James Coates

There are many reasons why King Henry VIII never installed an Internet-accessible network in the Tower of London. For example, it would have been impossible to run the required CAT...

Simple solution to movie-burning Sonic MyDVD Studio Deluxe 5 Published by Adaptec $100 for Windows XP www.sonic.com Sonic Solutions Inc. developed the DVD-creation software used by Hollywood studios to make...

Q. I have a brand new computer with Windows XP and cannot seem to get rid of the Windows Messenger Instant Message feature that interrupts me throughout the workday. I...

On Tuesday, Microsoft Corp. launches its Next Big Hope. Microsoft Office 2003 is the eagerly awaited (in some circles, anyway) upgrade of what amounts to the company's single most important...

Q. After recently cleaning out a few virus-infected files, I did a significant update of Windows XP, including some 30 updates and patches. Since then, whenever I log on to...

Q. Due to some nasty virus problems, I downgraded my work computer from Windows 2000 Professional to Windows 98. I saved the slave drive files to a CD (with mostly...

Larry Ellison, founder and CEO of Oracle Corp., dropped by the interactive multimedia sweatshop where this writer works the other day to promote a new book about himself and his...

Q. I registered with my credit card company so I could view my transactions online, but I typed in the wrong password and checked the "remember my password" box. Now...

Q. The U.S. Patent Office recently revised its patent application practice. It now requires changes to an existing claim to be submitted showing strike-through to text being deleted (underlining for...

Q. In a recent quick tip you mentioned the Medion brand computer. I have a Medion and like it very much. Before I purchased it, I tried to obtain some...