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Sny Canadianonline hate the a cronym SOHO. There, I' ve said it. There are a number of reasons that this little expression has made it on my yak list, but the most important reason is that it's just a little too cute. Every time we review products or look at issues relating to home offices, I go out of my way to avoid using the term. Of course, it's yet another expression exhausted by the technology industry — an industry that loves exclusive lingo. But that's something you get used to. In fact, I even catch myself unintentionally using the lingo outside of work and getting blank stares from some of my friends and acquaintances — I'm probably the victim of jokes about the pretentious technojargon dropper. That's not even the real problem. Every industry has its own "language," after all. What bothers me about this particular four-letter word is that I can never take someone seriously when they refer to t heir SOHO. It sounds like a little hobby they' ve picked up. Or like they' re heading off to work on this little business thing they do. The reality is that for many Canadians working in small or home offices, it is big business — or they want it to be. You can't afford to sound cute if your trying to be competitive.

time has developed a new breed of worker arming themselves with things called Fidos, Powerbooks, and PalmPilots. Our new Digital Workforce section was launched to address the needs of that emerging technology lifestyle. When did work become such a huge part of our lifestyle? Well, no time to think about it anymore. It's done. It's a fact. And now the only thing to do is make it an enjoyable part of your life. That's where this issue comes in, shedding a little light on some of the grey areas. Setting up a home office? We help you furnish it, show you a host of reasonably priced multifunction units to keep you productive in tight spaces, and even assist you in setting up a home-office network. And our seasoned self-employed writers offer tips for work-at-home success. We' ll continue to keep an eye on this market and let you know about the new products and services available.

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Companies like IBM are all over the small-business market. The small-business division at IBM, now a year old, is made up of a pretty solid range of products and services. Currently, they offer a Small Business Solutions Centre to provide small businesses with technology information and solutions. I'm sure many of those solutions come in the form of IBM products, but why not? Even we' re getting into the act of assisting with your office needs; in addition to our already extremely informative and thorough features and reviews, this month we have giveaways! Have a look at our Home Office contest. We have partnered with the generous folks at IKEA to provide one lucky reader with a newly furnished home office. Details are on page 22. Of course, until April 10, we' re still running our Digitally Designed contest, which is open to anyone with a creative itch. The top three winners in this contest clean up on great prizes. Details can be found on page 39. Finally, check out our new look. What do you think? In an effort to make the world a more user-friendly place, we' ve bound the pages of our issue — just to increase your reading pleasure. So, please, kick back and enjoy the read.

Waddayawant? At recent trade shows, we at TC! have been making an effort to find out what our readers want. One of the top items on that list was more information on home-computing products. This month, in our home-office issue, we' ve crammed the pages with just that: products designed for the home user with business in mind. At these shows, I continue to meet more selfemployed entreprenuers and small office/big business (SOBS?) workers with more than an interest — a need —to know how to make technology work for them. The industry is definitely answering with products that are easy to use, easy to carry, and that take up less space — 'cause we' re running out of room. Statistics reveal a growing trend towards splicing our living space into both home and corporate settings. Strings attached That fanatical need to stay connected all the

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his is in reference to your article "Let The B u ye r C o m pare" (February 1998). I decidrd to purchase a Dell online and the main reason is that Dell has a Canadian presence. You pay in Canadian dollars and you get Canadian support. I don't undrrstand how you can feelsecure ordering from an American company in American dollars where, depending on the value of the Canadian dollar, the price fluctuates daily.

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ongrats to TC! for recognizing the revitalization of th e a m azing Amiga computer platfornu I have owned and operated two Amigas over the lastten years.Thr OS has stagnated over the last few years, but I would not give up my Ami for anything else out there.

We lilasliin CTfberspace hank you for astraightforward, simple and appropriate Web page As a regular reader of your paper and a technicai wmter runnmg my own company,Iam happy tosec you here.

Gord Hodgkins

Newton fan speaks out "The latest in h a ndheld PCs" Ejanuary 1998): I b o u ght a N ewton and it c ame with t w o cords to allow it to connect to both my Mac a nd DOS c o mputers. I f i n d t h a t t h e Newton's ability to recognize my handwriting make it the perfect toot to take noirs at ineetings. I aLso think that if the Newton was any smaller it w ould be difficult to write on it. Its ability to act as an electronic sheet of paper make it the ideal replacement for my laptop. It does all thr tasks that my laptop ever did without the bulky size and weight. Maybe if it was evalimted in respect to a small laptop, rather than a limited pocket sized unit, your conclusions may have beenswayed in its favour.

Mark Toched

s an Amiga user of long standing, I liked your article. It was honest and reasonably accurate. One minor point: the OS runs quite happily in much less than a quarter mcg, since it is in ROM, and can execute from there. It is faster if you copy it to RAM, but you don' t have to.

Peter Fichera

hank you for your coverage of the Amiga. Living here in "Microsoft Country," less than an hour from Redmond, Washington, pretty much all the computer coverage Isee revolves around MS Windows 95,and the articles are very, um, non-critical, to put it politely. I thought it was an interesting coincidence that the same month also had articles on digital

Les Roberson

Arcade nostalgia "Back to the Eighties," November 1997: I'm familiar with the programmers you mentioned in your article LTROK, Kurt Dekker, and the folks at Champ Pro@amming). However, you failed to mention one amazing piece of software. Ever since I began surfing the Net, I was ••

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Apple has pulled the plug on its successful Claris software subsidiary. Effective April Iand no, this is apparently not an April Fool' s p rank — Claris will b e streamlinedand renamed FilcMaker, Inc.According to Apple, the new company will focus exclusively on its FileMaker Pro line of database software products and Home Page, its Web-page publishing software. Apple was quick to inovr into Claris' former turf and no w d i stributes all Applebranded software, including the Mac OS 8 operating system. In addition, Apple says it will develop, distribute, and support other Claris products, including Clarfs Works,the leading productivity software in thc education market. ClarisWorks is also strong in the business market,where it runs a close second to Microsr>fi office in some areas. The fate of l e sser p r o d ucts such as C l a r i s Em@iler is uncertain. The reason behind the decision is just as uncertain. Speculation r anges fro m a n Apple/Microsoft c o n spiracy ( sec t h i s month's Mac Rant coluinn) to basic business strategy. As a subsidiary of Apple, Claris was

popular database software for thc Macintosh and is the second-most populardatabase software for Windows, Sales of Filegfaker Pro werc US$73 million in the 1997 fiscal year and $24 million in the most recent quarter. Meanwhile, sales of the Windows versions of Claris products more than tripled

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Hold that champagne A ccording t o mod e m manufacturers Hayes, Cisco Systems, and A s cend Communications. however, work still needs to br done before thev releasenew V90 products. Implementations differ among vendors, so compatibility testing among modem

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snagged the top sales position for 1997, displacing long-standing leader IBM Canada. Compaq has also been the darling of the stock market, especially after the computer company announced it w o t il d p u rchase Tandem Computer Corp. (now completed) and Digital Equipment Corp. (expcctcd to

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Compaq's presentsuccess means thatCiccri docsn't have to waste time fixing things."We want to build revenues hy 35 per cent this year," Ciceri says."This is the year of the tiger, and like the tiger we'rr going to be aggressive and operate from a position of strength." Despite Compaq's e nviable p o sition, Ciceri's first year at Compaq Canada won' t

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actually has a power switch, a feature that endeared it to me right from the start. I like to choose whether to leave a device II turned on, not have the decision forced on me. It also has a for several years, only now are they grabbing any amount of attention. solid, flat plastic output tray rather than the narrow bent wire trays offered by the others. These units, which combine, at a minimum, printing, convepho n e handset. There's a 30-page document feeder, and 200Functions include colour printing, colour copying, and niencecopying,facsim ile,and scanning, offer a number ofbensh e et paper tray. The copier both enlarges and reduces origi- colour scanning. Print speed is up to 5 ppm monochrome and efits to the spacewhallenged small office. First, of course, is the na l s, and can do up to 99 copies. Fax memory is 100 pages, up to 2 ppm colour. The input tray holds about 150 sheets, and small footprint. In something the same size as a standalone fax a n dthe message centre holds up to 50 minutes of messages. the document tray 20 sheets. Copies may be either reduced or The software bundle includes Visioneer's PaperPort scanmachine (or smaller), users get the functionality of several enlarged, and the machine can produce up to 99 copiesofan machines, often with a convenient computer interface that nin g s o ftware, XeroxTextBridge OCR (optical character original. But, like any inkjet, it does this sloowwwly, so it's not recognition), InfoImaging .3D fax s oftware, Coret Print makes using and managing the gadgets a breeze. a good idea to try! Ho us e , Kai's PowerGoo SE,and My Marketing Materials. But there are down sides to this portmanteau of usefulness. HP supplies sleeves you can tuck photos and other small fidThe biggie is, if one component breaks, the entire machine must Pri n t H o useand Pou,er Goo are Windows 95 only, while the dly objects into for scanning so they won't get munched, Colour re s t (and the unit) will work with Windows 3.1x as well. go out for repair. You can't keep printing if you want the scanand monochrome scans and printouts come out well (although Pr int q u ality is quite acceptable, although it was a bit of a ner fixed.A small offic e that needs to always have a printer availI noticed occasional banding in solid-black areas), and the user able should supplement its multi-function box with an inexski r m ish to persuade the unit to output pages in the correct interface is clean and easy to navigate. The unit can share a pensive single-function printer, as insurance, even if it's just or d e r (default is face-up, in reverse order). phone line with an i nternal PC modem, or an answering Faxingand both colour and monochrome copying can be stuffed in a closet most of the time. machine, or voice mail, and simple installation instructions done either from the computer, or As you can see fro m the prices, ensure you plug the right pieces into the right spots. these boxes range from the economidirectly from th e u n i t's control Konica 7410 Plus IIi cal to ouch!".Two o f the units in our panel. But don't lose the manualThe 7410 Plus is, as you can tell from the $4,585 price, in a roundup are monoc hrome, the rest programming this box is not intuI l . - . .. much higher tier than the other units. It's the only true laser ~' I .r " I itive! colour. The monoch rome ni t s se of the bunch, a rock-solid monochrome monster that outputs laser (or laser-like) t echnology, while ,. r 3 gano n MultlPA55 g50OO at 12 ppm. It's a great copier and plain-paper fax (which is the colour models ar The MultiPASSC5000 reduced me probably how it started life) that has had PC connectivity This adds yet an to some Very Bad Language, not grafted on at a fairly significant price. It has smarts, toooperating cost. Inkje because it's a poor-quality printer, when it jams, it knows enough to redo the damaged page. But ically more expensiv -':~'::~g but because its installation prop> all of its scanning and PC functionality is in the form of addicartridges are pricey gram somehow managed to aim its tional c ost a d d-ons — our test u n i t h a d t h e $ 1 , 260

Multifun etio n devices are coming into their owns Although they' ve been around

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output. Inappropriate paper can c r eate printouts with bleeding (the ink spreads out along the paper f ibres where y o u don't want it to go), smudging, or fuzzy characters. Inkjets are also considera bly slower t h a n laser printers. It's a tradeoff. If y ou r e a ll y w a n t colour output, then you put up with the i nco n v e n i e n c e . Otherwise, you can o pt f o r a mon o chrome unit ( a nd Okidrrta OkiONce 44 there are s everal excellent ones besides the two we mention here) and save the aggravation and expense of the colour inkjet, Now, let's look at the individual units in our roundup.

printouts at Hijaak Print Capture, a utility that grabs bitmaps of printouts and stores them to disk rather t han printing them ( t elling t h e machine to bypass spooling solved that problem.). Once I a c t ually induced it to print, quality was reasonable, although a colour copy of a printout of a grey tabby cat on a beige tile floor gave me a rather pink kitty on a reddish floor. The MultiPASS of'fers colour printing, colour copying, colour faxing, and a TWAINwompliant colour scanner, for Windows 95 only. It's a small contraption, only a tiny bit larger than a normal Canon inkjet printer. It is supplied with two cartridges: a colour cartridge

(with a black reservoir), and a plain black cartridge. Speed is up to 5 ppm monochrome and 2 ppm in colour. The paper-input tray holds 100 sheets of plain paper, or 50 transparencies. Fax memory is 42 pages, and the copier will do some reduction (monochrome only), and up to 99 copies. You can fax or copy from either a PC or directly from the printer. The software isextensive, but intrusive. The

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PostScript/PCL Kit, the $140 Class I Kit for serial printing, scanning, and PC faxing, and a $400 memory upgrade.And it costs another $65 for TWAIN compliance. Print quality is laser-sharp. There's a standard 70-page fax memory, a 250-page input cassette (you can add an optional 50Osheet tray), and a 30-page document feeder. Oddly enough, output is face-up, which means the pages come out in reverse order and must be manually recollated.

OkiOata Okioffice 44 The OkiOffice 44 has taken the up to 4 ppm LED print engine (it uses light emitting diodes instead of a laser) from the OkiPage 4W and wrapped it in a package that includes faxing, copying, and TWAIN-compliant scanning (all mono chrome). The unit is medium sized, at about 1 2 .3 inches by 15.3 inches by 7.5 inches high, and only weighs 16 p o unds. Like most of the inkjets, it lacks a power switch. The setup was straightforward, w it h o n e e x c eption — you have to remove the drum to get at some packing materials, and the ji i nstructions o n h o w to accomplish th e t ask are t errible. T h e mac h i n e attaches to th e p a rallel por t u s ing an i n c luded cable, although it assigns to pseudo COM ports for faxing and scanning. Paper is both fed and output into the same printer-top tray, which holds 100 sheets for input. The driver was a bit cranky about output order; sometimes it rrcollated face-up pages correctly, and sometimes it didn' t. The copy function can produce up to 50 copies per original (full-sized, reduced, or enlarged), and the copy quality is excellent (it may use LEDs, but this machine outputs like a laser printer).

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Compiled by RENEE WILSON Some good advice from our writers who earn a living working from home

Get a second e-mall account Get a second e-ntail account for business and only whisper it to PR folk and clients. This is so that the e-mail your moronic computer geek pals send you doesn't get mixed in with the paying work. Be strict about this.

Alan Zisman Get used to "the office"

Mare Dacey

Know that you w il l always be in "the office" — no matter the time, day, or circumstance.

Get a second phone line

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The most important and difficult problem for anyone trying to work in one is avoiding distractions. It may sound siinplistic, but you'd be surprised athow many people allow distractions to remain in their work environment. Get a separate telephone line for bttsincss, make it clear that you will not accept personal calls there, and stick to your resolve. Don't answer thc door (unless you expect a client or delivery) or your home telephone during business hours. Turn down the home telephone bell so you won't even know when calls come in, checking your messages only once during the work day.

Prioritize Constantly reassess your priorities and ask yourself what is the best use of your time. Focus first on immediate project deadlines, second on long-term business goals (from marketing to training), and third on longterm management issues (from contingency planning to business positioning).

S.j, Ross Shred not'l Among the many challenges awaiting the SOHO operator, there is n o t hing m o re pressing (or depressing) than losing the paper trail. No matter how sophisticated you get technology-wise, there is no escape from keeping hard copies of ever)zhingreceipts, letters, memos, invoices, the works. So, a good filing system is a must and it must be coupled with an equally ade-

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Backup, backup, backup! There are two kinds of computer users: those who've lost data due to hardware failure, and those who's turn has not yet come.

one's enthusiasm. In tests, they kept quitting after printing a single page, or generating "cartridge error" messages that sometimes annoyed the PC enough to require a reboot. As a standalone fax or copier, though. the 450c behaved flawlessly. Separate ink reservoirs for each colour save money, and the Xerox ControlCentre software shows you how much ink is left in each cartridge, a nice touch that can prevent nastysurprises when you run out of ink in the middle of an important job. You alsoaccess your fax phonebook from there.

c ont i n u e d f r o m p a g e 2 0 offers colour printing (up to 4 ppm monochrome, I ppm colour), and monochrome T WAIN-compliant s c anning, f axing. and copying (up.to 99 c opies pcr original; it enlarges and reduces). The input tray holds 150 sheets, the document feeder and output tray 20 pages each. Print quality is good, especially with text, but the printer drivers under Windows 3.1 are fractious enough to put a damper on

quate waste disposal mechanism. And under no circumstances should that include a shredder.

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Sellyour strengths, buy your weaknesses. In other words, make your business all about delivering your expertise and your skills. Outsource what you don't do well. It may put a strain on your budget at first, but, if you cost out your time at the rates you deserve, you' ll find that it's crafting widgets thatmakes money — pay someone else to do your books and tax returns, or to design the Web site where you' ll sell the widgets. Don' t waste your time and talents.

Alan Thwaits Get organized, stay organized I know this sounds obvious, but separating your personal life and business obligations under thesame roof isno easy task.I use a large two-month calendar that uses a nonperrnanent marker to keep track of all deadlines, interviews, and important dates. Make a habit of using it! Also, keep a well-organized database of all your contact info in a safe place. One last thing — home office may not bc the way to go if you' re al V junkie!

MareSaltzman Get dressed! Don't do business in your PJs. Follow a

Xerox includes a collection of software for Windows 3.x and 95, including Pagis Pro 97, TextBridge Pro, X e rox P erfectScnn, R'inFAX Li te, and V erity's Topic S earcb Fngine. They also throw in a bidirectional parallel cable.

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Sandra Mingail Database, database, database! Keeping track of clients (both current, past, and potential) seems a pretty obvious thing to do. In my experience, however, few SOHO entrepreneurs have the time, inclination, or energy to do so. Instead, they rely on memory for key dates, product orders, and even birthdays.As you can imagine, important information can fall through the cracksand get lost.You need a database and everyone you know should be in it, both personal friends and business contacts (as if there's a difference when you are the business).

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Get an accountant The hassles of GST and the intricacies of self employment tax rules will quickly make this more than worthwhile. Save all your receipts and talk to your accountant about thc various house-related bills that can bc partlycounted asbusiness expenses.

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f you suffer from back pain, it may be because of the way you sit. Humans have been sitting in traditional,"upright" chairs for a long time, but some people think that chairs are part of the problem. These are the folks who use so-called kneeler chairs, those funny-looking chairs you may have seen from time to time. On such chairs, the user supports his or her weight on buttocks and knees, rather than on the base of the spine, The theory is that these chairs give the body a natural and more functional posture. The forward slanting seat and supportive leg cushion opens the angle between the thigh and the trunk of the body, which automatically leads to a "natural" setting of the spinal column. As a result, strain on the back muscles, neck, and *is; shoulders is reduced. The chairs also allow maximum upper-body flexibility, improved circulation, and easier breathing. The original kneeler chairs are made by Hag, a Swedish company. Their Balans models —the Balans Vital and the Balans Mobile, among others — are distributed via the United States, and are available in Toronto at the Back Comfort Shop on Danforth Avenue. Be warned! They' re not cheap. For either of the Balans models, you' ll have to shell out about f500. The good news is that there's an inexpensive knockoff of the Hag Balans chair for those of us whose backs hurt but whose budgets are limited. It's available at your local Office Place store. Lower-end materials and less adjustability mean that you can get a serviceable kneeler chair (made and marketed by Global, the same folks who make ObusForme chairs) for about $90. Does your back hurt? Try kneeling instead of sitting! Alan Thwaits

furnishings totaling only $ 9 94.95 — leaving just enough money topurchase a handful of pencils. The most expensive item ($299), the beech veneer desk, is from IKEA's EFFEKTIV line of business furnishings. The small,L-shaped desk (ideal for corner placement) is 160 cm long and 120 cm deep on the right side and 80 cm deep on the left, and is available in finishes ranging from beech or oak veneer to white melamine with black or silver lacquered legs (height adjustable from 67-75 cm). Because the EFFEKTIV desks are available in an extensive variety of mix-andmatch sizes, allowing you to add or remove components as your budget and needs change, the series offers excellent flexibility. But, while the height adjustability of the legs allows for some ergonomic customization of the desk (as well as for addressing uneven floors), the lack of a keyboard pullout shelf is a serious drawback (interestingly, while the EFFEKTIV line does not offer a keyboard pullout unit, it does offer an adjustable monitor stand for $199.95). "This desk offers thc same problem as the Steelcase desk inthat the keyboard is on thc same surface as the monitor," says Duffy."But the curve of the desk is good in that it allows you to move the monitor forward and back." l As with the desks, the EFFEKTIV storage units are also available in a variety of mix-and-match sizes offering everything from drawers and shelves to roll-top fronts and quarter moon-shaped shelving units ideal for c o r ner p l acement. The t w o-level EFFEKTIV beech veneer storage unit ($268) suggested by IKEA provides an open top shelf with a lower shelf covered by a black roll-top front cover.

For additional storage, IKEA suggests the HELMER six-drawer unit ($99). Available in either black lacquer or galvanized steel, the drawers are excellent for storing office clutter. While the unit is available with handy castors, some drawers tend to stick, however.

The EFFEKTIV and HELMAR units are the only storage units in the IKEA diet-soda office furnishing plan. While this is a good start, with the lack of a bookcase or any other large unit, these items likely provide insufficient storage (unfortunately, the EFFEKTIV line does not offer a coordinating full-size bookcase).

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arms because they are good to support ihe upper body weight when you are taking a break from your work.' Finally, the jewel of the IKEA office is the sturdy ANTIFOihfl desk lamp ($79.95). The halogen lamp is silver lacquered steel, has an adjustable arm and head, ships with a 20-watt bulb, and atkls a cool dash of style to the furnishings. "Although both of f ices need accessories, such as an articulating keyboard arm and a document holder, I don't have a real problem

v ith the IKEA office," says Duffy. "However, with the Steelcase office, for thc price difference, you ar«not getting a tenfold increase in features. This is a shame because Stcelcase hts some nice items."

Ae're looking at you, kid So which office is better? It depends on your individiial needs and your individual budget. If, for example. you freqiiently have clients to yoiir office and subsequently require an impressive suite.

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Grooving to the alternative To understand why this is good news, let' s go backa few years.The small business,owneroperated phenomenon had its beginnings in local markets and local networks. You were who you were because sniall was how you worked. Early SOHO businesses were, in a sense, an outgrowth of the counterculture of the 1960s— they were very much a conscious alternative to Big Business. As SOHOing grew, however, the worLd was

changing, too. In its early years — let's say the early 1980s — the self-employed, owner-operated movement was very much theexception to the rule. The rule wasn't much different than it had been in th e 1950s — the Company that hiredyou gave you annual raisesand a pension, and offered an unwritten guarantee of continuing employment. The changes of the late 1980s and the early 1990s changed the way the world worked, however. Now, there is no j o b security. Venerated institutions change their core businesses overnight, jettisoning both employees and customers inthe process.There seem to be fewer companies doing business,because those that do have larger annual budgets than some nations.And the stirring of a butterfly's wing — a currency devaluation in a country whose name you couldn'tpronounce last week — cancause a storm halfway around the world — the Canadian dollar drops to an alltime historic low. Where's the good news in all that, you might ask.

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L o ok at the monitor for more than an hour without taking a break. "This can leadto eye strain and headaches." says Kawaja. Take microbreaks and blink or gently cup your eyes to create a dark environment for IS-20 seconds or look at an object more than 20 feet away to change the demand

3. D o n ' t shrug off persistent discomfort such as tingling and numbness in the hands, burning or aching in the neck or upper back, and any shooting or stabbing pains. "The three stages of RSI arc, one, experiencing intermittent symptoms when carrying out computer work; two, experiencing persistent symptoms when working and not working; and three, experiencing symptoms that get itl the way of the activities of daily living, such as opening doors and using a steering wheel," says Kawaja."The minute you experience svmptoms, you should seek help from your doctor."

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Ovrrrrach to usc your mouse."lf your forearm is unsupported when you reach for your mouse, your neck and shoulder does most of the work leaving you susceptible to injury such as shooting pains that travel down the arm and burning, aching muscular pain,"says Kawaja."Thc mouse should be at same height as your keyboard «nd right beside your keyboard.And, your forearm shoukl be supported on your arm rest when you are mousing, biit not when you are kcyboarding." Work through thc day without taking scheduled breaks and microbrcaks. "'I'here is a di r e c t co r r e lation b etween n o t t a k i n g b r e ak s a n d injttry," says Kawaja,"Most of the pcopl» I srr d o n't take breaks and these

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K n o w your chair."Know how to adjust the featureson your chair and usr thrsr adjustahilitv features," says Kawaja."I' or example, pcriodicalf> increase the backrest angle of your chair about five dcgrccs so you can lean back slightly illicl take a tuicrohfrak.

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lines, can influence our level of stress," says Kawaja. "Metttaf stress equals physical stress, which equals an increased risk of injury. If you are feelingstrrssrd, exercise, take deep breaths, or listen to relaxation tapes." 7. He nice to mice."Don't grip thc mouse any harder than you have to because the harder you grip the mouse, thc m<irr m«sclr activity occurs and the qiuckcr the onset of muscle fatigue,"

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its competitors to do the notification, and then handles thc voice call using voice over IP technology. You can, optionally, switch tcg the voice call on a standard telephone if you prefer, terminating the Internet session. The systems work by using the telephone company's Call Forward Busy service to automaticauy forward calLs to the supplier's server (using a toll-free number) when you' re online. From there, the information about the caUer is handed to special software (effectively, you have Caller ID as long as you' re online), and the message goes via the Internet to your PC, where client software copes with the pop-up message box. InfoInteractivc shows you both the cauer's number and name; the Ericsson product only shows the phone number. The Ericsson system also has a server that handles the voice component. Sound quality was surprisingly good in demos at Internet World. Mind you, we did usc a headset instead of the PC speakers and an cxtcrnal microphone, bccattsc of thc show noise — you can't necessarily expect "telephone" quality sound from PC speakers. But with the caller (the Ericsson demonstrator) standing next to me as she talked, the delay while the call traveled to their server and back was apparent — it was a good couple of seconds from the time I heard her speak to the time her voice came out of the PC. In person, it's weird, but it probably wouldn't bc as apparent in the real world.

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Quick tax tips As noted above, tax rules change constantly, so tax planning has to be an ongoing process — and, ideally, it is done other than the night before taxes are due. It should also involve something more than seeing how much you can contribute to your RRSP. The limits of space prevent a complete discussion of tax planning strategies, hut you can access a wealth offree advice at the Web sites of the big accounting firms and even

the Revenue Canada site (www.rc.gc.ca). Just to whet your appetites, herc are several basic tips to keep in mind: Maximize your RRSP contribution and contribute as early as possible, that is in January for the current year, rather than waiting until the March 1st in the following year.A monthly contribution plan can make this easier. If youare selfemployed or a salesperson, make sure you aretaking fulladvantage of the rules fo r d e d ucting al l r e asonable expenses,such as those for a home office and car. An overlooked tax-filing tip is to get it done early. With almost 75 per cent of returns generating a refund, it makes sense to get your money back as soon as possible.As well, Revenue Canada produces a refund more quickly in March than it does inApril. If you arc expecting a large refund, it can make sense to

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When will I be able to e-file7 Revenue Canada requires that you use a registered e-filer to file your return electronically. Given that most software already com-

plies with e-file requirements, however, many individuals wonder w hen t hey ca n j u st upload the file directly. The short answer is that although Revenue Gmtda is anxious to embrace any technology that reduces their workload, they are concerned about protecting the tm system: both the security of their system and the integrity of the honour system". Revenue Canada relies on us to declare all o'ur income, therefore they need to be comfortable that they are getting all information before allowing us to e-61e directly. They are, however, undertaking a number of steps along that road. The first is the tele. file system that is available to certain taxpayers in the Atlantic Provinces, where you file your return using your touch tone phone. As well, they are conducting a pilot project with about 400 employees at selected firms who will bc able to e-file directly. The other hurdle is that if a taxpayer can send the information directly to Revenue Canada, it means there is an entrance for an enterprising hacker to get in and "go fishing" — and you can imagine the problems that could create. So the answer to the question is that we may at some point he able to directly file electronically, but it will only be after several more years in planning. john Newcombe, CMA, Newcombe ft Associates, Tax and Technology Services for Small Business. E-mail: pjnC'neware.tom; Internet: www.neware,corn +

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minal ? T here's only so many times you can review your notes for t h e b u siness presentation,

Remember GameBoys? Popular after all! with th e sub-teen ~ ' " ~~ y~ ~ % o ~ ~ Here' • iohnnyt these were black- g . Microsoft has recog~ and-white, handheld s" ~~ ~ nized that all work game-playing units <.,"- '> ' --4 ~ and no play makes ' from Nintendo. For a CE a dull handheld couple o f y e a rs, platform. As a result, » you'd see kids toting <,, ',~ they' ve released the them everywhere. Mj!„ro oft Entertainment Pack lomellt It's bccn a w h ile since I' ve noticed games for the midget anyone w i t h a computers. GameBoy. But theY remind me a Don't expect miracles; they' re lot of todaY's Windows CE handfaced with the same liniitations hrlds, the tinY PCs that can hanas other software dcsigncd to die a word processor, sPrcad run on the handhelds: because sheet,Web browser,e-mail,cal enthere are no floppy disk or CD. dar,and Phone ILst.They,too,have . ROMs,you need to load thr softmonochrome screens. Cost is ware onto a Win95INT PC and roughly $400$800, from compashoot it across to your CE using nies such as Casio,CompaqyNEC a serial connection.And because HP and Philips,(to name a few). a typical CE machine has to They're a bout the size o f a store all its software in its 2 to 4 GameBoy,butless fun— because, MB of RAM, games need to br aside from the included Solitaitc tiny,And while CE 2.0 supports wherr are the games? colour, thc games, like virtually Useful as a CE might be, it all the CE units in use today,feacan't count as a successful cornture four shades of grey — in Puting Platform until there's a other words, monochrome. critical mass of games. What's So what clo you get for your the point of having a PC that will $44 95y fit in your pocket and run two A nice chess game gpace weeks on a set of batteries if Defense a clone of therearen'tanY games You want Missile attack (knock out enemy to play while waiting for the bus missiles by poking the screen with or hanging out in the airport teryo u r stylus) b!ackjack thr classic "

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kids' pre4igital handheld game, Battleship, whereyou try to locate and sink enemy ships on a grid; Codehreaker, FreeCeHand Hearts, identical to the games that ship with other Windows versionsalthough multiple CE owners can play Hearts, with their units communicating via infrared (finally a practical use for the IR ports!); another Wi n d ow s cla s sic,

tcrosoft Excel and PowerPoint began their lives on the Mac. Now they have returned to it.And they' re very welcome, too. The two programs are in Mi c rosoft Office 98 Ma c intosh Edition, together with Word, Outlook Express,and, of course, the increasingly ubiquitous Internet Explorer 4.0. Gone are most, if not all, of the annoying Windows tricks present in 0+ice 4.2. Microsoft learned that having 90 per cent common code was a good thing in theory that didn't work out in practice. Mac users, it quickly discovered, just don't look at things through Windows. Today, Microsoft has a 130-strong team working on Mac applications. Some are even members of the groups that worked on the original PowerPoint and Excel. I looked at a beta version of Once98. It's B-I-G! With all the goodies, such as Equation Editor and clip art, that came with it, it took up a humongous 437. I MB. And it only runs on PowerPCs. Those who still have 680x0 Macs need not apply. Even on PowerPCs, you need at least a 120 MHz processor, System 7.5 or later, 16 MB RAM (32 MB recommended), 49-120 MB of hard-disk space, and a CD-ROM drive, as thc suite won't be available on floppies. The finished product goes on sale in March. Price for an upgrade is $299, $499 for the full thing. There's also a gold edition, $559 and $889 respectively, which includes Bookshelf, Encarla Deluxe, and Front Page Web-site creator and management tool.

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Survival of the funnest Since every bit of RAM on a handhcld is a precious resource, you should only install the ones v ou think you' ll like (or t r y them all, then delete the losers), Even with this software, my son's CrameBoy was a better game platform. But it didn't do the Internet like my CE handheld. Still, I wish that while the G nomes of R edmond w e r e porting over t heir f avourites f rom the ol d Windo w s Entertainment Packs, th ey' d have included that package's Tetris, but I guess that leaves me something to look forward t o — a second e d ition, w i t h another set of mini-games. +

Vice-like grip? Are they worth it? A preliminary run-through indicates rival Corel boss Michael Cowpland, already beset by headaches from falling sales, is going to have to switch his Aspirin for Tylenol 3. Office is smooth, very smooth. Microsoft's IntrlliSrnsr, which extends such things as columns and rows in Word and Excel tables and charts, and even supplies the endings of frequently used words (type "Jan", for example, and it supplies "uary") are real time-and-labour savers. Spelling, grammar, punctuation, and conversion to Hl'ML are handled automatically. Begin to enter a help question and the answer is likely to come up before you finish typing. Drop a hyperlink into a documrnt and the recipient only has to click on it to go to the Web site. Even if you inadvertently throw out essential parts of the program, it replaces them from compressed memory upon restarting. Microsoft has gone out of its way to make Office 98 easy to use. It has taken note of what Macheads want. Extensive market research and intense use of its usability labs in which it studied Mac users at work have paid off with a product that should find a home in any office or in an office in any home. +

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E-mail messages may include attached files infected with viruses. Downloaded games and applications may also be infected, or may be "Trojan Horses" (programs that don' t s pread like v i r uses, but ca n b e equally destructive). Clever new Internet technologies such as ActiveX and Java applets also have the potential to damage your system. When your modem l ight b l i nks, who knows what's going back and forth? While vou'rc getting information over the Net, at

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ActiveX control has been demonstrated that could trick a user's Qufcken software into making unauthorizedcash transfers. Guard Dog protects financial data, c-mail addresses, passwords, and other critical data, and warns if attempts are being made to access it. It can, for example, block the password-stealing that ha s b e e n p l a g uing America-On Line users.

Dog bites cookie So-called cookies arc increasingly common on the Net. Most are used simply to track pages you' ve visited and ads you've viewed, so that the content of pages on a site can better reflectwhat you've already seen.A gain,m ost of this is benign. Many users, however, will prefer that information on their browsing habits not go to corporations or advertisers. Guard Dog gives you the power to decide whether or not you want to share information in this way; users can selectively decide to allow or reject

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Want to swap files between a PC and a Mac? Graphics houses,in particular, favour the Mac. They may even refuse to handle Windows files. So the ability to transform a PC document or graphic into a Mac file is a necessity. There are ways to do it. For almost a drcade, Mac users have used their SuperDrives to format 3.5-inch floppies as DOS/Windows disks. Translation programs enable them to read and write as if they were on a PC. But there are snags: • If a file is too large to go on one floppy, special programs must be used to split it up among severaldisks,a chore made worse when you take the disks to a PC and then insert them there one by one. • If the floppy is in Mac format, the PC cannot

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Openers DOS Mounter 95 opens PC files on the Mac; Here & Now, and MacAccess2 open Mac files on the PC. MacAccess2 would not open Mac files from within the program. Instead, I had to go to the Windows 95 Start Menu, open Windows Explorer, then Programs, thenMacAccess,And I still had to choose a Windows 95 application to open the Mac file.Also, it only handles 1.44 MB disks. Altogether, cheap but cumbersome — although it probably becomes easier to ttse with familiarity.

Here & Now also cannot handle 800K Mac disks. Nor did it preserve text formatting as well as MacAccess2. Here & No w ' s M a c e q u i valent, D O S Afounter 95 , c an w r i t e t o 8 0 0 K d i s ks, although the Mac must havr a SuperDrive. That makes it a better choice than Here & Now. Opening PC files is easy and the program takes care of changing truncated long Win95 filenames to Mac format, which only handles names of up to 31 letters. Even with openers, you still need transfatorsfor those files openers cannot recognize, read, or write. MacLink Plus handles the most common word-processing, spreadsheet,

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Networking Don't be frightened. Open up your Mac and PC and, holding the Ethernet boar<is by their edges, carrfttliy push them into the appropriate slots. Hook up a cable between them, and that's it (but see p.55).With more than one PC and Mac, you route the cables via a hub. Probably, the most sophisticated networking program is MACLAN. Pick a fiic from the other computer from the selection on your screen, and open it. That's all it takes, just as if it werc on your own computer. Thc other contender for number-one spot is Timbuktu Pro 4.0. Communicate via modem, Apple Remote Access dial-up, Internet, or local area- or even wide area network. It's aU one to Timbuktu. Ordinary users are not likely to see any speed difference between it and MACLAN — they' reboth that fast. Timbuklu can automatically synchronize work on files on a Mac and PC.Just touch a button to update information on the different computers. Thrrr are two contenders in the emulator catrgory. But Virtual PC beats SoftWindows 95. Installation is simple and everything runs right from the start, even enabling Windows CD-ROMs to ru n o n t h e M a c's CD-ROM drive. Its rival needs setting up to do so. Both are uncanny. It's weird to see the familiar Windows screen come up on a Mac monitor. And passing to and from between documents compiled on the different platforms is simplicity indeed. A third contender, Dat~, inst<ed on the Mac, is somewhat more complicated to. sct up, although an excellent manu' simplifies the task. While easy to use, it is mainly a way for Mac users to access Windows networks or ntachincs rather than being a true bi-ditcctional resource, So what are the snags? Basically, you need disk space not only for the emulators themselves but also for any Windows applications unique to the platform. That means a very large capacity hard drive and lots of inemory. Virtual PC is faster. But take its minimum conftgtttation claims with a bucket of salt. The box says it can usc any 604c Power PC ntachine. On a 120 MHz Mac, it was impossibly slow. Speed. on a 200 MHz 603 was quite acceptable, although CD-ROM sound synchronization was jerky, something not noticed with Sof? t/tindows

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• • By BRANDI JASMINE• • In late January, the computer elite of Vancouver gathered under the sails of Vancouver's Trade and Convention Centre for Comdex Pac-Rim. IBM and Apple were notable no-shows. Granted, Vancouver is a smaller market than Toronto or Las Vegas, but it seemed odd that there were

so many no-shows among the big players. The reason? According to the gossip around the pressroom tables, IBM is pianning a computer trade show of its own this year. Microsoft did come, and they put on a good showing, with keynote speaker Dan Ling showing off some of the technology we' ll see at future Comdcx shows. The main thrust ofMicrosoft's research at present focuses not on the Internet, but back to the interface. They are working on gesture recognition programs that can recognize a wave ora salute,setting offasetofpreprogrammcd functions. This will enhance the computer/human interface in ways we can only imagine now, and make computers accessible to people who cannot use keyboards. Like IBM, they are also enhancing speech recognition, but it was clear from the thrust on Ling's speech that Microsoft has an underlying goal: making human/computerinterfaces more and more "human."

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Comdex, but at Comdex Pac-Rim, most audience interest was focused on the new, lighter, small-footprint flat monitors.A 14-inch flat monitor will set you back about three grand if you are an early adopter. They should be shipping some time in April. Of course, there is a large-screen version. It comes with a stand,and can be hung on the wall like a painting. Cost? About the same as the down-payment on a small condo ($18,995 for Mitsubishi's Leonardo, a 40-inch plasma monitor that weighs less than 66 pounds), but expect prices to drop rapidly, as the plasma LCD flat monitor becomes the standard in the coming months. +

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But whatever it lacks in practical implementation, North America substitutes in strategic moves, with all the big hitters joining in the fray. Leading the pack is Sun Microsystcms, the father of Java, who is a great promoter of worldwide standardization of smart-card protocols — based on the

There are many validconcerns to deal with, one being a scenario where development and s o ftware maintenance could remain in Sun's hands. Sun's counter argument, of course, is that Java is by nature open, and the purpose of the application is to simply lay down some common standards for hardware and software developers so that all terminals and card readers worldwide could interact with one another. On the application front, several new and quite ambitious undertakings have begun in earnest — alas none of them at home or in our neighbour to the south.

replace purses and wallets" according to David MacSmith, managing director of Card Technologies Inc. of Australia, whose company developed the wireless reader software. He stresses that the Sydney trial is the first o pen application test o f t h e contaclless authentication technology, versus the Visa or Mondex method, which has to rely on card stttrntch yots virznQp swipers to read the '" formation embedded Item p: Swatch, the Swiss watchmaker, on the magnetic striP of the card. that revolutionized the way we look at (and The Australian run is not the first for the Smart (S)Watch however. the ceeded to creat e The clever timePieces have been — "Swatchnlobiie," a c o l o u rful used to pay for ski lifts at Swiss 4 M ~ urban two seater in a joint ven '@,'~- ski resorts, and to buy drinks (or ture with Mercedes-Benz, has -'-".. anything else) as bead-substitutes now returned once again to its - at s ome Club Med locations for a core watch business,but with a ' f,', p "*'. couple of years now. twist — or should I say "chip," zi 8 But without a doubt, their most „-.,i',,' ~~s..'I'he Smart Swatch Watch, cur-

ment. The procedure is quite similar to a credit- or debit-card transaction here. The systern essentially replaces hard-copy claim and reimbursement forms with electronic ones. According to p reliminary estimates, the system will save the French state at least $5 billion in processing costs alone.

Item I: France's new health card project, the Vitale-program, will start up before thc year's end. The "group"-cards will be issued first to families and will contain all the relevant administrative information and identification codes needed to verify benefit cntiilements (individual cards might follow in the second stage, with the individual's medical history emtieddcd on the chip as well). The Viiale card will interact with the doctors', pharmacists', and other professionals' own smart cards, which contain the practitioners' digital signature. When the doctor inserts his card together with the Vitale card, the system will — upon determination of validity for both doctor and patient — open up the access to thc patient' s stored records, and allow the doctor to electronically submit his claim for reimburse-

JavaCard OS, of course. Last September, Sun made an unusually bold move by applying to. ISO, the international standards body, for designated submitter status on the future standardization dis-

cussions on smart-card technology. The company got thc support of the majority of ISO member nations in mid-November, over the strong and vocal objections of (no surprise) Intel and Microsoft. Whether an application from a public company having a material interest in the deployment of the very standard it proposes could become a hindrance forSun remains to be s een, but t h e significance of t h e s t atus approval cannot be underestimated. It is certainly an important battle Sun has won, but the outcome of thc war is still uncertain.

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Total contract value: $2.7 million, of which CAL has invested $700,000. COM DEV International Ltd. Of Cambridge, Ontario, which is developing products in four technological areas: OISLs, RF gateway links (GSLs), digital communications technology, and advanced microwave and RF processing technology. COM DEV's system will include 66 satellites in low orbit. Low-orbit satellites move around the Earth, travelling at speeds as fast as l5 kilometres pcr second. COM DEV already manufactures OISLs and GSls for Motorola's Iridium — the sole low-orbit satellite system in operation. The company will launch about 20 more of these sateilites over the next decade. Total contract value: $12.2 million, of which COM DEV has invested $3 million.

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Northern Telecom Ltd.'s Ottawa operations, which will bc developing technologies for low-cost user terminals designed for the next generation of broadband satellite communications systems expected to be in service by the year 2000. Nortel's project includes thc advancement of Ka-Band (20-30 GHz) RF, the development of Baseband and Satellite Interface Modem hardware and software, and the design, fabrication, and testing of Radio Front End Units. T otal contract v alue: $16.4 m i l lion, of which N o r t c l a n d i ts par t n er s ( S p ar Aerospace Ltd, and I M T C o m m unications

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downloaded by satellite. While plans to send the satellite into orbit are movingahead,itso farremains nameless. But that will soon change, Like Anik, which means little brother" in Inuktitut (so named by Quebecker Julie-Frances Czapla), Telesat Canada has received anenormous amount (morc than 6,000) of suggestions for satellite monikers as part of a n ational name-thatsatellite contest launched last November.

Among the ideas received:"The Mother of All Satellites," "El Nino," "Canada's Third Rock from the Sun," "Princess Leia Launcher," "Earth Guru," "Canadian — The Celestial Maple," "Galaxy Love," Nucker Canucker," "Shiny Beaver," "Mountie-Vision," "Buzz Lightyear," and, believe it or not,"Poutine."

In March, a panel of judges, composed of the likes of Bryan Adams and Dan Aykroyd, will decide which name Telesat's ncw orbital

Tclesat Canada, based in Gloucestcr near Ottawa, which will also conduct tests on its S a t e llite newly un v e i led Multimedia Technology Development and Trial Program. Total contract value: $10 million, of which Tclesat will invest $1.2 million.

baby will receive. The winning entrant will have his or her name placed on the satellite below the chosen name, Other prizes include an ExpressVu directt o-home s a tellite T V system, Telesat's DirecPC Turbo-Internet system, a d i gital VCR to rent movies via satellite, and a more down-to-earth, all-expenses-paid trip to San Francisco. +

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They say that confession is good for the soul, so I'd like to start off with a fcw confessions. Like 90 per cent or so of thc world's computer users, I use Microsoft Windows. Ilnlike many ofyou, I've been using various versions of Windows for about a decade now, starting way hack before it became thc world's stand ard computer i n terface (lct's save th e debate on whether Microsoft is too powerful for another time, okay?). I'm aware that an awful lot of what works well about Windows is copied from Apple's

As much as possible, I' ve tried to bc sensitive to including Mac-issues in my writing, but as a non-Mac owner, my p e rspective has inevitably been limited at best. So, I went out and got myself a belated Christmas present. Contrary to current marketing trends, I bought a Mac. At this point, I' ve had the machine for about a month, so I can't present myself as any kind of an expert. My machine came with Mac OS version 7.5.3, not the new, fancy OS 8 and I haven't yet upgraded the operating system, so any comments may be specific to that older version But here are a few first impressions.

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On the hunt Start with research, but be prepared for surprises. Cross-referencing with the ads may bring on "sticker shock": a lot of these components can be significantly pricicr than the cheap stuff. I concur strongly with advice I' ve seen often elsewhere: buy the absolute best you can afford and aim for quality by going for parts from "name" manufacturers. As a guide to thc most reputable builders, ask your friends or check TC! reviews. Get quotes. Any system builders worth their salt should freely offer quotes within a reasonable period, say, 24 hours. Thc quote should be a c l o se e stimate of w h a t t h e builder intends to charge for your system, plus applicabletaxes and other charges, such as delivery. The quote should be faxed or emailcd to the potential customer, so that if you don't get the same employee on the phone the second time you call, you won' t get a different quote. For easy comparison, ask for quotes on the same components from each clone builder on your short list.

Knowledge is buying power If you don't really know what you want, you won't know how to ask, which is how lruture Shop moves a lot of Aptivas. My own dream system was leaning toward the high-end: a Pentium II 233 MHz processor,64 MB nf SDRAVI, a deluxe motherboard, and a host of other goodies. For the usual iax reasons, I was shopping in early December and had budgeted about $2,600 hcfore taxes for the purchase. I phone-blitzed five Toronto-area shops,l'he q uotes quickly shook ou t i n t o t h e m i d $2,400 range, with one exception, a quote for an amazing $2,110 from "Shop X". I took this quote to all my previous vendor picks, and challenged them to match it. Don't bc afraid to haggle, but don't just automatically

take the lowest price. Other factors, such as the location of service depots and the parts and labour warranties must be factored into your final decision. Three of the five shops said they couldn' t match the low quote: they simply couldn' t make enough on the deal to justify building t he s y stem. A t t he f o urt h s h o p , the Scarborough outlet of MDG, the sales representative,James Wong, expressed surprise at the very low price of "Shop X" and gave me something to think about. Wong suggested that "Shop X" might have quoted such a low figure because not every component was, shall we say, entirely ncw.And it's true: with the naked cye, it's very diff icult to j u dge

whether a PC card, for example, is fresh from thc factory or has been chugging away in some other box for three months. If Wong's caution was a shrewd sales tactic, it worked. I became wary of the improbable $300 difference between "Shop X" and the next cheapest builder. At the same time, I asked Wong just how far he could go to convince me. Wong would sell me my system for $2,200 flat, plus taxes, while admitting he was onl> making a few dozen bucks on the deal. As the price was a good $250 less than the nearest competitor, I went for it.

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Thin coax cabling creates a linear network configuration. It is a simple, inexpensive, and quick way to network computers. In a coax network, also called a backbone, computers are arrangedin a"chain."Coax cabling is generally a good choice for a network with no laptops. Since thc addition of a laptop is inevitable on my home network, I opted for twistedpair cabling with a hub.

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Among the stars mentioned for leading roles are Anthony Hopkins and Harrison Ford, who were also rumoured to be taking the part of de Jager in the film. Apparently, h owever, there will b e n o " d e Jager" in the movie, and, additionally, de Jager's wife Antoinette says,"I don't know where that came from. Peter will only be a technical adviser. He has not been approached to take on an acting role."

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Clari storks — willbe brought back into Apple. In addition, Qaris plans to lay-off 300 peopleAt press time, there was no wonl on how many rxClarisfolks (many of whom are ex-Apple folks) were going to be rehired by the mothership.

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people woidd call this a flashback). At last August's MacWorkl, Steve Jobs stunned thc computer worldby announcing he had accepted US$150 million from Bill Gates. Time niagazine put the deal on its cover and quoted Jobs as saying something along the lines of,"Thanks BiII, you' ve made the world a Isrtter place." Just when we had finished retching tbai

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piece of cat hair from the back of oiu throats, the news came that Jobs kicked Netscapc's Iv'at>igator off the Mac desktop and replaced it with Microsoft's Internet Explorer. Shortly afterward, Netsca pe reported its first ever loss. Now, obviously, the two aren't directly connected. Apple only started loading Internet Explorer on i ts r ecently-shipping Mac OS 8.1, while Netscapr's loss was posted last q uarter. Still, i t ' s couldn't have h elped Netscape's stock price to know that Apple was dropping Nat>igator. Now, granted, Microsoft's Internet Explorer is a good browser. But that's not thc point. Thr point is that Microsoft's product is the new Mac browser standard and it only cost Microsoft $150 million — paper-clip money for the world's biggest software company. Now, ClarislVorks is being pulled back into Apple. So, wh at's the c o n nection between Microsoft and the Claris restructuring, you' re wondering? Well, for the past three or foiu months, the press have been ddugrd with stories of Apple and Microsoft working togctherA great example of this, we were told, was the way Microsoft is releasing Bftcn>sot?Ogi ce98 for the Macintosh well before the Wintel version (in case you' re wondering, wc'll be doing a complete review of the new Office in a month or two.) What do Mac customers buy if they want i ntegrated software bu t t h e y c a n' t g e t ClarislVorks? You guessed it — Microsoft's Office, the same product that both Apple and

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that. How will your existing customers know where to find you?i How do new customers find out about your w o n derful products? Hom do you convert an electronic order into dispatched product, and how do you collect yoilr nloney,

shipped product and accounts received. This has been the province of computers since thc very early fifties. It should be easy to match your supplies with an order, dispatch thc order, send out the bill, and collect the cash. It is easy —if your software blends appropriately. Much of the existing hack-office software is modeled a round human d ata i n p ut , not I n t ernet ordering. W hat a b ou t i n v e n t or y c o n t r ol , p a r t s reordering at your end, and work scheduling? If your office staff was "let go" as you implemented emmerce, how will you solve these problems?

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Now let's look at the problems of emmercc (i.e., electronic commerce) from the perspective of business. You have a successful product, a name and reputation, and you want to go electronic. Simply creating a Web cxistencc and taking electronic orders just doesn't do it.'I'here's more to business than

It's easy to see ways of letting customers know about your Web presence, with mailings (more junk mail for the recycle bin), email (if we know tl>ei>.electronic address), and the personal touch. I can list a host of p roducts that this form o f e m mcrcr c an serve — for example, consumables like paper, cleaning products, and the like, which an institution (school, hospital, office) might need to order repeatedly. How do you publicize a new, improved version of your product? Your Web presence might advertise it to visitors. But do you double click on every adveriisemcnt you meet on a Wcb page? I certainly don' t. There are too fcv, hours in a day. This is a real challenge, asevery salesperson knows. It' s not siinply solved by electronics. Sales personnel spend much of their effort informing and educating clients aboiit product development, and building relationships based on trust. A good sales representative knows what customers need and which of his or her products mill serve them best. A Web page alonecan't do th«job. Spreading the word aboiii your proclucts takes time, effort, and money. While "word of mouth" selling is wonderful, and desirib!e, fess sales forces can rely on it to remain in business. Advertising anti publicity are essential. Publications like t h i s on e a ll<>w our clients to tell you, our readers — their potential customers — about their services. I'vc looked across the Web, but found fcw examples of electronic magazines that have the capture effect of publications like this one, I"aper, radio,'I'V,and billboards still tend to gct our attention bencr than Java appleis and animations.

Attitude Like every su«ccssful cntrcpren«ur. you have a positive attitude. Your business is Wcbactive and yoiir order hook is filling. You'vc solved, at lciist initially,thc problcills of pub-

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ity to take orders and track their progress until the bills are paid. Let's face it, the hurdles to the spread of emmerce are huge. But most arc more a matter of human nature, a refusal to wa nt t o change our r o u t ines, than t e chnological capabilit ies.We already have programs and services that offer to get business electroni. cally active. Whether these products, or the ones in development, fityour needs is another question. If emmerce appeals to you, though, there are entrepreneurs close by ready to do business getting you into electronic commerce.

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P erhaps everything i s not so b l e ak. E qually m o t i vated e n t r epreneurs, f r o m many fields, will and have developed solutions to these problems. Designers will create a Web page to attract and keep customers. Marketing gurus will, for a fee, tell you their secrets of spreading the word about your products and service. Agencies mill develop mailings (both snail and electronic) that will let your existing and future clients know about you. Software engineers will adapt existing programs to create turn-key order takers, that also complete much of thc ancillary backoffice routines. New programs are becoming available, specifically tailored to the needs of you, the cmmerce businessperson. M ind the Store has opened Canada's first Internet Business Centre.While large businesses can afford their omn world-wide electronic networks, that's not practical for smaller companies. IHC provides a «entrally positioned service to "the lorn-cost Internet to transmit purchase orders,invoices and paymenLs on-li ne computer-to«omputer." Mind the Store has designed its own software to enable business to handle many of the electronic tasks, in a coordinated, but secure manner. 'I'he network of walk-in stores is expected to grow to 25 or so this year. There;ire well developed plans for IBC stores around the morld, within months. Local staff can help you create your electronic catalogue, or s how you ho w t o modify your working methods to maximize Web trading. As the need emerges to advertise both in print and electronically, we' ll see joint ventures in this field. >Yeusrtay, a subsidiary of Times Mirror, a large US print-media conP~omentc, has joined forces with Computer Assn«iatcs to market joint p r i nt/electronic publicity.A client's advertising dollars can bc spre;id across more than one medium, hut with a c o n sistent, coordinair d m e ssage.'fhc

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Larger businesses may wish t o c o ntrol their o w n e l e c t r onic b u s i ness totally. IntcrWorld of New York has developed and integrated a number of software components that ensure that emmcrce can operate safely. They can provide a business with the means to handle electronic ordering, inventory control, shipping and tracking, and electronic "cash." Designed for larger enterprises, the software provides querying and mult iple-reporting capabilities. The trend t o electronic catalogues is covered with their Catalog module.

Peter 0. Walpole (pwalpoleNbannt.on.ca) is exploring the edges of electronic businessandwelcomesyour insights. +

Your businessmay need to take a hands-on approach. Commerce Cata!yst S uite i s designed for t hat. One of the m odules, MARKETbuiider, is a "simple merchant Website creation tool" that enables you to create your own presence in "less than 20 minutes." It uses professionally designed templates that help you avoid common mistakes. Other inodules get your name and site listed with Internet search engines, and provide feedback on the success of your Web page. I.otus has built Do»ti>to./Sfercba>tt on its existing Domino pl a tform. This customizable product lets small businesses quickly implement business-to-business and business-to-consumer transactions o ver t h e

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simultaneous, max1024x768 ar, I ser, 1 ext videofx)rt, TV 8 Jystck 2x 32 cardbus 3x 16 slots nc l u ded Included Trackpad Trackpad iMH, L iONo~t N i M H , LiON opt 16-bit, speaker, mic, 1mb wavetable Included Included New fast 20x New fast 20x i n c luded Included 10.5 x 13.1 x 2.3 9 x 12 x 2 1.5-3hrs 1.5-3hrs

NOTEBOOK & TOWER CLEARANCE CORNER 486dx4/75DUALSCAN, 4lbs,33.6fax/modem,smb ram, 520hd $1395 P-100 DUALSCAN, 5.9lbs,33.6fax/modem, 16mb ram. 1.3hd $1695 P-133 DUALSCAN, 6.2ibs,33.6tax/modem, 16mb,1.3gb,4xcd $2095 P-133 ACTIVE, 6.2lbs,33.6fax/modem, 16mb, 1.3gb, 4xcd $2395 P-166mmx, 32mb EDO, 1.6gb hdd, 1mb videO, 8Xcdrom,33.6fx/mdm $695 P-200mmx, 32mb EDO, 1.6gb hdd, 1mb video, 8X cdrom,33.6fxlmdm$725 P-233mmx, 32mb EDO, 1.6gb hdd, 1mb video, 8X cdrom,33.6fximdm$835

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P-166 to 266 MHz Pentium ® processor Pll-233 to Pll-333 MHz Pentium II <&i rocessor Motherboard HX/TX or LX 4 PC I , 4 IS s l ots, or 4 PCI, 2ISA, IAGP BIOS/ Chipset PnP, Intel-Triton for MMX & Pll Cache Fast 512k pipeline cache Hl h Performance Yes, s stem o 'mized for max erformance Hard Drive & controller transfer mode c f 1 m s, EIDE M4 or UDMA HDD controller PCI e nhanced dual charstel su s u to 4 d e v ices F lo Dr i v e 1.44 mb ncl or LS-120mb o tional ow radiation/ener monitor M onitor as u i r e d Video Card S2 Vir e 2mb standard u ra a b l e to ATI and Matrox, etc Sound Card, S eakers Yama ha Wave32, SB16/SB64, s eakers etc Enhanced ke board & mouse Wi ndows 95 104 enhanced 400 & d i Case. ower su I Enhanced deluxe tower, 230 Watt Serial/ Parallel Ports 2x16550 enhanced serial, enhanced arallel CDROM 24X etc CDs Included 57 CD title pak (educational & entertainment includin Com tons 97En clo edia or 7 CD title ak Mini Office suite Warranty 2 years parts & 5 yrs labour system warranty

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Processor Intel Pentium MMXProcessor Motherboar Fastest MMX notebook chipset wtth 512k pipeline burst cache RAM fast 32 mb EDO ram, expandable to 128mb Video Trident 9385 cyber chipset, 2mb, zoom capable 1 Over 14 years' reputation tor best quality. service and value, with over Display 12.1" Active Matrix, non glare, no radiation Icd Sound card ESS 1788 with built in 1mb wavetable ROM 56,000 systems sold. Toll free sales & technical support across Canada. Voice/Fax/Modem Optional 33.6 or 56k Built in 1.44rnb floppy simultaneous with built in CDROM 2 First in Canada to recognize importance of and ship large quantity Hard drive 2.1gb enh ide, removable, upto 10gb' ol TRITON-based fast Pentium systems and now shipping Pll-LX CD-ROM drive Built in 20X TEAC cdrom We use high quality Intelliview Professional monitors with low defect rate. Opr system Win 95, lull version on CD-ROM & manuals Extras Built in IR Port, speakers & microphone 3 Our own 40,000 square toot sales, support snd manufacturing plant, 57 CD titles incl. Comptons ency or 7 title Mini Officesuite with central convenient location at Hwy 401/Duffenn Street near Yorkdale Battery Nimh 1.5hr batteryinck Li(opt), 2nd battery option Warranty 1yr Parts & 3 yrs Labour 4 Easy lease to own plans available for 1-3 years at $37/1000. Optional 2nd & 3yr warranty available 5 All systems configurable to your exact needs, with ourprice guarantee. Service The f astest service in Canada, over the counter or by Puroletter 6 Compare! the major items in every system, we save you a bundle, do across the country. XP6200-P166MMX DSTN not get confused by the small gimmicks 8 variations. $2463, o r$ 91/monthly XP2100-P200MMX Active $2585, o r$96/monthly 7 24hr regular and automated sales and technical support, and web email XP2100-P233MMX Active $2695, o r I 00/monthly XP6200-P200MMX Active $2979. or $110/monthly 8 An extension to on-site service for the first year is available within a XP6200-P233MMX Active, Editor's Choice $ 3095 , or S f 1%'month/y radius of 50kms, for corporate and personal users, for $100 to 5:, of Uoa 6200 12.1 Actwe to 13.3"/14.1 /15.1" actwe add $797/$897/$1347 system price, whichever is higher. WE WILL BEAT ANY PRICE BY AT LEAST" $20, WHILE GIVING YOU THE BEST SYSTEM WITH EXCEPTfONAL SERVICE 8i 9 Special internet otfer with every computer purchase, 4 months unkmited SUPPORT. CALL/FAX OR BRING IN YOUR OUOTE access for $60 (only $15 per month!), there after $18.95/mth or Based on comparable product & speclfictlon Buikl to order systems now available on our website, get your exact system price in $15.83/mth based on yearly subscription. seconds, place your order via the web and get an additional $25 otfi!. www.ultinet.ca "COMPARE, WHYPAY MORE AND ~T LESS/!!!!!!"

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17" UVGA .28dp 1280X1024 monitor, mouse, Win 95 enh kybd, NetLink 56k voice/fax/modem, 24X CDrom, Wave32 sound, 120w spkrs, Full Windows 95 installed /w CD & manual, 550 multimedia titles or mini office suite, or get both for $45 more. P-200MMX Pentium ®processor,TX $1717 $54/mth P-233MMX Pentium ® processor, TX $1826 $68/mth Pll-233MMX Pentium i&i processor,LX $2090 $77/mth Pll-266MMX Pentium Cl processor,LX $2226 $82/mth Pll-300MMX Pentium ® processor,LX $2476 $92/mth Pll-333MMX Pentium Iti processor,LX $2807 $104/mth Upg 17" .28dp to 17" Viewsonic Optiquest V773 .26dp mtr $251 Upg 24X to36X CDROM/ Wave 32 to SB16/SB64AWE $60/$32/$79 Upg NetLink 56k voice/fax/modem to USR 56k $98 Upg ATI 3D Exp 4mb PCI to ATI All in Wonder 4mb AGP $217

OUR POPULAR TS LEVEL "THREE" PACKAGE 64 mb fast 10ns SDRAM, Intel 430TX/440LX chipset, 6.4GB UDMA HDD, ATIExpert@play PC2TV 4mb AGP, 24x CDrom, 17" UVGA .28dp 1280X1024 monitor, Logitech Mouse, Keytronic Kyb, USR 56k sprtstr (not

Winmodem), SB16 sound, Labtec ACS45 spkrs, Full Window 95 installed /w CD & manual, 550 multimedia titles or mini office suite, or both for $45. P-200MMX Pentium® processor.TX $ 2250 $83/mt h P-233MMX Pentium iiti processor, TX $2358 $87/mth PI4233MMX Pentlum ® processor,LX $ 2603 $96/ m t h Pll-266MMX Pentium i&i processor,LX $ 2739 $80/ m t h Pll-300MMX Pentium I processor,LX $ 2988 $101 / m th Pll-333MMX Pentium ® processor,LX $ 3320 $123/ m t h Upg SB16 toSB64AWE/24X to 36X CDROM $47/59 Upg to Matrox Mysteque 4mb/ Matrox Milienium 4mb $118/$172 Upg 6.4gb UltraATA (UDMA) to 8.4gb hard drive $135

EDITOR'S CHOICE (DEC 97) PKG, THE FASTEST PCI. 64 mb ram, fast 10NS SDRAM, Intel430TX/440LX chipset, 6.4 GB UDMA HDD 33mbiVsec xfer rate, Matrox Miilenium II or ATI Expert@Play 4mb AGP withPC2TV, 36X CD-ROM, 17" Viewsonic V773 .26dp dp UVGA monitor, mouse, Win95 enh kybd. USRobotics 56kbps fax/data modem, SB64AWE OEM sound card, mmedia 120w spkrs, Full Windows 95 instalied /w CD & manual, 550 multimedia titles or mini office suite, ore get both for only $45 more. (note pnce incl 17" .26dp Viewsonic monitor) P-200MMX Pentium Ifi processor, TX $2381 $88/mth

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