StayOnline.com
This company provides hard-to-find computer hardware products to technology professionals. "Our site offers a unique resource to the technology community; in that our product offering contains so many 'hidden gems' that the majority of IT professionals whom we've serviced in the past would never have even known existed. We like to call these aces-in-the-hole 'job savers.' . . . the difference between a promotion and a layoff for more than one IT staffer at several Fortune 500 companies . . . we tirelessly search for items that 'turn an IT pro into a superhero'." Stay Online stocks cables, backup media, boards, chassis, drives, peripherals, and more. Located in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, the company also builds custom computers, servers, and workstations. http://www.stayonline.com/

Computor Companion
This online magazine is a practical guide to computing effectively. Whether you use a computer in your home or business, you can find many helpful articles here. The articles are straightforward and easy to read, and emphasize practical skills you need for the task at hand. http://www.computorcompanion.com

Hershey Apple Core
Joining a user group is one of the best ways to learn about your computer and keep up with new software and hardware. One of the most active Mac user groups is Hershey Apple Core, and their website has useful information for members and nonmembers alike. Here interested users can find meeting information, mailing lists, and newsletters. The Ultimate Macintosh User Group List will help anyone find Mac user groups around the world. Here Mac enthusiasts can find the latest information from Apple, including Apple-related conferences and events. User groups will be interested in user group grants and discounts, and the User Group Academy. Mac users who are close to Hershey, Pennsylvania may be interested in the semiannual auctions of Mac hardware and software. http://www.hersheyapplecore.com/

LanWanFiles.com - LanWan Network Hardware Spec Site
This is a resource web site for the latest LAN/WAN networking hardware and product information from over 40 different networking companies. Links to company websites will also help users to find resources on training, promotion, and VAR programs. Visitors will also find the latest news stories related to networking and technology.

Frogans: a New Layer of the Internet
If the Web address you wanted isn't available, try setting up a frogan. STG Interactive, a French company, is registering site names for a new layer of the Internet called the Frogans Layer. This new layer is interactive with the World Wide Web, but independent, using its own language and search functions, and requiring a special browser. This innovative technology offers an alternative to the World Wide Web, with a very specific addressing format, simple publishing functions, and a low cost to maintain and update. Instead of web pages, the Frogans Layer supports an easy-to-use publishing system that lets editors create sets of free-form, interactive slides called frogans. Developers can create frogans slides with the XML-based Frogans Slide Description Language (FSDL), using any simple plain text editor. At the web page,users can view examples of the slides. Users will be able to hyperlink between the Frogans layer and the Web, making the Frogans layer complementary to and interactive with the Web. The already-established worldwide network, made up of dedicated applications and protocols and high availability server farms, is called the Frogans Network System (FNS). The Frogans Network System aims to extend the functionality of the Internet in new directions never before imagined. http://www.frogans.com

ICQconnection.com
This is an ICQ user-to-user help site. Here users can troubleshoot problems via question-and-answer, and find a lot of information about ICQ. The site offers quick tips, links to downloadable ICQ helper software, and help with chat lingo. A large and very helpful section alerts ICQ users to the many hoaxes and cons targeted specifically at them. There is also a good collection of links to other ICQ help sites and FAQs. www.ICQconnection.com

123 Search Engine Optimization
This free tutorial explains how to properly submit your website to major search engines and directories and get good rankings. Here you can find out about getting your site listed in major search engines and directories; how to make the most of paid listings and ads; and search engine optimization tools. There are tips for getting high ranking without spamming or using illegal techniques. In addition, there are more useful links on search engine optimization. http://www.123-search-engine-optimization.com/

DevShed - The Open Source Web Develpment Site
DevShed is a comprehensive site for web developers, with news, discussion forums, resource areas, and developer tools. The site has articles and resources for beginning, intermediate, and advanced web developers. There are tutorials in HTML, graphic design, multimedia, JavaScript, website security, databases, ecommerce websites, and more. Sections of the site include Client Side, Server Side, Tools, ClipScripts, and Dev Talk (an IT career center, forums, developer news, and more). http://www.devshed.com/

The Tech Museum of Innovation
The Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, California is a hands-on technology museum devoted to inspiring the innovator in everyone. Online exhibits and activities include The Robot Zoo, The PC Webopedia, and video interviews with individuals like Steve Wozniak. Students can enjoy hands-on science and technology classes and labs; K-12 school groups can get discounted tickets. Teachers can attend free Inspiring Teachers Workshops and apply for the SGI/Tech Museum of Innovation BRITE Award to get classroom computer equipment for innovative programs. The Tech brings science and computer technology outreach programs to schools, and sponsors other programs like Michael Jordan on basketball, teamwork, and the triumph of adversity; Wild California with dramatic views of America's wilderness; 2001: Destination Space Exhibit; and The Spirit of American Innovation. In the Know Zone! is an interactive discussion series featuring speakers whose innovative careers have pushed back the frontiers of our known universe. A new Center for Learning is named in honor of the late Robert Noyce, co-founder of Intel. There are technology workshops, lectures, summer camps, youth programs, and programs for the whole family. You can visit the online calendar of events here or subscribe to a free electronic newsletter to learn what's happening at The Tech. http://www.thetech.org

Software Submitter
This service helps shareware authors market their programs, for a small fee. The Internet offers shareware authors the possibility to sell their software worldwide; however, the distribution of shareware can take as much time as its creation. This service saves developers time and energy by submitting demo, freeware, and shareware programs to more than 90 software archives. The service submits only to appropriate sites, and includes German and Spanish translation. Prospective users can view the list of software archives here. http://www.software-submitter.com

Waterproof Cases
Here's a cool product: waterproof cases that protect pagers, PDAs, cell phones, cameras, music players, walkie-talkies, VHF/UHF transceivers, GPS devices, and more from water, dust, and dirt. The case design makes the devices fully functional through the cases. Independent testing has shown them to be 100 percent dust tight and 100 percent waterproof to for 30 minutes of constant immersion at 1 meter. Many of the cases can be worn on a belt or around the neck. So now you can take your pager along when you're kayaking! http://www.waterproofcase.com

Silicon Publishing
This website provides links to the latest electronic publishing resources. Divided into sections on programming, scripting, typesetting, databases, graphics, web design, XML, XSL, and SVG, the site links to tutorials, W3C specifications, vendor pages, FAQs, download areas, and more. http://www.siliconpublishing.org/

Perl.com
This website is a source for everything connected with Perl. There are online tutorials, training services, downloads, documentation, FAQs, references, informative articles, Perl news, events, a Perl developer newsletter, mailing lists, user groups, and more. Find out about binaries, porting, and using Perl with Macintosh, NeXT, VMS, Windows; programming with Perl; programming tools; learning Perl: applications; use of Perl in the sciences; and using Perl for World Wide Web pages, networks, and system administration. Some hot topics are SOAP, learning to write CGI scripts, POE (Perl Object Environment), Perl & XML, emptying a DBM File, POD, Perl's built-in security features. http://www.perl.com

Subjex
Subjex is a dialogue-based search engine. Like Jeeves, this search engine responds to questions asked in ordinary sentences. The difference is you can engage in a dialogue with the search engine. Going a step beyond keywords and natural language, Subjex asks you questions to help narrow down the search. You can add further comments of your own, too. http://www.subjex.com/

ITtoolbox
Here is a network of 20 web portals catering to IT professionals. The portals cover business intelligence, C programing languages, customer relationship management, data warehousing, enterprise application integration, e-business, enterprise resource planning, supply chain management, knowledge management, networking, Java, Linux, Oracle, Baan, PeopleSoft products, SAP products, UNIX, and web design. There is a big wireless section at http://wireless.ittoolbox.com. ITtoolbox Wireless offers forums for technical discussion, tutorials, job postings, and daily wireless news. The portal has sections on wireless applications and architecture, wireless broadband, wireless FAQs, mobile computing devices, network management, protocols and standards, and wireless security. Look here also for wireless consulting firms, hardware, software, organizations, recruiters, training services, books, free email, tech stocks, an events calendar, and weekly newsletters. The document section includes industry articles, peer publishing, university articles, and vendor papers. OpenITx mailing lists allow wireless users to collaborate with peers worldwide, solve problems, and stay informed. Users are invited to submit articles, events, and press releases. http://www.ITtoolbox.com

Privacy.net
This website enables you to see how good your Internet privacy is and what information websites can trace about you. There is a full explanation and demonstration of Internet cookies and how they work, and a link to a free program that lets you see all the cookies on your system. You can see how banner ads can track your movements across many sites and trace your email address, and find out who has access to your driver's license data. Here you can also get access to privacy tools: telemarketing control kits, secure email, "stealth" email addresses, third party proxies, IP address privacy, privacy software and resources, and virus control information. http://privacy.net

IWS - The Information Warfare Site
This online resource aims to stimulate debate about a range of subjects from information security to information operations and ecommerce. Here you can find international news coverage on information security, security advisories, whitepapers, convention schedules, ezines, book reviews, a discussion forum, and a mailing list. There are articles on such topics as ecommerce vulnerabilities, intellectual property crime, and defending against threats in cyberspace. The site is divided into sections on Information Operations, Critical Infrastructure Protection, Cyberterrorism, Computer Security, Hacking and Cracking, Signal Intelligence, Economic Espionage, PsyOps, Legal Aspects, E-Commerce, and Military History. The INFOCON Threat Centre (a major IWS research project) covers the latest cyber-threat news. http://www.iwar.org.uk/

@Powerline Home Networking Technology eLibrary
Imagine an entire home network connected by plugging each computer into an ordinary AC outlet, with one computer playing video files stored on another, while that computer accesses word processing files stored on a different computer, all connected only by standard household electrical wiring. Now imagine using that network to control appliances and electronic devices in your home, also through the AC outlets they are plugged into, and having the power to access the whole system remotely over the Internet. At this website, you can learn about all these new technological developments, which are projected to be a $5 billion dollar industry in four years, and to revolutionize the home as much as television did in the 1950s. Here you will find a HomePlug FAQ, public forums, and a vast collection of articles and links, covering such topics as how it all works, standards development, news articles, promotion, companies, the Inari chip and Intellon chip, wireless applications, alpha testing and demonstrations, and more. http://Plugtek.com

Chemometrics Online
Chemometrics Online is a free service that enables users to conduct powerful chemometric data analysis over the Web. Users can send chemical data files along with commands to the server, which then conducts the requested chemometrics analysis. The results, along with graphs, are displayed on the user's web browser. No plugins or downloads are required to run the programs. Currently, the site provides Principal Component Analysis (PCA), Principal Component Regression (PCR), Partial Least Squares (PLS-1), Soft Independent Modeling of Class Analogy (SIMCA), and Wavelet De-Noising of Data using discrete wavelet transform (DWT). At the website, users can view online demos that use data from the server; to conduct analysis on your own data, you must register (it's free).

Calculator.org
This website probably has everything you need to know about calculators. It is presented by the makers of Calc98, an engineering, scientific, and financial calculator software which is available as a free download or a browser-based online calculator. But there are general resources here for all users of calculators, including units conversions, physical properties and constants, recommendations for hardware calculators, an excellent list of books about calculators, and related web links. http://www.calculator.org

Bankoi.com
Bankoi is a specialized portal of tech services, oriented to IT professionals, MCSE students, end users, and small- to middle-sized companies using Windows and LINUX systems. There are guides to computer certification, votech education, IT seminars, and employment resources. Here you can find help files and FAQs; tech support forums; online file storage; data recovery solutions; HelpDesk services; tech classifieds; and tips on Net security. The many links to shareware and freeware downloads include service packs and utilities, drivers, and DLL archives. There is a Tech Knowledge Base with articles on specific software, especially for Windows. You can sign up to get tech articles by email. http://www.bankoi.com/

ICQ Help 101
Here's a friendly website where you can get help with ICQ, the original instant messaging service. The site offers FAQs, a chat room, a message board, and links to other ICQ help sites. True to the technology, the webmaster is available to answer questions immediately via ICQ (when online). http://icq_help.tripod.com

Trish's Escape from Hardware Hell
This site has a wide selection of well-chosen links to help users learn more about computer hardware and solve hardware problems. Some of the topics covered are BIOS and motherboards, Apple/MacOS, modems and serial ports, video and monitors, CD-ROM and audio, CPU and chipsets, device drivers, storage and hard drives, specs and jumper settings, company contacts, SCSI, portables, networks, print media, printers, scanners, cameras, operating systems, and product reviews. There is much more too.

Dataloss.org
"Did you back up your data?" That's the first question that arises after a hard drive crash. We are all too familiar with the heartbreak of losing data. Dataloss.org offers sympathy, support, and realistic solutions for people who suffer from catastrophic loss of data, due to hard drive crashes, computer theft, and other data disasters. Here you can find links to companies that sell data recovery software and home computer backup systems; if it's too late and you didn't take any precautions, you can refer to the list of data recovery services. The site also has message boards and chat so visitors can share information. According to some experts, your chances of recovering your data may be as high as 95%. http://www.dataloss.org