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Malicious Flash ads (webDotWiz Column, 14-Feb-2008)

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 05:44:32 GMT

We're not going to get away from advertising on the web so it's something we have to live with. There are the good points, though - many valuable web services are free because the service recovers its costs through advertising.

However over the past few months many sites, large and small, have been displaying Flash-based ads (those one that appear as anmiations or movies) which, after a click, redirect visitors to a site that promotes scareware, fraudware or, at the worst, installs viruses.

In other words, for example, you're on one of your favourite sites and click an advertisement from Widget Airlines. Rather than ending up on Widget's ticket booking page, you're confronted with a dialogue box that tells you your computer is infected with 53 pieces of malware or you're asked - if you're lucky - if you want to install a computer performance-enhancing program. In the worst case scenario, malware automatically installs without your knowledge or permission.

More often than not the site owner has an agreement with an advertising company and doesn't realise until informed by people such as Sandi Hardmeier of Spyware Sucks that some of the ads on its site redirect visitors to sites carrying malicious content.

Now, please don't click on every Flash-based ad on various sites to test the above - you could easily end up with an inoperable computer system. Instead read up on Sandi's posts - you'll see plenty of example screenshots.

Until Adobe patch the Flash player so that we, the users, have more control, Flash remains the Typhoid Mary of the Internet, to use Sandi's description.

Footnote: be careful of any new Flash-based online games. Sorry to spoil the fun.

webDotWiz Column - first for 2008 now online

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 09:25:26 GMT

The first column, Make a good start to 2008, is now online (as well being online here). There is the usual list of sites for you to browse.

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Make a good start to 2008

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 09:13:13 GMT

Since the last column, advances in new technology and new Internet services have come along at the usual pace, i.e., it's hard to keep up with what's the latest. For example, how about a snazzy little digital camera memory card, the Eye-fi, that has a Wifi connection so you can upload your photos to your Live Space directly from your camera?

On the other hand, the criminals have been busy trying - and succeeding - to rip off money from unsuspecting Internet users. For this reason, the first job for 2008 is to check that you have an antivirus program running, and most importantly, it's up to date. Download and install the free AVG antivirus program from Grisoft - it's updated almost every day, scans your computer each day and will protect you.

Your second protection, if you have a Windows XP computer, is to install Windows Defender, another free program, to protect against spyware and malware. There's no excuse for not protecting your computers against viruses and spyware.

Users of XP and Vista computers should have accounts set up for each user. Certainly on Windows XP, only one person - The Boss in Charge of The Computer - should be allowed to be an administrative users - all other users should be confined to limited accounts. This measure is to avoid the installation of malware or spyware by a careless click. Use Windows XP help and support to see how to set up accounts.

Once you know your computer is protected against the nasties, you can begin to enjoy the Internet and get on with learning some new skills. However you still need to be careful. A computer is not - repeat, not - just another home appliance. Because a computer is storing important data, somebody in the household has to take responsibility for the integrity of that data, that is, make sure music, financial records, documents, photos and videos are stored safely and securely.

One area the webDotWizards are making headway is in organising and editing their photos by using Windows Live Photo Gallery, one of the free programs in the Windows Live Suite (others being Live Messenger, Live Writer, Live Toolbar). Then using Photo Story for Windows it's possible to make your own movies to show off all your photos to family and friends online through Soapbox.

This post is also on webDotWiz Online, the first column for 2008, along with webDotWiz's selection of sites for your browsing interest.

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webDotWiz Online column for 12-Jul-2007 now available

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 11:58:51 GMT

The webDotWiz Online column for 12-Jul-2007 is now ready for you to browse through. This week's column gives you some tips and tricks on using Microsoft Photo Story to create movies from your photos.

Here's the link: www.webdotwiz.com/index-120707.htm or go to www.webdotwiz.com and follow the link from there. As always, there's a long list of sites for you to browse and see what may be of interest.

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webDotWiz Online 28-Jun-2007 column now online

Fri, 29 Jun 2007 09:46:14 GMT

webDotWiz's online column for 28-Jun-2007 (published in Rushworth's Waranga News fortnightly volunteer newspaper) is now available.

Topics this fortnight are The Knowledge Economy and some news about Windows services except Windows Live Folders and Windows Live Photo Gallery which were announced after the column was written.

Among the sites mentioned in this week's column are:

25 Web Sites to Watch (Popfly is one of them): www.pcworld.com
Everything you've always wanted to know about WiMAX: www.theage.com.au/news/business/
Gimundo - Good News Served Daily: www.gimundo.com
High cost of country WiMAX: australianit.news.com.au
Live Earth Concerts 07/07/07: greengeneration.ninemsn.com.au/live-earth/
The need for speed for grains farmer: www.news.com.au/heraldsun/

You'll find all sites on this week's sites page.

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webDotWiz Online latest column - 14-Jun-2007

Mon, 18 Jun 2007 06:31:18 GMT

The latest webDotWiz column (for 14-Jun-2007) is now online.

The staff (well, ahem, you-know-who) hasn't put this week's site links into their respective pages but you can browse through them all on the Recent Sites Added page.

Here are a few selected sites that are in this week's list:

Best ways to buy music online: www.microsoft.com/athome/morefun/onlinemusic.mspx

Boosting your line sync ADSL: blogs.technet.com/mkleef/

Change This: www.changethis.com

Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre: www.ceop.gov.uk

Clearing Your Inbox: blogs.msdn.com/jmeier/

Cool Cat Teacher Blog: coolcatteacher.blogspot.com

Developing the Future: www.microsoft.com/uk/developingthefuture/

Developing the Future - The Knowledge Economy: www.sixtysecondview.com

Difficulties with Word 2007 mathematics? Solved: blogs.msdn.com/murrays/

Eyes on Darfur: www.eyesondarfur.com

Fingerjig Typing Game: www.jonmiles.co.uk/fingerjig.php

FITT - Females in Information Technology and Telecommunications: www.fitt.org.au

Flight Simulator X SP1 - Set AI at 80% Max : blogs.msdn.com/ptaylor/

Games Programming, 2D, 3D, Visual C#: www.microsoft.com/events/series/msdnvisualcsharp.mspx

How To Survive The Worst PC Disasters: tech.msn.com/howto/

How to use the Windows Live OneCare safety scanner: www.microsoft.com/protect/

Live Search Books - Now with In-Copyright Content: blogs.msdn.com/livesearch/

LOLCODE - the latest programming language: blogs.msdn.com/tysond/

Microsoft Aerospace & Aviation Team Blog: blogs.msdn.com/aerospace/

Microsoft Surface Computing - Implications for the healthcare industry: blogs.msdn.com/healthblog/

Microsoft Surface Homepage: www.microsoft.com/surface/

Top 5 games to play with your kids: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18947415/

Windows Live Hotmail - Fighting Junk E-Mail: postmaster.live.com/FightingJunk.aspx

Full the complete list, see here.

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Summary of posts from past couple of days

Sat, 02 Jun 2007 09:46:38 GMT

There have been lots of updates and news about various Windows Live services in the past couple of days and webDotWiz has posted about most of them.

Here's a summary of what he's been talking about over the past one or two days:

After publishing this entry, webDotWiz is off to upload the latest update to his webDotWiz Online Column, namely for 31-May-2007. Written earlier in the week, this fortnight's column is now out-of-date in the light of the releases of Windows Live Mail, Windows Live Writer and Windows Live Messenger 8.5... oh, well.

However, webDotWiz's 31-May column talks about Microsoft Popfly more generally so it's worth a read - as always, there's a long list of sites for you to peruse and check out.

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New sites added to webdotwiz.com

Thu, 04 Jan 2007 10:54:16 GMT

Just because webDotWiz's online column forThe Waranga News, Rushworth's fortnightly voluntary newspaper, is in recess during the holiday season doesn't mean webDotWiz stops finding web sites of all kinds.

So more sites have been updated today. To quickly preview what's been added to the various sections at webDotWiz.com, go to the recent additions page.

Here's a short selection:

Email Support Site: emailsupport.spaces.live.com
How the shuttle returns to Earth: news.bbc.co.uk
If Programmers Built Aeroplanes... (Video): www.youtube.com
In Orbit - Windows Live for TV Team Space: wlfortv.spaces.live.com
Lake Superior State University Banished Words List: www.lssu.edu/banished/
Panoramas.dk: www.panoramas.dk
QuickAdd for Windows Live Favorites Bookmarklet: favorites.live.com/tour.aspx?step=5&mkt=en-au
Rocket Commander XNA Source Code (XBox 360): exdream.no-ip.info
Shipper's Dilemna: www.creativecrafthouse.com/id29.html
Sponsor a Cow: sponsoracow.org
Top Ten Astronomy Images of 2006: www.badastronomy.com
Top Xbox Live Games of 2006: www.majornelson.com
WiiKitties: wiikitty.com/wiikitties.html
Wikipedia: www.wikipedia.org
Windows Live Help Community: helpcommunity.live.com

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Ten years on

Thu, 23 Nov 2006 10:07:05 GMT

This week's webDotWiz column (23-Nov-2006) looks back at what's happened since webDotWiz went online way back in November 1996. How much better is the online experience today compared to Nov 1996? Here's the concluding paragraph to his rave:

So after ten years webDotWiz's line speed is about four times faster. The broadband standard in technologically advanced countries is regarded as 30 Megabits/second (minimum). At the present rate of telecommunications infrastructure replacement, webDotWiz will need to outlive Methuselah to enjoy online TV (the only alternvative once the free-to-air TV stations give up because of costs), watch movies, buy his videos and music and listen to digital radio.

Anyway, there's the usual huge collection of various sites for you to browse, including:

50 Years of ABC TV: www.abc.net.au/tv/50years/
Broadband Outside the U.S.: www.pcworld.com
Get to Know Live Maps: imagine-windowslive.com/minisites/livemaps/
Improbable Research - Ig Nobel Awards: www.improb.com
Microsoft Office Live: www.officelive.com
Soapbox on MSN Video: soapbox.msn.com
Ten Years of the Web: www.onewebday.org/?p=158

Have fun

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webDotWiz Online column for 12-Oct-2006

Sat, 14 Oct 2006 00:30:42 GMT

You can now read webDotWiz's ramblings in his Waranga News column for 12-Oct-2006.

He talks about the update to Windows Live Writer and passes on the news that Internet Explorer 7 will be available for download by the end of the month in all its glory.

As well, webDotWiz has a few lines about how to use Windows Live Alerts to save yourself time and energy by allowing info to come to you via Live Messenger or email or both.

As usual, there is a range of sites to visit according to your interests.

So, off you go to webDotWiz Online to get some hints and browse a few sites.

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webDotWiz Online for 13-Apr-2006

Thu, 13 Apr 2006 11:25:16 GMT

This week's column is now online at www.webdotwiz.com. webDotWiz was going to discuss some of the new services that are appearing on the web but got side-tracked and talked about how the Friend's List is working out after a couple of weeks' use. He also discusses some of the new features he's come across while using IE7 beta (trial) 2 preview.

webDotWiz column for 16-Feb-2006 online

Fri, 17 Feb 2006 08:36:56 GMT

The February 16 webDotWiz column is now online at www.webdotwiz.com. This week's column offers some tips for making best use of the recent updates to MSN Spaces.

Recent sites list 16-Jan-2006

Wed, 18 Jan 2006 10:27:23 GMT

Here's a list of various sites that webDotWiz has collected over the past couple of weeks - variety is the spice of life. They'll be also available from webDotWiz Online in a day or two.

20 Technology Skills Every Educator Should Have: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
20 Technology Skills Every Educator Should Have: thejournal.com/articles/17325_1
25 Rules of Outlook Email Etiquette: spaces.msn.com/members/bhandler/
52 Projects: www.52projects.com/52_projects/
365 Days of Skywatching 2006: www.universetoday.com.nyud.net:8090/365days.pdf
6000 Tutorials, 500 Categories: www.tutorialized.com
Advanced CSS Layouts - Step by Step: www.webreference.com/authoring/style/sheets/layout/advanced/
An investigation into anti-spyware: arstechnica.com/news.ars/
Atlas by Fresh Logic Studios: atlas.freshlogicstudios.com
Awesome Clipart for Educators: www.awesomeclipartforeducators.com
Bring on the tables: www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200410/bring_on_the_tables/
Celestron SkyScout: www.celestron.com/skyscout/hp_land.php
Detroit Car Show 2006 : autoshow.msn.com
draw-something: draw-something.robmyers.org
Eicon enables first Microsoft Speech Server deployment in Europe: bink.nu/Article5792.bink
Engineers create maths method to design better robots: news.uns.purdue.edu
EVA Download (English): tilo.rauf.de/English/evadown_e.htm
Feed 2 Podcast: www.feed2podcast.com
Figuring out the numbers behind subnetting: www.jinx.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=40526
Flight Simulator X Screenshots: www.avsim.com
Flight Simulator X Screenshots: www.fsplanet.com/fsplanet_com_fsx.htm
Free Books 4 Doctors: freebooks4doctors.com/fb/special.htm
Free Software Resources for Teachers and Administrators: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
FSPlanet: www.fsplanet.com
Fun with SpyAxe: blogs.msdn.com/matt_pietrek/
GISuser (Geospatial Information System User): www.gisuser.com
Hands on with Google Pack (Paul Thurrott Review): www.winsupersite.com/reviews/google_pack.asp
HealthBlog: blogs.msdn.com/healthblog/
Hubble Sees Galaxies Galore: hubblesite.org
Inside Office 12, Part 1: www.winsupersite.com/showcase/office12_inside.asp
Learning Essentials for Microsoft Office: www.microsoft.com/downloads/
Learning Essentials Content Development Kit: www.microsoft.com/downloads/
Library Thing: www.librarything.com
LiveSide: www.liveside.net
MC:Space (Michael Connolly, Product Unit Manager, MSN Spaces): spaces.msn.com/members/mc/
Microsoft Nature Theme 1 Animal (English): www.microsoft.com/downloads/
Microsoft Security Response Centre: blogs.technet.com/msrc/
NationStates: www.nationstates.net
Neck or shoulder pain? Try these 10 healthy computing tips: blogs.msdn.com/tiptalk/
Office Live: www.microsoft.com/office/officelive/
Programming Algorithms Directory: www.algosort.com
Put together a slide show for holiday guests: www.microsoft.com/athome/morefun/
Recap of the last few weeks: spaces.msn.com/members/mike/
Regular Expressions Tutorial: gnosis.cx/publish/programming/regular_expressions.html
Rogue/Suspect Antispyware: www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm
SoftwareFor.org 2006.01 Download Sites: mirror.softwarefor.org/downloads.html
Sudoku Solver: www.sudoku-solver.com/free.htm
Super Geek Upgrades: www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.01/upgrades.html
Tablet PCs in Healthcare: What's the right device for you?: blogs.msdn.com/healthblog/
TailRank: www.tailrank.com
TechNet Magazine: www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/
The Antispyware Consipiracy: www.sysinternals.com/blog/
The Chris Pirillo Show: www.thechrispirilloshow.com
The Future of Microsoft Office: www.microsoft.com/office/preview/
The Mount Everest of E-mail Services: www.acmqueue.com
The Web's Download Disasters, Inaugural Edition: blog.siteadvisor.com
T.H.E. Journal Online: thejournal.com
Top 10 Sources: toptensources.com/toptensources/home.aspx
Top Tips for Good Email: blogs.technet.com/usefultechnology/
Typing Test: www.powertyping.com/typing_test/
Unlimited Potential Program: www.microsoftunlimitedpotential.com.au/
What could make drought worse? La Niña: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10824204/
Why do we nod our heads for "yes" and shake them for "no"?: www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_450b.html
Windows Live Ideas: ideas.live.com
Windows Live Messenger FAQs (Unofficial): wlm.scottisafool.co.uk
Zeno's Paradox - The Motionless Runner: mathforum.org/isaac/problems/zeno1.html

Recent site list up to 03-Jan-06

Tue, 03 Jan 2006 05:57:52 GMT

Here are some more sites that webDotWiz has gleaned from his blogs on Live.com. They'll go online at www.webdotwiz.com as soon as possible.

2006 Calendars for Microsoft Office: office.microsoft.com

AllOfMP3: www.allofmp3.com

Einstein Has Left the Building: www.nytimes.com/2006/01/01/books/review/01horgan.html

Electronic Circuit Schematic Archive: www.freeinfosociety.com/electronics/schemcat.php

How Infocard prevents phishing, in practice: blogs.msdn.com/vbertocci/

Jesper's Blog (Microsoft Security Strategist): blogs.technet.com/jesper_johansson/

Kosso's OPML Manager: readerss.com/opml/opmlman1.html

Microsoft Historical Monuments for Your Desktop: www.microsoft.com/downloads/

One year outside our window: www.eirikso.com

Open News Archive from the BBC: www.bbc.co.uk/calc/news/

Programming Tutorials: www.programmertutorials.com

Physics Museum of University of Queensland: www.physics.uq.edu.au/physics_museum/

Social Computing Group: research.microsoft.com/scg/

Superlink and Crossrail: www.superlinklondon.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk

The 10/20/30 Rule of PowerPoint: blog.guykawasaki.com

The Free Information Society: www.freeinfosociety.com

The Future of K-12 Blogging: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/

The Unofficial Microsoft Weblog: microsoft.weblogsinc.com

The Pitch Drop Experiment: www.physics.uq.edu.au/pitchdrop/pitchdrop.shtml

Top 10 Free Time Wasting Sites: freebies.about.com/od/710/tp/timewasting.htm

Top 20 Bookmarks of 2005 for Webmaster: web-graphics.com

Ultimate Boot CD - Overview: ubcd.sourceforge.net

Ultimate Boot CD for Windows: www.ubcd4win.com

Year of the Outback 2006: www.outbackinfront.com

YouTube - Broadcast Yourself: www.youtube.com

Recent sites list up to 31-Dec-05

Sat, 31 Dec 2005 05:00:14 GMT

Here are the sites which webDotWiz has come across in the past couple of weeks and you might find of interest. The list is also available on the Recent Sites page at webDotWiz Online:

5 Best Freeware Games of 2005 by gHacks: www.ghacks.net
50 Greatest Gadgets of the Past 50 Years: www.pcworld.com
100 things we didn't know this time last year: news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4566526.stm
2005 - The year in human spaceflight: www.newscientistspace.com
2005 - The year in the solar system: www.newscientistspace.com
AjaxTrans: ajax.parish.ath.cx/translator/
Astronomers Get First Glimpse of New Stars: news.yahoo.com
Baureihe 101 (BR 101 Electric Loco): www.br-101.de
Bitpress 2000 frames/sec movies: www.bitpress.com
Blender 3D: www.blender.org
DeskBot: www.bellcraft.com/deskbot/
Do you get less wet if you run in the rain?: news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4562132.stm
Ed Bott's Windows Expertise: www.edbott.com/weblog/
Einstein's Riddle - Who Owns the Fish?: www.manbottle.com/trivia/Einstein_s_Riddle.htm
Flight Simulator Microsoft Blog (Pixelpoke): blogs.technet.com/pixelpoke/
How Women and Men Use the Internet: www.pewinternet.org
Infinite Bandwidth Everywhere for Free: nocat.net
Insect/bug Macro Photos: www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/sets/590338/
Intro To CSS: www.developersdigest.org/wiki/index.php/Intro_To_CSS
JavaScript Cheat Sheet: www.ilovejackdaniels.com/javascript/javascript-cheat-sheet/
LibriVox: librivox.org
Mathematicians solve old problem: www.physorg.com/news9364.html
Microsoft Agent Homepage: www.microsoft.com/products/msagent/
Microsoft Agent Ring: www.msagentring.org/setup.aspx
Microsoft Office PowerPoint Blog: blogs.msdn.com/brendanb/
Mini-Microsoft Blog: minimsft.blogspot.com
MP2Kmag - the Magazine for MapPoint: www.mp2kmag.com
Online classes (free) at HP learning center: h30187.www3.hp.com
Photos of the Year (John Nack on Adobe): blogs.adobe.com/jnack/2005/12/photos_of_the_year.html
Pictures of the Year (Reuters, 2005): photos.reuters.com
Plague Locusts - Bulletin Updates: www.dpi.vic.gov.au
Programming MapPoint .NET: www.programmingmappoint.net/mappoint/
Railion Main Line Locomotives: www.railion.com
SpaceWar!: www.guinnessworldrecords.com
The Face of Beauty - Saturn on 22-Dec-05: saturn.jpl.nasa.gov
The Year in Pictures 2005 (MSNBC): www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10467269
Time Magazine Best Photos of 2005: www.time.com/time/yip/2005/
Watch NOVA TV Programs Online: www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/programs.html
Windows Desktop Search - Tech: spaces.msn.com/members/wdstech/
Windows Vista December 2005 CTP Review: www.winsupersite.com/reviews/winvista_5270_04.asp

webDotDirectory updated

Thu, 22 Dec 2005 10:08:29 GMT

Finally webDotWiz has caught up with organising all the sites mentioned in the last two columns of webDotWiz Online. So they've been listed under their appropriate headings on the relevant pages.

For those new to the webDotDirectory, it's the collection of all the sites that are listed in each fortnight's webDotWiz Online Column (which is printed in each fortnightly issue of The Waranga News, the local area newspaper, put together by volunteers).

To access the webDotDirectory, start at the topics page (www.webdotwiz.com/direct.htm) and find your area of interest so you can go to a list of relevant sites.

webDotDirectory pages updated

Sat, 03 Dec 2005 01:03:34 GMT

Today webDotWiz updated pages making up the webDotDirectory.

For those who haven't used the webDotDirectory, it's the collection of all sites that are listed in each fortnight column of webDotWiz Online (at last count, there are roughly 10,000 sites). Sites are grouped according to areas such as:

and so on, with sub-groups under each of these main topics (e.g., Windows software, Windows how-to's, tools to use with photos, Maths homework help).

To see all the categories and sub-topics, start here.

webDotWiz column for 01-Dec-2005

Thu, 01 Dec 2005 10:27:36 GMT

webDotWiz Online (www.webdotwiz.com) has the latest column, for December 1, 2005. There are some tips on feeding Windows Live, not only with text, but using gadgets such as the MSN Spaces Photo Browser. As well there's some information about using the new Windows Live Mail. webDotWiz also urges you to add the Encarta Instant Answers contact (encarta@conversagent.com) to your list of contacts in MSN Messenger. See the recent sites page for all the sites listed in the Decemeber 1 column.

webDotWiz column 03-Nov-05 online

Thu, 03 Nov 2005 09:22:31 GMT

The webDotWiz column for Nov 3 '05 is now online.

The main topic this fortnight asks "Is you company or organisation blogging?"

This topic is more relevant now that Microsoft announced on Nov 1 (U.S. time) their new direction for the future with Windows Live and Office Live.

There are a number of posts preceding this one to give you a taste for what's coming with Windows Live, including a new Messenger and Mail client.

By all means get started with Live.com - it's similar to Start.com but with a better interface. So add your popular feeds, try some of the new gadgets and take advantage of viewing a listing of your Hotmail.

webDotWiz column for 20-Oct-05

Sat, 29 Oct 2005 05:37:03 GMT

webDotWiz is a bit late posting this news, isn't he?

The Oct 20 column gives some tips on using the Blog It link that appears at the bottom of all posts in Spaces so you can add comments and content from other Spaces.

As well, you can make use of the Comment link at the bottom of other peoples' Spaces entries. You'll see how an automatic link is added back to your Space. This is how you can make a circle of people interested in the same topics, hobbies, entertainment, and so on.

One Spaces feature not mentioned in webDotWiz Online of Oct 20 is being able to go do a non-Spaces blog. To add this blog's content as a source of info to your Space, simply click on the Spaces button on the MSN Toolbar - a new blog entry will be created on your Space (assuming you're logged in with your Hotmail/Passport account) and a link automatically created back to the page containing the content you want to comment on.

webDotDirectory update

Sun, 09 Oct 2005 10:15:02 GMT

It's been a while since webDotWiz put aside an hour or two and updated the webDotDirectory with sites from the past few webDotWiz Online columns - lots have been done today!

As always, the sites listed in each fortnight's column are on the Sites page and also they go onto the Recents page so always have a look there to see what's been/will be added to each category in the webDotDirectory.

One of webDotWiz's good sources of sites for Homework Help is no longer available so there aren't many new ones but there's still a lengthy list from past months categorised by subject area.

webDotWiz column for 06-Oct-05

Sat, 08 Oct 2005 06:43:51 GMT

webDotWiz online has been updated with the latest column.

In this week's column there are some hints on using your Space to the fullest. In particular, webDotWiz goes through the steps to add the Category module and then add new categories to the default list so users can more easily find content.

There's also a bit about creating a list and some of the ways you can fudge the system to make a list that suits your own content.

webDotWiz column coming 06-Oct

Sun, 02 Oct 2005 07:20:29 GMT

This fortnight's column will go through the steps to help you set up the Category module and suggest some uses for Lists.

The printed version will be in this week's Waranga News (available Thu Oct 6) and webDotWiz online will be up later that day.

webDotWiz Online 08-Sep-05

Sat, 10 Sep 2005 01:53:39 GMT

The latest webDotWiz column is now online.

This week webDotWiz talks about Messenger 7.5 (download it here) and how to use Start.com to bring together in one place all the feeds you're interested in.

Space in the paper version in the local Waranga News didn't allow for both topics to be covered.

webDotWiz online 25-Aug-05

Thu, 25 Aug 2005 09:50:31 GMT

webDotWiz Online has been updated with latest column.

This week webDotWiz explains how to add the Spaces powertoys to your own space.

There's also a description of how users are discovering ways of using Virtual Earth and their Space. In particular, webDotWiz is impressed with Sean Blagsvedt's Location Blogger.

Archive list of columns up to 28-Jul-05

Sun, 14 Aug 2005 09:45:10 GMT

		July 2005
28-Jul		Style your space
14-Jul		Using tabbed browsing and MSN search Australia
		June 2005
30-Jun		Search to find
16-Jun		Internet Explorer has tabs
02-Jun		Secrets of MSN search and MSN Messenger
		May 2005
19-May		Paint.NET
05-May		Get the most from MSN Messenger
		April 2005
21-Apr		Gizmos and gadgets
07-Apr		Phishing and pharming
		March 2005
24-Mar		Online space for your photos
10-Mar		Blogging, MS antispyware, Media Player tips
		February 2005
24-Feb		About Microsoft OneNote
10-Feb		Phone calls over the Net - VOIP
		January 2005
27-Jan		MSN Toolbar suite and phishing