Top 10 Tech-Influenced Action/Adventure TV Shows

1. Modem, She Wrote: Each week, our intrepid detective tries to solve
the ultimate mystery: why her modem won't ever connect at 56k.

2. Micro-CHiPs: Ponch and Jon now patrol the Information Superhighway.

3. Carly's Angels: Chief exec Carly Fiorina instructs her team of three
vixen market analysts on how to prop up HP's sagging stock price.

4. Hawaii 6.0: An upgraded version of the classic series. Steve McGarrett
goes surfing for bad guys online.

5. T. J. Hacker: A retired cop, with an uncanny resemblance to James T.
Kirk, takes up computer hacking to track down the miscreants who
canceled his TV show.

6. The Excel Files: Inexplicable things are happening to the data in
Microsoft Excel spreadsheets. Can this puzzle be solved? The truth is
out there.

7. The AOL-Team: Each week, AOL, Time Warner, Netscape, and Mr. T unite
to promote corporate mergers and make the world safe for capitalism.

8. Magnum, PC: This series about a crime-solving personal computer that
goes by the code name Deep Blue is based in beautiful Hawaii. Season
finale cliff-hanger: Will Deep Blue be seduced by the wily charms of
the Texas Instruments Speak 'n' Spell?

9. The Incredible Bulk: The exciting adventures of Windows, which just
keeps growing and growing.

10. Buffy the Virus Slayer: Buffy and her fearless gang of antivirus
definitions stalk and kill VBS files--no small feat while wearing a
halter top and high-heeled boots.