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To fuel computer hardware sales, chip manufacturers try to convince us to buy ever more processing power. Intel, the company that dominates the chip market, has recently rolled out its latest offering, the Pentium 4. While there’s no doubt that the chip packs muscle, the question is, do you really need it? Is faster always better? Find out at: http://www.learnthenet.com/english/features/larry.htm

If you’re like me, and would like to speak a language other than English, then the Web is a polyglot’s paradise. Not only are there sites where you can learn other tongues, but you can practice what you learn by reading international periodicals. This week’s Web Tour focuses on the French Internet: http://www.learnthenet.com/english/features/tour.htm

To learn more and order online, go to: http://www.learnthenet.com/books/book.htm.

Tired of the mall? Then visit our online Marketplace for some terrific values: http://featured.nexchange.net/content/marketplace/giftguide_home.asp?HID=37746 .

"Ten Things You Can Do on the Net This Week:" http://www.learnthenet.com/english/features/tenthings.htm

1. Peter the Great bought priceless treasure for Russia's Hermitage Museum: http://hermitagemuseum.org/html_En/index.html

2. The British National Archives houses 1,000 years of history: http://learningcurve.pro.gov.uk/virtualmuseum/

3. UC Berkeley's Museum of Paleontology displays an enormous collection of fossils: http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/

4. Take a kid's tour of the National Sculpture Garden: http://www.nga.gov/kids/lizzy/lizzy.html

5. The Salvador Dali Museum offers a dreamlike respective of the Surrealist's work: http://www.salvadordalimuseum.org/

6. The George Eastman House photography collection has over 400,000 images: http://www.eastman.org/

7. While away the hours at the eclectic Smithsonian Institution: http://2k.si.edu/

8. Control a robot at San Jose's Tech Museum: http://www.thetech.org/robotics/

9. Discover thousand of years of Asian art at the Crow Collection: http://www.crowcollection.com/

10. Suspend your disbelief when you enter the Museum of Unnatural Mystery: http://www.unmuseum.org/unmain.htm

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Last week, a judge in Illinois ruled that a parent, J. Bowen Palenske, was legally responsible for his son’s Internet abuse. The ruling clears the way for the case to go to trial. It seems that the son altered a pornographic picture by digitally combining it with the face of his high school classmate. He then posted this image on the Web. The girl in the case is suing for negligence, invasion of privacy, and defamation, seeking $50,000 in damages. The suit claims that the father didn’t properly supervise his son’s activities.

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