Sharing Knowledge

Steve takes you to two websites helping make the internet a vast community for sharing knowledge. Wikipedia.org is a dynamic encyclopedia whose content is written and edited by the online public – with no ads, copyrights, or fees. And Homework Helper is an interactive service that connects students with qualified tutors, available with membership through a growing number of libraries.

Portability

Want to know how to rip video onto a vPod? Steve shows you the ropes with the free download Handbrake. Caroline demonstrates the portable DocuPen RC800 from Planon System Solutions, and explains how to up the RAM if your computer just ain’t up to speed.

I Need a Computer!

This week's show is called back to basics because with the low, low prices of computers these days there are a lot of people out there either buying their first computer, or their first computer in this millenium! We are going to give you a little primer and try and simplify all the numbers that you are going to see in the store.