Technology information is advancing extremely rapidly - certainly more rapidly than can be covered by a general newspaper or general information news magazine.  One of the best coverage of computer related technological issues is PC Magazine site which covers everything technical concerning the computing industry.  Alternatively, Computer Magazine Archive has an index of more than 200,000 articles from over 200 technology related publications for $7.95 a month (with a two-week trial available).  Here, you can get access to the full text of most articles, with advanced options letting you search by magazine, article, company, author, or date.

Analysts' reports are also an excellent source of information, where you can usually get free snippets of reports before spending money on the full story.  Some of these best sites are Jupiter Communications, Forrester Research, and Gartnet Group.

Bitpipe has a whole library of reports and has indexed the research of more than 50 analyst groups and consulting firms.  There are white papers from nearly 200 hardware and software vendors and service providers.  Another great aggregator of the technology news and analysis on the Weg is EoCenter.  This service is made available through EoCenter's partners, including Red Herring and SmartAge.

Internet use statistics can be very valuable for those intending to do business on the Web.  CyberAtlas provides links to research reports tacking general usage, as well as usage breaking downs by Web site, demographics, locale, and even computing platforms. StatMarket also provides great coverage into Web usage.  Statmarket gathers its data from more than 100,000 sites that use its HitBox analysis tools.

Netcraft will tell you what Web server platform any public Web site uses. Internet Wire lets you find the most interesting new Web sites popping up.  Internet companies and their public relations departments submit news stories about new sites and site updates.  You can either browse the site or receive an e-mail summary.

Encyclopedias of computer technology is provided at Webopedia and ZD Webopedia.  You can search on nearly any computing term and get a concise definition along with links to related terms and Web sites on the topic.  TechEncyclopedia is a similar resource but with less related information, although many of the entries make great use of graphical explanations of your search results.

There have been - and probably always will be - rumors on the Internet and chain e-mail campaigns.  There were rumors that Bill Gates would give you $1,000 to beta test Windows; e-mails sent that a virus called "Good Times" would destroy your hard disk.  Another rumor was promulgated that AOL employees could read any file on your hard drive at will - or was it Microsoft employees?  Every major antivirus vendor has several independent Web sites that will help to dispel rumors - including the government.  The Department of Energy's Computer Incident Advisory Capability and About.com's Urban Legends and Folklore sites are among the best.

Free Things on the Web is a directory of just what it says - free things on the Web!  HEre, you can order samples of many different products, all hoping that maybe - just maybe, you might purchase a larger supply later on!

There is so much going on the Internet - some of it political, some of it technical, and some of it just useful (or useless!).  At the Daily Net Buzz, you will find out what's up!

There there is the Incredibly Useful Site - and the Useless Knowledge site - both self explanatory.  After these, you might find the Pretty Strange site interesting as well!

Want to buy or sell something obscure - or perhaps very valuable!  You will need to list your object in the most relevant site - find that with on a search engine dedicated just for auctions at Search4Auction.

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