Its relatively rare to come across an original image thats completely free of any imperfections. Even if it is, various enhancements will probably be necessary to refine an image at some stage.

If your nerve is not hardy enough to jump into shares directly, other Internet support services for buying shares stand behind online brokers, such as BT Funds Managements BT Online, where investors w

Philip Argy challenges companies to prepare for the future.

However, aside from these cultural and psychological effects on the country, the political situation also has a deep economic impact. As a country with only 6.1 million inhabitants, Israel hasn't got

Israel's Telecommunications structure is unlike most other countries. The country boasts 2.8 million telephone lines, just 47 per cent penetration of the population. By comparison, 3.2 million people

The growth of share ownership and specialist media supporting it has produced a population that knows enough - or at least feels it knows enough - to invest in shares directly without brokers advice.<

The other consideration in the above figures is tax. The Internet is not exempt. Transactions that take place on the Internet are subject to sales tax, customs, duties and excise. The issue is: how do

Sun UltraSPARC In 1995, eight years after the first SPARC Station was introduced, Sun went 64-bit with the debut of its UltraSPARC I RISC processor; the first model ran at 143MHz and had 128-bi

Much of the early hype surrounding the Internet was generated by a yours-is-bigger-than mine attitude. Share portfolio, that is. With news reports throughout the 1990s championing the 1,000 per cent p

Bezeq is Israel's equivalent to Telstra, in more ways than one. Like Telstra, Bezeq held a nationalised monopoly over all telephony until recently. Bezeq is taking its time rolling out the next genera

In the past five years Australians have taken to share investment like ducks to water, more so than any other nation on earth. Not surprisingly, the Internet is underpinning this move, both by spawnin

The HST (Hubble Space Telescope) was first conceived back in the 1940s, designed and built during the 1970s and 1980s, and finally launched into orbit by the Space Shuttle Discovery on 25 April

Professional hackers are forming new specialized crime-software syndicates, complete with their own illegal lexicon.

Supercomputers crunch data that could hold the secret of life, the weather and the effect of nuclear war. David Tebbutt investigates.

Forums have lit up with activity since it was announced that online retailer Nintek is in liquidation.

The scoreboards have been provided by Panasonic and are state-of-the-art. Panasonic Australia has supplied two Astrovision screens in the Olympic Stadium. The screens are each 135 metres square (13.5

This Investigator reports how one man spent six weeks fighting "tooth and nail" with People Telecom over a contract he claimed was extended by 12 months without his permission.

Squeeze that extra bit of power out of your existing hardware. Tim Dean looks at the principles of overclocking and examines the potential performance increase.

But while some contemplate the safety issues of the future, others have more pressing issues to deal with such as how to improve the public perception of WAP. In Europe a backlash has de

Contrary to popular belief, the internet isn't for everyone. Simon Sharwood delivers the definitive guide to keeping porn and inappropriate material away from sensitive eyes.