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============================================================ ********** Sponsored by AT&T ********** Get unlimited calling in the U.S. and to Canada through your broadband connection and save at least $200 with AT&T CallVantage(sm) Service. Just $19.99/mo. for the first 6 months. http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1356-1-53-371668-133682-0-0-0-1 ************************************************************ ============================================================ Welcome to today's edition of Inside PCMag.com. Inside PCMag.com will take a rare holiday break this Friday, December 24th. In the meantime, we'll leave you with a special treat, a collection of links to your favorite stories (based on traffic) of 2004. Reread and reminisce. http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1356-1-53-371668-133685-0-0-0-1 IN THIS ISSUE: * Dvorak Online: The Spyware Nightmare * Review: Sony's AIBO ERS-7: The Perfect Pup? * News: Microsoft Acquires Giant, Plans Antispyware Release * Review: The Samsung P735: A Flexible, Fun Phone * Solutions: Ease into XML with Microsoft Word 2003 * Review: A Space to Call Your Own * Tech Edge: Google AdSenseless * Daily Gift Ideas ============================================================ Dvorak Online: The Spyware Nightmare Columnist John C. Dvorak has learned some very important things about the state of spyware and our PCs. What he knows is, to put it mildly, alarming. For one thing, your system probably has spyware on it right now, and for another, it's almost impossible to fully remove it. Dvorak has more disturbing details (including a possible Russian mob link) about this growing problem in his column. http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1356-1-53-371668-133688-0-0-0-1 ============================================================ Review: Sony's AIBO ERS-7: The Perfect Pup? Sony's amazing robotic pup, the AIBO ERS-7, is by no means perfect, but its recent software upgrade has transformed it into a revelation of interactivity. For $2,000, you could become attached. Read our in-depth review for all the details and get close to the plastic (yet still warm) puppy with our extensive slide show. http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1356-1-53-371668-133691-0-0-0-1 ============================================================ News: Microsoft Acquires Giant, Plans Antispyware Release Back in the early `90s there were hundreds of utility software vendors vying to help you do things like manage memory and increase hard drive space (on existing drives). Then Microsoft introduced those features into subsequent versions of DOS, and the businesses virtually disappeared. There were echoes of this scenario in the announcement that Microsoft has acquired an antispyware software company (Giant) that also produces a number of other powerful and useful utilities. Will this mean a similar end for the burgeoning antispyware industry? Read our analysis to sort it out and see what you think. http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1356-1-53-371668-133694-0-0-0-1 ============================================================ Review: The Samsung P735: A Flexible, Fun Phone High-tech flexibility is a phrase usually reserved for a product with a multitude of features. It doesn't often describe the physical attributes of a product--unless it's the Samsung P735. This powerful multimedia mobile phone bends in unusual and unexpected ways. But while this T-Mobile phone also includes a camera, are you really getting your $500 worth? We answer that question and more in our full review. http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1356-1-53-371668-133697-0-0-0-1 ============================================================ Solutions: Ease into XML with Microsoft Word 2003 XML is a difficult though useful language for creating highly structured and easily transportable documents. Microsoft Word 2003, however, actually makes the process of creating new XML documents and even importing structured data far easier than it's ever been. We have the details on how you can make XML in Word work for you. http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1356-1-53-371668-133700-0-0-0-1 ============================================================ Review: A Space to Call Your Own MSN Spaces is a new, still-in-beta, free service from MSN that could be described as a blog or, perhaps more aptly, a place to put your digital stuff. You can put your thoughts in there (in text, of course), your images, videos, etc. It also ties neatly into the larger MSN instant messaging service. Is it a service that George Carlin and his "stuff" would love? Our review says yes. Get the details in our beta review. http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1356-1-53-371668-133703-0-0-0-1 ============================================================ Tech Edge: Google AdSenseless Google is a great search engine and in the process of becoming a great and giant technology company, but not *everything* they do is, well, great. Tech Edge columnists Bill O'Brien and Alice Hill look at the Google AdSense program and its very odd restrictions and wonder why. Plus, Bill talks openly about his holiday technology wish list. 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