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his is my tech tale ftom the global village. I wonder: if we are indeed living in a global village, what do my "neighbours" think. I send informal surveys to England, South Africa, latvia, and Egypt. I reach out, but not by "traditional" means. There's not enough time for that la typical global-village phenomenon). I write: "Everybody speaks about the global village. Subm«rine cable»;<re wiring together the world, you can consume Big Macs in Sydney and Tel Aviv, Africans watch Dallas on TV, e-mail allosss you to trek in Nepal and stay in touch with loved ones in Anchoiage. But is the I>J<>b«I vilLige really global? Are the people in yom part of the world connected? Do geo~«phy, gender, age, race, and standard of living play a role! Will computers and modems become as ubiquitous «» televi»ions and cars?"

No escape '5ix degrees of separatir»i," replies a friend who does business in h:>if a dozen cotuitrie» from «n oftice in Quebec. "Tbe Internet is sr>rt r>f like that. A router knou>s sr»nc niut<n tb«I knou is si>me router tbaf knr>u s tl>e pnson )v>u u ianf to e-harass. We are connecteri like nei'er b<%r<'." Communication vi« the Internet i» nume>t> uno. Notes to friends «nd funily, busines» correspondence: it m«ke» anyone;uiywhere feel closer to home. "Il>e /nf'en>el bris gre«tl) /uncased niy quality o f life in Russ/rl. I»l one of Ii>ose pe<i/>le u >br> l<>i es libraries and other si>nilar i» f r>-g«II>e>ing a>nenities ai « l iable to t b e !A' ai>erage >Vn>'tl> America>i... JVou' that I'ni o n l ine, I o n c e agai>i feel cr>nnecled and am able to access >nr»e informatir>n Iban I ei ter drea>ned pr>ssible." In many countries connectivity is still an incredibly expen»ive and difficult p rocess — but that's changing — with incr'"«sing rapidity. 3... -lfyI>en I «nit>er/ i» Pa>nplona (Spain) in 1 9 91, there u <re fnc ('if an)9 persons u l>o bad ei >en bea>r/ of e-mail, needless fo s«) tbe i nter»ef... Using >ny computer and Inter>iet skills I u as able to secure a part-ti>ne position at t be un A >ersity's inforina(ir>n teclmolog) centre and thus able Io find ouf u bat u as going on in Canada." By 1996, correo eleclronico (e-mail) was virtualL

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Who's who But who are the people frantically clicking away at the keyboards' > "There are many peoplein Lat»ia that don't know anything about con>puters Ruf ll's get/i>ig

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I just read the online version of some articles in the current issue and must take exception to one point. In an article, one of your writers says that the lomega ZIP drive software will install itself ahead of a CDROM, displacing it from its usual drive letter. Now, this may occur with internal ZIPs, but I know it does nol do this if one installs an external ZIP drive (SCSI) to an internal SCSI adapter card. I have easily installed the latter as the last drive letter in a D X 4/100 running DOS 6.22 and Win >.1. This was part of my work to deinstall Windows 9S, having no choice but to reformat both hard drives to blank and reinstall Win >. I for a client. I have now removed Win95 from three computers for clients! I» this becoming a common activity by techies to your knowledge? My personal interest now is multipleboot systems that may include Linux «nd OS/2 as options at start up. In this area, Microsoft seems to be the most inflexif>le! Anthony Erik»son, via the internet

Creating video-picking blues? In future, can you limit reviews of software to those items available in Canada? It could save your readers the frustration I just experienced. Your article (" Beat the Yideo Picking Blues," February 19971 reviews Creative Multimedia's Blockbuster E n t e rtain>nent

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better as practically all young people are familiar with computers I believe one's age, standard of lk ii ng, r>ccupation, and geography have a really i mportantrole to pla»." Present the same question to South Africa and you' re rapped on the knuckles. -The cunent goiernment and citizens want to useout any u irongs from tbe past. Coniputers «r< being donated to scbrN>is in pret ir>usly disadvantaged areas — tbe) 're getting their ouzi bit<>riief br>okups.

Hr>ii'ei e>; Ibe fooming pr>pulatiun — a good portion uneducated and uneniplr>yed — still bate iir> idea u bat tbe (nf l>un«lion superbigbu ay is. Shacks often hai >e nr> electrfrity u hich makes fl>e crimputer scenario ei en >nore remote. Plus, bou could one eren pa) f i>r a comp ter?" The. void between those for whom the wired world is "amazing";uid those for whom it means g< tting power for liI > >itbulbs, is still there. Witness Egypt. "I'ni in tbe land of Ihe Pbarar>bs, connecffng to tbe past and su>f/ng tbe Web on the same day. I cu>i take my laptop to South 5i»ai„retrieve my e-mail Ai tbe mr>ming and dive u iitb the dolphins Ai the afternoon. Rut that's vn a good day.. Sometimes >each/ng my server in Cain> is like trying to call tbe in<i<in, W>thin Cai>t>, tbe server >nay> nr>ui bai>e more lines, buf fl>e />hr>ne netu iork isn'I c<>ping u itb ti>e I>agic. Tbaf's uben )>i>ur<alize bvu dependent )>ou are r>n this >ieu technolrrgy and l>r>u inilnerable it is. All «r<>und )r>u, esperiall) outside Cain>, people are still lii'/ng Ibe s«nie ur>y t be) did b u n dr< rls r>f ) ears ago The teclnu>logy /s bere, but it uill probably net>er re«ch fbe>nore uie >noting fr>ru r>rd?Yesand no Part o f soriety is le«pi ng foruiard yet a large part rrf the population is actu«ll) i>oirig backu ards.Are u ie getting more connected... or less?" If and when the information superhighway eris»-crosses contuients and connects brains, will it er«»e b<>rders? t)nlikely, say some. "IVomatter bou> tbe Internet connec/s us, u >e'll net~ be able Io <z»ui<>cl fbe i'ieu's of countries like 5audi Arabia with our ou i>i ra<'isl I>inc~s touards dige>ent people and customs. We'>e still a ver) ethnocentric culture and not r>ery lolerant ofdi fferences. " Tclcvisi<>ns and cars are ubiquito«s. If computers are altering lives as dramatically as they say, is there any reason to think that, in the fur<<re, we won't see PC» and modems ever)mhere? The world is being wired as we sleep. This is the Oz of the 19)0» — but we' ll probably never click

our heel» «nd go home again. Why would we?

Let the games begin On another note, with this issue we launch our new Games section. We welcome your ideas and inspir«tion for this new addition to Tr>ro»tr> Computes! Enj<>y the issue!

Ma>a Gulens Editor-inc.hief editor@tcpon.corn +

est in this product, and particularly the Billboard Music Guide bundled with it, I visited the Website mentioned. It indicated the products could not b e o r dered or shipped to "foreign" countries. So I tried the Toll-Free number, indicated I wa» from Canada, and asked if the product were available here. I got the phone equivalent of a blank stare, but was eventually sent first to their shipping department, then to their customer-service department. That turned out to be a toll-free line for the magazine Consumer Reports! Finally, they referred me to the company's head office. I was given the Vancouver number of the company's Canadian representative and the distribution company. The di»tributor, Beamscope, sent me to consumer service, who i n s u ccession informed me that a) they had not heard of the product, b) the Billboard Music Guide did not exist (it does), c) the product is avail«hie at Blockbuster Video (it is not), and d) th e p r oduct i s no t available in Canada and may not be for six months! For dated material, such as movie, video, or CD reviews, this a practical guarantee of ob»olescence.How do you manage to get copies to review? Pat Kelly, via the Internet A«'r>rding t<iBlockbuster Canada's bead office, The B l o ckbuster Entertainment Gilid» to Movies 8- Video u>ill be ai ailable

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Cookie monster7 If Myles has got his knickers in a knot about cookies, he should give CookieMaster a try. It works in the background, gathering all the cookies offered and lets you delete the ones you don't want whenever you want. Best of all, it is free and available at the ZDnet site (http: //www.zdnet.corn/). If you' re not in competition with those great folks Stateside, maybe you could tell your readers about it! Keep up the good work. Brian Mahoney

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I just read an article by Steve Bain that really "got through" to mc that this is a new era. He described th e n e w D r eam Writer product line from the NTS company in BC and it seems to me that Steve was describing the modern counterpart to th e Dick and Jane Primer. The notebook is literally the size of an 8 x I I-inch binder. It seems to me that the very reasonable $'>00-500 current price will come down with competition and with the later stages of the product life cycle. Given that half of grades one to ni ne now have classrooms connected to the Internet and that this figure wil) be I OO per cent within two years, I have to ask if products like the DreamWriter aren't the Primers that all students in Canada will soon carry from grade one on! What do

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In this issue, weusedour handye-mail ta track downand workwith foreign writers for the first time, something many larger magazines do routinely. Working with them tumed out to be no different than

working with one of our local writes. AII of a sudden, Cairo and Mississaugawere both just a mouse+lick away. One the other hand„asconvenient as it is, e-mail can also be incredibly frustrating. With the help ofUsenet, we trackeddown a knowledgeablesavile in Namibia, Africa, to fill us in on the state of affairs there. Unfortunately,however,after a shortcorrespondence hismessagesstopped without We were left without the information we were looking for and had no other way ofcontacting him. Ironically, both the beauty and the hindrance of e-mail — depending on whether you' re sending or replying — is that you can't force a person to reply. We could have put together this issue without using e-mall and the Intemetafter all, fax machines, courier services, and the telephone were more thansufficient just two yearsago. The question is, would we have?Probably not. The cost, efficiency, and immediacy of the Net, however, made it surprisingly easy.

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• • By ALAN THWAITS • • (Additional researchby LAURENBLANKSTBN) If you believe everything you' ve read about the Web, you might think that it's the longawaited doorway to e6brtless world-wide communication. The press regularly Ms over itself pmclaiming the Web to be a "seamless whole." But is that true? Is the Web "culture blind," or, as some have begun to argue, is it as prone to bias as traditional media? Let's consider the problem by using the fiunIHar metaphor of travelling. Look at your bookmarked sites (if you' re a Netscaper) or your Favourites list (if yau use Repiner). Chances are that most of those sites will present themselves in EngHsh. Visiting those sites is like travelling on a packaged tour. Although the scenery changes, and those "outside" your immediate experience may be

"di6exent" fmm you, your experience of the ta he a".global communications technology?" Web wIH be in EngHsh. Gr wouid you be temptexf tostag Inveighing Naw, xecaH those splendid but unnerving a g a inst "cultural hnperiaihan?-. ::„,:,':,;,".',"::,: " j'. ',~j,:; times when you' ve tmveged in a ~ :,*,'-" iThessaxkxeagtyistbatfixeIasernethasbeen, whexe, not only was English not spoken, but '. since Rs.incepfiaa, a creature of the waslexxx,',"' Remember trying to decipher street signs in ' weightedhx hvaur of those whose first kmGxeece? Or figuxing out which was the mea's g u age is English and ~ con t ext isestern W washroom in a town in rural India? Or haxuiEumpean.According to recent figuxes xelessed caHy trying to read the instructions on the- . bytheintexaetSadety,74perxxxxtoftheNxt's bottle of medicine when yau were in Chhxay,'-".-~"~ content is'In ~ w M e 1 4per cent Is in,, Your bookmaxked sites — of which yau'xe":.:. " Eumpesa Iaxxgtaiges, aad xhe remainder In' justifiably pmud — offer a shnilar ex ' .,' +-. Chinese, Jaime, or Korean. As the Net has for the cyberspace txavefier who doesa't':.-.become papularL'md and cammerciaHxed, read English.For a taste of what that Ssefs:;::."",however,.mote and maxe useas are demand,„ like, point yom browser at the Internet>:',.;:,'I |hig~ d , jjettlag — aitexaatlves ta EngHsh.,:;, ':.«+ '"-'-"..'--"::,'.:;,„" i':,';~~'.~'".;:-™:-:-::=„",:"''R%$ Language SitesWeb site,and visit a couple of -. > ye+ +++i'ny the links listed them. Naw hnagine how,::"=One option, of course-, is translation softyou'd feel if that were your usual experience '

Regalating the Net r'n Asia • • By SUE MULL' • • HONG KONG - The Internet is a boom business in Hong Kong and Singapore, and in China for the people who can afford it. There are probably more computers per capita in Hong Kong and Singapore than anywhere else in the world. Hong Kong may have more Internet service pxavidexs (ISPs) than in any other city. The Hong Kong government has adopted a laissez-hire attitude to the Internet and has not made any attempts to regulate it — there are no restrictions on access to sex

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freedom of the press after that time, accordEverything'sunder control? ing toAnthony Shckey,development managThe situation in Singapore is quite differer of technology at the Technology Centxe, ent. Laws axe appHed to local ISPs that make the University of Science and Technology in them Hable for providing access to any Hong Kong. The government in China has set "undeshable contents." MoxaHty is a "very up a dedicated department to control conbroad term" there, Slackey says. Explains tent on the Internet in China. Says Savio Singapore's Lee Kheng Joa, wbo is CEO for Chow, generalmanager for North Asia of ISP Supexaet, the Singapoxe government's Netscape Communications: "China is defiguidelines are similar to those for cinema nitely concerned about contmHing content and television, covering sex, violence, and on the Internet. reHgllous harmony. "Since there are only two entry points in I think Westerners have an entxenched China, namely Beijing and Shanghai, both stexeotype view of the Singapore governm ent under the Ministry of Post and Telegram they and society. Can yau talk about the Red Indians potentially can assert some contml on the in the USA? Can you pmmote the IRA in Britain? access using some pmxy servers. However, What about the Lapps in Scandinavh or the any access through long~ ce t e l ephone Basque in France and Be®um, the Eskimos in calls or through dedicated Hnes mill not be Gmxiland and CanaxhLx able to be contmged," Chow says.

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Once again, we asked the tax guys, John and George, to review the list of tax-prepara-

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Theylooked ata totalofseven packages — plus an eighth product available for free via

All the software reviewed offers an accurate and easy alternative to preparing your tax return by hand.One product stands out,however:Quickrax from IntuitCanada. I found itwas easy to use

and visually superior to any of the other packages. Software is a matter of personal prefer-

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ence, though, so read on to discover the strengthsand weaknesses ofthe seven packages for yourself.

packages seemed to have dropped in price since last year. The reviews use a four=disk

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use, capabilities, and additional featuresthat make the program more desirable.

Finally, most products this

This was my favorite program last year, and Intuit impressed me again this year with another well rounded product. There are even a few graphic enhancements for 1996.

year have e-filing capabilities. The taxpayer is still unable to

e-file directly to Reve'nue Canada, however. Returns have to betaken to a licensed e-fi le preparer, a $5-$25 expense.

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income form. One complaint is that the "auditor" process kept recommending I claim an Ontario Tax Credit even though I had already completed the form. Overall, this product provides the best support for taxpayers of all levels frtom beginners to the most sophisticated.

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(,„: ( CariTax is the grandmother of tax software, with over ten years of experience. last year' s version tested the reputation of the product,however. The developers appear to have done their homework over the past year, though, and have produced a solid and apparently bug-free version for 1996. The program provides very extensive help and tax advice. The tax information is well organized, allowing you to get context-sensitive help or look up a specific topic and go straight to the appropriate tax form. The J ump Start au tomated preparation method is very logical, taking you step-bystep through the data-entry process and shying you how to use all the features available in the program. The same poor interface as last year remains, however. Why do software developers love 6point Courier as a screen ibnt, which is smail and hard to readP'Ihe icons on the toolbar aie not very descriptive, either. Fortunately, the JumpStart screens tell you which icons to select.

HomeTax is my second choice of the software surveyed. It provides excellent resource files and a good system to enter and check your tax de, If you have a typical return, you can prepare and file it immediately, instead of having to wait for a final version. You will need the Deluxe version if you have rental or business income, however — something covered by the base version of the other software products. The dani~try templates were easy to follow and nicely laid out, but HomeTax has the same poor intedace characteristics asCariTax '97. The "Easystep" automated system takes you through all the forms and reminds you if you are missing any tax slips. If you use the formkyform option, though, you are faced with an intimidating list of forms, organized by Revenue Canada form number, not description.

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If you are looking for a well designed, innovative product with good support features, Crt+Tax is worth considering. You can download the M ainly software from the company and complete your return as usual, or you can prepare your return right on the Internet. You will find the traditional route a well written program with all the usual help and tax advice features, induding an excellent worksheet for calculating your RRSP contribution and exploring various contribution scenarios. The welcome page allows you to determine which forms you need to complete your return using simple descriptions. The download process was not easy, however, and I required assistance to find the downloadable files. The Internet route is interesting; you do not need to download any software, and it allows for a more direct approach in e-filing while still maintaining good security. If you use this service, you go to the GrgTaz site and com-

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Vancouver-based office. "They' re like the automobile, for instance: good if used wisely; dangerous if misused." The current buzzwords in the technology indktstries are "data warehousing" and "data search" — and both are in stages of growth. Data w:uehousing involves the compilation and storage of huge databases of informationinformation that could well include your credit rating, driving record, criminal record, buying habits, medical information, and more.

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that translates Web sites written in Spanish, French, or German, But this tool doesn't really address the issuesof Web prodstctton from a non-English base. The Sindbad Arabic browser plug-in for Netscape Nac4grator 3.0, from Cairo's Sakhr Software, takes the bull by the horns by starting from an Arabic base. It features an Arabic/English interface for Arabic Windows 95, the ability to run over English Windows

95 with English interface only (but supporting all other Arabic features), and multiple code page detection and conversion, including Arabic Macintosh documents. Zi Brosuser, fromCalgary's Zi Corporation, goes a couple of steps further. It allows access to both Chinese character-based and Latin alphabetic languages. Zi Bnnuser users can view Web-site contents in Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Japanese, and Korean concurrently with Latin alphabets. More (and higher quality) Web.translation tools will make browsing Webspace a more international experience. The emergence of technologies such as Sindbad and Zi Brosuserwill empower those from non-Western cultures. Even so, unless other issues such as control of bandwidth, ownership of regulatory bodies, and cost of access are addressed, software solutions may remain mere bandages. +

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more advanced users, as it does not provide as much assi stance as other products. This program uses files fo r e i ther NlcrosoP Excel (version 3 for Mac and version 5 for tgqndows) or ClarrsWorks as the platform for the tax-return template. You download the iles fmm the Mcle Tax Web site. As the pmduct "piggybacks" on other software, the files are small (about 180 KB) and easily downloaded and installed. The interface is very good and I found it easy to navigate around and very reasonably priced for a full teatured pmduct. On the down side, the help files were not as extensive as in other tax packages. In addition, it did not offer an "automated entry" approach to w alk you t hrough preparing your return.You must have either /rffcrosoP Excel or ClartsWorArson your computer — although it works equally well on either Mac or PC.

Quick Returns This is th e o nl y D O S-based product reviewed, so it suffers in comparison to its GUI-based competitors. Nevertheless, it does have th» lowest system requirements of any pmduct reviewed here, and is ideal for taxpayers using DOS with limited computing power — otherwise there are better choices. Qulcir Retrsnashas good online help available, and an "Expert Auditor" ensures your return is accurate. There is also an easy setup to e-file your return. Data entry is awkward, as the supporting schedules do not automatically transfer their data to the main form; you must manually reenter the information. The DOS-based interface and the colour choice made the screen very difficult to read.

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does do a credible job of preparing returns and you cannot beat the price. As might be expected, there is no technical support for CoolTux,except what is found in the online help, which is well designed. The tax advice is also good. There is no support for e-Sling returns, though, and you do not have all the bells and whistles

The flow of information entry on the schedules was poor, however. It did not pioceed fmm section to section and the information was not automatically entered in all the required Selds (for example, on the busineas-income section, the data fmm the home office and capital cost allowance sections was not entered in the applicable expense line).

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A promising newcomer from Alberta, this 600 KB zipped filecan be downloaded from the SonicTax W eb site. With t h e exception of Quebec, SonicTax can process Tl federal income tax returns for users residing in all Canadian provinces and territories. SonicTax's simple interface consists of three windows: the first provides the file, form instructions, and help commands; it also shows the amount owing or refund payable on the user's return. The second pmvides for T-Slip form selection, and the Tl is displayed in the third window: SontcTax provides for entry of information from the user's T-Slips into replicas of Revenue Canada TSlips. SonicTax does not impose a limit on the number of returns a user can prepare using its tax software. Despite being a powerful tax pmgram, SonicTax occupies very little hard drive space.'Ihe pmgram has been written with the home user in mind, but it is capable of processing more complex returns, such as

With CoolTax,you get something for nothing — but not a great deaL This new taxpreparation pmgram, which can be downloaded from FIS Research's Web site, is a stripped-down version of FLS's professional tax program, Taxbyte. The 2.6 MB "zipped" file installs at 5 MB. When CoolTax is launched, very large icons for the options "New Return,""Family Return," "Tutorial," and "Help" appear on the screen monitor. This gets the user off on the right track at the very beginning. CoolTax also provides for the preparation of spousal returns. The icons for several features found in Taxbyte, the pmlessional version of CoolTax, are shown on the screen. When the user clicks on one of these icons, however, he or she will find that it is unavailable in the abbreviated CoolTax program. Attempts to use these features will be thwarted. Many users will find this very frustrating and annoying. CoolTax does have an excellent online tutorial guiding the user thmugh the preparation of sample returns for an individual taxpayer and for a family.

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brought into the chcuit. He suggested that I e-mail Jane and encourage her in her preparation for the 1995 New York Marathon. While electronic training had its drawbacks — not the least of which was my inabiTity to seethe way Jane moved and to make suggestions accordingly — its advantages were enormous. The very elements that fiustrate online ielationships focussing on phenomena such as flirtation and financial negotiation weie those elements which lacilitated Jane's success: no body language here to tell me that Jane just wasn't up to today's task; no tone of voice to transform her lack of motivation into hope for reprieve; no luxury of time to waste on chatting each other up aboutwhat next month's vacation plans are beipnning to look like.Our cybersessions were one huge manifestation of the hmous shoe manufachuer's motto. One year and three marathons later (Iane's first, my third and fourth), we are inseparable e-training partners — and pals. During our respective morning runs, which take place 4,000 miles and six hours apart, we reflect upon the subjects of our frequent electronic conversations — from the value of rest days to the idiosyncrasies of family members; from which high-performance running shoes to try to which low-inspira-

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Pay as you go Later on, the same two guys meet again after a conference session about using virtual chatrooms. Now it's the German who wonders what that might be good for. Who would want to spend so much money for a couple of hours a day on the Internet? The Canadian wonders what money the German is talking about.

Local calls are subject to a chuge in Germany.Rates ate not too high, but local calls are notaee. In addi. tion, smaller cities often do not have an Ra' vailable within the local area, which means users have to connect to the Internet by a longdisnmce adL Of course, having to pay for every minute you stay on the Web often testricts its use to what is reallynecessary. Just cruising around to see what's new and what might be interesting is not very common to most Gerttxuts — except computer nerds. 'Ibat often leads to the problem that many people, having seen the Websix months or so ago and not Bund it very useful at a arst glance,quit their ISP subscription — even though lots of useful local content may have appeated in the interim The other problem is emaiL If it takes a German two to three days to answer an e-mail, this is not bema of the different time zone or because be wants to think over his reaction, but becalm he did not tead it earlirx Became any call dteddng for new email is charged, hudly anyone sets up his PC Sr automatic emaa tearieval several times a day—to say nothing of autoforwatding email to a pagee So what would happen if one could roll out cheap ISDN all over North America and make Deutsche Teiekom AG stop charging for local callsr There might be much more trans-Athntic business being conducted, and many more friendships forged in cyberspace. Torsten Schtabach lives in Munich, Germany. He has writhe two computer books and is the European conespondant for two Amencan radio talk shows. +

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Not only mainstream religions are presented. The Facets of Religion site has a section devoted to "Pagan, Neo-Pagan. and Wiccan" links, where those curious about the Old Ways can get access to the Covenant of the Goddess site, the Pagan Federation Network, Incantator"s Home page {dedicated to studies in Siberian shamanism), and the Temple of Awakening site, ~here visitors can rediscover the spirituality of ancient Egypt.

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FoR's main religious listings are categorized according to origin and age. Each link represents an amazing depth — each click of the mouse leads deeper and deeper into s omeone's belief system. Behind t h e "Buddhist" link, for example, lie more than two dozen links to various aspects of Buddhist tradition and culture. Among them are a site showing a copy of the Diamond Sutra — the world's earliest, dated printed book;"The Power of Compassion" site, where the Dalai Lama comments on the problems of the modern world; and the Web site of the Gyuto Tantric Choir, once of Tibet and now of Dhrarmsala, India.

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• • By PAUL ANGYAL• • irst there was a chip. Then came more chips. CISC and RISCfollowed. We have embraced the Pentium and congratulated the Pro that broke through the 200 MHz barrier. Having just released the MMX sub-chip for special multimedia flavour, Intel undoubtedly has the fastest turboprop. Imagine now that somebody just dropped in with a jet that does Mach-2. This is exactly what happened when Exponential Technology Corp. of San Jose, California, announced its X704 chip for PowerPC-based computers at the recent Apple Developers' conference in San Francisco. Rated at 533 MHz, the chip is only the second to exceed the 500 MHz speed limit, after Digital's Alpha 21164. It delivers an impressive 13 SPECInt95 versus the Pentium Pm's 8.09. The X704 is compatible with the PowerPC 604 chip and flts existing designs, so it is no wonder that Gilbert Amelio, Apple's boss, welcomed it so warmly.

How do they do that? Exponential's chip uses a bipolar logic, combining super hst bipolar transistors in the logic circuits with economical CMOS in the memory cells. Bipolars are switching states by swinging between two intermediate voltages with a very small difference of only 0.5 Volt. In the case of CMOS, the switching is between minimum and maximum. The smaller the diffetence, the hster the dock speed.

The X704 holds 2.7 million transistors, about the same as the Intel 486 used to but less than half of the Pentium Pro's inventory. Seven hundredthousand are bipolar. The manufacturing process is based on 0.5 micron. larger than the current state of the mainstream (0.35-micron). One explanation is that bipolar transistors are hotter, so one cannot pack them too tightly together. The other — and probably the real one — is that it is a less expensive process that will help the chip to make it to the market and

be accepted faster. The X704 is priced at US$1,000, which is what we had to pay for the first Pentium in 1993. Computers built with them should start at

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Sometimes,hou ever,you have togive your Mac a helping band. Tbe solution is to use a couple of keyboard combinations to Dear Doctor. I think my kiids have force it to boot from the CD-ROM drive. been playing with my Performa 6360 Holding down the"C" key as the computer and now ir doesn't want to boot. Of starts up will tell tbe computer to start course, I don't have a backup system disk from tbe CLLROM (yes, I know, I know), but I do have the origiAlternatively, you can bold down the nal CD-ROM I got with the machine. 'Ihe Command, Option, Sbijt, and Delete keys to problem is that no matter what I try, the bypass tbe bard drive. Your Performa Performa still wants to boot lkom the hard drive, which, of course, is damaged. What do I sbouki then start from tbe CD-ROM drive. do? Zbe semnd part of your predicament can Signed: Brock via an ISP. be ucfdnessedby a security product such as Apple's At Ease. Designed to keep inquiring Dear Brock: You' ve reaNy got two eyes Candflngers) awuyfrom both the Finder problems bene: tbe bund drive and and the System, products such as At Easecrv. tbe more longterm problem that ate a P r otective layerfor your M a c. your kids sbouldn't be ptuying with your EssentiaNy, At Ease is an application that computer. Let's deal with tbe flrst probEem, aNorusyou to bide tbe Finder and limit firs. access to your hani d&k — it works in mnAs you menNoned in your e-mail, you junction with your Finder, but doesn' t sbordd alsuays keep a backup system floppy replace it. just in case these kinds of nasty situations Once youinstaNAt Ease,you can pick and occur. Many Mac utility programs ffor choose which applications or documents example, Norton Utilitiesglet you make an your kids a%i be able to access. At Ease creemergency disk. I'm guessing tbe original ates individual windowsfor applications disk that you' re talking about is tbe System and documents. This way, your kids can' t InstaNer CD that came ruitb your Mac. acctdentaNy toss out important flles, since Apple's technical folks insist that if you they won't be able to see" them in your Mac. just pop tbe System InstaNer CD into your Don't forget that At Easeis not designed as Mac bejbneyou turn it on, your machine a beavyduty security product. Rather, At should boot off tbe CD a u t omaticaNy. Ease «Nl keep kids and non-technical adults

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Facing PC persecution Dear Doctor. My bossis on one of his anti-Mac tirades and he says there's tons of Panty software and hardware. How can I convince him that the Mac is still in the game? Signed: Corinna via an ISP Dear Corinna TeN your bass to obeck out the Nst of ahnast 2,000 prtodsrcts that are available only jbr Maarntasb ut bttp J jwww2.apple.mm/wbynuaJonlymac/ While you' re at it, you might also uant to tell bim that independent research company Dataquest says that about two@bindsof aN multimedia development is done on a Macintosh. As Freud would say, "so there(" TheDoctor

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S pel c h e k k e r . p l e e z How do I obtain the necessary files to enable spell-checking in EPM? The help for EPM says I need ei th e r O SLE X A M . DLL o r LEXAM.DLL and U S .DCT. Are t h e se files freely available? Thanks for any information.

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C an you m ak e i t s o t h a t P M apps that a r e s t arting d on' t take away the focus? I want to type in a t e l net w i n dow and s t a r t some other ap p lication at t h e s a me t ime. The annoying thing is that t h e new apps comes up in front and takes the focus.

Thanks, Steve Kevin Linjield responds: There are a number of ivays todo tb6; but ivhat I did was boot to the c ommand prompt (ALTFI u b e n t b e uonfs OS/2 appear in the upper left of your screen, then F2 for command p r™pt ) a n d d e l ete f o r m o v e , o r archive) the entire/OS2/ARTdimctory. ART stands for Automatic Registration Tool and it does take up memory as it is always running (Tfp/ type PSTAT /C fromtbe commandpmmpt to get a list of allrunning pmcesses)

Brian K evin L i n f i el d r e sponds/ I ' m sure thousands of OS/2 users would like a s o lution t o t his p roblem, bu t i t i s h a r d coded i n t o each program. Some programs pike ZOC) h a v e a se t t i ng t o t o g g le t h i s f eature, bu t t h e p r ograms tha t l e t you do this arefew and far betueen. What we ne e d a r e OS /2 pr o g r ammers who realise that most of us use t he m u l t i tasking f e a t u res o f o u r favourite o p e rating system. Sorry, but t h ere is n o t h i ng y o u c a n do except contact the softivare m a n ufacturer and complain.

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Crom myth to mundane' You see, when the knights weren't slaying dragons and pedbrming other noble deeds, they lived in castles thmughout the length and breadth of England. Arthur faced many of the same pmblems welding this diverse crew of individualists into a team that the modern manager wrestles with today. Kostner uses Arthurian symbols l i ke Excalibur, the Round Table, the Joust, Lancelot, Merlin, and, of course, Camelot itself, to illustrate the key concepts that make an effective manager of a v i r tual team. Members of such a team can also learn a lot by seeing the team through Arthurian eyes. There'sa chapter devoted to each concept. For example, Excalibur symbolizes trust-

the trust a team leader has in his or her members, and the trust members have in their leader, and in each other. Kostner points out that trust is the major motivating factor in getting team members to perform their roles wholeheartedly. In Excalibur's chapter, Arthur describes what happened when he first became king over a bunch of squabbling, isolated, suspicious knights. His mentor, Merlin, turned him into a hen (remember T.H. White's SuIord frr the Stone?), and told him each of the three eggs he incubated symbolized one of the enemies of his leadership, which he would have to name and deal with. After a great deal of thought, Arthur correctly identined them as geography, isolation, and history.

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