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Award-winning authors Lee Hudspeth and T. J. Lee, and the technical staff at PRIME Consulting Group, Inc. are regular contributors to PC Computing magazine (Ziff-Davis +1,000,000 circulation).

	PC/Computing December 1999 Issue Cell Phone Secrets   Find out how to link and download phone numbers directly from your computer. That's right! link your phone to your notebook or desktop PC and effortlessly download all the names and numbers in your PC's address book. Plus: insider tips for the most popular phones. Answers   Jim and Lee grab some reader questions from the old mail bag and come up with the answers. Get the straight scoop on portable connections, getting your email from anywhere, thwarting hackers, and dealing with incompatible versions of Access.
	PC/Computing November 1999 Issue End E-Mail Insanity Forever   Get the straight scoop on everything e-mail from Lee Hudspeth and T. J. Lee (along with John Fraissinet, Jerry Honeycutt, Hannah Hurley, Melanie McMullen, Chris O'Malley, and Susan Salgy and the Editors of PCC). This cover story has tips galore for dealing with the most popular e-mail clients. Get the inside secrets for using Outlook, Outlook Express, Pegasus, Eudora, Netscape Messenger, and more! Help — Uninstall Software for Good   Lee and T.J. show you how to rid your system of pesky applications that don't seem to want to uninstall. Hunt down every last vestige of old apps with these tips. Projects — Instant Organizer   Here we give you some great tips on using Outlook's AutoCreate feature letting you drag-and-drop items in Outlook to create new items and records.
	PC/Computing October 1999 Issue Undocumented Internet Secrets    Lee Hudspeth and T. J. Lee contributed to this outstanding collection of the best Internet tips and tricks known (along with Leslie Ayers, Naomi Graychase, Marty Jerome, and Christine Grech Wendin). Last year's Undocumented Internet article won the prestigious 1999 National Magazine Award and this year's article is jam-packed with the same kind of time saving shorcuts and inside information. Protect Your Privacy — We never saw you. E-marketers won't either with these great online disguises. Deadbolt your PC and say no to solicitors, go incognito and fry spammers with these tips. Snoop on Anyne — Get the full story on your new boss, or your daughter's prom date. Now you can be Big Brother, find out who's watching you, set up hidden cameras, and nab spammers. Become your own private investigator! Work the Web — Slash your costs with free and low-cost services for home and business. Get legal information, find the best steals and deals on the Internet, find venture capital, and more in this great guide to working the Web. Find Everything Fast — Forget hiring an assistant. Uncover the info you need on the Net -- now! Find the best music, the hottest search sites and software (with the best search tips thrown in), the cheapest prices and more! Internet Speed Tricks — Go ahead, cut in line. We show you how to browse faster and smarter. Hop in the fast lane and speed up your time online. Turn off banner ads and animated graphics automatically, increase system memory, speed up your downloads, plus all the shortcuts you need.
	PC/Computing August 1999 Issue Amazing Free Stuff    The best things in life really are free -- or almost free, anyway -- if you know where to look. Free software, free Internet access, free PCs, even free money -- it's all out there. We've uncovered the best steals and deals on hardware and software and the best free things you can get on the Web. This feature is from the award-winning team of Lee Hudspeth and T. J. Lee and includes the following sections: Software and Downloads — Free software isn't just schlocky shareware and boring bug fixes. If you know where to look, you'll also find killer games, must-have utilities, even powerful operating systems. Services and Resources — Service with a smile may be gone forever, but free service on the Internet is just getting started. You can find it all -- from free Internet access to free information by e-mail on just about any topic. Almost-Free Stuff — Getting a great deal is the next best thing to getting it free. Thanks to the Web, saving big is easier than ever. Steals on computer products, deals on airline tickets, bargains on almost anything you can imagine at online auctions. Win Big — Step right up and take a chance! Contests! Prizes! Get that dream vacation for free. Win big with just a few clicks of the mouse. From modest giveaways to megabucks cash prizes, we show you where to find the best contests online.
	PC/Computing July 1999 Issue Search Engine Secrets Superguide    Dig up dirt on anyone, cut your search time in half, unlock hidden and private sites, and get the best undocumented tips and tricks for Yahoo!, Excite, Lycos, Alta Vista, and more. Whether you're searching the Web, or trying to get your own Web pages found by more people, this Superguide has the inside information you've been looking for. This feature is from the award-winning team of Lee Hudspeth and T. J. Lee.
	PC/Computing March 1999 Issue Home Networks That Don't Hurt    Get the straight scoop on networking your computers with solutions that don't require you string any cables. You already have electrical wires connecting outlets in every room, and your telephone jacks are connected to each other as well. With two new networking products you can use this existing wiring to turn your home into a LAN.
	PC/Computing November 1998 Issue Undocumented Internet Secrets How to Get Ahead    Speed up your Web surfing with some of the slickest Web resources and a handful of smart utilities. Find Anything -- Fast    Get the most out of that metasearch engine with search shortcuts and search outstanding specialty search sites, and resources you should know about. Work the Web    Cash in on free Web stores, low cost legal resources, business templates, advertising, and more! Steals and Deals    Fabulous deals and free merchandise you can actually use. Incredible hardware values, set up your small shop on the Web like you were a mega-Corporate giant, where to get the coolest stuff. Lee, Jim, and PRIME's cowabunga Web surfing team contributed to this four tiered collection of secrets, tips, resources, steals, deals, amazing bargains, and cool free stuff. This feature article has received the prestigious National Magazine Award the first time a computer magazine has received this award. Yee-haw!
	PC/Computing August 1998 Issue Amazing Free Stuff    Does your Klingon Klock know what time it is? Get the latest on the best free stuff available on the Internet in this cover story article. PRIME's undercover Internet commandos contributed to this four tiered collection of downloads, resources, free, almost free, and the best hardware steals and deals.
	PC/Computing April 1998 Issue Undocumented PC Secrets    Forget cryptic manuals, spotty online help, and impenetrable tech-support lines. You shouldn't have to waste time deciphering settings or sidestepping error messages. You've got more important things to do--like getting real work done. PRIME's crack techno-tip team contributed to this "How To" collection that's sure to get you more productive in short order.
	PC/Computing December 1997 Issue Help! The Best Tips! Tricks!    Hundreds of insider's tips and tricks guaranteed to make you more productive - instantly. PRIME Consulting Group's savvy Tipmeisters contributed many of the tips in this fantastic collection put together for PC/Computing Magazine's December cover story. The largest collection of tips ever assembled for every major application! Check out the inside scoop for contact managers and PIMs, Microsoft Office, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Web publishing, and more!
	PC/Computing November 1997 Issue Undocumented Internet Secrets    A street-smart guide to using the Web to get ahead, spy on the competition, and uncover hidden stashes of incredible free stuff. The Internaughts on staff at PRIME Consulting Group authored 42 of the time saving, behind the scenes Internet tips in this fantastic collection put together for PC/Computing Magazine's November cover story. Check out the sections on: Secret Steals and Deals    Come and get it: free Internet access, hidden stashes of giveaway software, and unbelievable bargains. How to Get Ahead    You're too busy to be at the mercy of a clogged Net connection or a pokey Web server. Here's how people in the know cut to the chase. Get the Good Stuff    Don't be a slave to your search engine. Some of the Net's best resources are unlisted. We'll show you how to break into the Web's secret cache. Watch Your Back    Stay one step ahead of everyone else with your own private investigator: the Web. It's easier than you think to dig up dirt--and protect yourself. Just follow these tactics.
	PC/Computing July 1997 Issue Office vs. The World -- Control Your Contacts   Who's the best? Office 97's brand new family member Outlook or some of the heavyweight standalone contact managers? See Outlook square off against GoldMine, Ecco Pro, and Act in this side by side comparison. Office vs. The World -- Put Your Business on the Web   You just want to put up a simple Web page. So should you run out and spend your hard-earned bucks on the latest HTML coding, full-blown WYSIWYG Web page super program? What about good ol' Word 97? Can an easy to use word processor hold its own when it comes to cranking out a Web page? We'll tell you in this article. Office vs. The World -- Stay on Schedule    Can the Calendar module included with Outlook 97 keep track of your hectic schedule as well as the tried and true time-keeping workhorses like Day-Timer Organizer, Organizer 97, and Sidekick 97? Meetings, repeating events, sharing schedules -- see who's left standing in this time-keeping shoot out. Office vs. The World -- Chart Your Options    Charts! The boss wants an organizational chart of your department and he wants it NOW. You need to give a talk about your intranet and a chart of the pages on the site would sure jazz up your slides. Fear not, Office 97 has the amazing new OfficeArt. Find out how OfficeArt stacks up against the charting powerhouses of Corel CorelFlow 3, Micrografx FlowCharter 7, and Visio Professional 4.5. The answer might surprise you!
	PC/Computing June 1997 Issue Put Your Business on the Web in 24 Hours or Less!    A 20 page Special Report that walks you step by step through the planning, building, and publishing of a Web site that's suited to your business. Register your domain name in three easy steps. Build your site, from a simple one page basic site to a multi-page or complex site we have you covered in this soup to nuts article. What type of provider do you need? Where should you host your site? What features are really important? What software do you need to design and build your pages? How do you get your site published? We provide the answers and more, whether you are a experienced web-surfer or a neophyte to the 'Net. Over 80 resources listed by category (with phone number or URL) to help you get the know-how you need to get on the Web!