Remote desktop - TeamViewer - NASA Shuttles for sale 

In this month’s Internet column I suggest some popular ways to use ‘remote desktop’ over a network or the Internet, to enable you to control one PC from a distance.  Meanwhile, MessageLabs’ 20-09 report highlights some scary spam statistics.  I summarise NASA’s space shuttle program, with STS-130 due to launch in early February 2010. Would you like to buy your own space shuttle? They’re at the end of life and coming up for sale if you’re interested...

Anti Virus roundup. Space Watch: NASA’s Ares I-X

As I mentioned in my Net Work article in our November 2009 issue, it’s that time of year when I look at renewing my anti virus licences for my array of PCs and laptops.  A multitude of products is available, ranging from glossy stretch-wrapped retail packages that can be picked up instore, to Internet-only products that are equally powerful and offer better value (if only because there is no need for fancy packaging). 

In my bonus online article this month, I provide a quick list of the most popular AV packages, and I bounce over to see what NASA is up to again, as they strive to light the blue touch-paper on their new Ares I rocket. What does NASA’s newest, tallest and slimmest rocket ever mean for the space programme?

A Free for all?

This month I discuss issues surrounding the downloading of free source codes from our Library. Are you a disgruntled IE6 user? Would you like to see free codes for every published project? If you are new to electronics construction then what can EPE do to help you? In this month’s Net Work bonus column I’ll try to explain our position relating to these issues.