Alternative
OSs
VNET reviews five
non-Windows operating systems. None of them can hold a
candle to Windows -- we'll tell you why. (Special thanks to
Microsoft for their assistance in preparing this report.)
Laptops you
can't live without
Trust VNET's
independent, unbiased reviews of the latest batch of Pentium
II laptops in COMPUTERZ.COM. (Special thanks to Intel for
their generous donations of Pentium II laptops and free use
of their testing facilities on Maui.)
Why
Netscape ought to crawl into a hole and
die
Netscape was the big loser
in the most recent browser shoot-out on TROUSERS.COM. Here's
the full, unexpurgated story of how Internet Explorer
trounced the competition fair 'n' square. (Special thanks to
Microsoft for the yacht! That was so sweet of you
guys.)
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Cast your
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Send bulk faxes
on the Internet
This just
in: SpamFax makes bulk faxing over the Internet as easy as
sending bulk email. Get your important message out to
millions of potential customers! Written by guest columnist
Sanford Wallace of Cyberpromo.
Why
D-I-Y?
Experts share 17 tips on
how to "borrow" someone else's code. In PILFER.COM.
Design like
the pros
VNET designers share
28 helpful tips on "borrowing" graphics from other people's sites.
In PILFER.COM.
12 wrist
braces reviewed
Wrists aching
and throbbing? Fingers feel like they're ready to fall off?
VNET feels your pain, and recommends the best out of a dozen
popular wrist braces in this extra-special 20,000 word
review. (Watch for parts 2 and 3, on topical anesthetics and
tendon reconstruction surgery, later this week.)
The best
game downloads ever
LAMECENTER.COM
delivers the ten most significant gaming downloads of all
time, including "Barney's Special Secret Game: Don't Tell
Your Parents!", Julia Child's "Chef's Revenge pt. III:
Salmonella Souffle", and "VRML Tic Tac Toe".
The best
Beginner's HTML books ever
VNET
reviews the best HTML how-to guides for beginners, including
"HTML for Dummies", "The Complete Idiot's Guide to HTML",
"HTML for Comatose Trauma Victims", "HTML for Illiterate
Technophobes Holed Up in the Wilderness", "HTML for People
who Scored Lower than 1000 on their SATs", "Webpage Design
for Infants", and "The New Media Marketer's Guide to HTML
(in Plain English without all that Technical Gobbledygook)".
...and the
best Advanced HTML books, too
VNET reviews the best HTML how-to guides for people who
wouldn't be caught dead reading a book for beginners,
including "HTML for People Who're Much Too Busy and
Important to Learn HTML", "The Engineer's Guide to
Technologies You've Never Even Heard Of", "Architecting New
Realities: Hypertextual Representations of the Self and the
Constructs of Gender in Networked Virtual Spaces", and "How to
Explain the Web to Your Parents".
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Online Advertising
Have you consumed your daily quota? No? Why not?
E-Commerce
Wouldn't you rather be shopping right now?
Kids and Porn
How to block your kids from your favorite sites.
Porn and Your Wallet
Special deals and discounts from your favorite sites.
Porn and The Government
Why those yahoos in Washington want to trample your
God-given rights to view consensual adult acts in the
privacy of your own home (or cubicle, or your coworker's
cubicle, or your boss's machine while she's at lunch).
Porn and
Everything Else
Is there too
much sex online? VNET probes this burning question,
thrusting deeper for answers until we're fully satisfied.
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Nathan "Nasty" Shedroff and Chris "Tasty" Tacy give
hot, live, developer-on-developer action like you've never
seen it before at VNET's sizzling web developer conference
Mark Pesce
Whatever happened to this guy? You used to hear about him all the time. What's he up to, anyway?
Link Overload
Do too many hyperlinks overwhelm users? A special VNET report.
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