1.   Atari wants to link home computers to school computers via telephone lines.

2.   Symphony also includes a Comms package for communicating with other computers via a modem.

3.   The need for securing the communications link between computers via encryption is expected to rise.

4.   They can use other programs to manipulate company computers via the Internet.

5.   And IBM is working on a system that would allow total control of a computer via voice.

6.   A pair of well-known viruses, Chernobyl and Melissa, have infiltrated computers via e-mail messages, wiping out data and paralyzing computer systems.

7.   But so far, listening to your computer via the Net has been much like listening to shortwave radio.

8.   Cigna, for example, developed a system that lets human resource executives and individuals get information directly from Cigna computers via the Internet.

9.   Easynet is one of a fast-growing number of servers that connect computers via telephone to the World Wide Web.

10.   E-Trade also lets you place trades through your computer via a direct modem hookup, which bypasses the Internet.