Screen Saver

When PCs poop out, radio computer guru Kim Komando gets the call

She's pretty, witty and a whiz at solving computer woes; no wonder male callers, sometimes propose marriage to radio host Kim Komando (and that is her real name). But the self-styled "digital goddess," whose Phoenix-based Kim Komando Computer Show airs on 361 stations around the U.S., usually takes more pressing calls—such as how to deal with a Net-addicted spouse or pick a printer. "You never know what's coming," says Komando, 35.

A former computer sales manager, Komando (on the Web at www.komando.com) had just begun moonlighting on local radio when her fiancé died in a plane crash in 1992. Shaken, she threw herself into her new calling. But she has a secret. "I don't have a computer in my home," she admits. "I have three pinball machines—they're awesome."

Internet Manners

Should couples read each other's e-mail?

Even if your squeeze says it's okay, no good can come of snooping through what might include top-secret business tidbits, soul-baring chats or the shipping confirmation for your next birthday present. To avoid temptation, even spouses should keep their passwords secret. If you share an e-mail account, one of you can use a free service like Hotmail.com. Look at it this way: You don't share a diary.

Stars Open Up About Coping
Cross a medical seminar with a Barbara Walters special, and you might get HealthTalk Interactive (www. healthtalk.com), a health-info site that also features interviews with illness-battling celebs such as Laverne & Shirley's David Lander (multiple sclerosis) and ex-Brady Susan Olsen (migraines). Their stories "give the rest of us inspiration," says site founder Andrew Schorr, 49, a medical-video producer who has chronic lymphocytic leukemia. To educate people, says Angie Dickinson, who talked about her sister's struggle with Alzheimer's, "I do whatever I can."

Quiz Show
Are you a control freak? Is your boyfriend cheating on you? Do you like taking quizzes like these? If so, hop over to the addictive Emode.com for more than 60 choice multiple-choicers. Created by a Harvard Business School grad, the site offers psychologistvetted personality tests along with plenty of silliness—like the celebrity matchmaker that tells you if your dream date is Brad Pitt, Fabio or Danny DeVito.

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