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Online Tax Prep: An Upgrade Year
 
Web-based tax preparation sites are better than ever, with improvements in design and interviews.

Tony Lima, special to PC World
Wednesday, February 01, 2006

 
Why do your taxes on the Web? Portability is one good reason: You can work on your return anywhere there's Web access. And unlike with shrink-wrapped software, which you must take care to update, you never need to download patches or state files for Web services. The vendors install these information on the server, so you always have the most up-to-date software. An added bit of good news: Prices generally include free e-filing.

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No Name Change for MSN
 
Microsoft still hopes to make the portal an entertainment destination for consumers.

Elizabeth Montalbano, IDG News Service
Friday, February 10, 2006

Though the new head of Microsoft's MSN division has been calling the company's MSN portal "MSN Media Network" internally, Microsoft has no formal plans to rebrand the site, a Microsoft spokesperson says.

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Federal Trade Commission Plans Hearings on Internet Risks
 
FTC chair urges the Internet industry to 'self-regulate.'

Grant Gross, IDG News Service
Thursday, February 09, 2006

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Internet industry needs to create "self-regulatory regimes" and come up with new technologies to battle online dangers such as spyware, said Deborah Platt Majoras, chair of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, on Thursday.

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Prepare for Microsoft's Patch Tuesday
 
Critical patches for Windows, Windows Media Player among seven planned.

Elizabeth Montalbano, IDG News Service
Thursday, February 09, 2006

Microsoft on Tuesday plans to release seven patches for several of its software products, including at least two critical updates for known vulnerabilities, according to the company's monthly security update.

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Internet Tips
Contributing Editor Scott Spanbauer offers incisive tips, tricks, and commentary on a broad range of online issues.

Knowledge Is Power: Your Essential Internet Glossary
 
Learn a few key terms to avoid online attacks.

Scott Spanbauer
From the February 2006 issue of PC World magazine

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic," states science-fiction titan Arthur C. Clarke's third law. The Internet barely existed when the author of 2001: A Space Odyssey proposed his law, but it certainly can seem supernatural. Still, the Internet's magic is accompanied by a heap of trouble in the form of spam, viruses, spyware, zombie PCs, phishers, pharmers, and the other nasty side-effects of digital life. You can avoid trouble more easily if you know a bit about how the Internet works. Here is my executive guide to the essential acronyms of the Internet.

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