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  • The Australian ISP low down

    With over a third of Australian homes connected to the Internet, and millions more accessing the Web via work connections, the relative performance of different ISPs is now a regular topic of conversation even in non-techie circles. ZDNet Australia reports on the state of play in the local ISP industry and evaluates the major players' offerings.

  • Internet space race

    Satellite-based Internet access is ready for lift-off, but when will it rocket past cable and DSL?

  • Microsoft's new challenge to AOL

    Marketing Windows operating system in the early 1990s, Yusuf Mehdi helped direct Microsoft's successful strategy against IBM's OS/2, now he's thrown down the gauntlet to AOL.

  • The old school treatment for AOL

    Listening to Don Logan, it's easy to forget that barely a year ago, investors were ready to storm the gates of AOL Time Warner's Rockefeller Center headquarters to protest one of the greatest corporate failures in history.

  • Customers squeezed as ISPs pull trigger on viruses

    High-speed Internet service providers are increasingly putting their customers in the security hot seat, as they try to fight recent virus attacks that turn computers into spam factories.

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  • 2002 predictions get a low grade

    Columnist Tim Landgrave reviews his 2002 predictions and how they fared. While he believes the sluggish economy was a major reason for his poor prediction grades, he's still pretty bullish on a few expectations.

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  • Is broadband right for you? Here are nine signs that it isn't

    Recently I asked how many of you still use a telephone line to connect to the Internet. The result? Plenty of you still use the good old standby, the dial-up modem. That wasn't really a surprise, although from what you read in magazines and on Web sites you'd think everyone already had a broadband connection.

  • Slam that spam: 7 packages tested

    If you are drowning in spam, help is available from software and e-mail services that block unwanted mail. Some work better than others. Here's a look at seven antispam apps and services.

  • Connection Protection

    Your PC may not contain national security secrets, but that doesn't mean you want to give hackers easy access to your personal information. Firewalls not only protect your system from malicious intruders, they also protect you from some viruses and cookie-planting, data-gathering Web sites.

  • Should You Set Your Sights on Windows XP

    Microsoft's Windows XP has received a fair amount of hype in the lead up to its release-Matt Lake and Josh Mehlman assess its usefulness for businesses.

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