The AnswerBank Articles

What is web hosting

Asks alicevida A. Web hosting is the process of housing, maintaining and serving the files for a website, or a number of websites and providing fast connections to the Internet. A web hosting company00:00 Mon 19th Nov 2001

What is a message cam

Asks panda A. Message Cam is a new mobile phone/digital camera that has been launched to great fanfare by Vodafone. Q. What is good about it A. It enables you to access colour pictures, moving00:00 Wed 19th Dec 2001

Why is it so difficult to get people to pay for Internet content

Asks marmalade A. It is difficult to get the ordinary consumer to pay for information provided on the Internet because it is perceived by most of us as being free, so why pay for it - and sometimes00:00 Wed 19th Dec 2001

What is a silver surfer

Asks magda A. A silver surfer is usually someone over 50 that uses the Internet - and as the over-50s are a generation that did not generally grow up using computers they are considered a unique and00:00 Mon 12th Nov 2001

Is Curl going to replace HTML, and what is it exactly

Asks tonyturrell A. Curl is a new form of content language that integrates mark-up functionality, scripting functionality and a full-featured object-oriented programming language within the same00:00 Mon 12th Nov 2001

What is the best website for finding property to buy or sell

Asks trixie A. Estate agents are gradually getting the hang of the web, although it is often hard to find a comprehensive listing of properties in many areas outside London online that comprise those00:00 Mon 12th Nov 2001

I have often heard the term, but don t really know what spam is, can you tell me

Asks marmalade A. Spam is unsolicited e-mail. Q. How do I receive spam A. If you have ever given your email address out online e.g. filling out a form, entering a chat room etc. it could be picked00:00 Mon 05th Nov 2001

How will the new smart card system for asylum seekers work

Asks doukie A. In spite of much controversy over the introduction of ID cards in the UK, the Home Secretary, David Blunkett announced on 29 October 2001 that from January 2002 anyone applying for00:00 Mon 05th Nov 2001

Can you recommend any good Internet sites that provide information becoming a parent/having a baby I have had a quick look through a search engine and there are just so many

Asks alicevida A. You're right there are loads, and it can take you about nine months to wade through them all. Some of the best in the UK include the following: GENERAL SITES The Baby Net This00:00 Mon 05th Nov 2001

Can you recommend any good websites that still sell vinyl records

Asks molly A. There are loads of websites that still sell vinyl; in fact there has been a resurgence in recent years in the popularity of vinyl records, with many aficionado's preferring its warmer00:00 Mon 29th Oct 2001

When did the Internet bank First-e close

Asks marmalade A. It closed at the end of September and all operations ceased on October 3, 2001 in the UK and Germany. It will continue to operate in France. Q. Why did it close A. Many believe00:00 Mon 29th Oct 2001

How powerful is the new Nimda virus

Asks JacksonC A. All the furore surrounding the Code Red virus was misdirected - the Nimda virus is potentially a lot more dangerous as it can infect PC users using Windows and IIS web servers and it00:00 Mon 22nd Oct 2001

What is rapid response satellite mapping all about

Asks danmiller103 A. Rapid response is a new technique of monitoring disasters, primarily fires so far, employed by Nasa in the US using its existing satellites. The project has been developed in00:00 Mon 22nd Oct 2001

I keep hearing about a pogo, what is it

Asks marmalade A. Presuming you don't mean a pogo stick (a bouncing stick that you climb upon and bounce up and down with, massive cult toy of the 1970s) or the pogo dance (loosely termed "dance" it00:00 Mon 22nd Oct 2001

Is the Internet promoting the "globalisation of hate"

Q. The upside of the web is that almost anyone can use it to simply and quickly exchange information. But in the aftermath of the terror attacks on New York and Washington, hundreds of racist00:00 Mon 15th Oct 2001

How does remote access work

Asks panda A. Remote access provides you with the ability to access another computer or a network from a remote location e.g. you can access your PC at home via a laptop when you are in another part00:00 Mon 08th Oct 2001

Is it possible to make a voice telephone call through an Internet connection

Asks panda A. Yes it is if you have a telephone handset that connects to a USB port. Q. How would this work A. A company called Callserve launched the first Internet handset - the XP phone - into00:00 Mon 08th Oct 2001

What is a firewall

asks esmeharrison A. A firewall is a security system that prevents unauthorised access to or from a private network - they are usually used to protect your computer from invasion, eg by a hacker or a00:00 Mon 08th Oct 2001

Can you recommend a good PDA for under #400

asks JacksonC A. There are lots of PDAs on the market that you can buy for under 300, but if you're prepared to pay a bit more you will get a much better product - so they are worth investing in.00:00 Mon 01st Oct 2001

Can you recommend any good websites that provide information on the British Royal Family

Asks marmalade A. There are lots of sites devoted to information on the Royal Family, some of the best include the following: Official Royal Family Website Being the official website of the British00:00 Mon 01st Oct 2001