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F EAT U R E S 35 M icrosoft's cable TV gambit

56 The bigger they are, the better they look Scoping out 17-inch monitors

36 Cooking spam: what to do about junk email

64 1 7" Monitor survey

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36 Two times 56K equals confusion 43 The give and take of push technology

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R EV I EW S 110 Mac OS 8: A new face on an old 05?

10 Comdex Canada 97 show report 14 Compaq launches NetPC

92 I nfo-packed reference for Java programmers

28 Gadgets and gurus: a tale of two trade shows

New edition of bestseller covers recent advances

32 Apple lays out dual 05 development strategy 92

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46 Focus on small networks Linking home or small office PCsand peripherals

82 Lease options for office space

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97 Weaving your own Web site: Part XXIII HTML Help

100 TrueDoc tools and typeface tricks Font support in Netscape Communicator beta 4

72 Sound values in multimedia speakers

102 Internet Service Providers list

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77 M ultimedia speaker survey

104 Hit the road, learn some math

83 Closing the net on serial crimes

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114 Business namesand marks Choosing and protecting your corporate image

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86 U tilities to tune up your Windows PC 99 Slow and steady: Virtual PC a technological marvel

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Cornputex spotlights Taiwan'sindustry influence

panies will take an existing product and rapidly come up with a high-quality, lowerI recently traveled to Taipei, Taiwan — certain- c o s t alternative with some new wrinkles to ly one of the more influential shows for the t h eproduct. computer dealer channel. Though it lacks sigI saw n u m erous examples of this. The nificant quantities of major resources, the P a perport scanner, Pilot handheld computers, tiny island of Taiwan (which is smaller than mo t h erboards and Wacom tablets were all up Vancouver Island), located for this kind of treatment. about 100 km off the coast of The show had very little t he People's Republic o f software on display. Out of = . China, holds 21.5 m i l lion more than 600 booths, there ' p eople, and is on e o f t h e were as few as 28 focusing .'-' world's largest manufacturers on software. One vendor of computer products. suggested that because soft.:::.j,," T he country l eads t h e '. w a re piracy is so rampant in world in motherboard producmany countries along the ". Pacific Rim, that Taiwan tion, and produces a third of : b usinesses do n o t t r u s t '- ' the wo r l d' s not e b ooks. < -'' iP ~) j g Significant proportions of the putt i ng their efforts into a ~ ' medium that is so easily pilworld's supply of cases, power supplies, keyboards, scanners fy~ fered. and countless other computer The Computex show is products come from Taiwan. very much a show from Taiwan manufacturComputex is held everyyear at the begine r s t o the world. Most of the vendors are ning of June, which also corresponds with the fr o m T a i w an, t h o ugh s om e J apanese, summer monsoon season. It rained most days A m e rican and European companies show up that I was there. Crank the heat up to 30 to t r y and build support for their technolodegreesCelsiusandthehumidityto highan d gi e s w ith the hugely dominant Taiwanese you have a pretty good idea of what it is like mo t h erboard manufacturers. in Taiwan. ,

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Newton saves the week My Newton saved my butt on this trip. The trip from Vancouver to Taiwan is a 10- to 11-

Japaneseor Korean companies.Tatung, Mitac, Acer, Umax and First International Computer are some of the biggest. There are a number of

hour trip. My notebook usually gives up the

Taiwanese technology companies that make

ghost about half way through the Toronto to Vancouver flight, so I did not expect it to make it all the way across the Pacific. With that in mind, I brought along my Newton 2000. The Newton will last 20 to 30 hours on four AA batteries. I was able to get a fair bit of work done with it. When I arrived at the hotel, I found that the screen on my notebook had gone bad and all I had was my Newton to rely on.

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International dial-up service I recently signed up for the IBM Net. It has one of the most comprehensive log-in networks on a worldwide basis. I checked and they seem to have offer dial-up numbers in more countries than CompuServe or any of the smaller Internet service provider (ISP) startups. One good thing about IBM Net seems to be that the company doesn't promote it very well, and as a result the lines are

not always busy. In fact, I only had one busy signal in about 20 dial-ups. If you are planning extensive overseas trips, IBM Net is definitely worth a look.

(Warning: Accessing any Internet sites

Ma)or trends

Innovalue The marketing people for Taiwan have coined the term "innovalue" to describe the island's approach to creating products for the world markets. It is a combination of innovation and value. Another word combo they should consider is "cloneverging" — a combination of cloning and diverging. Many Taiwanese com-

with the extension .tw may be a little slow, The show was good, though somewhat because the pipes to Taiwan are currently not lacking i n t r u l y i n n o v ative p r oducts. big. The country is making an effort to Taiwan's strength has been to focus on speupgrade them, but its telephone company runs a monopoly so it may take a while,) cific product categories, build expertise and then dominate the market, I saw endless What's ln a narner variants of scanners, motherboards, notebooks, tiny monitors, Web TV devices and Taiwan has some big companies, but their keyboards. names don't jump off your lips like major

Some of the most interesting ones I saw at the show included: Strong Man Enterprises, Song Cheer, G r oovy P e ripherals, Act Attractive Computer, Well Run Hardwares, and b est o f al l , Ha n d some S trange International.

A final thought I would like to dedicate this month's edition to Mr. Armond FitzGerald of Calgary, Alberta, the father of three of our long-time employees, Patricia, Suzanne and Jennifer. He passed away this month and will be missed by all who knew him. My only link to hi m was through his daughters and they are ample evidence that he was a good man, Enjoy the issue Douglas Alder, Editor and Publisher

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Aloha I just wanted to say, having just moved to Hawaii from Brackendale, B.C.,it sure is great to see The Computer Paperonline. Thanks for all the great info and keep up thegreat reviews. Mahalo, Taylor Moore, via email Electioneeringon the Web In your July 1997edition, Jeff Evans' The Last Byte column, "Election Online 97," outlined how the recentelection campaign was effected by the Web. In discussing the Web pages of the various parties, Evans wrote the general comment, "Email, if allowed, was to be simply addressed to an anonymous email address." From this statement, I can conclude that Mr. Evans must have superficially explored various sites as I know he would have found personal email addressesfor the candidates of the Reform Party only two clicks from the main home page. Doing a quick check myself today, June 24, I found that approximately 73percent of Reform's candidates had an enxail contact address.While somewere using the email addressof someone from their constituency association, many were not, including myself. Calvin Henry-Cotnam, 1997 Reform candidate, Scarborough East JEreplies: I did indeed fmd email addresses for some of the individual candidates of the various parties m a variety of candidate lists, both on party Web sites nnd on various other non-party sites such as the CBC site and Politics Cnnadn. None of those to whom I sent messages, including two Reform candidates, had esponded by press time. However, the com ponent on the party Web sites was specific to the nntional party orgnnizations —they generally didn't list individual email addresses of senior off icialsin the national party headquarters, nor, in cases when I was able to locate a party leader's email address, was thereany responseto my emailmessages

by press time. I know that everyone in the various parties was more than a little busy during this brief election campaign period, however, the point of my remarks in the article is thnt although it's not a huge technical burden to set up a discussion fonrm on the Internet, this doesn't seem to be something that the political parties want to get into. The CBC site did it, and it made that site nmch, much more interesting, interactive and infonnntive. It would be worthwhile, I think, to hnve ongoing, public discussion on the Internet between party leaders, senior party oIPnats, candidates and voters. This was entirely absent fronr your Web site, nnd everybody else' s. Private email to candidates, particularly when it isn't answered, does not constitute a foniw for public disncssion. Hard drive blues I'm writing to seeif you can help me find out some answersabout hard drives.I have TWICE, had my Quantum Fireball 3.8 GB lose ALL my stuff on it and I really don't understand why. I understand thatit sometimes happens, but twice? I have installed everything correctly and was running it OK. Thefirst drive, I had for a week and it crashed and wasn't even able to format it. The second, I had for two months and then it died. Does that sound normal? Isthere something with Quantum drives? Was there something I should have done to help prevent this? Could I prevent this?Any advice or suggestions would be appreciated. Lili Wong, via email SH replies: The conditions you' ve described sound highly unlikely to occur twice in such a sirort time period. Regardless of the make of hard drive, whether Quanhun or any other brand, hard drive "crashes" such as the one you described are far less likely to occur with today's drives, especially when the drives are so new.

I would reconunendyou lurve your controller checked form alf unctions,or n possible settingin your BIOS, which would cause probienu. From the sounds ofit, ail signs are pointing to a bad controller, whether it's on the motherboard or in theform of an ISA/PCI card. Have you tried placing the failed drives in anothersystenrand accessing them thatway? Forexample, hook the drive you were unable to reformat up to another machine nnd see if you can perform the format that way. If you do not have the resources to do this yourself, ask a friend/colleague for help, and possibly a riuali/ied technician. If indeed the p is roblem on the controller/motherboard, you would be far better off knowing so you can prevent this problenr from hnppening ngnin. glg corn'puting )ust a phase, too I read your The Last Byte column, June '97: "The resurgenceof big computing" with greatdismay. It's funny how all journalists enjoy writing about the doom and gloom of the computer industry. Yet,it's still here, asit will be for many many years to come. I have been in the computer field as a technician since 1978 and although we have what many believe to be the best in computers today, you have to remember, we are still in it's infancy. I don't believethe Bill Gatesor Intels of today will be involved in the technology of tomorrow.After all, they are almost attheir limits, Yes, networkingis on it's way in, but for only a short period of time. The masseswill not get anything out of it. It won't be stimulating to the eyes.You have to remember, that today's modems at 56Kbps arepretty slow, as are the sound cards, video cards, CD-ROMs, hard dr ives, etc. Technology will keep moving ahead as ournal j ists continue to write the doom and gloom messages for deafears. We will have modems capable of possibly 10 timesthe current baud rates, sound cards at I MB, video possibly hitting the gigabyte sphere, CD-

ROMs, well let's say, unlimited.There will be new technologies, new corporations that will look back on today and think, God, we were prehistoric. Don't write off the computer yet. Infrared is on it's way. CDs the size of twoonies, capable of holding 1 GB of data. Thetime is coming for a new wave to hit. I might notseeit in my time, but it's coming. Cal Parsons, via email TCP replies: Read this montfr's installment of The Last Byte. Maybe the ideas there will resonatea little more closely with the points you raise.

A tip for removable storage Thanks forpresenting an excellent article in your June '97 issue regarding Removable Storage by Ross MacDonald. In the sidebar at the end of the article Ross talks about using a harddrive as a backup device. Thisis quite easy to do and works very welL With the reducedprices on hard disks, this is becoming a viable alternative to tape. It's also fast. I'd like to point out that a harddrive caddy is available to make harddisks removable. It sits in a 5.25-inch external bay in your computer, and has a pull-out drawer that contains the hard disk, The drives are easily swappable, and you can use this method to test your computer with different operating systemsby just changing hard disks. Thesecaddies are around $30 or so, and are available in SCSI or IDEinterfaces. These units don't have fans in them, so I bought a fan and mounted it at the back of the caddy for extra cooling. I' ve been using these caddies for a while now, and they are very conve. ni ent, and you get to keep the lid on the computer if you are doing lots of drive swaps. Hope thi~ info helps. I enjoy your publication very much, and Bnd it very informative. Keep up the gooc world Harry Yates,via email

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his year's Comdex Canada, held in the Metro Toronto Convention Centre (and expanded to incIude, for the first time, the spacious South Hall) amply demonstrated how fast time, in the world of computers, passes. At last year's event, our editors witnessed the blossoming of the Internet and all manner of Web authoring tools. This year, that seemed old hat and new tools in these areas were surprisingly scarce. The dominant themes of this show were DVD, digital cameras, ultra-portable computers and high-performance communications devices. We saw surprisingly few PC or Macintosh systems that impressed us (in fact, both IBM and Apple were absent, as were Canadian distribution giants Ingram and Merisel) and truly innovative software (with a few exceptions, of course) seemed in short supply. We smiled occasionally at some of the derivative names and products on display: would you believe a trademarked product called "C.U.C. Us" o r a c o mpany called "Microhard"? Thus, our Editors' Choice Awards this year reflect the dominant trends we noted on the show floor and omit a few categories we applauded last year. Our editors tra-

Panasonic PalmCam versed the show floor examining products and analyzing their specs and voted the following "best of show." Best new portable: Toshlba Ubretto SOCT • This super-small portable Pentium PC has its limitations — notably, its diminutive keyboard and inability to recharge the battery while the machine is in use, but the inescapable fact remains: a 800 g (1.8 lb.) machine with a P75 CPU, 772 MB hard drive, and an active-matrix color screen running Windows 95 is not only a machine you can take with you, it's one you will take with you. Best new Personal Digital Assistant: LC Phenom i A near tie, with the Philips Velo and the new Sharp SE-500 "Pilot Killer" receiving favorable mentions from our editors, but in the end, it was the 770 g (1.71 lb) LG Phenom from LG Electronics that made our short list with its 16.4x9x2.54 cm (6.45x3.76xl in.) dimensions, Windows CE 1,1 OS, built-in 28.8Kbps faxmodem, Web browser and 4 MB of RAM.

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months reg arding DVD — digital video disc, or digital versatile disc, depending on Best Digital Camera: Panasonlc PV-DC1000 what magazines you read (we prefer the PalmCam i A major theme at the show emerged former) — seems to have crested at this year' s as it seemed almost every manufacturer had a Comdex Canada 97. DVD players were nearly new digital camera on display, with units from everywhere, with standalone and computer-based Agfa, Canon, Casio, Chinon, Epson, Fuji, Kodak, players noisily on display in literally dozens of Minolta, Olympus, Panasonic, Polaroid, Ricoh, booths. While the first generation of computerSharp, Sony and many other manufacturers on based DVD addwns, such as the Creative Labs display. But, Panasonic had not only our favorite DVD kit or the Panasonic equivalent (which, in unit, the $699 PalmCam, touted as the world' s fact, is based on the same design) had somewhat s mallest digital camera a t 9 x 5.9x3 c m lower image quality than we had hoped for, the (3.SSx2.36x1.25 cm), but also showed the KXL- RealMagic product was truly superior, and at only 600A Coonhot, another diminutive model for about $S0 more than its competitors, not unrea$599 that saved images on an included PCMCIA sonably priced. Be aware that, on many of the card for super-easy data transfer with standard demo discs that DVD players often use for portable PCs. demonstrations, the "bit rate" is carefully set to not exceed the medium's 10Mbps maximum. (We Beat Cadget We Can't Afford: Nltachi MPchecked this with a Sony DVD player also on the EC1A MPRCCAM ~ It functions like a cam- show floor). Scenes with a lot of action are the corder, capturing up to 20 minutes of full-motion best ones to test out a DVD player with. The MPEG video and audio data. It has goodies like a RealMagicDVD came through (literally) with fly6x zoom and a printing option. It can capture ing colors — displaying almost none of the hori1,000 still images, each with 10 seconds of audio. zontal lines or obvious artifacts that mar some At about$3,500, would we buy one? No. But lesser video players, what a toy to wish for this Christmas.... Best New Digital Ndeo Technology: DPS Best Low-cost Color Printer: Lexmark Spark Flrewlre Adapter • Firewire, the IEEE JetPrlnter 1000 • As the first color printer we' ve 1394 spec pioneered by Apple and due to appear seen that breaks the $200 price barrier, this is not in next year's Memphis operating system from only a fine printer from an initial cost perspec- Microsoft, is already making appearances in sevtive, but it is also notable for its excellent color eral products on display at the show. Sony has reproduction~specially on Lexmark's high-qual- Firewire connectors on its digital still cameras and ity coated paper. In fact, our editors suspect DV full-motion video products and Firewire interLexmark may be selling these printers as if they faces for PCs were on display from Miro (the DVwere razors — priced at rock-bottom to get them 100) and DPS, with its Spark. However, the $889 into the home, where the cost of consumables Miro card, like some other low-cost DV solutions, will generate more revenue than the price of the supports DV in but does not support DV out (Miro says the card is intended primarily for CDprinter itself. ROM authoring). At $1325 with a full version of Adobe Premiere, or B est P r o fessional C o l or $ 930 without t h e Printer: Epson Stylus Coler %000 • Considering that we own software, the DPS Spark is the lowestthe Epson Stylus XL tabloid-size cost Firewire card color inkjet printer that this unit we' ve seen that haneffectively replaces, the fact that dles both in-and-out it includes so much more for functions, making allthe same price hurts a little, digital transfers of highbut adds up to great value for those who need a quality digital video possible at prices that surely printer with Adobe PostScript Level 2, make owners of profesoversize printing of sional-level analog equipment cringe. Make no missheets up to 17x 22 in. take: DV technology is dra(full-bleed on tabloid paper!), all for matically changing the face of about $1,700. And, as you might expect, the videography and the "proMac- and PC<ompatible Epson's Pantone-calibrated 1,440x720-dpi color output is gorgeous. sumer" is sure to be the winner.

Best New Portable Add-on: BackPack Bantam parallel port CD-ROM drive • The problem with portables, unless you' re lucky enough to be able to afford one of the top-of-theline models, is their lack of a CD-ROM drive. With the software of today increasingly shipped on CDROM discs, this is more of a problem than ever. For CD-less portable owners, relief is spelled BANTAM. This stylish unit is available in two models: one with a sound card and an Sx CD-ROM mechanism for $459, and without a sound card for $399. Best Desktop System Sound Card: Creative Labs AWE64 Cold • There are better PC sound cards, and there are cheaper sound cards, but our editors unanimously agreed that this card, which improves upon several aspects of previous Creative Lab designs, while retaining an impressive level of compatibility, offersthe best bang for the buck. Musicians, many of whom are familiar with the company EMU that Creative Labs now owns, as well as PC experimenters will be better served by the deluxe version of the card, which includes 4MB of onboard RAM, an ATAPI CDROM interface and several pieces of software not present in th e l ower-priced Value Edition. Targeted at garners and price-conscious home users, the Value Edition includes 512 KB of memory; both versions eliminate the on-board amplifler found in previous Sound Blaster cards, resulting in lower noise and better fidelity. Best low-coat c olor s canner: Storm Kasyphoto SmartPnge Pro • Another tough call, with Agfa's excellent $599 SnapScan 600 delivering both superior image quality and a great software bundle (including th e e xcellent Visioneer PaperPort software, a new package called Photo Express from Ulead and, in the "Artline" version for a hundred dollars more, an additional bundle — not yet shipping-of Kai's Photo Soap, Bryce 2 SE, Convolver and Kai's Power Tools), but for bang for the buck, it's hard to beat the under-$200 price point of the Storm EasyPhoto SmartPage Pro. The unit, which attaches easily to any PC's parallel port, easily bested the image quality of competing units from HewlettPackard, Microtek and Visioneer (which as showing its new Strobe model), and costs less than all of them.

Best ConnectlvltyProduct: Xlrcom Ethernet 10/100 and QNflex Modem i Although we' re not convinced Rockwell/Lucent's 56Kflex modem technology is superior to 3Com/US Robotics' XZ standard (X2 seems to be faster in most tests), even USR reps admit that 56Kflex has a bigger Best new Video Card: Matrox Millennium II share of the modem market at this point than X2. i Having already delivered one of the fastest Best New Storage Technology: Pinnacle CD- But combine a modem that is up to 44 percent Best New Software Application: Adobe video cards for PCI-based PCs, Quebec-based RW • Un doubtedly, by this time next year, faster than the average 28.8Kbps modem, and Matrox has outdone itself with the aggressive Illustrator 7 • We s aw demos of Internet Explorer 4.0, FrontPage 98, WordPerfect 8 and recordable DVD technology will be widely avail- throw in both 10Mbps and 100Mbps Ethernet price and outstanding performance of its new able, but for now, Pinnacle's $?99 rewritable com- capabilities and you' ve got a combo card that is hundreds of other applications for Windows and Millennium II — a card that is up to three times as Macintosh at the show, but after we'd seen them pact disc system represents one of the best ways of worth carrying around. Best of all, the Xircom fast as its predecessor, with more memory, better recording data onto a disc that can be read by a card doesn't use a huge, clunky dongle like some all, the only program we could all agree on was 3D features and higher resolution to boot — all for of its competitors. While it's important to check under $400. Although the standard card lacks dig- Adobe Illustrator 7.0. The program, now for Mac vast array of machines currently in the workplace. Encouragingly, the Pinnacle rep says that the unit what kind of 56K modem technology your ital video capture capabilities, these features can and Windows PCs, puts the heat under Corel's tail Internet service provider supports before buying a be added with Matrox's optional Rainbow Runner and raises the bar for professional vector graphics reads 98 percent of existing CD-ROM and CD-R new modem, if you choose to go with 56Kflex, discs, too. For those who prefer compatibility apps. As you might expect from the inventors of card, also on display at the show. Addressing this is our portable pick. the PostScript page description language, with floppy disks, LS-120 drives, with their comanother complaint of the original Millennium, Illustrator 7 speaks PostScript fluently and offers patibility with 720K, 1.4MB and 120MB floptical the new card includes drivers for HEIDI, OpenGL, Congratulations to all this year's winners! For disks, made a strong showing as well. Elsewhere, Direct3D and other advanced graphics APls, plus accurate on-screen color with its CMYK display. more on TCPs Editors' Choice Awards and advanced storage solutions from Toray (PD Dualsupport for Windows NT, 95, 3.11 and OS/2. Comdex Canada 97events,check out our Web phase drives), lomega and others were in eviHonorable mention goes to the ATI XperKe'Play, a Best Digital Video Player: RealmaglcDVD • site at http JRcp.ca . 0 The momentum building over the last few dence, as well. third-generation ATI graphics card that the com-

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http: //www.escape.ca/-c4k. We left out the tilde (-) before the ck4.

They' re both ln Ottawa but ... We also said in the kids' camps article that the Virtual Ventures camps began at the

Cettlng up to speed The article "Professional video on the cheap," in the July issue, incorrectly stated that the miro DC30 video capture card does not work certain CPUs. Prior to December 1996, the miro DC30 did have problems working with CPUs faster than 200 MHz, but a miro technician says this CPU speed limitation has been solved and the DC30 new works with a vari-

ety of CPUs operating at 200 MHN or faster, including Pentiums and Pentium Pros. Also, the specific CPU speed limitations of the Truevision Bravado, mentioned in the same article, have also been solved.

The price isn't right In the July Lab Test "Maxed-out mid-range systems," we incorrectly included the reseller price of $1,411.75 for the A-Open unit. The correct suggested retail price for this system is $1,698, and the estimated street price is

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breakthrough in business-to-business electronic commerce, which he predicted will amount to a $150-billion market in North America within two years, By comparison, he

said, general Internet online commerce will amount to a more modest $20 billion, The nextday,Gates engaged in an onstage

dialogue with Gary Breach ofCompnterworld, where he answered questions and made his

own predictions. He pooh-poohed the dream of universal compatibility based on the Java (twice the attendance of any Canadian com- language and the Network Computer (NC) puter show, and half that of the Fall Comdex platform, saying, "They call it NC because it

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within a few weeks of each other in june,showcasing the latestin computer technology and also giving vividsnapshots ofthe strategies of the industry's major companies.

tured in a Vanity Fairmagazine profile as a hyper macho, $6-billion "babe magnet" who wants to dethrone Gates).

stands for 'Not Compatible.'" Gates characterized the growth in the importance of networked business communications as corporations' "digital nervous system." Gates confessed that even Microsoft has had to push to go digital in its own operations. He asked to see all the paper forms Microsoft still used in its business, as an indicator of how far along it had come to the truly paperless office. To his surprise, he found that the company still

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Papows charged out of the gate before a vast audience presenting himself as a 'Pure Java" evangelist, insisting that a cross-plat-

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universal environment for an applications renaissance. If we screw this gave] up, aswith Unix, we' ve lost our last chance." Papows praised the concept of "write

In terms of new products, the Atlanta

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once, mn anywhere," as embodied by Java. He also claimed that we are on the verge of a

monitors from Mitsubishi (including a model that can be hung on the walI like a picture), a recordable DVD-RAM drive from Hitachi, and

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Comdex/Spring started with a bang asTurner and Eliison unveiled a new customizable online CNN news service, powered by Oracle databasetechnology,Turner gavean engaging "aw shucks" description of his ovm bewilderment at the information overload he has helped spawn.

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bled around on stage, peering myopically at

the computer screen, crashed his system —"a Wmdows bug," he muttered —until after Iong minutes, his glasses were carried to him and he completed the demo witha flourish, doing

a "high five" with Turner. Turner wondered aloud how much value their two companies had lost because of the early problems in the demo. (Moral: Chief executive offlcers should

not give live Internet demonstrations at trade shows.) Between them, the keynote speakers set the terms of the struggle that will dominate computing over the next few years, between the "open" Java/Network Computer world and Gates' Windows empire. •

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access, then the only major concern has to be that your Internet service provider (ISP) can offer connections at 56Kbps using the type of modem you select. The reason there are two schemes for providing this kind of high-speed link is simple: international standards bodies have not yet ruled on standards at this speed. The ITUT (International Telecommunication UnionTelecommunication Standardization Sector) develops communications standards worldwide. Study Group 16 of the ITU-T is developing the worldwide standard for pulse code modulation (PCM) modems, PCM codes, used in the digital portion of the phone network, are at the heart of this

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Cooking spam: what to do about junk email Part 1: understanding and avoiding spam B Y KE IT H

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cable, check with a local computer retailer. Many retailers will stock cables identified as being "LapLink-compatible." Windows '95 users can easily set up a more advanced two-computer, peer-to-peer network by going to Start on the pull-down menu, then to Programs, Accessories, and finally selecting the Direct Cable Connection option. Before calling the installation Wizard into action, you will need to connect both computers together through their serial or I:Ile and prInt sharlnl parallel ports using the LapLink-style cables between twe cenlputera previously mentioned, Speed buffs can also If you are using an operating system that isn' t use an extended capabilities port (ECP) cable, too ancient, you will already have the ability providing both computers have ECP parallel to connect two computers via the serial or ports. parallel ports and thereby share files, printers, OS/2 Warp users also have an advanced and other resources. two-computer network called IBM Peer for When DOS 6.0 first appeared, Microsoft OS/2, This feature is enabled during installaand IBM each provided this kind of functiontion by selecting the networking client ality in th e form of tw o f ree programs: option, As with the other Intel-based peer-toInterSiv.exe and InterLnk.exe. To use these peer LANs, you must connect both computers programs, one system (the host) had to be in your network together through their serial running DOS 6.0 o r g reater (including or parallel ports using LapLink-style cables. Windows '95), while the other (the client) Once connected, you can configure your could run any DOS version from 3.0 or shared resources by clicking on a device greater. The physical "network" connection object, such as a drive object, selecting the was established by cabling both systems properties entry on the menu, then selecting together through their serial or parallel the share tab.

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OS/2 Warp, some form of peer-to-peer networking is provided as astandard feature. On the PC side, you' ll need to add a device called a network interface card to each PC you want on the network Companies like 3Com and Bay Networks now offer network kits aimed at small or home office users. A

typical kit might include two or three network interface cards, wiring, and a device called a hub. With Windows 95, rather than using the Direct Cable Connection-option, you would set u p t he n e t w or k u s i n g N e t work Neighborhood, The situation is similar with OS/2 Warp. You have the ability to share for a single user, or multiple users, with a variety of security levels. By enabling the persistence box item, shared resources will always be available

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It will work with any Intel-based computer from an 80286 and up, with at least 640KB of memory. It can operate as a standalone peer-to-peer network, or connect into existing client-server LANs running under Novell Netware, Windows NT, and OS/2 Warp Connect. Novell has two peer-to-peer solutions called Personal NetWare, and Netware Lite. Since Windows 3.11, Windows 95 and the Mac OS have built-in support for peer-to-peer networking, you will probably not need to consider these additional network operating

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sertrer-beseil networks A server-based LAN is called for when costs are less important than speed, security and data integrity. In this form, all workstations are hooked into a single server computer, or several servers in more advanced settings. Server-based LANs require a network oper-

and other devices if the LAN is large or covers

an extended area, such as multiple floors in an office tower. The server controls access to shared

puter is traditionally a high-speed unit with

Macintosh users automaticaiiy get an easy-to-install and truly advanced peer-to-

lots of memory and storage. The most common network operating sys-

peer networking solution called Apple Talk with their operating system. An AppleTalk

OS/2 LanServer (called OS/2 Warp Server in its

storage, file, printer and peripheral resources. This form of networking.aHows users to power up or down, or plug in and out, at any time without disrupting the chain. Old-fash-

ioned Apple Talk requires PC users to buy a PC AppleTalk card. A more common solution for

putting Macs and PCs on the same LAN is to use Etherne, which both platforms support. All that is required is software like MacLan

(Miramar Software) or PSTalk (Cops). Apple provides documentation with each Macintosh sold that fully explains how to set u p an Apple Talk network O v erall, t h e hookup process is a snap and cables are inex-

pensive and easy to locate. Artisoft Inc. has a wellwstablished and extremely powerful MS-DOS and Windows-

based peer-to-peer nehvork product called LANtastic. LANtastic can work with standard nehvork interface cards.

tems are Novell Netware, Windows NT Server, latest incarnation), AppleShare IP 5.0, Banyan Vines, and a plethora of Unix-based servers.

The network server can either be operated as a completely independent system, or shared as a workstation. However, the best

option Is to operate your server as an independent entity. Otherwise, the server has to split its processing resources between network

tasks and those imposed by the person using it as a workstation. When selecting your server, do not try to

save money buying uncertified hardware, or by skimming back on necessary features. In order for a PC to become network operating system<ertified, it has to pass a number of reliability and performance tests established

unreliably or slows under load. If your network needs are not too extensive, you can save money by buying a slower server. For example, if you have 10 users on your network with most activity being word

processing and printing, you don't really need a 233 MHz Pentium II as your server. But

you should have one or two large and fairly fast hard drives and lots of memory. Repeat,

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security rights and priority levels by user; and monitoring of all activity, including software use and file access;

mirroring (keep two identical copies) of all network storage in case of damage o; fail-

ures automatic high-speed compression, and

able manner.

make effident utilization of the server's CPU; • work well with a wide range of servers, accessories and peripheral devices; • support multiple data communications protocols; • ha ve built-in email messaging services; • support Internet file transfer and mail protocols such as RITP, FTP, SMTP and POP3.

To some extent, the size of network you are

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contemplating and the physical topology you choose will dictate the cabling you use. The most common options are coaxial cable (thin and thick), shielded twisted pair, unshielded twiisted pair and fibre optic.

Coaxial cabling is used primarily with bus topologies, whereas hvisted pair and fibre

optic might be found on any topology. al cable or some form of twisted pair are the

operating systems a vailable t o day. likely choice. Thin coaxial cable is the same Unfortunately, it's almost impossible to sepa- gauge of cable used by cable TV companies. It rate truth from fiction as each manufacturer throws figurative rocks at each other, claiming superiority and foul-play in the same breath. The most truthful statement that can be made is that all network operating systems are exceptional in design and implementation, and are worthy of consideration. Each shares common characteristics, each has drawbacks, and each has special unique characteristics that often make them highly attractive to their etid users.

line, and picking up market share quickly, is Microsoft's Windows NT Server. The other network operating systeins, each with their own loyal client base and following, include Banyan Vines and IBM's LAN Server. A strange twist is developing in the LAN industry at present where more Unlxbased servers, which currently dominate the Internet and Intranet markets, are gaining ground in the LAN market. Only time will tell which NOS will come out on top overalL

mance improvement per dollar spent by increasing meinory than by upgrading the

select the way in which data will move about within it. Network topologies take three basic

computer's CPU. This improvement also

forms: linear bus, star and ring. For smaller

comes at a far lower cost as the price of mem-

networks, bus and star topologies are the

ory chips have dropped to record lows. A must in any quality nehvork is an unin-

most common.

supports auto shutdown via the serial cable. A UPS will feed power to your LAN during

In a linear bus topology, each workstation is connected to a main line. It is similar in construct to a string of lights on a drcuit, with each light being a workstation. If one workstation goes off-line, the balance of the

a power outage long enough for your network

network remains unaffected. One disadvan-

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CeialIsg systems

For the small networks, either thin coaxiThere are many high-quality network

Network topologiea While planning your network you must also

tenuptible power supply (UPS). But make sure

In a ring topology, the server, and each

workstation in the network, are connected in dosed loop fashion. This design passes information around the network at known time intervals. Each node on the network has a unique identifier which permits reception, and transmission, of data to occur in a reli-

decompression, of data; • can automatically initiate and validate data archiving processes;

lots of memory! You will get a far greater system perfor-

your UPS has a Iinewonditioning feature, and

as far as data movement is concerned.

The weak link in star networks is the hub • ha ve a wealth of solid security features, itself, since all the network traffic is routed including: automatic detection of, and through this device. If the hub fails, all the correction for, hardware and software computers attached to it lose the network faults; password protection; adjustable connection.

by the network OScompany. Thus, for examThe most popular LAN network operating ple, you should look for servers advertised as system in the world is Novell's Netware, It has being Novellwertified or Windows NT-certiheld this position for many years. Next in fied. Otherwise, whatever cost savings you realize may be transformed into losses as the system dies for no apparent reason, works

tage is that all network traffic goes along a single main line, which often leads to delays during heavy use. Another is that if a break occurs in the bus, the whole network is incapacitated. In a star topology, all workstations are directly connected to a master controller called a hub, which acts like a digital traffic cop rerouting data and requests between devices on the network. For a network with a large number of workstations, multiple hubs can be cofigured within the environment. This arrangement is often referred to as a "star of stars" topology. Overall, this is a fairly simple design

network (WAN);

ating system (NOS), network interface cards (NICs), cabling, and possibly hubs, repeaters

access.

face, or AAUI). Most now have a 10Base-T port built in. This provides access for upwards of 32 computers and peripherals with shared

All network operating systems today have most, if not all, of the following features • th ey work with most computers; • will support most native Me systems;

This isn't the case with server-based(sometimes called client-server) networks, which do need a separate network operating system.

resources such as storage, printer, fax, modem and other peripheral devices. The server com-

Ethernet port (Apple attachment unit inter-

Choosing your' network operatingsystem

systems unless you have special requirements,

resources can be used directly from the browser orcan be dragged to the desktop foreasy

network, can communicate through the printer port or, on newer models, a built-in

operating system to inform users to save their files, then automatically shut down the network without file loss or damage. As information is probably the most important commodity today, the risk of file loss easily justifies the cost of a UPS.

is less than perfect for wiring an office or home office if esthetics are important to you. That said, it remains a highly reliable method of wiring.

Unshielded twisted pair (UTP} cabBng looks like the telephone wiring inside your home and office. It is a very popular, low-cost, easy-to-install, fairly h igh-speed, reliable wiring standard used within most LANs

today. If you are creating anything less than a large scale LAN, UTP is a good choice. Shielded twisted pair (STP) cabling is insulated wiring, in twisted-pair fashion for noise

reduction, that supports reliable high-speed movement of data, without the bulk of coaxial.

Pate fink protocols The two most common examples of data link

protocols for LANs are Ethernet and Token Ring. These protocols ensure data integrity from one node to the next; in other words, they ensure that the bits received are the same as the bits sent. Ethernet — known as a carrier sense, multi-

ple access with collision detection system (CSMA/CD) — has been around since the mid'70s, It was developed by Xerox„Digital and Intel, and today is the most common net-

work Ethernet networks follow bus and star topologies. When data is ready to be sent across an

Ethernet network, the network card "listens" to the network to see if anything will collide with its request. If the path is dear, the data is sent immediately, If not, the NIC will delay its

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focus on small networks

for use, or if it is an identifier leading a frame

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of the network as a ring containing worksta-

{train) of information that has been addressed to the server or a specific vrorkstation.

tions and a server in a closed loop.

line along the network.

As data collisions cannot happen over,

token passing network, network slow-down

Any workstation can place data in the

only occur when the server computer natu

The premise behind token passing is that

train, and set the leading token for the desti-

rally bogs down under the weight of ai

activity is always occumng over the network

nation workstation, server, or task, providing

abnormal workload. Besides IBM's Toke

traffic moves quickly. However, as more data in known time intervals. This activity takes the is sent, the frequency of collisions increases, form of an identifier "token" leading an

the token was previously flagged as available.

Ring, AicNET, an older network technology,

Conversely, all workstations and the server

a token-passing system.

trying again. When Ethernet networks are not too busy, collisions rarely occur and network

slowing down the system. lBM's Token Ring network is a token-pass-

attached "train" of information that is constantly moving around the network in a chcu-

regularly check the network, waiting for

tokens and trains, that have been specifically

Hirlnl u consultant

ing system. Token passing networks follow ring topology (or star-ring, sometimes called

lar fashion. in this context, a token is a digital

Of all of the decisions you will make, the on

identifier that indicates if the token is available

addressed to them. After doing this, the data is transmitted by the NIC to the next node in

with the greatest chance of error is in selec

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Panasonic PanaMedia PM1? Philips Brilliance 107 Sceptre P75A Tl'X 77855 ViewSonic G771 ithout a doubt, one part of your computer will be around long after the rest of its innards have died or have been upgraded. Your old friend„ the

monitor, wiII serve you day after day, year after year, pixel after pixel, unlike any other component. Ii'll be there for you when your hard drive dies or when your processor final-

ly melts from playing too much Quake. Through thick and thin, it' ll stick by youbut much like everything else in life, it too wiII have its day.

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computer, don't suffer from ailments such as When phosphors are hit with the beam„ not being fast enough for the latest games. they only glow for a very brief period of time, When most consumers buy a new monitor, which is why the electron gun has to quickly it's usually becausethey want something big- go back to its starting position and work its ger with more screen real estate. They want to magic repeatedly. The rate at which the elecventure into the world of higher resolutions tron gun sweeps across the screen is called the and sharper images. horizontal scan rate, and is measured in kiloIf you currently have a 14-inch monitor hertz (kHz). The amount of times the Kreen and are in the tnarket for something new, you gets refreshed, or redrawn, is known as the vershould definitely consider saving up the extra tical refresh rate and is measured in Hertz (Hz). cash and going for a 17-inch unit rather than It is desirable to have your monitor refresh the a 15-inch. The noticeable difference between screen at least 70 times per second, or 70 Hz, 14- and 15-inches is nowhere near as appre- in order to avoid eyestrain from the flicker that dable as that between 14 and 17 inches. often result from slower refresh rates.

encounter the term Invar Shadow Mask. Invar is a special ceramic alloy that can resist deformation when subjected to the intense heat of the electron beam. Better quality shadow

masks are madeusing Invar. So which is better? Shadow mask or aper-

ture grille? The truth is, each technology has its advantages. An aperture grille displays brighter images with richer and more saturated colors. For graphics applications, such as

desktop publishing, aperture grille is often preferred because of this. Shadow mask, how-

ever, offer displays with greater precision

tion of 1,024x768 pixels (1,024 horizontal by

when it comes to putting images on the screen. For the most part, they use a flat square design that makes the images on the

sleep easy knowing you have the top of the 768 vertical). Some simple arithmetic reveals line in viewing pleasure. that at this resolution, there are 786,432 pix-

screen looked more dimensionally correct. Quite often, CAD/CAM engineers prefer

Behind See screens

shadow masks to aperture grille because of the flatter displays, as well as the absence of

Besides, home users rarely need anything larger than 17 inches anyway, so you can

let's say yom monitor is set for a resolu-

els on the screen. And if your refresh rate is 70

Ever wonder how a monitor actually works? Hz, that means the electron gun is Bring a Monitors come in two categori~inter-

the two damper wires that can beannoying at times, especially in that line of work. Choosing a particular CRT maskover another

rocket sdentist to grasp the basic fundamen-

laced and non-interlaced. It's safe to say that

is a personal preference more than anything

tals. The story goes assuch:

any monitor you' re considering buying will

else.

How is it that ail those tiny dots go into form-

ing beautifully complex imagesand vivid colors? The good news isyou don't have io be a

beam that has to light up the equivalent of over 55 million pixels in just one second!

Inside every monitor is a cathode ray tube

be the newer non-interlaced kind. So what' s (CRT). In the most simple term, the CRT is a the difference? Well, interlaced monitors IIedietlon from monitors vacuum tube (void of any air) enclosed in a require that the electron gun paint the image Modern monitors give off very low amounts glass casing. On one side of the tube there is on the screen with a series of two sweeps of electromagnetic radiation. Although there an electron gun, while on the other side is the rather than one. has never been any scientific evidence to

actual glassscreen with a phosphorous coatIt works like this: the electron gun goesto ing. When the electron gun gets heated, it the top of the screenand drawsall of the odd emits (or fires) a stream of very high-speed numbered lines first, then goes back up and electrons which are attracted to the glass end

repeats the process for the even numbered

prove such emissions are harmful, common sense tells us that we should avoid them if possible. Two of the strictest standards that regulate

So, if you' re among the countless thousands of people who will be in the market for

of the tube. (In case you forgot, electrons are lines.The newer non-interlaced monitors wiB electromagnetic e missions come from those tiny little partide things that you were have the electron gun paint the screen using Sweden. They are the MPR-II standard, and

a new monitor this year, we' ve gathered up the best of the best for this month's Test lab

forced to learn about hack in school. You know, the type of thing you told yourself you'd never actually encounter in the real

to give you everything you' ll need to know when going shopping. Since your new monitor will be around for a few years, consider its purchase to be a good investment. Take comfort in knowing that by choosing wisely, your hard-earned money will be buying something that will serve you more than adequately on a

daily basis. TIrnes they are a-chenglni It wasn't long ago that when you went to buy

a computer, you would automatically expect to get a 14-inch monitor to go along with it. Only recently has the move been shifting towards making 15-inch models the norm. These days, odds are that if you make a complete system purchase, it will be one of these slightly larger models that is included with the package.

one sweep from top to bottom. The end result is less flicker and thereby less eyestrain.

the TCO '92 standard. MPR-11 was established in Sweden in 1990 to regulate electromagnetic, magnetic and electric field emissions, which led to the development of low radiaworld!) Crliles end snasirs So, here are those tiny (and we do mean CRT technology in monitors fails under two tion monitors. TCO '92 was established two tiny) electrons travelling down the dark void categories: aperture grille and shadow mask. years later to provide the strictest standards towards the glass. On the way, the beam of The aperture grille consists of many wires presently availabie in regulating electromagelectrons will encounter a focus control and a which run vertically just behind the inside netic Beld emissions, as well as power and deflection coil, which «re responsible for face of the CRT. This grille is used to channel energy conservation standards. steering the electrons to the exact points on. the electron beams so that they strike the An even newer TCO 1995 standard has the phosphorous screen. When the beam hits proper phosphor areas. To lessen the chance been developed to improve on the previous the phosphors, they glow. When these phos- of movement of these wires in the grNe, two two, and offers to certify entire computer sysphors are made to glow, you see the images damper wiresare used.These two wirescan be tems, not only monitors.

Needless to say, when shopping for a they form on the screen. Sound impressive? seen as two faint, very fine gray lines which Well there's more! run horizontally near the top third and bot- monitor, make sure that it is at the very minimum MPR-II compliant (most monitors on Because of the large number of pixels on tom third of the screen. The most popular aperture grille tech- the market today are MPR-II compliant). For the screen r nd the way phosphorswork, the electron gun must move at incredible speeds to sweep the entire screen. It does this by starting at the top left corner and sweeping the screen from left to right, going down line by line until it reaches the bottom right corner, at which point the process is repeated

However, if you have a need for something larger, the next step up is a 17-inch model. Monitors, unlike other parts of your over and over again.

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nologies are the Trinitron from Sony, the DiamondTron from Mitsubishi, and the

SonicTron from ViewSonic. A shadow mask is a metal or ceramic plate

that has many holes, which are used tochannel the electron beam so it strikes the exact location on the screen. Quite often you may

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We recommend that you consider resolution of 1,024x768 with a refresh rate of at least 75Hz. Most of the monitors in this survey are capable of that task. If your needs require you to go one step beyond to 1,280x1,024, you should definitely

corner to the bottom right corner of the glass. Earlier this year, a number of class action suits were settled in California relating to "claims generally relating to the alleged failure to disclose the actual viewable image size of monitor screens at the time such screens were sold" according to the Superior Court of C alifornia's N otice o f P e n dancy a n d Settlement of Class Action. The individual and class actions covered a period between May 1991 and May 1995, and involved virtually every monitor maker sell-

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should be most concerned with, since it will determine how much of your 17-inch monitor is truly usable. The viewable image area for models in this Lab Test range from 15,6 inches to 16.3 inch~ 0 . 7 -inch difference,

hitp Jtwww.displaymate.corn). Monitors were judged by the quality of test patterns produced and overall

consider spending more money for a higher quality monitor. Once you get into this resolution, most monitors immediately begin to lose focus near the sides and corners. We found very few that were able to produce a sharp image consistently above 1,024x768. Also, make sure you get the full manufacturer's warranty on your monitor. This holds

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reproduction and image quality were both exceptional. There were no noticeable focus problems at all when we switched it into a resolution of 1,280x1,024, Even 1,600x1,200 proved to be easily readable with small text. If performance is your first priority, Eizo monitors are unmatched. •

CotdStar StulioWortls 78D GoldStar's latest 17inch monitor is the S tudioWorks 7 8 D . Ir'F4 This 16-inch viewr ) a$ ? I able screen offers a -'""I fine dot pitch of 0.25 :: mm a n d refresh rates g'A<JR QN up to 120 Hz. The maximum attainable resolution on this monitor is 1,600x1,280 at 66 Hz, but we noticed focus deteriorates considerably at that resolution. At 1,280x1,024, images and small text were still acceptable, with a slight amount of blurring at the corners. The monitor has two color presets at 9,300 and 7,200K, has an easy to use onscreen display, which is very thorough, and features 40 memory settings, Of those settings, 16 are preset at the factory, leaving the user a total of 24 remaining — still far more than?nost users would need. Test patterns were good overall, although the two damper wires were noticeable at all times. The cost is just under $1,000 and the monitor comeswith a three-year warranty. !~".:G"

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TopScan model offers good overall performance at an unheard of price of just $599. With a viewable screen size of 15.7 inches and a 0.28 mm dot pitch, this monitor produced good quaiity images up to 1,024x768, with a slight focus loss around the edges and corners. Anything above this resolution is not recommended. The monitor features a handy self-test feature that runs through all of the options on the OSD, and runs a self-test on each of them. Vertical refresh rates are available as high as 90 Hz, with a horizontal scanning frequency of up to 69 kHz. If price is your primary concern, don't pass this one up. Mltsishlshl Olamond Pro &7TXM

multimedia and videoconferencing are something you fancy, this monitor was made with you in m i nd, The 447Xavc incorporates speakers, a microphone, and even a color video camera into the unit. Although the features are plentiful, they demand a premium

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The Diamond Pro 87TXM fro m M itsubishi is t h e kind of m o n itor you sit in front of and don't want to leave. With a 16inch vi e w a ble screen and a dot pitch of a super fine 0.25 mm, every image this monitor produced was nothing short of excellent. Vertical refresh rates are available up to 130 Hz, with the highest resolution being 1,600x1,200 at 66 Hz. We were surprised at how good the focus was at this extreme resolution, The OSD is

tion, the monitor can handle a refresh rate of an exceptional 75 Hz. The OSD is easy to use and offers a wide range of configurable options. There

When it comes to monitors that do it a il, t he No ki a 447Xavc fits the bill. This new model has a 15.7-inch viewable screen with a f i ne dot p it c h o f 0 . 2 5

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an impressive 1,600x1,200 at 72 Hz for superfine images without flicker. Although at this extreme resolution we did notice some degradation in f ocus, it was only slight. At 1,280x1,024 the monitor produced excellent images and test patterns. Vertical refresh rates can go up to 150 Hz when in lower resolutions for truly flicker-free displays, The OSD is configurable in seven languages and is very easy ta use. There are two custom color temperature profiles, as well a s seven preset values. Because of t h e Trinitran tube, the two damper wires are noticeable, although no more so than they are on any other model with a similar tube. If

NEC P7$0 When it comes to monitors, NEC knows how to make 'em. Its latest 17-inch model is the P750, feature-rich and ready for anything. With a 15.6-inch viewable screen and a 0.25 mm dot pitch, images were sharp with vivid colors at any resolution. We were surprised ta see how good the focus was when we switched it into 1,600x1,200. At this resolu-

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Penasonlc PaneMesIle PIN17 Yet another multimedia monitor in this survey, the PanaMedia PM17 fram Panasonic', offers a balance of great features for a price you may not expect. This monitor has a 16inch viewable screen size, which puts it near ~ ',

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refresh rate of 60 Hz. At 1,024x768, however, it is capable of a solid 85 Hz for sharp, flicker-free images. Built into the PanaMedia PM17 are a pair of 3 W stereo dome sPeakers, the same ones that are incorporated into Panasonic television sets. Also built into the monitor is a microphone, ideal for presentation or video conferencing. The OSD is viewable in five lan-

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bahnce of features, performance and a competitive price. It features a viewable screen size of 15.75 inches, with a dot Phlllps Br4lllancB 107 pitch of 0,26 mm. The latest 17-inch Resolutions as high as 16,00x1,200 are supmodel from Philips ported at 60 Hz, with support for up to 120 Hz is the Brilliance 107. at lower resolutions. Test patterns prov txl to ': ri".. . l t fe a t ures a 15.9- be sharp and focused even at the extreme res.',. g". ; inch viewable disolutions. Even small fonts were clear and dis-

patterns proved to be sharp with good color and contrast. The PM17 weighs in at 18,S kg, meets MPR-II emission guidelines, is covered by a three-year warranty and is priced at $899.

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1,280x1,024 «nd 1,024x768. Test p atterns on this monitor proved to Ite of good quality overall, although there was a slight focus loss at 1,280x1,024 and above, The Brilliance 107 also incorporates a pair of speakers and microphone into itself for multimedia-ready applications. This particular model is also the only one in our survey this month that did not offer any on-screen controls. To make adjustments to the monitor, you must use the included CUSTOMAX software. Although this may seem like a nifty idea, it can have its downsides, as we discov-

ered. The program produced a general protection fault (illegal operation) under Windows 95 with no way to circumvent the error. If, for whatever reason, the software is not compati-

ble with something in your system, you have no way of configuring your monitor. Upon moving the monitor to another machine, the problem was resolved, although the issue of not being able to make any modifications to the monitor is still very much a passibility. Making all of the controls software-driven is a great idea, but Philips should have thought abodt the very possible scenano of software misbehaviors and incompatibilities. The Brilliance 107 has an esthnated street price of $1,199 and, like all other Philips monitors, is covered by a three-year warranty. Sceptre P7SA

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desktop monitors comes its latest 17inch model. The P7SA from Sceptre has everything you could ask for in a 17-inch monitor. To start,

urable options, induding three color temperature presets at 6,500, 7,SIX) and 9,300K, each of which are fully custom conflgurable. The 7785 is very competitively priced at an estimated street price of $850, although it's been seen advertised for as low as $799. It is covered by a three-year parts and labor warranty, with a two-'year warranty on the CRT. For great performance at a competitive price, give the 7785S from TTX a second look VlewSonlc C771

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Cambridge SoundWorks are the only speakers in this evaluation to achieve A+ ratings for sound quality, The ACS500's clean, warm sound is pleasant, regardless of whether you' re playing rock music, jazz, or listening to an audio dip from Microsoft's Encarta. As far as we know, the AM500 is the only model in this dass to feature Dolby Pro-Logic Surround Sound technology, which greatly increases the effect of surround sound when using software pre-encoded with this technology (we didn't have an opportunity to actually listen to this). Overall, the ACS500 packs impressive performance and rates slightly higher than the competing Advent AV570, but it still suffers from the same "is it worth the price?" value judgement as the flagship Advent. At $264, the ACS55 is about half the price of the ACS500, yet its crisp, vivid sound is pleasant and well balanced. With a funky, toy-like design, the ACS55 is directly aimed at game players who want good sound, features, and nifty looks. In fact, the ACS55 is the industry's first model t o b o ast Dolby's Multimedia Surround technology. This surround technology works on any music or sound, and its overall effect is surprisingly good — better than any other 3D systems tested in this group. As you "dial up" the surround effect, the sound appears to come from behind you, The ACS55 Power Gaming System offers excellent value for its quality and features, but its Generation X-targeted design may not appeal to everyone. Aitec Lansing also offers an affordable three-piece unit called the ACS45. Although it lacks surround-sound technology and can' t match the more expensive Altec Lansing models in terms of features or power output, the ACS45 is a real sleeper in this test. Despite its low $130 price tag, the ACS45 packs a lot of punch with clear, distortion-free sound and rich, tight bass. Besides, it takes up virtually no space on your desk, thanks to its compact size. The ACS45 gets my nod as the overall "value winner," with an excellent value-fordollar rating,

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tions. Like all Bose products, they produce e xtremely clear, crisp sound t hat w a s unmatched by others (in terms of the clarity and purity of the sound). Their sharp notes and accurate sound reproduction were especially noticeable in the mid- to high-frequency range. However, their ability to provide deep, low-frequency bass was surprisingly weak, no doubt due to the lack of a separate subwoofer. This resulted in a sound that appeared somewhat tinny and feeble when compared to other speakers in this price range. As well, the MediMate speakers didn't offer surround sound, treble control, bass control, or subwoofer as an option, If you abmlutely love high notes and want the cleanest sound around — but don' t care for the richer, deeper sound — the distortion-free MediaMates are still worth consideration, especially now that the price is substantially lower. If you want a good balance of crisp treble and strong, "thumpy" sound, though, you' ll be better off investing in one of the other highly rated products. Camshrrldge SoundUttorgss If it wasn't for the somewhat clumsy design and c o n trols, the SoundWorks speakers from

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better performer, especially when playing music CDs. Tight, sharp sound characterized the 2612, while the two-piece 3210 delivered somewhat hollow sounding music (this is

er MLi-130 did much better in our test. Excellent clarity and vivid sound surprised all of us, though its two-piece design prevented it froin having a stronger bass. If you don't mind the bulky size and somewhat cheap-looking finish (the triangular design is a direct copy from Advent), the MLi-130, with a street price of $80, is a real bargain. As a starter speaker, this unit is an excellent model to consider.

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Midllarid M idiLand pr o >oPg~ 4'p d uced mixe d results in our test, with its high-end Highly respected in the music industry, Capriccio getting Roland submitted only one speaker for our poor ratings and its evaluation (they market a number of models). low-cost MLi-130 This didn't turn out to be a disadvantage, receiving a sohd B+ for value, At over $30Q, however, since its MA-8 two-piece speaker the top-of-the-line Capriccio produced dissat- perfomaed exceptionally weiL isfying results in all categories, despite its feaWell-designed and user-friendly, the MA-8 ture-rich content such as a separate sub- scored better in sound quality than many woofer, 3D sound, and loads of controls. speakers costing twice the price. Despite the The Altec Lansing look-alike design didn' t lack of a separate subwoofer, its 16-watt help the Capriccio, which suffered from speakers produced rich, distortion-free sound cheap-looking components, an awkward that should please even the most demanding "remote" controller, and poor product quali- audiophiles. ty. While the sound was above average with Although the MA-8 trails behind its simistrong bass, the rest of the system simply did larly priced competitor, the Labtec 2612, in not measure up to the industry standard. We terms of overall design and features, the gave the Capriccio C- for value. sound coming through the MA-8 unit is Strangely enough, the significantly cheap- much more natural and pleasant.

Under $~ Winner: Altec Lansing ACS45 —easily wins with rich sound and excellent quality. Runner-up: Labtec LCS-2612 — loaded with features and affordably priced, the 2612 offers plenty of bang for the buck

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$200 to $3SO Winner: Cambridge SoundWorks — its superb sound quality will knock your socks off. Runner-up: Altec Lansing ACS55 — if you can put up with the quirky looks, it's a fiatrate model with best-in-class 3D surround.

$3SO assd uls Winner: Altec Lansing ACS500 —this is a close call, but the ACS500's rich, bahnced sound and A-grade fit and finish are unbeatable at any price. Runner-up: Advent AV570 —boasts excel-

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All-Around Value Wlsuserr Altec Lansing ACS45 — Without a doubt, this titles goes to the Altec Lansing ACS45. No other speakers in this roundup offer this level of sound quality and features for the price. At just over $130, the ACS45 is a real gem. Seat Sourid Quality Overall: Cambridge SoundWorks — If price is not a consideration, which model boasts the best sound quail+? Though this was a difficult assessment, the Cambridge SoundWorks speakns beat out the Altec Lansing ACS500 and Advent AV57Q by a small margin, The SoundWorks provides the richest, sharpest sound — bar none. 0

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of criminals is putting the Vancouver City Police Department on the map. Detective-inspector Kim Rossmo, a 17-

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ing on his expertise. The idea is quite simple. "We use the locations of a connected series of crimes — such as murders, rapes,

developed this computer-based system for calculating the likely location of serial criminals — and he is getting worldwide attention for his efforts.

the system to calculate the most likely locations for the offender's residence," says Rossmo, "I looked at research in the f(eld of

Geographical profiling software takes the

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to the murder of one teenager and to attacks on several other women taunted police and

local radio stations with phone calls. Not only has Rossmo's work encouraged the Vancouver Police Force to create a perma-

nent geographic profiling unit with Rossmo at its head, but Rossmo has also been helping the RCMP establish geographic profiling units

of its own throughout the country. He says this work aII came out of research he did

while earning his PhD in criminology at

Simon Fraser University. Even though Rossmo only started work on the theory in 1989, he says he began to get "requests for operational assistance' from the

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some other metaphor to denote the amalgamated product as diagnostic, insurance

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OveraH, this is a decent program. Remove-It is much like other uninstaiiers in this review. It relies on its sister program Clean Sweep for a database of programs to

phous and il14efmed group of programs you

help identify files assodated with various pro-

will not find. Simply trying to break these var-

grams. Tins program is sleek and functional.

ious programs into logical groups is an exercise in cyber-taxonomy. A utilities program loosely means one that will try te do one or more of the following: identify software and hardware components, diagnose problems or potential problems„ fine tune certain computer functions, and prepare for loss of data. An inexact, but useful, division of products can be wrought by categorizing software into multipurpose and single purpose programs.

Zip-It uses the industry standard PKZIP format to compress and uncompress files by dragging and dropping. The best part of this Quarterdeck quartet is Partition-It. Partition-It makes dividing

your physical drive into two or more logical drives as painless as it has ever been. If you' ve ever used the DOS Fdisk command, you will knew that partitioning your drive can require a lot of copying, deleting and With Partition-It, and its Move-It Wizard, partition-

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First Aid 97, by CyberMedia, comes on a CD-ROM and requires a 100 percent IMmmpatible 386 or higher, Windows 95, 8 MBEiM, 17 MB hard-drive space, and a 256 or better monitor; some features require an Internet connection. For an all-round, explanatory program, First Aid 97 is your choice, This program is best suited to a novice user.

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is a friend that helps you understand and solve computer problems. The program's fea-

Estimated price: $69.95 WINPrebe 95 is the Swiss Army knife of utilities and one of the most comprehensive programs available for Windows 95.

Windows start-up time; an application control panel, eliminating performance bottle-

WINProbe 95 focuses on solving Windows 95 problems and boosting PC performance with functions such as Registry Guru, which optimizes and edits the Registry, decreasing

ground protection tool that automatically

necks by allowing you to manage the priority of important jobs; and CrashShield, a backsaves important work from fatal errors, and

Windows crash recovery tools for simple recovery of a damaged system.

tures, below the surface, are similar to many

ether multipurpose diagnostic programs. There is a GPF (general protection fault) monitor known as CrashGuard; a diagnostic rou-

tine that runs behind the scenes; and dupli-

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First Aid 97 is a do-it-all kind of program that will help you ftx many types of software-related preblems. First Aid comprises three main

components: Check-Up, Advisor and (PC Handyman's anti-virus feature is based on Emergency. Norton Anti-Virus technology). However, you Check-Up runs through your system and cate file find and anti-virus features as well

don't select these and run them. No, you ask

gathers information about the way it is set up,

PC Handyman questiens and he does the work. For example, you lock at the problem

Advisor contains a graphic of a computer and its peripherals, like PC Handyman above. By dicking on any object in the picture, such as the monitor, CD-ROM or keyboard, a window opens to list various questions regarding the problem with that particular device. For example, selecting the hard drive brings

screen that shows a computer and its peripherals. You feel that the hard drive might be

slowing things down so you select the hard drive. A series of questions come up, one of which is about speeding up your hard drive. If yeu choose this, another box opens with, in this case, four options relating to: defragmentation, hard4rive settings, optimization and optimizing compressed drives,

Of course, because PC Handyman is squarely aimed at the novice user, selecting

this time of about 10 items, from "Low disk

space" to "How to adjust the Virtual Memory swap Ne." Clicking on one of the hot links,

tion leads to an explanation of the term and

swap file" produces an explanation of how to try and fix the problem, in this case an eightstep procedure for changing virtual memory. The explanation is good with both caution

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"Disk space and memory" returns another list,

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world designed specincally for laptop computers. Just "point 'n' shoot" arid

up a box with the title "Problems with Hard Drive," below which is the statement, What is the problem with your hard drive'?" An alphabetical list follows with over 20 items from "Disk space and memery" to "View file lists or directories." Selecting one of the items, such as

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PC Handyman is a question and answer

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KnowledgeBaseoffering help for the new and experienced user, make this a real contender for your all purpose utility. WINProbe 9S is one of the best comprehensive products in

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(Congratulations to Symantec for its Answer Genie. This interactive problem solving routine on the company's Web page is the absolute best user-support idea to arrive to

date. If you have a problem with an application, just hope that they have a Answer Genie on their Web page. No fooltn', this is the

future!) Norton Utilities is most appropriate for an intermediate to expert user.

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Protection, an enhancement to the Recycling

tion, correct or not, from Windows. Secondly,

Bin that protects files deleted from anywhere inside Windows; System Doctor, a diagnostic

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cation that now recognizes long file names and can use®ick View to see a fiie before recovery. Optimization combines two programs: Speed Disk, a defragmentation program, and a file/directory order program. The defragmenter is very visual and simple, while the file order optimization lets you place your most used files and folders at the start of a

ical menus and icons. Buttons have both words and graphics, the Resource Monitor is comely and each part of. the interface is aesthetic. All the tests and benchmarks, diagnostics and file finders are here. You can find IRQ or DLL problems, and run a multimedia test to see if you meet MPC standards (1,2 or 3).

There are features to zip and unzip files, tune up your memory, or find any changes made to your system or Windows initialization files (.ini files), as well as autoexec.bat and config.sys, of course. There is also an excellent

uninstall proyam. Aside from automatic notification of any hardware changes since last use, WinCheddt

disk. This gives a slight performance increase. 4.0 also comes with a very impressive referInformation is composed of two programs, ence set on the CD-ROM. All four reference books, from McGraw-Hill, are accessible as called System Information and Info Desk.

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reference which lays out clear and comprehensive descriptions of the terms and components of today's computers. Norton Companion is almost a product in itself. The only place that I could see a weakness in this program is that it doesn't have an uninstaller like many of the others. Thus, if

you didn't install a program from the

Adobe Acrobat files. Upgrade or Repair Your PC is practically a bible for DOS machines, while Windows 9S Made Easy, DOS Made Easy and Windows 3.1 Made Easy are all three

excellent references, especially if you are working on older machines. Unlike ahnost every other program here, WinCheckIt comes on f loppy disk. The

induded CD-ROM contains the reference set. WinChecklt 4,0 is a very nice program that will give you plenty of information about

your machine and about computers in general. This program is best suited to an interme-

diate or expert user.

Sliills Piirtote Utllnes The second group, single-purpose proyams,

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and other system files. For those types of jobs

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Micro-Scope 6.1 is more than just a hardware identification program, though. This

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ales is handled by Wizards from within the Microsoft HTML Help Workshop. It is also used to add ActiveX controls or other functionality to spedfic topics. The ActiveX control is the heart of the system. It contains all of the extra function-

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local area network (LAN), modem-to-modem or Internet, and that opens up some very interesting options. I found gameplay views to be exceptionally good, with cross sections, aerial cams, and a near in6nite number of shot perspectives and replays. Did I miss anything? Well, maybe I did, but there's so much that space restrictions preclude adequate raving. Suf6ce to say, Jack Niddaus 4 will disappoint no one.

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denominations: dollar bills, not loonies and twoonies), charts and maps, volume (cups and ounces, not litres and millilitres), weight, measurement (again non-metric) and pattems using musical notes. This translates into calculating the distance to the next concert, dividing dinner bills, comparing costs of equipment, the size of drum case neededor calculating time differences. A reference library is available to explain how to solve each problem. With math, practice makes perfect. Word problems seem to offer more difficulty because they must be read, analyzed carefully and then converted to traditional mathematical or arithmetic format to reach the correct solution. But this helps kids get the idea that math is just a language that translates real world problems into a configuration that easily provides solutions

go backon the road to earn more dough to make more scenes. Equally as good is the way math problems are integrated and related to the "tour" and making of the video: hence the title Math for the Real World. Answer a problem correctly and increase your cash; on the second try receive only half as much for a correct answer; on the third try, you lose as much for an incorrect answer as an initial correct answer gains. So the incentive is to read the

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to everyday life, even the cool ones needed by hip band members. So on this score, Davidson has a winner in Math for the Real World. Like other software producers, such as Sanctuary Woods witll Major League Math, Davidson has moved away from the kill-anddrill style programs. For home use, it provides enough funand-games to keep kids playing and l For school use, the videos eat up valuable class time but would be appropriate for "enrichment," where children have finisheci their work or for recess activities. The end result for both is valuable practice in reading, decoding problems and providing solutions.

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set up the unit as a generic printer instead. This too is easy to fix.

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our Mac was connected to a network with a DHCP server, or even to turn on TCP/IP. We merely needed to open up the TCP/IP control panel and our office's Windows NT server supplied the necessary DHCP information to enable our Mac to connect to the Internet. Strangely enough, a similar p occurred on a different machine when we used the Assistant to help

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Windows 95, with its ability to auto-detect

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no help at all. On the desktop are now Browse the Internet and Mail icons. The browser supplied is Netscape's Navigator, configured with link buttons leading to Apple information pages. Not surprisingly, the Mail program is Emailer Lite, from Apple's Claris

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way the Monitors and Sound control panel handles multiple displays. PowerBooks that support video mirroring can now enable this function bv dragging the first display icon on top of the second, On our PowerBook, which

them), although it strikes us as too much

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It's worth mentioning that Apple has officially dropped support for PowerTalk with this release. If you were one of the few who used Apple's III-fated messaging system, you' ll have to switch to Internet-based mail or something else this time around.

shareware utilities can add this feature to older Macs). Also, the Desktop Patterns provided by previous releases are now supplewindow basis. We could find no way to set all mented by the ability to place a full-color picture on the desktop — another feature long windows to behave this way by default. Some old-timers may be sad to see that available with shareware products. If you follow Mac-related stories on the gone at last is the old-style Mac Plus icon in Internet, you might have heard about Dax the upper right comer. Now, a Mac OS"happy face" symbolizes the Finder. Much as it was in DaSIIva's Mac OS 8 font petition, in which System 7,6, the word Macintosh has been DaSilva's group attempted to get Apple to banished. The About box now displays a pic- replace Mac OS 8's ugly Truth/Charcoal font ture of planet Earth with the words "Mac OS with Espy. According to a report on Ric Ford's COlnputer." AS alwayS, there'S a hidden SCreen, Macintouch Web site, DaMva finally got a too. Press Option while choosing the About response from the company, but Mac OS 8 apparently will ship with a system font box to see it. windows so that they may be minimized as tabs along the bottom of the screen. As with other Mac windows, this is on a window-by-

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it should) than any version since 7.0, but the changes are mostly cosmetic. Compatibility seems good, although the performance, particularly on PowerPC-based Macs, was less impressive than we had hoped for from the newly PPC-native and multi-threaded Finder. Nevertheless, we expect it will be worth upgrading to when released. At this writing, release in the United States is e'xpected on July 22, with a Canadian rollout following four days later.9

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the whole or a segment of its business. For example, Acme Manufacturing Inc. may use the t r ade n a m e W o n der W i d get u Trademarks: Canadian trademark rights are Manufacturing ( a d i vision o f Acm e Manufacturing Inc.) for its widget business.

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governed bycommon law and the Canadian Trademarks Act. A trademark need not be registered to be protected in Canada, although registration under the Trademarks Act is high-

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GET for its products. In many cases a trade name or its key components may also serve as graphic area where the mark enjoys a reputatlon. a trademark. Registration under the Trademarks Act

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trade name or trademark, or eliminate the possibility of conflict with another name or mark. Nevertheless, appropriate searches may avoid costly lawsuits, potential liability for infringement, and wasting resources on names or marks that must later be abandoned. Name and mark registration Corporate names, trade names, trademarks, and Internet domain names should be properly reserved and registered as soon as possible. Trade names and Internet domain names (both with and without an extension, e.g., .corn or .ca) should be registered as trademarks, as long as they are properly used and identified as marks. In many cases foreign registration is also appropriate and should be carefully planned. Name and mark protection lt is important to vigorously enforce trade name and trademark rights, and to protect names and marks from infringement, erosion and depreciation. Failure to do so may result in the name or mark losing its integrity and protectability. Perhaps the most fundamental precaution is to ensure that trade names and trademarks are properly used and identified in connection with the business and its goods and services, and are not abandoned or misused. Agreements to let others use a trade name or trademark should be properly documented and should include proper use guidelines and standards.

Selecting protectable names and marks Selecting protectable business names and trademarks often involves balancing marketing and legal considerations. The distinctiveness of a trade name or trademark is often the key to its strength and protectability. For this reason, from a legal perspective the best trade names and trademarks are distinctive rather than descriptive. On the other hand, marketing considerations often favor trade names and trademarks that are descriptive of the business or its goods and services. The challenge is to achieve an acceptable balance of these potentially conflicting considerations. lt is crucial to conduct comprehensive searches as soon as possible, and before incurring significant expenses relating to a proposed trade name or trademark, to ensure that the name or Inark, or similar names and marks, are not already in use. Searches can not conclusively guarantee the right to use a

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