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Choosing a mobile phone service is not simple. Because of the bewildering array of choices available in standard and prepaid wireless, it's hard to find the one that's best for you. One could argue that's by design, and therefore phone companies get rich. 
MBAM is a free anti-malware application that's been available since 2004. It doesn't get as much press as commercial anti-malware apps like Symantec/Norton or McAfee, but it has helped me on many occasions when other anti-virus and anti-spyware apps failed to prevent or fix a malware problem. 
A reader asks: "I'm a little confused about routers. Can you explain to me about wireless routers, internet routers and exactly what you can do with them?" A router connects a number of devices together in a network, and routes data traffic between them. A wireless router connects devices without wires, using radio signals transmitted between devices and the router. 
On a related note, another reader wants to know: "How do I get wireless Internet access for my laptop? I just bought a new Dell laptop, and I'm having trouble getting on the Internet at home." If you have high-speed Internet access in your home, you probably have a Wifi router already. If you can't connect to it, I've got some troubleshooting tips. 
Did you know that five million people saw ghosts on the Google homepage last week? Are geeks in California wirelessly hacking into automobile control systems? And are humans now suspectible to computer viruses? 
Typically, a new computer will be configured to display at the highest resolution your monitor can support. A high screen resolution like 1680x1050 looks really sharp if you have a large desktop display and 20/20 vision. But older eyes (or those with smaller laptop or netbook displays) may find that the default screen resolution needs adjusting. 
