Webpage Review

     This is an informal sort of page of websites that I think would be useful to the average computer user.  They just have some basics that will help out almost anyone that comes on the net.

CNET.Com -  This is one of my favorite websites.  Its download section www.downloads.com is a great place to find software that you need.  I also like that fact that they allow users to rate the products.  It's just one of the best ways to find out what products are worth the time of a download.  It also has some very interesting reviews of web products, computer software/hardware, and a great deal of other information about the internet.  I don't always agree with the editors viewpoints on certain products, but overall its a very good resource on the net.

House Call Online Virus Scan - You'll find a listing for this website in the antivirus section, but basically it is an online virus scanner, free to use, and it will scan your computer to see if you have any viruses present.  I happen to like this site, the scanner works, and great for people that have yet to put any antivirus software on their computer. 

Yahoo - Yes, so everyone knows about Yahoo, so why am I mentioning it here.  Well, I wanted to point out that Yahoo has the best free email service on the net at the moment.  They give 4 mb of space and have an automatic antivirus scanner that will scan attachments that is sent to your email account.  Here is something that most people wouldn't think of though, Yahoo Email allows you to check you POP3 account, all you do is add you POP3 server information and your email from there will be sent to your yahoo account.  This is great if you're traveling and you don't have webmail on your POP3...just use Yahoo mail to get your messages.  Personally I recommend newer users to get a Yahoo email account because of the reasons I've listed.

Hotmail - Yes another free email and not as good as Yahoo Email, but I list it here because its probably the easiest email to set up in your Outlook Express.  All you have to do is plug in the username and the server address will be entered by Outlook.  So it makes it an easy no brainer to set up.

Playsite.com - All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, well, okay that's been overused, but here is a pretty fun game site where you can get a game of cards going or play online Scrabble, umm, what word do you make if you have the Q and no U?  Ahh mysteries of the ages, but this is a fun site to play at and managed in a very professional way.

Netmechanic.com - This site is geared more towards the webmaster, but it has some very useful tools that will check out your site for errors, a pretty good resource of information.

Well, that's just a quick list of web pages I could think of off the top of my head, I'll be adding more shortly because, well, I just will :o)