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28.12.01

The Seven Wonders of the Web: you can draw up your own list before you check the one devised by the Online team....
Guardian Online

Don't take that new computer out of its box unless you have already got a yellow plastic briefcase, some sticky labels and a bottle of Tippex. This is stuff the books don't tell you.....
Ask Jack Christmas Special
Thursday, December 20, 2001

If you got any computer games for Christmas, I hope the selection included at least one of these.....
Guardian Online: Gameswatch

There's no doubt about the appeal of a personalised portal on the Web. However, having spent a while playing with what I think is he best effort yet -- Fyuze -- I'm sticking to my personalised Hotsheet.
Webwatch

When it comes to accessing the Internet from various countries around the world, I still haven't found anything better than AOL. (With apologies for Guardian Unlimited's formatting errors,)
Ask Jack

13.12.01

If you can afford a bit of self-indulgence this Christmas, here are some things you can add to your PC.
Guardian Online

This week's agony column focuses on the photopraphic....
Ask Jack

6.12.01

Doesn't seem long since I was using an acoustic coupler to log on at 300 baud (30 characters per second). Now we're heading for 50 megabits per second with VDSL and 802.11a and g....
Guardian Online

Converting vinyl or tape to CD is easy if you don't care much about hi-fi quality, and cheap if your time isn't worth anything. Otherwise....
Ask Jack

What's happening on the Web this week: at least check out Odd Todd and Silly Girls.
Webwatch

There are not many great PlayStation 2 games but SSX Tricky delivers both a challenge and a rush....
Gameswatch

The sudden shift in the US Department of Justice attitude to Microsoft's position is a clear indication of how strongly politics is influencing what passes for justice. However, the case probably wouldn't have been brought in the first place had it not been for political considerations -- staunch Silicon Valley high-tech Republicans getting what they wanted for backing a Democrat Clinton-Gore ticket. Of course, this doesn't say much for America's anti-trust laws, but everyone who has looked into their history knows they were already a farce. Just like the British libel laws, but swapping Klein for Carman.
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