IF you have a website naturally you will feature an email address so people can contact you.

However, one of the problems of the internet are spam messages to your email account that waste your time and can even be fraudulent. If this happens to you then it is likely that your email address has been 'harvested' from your website -- but you can put a stop to it. An email scrambler such as the one at www.upromote.com/emailscrambler.html will make your email address undetectable to 'harvesting' software. All you do is enter your email address and you are given a scrambled version that looks and works like a regular email. So wherever you have your email address on your website insert the short piece of code and stop the spammers in their tracks.

WIRELESS internet access could soon be available on GNER trains (www.gnermobileoffice.co.uk). The service is being tested on 10 trains and it is hoped that the chance to browse the internet and read email will boost train use. Although the trials are still in an early stage the technology is in place along the tracks that will allow people to hook up quickly and simply. And access will be maintained when the trains go through tunnels by using mobile access points. Currently it is only available to people travelling in first class but the plan is to allow regular travellers access that will cost £4.95 per hour.

EVER wondered what happened to Eddie the Eagle and Betty Boo? There is a website that will tell you. At The Bubble Burst (www.thebubbleburst.co.uk) you can find out what happened to those one-hit wonders, flash in the pan type of celebrities. The site is simply laid out by category and era, so you can go straight to everything from the 1970s and before for example. And if you want to know, Betty Boo has written songs for Girls Aloud and is launching a comeback, as for Eddie he's studying to be a lawyer.