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TECHNOLOGYSOLUTIONSFORBUSINESSINCANADA

18 Digital cams on the verge of massappeal 21 Scaling the heights of digital photography Digital cameras go upEverest

24 Two entry-level digital cameras 36 Mega (and near mega) pixel cameras

TE-1 E-commerce not just for big business TE-1 Evolving Web demandsnew approaches TE-3 The rules of engagement TE-6 CA targets small, medium businesses TE-10 MegaDepot a big store in a little space TE-11 Minimizing lease liability

48 Make stills from video 56 A snapshot printer for your digital camera 26 The many flavors of mid-powered notebooks

TE-12 Seanix ponders U.S. market TE-15 Battery life for mobile computerists TE-18 The New PCSphones TE-21 Clearnet PCS

58 Affordable software for creative expression

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TE-28 What's in a (domain) name?

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51 Mac dones cost Umax US$35million

77 You can take it with you HTML for handhelds puts the World Wide Web in your pocket

62 Umax ships firstnotebooks

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81 A Hitchhiker's Guide to media's future

63 Many companies nowoffering flat panels

82 Sorting out the standard for 56K

66 The flat future: A look at flat monitors

83 Robert Kokotailo's top ten coin sites

69 Microsoft refines winning keyboard design

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W e aving your own Web site: Part XXXIV

92 Copy my style!

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72 Transparent discsrefine language learning

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jULY 1998 THE COMPUTER PAPER GREATER TORONTO EDITION

Po41ng aroggnd the dlgltal dar4rooDn

images captured at. the highest resolution.

A few of us around the TCP office are pho-

This means you must have ready access to a images. Traditional photographic prints don' t computer to download the images orsavethem preclude this, but some projects are much easat a lower resolution. A 4MB card still costs ier to achieve if your imagesare already digital. around $100, sostocking up on a few of theseA couple of the digital cameras reviewed

tography enthusiasts, so preparing this month's feature on digital cameras vuas aspecial treat. We had the opportIInity to look at the latest the industry has to offer.

allow us to explore new uses for personal

as one might stock up on a few rolls of film — is in this issue include PhotoVista panorama-

We were gen- simply out of the question for most people. erally impressed The second, and somewhat related probwith, the image lem, is battery life. Most digital cameras use quality coming standard AA batteries, which is good because f rom

t h e s o - replacements will be readily avauable from any called m e ga- comer store. However, you might be a little dispixel cameras. mayed at the frequency with which you will With o n e of have to replace them, particularly if you use the t hese and a LCD screen to preview or review your images. p hoto-qual i t y The third issue doesn't have as much to inkjet printer, it do with cameras per se as with the whole is not difficult to process of making prints. Some manufacturcreate snapshots ers — Olympus and HP come to mind — offer that are as good as what you would get taking special printers that allow you to easily out-

creation software from a company called LivePicture. (Other software companies, including Apple, offer similar products) The software allows you to create 360-degree

computer, using your mouse to move the

angle of view left or right through a full 360 '

kind of technology to allow potential buyers to take a virtual tour of the inside of houses. Artists have posted panoramas on their Web

ways to go. However, as a starting point for a you can also make snapshots with special graphic, digital cameras can be handy tools. inkjet paper. However, with inkjet technolo- sites, and commercial photographers are Check out the paint box on this month's gy, the issue of image permanence rears its including panoramas at part of the images cover. This image was taken with one of the ugly head. Whereas a properly photofinished they have for sale. better-quality cameras reviewed in this issue. print will last 50 or even 100 years, an inkjet Panoramas are just one type of image The image exhibits some pixelation, which printed image has a much shorter lifespan, facilitated by digital cameras. As more people our graphic artist, jana Kolar, masked with measured in months rather than years. A begin to alse these tools, we' re sure to discovsome Photoshop special effects filters. She Lexmark spokesman recentlyexplained that er other ways to express our creativity. also enhanced the saturation of the colors, as long as inkjet inks are dye-based, the probwhich tended to be a bit-washed out in the lem of fading will persist. Only when some- The bgAslness pages original image. Ironically, the image we selected came from a camera that did not have the highest resolution in terms of the most pixels captured by the imaging sensor. However, it did have very

one develops a pigment-based inkjet ink will they be able to extend the life of images.

Also in this month's issue is our first supplement,Tech nterpri E se, devoted to business tech-

Lexmark recently developed a pigment-based nology. As digital technology pushes itself into black ink, which the company claims is both more comers of our lives, we need to gain a more durable and waterproof. Color is prov- better understanding of computers and related good optics. The lesson here is one every pho- ing to be a bigger challenge. technologies. That is especially true for small tographer knows: the quality of the camera business, where technological proficiency is lens is as important as resolution of the film. 01g1talto digital not an option; it is at the core of survival and Despite the progress made in digital cam- You might conclude that digital cameras aren' t prosperity. If you own or work for a small to era technology, today's digital cameras are worth the bother because you can get images medium business, we hope you find this supstill not quite ready to replace film cameras of equal or better quality for far less money plement useful, entertaining and illuminating. for three reasons. with a 35mm film camera. If snapshot-style First, storage remains problematic. A 4 MB prints are all you want, that would be a reaEnjoy the issue memory card will hold approximately 10 sonable conclusion. However, digital cameras David Tanaka, Editor

LETTER$ l dr let',s prepare for V10K Everybody is talking about the Y2K problem. Even Sundaymorning chat shows are lining up pundits. There is nothing wrong with making the general public aware of the problem. What I hate is their attitude toward the "stupid" programmers who didn't foresee this problem. Actually programmers did foresee this

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Pentium II t I found what I feei are some misinformed opinions regarding the Celeron Processor, specifically in the last paragraph under that heading. Mr. Halinda states "Buyer be especially

wary if you plan on purchasing a PC that will

be used for some intense gaming. On the other hand, if a Celeron processor will power problem but they also believed that manageyour office PC, where you do little more than ment would get around to putting aside extra Word, Excel and email, you have little to money to resolve this problem when hard- worry about," This information is somewhat

crates that garners crave. Checking framerates

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we are resolving the YZK problem, we are lay-

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Cyrix 6x86PR266 outperforms a Celeron over-

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Computer's portable PowerBook products. Jeff m akes n o me n t io n of t he Apple/IBM/Motorola G3 chip designed for portable use, It consumes less than a quarter of the power of the I'entium 11 chip. 'I'he slowest

puters deserve to be included in a paper that bills itself as rCanada's Computer Information Source." C'mon guys take the blinkers off and be brave enough to mention the computer that gave Bill Gates his catch-up idea of "Windows." Tom Hidderley

Mac, with a 233 Ii IHz I'owerl'C G3 chip, has more than twice the speed of the Compaq M;/. replies: /)ue to our editorial de«el/ines, we Armada's 266 MHz I'entium Iv(MX chip. With 11'ere onll' «ble to get nesvs of Ap/>I<'s nevt G3three screen sizes to choose from and two expan- basecl Powel'book into thcILC. <In(i electro>u'c eclision bays that will accomodate anything froln a tionsofour l/ol» public«tion. Iv'c cert«inly «greeit second battery to a DVD player surely these corn- 1v«s cn> in>I)ressiv(' tou>olulceln('nt, <IS w«s nc'(vs of

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Sy Ceof Wheelright t's all about power, market share and money. Despite all you may have read, seen and heard about the recent action by the United States Department of Justice against Microsoft Corporation, it is not really about software, Internet browsers or technology. It's about who gets what — and how they get it. At the core of the case against Microsoft is the allegation it has attained more than 90 percent of the computer operating system (the software that controls the way your computer's screen looks and acts) market share through questionable business practices. The U.S. government's case also alleges Microsoft has used the power of this effective monopoly to force computer makers and users to choose its Internet Explorer Web browser rather than the browser of its major competitor, Netscape, by "tying" the browser to Microsoft's Windows operating system. Additional allegations by some U.S. state attorneys general further accuse Microsoft of using its Windows monopoly to gain wider acceptance and an 80 percent-plus market share for its Microsoft Office suite of office productivity applications. At the end of the day, power and market share equal more money for Microsoft — more than enough to keep Ivficrosoft co-founder and chief executive officer, Bill Gates, at the top of the annual Forbeslist of wealthiest businesspeople in the world. This m oney, i n tu r n , keeps M i c r osoft powerful enough to .t spend l o t s of money on research and development ]O . (the company spent US$2 billion l ast year), and allows it to acquire many companies with new, key technologies.

Exclusionary and predatory conduct The United States government says it wants to stop wMicrosoft's continuing efforts" to maintain its "operating system monopoly by exclusionary and predatory conduct, to unreasonably r e s training co m p etition through various exclusionary and predatory practices, including tying and other exclus ionary agreements, and t o a t t empt t o monopolize the Internet browser market." Microsoft is being asked to do a number of things in a U.S. government motion for a "preliminary injunction," filed May 18. These include a demand to remove what the government says are restrictive clauses in agreements with internet service providers (ISPs) and computer manufacturers. Even more daunting are demands that Microsoft either remove Internet Explorer from Windows or allow users the option of installing either

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internet content providers, independent software vendors, and consumers the freedom to choose the Internet products that are installed on their computers," charges the government in its May 18 f i l ing of c l aims, "Unless enjoined, Microsoft will carry out the next significant step in this continuing pattern of

anti-competitive c o n d uct . Mi c r osoft's impending illegal actions, coupled with its ongoing exclusionary conduct, will maintain the software giant's existing monopoly power over personal computer operating systems and extend that monopoly to another critical market — the market for Internet browsers."

existing Windows 95 operating system. "Over the past two years, Microsoft has engaged in a pattern of illegal and exclusionary conduct designed to deny personal computer makers, Internet service providers,

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prevent it from again using a monopoly in one sector of the software industry to build a new monopoly in another? That question started to appear on the lips of anti-trust experts in the United States in the weeks following the filing, as they debated the merits — and potential consequencesof the U.S. Department of Justice's anti-trust case against the world's largest independent software company. One of the leading lights in this debate is Washington, D.C.-based lawyer I'eter Huber.

He is a veteran of anti-trust cases and was the a uthor of a 1 9 8 7 r eport f i led b y t h e Department of Justice reviewing the AThH' divestiture decree, Huber also recalls the long, p rotracted case against I B M b y the Department of Justice, which ran throughout the 1970s and into the early 1980s. Huber seems uniquely qualified to comment on the Microsoft case as he used to work at the same law firm as U.S. Assistant Attorney-General Joel I. Klein (who has led the government's current case against

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s a digital camera destined to become part of your life? Most likely. If not this year, perhaps next year. Here are some reasons for the growth of this market: Falling prices: ln the last few months, the price of many digital cameras has dropped by 2S percent or more. Rising quality: Digital output is already m ore than sufficient for posting on t h e Internet, or printing on photo-quality inkjet printers. Competition and technology: Because both camera and electronics manufacturers are producing digital cameras, there is keen competition. Manufacturers depend on technology to gain the competitive advantage. Thus, as they work feverishly for greater market share, quality will continue to rise and prices drop, further fueling sales. Inexpensive software and color printers: 'I'he Iow prices of color printers, as well as page-layout, image-editing, and greeting-card software are also stimulating digital camera sales. The internet: 1his may well be the biggest factor influencing sales. Digital cameras are a boon for Web page designers and consumers wanting to attach photos to email or send electronic postcards. Many benefits: Digital cameras are far more convenient than conventional cameras. Snap a picture and see the results on a I.CD screen in seconds. Not happy with what you see'. No problem; delete the file and try again. It's better than instant-film cameras, since there's no expensive film to waste. Save on film, processing, and scanning costs: Shoot, enhance, and manipulate photos without a messy darkroom, and get results fast. Many applications: The variety of applications for digital photography is a powerful lure, attracting new users. Digital cameras are proving to be a valuable tool for many, including Web page designers, insurance claim adjusters, law enforcement officials, desktop publishers, real estate agents, building contractors, and news and portrait photographers.

Digital cameras will soon be everywhere. True, sales are modest when compared with film cameras, but the industry is still in its infancy. Nevertheless, the signs are clear. March sales, for example, were double that of January, and International Data Corporation predicts sales will climb to US$1.5 billion by 2001. one million points of information for each color. I say only one million because that amount of information is very small in comparison to the amount found on a3S mm negative taken by a film camera. However, in practice, megapixel digital cameras don't fare too badly. According to Jim Omura,

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- Connectivity: Depending on the camera, images may be downloaded to your computer via the serial port, parallel port, SCSI connection, 3,S-inch floppy (with Sony's Digital Mavica), PC card or floppy disk adapter. In the future, we may see cameras using a USB (universal serial bus) connection, or lomega's new Clik! drive. The Clik is similar to a Zip drive, but the removable discs are much smaller and hold 40 MB of data. They are expected to sell for around $15 each. Image Sensors: Currently CCD (chargecoupled devices) and CMOS (complementary metal oxide semiconductor) image sensors are used in digital cameras. CCD's offer superior. color fidelity and sensitivity in low light. However, CMOS sensors cost far less to make (because of high production), require less power {extending battery life), and can incorporate additional circuitry (reducing camera body size). File formats: To make digital images transferrable, 20 camera manufacturers (including Canon, Nikon,Pentax and Olympus) have

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4.7x3.9 in. or nearly 4xS in. (if my monitor is set to VGA resolution>, which is big enough The quality needed for basic glossy maga- for most applications. zine work is a miniinum 300 ppi (pixels per Most reasonably priced digital cameras inch). If you use a 150-line screen and use the have a resolution of 640x4IIO, which correrough rule of thumb of doubling the half-tone sponds to a full-screen image at VGA resoiuscreen. tion, These are often adequate for Web work, Here's how to apply the formula. Let's say I have a megapixel camera with a resolution of An Industry ln flux Making sense out of resolution 'I'he resolution of digital cameras is usually 1,280x960. How large can I reproduce the Because new developments are swirling about, expressed by the arrangement of pixels on the image? No larger than 4.3x3.2 in., because some may wait for the dust to settle before sensor. For example, if the sensor has 640 pix- 1,280 pixels divided by 300 ppi equals 4.3 in. buying. The digital camera market is in a state of flux because of the following: els per row and 480 rows of pixels, the resolu- and 960 divided by 300 equals 3.2 in. Can we makea sharp 4x6 In.im age? Nope. M emory cards: 'I'hese are used to increase tion is said to be 640x4II0, the same as VGA resolution o n y o u r c o m puter m o nitor. Can we make a Sx7 in. enlargement? No way. the number of exposures that can be taken, or Multiplying the two figures gives us the total How about an 8x10 in.? Forget it! A high qual- in cameras with no onboard memory, are the ity gx10 in. image would require a picture sole medium of storing images. Three differnumber of pixels. 'I'hus, a resolution of 640x480 can also be expressed as 307,2{)0 pix- with a resolution of 3,000x2,400, or 7,200,000 ent types of memory cards have emerged as replacements to the I'CMCIA standard: Intel's els. 1'he more pixels, the higher the resolution pixels. This example looks only at pixel resolu- Miniature Card, SanDisk's CompactFlash, and and the sharper the image, Most digital cameras capture images in 24- tion. In reality, other factors come into play Toshiba's SSliDC (solid state floppy disk card), bit color (16,777,216 colors). Each of the near- with professional work, For example, the lens- also known as SmartMedia cards. Of the three, ly 17 million colors is a unique combination es on most sub-$1,500 digital cameras are not CompactFlash seems to be gaining the most of red, green, and blue. 'I'o define color, one- the same quality as those on professional 35 support among camera makers. We predict third of the image sensors capture red, one- mm film cameras. Also, digital cameras typi- this will emerge as the standard, There are PCMCIA adapters for both third capture blue, and one-third capture cally use some kind of image compression, SmartMedia or CompactFlash cards that allow green. Therefore, a resolution of 640x4II0, or which can introduce artifacts to the image. Here's a second example: How large can these devices to be read from the PC Card slot 307,200 pixels, is really equivalent to 102,400 we make our image on a computer monitor of a portable computer. 'I'he CompactFlash points of information for each color. without loss of quality? card is available in capacities up to 48 MB. For Even it we' re working with a m u l t iTo find the size, divide the resolution by SmartMedia memory cards, adapters are availmegapixel camera with a resolution of three million pixels, the sensor can only capture 72 ppi (the average for most monitors set to able allowing access from a floppy drive,

file format). Meanwhile, film companies, Kodak and Fuji, support another standard: EXIF (exchangeable image file). For now, most cameras use JPEG, and some will store images in the FlashPix format proposed by Kodak, Microsoft, Live Picture and others. Image processing: After taking a picture, intensive processing takes place in the camera. Analog circuitry filters and enhances the sensor output, which is converted to a digital bitstream. The data is then cleaned, color corrected, formatted, compressed and saved. L'xpect new cameras to shift this intensive processing from the camera to your computer, resulting in far lower camera costs. For the above reasons, you may want to consider alternatives to an expensive digital camera. You don't need a digital camera to digitize your photos. Instead, you can order a Kodak PhotoCD at your photo retailer. Some

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astronaut or jet pilot are standard kiddy fare, but George Tumpach had a differ- even during this partial climb they accumulated 600 digital photos, 8,000 35mm slides ent vision when he was aleetle tripperskavich in 1950s Czechoslovakia. He wanted to climb the and 45 hours of digital video.'I'he slides wert seven highest mountains in the world. A forward leap by several decades brings us to the present, 28 years after Tumpach escaped to the West and only a few months after his return from an attempt to scale

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flexible solar energy collectors that look like... well... blankets. During the daily climbing, or any other time they were outside, they would drape these blankets over their backsand their Yaks — recharging the batteries for their devices all day. Neatol In addition to his Web site, Tumpach is working on a book of his adventures, which will b e a p propriately called T/ ir Sr v nr 5'awnrits: Owe Man's Dreaw.an account of fulfilling his childhood ambitions, replete with

exactly the same as running a multinational mm cameras and the two digital cameras, corporation. Expedition leaders are like the Tumpach'steam hauled two Sony VX-1000 chief executive officers, the supervisory staff digital video cameras and a Sony DVCAMand the labor all at the same time. The fact 537, which is a studio-quality incarnation of that it costs approximately $200,000 to con- the VX-1000. duct an Everest climb means they also have Anyone experienced in t h e p o rtable to be careful about. corporate relations, which world, even with a cell-phone. is probably is why his Spanish peers felt compelled to asking what type of batteries such an array of demure at promoting — or even identifying- 'wireless technology demands. a competing sponsor's product. Tumpach found a nifty solution to that In addition to the three notebook com- problem too. Members of his team all carried puters, two satellite phone systems, two 35 devices called Unisolar Blankets, which are

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By Steve Halinda ne of my favorite things to write about here in the Test Lab is how incredibly fast this industry is moving. If you are involved with computers or computer technology, you too are aware of the pace of change. You go to bed one night the proud ownel' of a new notebook I'C and wake up the next morning to find out that there is a n ewer, f aster model on the market — and yours just

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i'ii take a desktop to go please The new processors operate at 233 and 266 MHz, the same as their desktop counterparts. With these new Mobile Pentium II chips, a consumer has more processing. power available than most would know what to do with. I mean, let's face it. I:,ven the most demanding multimedia applications won't need anymore more than a Pentium MMX processor with a fair amount of RAM. Unless you have highly

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3.1gb hdd, 256k/512k cache 8 1.44 flpy

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Viewsonic mtr Mouse, kybd, USR 56k vh modem,36x CD SB64AWE sound, 120w speakers, 550 CD titles incl encyclopedia Ms-Windows 95 cd ver installed & configured Penll-266MMX

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Penll-300MMX $2324 o r lease$92/mth Penll-333MMX $2532 o r lease $94/mth PenllMOMMX* $3211 or lease $124/mth Intel Pentium chipset or LX440 Pll chipset 128 mbfast10ns SDRAM & 6.4gb UDMA hdd Blitz 3D 4mb fast AGP, 17" V773 .26dp mtr

Mouse, kybd, NetLink 56k vfx modem,36x CD Wave 32 sound, 120w speakers, 550 CD titles incl encyclopedia.and edutainment titles Ms-Windows 95 cd ver installed & configured Penll-266MMX

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Penll-300MMX $2292 o r lease $85/mth Penll-333MMX $2500 or lease $93/mth Penll-400MMX $3179 or lease $118/mth 12.1" Active matrix 800x600 clr 32mb ram 3.1gb hdd, 256k/512k cache 8 1.44 flpy no USB/USB,20/24x cdrom, 2/4mb video 2x PCMCIA, no TV out/TV out, SIS/TX chipset Approx 2hrs battery life, carry case & ac adptr Ms-Windows 95 cd ver installed & configured P-233MMX/6100 P-266AMD/9780 P-300AMD/9780

$2230 or $83 /mth $2575 or $95/mth $2695 or $100 /mth

Upg Blitz to Intel l740 2D/30 SmbSGRAN AGP fast video(OEM) upg Blitz to Matrox Mlllenlum II 4mb/8mb AGP (OEM) Upg to ATI Xperte Play 4/ Smb/ All In Wonder Pro 4/ Smb AGP Upg Blitz to Diamond Monster 3D 4mb/ 3D II 8mb (OENI) Dwngd Pll-268cpu to Pll-233cpu/Celeron 266 cpu (not worth It) Upg Pll-300 to Pll-350/32mb to 64mb/ 84mb to 128mb .. . . . . . . Upg 4.39b to8.4gb/8.4gb UDINA hdd/ Wave32 to SB16/8864... Upg any CDROHI to DVD II kit, or add 2IP drive or LS-120 floppy

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15.1" Active matrix 1024x768 clr 32mb ram USB, 20x rxfrom, 4mb video ram 2 PCMCIA slots,TV out video, TX chipset Approx 2hrs battery life, carry case & ac adptr

2 PCMCIA slots,TV out video, TX chipset

Approx 2hrs battery life, carry case & ac adptr Ms-Windows 95 cd ver installed & configured P-233MMX/7200 $3209 or $118 /mth P-300AMD/9780 $3667 or $133 /mth Pll-266MMX/9780 $4480 or $166/mth .... . . . . . . $80 .. . . . $ 135/$230 $95/138/283/323 .. . . . $135/$275 -. . . -$116/-$115 .. . . $345/52/148 ..$72/1 90/41/78 .. . . . . $ 324/139

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Ms-Windows 95 cd ver installed & configured P-266AMD $4187 or $155/mth P-300AMD $4335 or $160/mth

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P133MMX 16 / 1.6 / 10X / 12.1 DS P166MMX 3 2 -/2.1 /10X/12.1 DS /56K P233MMX 3 2 / 3 . 2 / 24X - 10X/12.1 HPA P266MMX 32 / 5.1 / 24X-10X / 12.1TFT P233MMX 3 2 / 5 .1 /14.1TFT Pll 266MMX 64/8.1 /14.1TFT/ DVD Pll 266MMX 32/4.0/24X /13.3TFT /56K

$1,695 $1,995 $2,950 $4,395 $6,045 $7,895 $6,195

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$1,675 $2,095 $2,395

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9.5 cm (3.75 in.) 3.3 kg (7.5 lb.) Smart NiMH Windows 95 Yes

IR port Extras carrying case Price $2,399 SRP Warranty (years parts, labor) 1P, 1L Contact: 888-331-0795, http: //www.eurocom.ca

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• a nice overall package with a good mix of components

• floppy drive can be swapped for a second battery • Lithium lon battery is not included Eurocom notebookshave developed a reputation for offering great value and performance. 1'he 6100 continues that trend, offering a good package with all the basics you want in a notebook. Due to a Windows 95-related problem, we were not able to obtain benchmark figures for this machine.

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Pentium 200 MMX 256KB 32 / 96. 12.1 TFT 800x600 2MB 3GB.

10x (removable)

removable Yamaha OPL3-Sax None 2 Touchpad 30x23x3.8 cm (11.7x9.1x1.5 in.) Palm Rest 10 cm (4 in.) Weight 1.8 kg (4.9 lb.) Lithium Ion Battery type Windows 95 Operating system Yes IR port n/a Extras Price $5,500 SRP Warranty (years parts, labor) 3P, 3L Contact: 800-265-061 6, http://www.panasonic.ca

Analysis: • good overall quality as can be expected from Panasonic

• CD-ROM and floppy drives are removable

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IBM ThinkPad 770

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It's very hard to find anything bad to say about the ThinkPad 770. We had the privilege of testing this same model in January, when this a notebook with a 233 MHz MMX processor was top of the line. Its price has come down considerably, but its performance is still nothing short of spectacular. The configuration we tested is priced at $6,399, but that can be further reduced if you choose a smaller hard drive or go with a NiMH battery.

• very good quality screen

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excellent system loaded with features spectacular 14.1 inch Tl I' screen large 5.1 GB hard drive fast 20x CD-ROM drive built-in 33.6Kbps modem

Analysis: • quite affordable

ChorIrs Series

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(12.3x10x2.2 in.) Palm rest 9 cm (3.5 in.) Weight 3.5 kg (7.8 lb.) Battery type Lithium lon Windows 95 Operating system Yes IR port Eidras n/a Price $6,399 SRP Warianty (years parts, labor) 3P, 3L Contact: 800-465-7999, http: //www.pc.ibm.corn

33.6Kbps (internal) 2 Trackpoint 31.2x25x5.6 cm

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Palm rest Weight Battery type Dperating system IR port Extras

Sceptre Soundx 550OT

2 Touchlmd 30.25x23.3x5.1 cm (1'I.9x9.2x2 in.) 8.9 cm (3.5 in.) 3 kg (6.62 lb.) Lithium lon Windows 95 Yes

The PC-M200 from Sharp offers a slim, attractive design with a good makeup of components, although at a suggested retail price of $4,499, it's not exactly a bargain. For a machine equipped with a 200 MHz processor, the benchmark scores it achieved were very good and certainly worth noting.

carrying case

Toshiba Satellite 300CDS

Kensington lock Price $3,399 SRP Warranty (years parts, labor) 1P, 1L Contact: 000-788-2670, http:/iwww.sceptre,corn

Analyslss • nicely configured system

Video RAM Hard disk • great quaiity 13.3 inch TFT screen CD-RDM drive • floppy and CD-ROM drive are interchange- Roppy drive Audio able • competitively priced at $3,399 SRP Modem PC Card slots Sceptre is known for its excellent monitors Pointing device and flat-panel displays. Recently, the compa- Dimensions (WxDxH)

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Palm Rest 6.35 cm(2.5 in.) Weight 3.7 kg (0.2 Ib) Battery type 4thium Ion Operating system Windows 95 much goad in a Windows 95 environment. IR port Yes An additional 16 MBs are definitely recom- Extras n/a mended. Price $4,499 SRP Warranty (years parts, labor) 3P, 3L Contact: 000-567-4277, htlp:llwww.shar p,ca awards. The Soundx 5500T we looked at this month is a good overall system at a competitive price, but with 16 MB of RAM. it won't be

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Pentium 200 MMX Cache 512KB RAM (standard/max) MB 3 2 / 1 28 13,3 TFT Screen (in.)

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SONY 200PS17" 12600.25 .... $1030.0D Yiewsaoic17" PT775,....,.... $045.00 Viowsoaic17" 0773.......... $040.00

USR 568lnt wl Voice(OEM.)..., $110,00 Aaer 33.6K with Voice......... $ 5 5.M Aaer 56K Iot. with VoiceV.90.... $ QD.QQ Desk Tap,2MWLED.......... $ 42.M Mini-Tower. 250WLED......... $ 3000 IOid-Tower, 250WLED/ATX...... $42/85 Full-Tower, 25DW1ATX........ $125.M

CreativeLobDVDEncore DXR2... $3053N Toehibo 32X,..........,.... $,MAN Ponasooi24X/32X......,.... c $ 80/55 Aaer 32X/36X............ ... $ 65/00 Acer (6206)6W2R.......,.... $445.00

Acer Scanner 319S300dpi FB... $155.00 Acer Scanner 310P300dpi FB... $135.00 Acer Saonoor610PSQOdpiF.B...$ 105jN

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ATI 3DExpression + 4MBw/MPEG$ M.M ATI 3D ProTubro4MO/OMB..... $115/145 ATI Xpert@P)ay 4MB(AGP)IDME) . $145.00 ATI Xpeit I Work4MD(AGP) (OME). $120.00 ATIXpertXLPCI Ragepro4MB(EDO). $08.M ATIpX ertXLIARP)11RegeyioIMRIEDO). $105.00 ATI AO P3DCharger 2MB(EDO).... $75.00 ATIAGP3DCharger 4MB(EDO).... $85.M

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No doubt about this machine from Twinhead: if you' re looking for great value, the Slimnote 91'E has it all from it's built-in 56Kbps faxmodem to its 3.2 GB hard drive. Unfortunately the newer version of Windows 95 OSR2 that was installed on this machine was not compatible with BAPCo Sysmark32, so we had no performance numbers. Normally we would have re-installed a compatible version of Windows 95, but due to ti ming constraints, we were unable to do so.

Analysis

• has the makings of a solid entry-level system ~ small Level-2 cache size of 256KB is not typical of Toshiba • built-in )6x CD-ROM and f)oppy drive coexist simultaneously • uses an Enhanced S1'N screen as opposed to Active Matrix, further reducing cost • benchmark scores suffered as a result of 16 MB of RAM

800x600 2MB 3.2 GB 20x (internal) internal Yamaha OPL3-Sax 56Kbps internal 2 Touchpad 29.7x23.6x4.8 cm (11,7x9.3x1.9'in.) If you' re looking for an entry-level notebook Palm Rest (in.) n/a from a name you trust, the Satellite 300CDS is Weight (ib) 3.15 kg (7 lb.) a great place to start. Although it won't win Battery type Lithium ion any awards for speed, it still has the makings Operatingsystem Windows 95 of a great notebook if value is your number IR port Yes one concern. Extras n/a Price $2.499 Warranty (years parts. labor) 1P, 1L Contact: 888-734-3577. http: //www.twinhead.corn From Peripheral Express Pentium 200 MMX Processor (MHz) Analysis • excellent price with good system design Cache 512KB 32/128 • fast 20x internal Cl)-ltOM drive RAM (standard/max) MB 12,1 TFT • built-in 56Kbps faxmodem Screen (in.)

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Odd stares follow the Agfa ephoto 1280. Due to its unusual futuristic design, people often mistake it for a digital video camera. This mistaken identity is due in part to the lens, which can be rotated up and down in relation to the

vation is good. Where the ephoto shines is in its glass telephoto lens. Some cameras advertise a telephoto ability but do no t h ave a lens with adjustable focal length. They simply take a picture and then crop to the centre and enlarge the image. This doesn't alter the field of focus the way a true telephoto lens does. I'he el'hoto has a real telephone lens that zooms in and out very nicely (3x continuous optical zoom with macro 38 to 114mm, equivalent to a 35mm film camera). Combine lens with resolution and this is an excellent

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The Olympus D-500L is roughly the size of a traditional 35mm film camera but with a very comfortable handhold to one side and a lens housing that resembles a protruding snout. The D-SOOL incorporates many of the same features found in a semi-professional 35mm film camera. It has an SLR-type viewfinder through which you actually see what the lens sees when setting up your shots. The glass lens is a f i l m-camera quality Olympus 9.2 to 28mm, f2.8 to f3.9, seven-element arrangement (the equivalent of a 50 to 150mm lens on a 35mm camera) with a 3X zoom. These optical features result in images in the megapixel range, although it actually captures just under 800,000 pixels. The only genuinely negative aspect to this camera — common to all cameras in this the hassle of plugging into the back of a com- roundup — are the high power requirements, and limited storage capacity of memory puter each time you want to download the cards when images are taken at high-resolupictures from your camera. Other features of the DCZ10 include: the tion settings. My experiences proved the D-500L was choice of saving images in either JPEG or somewhat difficult to master because it has so FlashPix formats; the ability to adjust the LCD many options and configuration possibilities. It screen for brightness, and a 10-second selftimer option to get the whole clan into the commands the same intensity of study and practice as any sophisticated film camera. Of picture. The only possible criticism of the DC210 is course, the nice thing about going digital is that its middling resolution. Otherwise, this is a you can look at your pictures on the 1.8-inch LCD immediately after you' ve taken a shot, camera that will do it all.—RL erased the less successful shots and repeat the process, until you get what you want. Olympus D-SOOL All of the effort is worthwhile, though, as From: Olympus America Inc. (distributed in Canadaby the D-SOOL is capable of capturing very highThe Carson Group) quality images for monitor viewing or print out. Tel: 800-347-4027 Regular, camera-like features include a Maximum resolution: 1,024x768 viewfinder diopter adjustment, manual spot Storage medium: SmartMedia cards (includes one 2 metering, through-the-lens (TTL) centreMB card) weighted contrast detection, focus lock, manPlatforms: Windows 95/NT 4.0/MacOS 7 or later ual focus override, three-f-stop +/- exposure Software: Adobe PhotoDeluxe, PhotoShop plug-in for compensation and a pop-up flash. Macintosh, In Media's Slides 8 Sound Optional accessories include a leather case, Dimensions: 11.4x8.4x13 cm (4.5x3.3x5.1 in.) rechargeable NiMH batteries and charger, Weight: 470 g (16.6 oz) without batteries additional SmartMedia cards and PCMCIA Estimated street price: $1,299 adapter, AC adapter, Olympus PictraAlbum image cataloguing software and Olympus Pros: A true 35mm camera replacement with highquality zoom lens, multiple photographic features and SYS.Drive image-archiving utilities. An accessory kit is available for an additional $325 that good enough resolution to allow for more than snapshots. Feels very nice in the hand, and looks nice too. includes almost all that minus the PCMCIA Cons: Power hungry, requires some study and practice adapter and SYS.Drive utility. This is a serious camera at a serious price to make use of the many features. Storage capabilities •

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ful in our attempt to capture images with the CompactFlash card an d a d apter. There appeared to be a bug in the system. One feature that differentiates the ViviCam is its use of six AA batteries, compared to the four other models require. This means improved battery life, but the extra two batteries add to the weight and bulk of the camera. At $849, the ViviCam is the cheapest camera in this review. However, against that low price is the non-standard PCMCIA card and the lack of an LCD readout.— RL 0

Pros: 20-second sound bitescan be added to images. Cons:Lacks LCD preview and zoom lens,PC Card is non-standard, camera is a bit bulky. The Vivitar, ViviCam 3100 is the only camera here that does not have an LCD screen for reviewing images, As taking then deleting images until you get it right (and freeing up limited storage space for the best shots) is one of the main benefits of digital photography, this is a serious disadvantage. The highest resolution of the ViviCam' 3100 is also less than any other camera here at 1,000x800. The camera's manual advertises the output image resolution at 1,.920x1,600 "software selectable," which means this is an interpolated result. The camera does not have true megapixel quality since it captures only 800,000 pixels. On the up side, the ViviCam 3100 allows the user to record a 20-second-per-picture sound bite, which can be played when viewing pictures on the computer. Also, the included panorama software allows you to stitch pictures together. This means you can use a tripod and take pictures in a 360-degree circle, then paste them together to form a panorama view that you "turn" on your computer monitor. The camera has a glass lens and most other digital camera options including the use of an motion videoconferencing device. An adapter is available if you prefer to use CompactFlash memory over the included Type-1 PC Card. However, we were unsuccess-

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won't be knocking on Apple's door when moved quickly to end the program saying the last Mac OS licensing agreement expires in July. Fortunately, the company's scanners, Intel-based desktop and notebook computers, digital cameras, network communication devices and servers, absorbed a two-year loss of US$35 million from its line of Macintosh clones called SuperMac. According to a new report, Umax lost about US$20.1 million from making Mac-compatible clones in 1997 and expects to add approximately US$14.9 million in losses this year. Umax finance managerChang Jung-huei said 1998 losses are the result of discounts accompanying the discontinuation of their Mac clone experiment. 'I'aiwan-based U max an d i t s U m a x Computer Corp., in the U.S. are the last of Apple's short-lived cloning program. What beganas'plan to extend Mac OS-based computers into new markets ended in strained and at times bitter relations between certain clone makers and Apple. IBM, Motorola, Vower Computing and Umax acquired Macintosh operating system licensing agreements from Apple more than threeyears ago. Mac clones began appearing almost a year later and after more than a year of sales, Apple's chief executive officer Steven Jobs declared the clones cannibalized existing Apple

Apple would not extend existing licensing agreements to include new technologies. He paid Vower Computmg, the most successful Mac clone maker, n>i)lions of dollars to reacquire the licensing agreement and certain Vower Computing personnel, leaving a divided and troubled company, which closed within months. Motorola's clone division officials walked away in bitter dissatisfaction; IBM never got its clone business off the ground. Umax remained as what Dataquest analyst James Staten calls, "a good licensee who did not want to upset Apple" and continued to manufacturer Mac clones. "I think they thought they could develop niche markets which were outside Apple's traditional strengths," said Staten. Those niche marketsnever develnped. According to Staten, Umax had two major problems. First, their clones arrived while Apple's market share was dropping and, secondly, they did not have a long-term contract with Apple. "They never controlled their Own destiny," he continued. "They always had this July date [the end of their Mac OS contract) hanging over their heads. They had to trust in Apple, so they tried to be a good citizen, but in the end Jobs was committed to ending the clone experiment." While Umax has continued to ship Mac

images, the High Definition feature would sway me toward recommending the Snappy over the ZipShot (unless you are using an Sa keyboard or bus port — has a more environ- Video or non-NTSC source). However, the ZipShot comes with some ntentally friendly approach to energy consumption than the Snappy, which uses a 9- extras that are also worth considering. The volt battery. I'he ZipShot also has a parallel first is a time-lapse feature, which automatiport pass through, which is a godsend in this cally grabs images at a set interval Iup to 10 era of easy-to-install parallel-port devices. frames a minute for up to 24 hours) and autoEventually, the USB (universal serial bus) matically saves them to disk, This is easy to specification will solve problems like this; use, but suffers from two tlaws. First, the feature can't be activated I'rom the TWAIN driver; until then, it's a point for ArcSoft. When it was t ime t o s tart grabbing in order to use it, you must activate the images, I took one look at the ZipShot inter- ZipShot capture software from the included face (like the Snappy, the ZipShot uses a Vhotolmpression program. Second, the image 'I'WAIN driver) and instantly fell in love. Here resolution is limited to 640x4%. The other nifty feature is the ability to was the elegant, uncluttered interface I desired! 0 joy! 0 rapture! Just about all the capture full-motion video as an AVI file — up functions of the Snappy (there are no indi- to five minutes, S9 seconds, at a maximum vidual red, green, and blue controls) were resolution of 320x240. (You may need to download a patch from ArcSoft's Web site to there, in a visually appealing layout. The preview window, which updates a lit- capture audio.) This must be done from withtle closer to real time, was a pleasure, It also in Photolmpression as well. Now, here's the rub: all of this can be done allows you to reduce the preview image size if with the Snappy as well, but only if you get you need to squeeze out a few more frames the Snappy 3.0 Deluxe package (US$199, or per second. Capturing an image is as easy as blinking: $39.9S to upgrade from any previous Snappy after choosing your settings, push the red but- release). It seems strange that a company as hip and consumer-friendly as Play would ton marked "capture." 1 he ZipShot's image quality is comparable charge extra for a feature that other compato that of the Snappy. I set both on their high- nies have been including for some time now. I hope Play r'ectifies this by dropping the est quality setting for a still i mage, and grabbed a 640x480 image from a laserdisc. prices further, or at least including these features in Snappy 4.0, which is due by the end of theyear. They produced identical crisp images. At In the meantime, the two frame-grabbing higher resolutions, however, the ZipShot loses, It has a m aximum resolution of devices are neck and neck, differing just 1,600x1,200. compared to t h e Snappy's enough to make choosing one a minor 1,%()x1,125; but without an interpolation headache. You' ll just have to decide what kind feature like Snappy's High Definition button, of mouse you want to trap. CI the extra pixels don't help all that much. Emru Townsend will gladly stretch a metaphor for Iun Comparative analysis or profit. Yuu can visit his Web site at If it were simply a matter of grabbing still http: //www.cam.erg/-emru.

clones for the first five months of this year, Jobs

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has reorganized Apple's desktop and notebook in the past mne months," added Brady. We product lines based on VowerPC G3 microprocessors, outlined a new operating system strategy which will evolve into Mac OS X and streamlined channel operations. Umax was left with older Mac clone systems based on earlier versions of the PowerVC microprocessor. The company offers one model with a VowerPC G3 upgrade card from Newer Technologies, but without a new OS licensing agreement, Umax clones become antiquated. Asked if Apple intends to extend a licensing agreement with its "good citizen," Apple spokesperson Russell Brady said, "We will honor all of our licensing agreements completely." However, he pointed to an earlier statement from Jobs who said the problem with Mac clones is that Apple was in essence subsidizing the clone makers.

have posted two profitable quarters and shown the industry where we are going." Apple and Umax are going in different directions. Apple has already initiated a new era and Umax maintains it is phasing out SuperMacs. Currently, SuperMacs can be purchased as low as US$995 with an older PowerPC chip. Staten thinks SuperMac prices might drop considerably as the company liquidates remaining inventory, but he does not believe Apple sales will be impacted. "It doesn't make a lot of sense to buy one of these older systems, unless they fit into an existing network or company's operations," added Staten. Without an official announcement and in a whimper, Apple's Mac clone experiment will slip into history some time this summer,Q

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E-commerce not just for big business Electronic commerce is atough nut for many small businessesto crack. While it is easy enough for most to understand the value of having a signpost in cyberspace to point customers to their realworld establishments, the idea of actually conducting businessonline is much more challenging. By Geof Wheelwright

ccording to Dr. Richard J. Schroth, a senior fellow at the Wharton School (a leading business school in the United States) and chief executive officer of Executive Insights Ltd.. businesses large and smail must meet this challenge if they are to survive. And he suggests that many of them will actually reshape their businesses in doing so. Speaking at a conference in Toronto hosted by electronic commerce specialists Sterling ,®;.M srf'ftptk@pM+t~ "a . h+' Commerce, Schroth said the challenge facing '.,' .Carla4raQ',.:@erat(I +'gal".'4K~~ W 4 " . :Jeveryoneisfinding a way to be market leaders in a world that still embraces the foundations, t echniques,and economics and products ofthe «',)4No jig-'4tg~ k .~h~e~nc+j;ot'-:.j 4w;~~ ,' Conrmuiifeitriotta " .IIesearcht":" ' ra ttrap ""' e4t lr . "j Industrial Era. Business faces the problem of operating in this "old world" while being ~ it eth fice,-"@ 7 %&i~WX>W! %%~i'; :i~Qj+Wl responsible for guiding their companies into t"":tc rA' " "$ o n ":.:::~,)The' ru A'pIy celluI'ar, perso'nal the I n formation Era — something which I communications setvices (PCS), local multi-. requires an entirely different scale of perforI joint communications setvices (LMCS), I'mobile satellite services (MSS), and direct ~ nsance measurement. perspectives and assumptions. " .broadcast,'satellite (RIBS) licence holde».He said that for those who embrace the their business. For most companies, it starts =- Grnnt BItckler concept of online operations, there are four with an impetus to create an opportunity for .

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E-commerce notJust for big business Continued frompage 1 mechanism forhelping customers "discover" more about the company and its products through richer Web sites, online customer support, online catalogs and online demonstrations. According to Schroth, it then evolves into actually doing transactions over the Internet, a stage atwhich many large businesses have just arrived. This stage allows customers to do online eveiything they could previously do via telephone shopping, yet gives them more information about the products and services they are buying. It also provides greater flexibility and convenience. The final stage of t his t ransformation involves creating a community of customers and this "business of community" is where the key to successfulcommerce— electronic or otherwise — really lies. Schroth says this feeling of community extends beyond the creation ol' a better channel fo r c o mmunication between abusiness and customers to a channel between customers themselves through chat areas and other interactive online elements that bring them together. This is potentially antithetical to the way many businesses have operated, however. "The largest fear of corporations is that customers will chat to one another," Schroth said. Though it seems true that relationships appear to be the key to most successful, long-term business enterprises large or small. He said, for example, that many credit unions exist solelybecause they provide stronger "one-toone" relationships than large chartered banks. They evoke asense of community rather than a sense of inevitability ("I want to bank here" insteadof "I have to bank here" ). There aredozens of real world models for this kind of theory — not the least of which is your favorite neighborhood watering hole. You probablydon'tgo there because they have the best drinks at the lowest prices and deliver them in an instant. Chances are you go there because you feel you belong, that you' ll run into other people you know and the staff will treatyou well because you are "a regular." Call it the Cheers theory (where everyone knows your name).

Solutions for small business lt is no small leap to map this theory onto e-commerce implementations for small businesses. But a number of software companies are aiming to do just that, by developing products that concentrate as much on building online business relationships and communities as they do on helping with the mechanics of selling goods and services electronically. One such company, Vancouver-based Maximizer Technologies lnc., is aiming to do just that with a couple of new products. The first is Maximizer 5.0, the latest upgrade in its venerable line of customer-information-management software. The company saysithas made more than 70 enhancements in Maximizer 5.0, but it is most excited about its new suite of e-commerce features that "enable a small business user to create a Web site and start accepting orders and inquiries online in under an hour."

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Now that is a tall claim, but Maximizer — and ping costs, process and settle payments, and gic inyour business," adds Humphrey. its parent company MultiActive Technologies provides financial reporting to the merchant. He suggests that retailers who run virtual Inc.— seem committed to fulfilling it. NGage is part of MTS Advanced, the multime- shops need to be carefulabout how they Starting with a software wizard, Maximizer dia and directory publishing subsidiary of approachsuppliersin requesting e-commerce users can create a Web site. then upload it to Manitoba Telecom Services Inc. links."To succeed, there clearly needs to be a willingness for the retailer to go to their supthe free Maximizer "online community" or their own Internet service provider (ISP), and End-to-end solution needed pliers and understand the supplier's capabili"begin receiving orders and inquiries through One experienced voice in the e-commerce mar- ties," concludes Humphrey. "I think the electronic mail." All orders and inquiries are ket suggests that having a mechanism to deliver retailers who understand the real value of automatically logged to Maximizer's database online orders to your company via the Web is electronic commerce know that they can't do it without successful cooperation of their supforeasy follow-up and tracking. only one piece of the puzzle. Small businesses attempting to deliver pliers. It can't be a situation where the retailOtherInternet features have been added to Maximizer 5.0, including an "e-mail centre" online also need a good relationship with super comes in and says I am the big retailer and from whichusers can manage all email folders pliers, so they can ship in the time period they you havetodo this to keep my business.You createdin Microsoft Outlook, Exchange and promise.They need a reliable method ofship- have to understand the supplier's capabilities Eudora. In addition, the product provides ment. Manyhave turned to courier companies, and requirements, and then explain why it direct links to the Inquisit personal news ser- such as Federal Express and UPS, for ship- [electronic commerce] is good for them as a supplier." vice and contact location mapping with ping andare increasingly using e-commerce Common sense would suggestone area solutions to build links to suppliers that MapsOnUs by Lucent Technologies. MultiActive's second big push is for some- ensure they will have the supply of goods that might not be appropriate for Internet satisfy customer demand. shopping is the clothing industiy — where custhing it calls the Commerce Catalyst Suite. It needed to is being promoted as "a turnkey solution that According toRobert Humphrey, a vice- tomers are used to trying things on to ensure the look and feel is right before they put down puts Internet service providers together with presidentof European operations at e-comsmall businesses." The suite aims to reduce merce, software-maker Sterling Commerce, their money. A recent Internet fashion shopthe high cost of site creation and mainte- virtual stores cannot buy into the idea of elec- ping trial by The Arcadia Group (previously nance,remove the marketing barriers of Web tronic retailing in a half-hearted fashion. He the Burton Group) and British computer comsite promotion and assist with the Web suggests that they will make little headway if pany ICL, however, did not show this to be Support neededfrom ISPs to get and keep they use a great Web site to take customer the case. orders, but old-style technology to get product In fact, the companies recently announced businesses on the Web. their six-month trial has been so successful The Commerce Catalyst Suite has two shippedfrom suppliers. "In terms of education, our challenge is in they are about to launch what they claim to be parts: Marketplace Engine and Marketbuilder. the world's largest fashion shopping site Marketplace Engine is designed to allow an getting retailers to understand that they will ISP tosetup, manage and promote a merchant benefit from expanding their electronic com- online. The trial involved seven "high street" community on the Web, while Marketbuilder merce programs," Humphrey says. He adds fashion brands, including Evans, Dorothy is supposed to allow an individual merchant to the flip side of this equation lies in getting Perkins, Principles, Top Shop, Racing Green quickly create a "high-quality Web site," suppliers to meet demand from retailers to do and Burton Menswear. The companies said their trial site delivupload it to the Marketplace Engine. and business electronically. If a retailer runs a Web site selling auto ered a total average of 2.7 million page maintain the site from their own business. MultiActive says ISPs can use this product parts, but has to transmit its orders to parts requests per month. During the trial, some 70 to increase revenues while reducing the cost of suppliers via fax machine and telephone, then per centof the buyers from the online stores hosting small business Web sites. Small busi- it is leaving itself open to some big uncertain- were women. The preferredmethod of paynesses get all the benefits of an Internet pres- ties about delivery times. These might not ment was the Arcadia Group'sStore Card, ence withoutthe usual expense. "By broaden- existif the "back end" of the process was as which the companies have interpreted to ing their reach without increasing their physi- automated as the front end. "You need to look mean customers perceive a higher level of cal size and eliminating the middleman, mer- at how you make EDI [Electronic Data security when making online transactions chants increase their profits while reducing Interchange] and electronic commerce strate- with a store card. Q costs," cl aims t h e c o mpany. "With a Marketbuilder Web site a merchant can better target his customer, better tailor and add value to his products and, in the end, increase his customers' reasons to buy." buyers who invest . SCOTISDAL'E, Ariz. (NB)—,CNF Inc. has start-..":;,i':-'., Rudich said corpqrate Similar services are being provided by a i foi:tjteijntir'rent:note-' ."," ed shipping.its CardportDV9::exterrial. PC-.ciid'"', ln CartJpoii9VD:."kive's growing number ofcompanies. For example, ','books:can'itpgridi'tbetrcur'r'en''s estet'ns'while';„ DVD (digital vi'deo disk} player, for use':with:: IBM Canada is offering the IBM HomePage ' notebook computers. The fiim said the device ' tnortey;::"::,,Fj u ": example:;if::.:tIte.choice is,:.: Creator, a design and Web site hosting service -: will w'ork with:any portabh.' computer that has a: -:bet'w'cert a U~@8 BVD-eqI'itpped itotebook,,:. that allows companies to try out a catalog-type ::. computer ":or.:' a U8$9'600: irotebook::witjt commerce site with m i n i mum investment. ,„Types' PC Cari/ slot and does iiot need an exter:I rial power supply or extia:bsttexjs's.:' " ', ',: '.:,-:,: " "..par'dport9V9 "::the::.:s'avirtgs":-.os":::5(I'::notebook (See http: //m ypage-products.ihost.corn/cana To run fttII-length DVDmovies, tjie note-' ',:: uriits would'Q ioughlj U@79,NIO.;. ";"-' „, da/html/products. html.) The basic service ': b'ook needsart optional MPH (Motion Picture . Another::spokeaperioti said,-':",Tecjtnolojy.'starts at $59.95 a month and allows a business '"- m, extra US4300: "::.,',wiie this is no'ti complicated.pioduct. What:", . 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The rules of engagement re you beingpushed into e-commerce?

Open «ny magazine or flick through the TV channels and you' re bound to come up with some pitch about how e-commerce is going to change your business fortunes. The dark implication is that if you don't embrace e-commerce, you' ll end up as a greasy smudge on the digital road to prosperity. Until the World Wide Web gained widespread attention, e-commerce was mainly a business-to-businessconcern, somewhat synonymous with EDI, or electronic data interchange. EDI is a transaction system that many corporations like the Big 3 auto makers have imposed on smaller suppliers as a condition of doing business with them. EDI allows the entire transaction chain, from ordering to invoice payment through direct deposit to be handled electronically. In the past, it required a significant investment of time and money to set up, often requiring a supplier to buy into an expensive, proprietary EDI system. Therefore,only companies that could hope to generatea big chunk of business would bother jumping through the EDI hoops. As the Web gained public attention, a new kind of e-commerce was born; a more glittery one,waving the promise ofround-the-clock customers and near-zerocosts for warehouses, showrooms, inventory, etc. What a promise! No wondereveryone sat up to take notice. A lot of the recent e-commerce activity has gone into building the infrastructure to make this retail paradise happen. MasterCard. Visa and various technology companies like IBM. Microsoftand Netscape have devised a secure electronic transaction (SET) standard that promises safe credit card buying over the Internet. Web hosting services are constructing back-end,e-commerce solutions to take care of the transaction processing. Web site designers are focusing on making attractive and effective virtual storefronts on the Web. The goodnews isthatthese Web-based commerce developments are not just about retail. They are affecting the EDI equation too, by low-

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Continued fromage p1 Adobe PageMill, Microsoft FrontPage and Symantec's VisualPage will be at least complemented, if not replaced. by a new generation of tools geared towards the new dynamic, databased, scripted Web pages ofthe always-chanpng Net.

Web change Change appears in the form of Figurel's exponential growth "snakes.' These curves show rapid Net growth throughout the computing world.

information. • The Net creates new markets: witness Autoby-tel. Amazon,corn, and Travelocity successes. • The Net makes new connections: Gallup pollsters report 45 percent of youths socialize on the Net. • It feeds on itself: new users invent new uses.

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Web trends change application development Justas the Web changes business models and delivery, it changes how applications are built: • it allows for much faster development times; • it puts more emphasis on iterative prototypes; • it promotes N-tier distributed systems designs; • and itchanges Web pages layout and content dynamically.

success rate. This may be explained in part by The move from static to the fact that prototyping is much easier to do in many simple Web development tools. However,this success has to be balanced againstthe challenges ahead; the Web's success is pushing developers large and small into much more interesting waters. It's like that IBM TV commercial: creating a dancing or flaming logo may possible, but the new trends in Web development take users and developers alike into the daunting world of N-tier processing. Four major Web trends lead in this direction. First, there is the move from static to dynamic page creation. The hetter Web sites are those Facets of Web development that defer page creation to respond dynamically The move from static to dynamic page creation to user requests. means being able to respon<l to users' queries anil Second, there is a move from memoiy-less to interactions on the fly. In effect, user queries custom interfaces. A Web site that remembers and a u tomatically customizes t ts 1 t 8 . t th . s s t 's needs will likely have a csecsisctltcttcttctassc cf ccrctccttiiss tihctis return user. vaccctc craclctta tict Third there is a move from singular to multiparty interactions on the Net. What began with multi player ~ames now includes debug chat cortss ssCis~ "s~S~m s ttsst V"st+" ners l e s t estimonials. and online hearings on public policy. These are determine not only the contents but the layout of just the tip of the multi-participant Net iceberg the output. Fxamples of such dynamic sites of the near I'uture. include: Finally, an overall trend from passive to • bo oksellers A mazo n .corn. and interactive Web sites is identified. BarnesamlNoble.corn: We shall follow each of these developments • travel information consultants Travelocity, and Expedia; • la rger-scale purchase and refenal seivices Auto-hy-Tel, and Inquiry.corn;. • and financial i n formation and s ervice providersCharles Scwhab, and the Wall Street.Joccrnccl.

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It is wise to incorporate in any business situation that involves high risk. A long-term lease, that is five to ten years, obviously involves potential risk. Statistically, approximately 75 percent of small businesses fail within five years of'startup. For all these reasons, incorporating a

company and signing the lease under the corporate name would be prudent. here is always a potentially high degree of personal and business risk in signing a leam. The locat ion mav turn outto be a poor one, competition may start to affect the business, or health, marita1, or partnership problems may impair the business operation. For these reasons and many more. it is vital that precautions be built into the lease .30minimize risk as much as possible. Many small business owneiis are not aware of the wide range of protections that can be negotiated into a lease. Here are some common, effective techniques to discuss with your lawyer when negotiating the initial offer to lease or re-negotiating an existing lease thai is coming up for renewaL Makesureyour law>cr is an experienced business lawyer with a thorough understanding of leases.If you don't have a lawyer, contact your local la»ger-referul service and speak to a minimum of threebusiness before making a decision. The initial consultations are free or have a nominal fee. Clarify that in advance. Here is «noverview of some of the key considerations io minimize financial risk.

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Penalty clause You mav wish to negotiate a three-month penalty as the total amount of damages the landlord would expect from the tenant in the event the lease is breached. The landlord may require the three-month penalty be paid in advance and represent the last three months of the term of the lease or the penalty, whichever comes first. Auempt to negotiate that the funds go into an interest-bearing account with interest to the favor of the tenant. Many landlords will not want to have the funds fettered in thai maruier. however. The tenant could budget as pan of the startup costs the downside risk as heing three months and have that money put asiile by giving it to the landlord under the terms of the lease. In this example, no other security would be given to the landlord and the landlord would have no further recourse against the tenant if the tenant left before the term ol' the lease. Another form of penalty provision could be that the amount ol' the penalty be decreased

based on the length of time the tenant remained in the premises under the terms of the lease. For example, in a five-year lease„ the clause might state that if the lease is terminated with four or more years left on it, there would be a fivemonth penalty; with three to four years left in the lease, it would be a four-month penalty; with two to three years. a three-month penalty; with one to two years, a two-month penalty; and with under one year left on the lease, it would be a one-month penalty.

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guarantee,many of those could be persuaded to waive this request through effective negotiating techniques. The most direct approach is to state that unless the personal guarantee provision is removed, other premises will be leased elsewhere that do not require a personal guarantee. Another approach is to limit the extent of the personalguarantees. You may negotiate a provision that the personal guarantee automatically expires at the end of the first year of the lease. This clause could state that in the event that the lease is terminated by the tenant beforethe end of the year, the personal guarantor shall be responsible for the balance of' the first year's rent. From the perspective of the landlord, the first year is probably the highest risk with a new tenant. The landlord would be protected in that the tenant would remain or be responsible for at least one year's rent. CI

To minimize the risk associated with signing a long-term lease, you may instead decide to have the initial lease period relatively short. By the end of the short-term lease, you would be in a hetter position to decide whether it is viable to remain in the leased premises for a longer period of time. For example,ratherthan signing a five-year lease it might be prudent to negotiate a one-year Next month: Free or reduced rent, conlease with two renewable two-year options. If struction allowances and lease assignment. you wanteda seven-year lease,you might negotiate a two-year lease with two renewable DouglasGray,LL.B.is a Vancouver-based experton small business. Formerly a practicing lawyer, he is optionsfor two years and three years. now a consultant, speaker and author of 16 bestselling books, includingThe Complete Canadian No personal guarantee Small Business Guide(published by McGraw-Hill For a corporate lease, it is not uncommon for a Ryerson) andStart and Rona Profitable Consulting landlord to request a personal guarantee or guar- Business and Start and Runa Profitable Business antees by the directors. While approximately 70 Using Your Computer(both published by Selfpercent of landlords might request a personal Counsel Press).

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Seanix ponders U.S. market By Geof Wheelwright eanix Technology Corporation has survived its first year in the Unite(I States and is alive to tell the laic. The company says in March of 1998. the U.S. operation began making money. While Seanix isn t s aying how much i t made in the U.S., it rloes boastof uchieving annual sales of 81(X) million in 1997. It employs more than 'o60 p«ople anil says it ships ')5.000 PC per month. Accorrling tu companv ('hief «xpc at i vp offi<er and founder. Paul ( irard. survival alone is

design of the Pentium. "We have to take a long term view of that. I think that Slot I will be verv successful but in

Girard says, however, that in Canada Seanix is enjoying a steep increase in sales. and the company is reaping the henefit of a -vertically in i t grated" <I«sign aml manufacturing operation. L'nlik« many

line to servers and notebooks. We are developing ourown server technologies. although we still use a third-party supplier on the notehooks. We are <lpveloping server products that have strong features aml lots of expandability. It is a huge margin business and if we sold servers al some of the prices that some of the largervendors do.we would bp making 60 percent margin. So )ve are feeling really pumped about opportunity. One opportunity he is not quit« so sure about — ut least in the. bort term — is that present«(I by Intr I's r«l«ase of its Pentium IIbus«rl Ct I«ron systems forthp pnt)>-I«v«I nl<1r-

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ITU agrees on Y2IZ battle plan By Steve Gold GENEVA, Switzerland (NB) — The International Telecommunications Union (ITU), which representsthe world's myriad of telecom companies. has drawn up its battle plans to tackle the

Year 2000 (Y2K) problem in the telecommunications arena. The ITU has been studying the Y2K telecom problem for some time. In fact, the union claims it started to address the issue back in 1995 in the context of Study Group 7, which deals with data networks aml open system communications. ln the 1998-1996 period. ITU officials said that the Sturly Group 7 developed technical "solutions" for the two problem areas — message hanrlling and directory services — which were approvprl in March 1997. The Y2K issue was subsequently brought up in May 1997 at a meeting of Study Group 2 in the larger context of telecom nt lwork and service operations.

The main anas thathave already been identifierl by the ITU as being affected by the changefrom 1999 to2000 are in me ssage handling systems (MHS) and directory services that use "universal time." based on a two-digit representationof the year and in some postprocessingoperations such as call charging, customer billing or other record used within

the post processing billing systems. List November saw the ITU setting up a task force to coordinate all ITU worldwide activities relating to Ihe year 2000. In adrlition, the ITU is now in the process of creating a central database to compile Y2K information. According lo ITU officials, its task force has discovered that the telecom imlustry is vulnerable to the Y2K problem and that some problems may be veiy diiTicult to fix. An example cited is the f irmware of undersea cables. which is usually encorled in silicon, itself encased inrepeaters on the sea floor,making software updates almost For this reason, the ITU says it has determined that it is impossible to say — at this time — whether any major Y2K-related disruptions are expected with international telecommunication networks. Ron Balls, the chairman of the ITU Year ')000 task force anrl a senior offi<ial within

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British Telecom. said that the exchange of information among operatoii s is vital t o a n understanding of the position un international direct diuling (IDD) and international private leased circuits. "The business continuity aspects and the

interworking with equipment from a host of suppliers and vendors could mean that a number of operators could potentially be severely

major suq)rises down the road — with less than

affected — one shoulrl not lose sight of the fact that the globul network is only as strong us its weakest link,- he said. According to Tomas Nylund. the vice-chairman of the task force,the sheer scalp ofthe Y2K problem. )vhich is global, requires a global approach based on local inlp]ementation. -<Vot dealing with the Year o000 issue in one country could be as dangerous to that countiy's paltners as computer viruses. Evc)y telecommunication operator must ensure that its company is Year OQQQ compliant und. to this end. must conduct anaccurate assessment of what needs to bedone. a thorough analysis on how to proceed, and a conversion phase whenever warrunted. They must also allow u testing period to validate the action taken." he sairl. Accordin lo )Iylund. no one can afford to ignore the problem. "Operators who fail lo <lo so <ould fact.

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The Xew PCS phones A mobile phone that receives email? PCS makes it possible. widest coverage. Unfortunately, its older technology means it yields relatively low voice quality. (In some areas, it is worse than others due to local technology-imposed limitations. In Los Angeles, for example, the voice quality of a TDMA PCS systems sounds a hit like Darth Vaderbecause offewer bands in the vocoder— a problem that is not as se>ious for use within Canada.) In Canada. CDMA (code division multiple access) is considered to offer the hest voite quality, with GSM not far hehind. Both offn "near land line quality" — a welcome improve-

By Graeme Bennett s you' ve probably heard, cellular services from providers such as Cantel and Mobility Canada have some new competition. Indeed, vdth the recent introduction of digital systems like Fido and Clearnet in Western Canada, the wireless phone equation just got a little more complicaterl. In this article. we detail some of the differences between cellular and PCS phones and describe the various technologies. Today, most business people are relatively familiar with what a cellular phone is and how it works. But few are as familiar with the newer PCS (personal communications services), phones. In this article, we' ll describe the n>ain differencebetween PCS and analogsystems and look at some of the computer-friendly data capabilities PCS enables. There areseveral different fl avors of PCS, with the main ones in Canada heing TDMA (Cantel/ATgtT), GSM (Microcell Fido) and CDMA (which has two variants: a so-called 800 MHz CDMA used by Mobility, and a 1,900 MHz version used l>y Clearnet). These services use different methods to transcode the digital signal and, as a consequence, offer varying voice quality. As always. there's a tradeoff. The main concern for most people is the coverage area. Microcell Solutions, for example, currently offers Fido PCS service in several areas of the count>y. with coverage in greater Quebec City, Montreal. Ottawa-Hull, Oshawa. Toronto. Ha m i l ton, Cal g ary, Edmonton. and greater Vancouver. (Check w>th the. Con>panvnew regions are added quite regularly!) I ts digital service in each area, however, is strictly metropolitan only. ln the Var>couver area, forexample. Fido coverage starts at

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U niversity of Bri ti s h Columbia and extending just north of Surrey. At least when we tested a Fido phone. there was nocoverage in most ofNorth Vancouver. In the Spring of 1998, thecompany began off ering coverage in the Port Coquitlam area, and Microcell says Chilliwack and the Whistler mountain regions will be covered in 1998. Other areas (and other PCS providers) offer limited coverage, too, as they balance the twin goals of profitability and expanded service. Contact the respective providers for details on their coverage areas — and take their future expansion claims with a grain of salt. Fortunately, new phones will help to eliminate coverage limitations. Dual mode phones, as they are called, will support both digital PCS and older analog. cellular services. In other words, if a region does nothave PCS tower,but

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an analog cellular one, then the cellular services become available. And, by the way, you do not. have to pay extra for this roaming service. All the major PCS providers offer it as a standard feature of their "dual-mode" phone services. Clearnetcunently offers a dual-mode phone with CDMA/Cell roaming; Fido's GSM/Cell maming, which until Dec. 1997. required two phones. is now possible with its dual-mode Nokia 6190 phone. In some cases. upgrades fmm single-mode phones are available. Microcell. the company that offers the service called Fido, advertises that it is the "first true PCS service in Canada.However,ATILT was offering PCS services prior to Fido's arrival. How «an that he? Fido's ads are pointing out the fact that ATi%T service doesn't use the pa>t ol' the microwave spectrum normally associated with PCS services. ATILT. you see, owns blocks of spectrum in both the 850 MHz

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markets "digital advanced mobile phone services" (DAMPS) as PCS to its customers. However, the company primarily sells customersaccess in the 850 Mhz bandwidths where it i s o f f ered, a n d defaults c u s tomers over to the 1,900 MHz range only when the 850 MHz band is filled. Thus, some people consider ATILT's use of the "cellular" band as PCS controversial, although it doesn't really matter much. If D-AMPS offers the digital functionality of "true" PCS services, what is the difference? The first difference is the frequency the phoneoperateson.The cellular band comprises about 25 MHz around the 850 MHz, while the PCS band comprisesabout 30 MHz at amund 1900 MHz. In other words, D-AMPS phones

operateon 8SO MHz frequency (descriptions are sometimes rounded ofl' to "800 phones") anti PCS phonesoperate on thc new 1,900 MHz frequencies.

What doesthis mean to Joc Consumer? Practically nothing. You get the same features, call quality and services on 8SO MHz that you do on 1,900 MHz, when comparing 850 MHz and 1.900 MHz TDMA. Cantel ATILT's "TDMA" service. is the oldest and most widely established se>vice in the U.S. and Canada. Consequently. it offers the

GSM (an acronym forglobal system for mobile communications) is growing rapidly in popularity, due to aggressive pricing from Microcell and the next-generation features of phones like the Nokia 9000i (and the uprlated 9000il model announced in May 1998) that combine phone functions with email, fax. nussaging,caller ID and even Weh browsing!The high price of the phone ($1,500), of course, is a drawback. In December 1997. Nokia announced that the 9000i would be availal>le with l900 band GSN service on the Pacific Bell network in California. There are more than 500 cities in North America now of('ering GSM service. CDMA is the new kid on the block. It oflers what many consider to he the best technology, anrl its phones boast the longest battery life. Simply put. today's phones require that if you live in a GSM area (as much of Eurot>e is). you have to use a GSM phone, aml if you live in

A Short Glossary of Digital Telephony Terms: 850MHz: This part of the microwave spectrum is the cellular band, although AT8:T runs some (but not all) of its PCS operations in this range. Analog services usc 800 MHz in North America and 900 MHz in Europe. Asia;md Australia. 1,800 MHz: The 1,800 MHz GSM standard is used in Europe. This unfortunately >neans that 1,900 MHz phones sold in North America can't be used in Europe. 1.900MHz: The portion of the microwave spectrum allocated in North America for PCS. The 1.900 band (also referred to as 1.9 GHz) is called "DCS" in Europe and "PCS" in North America. AMPS: Advanced mobile phone service. The current cellular technology offered l>y Cantel AT8rT and Mobility Canada, AMPS is an analog system that lacks data capabilities, the shortest battery life and the lowest sound quality. CDMA; Code division multiple access. also known as IS-95. Sprint PCS uses this system, as do Mobility Canada and Clearnet, albeit in incompatible variants. CDMA offers greater capacity than its competitors TDMA or GSM. To consumers, this means potentially lower rates. CDMA also offers slightly better voice quality than TDMA or GSM. CDMA is popular in Hong Kong, South Korea and parts of the United States and Canada. Like other digital systems, it ol'fers data capabilities. CDPD: Cellular digital packet data D-AMPS: See TDMA GSM: The cellular system most common in Europe, supported in at least 109 countries. GSM is technically a variant of TDMA, GSM and CDMA are completely incompatible, unless you have a not-yet-available dual-mode phone. GSM currently has the widest selection of phones, but fewer roaming options than CDMA. TDMA: Also known as D-AMPS, TDMA has data capabilities and moderate sound quality. It is offered in North America by Cantel AT&T. TDMA isn't considered a very robust technology compared to the digital alternatives. — Craeme Bennett

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a CDMA area, people visiting from less developed areas won't be able to use their cellular phones. It is widely believed that in the next few months, phones capable of supporting multiple protocols (via software?) will become available at competitive prices. Fidooperators,forexample, say thatcompanv will allow you to trade your old phone in for the new type, so at least you won'1 be stuck with iiuseless"singlemode" phone, once dual-mode phones become commonplace and eliminate this dichotomy. Until then. remember: a PCS phone can only use aPCS network unlessthe provider supplies a "dualmode" phone. Clearnet was ahead of Fido in offering this capability. With a PCS-only phone. if you are out of range of the network, you are out of luck. There are other complicating factors, too.PCS phones such as the 1,900 MHz Qualcomm/Sony 1900/600 phone can'troam on an analog system like a system using an 800 MHz digital phone, such as theQualcomm/Sony 800/500 model. However. if you believe the telcos, 95 percent of the United States will be covered bv CDMA and GSM within two veats.

Internetaccess, file transfer. Telnet and more. It can even be used asa faxmodem fora laptop computer via an infrared link! More info on the 9000i (and its backlit cousin, the newer 9000il) is on our Web site at www.tcp.ca/gsb/net/nokia9000i.html. Another i nteresting capability is i nternational r o aming. C o mmon i n Europe. where GSM is king. you simply carrya "smart card' around with vou and

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differentaround the world? This happened when the licensing of the microwave spectrum was define(l years ago. It is said that, in the future, the plan is to consolidate them all into a single, global system using much higher frequencies. In early 1998, Microcell began offering the Nokia 6190, a $250 unit that, with an optional Nokia PLUS module, extends calling area via

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wave of devices will be multiband compatible, digital-only phone with a walky-talky style addressing some of the geographic incompatibility radio transceiver, grow more popular. MIKE is issues that plague current GSM devices in North currently offered in the Metropolitan Toronto America — which can't. for example, he used on area and along the conidor toward Hull, but is GSM phonesin Europe orAsia.As a workaround, being rollerl out in western Canada in the late Microcell's phones have a chip that you can simply fall of 1998. take with you and insert into a European phone. At the moment, MIKE's Motorola phones Companies such as Rent Express are setting up support (CDMA) digital PCS and the iDEN rental programs to service ibis need. radio standard. If a (currently hypothetical) Some analysts predict "triple mode" phones future model were to add analog cell support, will soon become popular, as senices like you'dhave a triple-mode phone. Sounds like a Clearnet's MIKE, which essentially combines a plan to us. 0

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And, in what many have pelceived to he a (analog) NMT users and GSM (global systeln for IBM is already working with a number of clear move to cover itself against any possible mobile communications) users in both coun- insurance companies on "data insurance," misinterpretation of the results, the institute Iries.— Sy/piu Dennis including Cigna lnternationa. Reliance, and Broad Vision, iCat, Intershop and OpenMarket. notes that "further stutlies are required to verify NRMS. Various kinds of policies are now being To improve site speeds, HP says it will our finding and to explore the role of the various IBM developing data insurance explored and developed, such as: product liabildevelop a Domain Colnmerce platform that inte- physical factors.w IBM has started to work with insurance firms to fig- ity; carriers' and providers' policies; and even However, Ihe report does notethat there is a ure oul what terms and conditions to include in policies for "officers and directors," who could grates a WebQuality of Service (Web goS) technology created in collaboration with Cisco. The demonstrable statistical associations between policies for Ihis new type of insurance, which is also be held liable for an organization's rnissystem will apply Cisco's policy systems to both calling time andnumberof calls per day, beingdriven by thehazards ofthe internet,accord- deedsor mistakes in cyberspace.— Jucqrtefirte Internet sites, aBowing Web sites to provide and theoccurrence ofwarmth sensation as well ing toIBM's Lynne Brown. one of several dozen Emiuoh both class of sel~ice and class of customerpri- as headacheand fatigue we refound both aniong speakers at a recent Summit '98 conference. Gal) tact: http: //www.lhm.cam oritiesin real-time. For example, as a class-of-service priority. when resources are stretched by a surge of customers, priority can be assigned to corn': -'';-':.NEW COMPUTER SYSTKMS'-.=';=-:-' "-'-'-' pleting transactions before allowing customers All new systemsinclude the AMD K6 233 $549 to browse the catalog or the support databases. following components: msin$599 board: 512KCache, 32 MB IBM MX2-233 To keep such priorities in ordei; capacity from RAM, minitowcr Caser 1 MS Intel Pentium 166MMX $589 SVGA card; I 44 vlB aoppyi IntelPentium 200MMX an inquiry server might be diverted to transac$599 2S/IP, 2 GS HDD: mouse $639 WIN95 Keyboard; 2 years Intel Pentium 233MMX tions. Similarly, 0 class-of-customer priority t partsand 5 years labour wv- Intel Pentium 11 233 $849 might enable faster access for large or freranty.(pentiumn come with Intel Pentium II 266 $949 INTEL 32 SDRAM,) qut'nt customers than for first-time impulse Intel Pentium II 300 $1199 PKNTIUM Intel Pentium II 333 $1299 buvt rs.

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Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA), headed by And that name must bc consistent worldwide Jon Postel of the Information Sciences Institute because anyone in the world can access the (ISI) at the University of Southern California. It Weh. It' s no good having the company known assigns a unique IP (Internet pmtocol) number to underone name inthe Canada and a different eveiy computer that "selves" on the Inten>et. one in the United Stat< s. Users will tiy whatevThe green paper proposes the U.S. governer name theyknow hest I'or a yven product, ment would gradually transfer existing IANA functions, the root system and thc appropriate company or service to flind a related Web site. In fact. trademark issues have heavily dom- databases to a ncw not-for-proflit coiporation. "This transition would commence as soon as inated discussions about how the next generat ion of "top-level domain names" will he possible, with operational responsibility moved assigned hy the Internet's governing bodies. The to ihc new entity by Sept. 80, 1998," suggests top lcve.l ol'a Weh site is the point at which you the U.S. government in its green paper. "The generally enter it. The top level of the The U.S. government would participate in policy Computer Paper's Wcb site. for example, is ove rsight to assure stability until the ncw < oiT)ohttp: //www.tcp.ca — and all thc content of the ration is established and stable. phasing out as sit<' flows do'<vn fron) <lie top-Icvcj <)ddfpss. soon as poss)bjc aml in no event later than Sept. There' ls cull'clllly a n c x tl'cn)<'ly llnllt<'d 80. 2000. The U.S. D< pa)tn)cnt of ('ommerce will coordinate the U.S. govcrnn)cnt policy role. fillnlbe'I' of top-I<'v('I doinaln nil)up, <'xt elis)oils -In proposing these dates, we ar< tiying lo (the ending ol' the Web site name). These balance concerns about a premature U.S. govinclude .com(used to denote a commercial site), .edu..org, .gov, aml .nct. 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Wet telephony ready for take off Pulver.corn report predicts 2000 will be year Internet telephony issue of Internet telephony that he thinks business • leaders should understand. NEW YORK (NB) — Jef Pulver. president of • It's a done deal: Future Public Networks Pulver.Com president and producer of the Eumpean will be IP (Internet protocol)-based. Until and U.S. Voice on tlie Netconferences,has issued a recently, he says, the industiy has been report detailing his observations on the Internet teleputting data over voice networks. Soon he phony industiy. Pulver's pmgnosis onthe technology, predicts, the industry will be putting voice over data networks. which is starting to take ofl' thanks to companies such • It's not a 1998 threat to service revenue: as RSL Com and Delta 3, is extremely positive. He predicts a rosy future for the industry and, Despite the hype, propagated by what he calls while the telephone companies may not be quakmisinformed market analysts, he notes that in • the cun ent US$70 billion j~obal minutes maring in their boots just now, they do have reason to be worried. ketplace, 1998 revenue for IP telephony minThe report isdesigned to lay the youndwork for utes amounts to no more than $30 million. Pulver' s Eumpean conference,which isscheduled • Many PSTN/IP gateway vendors will start to to take place in Olso, Noiway, later this month, as support more than one operating system, most • likely Microsoft Windows NT and a favorite well as the fall U.S. conference in Washington. lavorofUnix. f Pulver saysthere are a number ofpointson the

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1999 may be the year of gateway interoperability. As of May, 1998, he notes that there are veiy few (if any) PSTN/IP gateways that interoperate with PSTN/IP gateways of multiple vendors. This issue, he says, will have a negative effect in the build-out of 1998 public IP telephony-based networks. This wilL he notes, have no effect on trials or the build-out of private networks where it is customary to single source a vendor. Internet telephony technoloy'es will become part ofembedded systems of future IP devices. He predicts that the industry should be onthe look outfor m any more hybrid IP telephony appliances in 1999. By the year 2000, look for IP to be a supported piotocol on Lucent switches, as well as those fmm Ericsson and Noitel.

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H323 will not be the only protocol used by most carriers and service pmvideis when they mll out their Internet telephony services. H323 interoperabi lity has been proven and implemented with PC-to-PC Internet telephony cli ent software,he notes,and the same can be saidforPC-to-phone services. In 1998 Internet telephony is all about cheap minutes. This is, he says, not hype but fact. The Internet "applications" will start to show up in late 1998 and early 1999, he predicts, but notes it is the excitement of cheap minutes that has gotten the attention of the Global $800-billion telecommunications industry. The education of next generation telcos and PSTN/IPgateway vendors has already begun, he says. Until recently, he notes, there was no knowledge of the legacy intelligent network envimnment demonstrated by many of the next generation telco operators. Now that is changing, he notes. The regulation of Internet telephony, he predicts, will accelerate the movement of minutes fmm public switched telephone network and onto virtual private networks.

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fine, we are right to get suspicious. F or notebook computer users, t h e price/performance equation is different than for desktop PCs. You simply can't lug a huge CRT monitor around on the road, so you bite the bullet and pay the extra money for the typical notebook with its expensive LCD screen. However, the sticker shock of large LCD screens is felt in the notebook market as well. The standard notebook LCD screen in early 1998 was in the 10- to 12-inch range, with an effective resolution limit of 600x800 pixels. Larger (up to )S.l-inch) screens are restricted to high priced, top-of-the-line notebooks. Ironically, many notebook users buy a large CRT monitor to use at the office.

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log graphic signa)s to a flat panel's native digita) mode, ln addition to lowering costs, an all-digital graphics solution would improve the quality of flat-panel images even more. ATI predicts that general improvements in manufacturing, along with the DFP initiative, will cause flat-panel monitor prices to drop to under $1,000 by the end of this year. If this happens, it could mark the beginning of the end for the CRT monitor.

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Summary Microsoft Pocket Internet Explorer 2.0 and I'sion Web 1.0 were clearly the best browsers tested. The big surprise was that I found even the HandWeb 1.0 on the IBM WorkPad quite useful for grabbing text information to store in Memos to be read later. Unfortunately, another good browser for the Newton came out a few weeks after the MP-2100 was returned to Apple. Steve Weyer's Newt's Cape 1.S shareware browser (check out http: //members.bellatlantic.net/ -sweyer/newton/index.htm), which s u pports tables and creates Newton Books out of Web' pages, should be more competitive with the better browsers than NetHopper 3.2. AIIPen was bought by Spyglass recently, so it will be interesting to see what will happen to NetHopper. If Spyglass decides not to continue development of NetHopper, Newt's Cape would be a viable alternative. Further browser developments are also expected for the I'almPilot. Looking at the current state of browsers, and in light of the new H1ML 4.0 recommended standard, I think it is too soon to put them in ROM. While the Windows CE devices are upgradable in this respect, and the browsers are good enough for now, most people who use them at all will eventually want newer versions, and probably sooner than they would want to replace other components of the ROM. Overall, I was impressed with the usability and usefulness of all the latest products. I will probably keep the W3C HTML 4.0 Recommended Standard (about 1 .6MB) loaded as a "pocketbook" reference in one of these devices. With I'lash memory prices down to around $100 for 4 MB, and 16 MB and larger becoming affordable, there's no longer any doubt about viability of this application. J

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Continue>I fio/I/ page76 • If y ou are bringing a printer, pack the toner cartridge separately, preferably in its original packaging, or in a resealable bag. 1'here is nothing like spilled toner to wreck your printer ... not t o m ention your wardrobe.

• If keeping connected is critical and you are traveling to an out-of-the-way place, bring along a spare PC Card modem. You-might not be able to buy one on the road if your current modem card fails. • Don't wear "techie" t-shirts, and avoid any luggage that indicates its contains a computer: it makes you an attractive target for thieves, especially in airports and train stations.

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repeated the previous steps and found out the modem couldnot be upgraded. USR modems while back, I got an earful from my father sold in August 1996 as upgradable to 56.6 who had just purchased a 56K modem. turned out to be upgradable only after you sent n after installing it, he discovered it them back and had the guts replaced. wouldn't work at its advertised speed with his Recent USR modems have fl ash-programinternet service provider (ISP) or with the two mable ROM, which can be upgraded by softother ISPs offering service in his area code. ware. These modems can adapt to the V.90 The problem was one of compatibility. standard with a simple software download, Internet users with a 56K modern — based on I tried a simitar procedure with my Motorola either US Robotics' x2 technology or Motorola's K56Flex modem but without success. The K56Flex technology — had to pick an ISP that moderns are upgradable; the Web sile says, "The used the same technology. If you owned a x2- Motorola fanilly af analog modem systems is a based modem and used a ISP that supported line of software — upgradabte modem." K56flex (or vice versa), your surfing wouldn' t lt adds that, "All systems aresoftware upgradable exceed 33.6Kbps. to tTU-T V.90." So what's the problem? tt tumed out my father v as not alone in his There is someconcern that atl the players are disappointment. The issue of ISP and modem not comp letely in line with the new protocol. coinpatibility put a damper on 56K modems 1'hus. the K56Flex coalition, which is a hetero-

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ty) is cautious. They are working the bugs out. If you visit the IBM site you will find this: "lBM modems are being tested for V90 with the objective of making them available as soon as possible. This Web site [http:/Nrww.ibm.netj wilt be updatedwith where,when and how to downtoad the update when it is available." The best

Current activity )SPs and modem makers are now standardizing to V.90. Even though the standard will not be formally ratified by the World Wide Web C onsortium (o r W 3 C f o r s h o rt ) u n t i l September, it has been embraced as the de facto protocol. Netcom Canada, for example, has already implemented the standard at all of its 36 points of presence ln this country. Its customers can upgrade to the V.90 standard whether they are using x2 or K56flex, That is, as long as the modern is upgradable. When the V.90 standard came out I went to the USR/3Com Web page,found the upgrade and within a few minutes reprogrammed my

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Keith Schengili-Roberts welcomesany comments, suggestions or HTML tips and tricks you mayhave. You can email Keith at: robertsk@wave.home,corn. Lookforhis new bookon HTML, TheAdvancedHTML Companion 2nd Edition,co-authored with Kim SilkCopeland (ISBN: 0-12-623542-2), to appear in bookstores soon. Previous articles in the series can be found atThe Computer PaperWebsite at: http: //www,tcp.ca/.

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using styles To use a style in your document: Step 1: If the formatting toolbar is not displayed, select View, Toolbars and select Formatting frown the list. Step 2: I'lace the insertion point somewhere in the paragraph you want to format. S tep 3: From the Style list box o n t h e Formatting toolbar select the style to use. Only a limited number of styles will appear in the Style list box however, you can display a larger range if you hold down the Shift key before you select the drop down Style list.

It' you know the name of the style you want to use and the Formatting toolbar is visible, select CosrrRoc+ Suirr + S, type the style name and press Enter. If you don't know the style's name select Covrnor + SHirr+ S and use the Up Arrow and Down Arrow keys to move through the available styles or select Acr + Down Arrow to view a drop down list which you can then move through using the arrow keys. When you locate a style to use, press the Enter key to select it. Handy styles Word contains a large number of different styles. Some of the more useful are the heading styles named Heading I, Heading 2 etc.. If you use these styles for the different level headings (use Heading 1 for the first level, Heading 2 for the second level etc.,) you' ll find that tables of contents are easier to create. Check out the list styles too. I'here are styles for lists with and without bullets or numbering and with differing levels of indentatlon.

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These styles have a paragraph symbol (I)) to the left of their name in the Style list. Those styles with an underlined lower case a (a) to the left of their names are character styles which can be used to format selections of text within paragraphs. All text in a document is, by default, formatted using the Normal paragraph style.

When you use a paragraph style the whole the paragraph that contains the insertion point will be formatted to that style. 'I'o format more than one paragraph you should first select the paragraphs to format and then apply the style. Selecting styles using the keyboard 'I'he Style list on the Formatting toolbar provides one way of applying a style but there are others which use the keyboard which will be easier for touch typists. You can apply a style by selecting hxssiAT, STYLI: and then use the arrow keys to select a style from the Srvi.ei". list and press FN'rrx (which has the same effect as selecting Ai vu).

Create your own styles You can create your own styles by formatting a paragraph and creating the style by example. To do this: Step 1: Format a paragraph the way you want your style to look. Step 2: Select the p aragraph and p r ess Control + Shift + S to access the Style list on the Formatting toolbar. Step 3: Type a name for your new style and press I:.nter. You have now created a style 'by example' and you can. use it as you would any other Word style- in the current document, It won' t

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however be available in any other Word docu- select the 'Add to template' checkbox if you want this assignment to be added to the curtemplate (see Copying Styles). rent template, select Ok and then Close. Test You can also create a style from scratch. To your new key combination to make sure it works. do this: Step 1: Select Format, Style, New and in the .Name: text box type the name for Copying styles ment unless you add it to the Normal.dot

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Step 2: Select Format and then select and set each of the formatting options for

your new style. Step 3:Select the 'Add to template' check box if you want this style added to the current document template (this is gen-

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between documents and templates. To access the Organizer, select Format, Style, Organizer and select the Styles tab. Open both the document which has the style to be copied and the one you want to copy it to. Select the style to copy and click the Copy button. Using the

styles and edit the existing ones. You can also graphand then make the changes you want

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to make to the style to t hat paragraph.

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WordPerfect also offers a range of styles for Organizer you can copy stylesbetween docu- graphics which include styles for creating ments and templates and also Delete and lines (Format, Graphics Styles).

erally Normal.dot). Step 4: Select Ok and then Close to return to your document. You can now use your style in the current document as you would any of W ord's inbuilt styles. If you selected the 'Add to template' checkbox then you can use this style whenever you create a document based on that template.

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