James Coates

Last week the technology industry held the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas and it seemed like all anyone, from Bill Gates to the bag boys at Best Buy,...

Q. My nephew is getting married in a few months, and his grandparents will not be able to attend due to illness. They have a computer and have seen one...

Q. I was intrigued with your recent column regarding copying VHS tape to DVDs. I bought a machine last year, Panasonic DMR E75V ($310 after rebate), to accomplish just what...

Q. I have a Dell computer with Windows XP. Lately when I click Internet Explorer, I get a window saying, "This page cannot be displayed." I got in touch with...

If you received a portable music player as a gift this year, there's really not much more to be said than "happy listening." Music, after all, requires little more than...

Q. I have created Web browser bookmarks on different computers and I would like to combine them into a single bookmark list. Can this be done? Chet Cergy @snet.com A....

Q. I've been trying to use a 48-second MPEG video clip in a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation without much success. I followed all the instructions (selected "automatically" play when the slide...

Today I'm going to explain why it's such a big deal that mobile phone goliath Cingular Wireless just now rolled out its first GSM (Global System for Mobile communication) service...

Q. I've got one silly question that not even the SBC Yahoo support staff for my e-mail account knows. How come when I send e-mail to myself to test my...

Warning: Finding and testing free computer programs can be risky in a world teeming with nasty viruses, online identity theft rings and just plain buggy software. But taking risks can...