yahoo, eBay Partner on Ads, Search
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(news) YouTube Tops in Web Video Market
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(news) Microsoft Takes a Wallop at MySpace
(reviews) Online Photo Services Shootout
(howto) Free Expert Advice on the Web's Forums: Priceless
(howto) Consumer Watch: Charity Starts at Your Home PC
(howto) Fun DIY Web Sites
(news) Blogs Attract Young, Wealthy Readers
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(news) New Internet Domain for Mobile Technology Coming Soo
(howto) 30 Things You Didn't Know You Could Do on the Internet
(howto) Maps for Fun and Business
(reviews) Great Gear Sites
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(howto) Essential Web Sites
(news) Australian Firm Takes Blame for U.S. Domain Name Hijack
(news) MapQuest Goes Mobile
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(news) New social networking site lets users share photos, videos, and more.
(news) Tomorrow you may be participating in the Internet, not just viewing it.
(news) Portals and news sites have work to do, new study suggests.
(news) Who needs postcards? Use high-tech ways to stay in touch while you're traveling.
(news) Historic documents, presidential e-mail, weapons systems, and more are bound for massive database with some public access.
(news) Agencies complain they can't control pharmacies in cyberspace.
(reviews) Share photos online--via cell phone or chat.
(news) Monster offers tips to find qualified candidates among online job-seekers.
Holocaust museum sustains memories, history with interactive, up-close online displays.
(news) Site visitors are more likely to finish Web tasks successfully, but site searches are still troublesome, according to a recent survey.
(news) Congress considers how its mandated safe-haven site can better keep youngsters' interest.
(howto) We look at terminals in the Midwest, Southwest, and West Coast.
(howto) How to get online from major East Coast airports. Hint: It's not easy.
(news) Social networking site hopes to strike out-of-this world deals for members.
(news) New service lets users order photo prints designed for digital images.
(howto) Increase your output with these business tools, downloads, and marketing services.
(news) Sites you recognize, and some you won't.
(news) From browsers to word processors to PC diagnostics, our expert tells you what freebies he uses. And they're all available on the Web.
(howto) Social networking sites are hot. And they can be useful business tools.
(news) League of Women Voters helps launch Capwiz Election as nonpartisan voter resource.
(howto) Weird videos, offensive photos, and lots of motorcycles.
(news) Here's how to post and share digital memories of your holidays.
(news) The Web helps you track Santa's progress, learn his history, and send e-mail wish lists.
(news) Animation, custom verse, gags, and giving are among the wide selection of creative e-mail cards.
(news) Click here for offbeat, wacky gifts.
(howto) Slimy buck teeth, a rat in a can, and how to clean eggs off of your house.
(howto) These two survey Web sites let you learn more about their needs.
(reviews) Our eighth annual extravaganza uncovers 101 essential sites, services, and tools you didn't know you couldn't live without.
(news) IBM, UCLA Film and Television Archive team to put vintage newsreels on the Net.
(news) College investment program weathers a tough economy.
(news) Netizens welcome to choose People's Voice winners for June event.
(news) Online services may next go portable and personal.
(news) More lawmakers are wired, but a few sites lag, study shows.
(news) Subscription adds details and nixes ads; both fee and free versions offer reports by zip code.
(news) Online charity work fits your schedule and extends your reach, say wired nonprofits.
(news) Here's where to track Santa's route, send him e-mail, play holiday games, and maybe even learn something about the season.
(howto) Need to hit the Web before a flight? We rank sites for six major airports.
(howto) Five simple digits can open doors online.
(howto) These great sites and services will lighten your wallet--and that's okay.
(news) Worldwide Lexicon prepares peer-to-peer network of online dictionaries, people to promote on-the-fly translation.
(howto) 40 top-secret methods for ridding your hardware and software of alien phenomena. The truth is in here.
(howto) PC World subscribers can help us track the progress of PC vendors' service and support.
(news) Our survey of 27,000 readers shows customer support at an all-time low. Find out which PC makers fared best and worst, and how to get the help you thought you paid for.
(news) Web storage site joins the growing ranks of dot-coms now charging for services.
(reviews) As Web sites struggle toward profitability, having the right contact management system in place can mean the difference between success and failure.
(news) PC PinPoint offers automated diagnostic, repairs, and tutorials for ailing PCs.
(howto) We look at the sorry state of tech support today and come to the rescue with 50 problem-solving tips for faulty hardware, software, and Internet access.
(news) If industry giants can't make it in the online business-to-business bazaar, who stands a chance? We examine what went wrong and suggest strategies to help your company prosper in the e-marketplace.
(news) Outsourced infrastructure providers promise to do all the legwork of an in-house IT staff for a competitive monthly fee. The service sounds appealing, but should your firm be down with OIP?
(howto) Our experts offer 36 tips to help you fix common hardware, software, and Web snafus that can bring your work to a stop.
(news) Part rental, part ASP, HP Extended Office charges per-PC rates to handle your tech troubles.
(news) Web-based storage will be discontinued; other services are also reassessing their business plans.
(howto) Time limits on returning a faulty new PC.
(news) Are today's PCs too cheap? We go behind the scenes to see if manufacturers are cutting corners, and survey 30,000 readers to find vendors that deliver solid systems and support.
(resource) PC World columnist Steve Bass offers weekly tips and strategies for home-office denizens.
(reviews) CheckSpace online payment service
(howto) Should you go online for tech support?
(howto) Paying the price for online tech support.
