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Everyone knows that college is not cheap. But did you know that you can take many college courses free, online? Some of the most prestigious universities in the world -- including MIT, Stanford and Carnegie Mellon -- offer thousands of courses free of charge to qualifying students, or to anyone with a Web browser. 
So you want to create your own dot-com website, but don't know where to start. The first step is to purchase a domain name, your address on the Internet. And that's easier and less expensive than you might think -- typically under $10 a year. 
Okay, you've got a domain name, now what? Creating your own website can be free and easy, or as expensive and complicated as a NASA mission to Mars. The cost and complexity of creating your own website depends on what you want to do with it, and how well you want to do it. 
Sightings of large red UFOs have increased dramatically. Are scientists from the Defense Department responsible? Sir Richard Branson is taking his mom and kids into space. Is it worth $200K to join him? Which devices top Time's list of the coolest electronic gadgets for 2009? And what happens to your Gmail and Facebook accounts when you die? 
A reader asks: "I'm a little confused about all the different memory cards that are available for digital cameras and video cams. The memory card I bought for my digital camera is not recognized by my computer. Can you demystify this for me?" It's true, there are many different formats and options for memory cards. Here's advice on which type to buy, how much storage you need, and how to avoid some common memory card gotchas...
Have you ever wondered what the difference is between a networking hub, switch, and router? Hubs, switches, and routers are all electronic black boxes that let you connect computers and other devices in a network. This type of networking allows for files and folders to be shared by multiple computers, and also allows the sharing of printers and other devices. 
Audio files can be created in many formats. One of the oldest and most common formats is WAV - a file extension which stands for Waveform Audio Format. WAV is the main format used on Windows systems, and it has its pros and cons. WAV files are of very high fidelity but they use a lot of disk space and take a long time to download. 
