Stories by Cameron Crouch

A Sprint Through the Web

Web phones can be a wealth of mobile information, but you'll still deal with some frustration when dialing for data on a device designed for voice.

Fix Your Flights on the Fly

Your cellular phone might tip you off to flight delays and cancellations, but a new service may help you handle your travel challenges more easily.

What a Microsoft World It Would Be

It's the year 2005. You wake up to the alarm on your JavaWin Pocket PC. It reads you today's news from MSNBC/AOL Time Warner: "Bill Gates has been fired after a hostile takeover of Microsoft Windows by Sun Microsystems Inc. Sun will continue to incorporate Windows in its Java platform, says Sun head Scott McNealy."

Palm, HP Scramble to Fix PDA Flaws

Spot a crack in your new Palm IIIC? Do you see 12-bit color instead of 16-bit in your Hewlett-Packard Co. Jornada Pocket PC? One would assume if you pay $500 for a fancy PDA, you get what you were promised.

WAP Service Juggles All Messages

You run your own business and need to keep track of your messages. But with three phone numbers, a fax machine, several e-mail accounts, and a Web-enabled phone, it's not easy.

Pocket PC to Wed Phone

Microsoft Corp.'s wireless plans for Pocket PC extend beyond adding modems to actually putting Pocket PC in a mobile phone.

Pocket PC Learns Wireless Ways

Microsoft Corp.'s original goal was to put a PC in every home, but the company's new "anytime, anywhere, on any device" slogan centers on wireless access. And no device is more apt for wireless communications than Pocket PC.

McAfee.com Updates Clinic

Keeping tabs on your PC's health and performance isn't always easy. But McAfee.com Corp. is adding more utilities to its online Clinic services to help.

Web Ways to Cover Mother's Day

Mother's Day can creep up on you like a bad cold. You know it's coming; you think about it, but you just don't do anything until it's too late.

Are Chat Rooms Really Anonymous?

A lawsuit filed by a chat room participant against Yahoo Inc. raises questions of responsibility by chat room participants and their host sites.

Love Letter's Fallout Continues

As PC users around the world struggle to clean up hard drives and networks, "I Love You" virus variants still lurk. How do you protect yourself from malicious mail that leaves its mark?

Recovery From Love (Bug) Sickness

Still fighting the Love Bug? Business is busy for antivirus and file-recovery tool vendors, which offer a selection of wares to help restore your system to its old self.

Virus Spreads to New Digital Envelopes

Love Letter, the most damaging and widespread e-mail virus to date, now has spun off as many as five variants originating all over the world, say antivirus experts.

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