When the Internet first came into public use, a decade ago, we had the idea that location no longer mattered: we had done away with geography. Now, almost everywhere, suppliers are starting to use maps, and Location-Based Services (LBS) are seen as the coming thing.
Guardian Online

A site to help kids with problems; Sexiest Geek competition; Irish museum exhibits net art; online graffiti competition; searching Microsoft sites from Google; the descent of man; and Flash 99% Good, or should that be bad.
Webwatch

Blacklisted for spamming, even though it wasn't you; sending faxes via the Web; choosing a notebook PC; unhiding files and folders to find the SendTo directory in Windows Me.
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Last week, I complained (in Second Sight) that Web design was bad and getting worse. There were too many responses to print, but you can read some of the ones not published on the Guardian's Web site. There were good arguments on both sides....
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Mira, Microsoft's technology for making PC screens portable, is a nice idea, but having had my hands on samples, I have reservations about the implementation. (And hardly anyone seems to have realised that the "screens" are actually portable network computers in all but name.)
Guardian Online

Macromedia's Flash has emerged as a middleware contender with the launch of a more standards-compliant Flash MX, which also supports streaming video.
Guardian Online

The Web is bad and getting worse because most sites are designed for visual appearance -- or the needs of advertisers -- instead of usability.
Second Sight

Can you catch a virus from a Web page? How do you know if your PC has a Trojan? And how do you add something to the SendTo menu?
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Sun has launched a humungous private lawsuit against Microsoft -- one that is far bigger and far wider in scope than the US government's. This will keep a lot of lawyers in new Mercs for a long time. But Sun might do better if it just spent the money on some decent programmers.
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Intel has announced the Pentium 4-M -- the mobile version of the Pentium. Costs more, but it's a better idea than using a desktop processor in a small enclosure, unless the case design is "exquisite". With desktop Pentia due to reach at least 3GHz this year, the heat problem is not going to go away....
Guardian Online

Big Brother Awards, DivX 5 (and spyware), Ambridge audio online, Nurses are bullied, The Framley Examiner, top Xbox sites, and more....
Webwatch

Trojans: can hackers take control of your PC? Getting the right size PC screen for Web sites. Removing AutoComplete from Internet Explorer. Startup error messages that may show your PC has a virus infection.
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Chilling Effects is a new site logging legal moves that may restrict freedom of speech on the Web. Other sites watched this week include Viralbank, the Rocklopedia Fakebandica, and one that invites you to vote on the Seven New Wonders of the World/
Guardian Online: Webwatch

Is it worth refilling printer cartridges? Readers have their say....
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PCs are boring, as the Xbox games console shows. But in this case, being boring is a Good Thing.
Computer Weekly

Celebrity tattoos, a game based on Hieronymous Bosch, an interactive guide to numbers used on the net, Microsoft's entry into .Net mapping services, and the Yak's new blog for old Mutant Camels fans. Sorry, Six of the Best -- Chuck Jones sites -- has gone missing.
Guardian Online: Webwatch

Why you could lose your Hotmail account, converting WordPro 97 files, books to help you look after your PC, and backchat about e-mailing Web pages, finding news sources, TrueType fonts, and deleting index.dat files.
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