The day of the con

E-mail has made it easier for swindlers in the US to rob the unwary

Cheap and compact

Uncle Sam

Virtual church

Reading handwriting

A stickler for cleanliness

Moody synthesisers

You can scribble on this computer

Forgers beware

It would be almost impossible to fool a new electronic signature verification system

Checkmate

New light on the past

Latest technologies are set to bring a sea change in the field of archaeology and anthropology

Software for Indian languages

Sophisticated smuggling

Network

It's the P6 now

Cyber Sniffer

Network

MONEYMAKERS

Cosmic bolts

Aircraft that mainly rely on computers could take a beating from cosmic rays

Network

Brainy box

A neural network adept at deciphering data can help find the reasons for an air crash

Before you know it

This software will get you the information even before you realise that you need it

Software,off the Net

NETWORK

Christmas shock

A variant of the Melissa virus is set to strike computers on December 25