Monday, October 8, 2001		The world of  dot.com

THE Internet is all rolled into one - library, entertainment gallery and a trouble-shooter. The Internet has donned the avtaar of IT trouble-shooter especially in the current set-up where both are booming - computer technology as well as the number of problems faced by the users. The books are not readily available to solve such practical IT problems and believe it or not, the Internet is providing useful tips to fix the same. This week we are listing out some troubleshooting sites.

Dave Anderson, the founder of this site, has given a brief introduction about himself and the key parties who inspired him to make this site possible. This PC Technology Guide was launched in 1998. This site is totally dedicated to personal computers, hardware and latest product launched day in and day out. The Internet surfer find on the right hand site with different option like Component, Storage, Multimedia, Input-Output, Communications, Product Reviews, further opens up sub-options. Like in Component category their are Motherboard, Interfaces, Chipsets, Processors, Non-Intel CPU's, System memory and Mobile computing sections. The author provides in-depth description of each component that is used in the computer system. This site is boon for those who are in technical field of computer and need projects on different components.

As the name suggests this site is related to all aspects of technology be it Computer, Software, Telecommunication, Nuclear and Automotive. Here the Internet surfer can find their solution in appropriate way because this site provides feature articles with detailed working of components in computers and Internet section like hard disk, motherboard, processors and RAM with graphical images so that the reader could easily understand the working of these different components. Marshall Brain, an author and entrepreneur, originally developed this site. This Website has its own site search engine that provides appropriate results. The paramount part of this Website is that in each feature article the reader find three option - Rate This Article, Printable version and Reprints. In these sections the reader can rate the articles with comments. Print-friendly version is also available.

This is a site totally committed to technical personnel. This site is compiled with lot of information related to computer hardware that is up to the component level. The layout of this site is in the form of two different frames, which makes it more convenient for reader like other Websites site search engines. The PCguide.com also provides a site search engine that enables good results. On the right hand side there introduction to PC with Reference guide, The PC Buyer's Guide, System Care Guide, Troubleshooting and Repair Guide, Optimisation and Enhancement Guide and Procedure Guide. The best part of the site is the Article and Editorial section that provides the latest and update information about the new products.

 — Jasjot Singh Narula