Computer Issues

Spam Spreads Storm Trojan Across Internet
The Storm worm spreads through daily spam ploys, including e-cards and security logins. Find out more...

Excellent HP Printer
HP Photosmart C3180 All-in-One
Looking for that perfect machine that can meet all your photo printing needs, not to mention your document printing needs... and do a whole lot of other stuff, too? You can print photos right from your camera via memory card (no need for a PC). Use the included HP Photosmart Express software to edit each shot and organize the whole lot. You can print, scan, and copy with ease, and you'll love the results you get from your Photosmart C3180 All-in-One. Fast, convenient, reliable! 
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Microsoft Messenger for Mac 6.0.3 
Messenger for Mac 6.0.3 makes it easy to take advantage of the full power of instant messaging, and it is a Universal application built to run on both PowerPC-based and Intel-based Macs. Find out more...

Is Microsoft Looking to Buy Yahoo? 
CEO Ballmer discusses Microsoft's relationships with Yahoo, Google and Cisco.  Find out more...

Beware of fake "Microsoft" security bulletins
Scam artists send out e-mail messages that appear to be from Microsoft but infect your PC with malicious software. Know how to spot the fake e-mails from the real. Find out more...

Download Windows Desktop Search for Windows XP 
Quickly find your e-mail messages, documents, and other files on your PC and on your company network. Find out more...

Weekly Update

Computer Memory Lane

Everybody always slams Xerox for failing to put the way-ahead-of-its-time Alto personal computer into production in 1973, but one look at the Alto's ginormous original floppy disks may give you a clue as to what the suits were thinking These dinner plate-sized monstrosities are just one of the forgotten oddities of computing history housed at the DigiBarn Computer Museum in Boulder Creek, CA. Where else can you find an Altair 8800 signed by Captain Crunch?

How do I. . . Add image thumbnails to Microsoft Windows Explorer?

When you're dealing with a folder in Microsoft Windows containing numerous images, it's often helpful to see thumbnail representations of those images in the Windows Explorer display. This built-in functionality is available in both Windows XP and Windows Vista, but how you turn the feature off and on is slightly different for each version. Find out how to turn on the thumbnail feature, and learn how to change the layout of Windows Explorer to accommodate the thumbnail images.

48 Hot Technologies Explored

Web video, virtualization, Ajax and wikis are among the hottest emerging technologies we surveyed this year. But companies won't cash in on these investments unless they have supportive cultures and processes. Read more>>>

Back to School Clip Art and Templates

Students and teachers: Use free clip art and templates from Microsoft to help make reports and presentations look more lively and professional. Find free templates at the end of each section of clip art on our destination page.