Cracking the Charts
Correction: Our original article stated that the MetaHTML server had disappeared without a trace. In fact, the site is still live. (10/29/99)

How Nanotechnology Will Change the World
Clarification: Our original article stated that there were no cars, airplanes, computers, or nuclear bombs at the last turn of the century. While cars and airplanes were not commonly used in 1900, they did exist. Computers and nuclear bombs had also been conceived, if not yet created. (10/26/99)

CNET's favorite Net hoaxes
Update: our article posted before the FCC voted on the issue of Internet access fees. Although it doesn't change our story any, we added some information about the ruling to further clarify the issue. (3/5/99)

6 sites that host your home page for free
Update: Our article originally rated Tripod on an out-of-date Web page creation tool; the story has been updated to include Tripod's new and improved tools. (1/4/99)

CNET presents...The Class of '98 awards
Correction: Due to an editor's error, this page incorrectly stated the dimensions of the Sony VAIO PCG-505GX SuperSlim laptop. The actual size is 10.2 by 8.2 by 0.9 inches. (10/16/98)

30 years of windows
Correction: Our timeline originally stated that OS/2 version 2.1 shipped in 1988. In fact, it was version 1.1. (9/30/98)

Get started with Windows 98
Correction: Our tip "Lose the distracting animation" has been changed to reflect a menu path that changed from the Windows 98 beta to the shipping version. (9/30/98)

How to score at online auctions
Correction: Our article originally stated that eBay had purchased Jump, the developer and operator of Up4Bid. In fact, Jump is the developer and operator of Up4Sale. (9/18/98)
Update: Our story originally stated that the auction site WebAuction had no posted privacy policy, but the site does indeed post a privacy policy. (9/17/98)

Is the Mac Back?
Update: Our story has been updated to reflect Apple's resurrection of the name Rhapsody for a different, more limited operating system. (8/26/98)

Downloader's Guide: Browser utilities
Correction: The listing for Copernic CNET Edition has been changed to describe a new release of the product, Copernic 98. The previous information and link were incorrect. (7/7/98)

Get started with Windows 98
Corrections: Several of our tips have been updated to account for menu paths that changed from the Windows 98 beta to the shipping version. (7/2/98)

30 years of windows
Correction: Our article erroneously credited the Oakland Raiders for destroying the Washington Redskins in the Super Bowl of 1984. It was actually the Los Angeles Raiders. (6/29/98)

10 ways the Internet doesn't work
Correction: Our article erroneously mentioned that Internet addiction has been added to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV), which psychiatrists use to diagnose mental illness. In fact, the most commonly cited study on Internet addiction uses the DSM-IV's criteria for pathological gambling to define "Internet addiction." There is no concurrence among psychologists that Internet addiction is or should be listed as a separate disorder. (5/27/98)

The 7 Wonders of the Web
Correction: Our article originally cited a U.S. Commerce report as stating that the number of Internet users doubles every 100 days. In fact, the report states that Internet traffic doubles every 100 days. (5/13/98)

Beat Big Brother: how to protect your email with encryption
Correction: Our article originally stated that different programs using the S/MIME protocol could work with each other at only 40-bit encryption, but some tests have shown that the protocol supports stronger encryption among different programs. We have removed our caveat about the security of S/MIME clients. (3/16/98)

Internet speed tweaks
Correction: Starfish Internet Utilities is available for a 30-day money-back guarantee, not a 30-day free demo. (3/16/98)

Internet speed tweaks
Update: NetLightening is not the only tool that caches IP addresses; TweakDUN 2.0 does, too. (3/16/98)
Correction: In our explanation of how to create a host file, we recommended using InterNIC's Whois to find a site's IP address. InterNIC's Whois does not work for all sites; we've given new instructions for finding a site's IP address using Ping. (3/13/98)

Internet speed tweaks
Update: NetLightening is not the only tool that caches IP addresses; TweakDUN 2.0 does, too. (3/13/98)

Bugs: how they breed and the damage they do
Update: Although the military declared the Patriot missile battery a success during the Gulf War, the House of Representatives' Government Operations Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security subsequently questioned the Patriot's efficacy. In recognition of these conflicting evaluations, we have removed a reference to the success of the Patriot system from this page. (3/2/98)

20 questions: making Windows 95 work
Correction: these instructions for reformatting your hard drive gave an incorrect format command. In step 7, the proper comand to type at the A:/ prompt is format C: /u. (2/5/98)

20 questions: making Windows 95 work
Correction: these instructions failed to indicate that only version OSR2 of Microsoft Windows will automatically run ScanDisk at the next start-up, if you turn off your computer when it hangs on the shutdown sequence. (2/5/98)

20 questions: making Windows 95 work
Correction: due to an editing error, this story failed to indicate that Microsoft has returned the downloadable RegClean utility to its Web site. While the utility had been removed, under the circumstances described in the story, the utility is now available to Windows 95 users at the company's site. (2/4/98)

PowWow 3.21
Correction: the version of PowWow we looked was a beta. A final, 3.3 version, expected in February, should address some of our issues with the interface. (1/26/98)

NetAccelerator 1.1
Correction: our review of IMSI's NetAccelerator inadvertently referred to system crashes that resulted when using version 1.0 of the software. Version 1.1 corrected many of the issues. (1/14/98)

Anatomy of a Net mouse
Correction: while Logitech's MouseMan+ was our Net mouse of choice, we criticized its autoscroll function as "too jittery." In fact, these jitters can be corrected easily from within the Mouse Properties settings. This further strengthens our recommendation of the MouseMan+. (1/8/98)

Can anyone stop spam?
Update: our tip on using the authenticated sender line to filter out spam did not account for legitimate messages sent by some versions of the Pegasus email service. The tip now allows you to filter spam and still receive mail from Pegasus users. (12/22/97)

Can anyone stop spam?
Correction: in our tip about how to trace spam to its origin, we ourselves were fooled by a fake header and so traced the spam back to the wrong location. The spammer now identified in the story is the real originator of the message. (12/22/97)

20 questions about Windows 98
Correction: question 3 about the FAT32 file system was introduced in the OSR2 version of Windows 95, not the OSR 2.1. version. (12/17/97)
Update: question 11 about FAT32 has been updated to indicate that Windows NT 4.0 cannot read files stored in the FAT32 format. (12/17/97)

Netscape Communicator power-ups
Correction: Our "go back fast" tip has been changed to show that a previously unavailable Back button feature is now functional in the final release of Communicator for the Mac. (12/12/97)

Beyond the browser part 2
Correction: Our section about IRC has been corrected to show that the chat client mIRC is shareware, not freeware. (11/25/97)

Beyond the browser part 2
Correction: Our section about MUDs has been updated to indicate that they can run on non-Unix servers. (11/14/97)

Beyond the browser part 1
Correction: Our section about FTP has been updated to indicate that you can use your browser to upload files. (11/7/97)

Top tips for Internet Explorer 4.0
Update: Our tip "type less with AutoComplete" has been updated to state that the shortcut discussed does not work with IE 4.0 for Windows NT. (10/17/97)

Netscape Communicator power-ups
Update: Our tip about resuming downloads has been updated to clarify circumstances under which the feature will and will not work. (10/17/97)

Cable modems burn up the wires
Update: The map of services has been updated to add more cable modem services and to reflect changes in services. (10/14/97)

What Snap Online means to CNET readers
Correction: Barr incorrectly stated that Snap's producers don't create original content for the Web. On the contrary, Snap's editors and producers create original content that puts the culled links and other Web resources into context for Snap users. (10/6/97)