June 5, 2000

[Times photo: John Pendygraft]
Weather radios can keep you attuned to bad weather and even wake you up if an alert is issued by the National Weather Service while you sleep. Story
Solutions
Q. I use Outlook Express 5.0. When I open e-mail, or select reply or forward, the window opens in a small screen. I have to maximize the window. Is there a way to set a default to open windows maximized?
Site seeing
Cable modems and digital subscriber lines continue to proliferate at a snail's pace in some areas, but those who have them wonder how they ever got along without the speed and always-on availability. Free services such as Stream Search cement these thoughts. It's a fabulous way to get access to high-bandwidth content you'd normally have to search out by yourself. The site indexes Apple's QuickTime, Windows Media, Real Player and Liquid Audio formats.
Video games: Silent Bomber
Silent Bomber
Latest items on eBay: seized loot
What was once the loot of local criminals is now a hot seller on eBay.