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The Toronto Star ceases publication of the Fast Forward
section |
| July
12, 2001 |
Intel releases 1.8 GHz Pentium 4 |
| July
5, 2001 |
How to restore Quick Launch |
| Jun
28, 2001 |
Computer Security Update, parts 1 and 2 ran
on June 21 and 28. They're combined here for your convenience. |
| Jun
21, 2001 |
| Jun 14, 2001 |
Acrobat 5 and Epson Color Stylus 890 |
| Jun
7, 2001 |
Surfing the Interplanetary Internet |
| May
31, 2001 |
WordPerfect Office 2002 Suite Review (part 2) |
| May
24, 2001 |
WordPerfect Office 2002 Suite Review (part 1) |
| May
17, 2001 |
Section Front: Buyers' Market - How Low Can You Go? |
| May
10, 2001 |
HP ScanJet 7400C scanner review |
| May
3, 2001 |
Sony PCG R505TS VAIO slimline notebook review |
| Apr 26, 2001 |
HP Deskjet 960Cse review |
| Apr 19, 2001 |
April Mailbag |
| Apr 12, 2001 |
Review: Lexmark Z82 Multifunction printer/scanner/copier
(no fax) |
| Apr 5, 2001 |
Section Front: Inexpensive notebooks |
| Mar 29, 2001 |
Simply Accounting (Not) review of version 8.5 |
| Mar 22, 2001 |
No column - Myles gets the week off |
| Mar 15, 2001 |
Dreamweaver 4 / Fireworks 4 Studio review |
| Mar 8, 2001 |
March Mailbag |
| Mar
1, 2001 |
Review: Eurocom 8500-V Notebook |
| Feb
22, 2001 |
Section Front: Look Ma, No Wires... |
| Feb
15, 2001 |
Why people don't like Microsoft |
| Feb 8, 2001 |
Windows Smart Menu / Taskbar Tips Extravaganza |
| Feb
1, 2001 |
February Mailbag |
| Jan
25, 2001 |
HP Photosmart C912 digital camera |
| Jan 18,
2001 |
Partitioning, part 2 |
| Jan
11, 2001 |
Partitioning, part 1 |
| Jan 4, 2001 |
Here come da Millennium! Predictions |
| Dec 28, 2000 |
2000 in review |
| Dec
??, 2000 |
So, you got a new computer? Now what? |
| Somewhere between here and
February 1, Fast Forward's editor (nice man) dropped one of my column
dates, and ran some pre-filed columns out of order. I'm still a little
puzzled about what ran when, so the dates above may be a bit off.
Sorry. |
| Dec 7, 2000 |
Christmas giving |
| Nov
30, 2000 |
CorelDRAW 10 Suite |
| Nov 23, 2000 |
2000 Computer Buyers' Guide (my unedited material only) |
| Nov 23, 2000 |
Pentium 4 arrives |
| Nov 16, 2000 |
Jasc Paint Shop Pro 7 |
| Nov 9, 2000 |
New Norton Utilities and other products |
| Nov.
2, 2000 |
The Pentium III is dead; long live the Pentium 4! |
| Oct
26, 2000 |
Fall Fashion Forecast |
| Oct
19, 2000 |
Speed Bumps III - more fun with Sympatico and @Home. How
to share. |
| Oct
12, 2000 |
Mailbag: what's modem speed, Celeron v/s Pentium III
(and others), Palm woes |
| Oct
5, 2000 |
Mailbag: LCD Monitors |
| Sep
28, 2000 |
Computer Users Anonymous |
| Sep
21, 2000 |
Compaq Buyers' Guide Flawed |
| Sep
14, 2000 |
Jasc Paint Shop Pro 6 v/s MGI PhotoSuite 4 Platinum |
| Sep
7, 2000 |
Windows Millennium Edition - Upgrade or not? |
| Aug
31, 2000 |
Star Office 5.2, Canon BJC 2100 |
| Aug
24, 2000 |
Banish that logon screen |
| Aug
17, 2000 |
Speed Bumps II - the Sympatico trials continue |
| Aug
10, 2000 |
Speed Bumps I - Myles meets The Phone Company and
High-Speed Edition |
| Aug 3, 2000 |
Myles gets the week off |
| Jul
27, 2000 |
Customer satisfaction ratings of hardware and software |
| Jul
20, 2000 |
Getting Windows to display file extensions could save
you from virus attacks like "I Love You." New Virus Threat.
Silly Season (virus hoaxes and other dumbness). |
| Jul
13, 2000 |
Printer season: Epson Stylus Colour 870, HP Deskjet
952C, Xerox/Tektronix Phaser 850DX |
| July 6, 2000 |
No column: Myles is on his honeymoon |
| Jun
28, 2000 |
CD-RW speed limit may be slowing you down |
| Jun 21, 2000 |
Intel motherboard recall leads to consumer confusion |
| Jun
14, 2000 |
Microsoft Tech-Ed 2000 Conference Has Little for Small
Business |
| Jun
7, 2000 |
The Future is Now |
| May
25, 2000 |
Selling on the Internet (EC Builder Pro) |
| May
18, 2000 |
I Love You (Not) - saving yourself from virus
attachments |
| May
11, 2000 |
A Day in the (Future) Life |
| May 4, 2000 |
May 2000 Mailbag |
| Apr
27, 2000 |
Section Front: Home Networking |
| Apr
20, 2000 |
Dell Latitude CPx J650GT Notebook review |
| Apr
13, 2000 |
If Microsoft is found guilty, will anyone care? |
| Apr
6, 2000 |
April 2000 mailbag |
| Mar
30, 2000 |
Omnibus: Intel Pentium III 850, Xircom PortGear, and Rex |
| Mar 23, 2000 |
Myles Gets the Week Off - no column |
| Mar
16, 2000 |
Section Front(?) Inkjet Printers |
| Mar
16, 2000 |
Section Front(?) Now We Are 1 (Gigahertz) |
| Mar
9, 2000 |
HP All-in-one LaserJet 3150 reviewed |
| Mar
2, 2000 |
Google and Modern @phorisms |
| Feb
24, 2000 |
Installing Win2K Not for Wimps |
| Feb
17, 2000 |
Win2K not for consumers |
| Feb
10, 2000 |
My MP3 and RCA Lyra - one thumb up; one down |
| Feb 3, 2000 |
Week off - no column |
| Jan 27, 2000 |
Three Games to Pass the Time |
| Jan
20, 2000 |
Three product reviews (Wacom Graphire, HP ScanJet 6300C,
NEC Superscript 4200N) |
| Jan
13, 2000 |
Why Didn't the World End? |
| Jan
6, 2000 |
Predictions |
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