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TECH #10July 7, 1997 I feel your pain. After months of careful deliberation the decision arrived to load Windows 95 on the old home computer. The 486DX2 66Mhz pal in the den. Pretty much the minimum for Win95. There are two kinds of Win95 disks. The kind you get with a new PC and the upgrade...

TECH #97/3/97 One of the fun things about writing this column each week is exploring ways new technology affects our community. Exploring the latest buzz word, "push" has left me less than pumped. While on line, each time you click on a link, your computer asks another computer for a certain page...

TECH #76/20/97 When I was four, Captain Kangaroo would hook me up with interesting little things about my growing universe. This is a different world. When my four year old wants adventure, it's frequently with a mouse. Click. "Kids in homes with personal computers are watching a lot less...

TECH #6June 10, 1997 Last week Bill Gates put a billion dollars on the table for a share in Comcast, a huge cable company. About the same time the local cable company was proudly showing off Cox Fibernet,the first new local telephone service around Hampton Roads since Ma Bell. A big clue for...

Tech #56/5/97 Hey what ever happened to video-on-demand? Unlike pay-per-view, video on demand lets you select from hundreds of films and classic television shows. You get to choose any time of the day to watch, and have virtual VCR-like controls including pause and rewind. The system actually does...

Tech #45/30/97Tom Anthony When I take her to the cinema, sometimes my four year old has to ask "Daddy is that a good guy or a bad guy?" Usually it's an easy question to answer. Not so when it comes to the internet. It's infected. Sort of. Start talking about downloading programs from the web and...