internet

I recently made a comment that Internet Explorer is a virus. This quickly prompted someone - who will remain nameless - to try to uninstall it. I would like to state that Internet Explorer is not really a virus - it just becomes one after you surf the net for more than 5 minutes. It is not a...

can I get one for my my pc.... got loads of disks and don't know what is on them.... do they sell one say with a usb like a portable thingy

Can anybody help me please? I keep getting pop ups even though the blocker is set to high. They are doing my head in and slowing my PC down, any advise? Please keep it simple:o

Have a read of this Broadband and Bellwire it might help you sort out problems with your ADSL broadband. Personally I prefer the original method of using an ADSL master socket like this which gives the same results as the link says but without the ugly microfilters dangling out of your phone...

is offline here....anybody else having issues or is it just moi ??...

As this is on the bbc website i thought it might be of use to those facebook users who dont know about it. BBC - Newsbeat - Technology - Facebook users hit by virus

Just recieved this in an email and guessed it best to pass it on just in case there was something in it. I never open attachments that come through but there are some that may do. Subject: Fw: Anyone-using Internet mail such as Yahoo, Hotmail, AOL and so on THIS IS VERY SERIOUS...

It has recently been announced that Microsoft and Google are launching a scheme that will allow people to use one name and one password to log onto different web sites. Yahoo and AOL are also backers of such a scheme. No! No! No! No! No! NOT IN A MILLION YEARS WILL I EVER SUBSCRIBE TO SUCH...

well i tried firefox, but sorry didnt like it:enough:, so i went back to IE 7:D Anyone like it?

Read elsewhere that MSN are shutting operations down and passing their groups on to another company. Although not a big user of MSN do use it occassionaly. Anybody else heard about this?:confused:

I've just had a phone call from BT about my Broadband, my 'contract' is up for renewel shortly and they where offering me a free wireless home hub if i took out another 12 month contract with them, seen as i dont need a wireless hub because i dont have a laptop i said 'no', then the woman on the...

If you cant get on a website and you think it could have gone down but not sure if its your pc then click this link and find out which it is. Down for everyone or just me? just type the web site in and it will tell you if its your pc or the site is down. :D

a couple of ex-google employees have opened up a new search engine , getting mixed responses , thought I would post a link here and see what you folks think Cuil

Do you have Google earth?? if so type these co-ordinates in to it to see some very strange objects:D or just copy and paste them into google earth :D:D remember the coma after the first set of numbers 1) 51.683153,5.775261 2) 38.225194,-112.298642 3) 33.509444,-84.440742 4)...

I have just bought a wireless router to try and set up internet link for my daughters pc, thing is im a right numpty and dont have a clue what im doing lol.. anyway reading instructions and it starts by saying "always start with your router or gateway" Does this actually mean my main pc. ? or...

Thinking of changing my ISP from virgin, (if the price is right) At the moment like i said im with virginmedia, i pay £17.99 a month for up to 8MB with unlimited downloads. I dont want any deals which include phone or TV, i just want broadband via phone line...not cable:rolleyes: Anybody...

A patch is released to protect computers against a security flaw that could direct internet users to fake websites http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7496735.stm so if ya got Microsoft dont forget to get ya updates installed for the patch;)

Anyone else having problems with Virgin connectivity for the internet? Keeps cutting out and am having to keep rebooting it.

Second Life is supposed to be a virtual world that anyone can join and is said to be addictive anyone on here tried it yet? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b72CvvMuD6Q Where did they find the voice for this clip?:D http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Life

I’m currently running Norton System Works 2006 Premier. Last year I renewed my subscription online. It would have been far cheaper to renew the whole thing at PC World or the likes. Anyway, it’s renewal time in about 3 weeks, so I’m weighing up my options. 1 Stick with the Norton I have...