Spider Magazine: January, 2003

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Cover Stories

The Right to Spam
Why do businesses spam? Ali Bachani looks at both sides of the spam story

Shoot the messenger
Tips and tools to crackdown on junk

Connected to Anti-Spam Man
A one on one with Suresh Ramasubramanian, chief junk zapper at Outblaze

Hoax call
Can you tell the difference between an urban myth and an e-mail hoax?

Regular Sections

E-mail Box: Your letters to the editor.

Ed's Note: From the Ed's desktop.

Signals: Bits and Bytes from the World Wide Web.

Net Tips: Ask Ali - Q&A session with SPIDER's net guide.

NetTerms: SPIDER simplifies techie jargon. This month's letter: E

Ecommerce
Who cares for wired? Yasmin Malik is urging you to get a WISP of wireless technologies

Internet Security
Can't touch this! Muhammed Wahaj Khan reveals ways to make your PC and Net life secure

Special Report: Privacy in the digital age
Under the eye
Who's been watching you and how? Zunaira Durrani explores surveillance in the digital age
Snoopy Cams
Home alone? Zaki Usman reveals the software that can help keep an eye out for burglars via the Web.

Top5
SPIDER tags the best Pakistani websites this month

@Beat
Ayesha S. Shaikh reports on a legendary library premiere and a quest to put schools online.

Software Reviews
And now…paint me an e-mail. Umer Asif pits IncrediMail against the Eudoras and the Outlooks of the world.

NetBasics
I still cannot find what I'm looking for! Fear not, Reba Shahid combs the basics and some cool tips to search the Web for your answers.

NetPlay
Ensemble strike back as Adnan Ahmed raves about the trilogy that makes Age of Mythology such a gem for strategy lovers.

BytesForAll
Getting schools online isn't enough if they cannot have access to the Net. Frederick Noronha reports on a unique project from Thailand that's doing both.

I-Life: Your guide to Internet lifestyle.

Bookmark: Tapu Javeri shares his favorite links.

NetForHypochondriacs
No bones about it! Zunaira Durrani is all for an ergonomic start to a brand new computing year.

ScienceWatch
Sites to encourage the mad scientist in us.

Entertainment
Hot off the charts.

GopherIT
Surf, bookmark and share the lot.

TechTales
Calling with a mission. Nadeem Awan has a tale from his days in a call center.

Columns

Issues: The rot at the Top
Shakir Husain looks heavenwards for a role model and tech support.

TechTalk: IPv6
Enter IPv6. Mohammad Hasan Ali tips us to the next generation Internet Protocol and spells out the pros for average netizens.

The <Grin> Reaper
Off to the islands? Samreen Azwar bids adios to Mafriend as she goes away for a while.

Small Wonders
Tweety pies. Ayesha Amin says birds and fish are small but a handful when it comes to taking care of indoor pets.

LastByte
Andrea Wesselenyi puts one company under the spotlight for spurning get-rich quickies.

Bits & Bytes

GeekSpeak: Humor from the trenches.

Find ISP: ISPIndex Get connected to local ISPs.

Check 'em Out: Links to all the sites mentioned in the magazine.

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