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s we planned this issue, we reminisced about last February's cover story,"Love on the Net. Back then, everybody was intrigued by the concept of online - relationships&year later, many of us have grown tired 4 of such stories. Been there, seen that — tell me somethingnew about the Internet.

-= ' : W ~ V,--~~ An in ~ numbe r o f people are more hmiliar with life online,tooAt the recent Internet World trade show, for example, one exhibitor soldthat a year ago 'g„-CP-::~ . ~ "peo p l e were ctowding the booth asking, "What's a Btewali?" This year, only a few select individuals showed up — and they all had erudite questions.

We've gotten to the stage whete we lmow quite a bit about the online world, and it isn't as easy to thrill us.

Rick Broadhead, coauthor of the Canadkm Internet Handbook', ptedicts that this will be the year of accountability for the Internet, and that "companies ate going to have to hce the music."

Now that the honeymoon is over, we' re belptining to p ause and question what we' re leaving behind, and p : whether we' re headed in the right direction.

When it comes to online learning, it turns out certain university students have embraced the Internet to the point that they become wallflowers not only at social functions, but also throughout their university careers.

Why go outside — at a recent seminar, the lecturer sug. gested participants check the Internet, not the library, for recommended supplementary reading.

And wtule I' ve never witnessed anyone staying up all night — night after night — playing board games like Cfue or Monopoly, I have seen it with the electronic version of something as primitive as Solitahe. Is this a postive example of the use of cuttingedge technology?

Things ate certainly achangin', and they'll no doubt continue to do so. For the cover of this issue, we' ve chosen to give prominence to the question of what we're leaving behind. Maybe the past and the future can coexist.l"une we'll telL

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TIte best place for this panel is probably somewhere like Florida, Egypt, or Mexico — or, as the KISS btochute outlines, the Congo, where you really don't have any other choice.

As for myself, ITI use this panel on lazy summer afternoons when I have lots of time. For intense wotk — III stick to the car battery (carefully), and wait for cheap, humongous solar panels with more power.

I want to complement you on your OS/2 sections. Kevin Linfield has done a good job and your articles seem balanced when it comes to operating systems.As a dedicated OS/2 shop, we look forward to every one of your editions, which are weII read and well appreciated. Keep up the good work.

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Armed with the Mercury II, a 1.15 kg unit just larger in size than my Macintosh Powergook,with two panelsthat can output up to 26Volts, I was ready to test.

Although weekend trips to the cottage came to a halt months ago, there was one weekend in late Sill that I happened to be up north for 48 hours. The day was sunny, and when I placed the solar panel perpendicular to the impact of the sun's rays, the battery was in hct slowly charging. It was in no way a replacement for an external power soutce, however.

My next opportunity was a train trip to MontteaL I knew, however, that there was no way I would be able to place the panel in the correct angle when moving, and there was a chance the train windows would be tinted glass.

My next opportunity was during the Cliristmas holidays. The cottage location was perfect. All I lacked was sun.

When the sun Snally did shine, I opened up the paneLThis being around the time of the Winter Solstice, the sun was not too bright and the days wete short. The panel did charge the battery — but only a tiny bit.

The IBM laptop had similar temdts.

One night, we joked about lighting a million candles to gather up enough illumination. The manual, however, dearly states that "indoor lighting, unless it is very intense...will not pmduce suf5cient eneqgfToo bad.

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hackers' Re: "Big Brother Watches Us AII" by David Rosen in the January 1997 issue.

While it is good to see the emphasis on privacy-related articles continue in your paper, you must be sure to provide proper context.

In David Rosens' aforementioned article, he states "Hackers can read any email messages they want." This is true, but not an accurate reflection of who can read your e-mail. It is difficult for an intruder to first gain access and then read someones e-mail, so there must be a reason for t h e i n t rusion ( i .e., the mail's content).

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c ont i n u e d f r o m p a g e 4 $ ficient access to the mail server to read users' mail than it is for a hacker to break in and do it . Perhaps Mr. Rosen should have said that because e-mail is stored as ASCII text, that anyone w it h a c cess to either root orthe console can read your mail. This includes system administrators

and computer operatorsas well as hackers. The only way to be sure that your email i s s afe f r om i n t r u sion is t o u s e encryption, such as PGP. I hope more people learn and understand the importance of this privacy.

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This is the first order for their flagship product, which immediately went into production at the company's new Shannon, Ireland, production facility. The order is expected to be filled later this month.

The "Flip" is one of f our o f N T S's DreamWriter line of products, touted by the company as a low-cost computer appliance aimed at the education market. The tiny 8 by 11 by I-inch advanced system hard~are weighs just over two pounds, and is small and durable enough to brave tiansport in stu-

Oue to a printing error, a recent advertisem ent for the SnapScan scannerand the StudioStar scanner appeared inTheComputer Player!with suggested pricesof 8389 and8985.

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The CTD-Mask I is a device some chiropnctors and physiothezapists are oÃering as a treatment option, and unlike other devices it uses neither electricity nor surgery to ueat the ptoblem.

Carpal tunnel syndrome, also known as RSI (repetitive strain injury), is a potentially crippling problem encountered by some people as a result of years of intense, um uying keyboard use and poor ergonomics. It can also occur in pregnant women and obese people as a result of nerve compression caused by swelling.

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Tbe All Mocne Gukie filters its list each time youpause in your typing — whether that's in the middle of a word or the end of a phrase. Only theBlockbuster Gukfe requires you to hit the "enter" key befoxe it will start a search, but once that's done there isn't enough time to start a stopwatch before the results are on screen.

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Some shows are regular segments, updated daily, such as Game Time! and Video Game Time! Most impressive, however, are those covering individual game-genres: Mondays are Sports d ays; Tuesdays highlight S imulations; Wednesdays transmit t h e Action/Adventure bulletin; Thursdays are Strategy and Role-Playing Games; and on Fridays, you can hear the Internet and Multiplayer show. There are also hardware specials scattered throughout each month.

Each show is roughly 30 to 45 minutes long and the broadcast quality is quite good (I' ve been listening to them on a 28.8/33.6 Kbps modem during regular business hours, with little or no "buffering" snags).

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Many of us feel, however, that we spend enough per month forour Internet connection as it is. Thankfully, a few game manulactuters have quiddy responded with various free online networks to support their own CD-ROM titles, or have spawned new sites whereby you don't even need a CD to play.

Blizzard's Batt!eeet provides an arena for their customers to chat, challenge opponents, and initiate multiplayer games, at no cost whatsoever — no hourly or monthly fee, no setup or initiation charge. To play a supported game over the Internet with other players worldwide, select the Internet option ftom withinthe game and away you go.

Two games were supported on Battle.net at ptesstime: the popular CRPG Dtablo, and high. ly antidpated Starnujt (Warcnsjt inspace!). 'ihe next free place to visit, and boohnark, is The BeZerk Network.'Ihe folks at Berkeley Systems have opened their doors to PC and Mac players who get a kick out of their popular You Don't Know Jack CD-ROM series.

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Pop Culture trivia questions change twice a week to keep things fresh, and top scoters compete for$5,000 in cash and prizes per month. You' ll be happy to know all the hilarity and witty humour from obnoxious host Nate Shapiro is intact.

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Most computer game hns are fiuniliar with Origin's bestmfiing Ulema series. Since the origitLd game in 1979, created fiom the mind of Richanl "Loni British" Gamott, many chapters have resided on plenty a hanl drive. These thtee htter titles, ybe B/ack Gate,The Serpem Isle,and Hogan, aie all deserving RPGs — especially for under $20 each. Don't expect dazzling graphics or superior sound, but you will find yourself absorbed by theirmtriguing ' spiry-

e'et in on the action Since GTE has recently released their PX Pigbter Turbo edftfon, you' ll be able to scoop up the original PX Pfgbter CD-ROM for as low as $12. One of the better fighting games for the PC, you' ll be amazed at the beautiful graphics, fluidity of animation, and heart-pounding techno soundtrack.

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Adventure gaming and Sierra go hand-inhand. Forapproximately $25, you can own the Sierra Game Pack containing six classic games: the hauntingGabriel Knfght, Lefsure Suit Larry fn tbe Land of tbe Lounge Lfzards (the one that started it all); Roberta William's popular Kings Quest V; Quest for Glory; the strategic Caesar; and the awardwinning flight sim, Red Baron.

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in the followingwordsfor the desiredeffect DNCORNH OUO:GodMode(and unlimited jetpack) DNKROZ: sameasabove, just fewer wordsto type DNVIEW:sameasthe F7 keyin the game. (with the message"You'retoo good to be cheatingl") DNHYPEILputs you in SteroidsMode DNITEMS:givesall inventey items and keys DNWEAPONS: gives all weaponsand ammo DNKEYS: gives all the keys DNSTUFF: givesall weapons,keys,inventoiy items DNSCOTIYxyk level warp where x isthe episode number, and yz isthe level number DNSKILIJcchangesthe dilculty mode to x (can be 0 to 3) DNUNLOCK:opens all doorsand unkxks all locked doors DNMQNSTERS : turns on/off the monsters in the game DNCUP:walk through walls DNSHOWMAP:showsthe entire map DNCASHMAN:spewsmoney eveywhere whenyou press spacebar DNCOORDS: shows detailed map coordinate/ level information

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Quake Hit the - key (called a tilde) to enter the Consolemode.

Type the desired code„p/essENTER /RETURN to record

often hard-to.find keyboardtricks. Well, hereyou go.

it, and thenpressESCto return to thegame. Enjoy:

Med$wanlor 27 Mereencufes Activision's hit gamecan get quite tough at times, so

GOD: makes you invincible FLY: enablesyou to fly —press Dfor up and Cfor down IMPULSE 9: armsyou with all weapons,

enter the following commands while holding the CTRL+AL T+SHIFTkeysduring the game(i.e., TYPE THIS: get this);

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SUPERF UNKICALIFRAGISEXY: turn invulnerability on/off ISEENFIRE ANDISEENRAIN: unlimited ammo on/off OOOHHHLLIAAALLIAAk heat tracking on/oN

GIVE weapon": adds aparticular weapon to your arsenal(¹5 l-9) GIVE Item" "amount": setsammunition or health points =energy cells, etc.)

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jets Duke Nukem 9D You mayhaveheardof afew of these, but I'm sureyou don't know 'emall. At any point during thegame,type

ONTIMEE VERYTIME: time compression keyenabled/disabled

HATCHET/AXE/SAW: inaeasesharvesting Df lumber IT IS AGOODDAYTO DIE invulnerability with ZSSdam-

age bonus MAKE ITSO:buikfings, units, upgrades built quicker NETPROF: watch a lass show NEVER AWINNER removesvictory NOGLUES: disables magical traps

ON SCR EEN:uncoversmap(also workswith modemplay) TIGERULY: skip leveh in campaign play ORCn / HUMANn:jumps tolevel n (type TIGERULYfirst) SHOWPATH: aswith ON SCREEN, displays v/hole map THERE CANBEONLYONE jump to final movie TITLE units travelfaster UGA cfisplays"Go Bruins" on the soeen UNITE THEOANS: instant victory

VALDEZ/SPYC OB: addsS000olr y r Iesouices YOU PITIFUL WORM: instant defeat

DNRATEshowsyour frame rate onsoeen DNBETA:prints the message"Pirates Suck!"

DNALLEN:prints the message"Buy Major Stryker"

Bonus Came: Command 6r Conquer Well, there's bad news and good news for fansof Westwood's popular C k Cseries. The bad newsis

DNTODD:prints the message"Register CosmoToday!"

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WEDIDITAG AIN: coming at chaagain (Daressaeen)

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The relentless pursuit of happiness (as in photo-realistic colour reproduction on inkjet printers) took yet another upturn whenHewlett-Packard introduced the newest family member in its "family" printers, the II90C, featuring HP'snewproprietory "photo-resolution enhancement technology."

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When you' re printing your own, you can technically fit two 4 x 6s on one sheet and thus the cost per print drops to 45 cents.

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A lthough t here i s sufficient o verlap between the two products such that both can perform many of the other's functions, each has a different focus: ACT! is better at supporting information about relationships between a user and others outside an organization; Outlook, on t he o t her h and, is focused more on managing personal and team information inside the bounds of an organization.

ACT! misses its cue?

Users of Symantec's extremely popular AC77 have had to wait over two years for the Windows 95/Windows NT version of their

favourite con t a ct manager. D e spite Symantec's marketing genius, I think they' ve paid a price in lost market share for this delay.

The new version of ACTI is a complete rewrite of the product for 32-bit. Even so, existing ACT! users will f ind most of the functionality f amiliar. Individuals familiar with the older ACT!s limitations will be happy to know that the new product has much better support for "organizations" and "projects."

Prospective ACT! users will want to cansider that the product is beautifully integrated with WfrrFax Pm (which comes with the distribution CD) and with the ubiquitous MS Exchange e-mail platform (as well as MS Fax and other e-mail engines).ACT! continues to give good support for "lists," making it easy to manage mailings. For those individuals working on a LAN, the group database and calendar synchronization features are now included with the base product.

Individuals working as independent professionals or sales people will find that ACT!

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In an exclusive interview, Symantec's ACTI product manager, Ryan Rosenberg, said that we could expect future versions of the product to support "opportunity management" and "organizations" explicitly, but that these features were supported now only through the "group" feature. For my part, because I am in industrial sales, I need a p roduct which supports these features — opportunities and organizations — explicitly.

Changing your Outlook?

In my ongoing search for the holy grail of industrial-strength contact management, I thought that Microsoft's new Outlook 9 7 might be the "end of the road." Whatever doubts I may have about Outlook, the prod-

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In other words, work in Outlook is only something you do Isr yourself or other individ.

What to biNJf Here's apurchasing guide: if you have a powerful laptop and don't cate about associating osgassizations with tasks,you might Snd Outlook meets all your needs, If you want a traditional, but updated contact manager, the newACI?/Verslou 3.0 will do a very nice job.

If, however, you really want a nice way of . tsacking organizations and tasks, but without the near 32-bit features, investigate alterna-

tion ofEmbuuge and Sckedek Ptas on steroids. If you' re not Sungiar with these pmducts,Outlook is what Microsoft is calling a desktop information manager. The product will track your e~ y o ur contacts, your appointments, your documents and aflerthought — rather imnic considesing the Sles, and yourpermuul tasks (we' ll get to existesice of MicmsoS as a huge organization. why I' ve italicized personal" in a moment).

If you get stuck, the help system is very helpful, although some reviewers have found the cutesy animations to be annoying.

All of these things can be coordinated between users in a gmup Lhw envimnment.

Everything is also customizable by the enduser — and if that's not enough, you can make use of the common Visual Basic Of jifce 97 programming environment. "body" temperature just like Brutus —Going even further, if you work in a gmup envhonment and want to swap out the curour monitor liiard. rent database (the J e t ~ g i n e b a sed Exchange PST Sle) for SQL Server or any other ODBC compliant database, you can do so later this spring when the DhO Brutu», a ribald-blooded rcptile. i» vcl) good at rc uhaht hi» hody interface is released.

All this will available for about B150 in icfupcraturc hy hniiwing vvhcn ui gct univing;uid when to»hw March. You can get the pmduct before then dow'll »o hc doc»n't ov crhcai. if you acquhe the new version of Ogive 97 (upgrade to be avaihble for about B350 after January 16). I suspect some people — particularly those lucky ones with laptop computSceptre'» Sounds™ 400f) unidul ir. multinicclia ers — will just start living in Outlook. notebook i» al»o energy»mart.

Daanandlne Given that this wig be the Sist release of Outlook,you will naturally expect some limAn innovative chip material and design makes itations.'Ihe pmduct does seem to require some horsepower to get a decent response for more efficient consumption - knowing time. I' ve run Outlook on both a 4 S 6 DX4/100 MHz computer and a Pentium when to draw energy and when not to. notebook, and I noticed that it made real demands on both systems.

Longer battery life and less heat are Another small issue some prospective users of Outlook may want to note is that just two of the benefits. the pmduct is not self-sufScient when it comes to mail-merges.Outlook requires you to invoke Access for that purpose&iso, given The Soundx 4000. that Outlook is an extremely rich envimnment, I suspect someOutlook users will Snd A wiser miser. the learning curve to be hirly steep.

I have a bigger quibble with Microsok concerning, coincidentally, almost the same issue I had with Symantec's ACI?. Out-of-thebox, Outlook is not very good at supporting inlormation about organizations."

Here is an example as towhythis capability is pmbably very important for a lot of CallToday for your free potential users. You start your day and want baby brutus and picture. to prioritize yow Outlook tasks. You decide

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Publisher, a popular Windowsbased buianess desktop-publishing pmgram, is ~ larly handy for l i mited SOHO ( small ofRce/home of5ce) budgets. Publlsber 97 indudes 150TrueType fonts that can be convenieatly previewed in the WYSIWYG pulldown menu; over 160 borders (plus the ability to create custom borders from dfpart or graphics flles); a di~ g a llery of over 5,000 images; and exdusive access to Clip Gallery live, a free, periodically updated, online dip. art resoiuce contaming over 1,000 imagea T he PageWmmh — design ~ ts tha t ask a variety of ctuestions to create hyouts based on one of the 100plus templates — ate dogmatic, but helpful.New for Publfsber 97,

the Web Site Wizard helps users create Web sites, fmm page layouts based on one of three categories (business, personal, or community), ta the automatic generation and hieertion of HTML (hypertext markup language) codes.

(such as an unlinked page), aad offer suggestions fbr solving your pmblem, it cannot, unfortunately, automatically correct either Web-page or document ermrs.

While the Desiga Gallery includes hundreds of design elements, fmm mastheacfs to text styles (many of which can be used an your Web site), the design tooh amer the most fun and flexibilit.'Ihese range fmm abjectand text-mtation tooh (allowing you to alter graphics and text up to360 degrees), toward art (to change the appearance of text), gradient fills (to determine the degree of colour in any object),aad a Fancy First Letter Gallery of diop caps (enhrged flret letters).

Merge is a convenient feature available in many pmf gams, especially wordpmcessing programs, which allows you to either merge a single document,usua/ly a letter, with a variety of adchessm to create multiple documents, or to create a page of address' that can be printed on a sheet of hbels. While most wordpmcessing packages have both the merge option and Avery label temphtes, if your ~ does not, then ~ er 97 ' s mail mergewhich allows you to either create or import address lists fmm a variety of packages including Wonf and Access (although importing from non-Micmsof't applications, such as WonlRerfect, can be onemus) —is a handy

Dzop nee e line Also new, the Fostcard Wizard will help you create postcards handy for small mailings, such a s an n ouncements, an d th e Compliments Caid Wizard will help you create the "With Compliments of" cards often induded in packages.

Particulariy clever aie the context-sensitive Side-hyd ride Help guides that remain conveniently open at the side of your document. lite most interesting feature of Publhher 97 is the Design Checker. If Micmsoft is correct, and Publlsber 97 is a Designer in a Box," this is where the designer lives. Design Checker evolved fromPubllsber 95's layout checker. While the layout checker identified basic problems, such as potential printing dilemmas, Design Checker locates complicated design and layout problems, such as double spaces after periods or too many fonts or colours, and offers suggestions for correcting these mistalces.

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Aside &om these, Plus! consists of cute fdlls RAM ctxuInession sofiware has been popular, only — desktop themes that provide sets of and seasonably elective on the Madntosh phtsounds, icons, and wallpaper, a nice pinball form for several yeats — and several such prod. game; an obsolete version of the Internet ucts were ~ late i n 1994 fisrWindows 3.1, &pfmerWeb browser (the current version can and later Win95. Many users felt that the prod be obt a ine d for f ixse f ium ucts dkl not petfisrm as promised, howevn In http://wwwminasoft.corn/i. For most users, fiict,maiket leaderSo@Ram 95 wastaken off the this is not a must4suy. shelves, afler impartial tevievsu suggested that it Every Win95 user, however, should get a copy did little or nothing. of Miaosof't's fiee Powedlbys. This collection of Heke HNrnfaane doesn't ~ t o "do u ble mini-utilities is avaihble at h t t p:/~ your RAM."It does, however, use compression technology to ~ ly in a e ase Windows perand was written byWin95 ptolgammers in their, fonnance (bothWin 3.1 and Win95 versions ate no doubt, copious free time. induded in the packag@. It does this by finding The 7vveakUI utility is, pahaps, the most use little-used pieces of memory (on your video ful. It adds itself to the Conuol Fanel, and allows caid,for example),and using these for a comusers to tweak the Win95 desktop and boot pressedRAMcache to be used prior to the swap process. The Sesxflb utility makes copying and disk on your hard drive. Normally, when it runs moving files with Explorer or My Computer low on RAM,Windows uses the swap disk space, much more efiK!cut. which is much slower than teal RAM.By using iis While at Miaosoft's Web site, go to httpJ/ cache first, Hirrrkune provides more ~ wwwmiaosoft.corn/windows/soflwaie/updates RAM, with better pedbnnance. ktm and check for the latest patchy and updates.

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The new version 2.0 of Symantec'sNorton AririVirus (hNV) for Win95 (aLso available in Windows 3.1,WinNT, and Macintosh versions) has a neat feature (shared with the latest Norton Ursyiries).With live Update, a singledick logs onto Symantec's BBS or Web site, checks for any new virus deimitions, downloads, and installs the update. By making it easier to keep the utility up to date, it makes virus infecdons more unlikely.

Despite this big plus, it's diScult to recom. mend NAY without qualifKation. Competitor McAfee, creator of the popular sharewue VirusScm (available in DOS, Win 3.1, and Win95 versions) has taken Symantec to court McAfee suggests that Symantec advertising,~ that

NAV recognizes and removes the most manu viruses, is misleading — that, in hct, independent tests show that Virusscan removes more of the viruses that ate actually found "in the wild."

Some people wear both belts and sus. penders. With viruses, there's no such thing as too safe —get several products, and use and update them regularly.

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Immediately erase any unsol icited d o cument t h a t Get protection comes as an attachment, The ON Guard Firewall especially if it has a saucy C e n t e r headline. (http:/~ .on . corn/) is a Tell your e~ co m panWeb site dedicated to proions that they can easily import wordtecting your network fiom Internet hackers.

I had just finished filing an article to this publication when the phone rang and Iara ashed Ine, ljidgou hnow about the macroV • • By BRANDI P6MINE • • Mano? Ijhoh. I scrambled thmugh my files, sweeping and cleaning, and thutkfully, this time, avoided a disastrx Like many computer users, I'd heard of macms, but had not paid much attention to the files I downloaded Rom e~ o r Web sites, until it was too hte.

Manna are features in word-processing programs(Word or %bnfFtrfect, Ibr example) that automate functions. They were designed to reduce the need ibr commonlyiepeated keystrokes, but antieocLd individuals havecreated macros that can damage data and programs.'lhey infect documents, not executable programs (as most viruses do), and they are rapidly becoming the most common form of viral infection — probably ~ they are simpler to create than their executable cousins.

IheRinfect documents, ...and theg are rapidlg becoming the most common form of viral infection

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You can learn about Internet security risks, the techniques hackers use, and how to pmtect your netwoik.They have a pi nion called VirugTrack that installs as a ptugin to Worrd,which can scan every document on your PC or Novell4ased network.

'Ihe program is extremely user-friendly,and can sit silently in the backgmund, checking %bid donunents as they are opened, or it can be set to scan the complete drive& startup scan took approximately ten minutes during a test, but successfully found the "Concept Macm on several files that were believed to be ciean. There is no loss of data and no trace lefi of the virus.

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To do this, Steve Bain and D aniel G r a y take a t h reepart approach. '(tts Section I, "Contemplating II gg a W e b Si t e ," examines the p urpose of t h e proposed or existing site, and offers basic guidelines for content c r e ation (including the allimportant issues of copyright pmtection and getting permission to use content created by others).

The writers for Cszrsadsz Comlsstes/ and y2re Computer Paper are a talented and proiitlc bunch. As well as bringing you the latest news and reviews in the computing and online worlds, some of them have also been b usy w r i t in g b o o ks.

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Section 3 is extremely useful: titled "Professional Web Site Design," it consists of detailed case studies of tive successful commercial Web sites, including those of FedEx, the NFL, and the White House.

The companion CD-ROM includes a healthy mix of Macintosh and Windows 3.x/95 software — sufficient Web-authoring tools, icons, image editors, and utilities to keep you busy for weeks.

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Saltzman and McFadden then take us to game-related FTP sites and Usenet newsgroups, so that the dedicated gamer has the entire Net at his or her disposal. The book's companion CD-ROM comes with an HTML version of the book, Internet Explorer (in Win 95, 3.x, NT, and Mac versions), the Netcom ¹ t Cr u i s er bm wser (Windows), shareware versions of Doom I.rl and Qruske, and a demo version of MecbWarrlor 2. A d e finite bonanza for both beginning and addicted gamersi +

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When it doesn't work, it's news and the snains

of its popularity are showing, especially on the phone system, which itself is coming perilously dose to gridlock as phone lines are tied up. In some arms, such as California, this means fewer calls aie going ttuaugh on the first try, there are more busysignals,and access may be blocked out altogether, During the US presidential election, the crush of voters logging on to check on returns made some of the sites irtually inacces. sible for hours at a time.

Chris Fortin, of GfohiIServe in Oakville, Ontario, says the problem involved weak points in the system Because it is such a hrge network, there axe always going to be poitions that axen't engineered to the same level of performance as the others.

He suggests that the problem could have been handled with a multicast arrangement, distributing the load, and shuffling requests, thereby dividing the load among almost any number of

machines. Another solution he recommends is caching„ in which the dient saver holds copies of things that they' ve already used, while new information is processed.

Rod McKay, partner-incfiaxpg of Information Technology; KPMG Canada, feels the main pmblem with the snuctuxe of the Internet is that it is a system that, fundamentally, no one owns. No one, therefore, takes responsibility for its operation, maiiagement, and so on.

'Ibe Canadian system, beam+ of its upfgades, seems to hive mote stteng@ and inteyity than the US system,but the nature of the Internet really blurs that distinction. McKay notes speed is a fiictoe

Internet Handbook, says new haxtfwaxe may continue mcreasmg capacity, but at some point you reach a limit. He notes that some say the fee ride is going to be over very soon. With flat tate Internet access becoxningmote pievalent, however, I don't buy that argument — yet. I don't think you will have to pay per minute use.

People who argue that the telephone company cannot sustain the txaflic levels we see say the phone companiesaxe going to turn amund and

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In ~ the I n ternet is based onAsynchrnnus Txaffic Mode (ATM), the next generation of switches, which will be able to carry all type. of traffic, induding broadband naflic. He notesthat because of the upgrading, the Canadian system will have less chance of overloading.

This is not to say that it won' t, but the network is now more resfiient than the rest of the Internets in the world.

mationand get information that is right for them He notes that the system will certainly be pushedto the fimit„with more people trying to get online, putting more information onto more Web sites, and no t g e tting w hat t h e y w a nt.

Nevertheless, he believes the system will adapt.

Fortin, the 22-yearold owner of the two.yearold GlobalServe, suggests that it is up to the person providing the service on Internet to look for a hosting solution, one which provides a service that is robust,responds, works,and has the up time and the reliability that users want.

Internet connections, and the pxoviders will then have to charge the users more.

Tom Healey, president of Technology Launch Initiative, a new venture itself, says he does not know if the Internet can be crippled to the point of non recoverability. It seems to be a very survivable environment. I think we can choke it and basically choking it gives end users frustration but doesn't seem to physically hurt the network infxastructure and I know you can fill services and you can flame people and do all kinds of malicious little things, but it seems to be quite survivable as a general netware fabric.

One thing that is threatened is that the structure of access will be changed and a tiered system of services may be introduced, which will have an increased cost attached to it, says Healey. +

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N'ak yak yak The raw numbers aren't the only problem. The weight of material on the line is another source of difficulty. Internet users stay on the line longer than voice callers. Padfic Telesis in California found that the average Internet call takes 20 minutes, compaxed to 4 minutes for the average phone calLAs well, 10 per cent of Internet calls were at least six hours long. Use goes up even more with flat tates.

Here's your lunch hill It appears to many people that the Internet is free, says Bell*s Oliver, outlining the provider view. It really isn' t, however, although at this point users are getting a free ride in the telephone network.

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In the previous installment of this series, we explored the Internet in general. This time we' re delving into the World Wide Web. The World Wide Web, often shortened to "The Web," is the name given to the spiffy, multimedia part of the Internet.

Unlike the decades-old Internet, the Web is relatively new. Until recently, only techno-geeks knew anything about the Internet or the Web. Nowadays, however, people you meet at parties ask for your URL instead your phone number. Looked at a business card recently? You' ll probably find that ubiquitous "http: //www...". Is the entire planet on the Web? Why is the Web so popular?

First of all, millions of North Americans have personal computers. Just about every computer sold these days comes with a modem and conununications softwate preloaded. Furthermore, I n t ernet s e r vice providers (ISPs) are all over th e p l ace, offering low-cost, unlimited access and the promise of a brave new world. So much for access, but u/by are people so interested in using the Web?

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Development of the Web concept continued and the first browser, known as "WWPP, was released in 1991. Two years l ater, Mare Andreesen, then w i t h t h e University of I l linois, released the initial version of t h e w o r l d's f i rst c o mmercial

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Se truest As many of you will recall, I have been unable to get my Logitech ScanMan 256 working under OS/2. With the release of OS/2 Warp 4 (Merlin) I have been partially successful in g etting i t w o r k ing u nder TrueDOS (or TrapDoor as it is also called).

TrueDOS involves suspending OS/2 and booting a special version of DOS, which then runs your application (in my case, a 16-bit Windows application).

The down side is twofold. First, you must use DualBoot between OS/2 and DOS (or Win95), which means using the FAT Ble system and installing DOS and OS/2 on your C: drive. Second, it is recommended that you save (and close) other applications (especially any that involve communications) before running a TrueDOS session.

If I run both OS/2 and real Windows 3.1 in VGA mode, everything storks great. If I use higher resolutions (with my ATI Mach 32 Graphics Ultra Pro), however, TrueDOS hangs. Other users nor using the Mach 32 video card have reported success, so it looks like my next hardware upgrade may involve a new video card also.

I'm glad that IBM has indudedTrueDOS, but I do wish it had undergone more testing.

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You may recall t hat i n stead of i ssuing "Service Packs" once a year (or so), IBM now releases cogectinns of patches and bug fixes regularly Although it may appear to some that Service Packs are better, I prefer that IBM release whatever patches they have ASAP With millions of different hardware combinations, no one can realistically expect a shipping product to be bug free. Keep up to date on Warp FixFaks at http: //ps.boulder. ibm.corn/

Colour QuicltCatn drivers released If you caught my QuickCam review in a previous issue, you' ll know I Jove this "eyebaU" camera. Connectix released the colour version late last year, and a thhd-party OS/2 developer has written drivers for it! Check out http: // www,shadow.net/-senja/qv2.htm or e-mail senjaOshadow.net for additional information.

Tip of the Month I'd like to thank hithful OS/2 Ready reader jrwolff@erols.corn for submitting this tip.

With the release of OS/2 Warp V4, the enhanced editor (EPM) now contains HTML tag capabilities. To activate them, pull down the "Command" menu and select "Command Dialog." Enter "link htmltags" (no quotes) and press ~ Now ch e ck your menu bar — a new item called "HTML" will appear, and dicking on this menu item provides the Warp user with a number of key tags for HTML programming.

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Freeware of the Month OS/2 usershave had a hard time benchmarking their OS/2 systems, as the most popular benchmark utilities appear to come in Windowsonly flavour. After upgrading my own hardware, I scoured Hobbes for a complete (and free!) utility that would let me compare my upgrade path, Sysbench (current version 0.9lc) will test your video, hard drive (and controller card), CPU (both floating poin t a n d i n t eger), an d m e mory.

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"Iota of stuffed the millennium is coming."

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The new operating system — you' ve heard about it, right? We had a few bucks saved for the holidays and we thought well, why not have a party?"

Alsple'0 new 0$ The new operating system was called Rhapsody, half-NeXT and half-Apple. It was the melt of the pmChristmas announcement that Apple had purchased NeXT Sofiwate, lock, stock, and barrel, for US$400 million. Pending

regulatory appmvals, all NeXT products, services, and technology will become part of Apple. As part of the agteement, Steve Jobs, chairman and CEO of NeXT, will return to Apple —the company he co-founded in 1976 — reporting to Gil Arnelio,Apple's chairman and CEO. Apple has had lots of problems upgrading its operating system over the past few years.

Su~ dea dlines forSystem S— code named Copland — had come and gone and there was suiI no new OS. Buying NeXT was considered a handling of the Copland ptoblem."And when is this supposed to happen?" I asked.

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