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September 29, 2004 - It's not Hulk Hogan and Randy "Macho Man" Savage, but Microsoft and Amazon, two world Internet corporation leaders, have filed a dual lawsuit against a Canadian company to again try to halt spam. A ...

September 28, 2004 - What do the PGA Tour, "Full House," Michael Jackson and the IRS have in common? I mean, besides the obvious, that Bob Saget is the president of each of their fan clubs? If you said they all made the ...

September 23, 2004 - Matthew Lesko is an interesting and eccentric character. You know him from his famous stints on both TV and radio infomercials. He's the guy who claims you can get free money from the government basic ...

September 21, 2004 - QUESTION Should popup ads be illegal on the Internet? LINDA: NO Some pop-ups are necessary, but most are just annoying. There should be a notice displayed to i ...

September 21, 2004 - Hopefully by accessing this page, your screen hasn't been barraged by Internet popup ads. Many sites have popups that supposedly give you free gift certificates or allow you to download spyware or som ...

September 19, 2004 - I received an email from Morgan a couple of weeks ago, wondering why I was posing as a global warming expert. The funny thing is, I don't ever recall mentioning I was a global warming expert, although ...

September 16, 2004 - A recent study published in the American Journal of Psychiatry shows that there is at least some commonality between the health of the elderly and whether or not they visit gaming facilities ...

September 15, 2004 - If you've ever seen a recipe in a cookbook, you've probably noticed how complicated the instructions can be. (Eds. note: If you have never seen a recipe, you might want to never admit that in public, ...

September 13, 2004 - Open source will no longer mean open season for little standardization when it comes to the Linux operating system.

September 12, 2004 - Wait, I'm not in Paris. But my brother's girlfriend is, and she sent me a postcard with a bunch of websites she has seen while in France. Most of them are pretty interesting, so I figured I'd share th ...

September 08, 2004 - Every once in awhile, there's something I cannot find on the Internet. Usually it's either something to do with lists of people's credit card numbers or food, and this item is no exception. Melissa ...

September 06, 2004 - Since I put my site up in July, I've been keeping track of how many people visit, including what pages they view, how long they stay on the site, the color of their hair, etc. Looking at the web stati ...

September 01, 2004 - As you may or may not know, I'm in the process of writing a book. It was fun, but I'd like to finish it, get it published, sign some books and start working on the next one. In the meantime, I'm go ...

August 31, 2004 - QUESTION Is it OK to email someone you are interested in dating, even if that person didn't give you his/her address personally? AMANDA: NO My opinion is no, un ...

August 31, 2004 - The Good Advice Committee had to answer an interesting question this week: Is it OK to email someone you are interested in dating, even if that person didn't give you his/her address personally? The c ...

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August 30, 2004 - Sometimes, technical manuals are hard to read and understand. Occasionally, they may even include pictographs that are supposed to help the user better understand the instructions. But what happens wh ...

August 25, 2004 - Perform a Google news search on "olympic gymnastics controversy" and you'll notice 1,230 articles (at least, at this point) pertaining to what seems to be evolving into a silly event. I don't want ...

August 22, 2004 - Two teenagers in Grand Rapids, Mich., set a new Guinness World Record recently by watching TV for 52 hours straig ...

August 17, 2004 - I must be a little out of touch with large amusement parks or something. I recently visited Kings Island, which I've been to numerous occasions. Unfortunately, I stumbled directly into ...

August 16, 2004 - I hope you're not one of the many people who has experienced receiving a piece of junk email from (gulp!) yourself. The good news is that it's probably not your fault. The bad news is someone you k ...

August 13, 2004 - Even though there's a growing number of websites that allow visitors to pay chump change for a song from your favorite artist, many people are still using free sites as their main way to obtain songs. ...

August 12, 2004 - More than two years ago, I wrote a column about how people think I look like other people. Fortunately (or unfortunately, depending on how you see this), I'm not the only person ...

August 10, 2004 - I thought the Summer Olympics started Aug. 11, but I visited the official Athens 2004 Olympics site, and it says there are two days until it ...

August 08, 2004 - This might be the first time I've actually publicized a website you shouldn't visit. But my reasoning is if I tell you what it is, you won't go there, unless you're the type of person who likes to do ...

August 07, 2004 - The Good Advice Committee's first task was to determine whether or not it was appropriate to download songs for free from the Internet. Good arguments were made on both sides, but in the end, the comm ...

August 05, 2004 - There has been a lot of speculation lately about how much Google is worth, what will happen when the company goes public with shares, what's the difference between a google and a gaggle, etc. So I ...

August 03, 2004 - Maybe starting a new feature with an acronym of GAC isn't the best idea, but that's all I have for now. The Good Advice Committee will come to you on a regular basis, possibly weekly. A lot of it d ...

August 02, 2004 - Sorry, it's me, not you. There was a note on my door last Friday from UPS, saying I had a package waiting for me. Luckily, on UPS' Web site, you can see ...

July 31, 2004 - Microsoft is urging its users to download a cumulative software patch that corrects at least three major security issues in its standard Web browser, Internet Explorer. If you're not sure if you s ...