Put the brakes on spam Delaware's statute against junk e-mail is the most ambitious in the nation. And yet when it comes to stopping spam from clogging your online inbox, you're pretty much on your own.
	Blog! Blog! Blog! User-friendly blogware helped create one of the hottest Web trends of the year. Half a million blogs now make up what some call the blogosphere. Also carried by USA TODAY.
	Talk back to the box "Everyone wants more control in their lives. Even when it comes to TV viewing," Sandra Links said. She was one of the first in the Philadelphia area to try video on demand, a technology that gives viewers greater control over what they watch.
	Gamers fire up their PCs at 'LAN parties' In a cluttered room lit by the flicker of computer screens, Chris "BioFeedBack" Vinh unpacks his toaster-sized PC, plugs into a network, and takes a seat next to the likes of Scott "Carnifex" Quillen and Ross "ArcSensor" Crane.
	The cybercash crunch At the dawn of the online era, prophets saw a future in which banking by home computer took the place of a trek to the bank. But customers have been slow to embrace online banking.
	Seller's secret helpers It's been called the world's largest yard sale, but it's not quite that simple to sell on eBay Inc.'s online auctions. Make it easy on yourself: Hire someone else to sweat the details. With sidebar: Finding help
	Vintage video games stick around Space Invaders. Missile Command. Centipede. To those pushing 30 or past it, the names can trigger decades-old memories of hours lost playing video games. To Jeff Ladd, age 12, they're just fun.
	Your friendly neighborhood Internet Web sites driven by enthusiasts or entrepreneurs go deep into the crannies of life in the First State – history, community, culture, geography – collecting content that's distinctively Delaware.
	Surfing restaurant turf You may know the right places to dine. But if you know the right places online, you can make eating out easier and cheaper.
	You've all got mail A technology this trendy ought to have a cool name. Still, it suffers from the nondescript moniker of "groups." Or even less catchy: "e-mail-based communities."
	Clicking a drag? Let fingers do the talking The fingers of John Elias' right hand danced a tiny ballet, pivoting and gliding across a small plastic pane. The action on his computer screen kept pace – windows opening, pages scrolling, text shifting.
	Webby Awards honor best places online With more than 3 trillion Web pages online, sifting out the best can be a full-time job. Be grateful Maya Draisin is at work, so the rest of us can sit back and browse the Web's winners.
	Reboot your system Peace of mind. Better health. More free time. Computer users who resolve to take care of their PCs – and themselves – can expect these rewards if they follow through in 2003.
	Computer camaraderie Part social, part technical, some 5,000 U.S. computer-user groups meet monthly. From raw novices to PC jocks, group members chat about peripherals, programs, problems and solutions.
	Avoid the mouse trap Pointing and clicking makes it easy to get started computing. But that ease of use can come with costs to your work, your comfort and your health. Let go of the mouse and use keys instead.
	The eyes have it It's the stuff of sci-fi films: Machines that know you by your face, your voice or the touch of your finger. Once restricted to nuclear plants, military sites and Hollywood thrillers, biometric technology is going mainstream.
	A simple operation Instead of dropping hundreds of dollars on a new computer, consumers are growing more apt to pick up new parts and a screwdriver, investing a few hours to boost their PCs' performance.
	All washed up Plenty of computers develop a bug or two now and then. Sometimes, though, it's a whole nest of cockroaches. Regular cleaning keeps the crud and critters that gum up computer components at bay.