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What is Money Claim

Asks jammyjoe A. Money Claim Online (MCOL) is a new website that allows you to claim any money owing to you and obtain judgement on your case over the Internet. It is part of a pilot scheme,00:00 Mon 18th Feb 2002

Who is offering the best deal for Digital TV, Internet and Telephone at the moment BT is about #60 a month all in, which strikes me as quite expensive....any others

Asks Birchy A. There are a few other packages out there that you might want to investigate. It will depend on where you live as to what services will be available in your area, so it is best to00:00 Mon 11th Feb 2002

What does SAR stand for and what does it relate to in association with mobile phones

Asks howardpiercy A. SAR stands for specific absorption rate. Often thought to monitor levels of radiation emitted by mobile phones, it is actually the unit of measurement for the amount of radio00:00 Mon 11th Feb 2002

What is Microsoft QMGR or loadme.exe

Asks esme A. Microsoft QMGR (sometimes located on your PC in a file called loadme.exe) is part of a programme called Quality Manager - which is installed automatically onto your PC if you use MSN00:00 Mon 11th Feb 2002

What is firewire

Asks manhattan A. Firewire (also known as standard IEEE 1394) is a high performance serial bus, developed by Apple Computers, to connect multimedia devices to your computer. It works on one single00:00 Mon 04th Feb 2002

What does ASP stand for

Asks jammyjoe A. It means application service provider. Q. What does an ASP do A. An application service provider rents a company or individual access to applications (usually software-based00:00 Mon 04th Feb 2002

Can anyone give me some information on the My Party virus

Asks esmeharrison A. The My Party virus is believed to have started on 26 January 2002, and is spreading rapidly via mass mailing of email addresses. Q. How do I know if I have received an infected00:00 Mon 04th Feb 2002

Is there a web site, in a similar vain to the Friends Reunited one, that allows you to find people you used to work with, instead of those you went to school with

Asks pascal A. Since the launch of Friends Reunited website and its huge popularity it has had many imitators, a couple of similar sites for tracking down old school mates include Classmates and Your00:00 Mon 28th Jan 2002

What is the e-envoy and what does he or she do

Asks matthewculter A. The e-Envoy is a governmental position set up to target all aspects of e-business in the UK, with a special mandate to lead the drive to get the UK online. The Office of the00:00 Mon 28th Jan 2002

What does ADSL stand for

Asks Jasmine A. ADSL stands for Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line. Q. What is ADSL A. ADSL transmits digital information using high bandwidth on existing copper phone lines. It is asymmetric in00:00 Mon 28th Jan 2002

Is it true that HMV are going to have all their singles online

Asks Felix A. It is not strictly true, but it has taken steps to head off some of the threat posed to high street record shops and record labels by the Internet. In November 2001 it announced a deal00:00 Mon 14th Jan 2002

What is Internet2

Asks diane A. Internet2 is a non-profit consortium of 180 universities, primarily in the US, backed by the US National Science Foundation and the US Federal Government that has, over the past couple00:00 Mon 14th Jan 2002

What is the government s Elevator competition all about

Asks sugar A. It is a new competition pioneered by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to champion e-business development in the UK. Q. What has it got to do with elevators A. In reality00:00 Sun 14th Jan 2001

What is the Liberty Alliance Project

Asks saskia A. The Liberty Alliance Project is an organisation that has recently been formed to create an open, federated, single sign-on identity solution for the digital economy via any device00:00 Mon 07th Jan 2002

Has the Internet incubator company Antfactory closed down

Asks howardpiercy A. It has not closed down as such, but rather it has been bought out by the stock broking and asset management company Seymour Pierce, in a complicated deal said to be worth 5000:00 Mon 07th Jan 2002

A 32 inch flatscreen digital TV seems to cost #1000+, whereas a similar analogue TV costs #600 - #800. What are the benefits of buying a digital TV Will analogue TVs be obsolete in five years time

Asks alancohen A. The benefits of buying a digital TV now is that when the changeover from analogue to digital finally happens, you won't have to upgrade your set. In the meantime, it means you can00:00 Mon 07th Jan 2002

What benefits can be gained from online news bulletins, when compared with more traditional sources such as TV and radio news

Asks marmalade A. There are many advantages to getting your daily news fix online - the main one is timing. If you want to find out the latest on the crisis in Afghanistan for example you can get it00:00 Mon 31st Dec 2001

It is hard keeping abreast of all the technical terms bandied around these days, do you have a glossary of technical terms

Asks dobedo A. Some of the most popular technical terms of 2001 include the following: Ad-Hoc Mode: A client setting that provides independent connectivity in a wireless LAN. AGP: Accelerated00:00 Mon 31st Dec 2001

Is the Internet a good resource for children to use to research homework projects Or does it encourage them to cheat and expect to find their answers without much work

Asks andrewsinclair A. The Internet is a fantastic resource for children to use when doing their homework, and they should be encouraged to use it if possible because it helps them develop and hone00:00 Mon 31st Dec 2001

Can you tell me what a 3G phone is

Asks Catherine A. A third generation or 3G phone is one that is compatible with the new telecommunication standard IMT-2000. This standard was set up by the International Telecommunications Union00:00 Mon 24th Dec 2001