Tom's Hardware Guide
A great site for computer hardware appraisals and reviews.

The PC Guide
Another good place for computer information.

NZ PC World - F1
Tips plus a free and very useful online help forum.
The site is quite slow, but excellent nonetheless.
If you have a general PC query, go here to request help.

Windows Support Centre
A useful site for Windows based problem solving.

Techadvice.com
An all-in-one site with tons of information on Internet and computing.

WhatIs.TechTarget.com
An extremely comprehensive IT resource, with a superb A-Z lookup listing.

Soho-Systems modem speed test
Go to this NZ page to test how fast your Internet connection really is.
It appears to work best for Internet Explorer browsers.

Jetstream Games speed test
Test your internet connection's speed without traffic congestion

Computer Hope
This site is excellent for all manner of problem solving information.

Dan's Data
A fantastic site for product reviews, with some tutorials.
Not entirely comprehensive, but very nicely diverse.
(Worth a look for his humour alone, nevermind the great photography and site layout!)

NetCraft
If you require expert commercial support and advice with your
computers or network, try NetCraft, in the Auckland area.

PriceSpy
A useful NZ site for comparing computer component prices

Black Viper
A great site for everything to do with Windows

Symantec Anti-Virus Centre
The makers of Norton Anti-virus, this site is an excellent resource for virus information.
Very useful too for checking up on latest hoaxes.
(please check here first if you get emailed a virus warning!)

Trend House Call
This anti-virus site offers a free online anti-virus scan - very useful if
things go wrong but you can still access the Internet.

AntiVir - Free Anti-virus
As it says, an anti-virus programme free for personal use

AVG
Another free anti-virus utility

Symantec Security Check
Another site that offers a free online analysis, by world-leader Norton.

Gibson Research Corporation
Steve Gibson's site is possibly the finest contribution to Internet
users' online security, free or otherwise. Read his firewall advice!


You don't have to put up with spam!

Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email
Some more useful anti-spam info.
(Here is my new list of spammers and scammers)

Webmonkey
Now that you've experienced what the Internet has to offer, learn how to do it yourself.
Webmonkey has tutorials galore.

Training Tools
Learn how to do it here - loads more online tutorials.

Hewlett Packard Learning Centre
Some excellent professional but free online courses

New Zealand Herald
NZ's major daily newspaper online

Stuff
Online news and information

Aardvark
Great site for current summaries of local and international IT info.

Miscellaneous

ForceNZ
A great New Zealand clan for America's Army (ArmyOps) game