As Enquirer Systems Editor, Charles manages the networks of Macintosh, PC and mainframe computers that the newsroom uses to produce the newspaper. He came to Cincinnati in 1994 from Wilmington, Del., where he was also a newspaper Systems Editor. Before working with computers, he spent more than a decade as a newspaper reporter and editor.

"Some people think that writing a computer column is my only job at The Enquirer. Actually, I do it as a kind of hobby, in my spare time. In covering computers, I think of myself as a journalist. My beat is primarily the Internet, because that's the hottest spot in personal computing right now. But covering the Internet is like covering a foreign country -- there's so much to write about and so much to explain, it's daunting."

1998 columns: | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct
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October 98

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Goodbye, ... and good luck Oct. 25, 1998
Microsoft might face reckoning Oct. 18, 1998
First-time PC buyers: Time is money Oct. 4, 1998

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September 98

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A primer on help with homework Sept. 13, 1998

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August 98

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PC novices should avoid cut-rate PCs Aug. 30, 1998

Floppies: Technology of the past? Aug. 23, 1998

Britannica offers more on D-Day Aug. 16, 1998

High-tech coupons rare online Aug. 2, 1998

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July 98

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Whole lot of lawyers on Web July 26, 1998
Sky-is-falling scenarios blast forth July 12, 1998

June 98

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WINDOWS 98: Is it worth $90? June 21, 1998

Internet use still growing like crazy June 7, 1998

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May 98

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Mortgage information goes online May 31, 1998
Online chats with celebs hot ticket May 17, 1998
Web-cam sites offer odd sights May 10, 1998

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April 98

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Report: High tech driving boom times April 26, 1998
Pest control advice for Office bugs April 12, 1998

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March 98

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Web peeks at Oscar contenders March 15, 1998
Cincinnati regarded as surfin' city March 8, 1998
Of cookies, reminders and Jerry March 1, 1998

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February 98

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Web porn could rid porn shops Feb. 22, 1998
Net love: Dangerous Liaisons Feb. 8, 1998
Net blazes latest path to hot news Feb. 1, 1998

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January 98

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Net services free, with one catch Jan. 15, 1998
Tech help hard to get at holidays Jan. 8, 1998

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