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IBM currently have nyachines that use alter- Microsoft has still to convince the entire industry of the merits of OnNow. native CPUs. Another complaint that Windows 98 half full The significance of these distinctions This seems close may be lost on purchasers of these systems tries to address is the time it takes to launch enough to mid- because they may not know — or they may an application. Working with code devely ear t o tak e not care — about them. Power users who want oped by Intel, Microsoft has included an stock of where or need only the technologies at the bleeding application launch optimization feature in the pe r s onal edge will seek out the 400 MHz systems with Windows 98 that reduces the time needed to computer indus- 100 MHz buses — and will cough up premium load your most frequently used applications. Whether you derive benefit from upgradtry has taken us dollars for the privilege of owning them. But s o far , a n d who buys a sub-$1,000 computer? I think it' s ing to Windows 98 depends a lot on the age what's likely to people who don't want the most computing of your system. Newer hardware will be transpire during the rest of 1998. I wouldn' t power, but merely enough computing power. needed to exploit many of the new features. characterize any of the developments so far The irony is that the growth of the PC indus- I read reports in the week following the Win this year as earth shattering, but there are a try depends on people believing that there 98 launch of a few upgrade problems people few ground-laying events that will have an never is enough computing power. have encountered. And some manufacturers — Dell for example — were recommending effect on our future options as consumers. TNndlows 9$ arrives that users hold off on upgrading their sysSocket 1 vs Slot 1 For PC users, the launch of Windows 98 in tems until the company can test their sysWith Intel extending its proprietary Slot 1 late June provides a useful mid-year marker. tems and provide new drivers or BIOS if necdesign to the entry-level segment with its Computers being developed after this event essary. have the potential to offer real benefits over Celeron processor, Socket 7 and the chip manufacturers that use it, will b e u nder those that came before. It's not Windows 98 Compute dllfferent increasing pressure. Intel trademarked the per se, but how Windows 98 will mesh with There's a steadfast group of computer users Pentium brand as a way to differentiate its the PC 98 System Design Guide specifications who won't care a bit about any of this and for them, the year so far has been kind of fifth generation "S86" processor from its (co-authored by Microsoft and Intel) that competitors, and with the Pentium I and its could provide a friendlier PC experience. sweet. Whether it's the success of G3-powSlot 1 architecture, closed the door a little One longstanding complaint is how long ered Macs, the controversial iMac, encouragtighter. CPU competitors such as AMD and it takes the computer to boot up once you' ve ing financial performance or the decent Cyrix have typically had success in the entry- hit the on button. If you buy a new PC with upgrade to Microsoft Office for Macintosh, level market, competing most successfuily FastBoot BIOS support, Windows 98 will get Apple fans have got to be pleased. It looks with Intel's slower chips. They couldn't use you to the desktop more quickly. like the company once again has wind in its the Pentium name, but they could use the Microsoft is also working on an OnNow sail — well at least people are taking notice. We' re often berated by some readers for open architecture of Socket 7. The Pentium is specification that will allow the operating now part of history, and with the Celeron, system to control power management of the being anti-Mac. The fact is, we probably have Intel brings its most current architecture, PC and its peripherals. OnNow addresses a more Mac heads per square foot than other including Slot 1, to the low-cost PC market. diverse set of problems that contribute to companies of similar size. I'm one of the few PC manufacturers now face a decision of why a PC can't be an instant-on device. By people at TCPwho even uses a PC, but even what kind of machine to build for the sub- making the OS the central controller of so, I also have a Mac on my desk. $1,500 market, mhich incidentally, is very power states of the PC, its software and its hot right now. Some will go with Intel all the peripheral devices, the computer could reliEnjoy the issue way, but others will keep Socket 7 alive for a ably be put into a sleep state and then woken while longer. Of note, both Compaq and. up any t ime i t w a s needed. Of course David Tanaka, Editor

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Drop the OS relidllous content I don't know if your editorial department is asleep at the wheel or just looking to whip up a little sales through operating system religious wars. Whatever the case, I'm tired of anti-Microsoft operating system fanatics and their need to fight the defunct OS/2 vs. Windows jihad through the new proxy of Linux. The recent tempest-in-a-teapot over the supposed merits and demerits of Linux is a good example. Like most programmers, I understand perfectly the technical merits of Linux. Unlike these zealots, I also understand that the avesage SOHO [small office/home office] user has a hard enough time with today's n o-brainer Wi n 9 5 a n d Ma c machines, which are without a doubt the easiest systems to use. For a paper such as yours to falsely and repeatedly suggest that Linux is in any way as easy to set up or use as pre-installed Win 95 does a disservice to your readers. Sure, a technically adept user can install and use Linux. More likely, the average SOHO user will wipe out his hard drive trying to set it up. At this point, without a machine, he can forget about Linux's "tech support," which consists of a bunch of hackers you have to track down

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before it gets into this league. Luke Rollins Don't pick on the Celeron chip I just finished reading your article "The fastest Pentium Ils" fTCPLab Test, June '98} by Steve Halinda and was a little dismayed by the negative light in which you portrayed the Intel Celeron processor. I'd like to take issue with the statement that the iComp numbers speak for themselves. This is simply not true. The area this chip shines in is 3D game performance for the price, something the iComp numbers don't show. As a cost-conscious home user, I don't need blistering speed for word processing and surfing the Internet, but one thing I really notice is a slow 3D game or slow multimedia. The Celeron has the same core as a Pentium II chip, which means it also has the same floating point number calculating ability as a Pentium II. The one area where you really see the effect of this is in 3D games and some other multimedia applications. If you run benchmarks on real 3D applications, such as Quake II, you quickly realize the strength of this chip. It simply blows away the closest priced competition, such as the 233 tMHz] MMX, and the AMD and Cyrix chips.

important when it comes time to upgrade (I'd be willing to bet that Socket 7 and Super 7 motherboards will be virtually non-existent in a year or so). I think Intel has done a really poor job of marketing this chip, as usual they focus on style over substance. David Begg Get an accountant You carried a letter to the editor (gt reply) from Jeff Johnston, in t h e July edition, wherein he stated that Rod Lamirand's article on SOHO was incorrectly calculating capital cost allowance on a computer used in a home office. Unfortunately, his proposed calculation and solution, although interesting, is also NOT in compliance with the Income Tax Act. Anybody running a business, be it at home or elsewhere, should not assume that income tax compliance or planning is simple — just try reading the first few pages of the approximately 2,500 pages of it! It is well worth making friends with your local professional accountant! Or else you may be making more friends with Revenue Canada Taxation than you first thought! Chris Myburgh CGA Jeff Johnston's letter on Rod Lamirand's arti-

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cy by prices wars and sub-US$1,000 home-oriented machines. At the introduction, Intel officials Patrick Gelsinger, corporate vice-president and general manager, business platform group, and John Miner, corporate vice-president and general manager, enterprise server group, touted machines built around the new central processing unit (CPU) as "the fastest machines on the planet" and trotted out some benchmark graphs to prove it. The Xeon uses larger and faster Level-2 caches, multiprocessing capabilities and a 100 MHz system bus to deliver its turbocharged performance. Systems using them can be scaled to two, four or eight concurrent processors, a capability t hat I n tel says brings '"unmatched" price-to-performance values to the market. The Xeon chip is based on a 0.25 micron P6 microarchitecture core operating at 400 MHz, with 512 KB and 1 MB Level-2 cache options that run at the same speed as the

processor itself. Discreet Logic, MCI untie th e knot • MONTREAL, Que, (NB) — Canadian firms Discreet Logic and MGI Software have decided to annul their engagement before the marriage ceremony. MGI said the firms have decided to "work together," instead of merging, while MGI does a feasibility study on adapting Discreet's high-end graphics technology to a consumer marketplace. Discreet said more brusquely that the firms have decided current conditions "could result in significant delays in the realization of previously discussed anticipated benefits and synergies" and so decided to call the whole thing off. Discreet first proposed canceling the merger agreement. Contact: Qiscreet Logic http Jtwww.discreet.corn MGI httpl/www.mgisoft.corn

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Maxtor announces new 1?lamandMax

milliseconds (ms); and the DiamondMax 3400, available in capacities up to 13.6 GB, with 5,400 RPM, and seek time of 9 ms. The estimated retail price for both models is $599.

hard drives • Maxtor Corp. has announced The 2500 model is targeted at high-end the release of two DiamondMax hard drives: desktop PC use for digital video or graphics, or the DiainondMax Plus 2500, a 10 GB, 7,200 high performance for games or audio. The RPM EIDE drive with average seek time of 9 3400 model is a mainstream drive, suitable for

either business or consumer desktops. Both Mltsnbishl adds 17-inch monitor to drives are available now, and come with l?Iamond line ~ Mi t subishi Electric Sale Maxtor's N oQuibble Se rvice, in c l uding Canada Inc."s latest entry into the general busiMaxlnfo, an automated tech help line, and ness and desktop publishing monitor market is MaxFax, an automated faxback service, as well the 17-inch Diamond Plus 70. This model feaas email-based service via the Web, and week- tures an advanced Diamondtron CRT (cathode day phone help service.— JE ray tube), with ultra fine 0.25mm aperture grill Contact: Maxtor, Tei: 800-2-MAXTOR dot pitch, an d m a ximum resolution of http Jtwww.maxtor,corn/ 1,280x1,024 at 64 Hz.

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manufacturer of CRT and flat-panel monitors Art student speeds from playStatlou SeOS 3.O upgrade released • MENLO

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slms tos' acing carees • Aaron Povoledo, a former student in the Ontario College of Art's

high-resolution scanner in time for Comdex Canada. The S1200 Ultra High Performance film and photography program, recently won Scanner is a 30-bit flatbed SCSI II scanner with the Canadian National Formula Ford race at 600x1„200 dpi optical resolution (9,600 dpi with interpolation), at a suggested retail price of $289. The scanner's Cold Cathode Lamp„ which lights up the target images for digitization by the scanner's single-pass, color CCD scanning element, is rated for at le()st 20,000 hours of use. Claims Sceptre's Canadian sales and distribution manager, Richard Gallegos, claims, "Now, every computer user who needs

a high quality high performance compact scanner will be able to afford one." — fE

Fisher-Price teaches social shills and academics • Knowledge Adventure has published a new game for preschoolers and kindergarten students for developing early learning and social skills in preparation for school. According to Leslie House, vice-president of research at Knowledge Adventure, "Starting school is such as big step for children and parents alike. Fisher-Price Ready for School-Kindergarten makes that step easier by addressing the critical developmental milestones of early childhood such as telling time, following directions and recognizing worlds." Fisher-Price Ready for School-Kindergarten features six characters for the child to identify with, and offers 20 activities to promote early learning skills such as telling time, identifying shapes, colors and letters, building sentences,

and basic math. The l earning games aresupported by music, animation, and songs with "educational lyrics." In addition to straightforward edutainment elements, the software offers training in social skills and safety, Fisher-Price Ready for School has a street price of about $28, and is compatible with Macintosh and Windows 3.1/95 operating

systems running on multimedia capable computers.— /Z Contact: KnowledgeAdventure,Tel:800-545-7677, http: //www.knowledgeadventure.corn

the Montreal Grand Prix, and credited part of his success to "training"' on a Sony PlayStation video game c onsole. Povoledo uses a PlayStation to familiarize himself with the tracks he is to race on. With access to the real tracks being restricted and some racing sims offering exact 3D recreations of courses, he can spend an unlimited amount of time practicing on the "virtual" track.— JE

PARK, Calif. (NB) — Be Inc. has released an

stations, and c o nvention centers across' Canada.

upgrade to its Be Operating System (BeOS) release 3. Available now as a free download, Click, cllch for Web Imaging • CAMP called BeOS release 3.1, for both Intel Pentium

BELL, Calif. ( NB) — An alliance between

and PowerPC systems, the upgrade adds sup- Eastman Kodak's Professional division and

port for DOS FAT16 and FAT32 file systems, among other enhancements. Reading and writing to Microsoft DOS file systems is important to an operating system (OS) that is meant to be specialized, and not a general-purpose OS BeOS is highly optimized for working with multimedia, and has always maintained that it is not in any form competition to Microsoft. The DOS add-on module Toronto Stock Market mixes money, complements existing support for ISO9660, high-tech, and fun ~ In this age of elec- Mac OS (HFS), and Be file systems, the firm tronic global finance, it seems odd that said. nobody ever thought of using computer techThe upgrade also adds support to a variety nology to create a virtual stock market where of hardware components, from motherboards anyone could play without losing their shirtto sound chip». In terms of enhancing usefuluntil now, that is. ness of BeOS on systems used mostly for genStock Market Place, a high-tech learning eral-purpose computing, version 3.1 includes and entertainment centre, opened in Toronto preliminary support for configuring and using on June 24, offering a (simulated) wealth of ISA (industry Standard Architecture) Plug and opportunities to learn how the stock market Play cards, including internal modems. works. Located at 130 King St. W., only steps Current BeOS 3.0 customers may downBay Street, Stock Market Place is built around load the 3.1 patch free of charge from Be's a mass of video screens and electronic boards Web site. that display continuous news and data on the Contact: Be inc. http: //www.be.corn Canadian and world financial markets. Online connections and interactive games challenge C anada P ayphone p l an s p u b l i c visitors to play with virtual money and test Internet terminals • MENLO PARK, Calif. their knowledge, skill and luck. (NB) — Atcom/Info has signed deals with According to Rowland Fleming, the presi- Canada Payphone Corp. and King Products dent and chief executive officer of the Toronto that calls for the companies to incorporate its Stock Exchange, "It's time to bring the world CyberShell software on 300 public Internet of the stock market from Bay Street to Main terminals across Canada. Street, and to help Canadians discover that Atcom/Info is currently demonstrating its learning about investing can be both reward- CyberShell proprietary public PC operating ing and fun. If you' re an investor, or plan to system technology that provides remote netbecome one, Stock Market Place is an ideal work management on King Products's multiinvestment of time for your next trip to down- media terminals at Supercomm '98. The comtown Toronto," pany says CyberShell is the operating system Of course, there is no such thing as a free for King flat-panel touchscreen, multimedia lunch in the world of high finance: admission networked terminals, running on top of is $5 for adults and $3 for students and Windows NT. seniors, though children under 12 and preT he public Internet terminals will b e booked school tours are free.— IE installed in such areas as hotels, airports, train

Live Picture Inc. involving Internet imaging is bearing fruit, in the form of four camera pack-

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All are designed to work across Kodak Professional's entire line of digital cameras. The first kit is designed especially for use with the Kodak Digital Science DC220 zoom camera pro edition, and is list priced at US$525, excluding the camera itself. The kit includes a new v ersion of L i v e Picture PhotoVista panoramic software, developed in partnership with Kodak exclusively for the Kodak Professional kits. Also included are a trial version of Live Picture Reality Studio software and the Kaidan KiWi panoramic tripod head to simplify the process of shooting a series of images to create 360-degree panoramas. Live Picture's PhotoVista package automatically aligns a series of photos to create a seamless 360-degree panoramic image which can be saved in either the JPEG or FlashPix file format. FlashPix images, an

exclusive feature among panoramic images viewable on the Internet, enable users to zoom in on images. A second kit is for use with the DC260 zoom camera pro edition, and is also priced at US$525 (camera sold separately). The kit includes the custom edition of Live Picture PhotoVista, a trial version of Live Picture Reality Studio, and the Kaidan KiWi panoramic tripod head. An Interactive Imaging Solution SLR is

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Priced at U S $1,195, t hi s k i t in c l udes PhotoVista and a fully enabled version of Reality Studio. Also included is the Kaidan

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Part I: Why encryption?

tandardization and computing power

have brought us to a place where encryption applications can easily and quickly secure data sitting on your hard drive or trav-

eling over the open Internet. And it is this mass adoption of the Internet as the communications channel of choice that adds the last important factor needed to spur developers into action â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a potentially huge market. It isn't surprising, then, that products based on various forms of encryption are beginning to arrive, give-aways and trial offers are hitting the Net, and encryption-breaking challengesare being announced every month, Unfortunately, terms like algorithm, key and cipher often induce a glazed look in the eyes

Once the province of big bUsiness and

government, encryption is poised to become a mass phenomenon Cradr the cede challenge matter of a few years, and becoming an essen- Enc~tion companies have begun offering tial tool for many people. rewards to individuals or groups that can While the security of information travel- crack their encoded messages. Challenges by out of nowhere, connecting the world in a

ing the Net is a global concern, it has primar-

such companies are a great way to get atten-

ily been the business and financial communi- tion. However, if the encrypted information is ties that have pushed schemes to keep data cracked the company offering the reward has secure. Now that we are all using the Net as an extension of our desktops, the lines between data on a drive and data on a server are blurring and encryption is becoming important.

to pay up. Challenge payouts in the past two years have ranged from $5,000 to $10,000, but recent challenges have seen crackers fail to decrypt the encoded messages. The most ambitious challenge to date is currently being

How secure do you want It? of the average computer user, making cyrp- One of the problems with scrambling your tography an area they don't often investigate, data is that what was sufficiently difficult to

offered by JawsTechnologies Inc. The Calgarybased company is offering a prize of US$5 million to anyone who can crack its encryption code! It's not likely that anyone will collect US$5

However, with increased use of the computer and the Net you might want to wade into that pool and get a feel for the water. The rest of the world is jumping in, so read on and find out about encryption basics, recent developments in the politics of encryption and, a look at some of the programs available today.

decrypt a few years ago may now be easy. And, of course, what we encrypt today may not be secure in the future. It wouldn't be easy to crack even a relahome PC. Using it, it would take you or me one week of full-time processing to crack 40bit encryption. And to crack a 56-bit encryp-

where we can encode information so that it is truly unbreakable â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and that is the problem. Governments around the world, in particular, the American government, are afraid that the borderless Internet combined with uncrack-

Why encryptIEEn Is hot today Encrypting written words is nothing new. In

tion algorithm, you'd need a a special tool

able data spells danger.

called a Field Programmable Gate Array. Even then, a single computer would take 38 years to try all possible key combinations. That sounds like pretty good security,

National security? Countries such as France, Iran, Iraq, Russia and China have laws that prohibit or regulate

this century, encryption gained a high profile when the Allied Forces decrypted German codes during Second World War, and really took off in the '70s when more powerful computers combined with mathematical research to produce new forms of encryption. Banks and governments have been improving their information security with various forms of encryption ever since,

tively weak encrypted message using your

million from Jaws because we are at a point

except that a company usia multiple com- the use of cryptography. For example, in the puters could bring that 38 years down to 13 United Kingdom and Germany it is illegal to hours, and a government agency, such as CSIS transmit encrypted data by radio communica(Canadian Security Intelligence Service, also

known as Canada's spy agency), could do it in

tion. In some countries, the use of cryptography is restricted completely. In France it is ille-

less than one minute! One 56-bit encryption system known as

gal to encrypt data at all. And so, various proposals have been con-

Today, the number crunching ability of computers sits on practically every desk One Data Encryption Standard (DES) has been put cocted to make strong encryption illegal. At of the programs reviewed later in this artide has a minimum hardware requirement of a 386sx PC, and yet the developer is so confident that its encryption is secure, it is offering a US$5-million reward to anyone that can break it. Equally important to t h e mass use of encryption is th e w idespread adoption of Windows. A common desktop environment eases some of the past problems associated with communicating between different oper-

ating systems and programs. Neither the mass use of PCs or a common platform would have mattered, however, if it weren't for the fact that the Internet arrived

forth as secure by the American government this very moment you can surf the Net and and proven to be less than that. Last year a buy encryption products, some of which can group called DESCHALL showed that the DES only be sold and sent to A merican and encryption strategy could be broken. Canadian addresses, and others that can only The group checked nearly 18 quadrillion be sold and shipped in the United States. keys by linking together tens of thousands of However, the question arises whether any volunteer computers over a 140-day period. country in the world could control and/or How likely is it that this much energy could contain encryption technology. Some compabe brought to crack your email? Not likely, but nies have been very imaginative getting the point is, processors are very rapidly around export laws, going so far as to print a becoming more powerful. A 56-bit encryption whole book containing nothing but machine system might suffice for today but what about language (books are not subject to the U.S., tomorrow? And do we want an encryption strongwncryption, software embargo). standard that can be deciphered at all? Perhaps the futility of trying to contain

strong encryption is ~inning out because,

recent actions by the American government {such as granting permission to Netscape and Microsoft to use 128-bit encryption for business-level financial software) indicate reality may be overcomingtechnophobia. A lthough t h ere ar e i n d i cations t he Canadian federal government will support an unencumbered encryption industry, it is still sniffing the wind: "Other countries are also currently examining their encryption policy options, Industry Canada is therefore examining the evolving directions of Canada's major trading partners to ensure its industry and economic interests are not disadvantaged and to discourage unnecessary obstacles to global trade and commerce." This sounds like a continuation of the current situation. At this time there are no laws in Canada regulating the export of strong encryption. But there is a voluntary agreement put forward by the U.S. and signed by Canada and others. Our signature indicates we will abide

by the U.S. export embargo on strong encryption for another year or so. At that time we may or may not support whatever comes out of Washington. Other trends indicate the U.S. is likely to ease many of these restrictions anyway. The proliferation of software and hardware products that utilize various forms of strong encryption would be all but impossible to stop regardless.

Part II:

Encryption products Here is a look at some of the products available today to secure your data for the average

computer user. Norton Your Kyea Only From:SymantecCanada Ltd., 895 Don Mills Rd.. 500-2 Park Centre, Toronto, ON M3C1W3 Tel: 800-365-8641 Fax: 416-441-0333 http Jtww,symantac.ca Estimated street price: $69.95

Norton Your Eyes Only {NYEO) for Windows 95/NT is available in English or French. The program uses the RSA (Rivest, Shamir and Adelman, the surnames of its inventors) pub-

lic key encryption engine to secure files, folders and email messages

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money laundering was highest in the financial services sector. Fifty-nine percent of respondents from this sector believe their company is affected by international money laundering, while 56 percent accept forms of payment that m ake t hem v u lnerable to money laundering. Companies are, however, taking measures to prevent fraud among employees. The survey reveals 98 percent of respondents state it i s i m portant to screen new employees, while 88 percent actually have pre-employment screening procedures already in place. However, only 50 percent of respondents say they ran background checks on new suppliers and contractors. Even fewer — less than 20 percent — conduct background checks on new investors or franchisees. Other survey findings support the fact that companies should have procedures in place to — Norman Inkster, KPMG prevent fraud. Most respondents report that fraud was discovered by the company through sonal use of company supplies. Customer- internal mechanisms such as internal audits related fraud is predominantly committed and "whistle-blowers." Inkster said that adequate firewall technolthrough check-forgery, credit card schemes, ogy is available and that "there is some excelautomatic teller machine fraud, misstated lent encryption software." However, he said accounts, and withholding cash receipts. have not taken a hard The sectors where fraud had the greatest that many impact and where the level of concern is the enough look at their security arrangements highest are utilities, food and packaged goods, and are thus vulnerable. He suggested companies conduct a and financial services, the survey shows. "threat-risk analysis — what their assets are, The study also queried respondents on their vulnerability to money laundering. Only where they stored, where they are vulnera14 percent of survey participants stated they ble — and build their security network around had been impacted by this illegal activity. the findings." The KPMG survey polled chief executives However, almost half the firms admitted they accept forms of payment that make them vul- of Canada's top 1,000 public and private companies as ranked by the Finnncial Post newsnRnerable to money laundering. Moreover, 83 percent of r espondents per. The response rate was 21 percent, 0 acknowledged they do not conduct backContact KPMG http: I/www.kpmg.ca ground checks on investors. Vulnerability to

sophisticated, the source appears to be the same as recorded by KPMG surveys in previous years. Overwhelmingly, the greatest single source of fraud, according to respondents, is their company's own employees. Seventyseven percent of respondents cited their employees as the principal source of fraud. Customers were considered by respondents to be the second highest source. The most common types of fraud perpetrated by included inflated expense accounts, theft, secret commissions, and per-

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about the security of their Internet. transactions," KPMG Investigation and Security Inc. president Norm Inkster said. "The Internet is a very easy and convenient way to conduct business and send information. People are busy and electronic commerce and mail appeals to them because it' s fast and saves time," I nkster continued. "However, the Internet presents risks for fraud if companies do not i m plement adequate information security measures. The increase in electronic commerce provides opportunity for fraud in all industries." For the first time in its seven-year history, KPMG's fraud survey asked about the security measures for computers and the transmittal of information by Canada's largest companies. Inkster points to warning signs from the results that indicate that Canadian businesses are vulnerable to fraud through the Internet.

Another of the survey's major findings is that 57 percent of all respondents admitted that their firm had been a victim of fraud. Also, 47 percent of respondents believe that fraud will increase in 1998. This number rose to 62 percent within the financial services sector. When asked for a reason why fraud would increase, over half of the survey participants blamed regulatory deficiencies. However, less than five percent attributed the problem to a lack of government intervention. "One of the conclusions that I think we

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Technology Partners (CTP). "Cracker" describes an individual who breaks into networks, according to W y ly Wade of CTP's Enterprise Security Systems Group, at th e CTP-sponsored New Hack Tour conference. "Hacker" refers to anyone who writes program code, even an end user who scripts Microsoft Word macros, Wade said. Emerging derivatives of "cracker" include "fracker," a person who breaks into phone networks, and "crypter," a specialist in crack-

desire to help build better products, according to Wade. The humanitarians were the joined by those who cracked networks to "further the free exchange of information."

CTP, a systems integration and software development specialist based in Cambridge,

Mass., formed the new group, known as "Core," in response to customer requests. CTP

Emerging derivatives of "cracker" include "tracker," a person who breaks into phone networks, and "crypter," a specialist in cracking cryptographic algorithms Later on came groups like the PLO, which breaks into networks "purely for profit;" and finally, people whose motives are entirely malicious. Many of the newest breed of crackers are

takes a "partnering" stance with its customers, meeting whatever information technology requirements that need to be addressed, Wade said. With Internet security a rising concern among customers, the Core group stays about

The job i s c h allenging, because new "incursions," or security holes, show up every day, Wade said. A few of the more popular methods of cracking discussed at the conference included the FTP (file transfer protocol) bounce attack, protocol tunneling, and tactics such as SYN flooding, which result in "denial of service." In an ITP bounce attack, crackers send scripts that allow them to gain access to unauthorized FTP servers. Protocol tunneling involves encapsulating, or hiding, one protocol inside of another, such as a telnet inside a ping request. Many tactics can be used to bring denial of service, including SYN flooding, ghost routing, and service loops, for instance. In this type of attack, users often don't realize a server has been hit, but instead believing it's busy, or down for repair. CI

ing cryptographic algorithms, Wade added. kids who are unaware of cracking's roots, said The earliest crackers engaged in the prac- Wade, one of eight members of the CTP anti- one year ahead of the industry in keeping on Contact: Cambridge Technology Partners tice for "humanitarian" reasons, such as the

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You shouldn't have to carry an armory of battery-powered gadgets just to be able to stay in touch while you are out of the office to a recent report by industry research organi-

phones for Internet access and a full 79 per- zation The Yankee Group, one-third of the

cent expected to be using mobile systems to current U.S. workforce (about 43 million peodo their emad work by the year 2000. ple), spends 20 percent of their time away from their primary workplace. High ejrtsectettons The report suggests that more companies There appear to be a couple of factors driving are pushing their workers out into. the field these expectations. The first is simply that the and abolishing fixed office space, driven by corporate einail system — and the corporate demand to stay competitive. It suggests that network and/or intranet — are becoming so these mobile workers need easy access to huge vital to the operation of such a vast number of resources of legacy enterprise data in addition businesses that few employees can conceive of to simple messaging capabilities. spending time out of the office without access The Internet, concludes the report, is also to these vital tools. a huge factor in this demand for wireless data Failing to respond to email is not necessar- services. "The Internet's advantages in terms ily grounds for dismissal, but it certainly doesof ubiquity, simplicity and standardization n't help your career. And saying "I was out of make it ideal as the data equivalent of the the office is often no longer an acceptable PSTN jpublic switched telephone network] for excuse for being of touch with the electronic voice," says Yankee Group director of Wireless culture of a company. Mobile Communications Roberta Wiggins. The second factor is that notebook com- "As the Internet becomes increasingly computer, handheld computer and wireless data pelling to the enterprise, its usefulness also system designs will continue to improve in extends out to the remote and mobile element terms of ease of use, performance, reliability of the enterprise." and speed. Recent developments in all those It is still the early days, however, in terms areas would tend to suggest that this is not an of remote accessto theInternet and corporate unreasonable expectation. intranet being provided in a wireless fashion. Finally, there is the hope that someone, The Yankee Group suggests that although 87 somewhere, should have the good sense to be percent of the top 100 U.S. companies are able to combine all of the things that people developing intranet applications, only 20 perreally want when they' re away from the office cent of surveyed companies have provided into a single device. You shouldn't have to

mation technology is less motivated to accommodate remote access requirements, especially via wireless networks." Respondents to the Yankee Group survey cite perceived high cost, and conflicting priorities as the most important reasons for not providing wireless access. Wireless also apparently accentuates end-to-end management and security concerns The report also suggests that the Internet is both a blessing and a curse for wireless. On one hand, it says the Web is creating an expectation, in terms of information delivery, that cannot be met by wireless data networking. Most wireless data networks cannot yet provide the smooth bandwidth needed for Web or intranet page browsing (except, perhaps, for simple text pages) in a way that is cost effective. At the same time, the report concludes

that the Internet doesoffer the means to drastically reduce the cost and complexity of wireless data integration. By finding a way to bring together the two technologies, it suggests that it may be possible to "break the logjam that has stifled wireless mobile data in the form of underutilized networks, low revenue and lack

of applications".

While these services differ on a number of important technical dimensions, the user experience is similar. All offer a wireless data communications system that relies on sending and receiving data using radio technology. It requires that you have a radio-based link into and out of your corporate email system and provides server and client interfaces for Lotus cc:mail, Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft Outlook. I nfowave uses the Cantel/ATRTCanada Mobitex wireless data network, Bell Canada Mobility offers a service based on the Ardis wireless system, while BC Tel Mobility and several other provincial Mobility organizations are using a CDPDbased network that allocates part of the digital cellular phone bandwith for data. (See "Wireless modem, handheld PC a natural fit" and "Wireless datacomm nearly there" in the June '98 issue of TCP, available online at hiip//www.tcp.ca for more information.) There are Windows CE 1.0 clients and a recently released Windows 2.0 client. Once you have the server link to the radio network established, the basis of the system is quite simple. On your laptop or Windows CE 2.0 handheld, you simply attach a wireless radio PC data card, which can then be used to access the radio data network from many major cities in North America and elsewhere for sending and receiving email. The system has several advantages over analog or PCS digital phone-based email access systems. The major advantage is that the mail system is "always on" and when mail is received, it is simply forwarded on from your corporate server to your notebook or handheld computer. Similarly, outgoing mail is forwarded from the mobile computer — via the radio network — to the company's server and out to its destination. The only real disadvantage of these systems is that they do not

Over the next six years, it further predicts that corporations will increasingly store miscurrently offer any form of Internet Web sionxritical information on intranets and access. remoteInternet/intranetaccessviawirelessto most corporate email systems will be accessed If.you need wireless Web browsing, you' ll carry an arinory of battery-powered gadgets their mobile workers so fax remotely over the Internet. still need to look at a solution that goes out just to be able to stay in touch while you are "The pervasiveness of intranets will stiinuThe Yankee Group estimates that 33 perover the phone line to connect to a traditionout of the office. late efforts to incorporate remote workers into cent of large U.S. corporations will be providal Internet service provider (ISP). But for corintegrated business practices," predicts the ing field service and sales personnel with wireporations that need to provide reliable, effec1he Internetfactor report. "However„among corporations today less intranet access by the year 2000. It also tive and broad-based access to corporate email A nd it appears that this is not just idl~ r the focus is more on using intranets to con- forecasts a potential 21.3 million users by for mobile employees, wireless email seems a wishful — speculation on the part of those who nect remote company locations than provid- 2002 resulting primarily from availability of sell wireless data systems. There does appear ing mobile access. While field support man- packaged Internet access solutions, attractive great solution that should be given serious to be a demand for these services. According consideration. Q agers can readily justify the technology, infor- flat rate service pridng for unlimited use,

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simply be part of the cost of doing business for someone like a legal advisor working on a delicate highstakes case or even a huge contract. uWhile we will respectfully serve the customer whn uses it to make one call per weeh, this is not really the market," lie says. A more accessible service for most business users will be the global paging service. It allows you to use a slightly larger than average pager to receive alphanuineric pagi ng messages anywhere in t h e world. This service will cost about $175 per month, including the price of the pager and an unlimited number of pager messages per month. If you absolutely have to give people a way to reach you — even if only to send you a t ext message — then $2,100 per year may be a more justifiable cost. Getting there For the majority of us who will never get anywhere near the need (or the budget) for an Iridium pager or mobile phone, the most interesting aspect of this story is how the Iridium netw .k was created and what it means for the future of mobile wireless telecommunications — for Iridium will not be the last multi plesatellite wireless communication network to be established. Plans for another such network

from a company called Teledesic (which is backed by Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates and his wireless communications billionaire pal Craig McCaw) are already welladvanced, although that network is aimed more at creating highspeed wireless Internet access rather than another mobile telephony solution. So what goes into creating such a network? Well, in the case of Iridium it means launching a whole ton of satellites quickly and successfully — a task that was completed in May with a Delta II rocket launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in the United States. It was the 15th successful launch in 12 months for Iridium, marking what the company says was the quickest deployment of the largest number of satellites in history. And it involved launching satellites in almost every manner possible, including I r idium satellite launches using the Boeing Delta boosters in the LI.S., Russian Proton rockets launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, and Chinese Long March 2C/SD rockets launched from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre in China. Rom pre says the c o mpany expects each of these satellites to operate for seven to eight years. Enough fuel has been put on board to allow maneuvers and course corrections for that length of time. He adds, however, that the speed of development in both the hardware and software underlying modern satellites means that Iridium is already planning the launches of "second generation" satellites. The pace of satellite development by that time is expected to be so rapid that the second generation satellites will only serve for five years before they are replaced by a third generation. True global access In June, Iridium announced it had reached 209 distribution agreements with regional wireless service

providers and roaming partners. The company says these partnership agreements make Iridium satellite phone service available to more than 72 million wireless sultscribers, covering 3.4 billion people ar<vund the world, or 6( i percent of t he world population. Iridium has signed agreements with soine of the largest telecnnimunications and paging cnmpaiiies i n t h e w o r ld , i n c l uding .t'It b; I Wireless (U.S.), 'lelecnm I t alia (Italy), DDI (Japan), h;lini)shone (Argentina), Cellnet (U.K.). Orange (U.K.) and PageNet (LI.S.). In addition to p r oviding the t raditiilnal wireless services, these companies will act as Iridium distriliiitnrs, etfectively extending their customers'

wireless service territory heyond local coverage to enconiliass the entire planet. ul:.ach new partner brings us one step closer to delivering the first and only global v ireless telecommunications network to customers worldwide." boasts Edward F. Staiano, Iridium's vice-chairman and chief executive officer. u1'he aggressive leadership in the 15 Iridiu ln gateway operating companies will soon permit Iridium products and services to be distributed in markets throughout the world." Iridium is also boasts that it is the only satellite telephone company with a network designed to offer service throughout the world's 239 countries on all continents. Staiano says subscribers will remain connected by using mobile handheld telephones with both satellite and cellular capability, allowing use of the Iridium satellite network when local wireless services are unavailable. Some 15 Iridium gateway operating companies (of which Iridium Canada is one) are responsillle for establishing and managing relationships with service providers and roaming partners throughout their service territories. Iridium gateway operating companies also act as regional distributors of Iridium. J

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12.1" TFT activecolor ......$2290 233 MMX CPU, 512k L2 cache 32MB EDO (wl 64M..~$90 /96M..+$180 ) 3.2GB Toshiba HD ( 4G.+$150) 56k FaxModom included 1.44 FD built-in 6 "' 20x CD-ROM built-in 3D stereo sound built-in 2M SVGA vedio, true color Touch Pad, PS/2 mouseport, InFra Port, serial ports, USB port, parallel ports Ext. SVGA pon, 2 PCMCIA slots Microphone I speakers built-in Battery, AC-adap. 110/220V auto-switching keyboard, and carrying case FREE

etc

Shuttle 591A /100mhz w/Supcr7 32M SDRAM 168pin FD 1.44G 4.3GB eide HD Mode 4 Productiva 3D AGP 4MB 17" ATX Tower case w/ATX power I 5" SVGA 1280x1024 .28 color 32x CD-ROM and Sound &, Spkrs 56k faxmodem 104 keyboard and mouse w/pad Windows'98 full ver. on cd

K6-II 266mhz.......$1250 K6-II 300mhz ......$1320

56k faxmodem, 1.44Floppy

4M SVGA card, 24z CD-ROM, 3D sound USB, I V-output, Infra, GamePort. Parallel. serial. 2 PCMCIA slots, Microphone tk speakers built-in Battery. AC adpter, FREE canyins cacse a Win98

• 13.3'TFT Notebook MMX 266 mhz.........$2$6D •13.3 TFr Notebook MMX soo mhz.........$2960

Netbook Accessaries • PCMCIA 108T card .....................$70 • PCMCIA 10BT/Coxal comb..........$120 • PCMCIA IOOBT card .........................$190 • PCMCIA I OBT/33.6modem ..............$220

• PCMCIA 56k faxrnodem...............$120 • PCMCIA 56k faxmodem w/cellular..$180

• 14.1" TFT 233/266/300..$2990/3100/3200 • PCMCIA 56k/100BT .........................$380 • 15.1" TFT 233/2661300..$39$D140$0/41$0 PCMCIA 56k/I OOBT RealPort,......$498 • NiMH banery ..................................$150 •

• 13.3 TFT Notebook Pdl 233 mhz...........$3295 32MB RAM (w/64MB...+$90, 126M..$300 ) 3.1G Toshiba HD (4.1G....+$160, 5.0G.+$360 ) 56k faxmodem, 1.44Floppy

4M SVGA card, 24z CD-ROM, 3D sound USB, 1V-output, Infra, GamePort„Parallel„serial, 2 PCMCIA slots„Microphone a speakers built-in Battery, AC adpter, FREE carrying cacse dr Win98

• 13.3" TFT Notebook Pll- 266 mhz...........$3395

• 14.1" TFr PII -266 MMX......$3$$0 • 15.1" TFT PII -266 MMX......$4390

PII - 4 5 ihulhm Intel 44OBX based SuperMicro / Abit /Asus 64MB SDRAM Sns PCIOOmhz 6.4G Ultra'33M UIDE Quantum HD AGP Matrox Productive 3D 8M w/ MPEG 1.44G I-D I uittsu

19" A'I'X tower casewi ATX power 104K Fujitsu keyboard MicroSoft mouse t2x CD ROM

Intel PII 2331266mhz..$10$0/1140 Intel PII 300/333mhz..$1200/1450 Intel PII 350/40Dmhz..$1560/1$90 Intel PII-450 mhz .. $24690 Optional: (SI3RAM 12SMB PCIOO...............+Sl IO (ATI xpert(a3play 4M / 8!vl AGP..........+$30/80 (All-in-Wonder Pro 4M/SM AGP.........+$140/220 (Matrox G2007 864/16hl AGP..........+$60i180 (Diamond Vipper V330 4M AGP.............$40 (SB AWF64 / Gold / PCI AWE64 ...+$80/170/40 (ViewSonic P775 /PT775/ PS I 5......+$680/900/1660 (NEC F500/E700/P750/Pi I 50...+$540/680/950/1450 (Diamond Monster-11 3D voodoo2 8M/12M...$275/345

BesieessBertzer Rester COmpa q desktop "We Pioneered tlze Past, We Anticipated the Present, and Yii can be Sure we' re Workizzg rln the Futzzre."

5166/3200 • P166MMX/32M/3.2G 5233/3200CDS • P233MMX/32M/3.2G/ CDx 6233/3200CDS P-II 233 /32M/3.2G/ CDx 6266/3200CDS • P-II 266 /32M/3.2G/ CDx 6300/3200CDS • P-II 300 /32M/3.2G/ CDx 6333/3200CDS • P-II 333 /32M/3.2G/ CDx 6350/3200CDS • P-II 350 /32M/3.2GI CDx 6400/3200CDS • P-II 400 /32M/3.2GI CDx

$1490 $1980 $2280

$2380 $2580 $2790 $2990 $3590

ComPag Servers

• 13.3'TFT Notebook MMX 233 mhz..........52760 512k L2 cache 32MB RAM ( 64MB...+$100, 126M..$300 ) 3.1G Toshibe HD ( 4.1G...+$150, 6.0G.+$490 )

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NEC A500 15" SVCrA monitor

104 win95 KB andMouseand pad 14" SVGA 1024x768 .28

'1320

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ATX, Intel 440LX chipset. 512k PBC SDRAM-DIMM 32MB 10ns 168pin UltraIDE 4.3GB Llltra-IDE 33/DMA Productive 3D 4MB AGP w/MPEG 1.44 Fujitsu floppy

Intel 430IX chipset, 512kPBC SDRAM-DIMM 32MB 10ns68pin I UkralDE 32GB Ulna-IDE 33/DMA

• 56kint.voice fax modem • Matrox Productive SMB ACiP /MPEG • 19" ATX Case with 250W • Fujitsu 104 Windows'95 keyboard s • MicroSoft mouse w / pad • 1 wo Years parts and labor warranty

IllX-200mhz ....8$88 Csleron Pll 300...$1100

~1400

MS Windows'95 full ver. on CD....+$125 MS Encarta'98 Home kit ...,........,....+$70 Canon BJC 4300C Printer .............+$250 15"/17" .28 SVGA 1280x ...... +$200/390 ViewSonicV773/ V775..........+$490/570 NFC A500/E500.....................+$295/370 NFC A700/E700/E900.. .+$540i680/990

now, over 500 hits a day

Since 1989

~~uSX/ NN1z ztzzz 1/N/z! • jatat Pentium-II MMX-30OMhz • jatat 440BX Chipset, 512k L2 • 64MB IonssDRAM DIMM

close out

• 16 bit ISA comb Ethernet. ..,. . ...$20 • 32 bit PCI comb Ethernet... .........$25 • Intel PCI Pro 10/100 ...........................$85 ' 3COM PCI 3C900 comb IOBT..........SI 20 • 3COM PCI 3C905 I OOBT.. ...........S85 • D-Link PCI IOOBT............... ...$45 • BNC/Terminator/r ......,................,.......$3 • Coxal I Ofl/20fl/50fl........................$6/9/19 .

• Hub 9port /16port I OB I'................SSS/180 • Hob 100BT 8/12/16port.......$320/560/980 • Hub OfliceConnect 3C16700 8P........$110 • Hub OfliceConnect 3C16710 SP........$4SO • Hub 3C I OOBT 12port, ....,...........,....$610 • Hub 3C 10/IOOB'I' Switch 12port......$850

• . Li-lon battery ...................................$190 • Car auto adapter...................................$&0 • AC Smart adapter ( I I 0/220V) ..........$110

• Novell Users 5 / 10.....................$780/1800 • Novell Users 25/ 50..................$2320/2880

PCMCIA Palm Zip Drive (11 oz)....$390

• NT 4.0 clieat access license/each.......,.$45 • hiT Workstation 4.0 / license...&130/ $60 • MS Backofrice server V2 0/2.5.$2150/3100 • MS SMS v.l.2 )0/25 users....$1420/2200 • MS SNA v.3.0 w/5 users................$1680

- PCMCIA serial port/ dual ..$250/310 • PCMCIA digital Camera .........,..$160 - Mitsubishi DJ1000 Camera.........$280 • Flash RAM card player...............$150 • 32bit Cardnus ...........................$165 - 2.5 2.1G/3.2G/4.0G ....$270/350/460 • 2.5" 5.1G/6.1G ....................$660/798 . 32M/64M SDRAM/EDO.........$90/1 70

• Portable Printer BJC-60/50..$380/460 • Potable Printer HP 340 ..............$360

• NT 4.0 Server 5 Ilo .................S880/II90 • NT 4.0 Server 25......,...........,...........$1990

• UPS 280/450/650.....,...........$145/240/290 UPSPro420/650/1000.. ...........$290/380/495 LIPSSmart 450/700/1000......$360/470/650 UPSSmart 1400/2200/3000..$780/1290/1990 • SurseArrest Person 7/ w-tel ......,.....$25/30 • SurseArrest Pro 7/ w-tel ..............537/47 • SurseArrest Net 7/ w-tel ................ WO/55

ProSignia200 • 6/233 • P-II 233 IIDE /32M /10-100TX /16x ProSignia200 • 6/233 • P-II 233/UWscsi /32M /10-100TX l16x PIDSignia200 • 6/300 • P-II 300 IUWscsi /32M /20x P roLiant1200 • 6/233 • P-II 233 (x2) IUWscsi /32M /10-100TX /16x P roLiant1600 • 6/266 • P-II 266 (x2)/UWscsix2/64M/10-100TX/16x P roLiant1600 • 6/300 • P-II 300 (x2)/UWscsi /64M /10-100TX /16x P roLiant3000 • 6/300 • P-II 300 (x2)/UWscsix2 /64M /10-100TX /16x

$2090 $2290 $2290 $399 0 $51 9 0 $559 0 $66 8 0

Optional:

Hot plug drives I Hot plugredandunt powers, Smart-2DH, smart-2SL array controllers, and ECC-RAM avaiiable.

IBM

Netfinity3500 • P-II 233 IUWscsi x2/32M /10-100TX /24x Netfinity3500 • P-II 266 IUWscsi x2/64M /10-100TX /24x /4.3 UW Netfinity3500 • P-II 300/UWscsi x2/64M /10-100TX /24x M-Pro • P-ll 400 /UIDE /128M /10-100TX /32x /9.1G VIDE M-Pro • P-II 400 IUWscsi x2 /12BM/10-100TX /32x /9.1 UWscsi

Server $3190 $4290 $4350 $5790 $6190

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ex olce v.90 HP/Lucent...... $70 USR spster 56k int. voice ..................$115 Cretive 33.6/ Supra 56k V.90 ..........$45/80 56k VoiceFaxMod int.1SA.....................$60 3COM-USR 56k V90 int/ext.......$175/200 3COM-USR 56k vei V.90 int/ext.$185/280 Ascend P220Router ..........................$2280 Capture card &. Toshiba Camera.........$160 e

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IA'4;$. Asus latel SE440BX-IA/PA Pu-233400 ............$260/$290 inta Venus VS440FX P6 I 50-200 ATX.................S95 SnperMicrn P6DBS 440BX Dual Pll UWscsi.....$580 SuperMicm P6DBE 440BX Dual Pll UIDE........$490 SuperMicro P6$BS 440BX Pll 233-400 UWscsi $420 SuperMicro P6SBA 440BX Pu 233400 ..........„.$200

Asas P2B-DS 440BX Dual Pll UWscsi ATX......$595 Asus P2B 440BX AGP Pl I 233400.....................$230 Asus P2L97 440LX AGP .....................................$175 As us TXP4-430TX ATI S P98-ATX...............S I 30/I 60 GA6&6BX ATX Pll 233400 AGP........................$220 GA 430TX SI2 MMX AT/ATX.....................SI20/135 ABit BX6 440BX ATX Pll 233400 SPCI..........5200 ABit LX6 440LX ATX Pll 233-333 ..................SI60

Tyan Dual Pll BX ATX / with UWscsi.........$52Q/680 TX 5 I2k MMX AT 430TX....................................$95 Shatue 569A TXS2k.75-233,(83hz)................SI I 25 Shuttle 59IA VIA IOQmhz bus KS/K6/K6-11.....$139

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. SCSI / UW/ U2fV scsi cards . Quantum SCSI/UH/U2W serial..... . SCSI CD-ROMs ................. . T-/4-/8-Bav SCSI/UfVscsi cases...... . IBM UH'SCSI HD,........ . Seagate SCSI HDs ......,................

Creative PC-dVD kit (w/decorder, retail)......$?30 Creative DVD Encore kit.(retail)...................$290 Toshiba DVD2 kit (w/decordcr,disks,...) ......$290 ToshibaDVD2 dri ve only ..............................5I99

SOLND CARD I 6bit /32bh soundcard................................S I 8/30 Soundalaster I 6/Awe64..............................$40/80 AWE 64 Gold(4M)........................................SI70 PCI sound 32bit/ PCI Creative AWE64....$35/129

intel PS I 33 /ISO ....................................$95/5 I 05 Intel MMX I 66/200/233...................$I45/I &5/195 Intel P6 I 80/200.......................................5 I 60/3&0 Intel Celeron Pll-266 (0 K)/300 (0 k)......$185/490 Intel Pentium n-233/266.........................$275/300 intel Pentium II 300/333 mhz.................$430/590 Intel Pentium II 350/ 400 mhz...............$75Q/I 050 AMD K6 MMX 166 I 200 /233 .~ 9 0 / 98/115 A MD K6 MMX 266 I 300 — ~ I 55/2 0 5 AND K6-Il 266 / 300 MMX 3D. —.S185/270 Cyrix M2 200/233/266/300 MMXS&5/90/125/165 IDT C6 I SQ/200/225 MMX...................$65/80/88 CPU fan Pentium/Pll /Pm ..................$8/IO/18 ~ •

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................................$25/35 S3 Virge 3D 2M /4M PCI..........................538/50 ATI 3D 2M / 4M PCI/Xpert98 AGP.....$65/SS/I I 5 ATI Xpert@works 4M / &M PCI ............5 I I 0/l45 ATI Xpertlworks 4M/&M AGP.............S I 20/I 55 ATI Xperttlplay 4M/&M PCI.................SI 30/165

ATI xpertt®play 4/&M AGP...................SI 35/170 ATI TV Tuner .................................................$98 ATI All-in-Woder Pro 4M/SM AGP ......$3 IO/350 Mystiquc220 4M PCI oem..............................$80 Productiva 4M I &M AGP .......................$&S/I 00 Matrox G200 SM/l6MB ........................5 I &5/29& Millennium-II 4M /8M AGP acm ........5 I 75/250 Rainbow Runner TV / Studio ................5 I 05/235 Matmx MSD add-an 3D ................................$70 Monster 3D Vaodoo2 8M /IZM aem.....$260/330 Diamond V330 4M PCI /AGP..............SI20/l25 Diamond GL I OOOPro4M/SM AGP......S I 98/245 Stealth-II G460 SM AGP...............................SI 20 Canopus Purc3D 6M / Total3D 12&v....$225/290 Canapus Pure3DII I 2M ...............................$399 CL 3D 4M AGP ...........................................$75 w/Intel i740 &M AGP......................................$95

HP 5 I DOC/6DOC....................................$370/960 I Micmtek E3+/E6/5........................$2IO/360/3500 UMax 6 I OP/ 6 I OS.................................Sl 65/I &5 UMax I 220p/1220S ..............................$2&Q/320 Acer clor flat sanner parallelO I Os........g I I 0/I 50

CONDOM 24x ide Acer/Panasonic/Toshiba..........$66/ 78/85 32x EIDE Sony I Toshiba/Acer 36x......$7QI 90/90 24x scsi / 32x nni ..................................$120/130 Sx ext parallel slimmml with sound..............$350

CD-WRllER Pan@sank Sx/4x SCSI /ctrl/sR Idt M540 HP 7200i/e eide Rewriter. Retail...........$520/625 Yamaha 42&OTscsi6x4 scsiin/ex ......S635/770

Yamaha 400lt aide in/parallel............ $580/660

writable cfish /Sony ...........................S I .8/2.6 Rewiterble crklisk /Sony...........................SI 2/20

SPEAKER 90W/200W...............................................$ I 3/$30 GNTSOOO subwoofer kit ................................$55 Vamaha M15/Sabw MTW5.....:............SSS/IQO

Yamaha M25 w/Sub kit /MT I 0.........$ I 00/I &0 Altec ACS 45/48/55 .......................$99/I 75/2 I Q Labtcc 2412/26 I 2....................................$90/160 Mcriop bane/Headset...................................$8/I 0

llllLES(w/CD-ROM kit or system only) Encarta'98 homebundle................................$70 Coral WP Suit 8 ...........................................$75 I 0 cds with hadreds titles .............................5 I 0 MS ORice Pro 97 cd ..................................$380

Ne~ookT98(v.2 Special) N8200MMX62irx i2. IQ12.1'TFT/20xl33.6/Win&& NB233MMX92N3.1Q12.1 TFT Ox/5&klWs/98 NB233MMX/32mi3.1Q13.3 IFT/24x/56/Win98 NB300MNQ84m/4.1G/13.rTFT/24x/56klWin98 NS300MINX/64m/4.1G/14.1'TFT/24x/5&k/Win9S NB233MNQ64m/3.1GI15.1 TFT/24x/56/Win98 PD-266%4m/4.1G/13.1'TFT/24x56kIWin98 PQ-268%4m/4.1Q14.1'TFTI24x/56k/Wm98 PQ-266I&4m/6.1Q15.1'TFT/24x/56k/Win9S

$2150 $2320 $276D $3200 $3420 $3490 $3580 $4160 $4990

Toshiba

5eagate

2. . 6 . 4.........................$165 Qtantum STSW43/6.4.......................$186/225/255 Quantum SK3.2/49/6.4/&.4G.......S I90/230/265/360 Quantum KL2.5/5.1/7.6/IQQG.....$230/255/370/455 WD 3. I G/4. 3/6.4/&.4....................$I 98/215/270/350 Maxtor VIDE4.3/6.4/&.OII IG.....$225/260/345/435 Seagate 2. I/3.2/6.4...............................$ I 80/2 I 5/260 Seagate Prn 7200 4.3 /6.4 /9. I ...........$260/305/460 Quantum SCSI ST 3.2/4.3G.......................$3 I 5/350 Quantum SCSI SE 4.3/6.4/ 8.4............$39$/498/645 Quantum Atlas-III U2W 9.0G/I &G .......SI260/l998 IBM UW scsi 4.3G /4.5GI 9G ............$400/440/820 Seagate Barraguda 4.3 / 9 UW scsi..........$660/1020 ScagateShetta 49 I 9 U Wscsi.................$920/I 270 Removable HD kit EIDE/SCSI ..........................$25 Removable HD kit UWscsi ................................$35 UW SCSI 4Bay /&Bay case w/power.........$270/490

Notobooks

Since 1989

HP T3000/ ext 3.2G Traven................$2IQ/280 HP T4000 / ext. 4G-8G Tmven...............&330/400 HP TSODO/ext 2.5G-SG .......................$280/380 Seagate 3200 32G Traven int/ext...........& I95/280 Seagate DAT 4-8G 4mm int. / ext .......$960/I I 50 SONY DAT 5000i 4mm 4G-&G drive...........$990 ZIP I OOM int eide /parallel.....................S I I 5/I 95 Zip I OOM scsi int/ext..............................$145/205 ZIP Plus scsi int. I parallel......................$240/250 JAZ IGB scsi int/ ext.............................$350/390 JAZ 2G scsi int/ext .............................,..$590/790 Zip disk / Jaz disk ...................................$I 5/I I 0 JAZ traveller SCSI to Parallel adapter.............$65 Sy Jet I.S scsi int/para. / scsi ext......$350/360/450 SyJet I.5 disk ..................................................$98 Traven TRI/TR3/TR4...........................530/40/45 SyQuest SparQ I.OG drive.int/ext..................$265 Syquest SparQ I.OG disk ...............................$50

Miro XD plus Capture..............................SI I30 Kodak DC I 2Q Camera.............................$930 USR Video Fun kit...................................5280 USR BigPiciure kii ..................................5350 Toshiba Camera and capture card............S I 65

72pin 4/8/16M. KDO.................SI2/IS/24 72pin 32 / 64M /I 2&M F DO.......540/I &8/380 Parity 72pin 4 / 8 /I 6M...................522/32/40 Parity 72pin 32 / 64/I 2&M..........565/230/480 30pin IM/4M .....................................$8/l2 SDRAM (10ns) 16/32M . .... S 28/46 SDRAM (10ns) 64/l2&M .. A % l l t 95 SDRAM-SPD 32/64/128M ..$4S/IOQ/198 SDRAM (BXIOO) 32/64/128 S70/I25/230 DIMM EDO 32/64/12&M ...........$60/I 35/245 ECC DIMM 32 /64 /I 28M..........$75/I 40/245 ECC-SDRAM 32/64/12&M.........$90/I 55/270 ECC-SDRAM-SPD 32/64/l2$....$55/I 25/240 MAC DIM M 8/ I 6/32/64 M .......$22/40/75/I I 5 SOJ Video RAM SI 2kl IM...................SS/$IO SO-DIMM 72p 4/8/I 6/32M ....$35/50/75/170 SO-DIMM l44p 8/l6/32/64M.535/6S/95/130 RAMs for printers ...............................available •

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310CDS • P200MMX/32N2.1G/12.1' DS/16x 320CDT • P233MNQ32NSJK)/I 2.1' TFTI2Qx 320CT • P ~ 2MI 3.&G/12.1 TFT 320CDS ' P233MMX/32M9.2G/12.1' DS/20x

$1860 $2860 $375D $2260

490CDT •Pll 233/32IW3.8G/12.1' T/20x/K56 498XCDT PS266/32N4.0G/1 3.3' TFT 780DVD •PD-266/84N&2GI13.3'TFT56k/DVD

$4890 $5380 $7490

IBWI ThinkPad TP3SOED P166MX/16IW3G/12.1'TFT/20xIWin95 TP380XD P233MX62N4QI2.1 IFT/24x/W95 TP380XDP266NQ32N5G/12.1TFT/24x/W95 TPQDDPS -233/32N32G/13.1'TFT/24xIWin95/56K TP600PQ-26662IW4G/13.1 TFT/24x/Wtn95/56K

HITACHI VBPro P186MX/32IWL1Q12.1'/1~ VBPro P233NQ32IW3.26/13.3'/20x56k/TFT

$2790 $3490 $4200 $5150 $5820

$2550 $369D

COIYI P8q (Praseto and Armadaa 'ad) Prasano1650PD-266/64IW4G/24x/13.3'HP/20sxWW % $3980 Praseiot621 P233MXQ2NRIGI12.17IP~ $2760

SYGA 14"II5"/I 7".........................Sl 55/I 85/360 Daytek l73l/l726 26 l7" I280...........$3SO/420 Acer I 5 "/17"(76ie/7&ic)................$250/420/540 Acer I 7" G79 .25 /G99 l9" ................ 5560/790 MAG D500T /D700T...........................$320/650 NEC ASQQ/ESOQ/M500.................$29$/360/435 NEC A700/E700/M700... ..............$556/698/760 NEC P75Q /E900 /Pl I 50............$95Q/102Q/I 485 Sony I DOES/GS/PS.( I 5").............$430/49Q/570 Sony 20DES/GS/PS.(l7")...........$760/890/l020

Sony 400PS (9")/ I SOOPS(2 I ")......Sl 290/1860 ADI SP(l P) / 6P (19")......................$460/795 Mitsubishi Plus72 17"/I 00 2 I".........$780/I 7&0 Viewsonic V655/P655/G790 ......$29Q/370/1025 Viewsonic V773/V775/P775........$4$0/560/7IO Viewsonic rr775/GS IO/P&15..$920/l4&D/1699 NEC LCD V400 Iviewsonic LCD ......

Panasonic 24pin Printer .....$230 HP 670C/692C/722C.. .................$280/298/390 HP 890C/I I 20C....................................$530/650 HP 6L/6P/6MP..........................SSI5/950/II90 HP 4000 /4000N /4000NT.......S I 460/ I &60/2090 HP Color 5 / Color SM.....................$5 I 90/8900 HP 5000/SOOON/GN... ............5 I920/279Q/2$80 HP OJ 635C color printer/copy/scan/fax.....$650 HP laser 3100Xi printer/copy/scan/fax.&P.SI090 Color Plotter/ HP acessary ..............,..... in stack

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Canon BJC250 (win only)I 4300........$190/250 Canon BJC4550 (I I "xi P)/7000L.....$445/498 Canon BJC80 Portable / BJC50...........$3&0/4S5 CSOOO Color printer/copy/scan/fax............$670 L6000 Laser printer/fax/scan/fax 600dpi...$860

Ep.son Stylus 300/400/600 ........,..„..SI70/240/305

Stylus 800 (l440dpi)/ 850 (PC/Mac)...$440/520 PhotoStylus 700 720x720...........................$505

Brother Brother HL760DX........................................$480 Brother HL730DX+ I 760DX+.............$4I 0/5 I 0 Brother HLI060/I 660.........................5670/1260 Bmther toner TN I 00 / TN200 ......................$39.

Okidata OL 4 W / 6E 600dpi...................................$270/4 I 0 OP I Oi ( I 200d/I OP) /20DX{600d/20p)..$ I I 50/2450 9pin 320/321/390/391,...............$450/61)/480/630 1 24pin 520/52 I/590/591 ...............$540/730/620/900

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• Moderns and EtherNet {PCMCIA) Megahertz XI3336T 33.6kFM/I OBT ...................$290 Megahertz XJ I 556 Modem ...................$290 33.6K/56K PCMCIA faxmodem . . . ...........59Q/l40 PCMCIA IOBT Ethernet ...................5 I I 0 Xircom IOBT PCMCIA ...................$2 I 0 Ximom IOBT+ 33.6 faxmadem . . . ................$320 Ximma I OQBT .................$210 Xitcom IOOBT+ 56k faxmadem . . . .. ............$430

3Com 3CSSOD-TP PCMCIA .................$180 3Cam 3CSSODComb PCMCIA . . . . . . . .........$230 3Cma 3CS62D-TP w/33.6 modem ..... .....,;$370 intel I OOBT'PCMCIA ... ...... . S220 ,

• Battenes, Sound CONdo, Backup, SCSI Adaptec 145QII46N1480 scsi:.: :

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his co-founder losing control of it at this point since they still hold 30 percent of it. "It is a significant deterrent [to any potential hostile takeover] as we are not as widely held as being public suggests," Zaghloul says. "Having said that, everything is for sale at the right price." He says his main objectives are to build and diversify the company. WiLan runs several subsidiary operations, including Calgarybased Cell-loc, which produces cell location systenis for mobile telephone companies that need to comply with recent U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulations that require them to be able to pinpoint a cell phone call to within 125 sq.m of its origin. In addition, Wi-Lan has a stake in California-based Wireless lnc., which develops and produces wireless telephony products using Wi-Lan's technology platforms. One other investment Wi-Lan made recently was in acquiring the original patent rights for spread spectrum technology. And the acquisition comes from an unexpected quarter — film legend Hedy Lamarr, who codeveioped atechnology in 1942 that became known i n war t i m e a s t he "Secret Communications System" and for which Lamarr has received little credit. Zaghloul, who has been a fan of the screen legend since boyhood, announced in late June the deal to acquire her patent rights and promote her role as a telecommunications pioneer. It's a story that could have been made in Hollywood. 0

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Not just a pretty face The brains behind the technology of WiLan's high-speed wireless Internet access system is Hedy Lamarr, the screen legend who starred in more than 25 films with the likes of Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Judy Garland and Spenser Tracey. At 26, Lamarr developed what is now called "spread-spectrum" technologywhich reduces the need to lay expensive cable across vast distances — with avant garde musician George Antheil. The pair created what they called the Secret Communication System as an antijamming device intended for use in U.S. submarines in Second World War. The system was intended to guide torpedoes to their target without enemy interception by sending messages over multiple radio frequencies in a random pattern. As a message was sent, both the transmitter and the receiver would change radio frequencies according to a special code. Identical slotted paper rolls dictated the code according to their pattern of slots at the end of the transmission. The message would move so quickly across the radio waves that anyone tuning into a particular frequency would only hear a blip, and would be unable to translate or intercept the message. The wireless technology has proven useful in areas with limited telephone and Internet access and is used today in a range of military and civilian applications. Lamarr's interest in military technology came from her 1933 marriage in her native Austria to Fritz Mandl, one of Europe's largest armaments manufacturers. She later left Mandl and moved to the United States after signing her first film deal, In 1941, Lamarr and Antheil sent the invention t o t h e N a t i onal I n ventors Council. They ironed out some technical links with an MIT engineer, and submitted their patent proposal. They were awarded U.S. Patent number 2,292,387 for the Secret Communications System on Aug. 11, 1942. The patent rights expired in 1958, just as the invention was being reborn because digital components replaced paper rolls. An electronic spread-spectrum system derived from the 1942 patent was used to handle secure communications for the U.S. during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. The rest, as they say, is history. Cl

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I'TC misinterpreted antitrust law, Intel says By Patri cIt IHcÃenna SANTA CLARA, Calif. (NB) — Intel Corp. spokesperson Chuck Molloy responded to the complaint filed in early June by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) by saying that the government agency is "trying a new law that says companies our size do not have the right to exercise intellectual property rights." The case could take more than a year to conclude. The FTC compliant alleges Intel withheld key technical information from leading computer makers such as Digital Equipment, Intergraph and Compaq Computer, in order to stifle competition and impede innovation. While Intel says the company plans to follow a prescribed adlninistrative process, it is dearly ready to vigorously defend itsactions. Intel said the compl aintis based upon a mistaken interpretation of the law and the facts. "For years Intel has shared its intellectual property and early samples of its products with a number of key customers," said F. Thomas Dunlap, Intel vice-president and general counsel. "These customers work with Intel to develop products for the market on a mutually beneficial basis. We believe the ultimate beneficiaries of this approach have been consumers, because they get the latest technology and best products as soon as possible. "The commission's decision today signals that they want to change the very laws upon which we' ve based our policies," Dunlap said in response to the antitrust claim. The complaint was filed as an internal Fl'C

action,which goes to an FTC administrative law judge for trial. Attorneys familiar with the process say it could take a year or more for the case to be heard. According to Mulloy, the judge's decision or recommendation is then presented to the

five-member FTC commission when Intel can also present its objections. If the panel accepts the judge's recommendation, Intel still has the right to file an appeal in a federal court. On the other hand,the FI'C has appeal rights should itobject to the judge's decision.

The first phase with the administrative judge could take as long as one year. An appealcould extend the case forseveralyears. intel contends that the decision by the FI'C attempts to assert a new legal theory under antitrust law. Mulloy said the FI'C has to show harm to competition as a requirement of an antitrust claim. uOur dominance is in the PC desktop marketplace." he continued. "They cannot show any harm in this area. These complaints have to do with workstations and we have a number of cross-licensing agreements with leading companies in that area. "The FTC's theory insists a company with high market segment share like intel cannot use its intellectual property rights even against a company that threatens its core business, and even when there is no harm to cornpetition," Mulloy also said. "The Supreme Court has alreadydenied this theory, "In the end we believe that thisadministrative process will conclude that our actions and practices are lawful," Mulloy added. According to the complaint, the three companies tried to enforce their own patents on computer parts and technology. Intel retaliated by withholding vital technical information and threatening to cut off the supply of chips, the FI'C alleged. "If Intel can use its monopoly position in

the market for microprocessors to prevent other firms from enforcing their own patents, other firms will have little incentive to invent new features to cha! Ienge Intel's dominance," said William J. Baer, director of the FTC's Bureau of Competition, Baer said Intel forced the three companies to share valuable patents

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HP Kayak family grows MISS ISSAUGA — Hewlett-Packard Canada Ltd. has introduced three new HP Kayak PC Workstation models, which Feature new H P-developed technologies. These new systems will be poweredby 350 MHz and 400 MHz Pentium II processors, and the Intel 440BX AGPset with 100 MHz front-side bus. HP says they will provide superior performance, upgradability, and scalability for performance-driven PC workstation customers. The new models are the XA-s, XU, and nvo XW systems. The new HP technologies used in the Kayak line are: HP Maxi Life an embedded monitoring system with LCD display for management of key system components; HP TopTools desktop management interface (DMI) PC-management software for advanced system and network diagnostics; HP FastRAID a SCSI subsystem that uses RAID technology to improve system perFormance during disk-intensive operations; and HP UltraFlow a system for keeping critical components cool. HP http://www.hp.corn/go/kayak.

Kayak Web support expands MISSISSAUGA — In conjunction with the new Kayak models, Hewlett-Packard Canada introduced new support capabilities for all Kayak Workstation customers. The enhancementswill allow customers to access and download technical information without calling a special hotline. According to HP, the new features indude easier site navigation; more technical content; more advanced, proactive notification oF new information posted on the Web site; online and downloadable product manuals in available local languages; and the ability to view new content before downloading sofnvare. HP http:/twww.hp.corn/go/kayak.

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Doing business with Covernment Continued from page 1 Jasek says about 60 percent of his business is with the Federal government and he would like to see that grow. "A lo t of con t r acts c o m e t h r o u gh [MERX]. The process is heavily driven by You have to understand hnw that to bid on [gnvernment projects] but at the

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you'vc done your homework in advance." Developed and operated by Cebra Inc., the Bank of Montreal's electronic commerce company, MERX is an Internet-based bidding system used by the federal and several provincial governments and other public-sector institutions. MERX is just onc of ways the

"The whole bidding style is quite different. It's a com-

pletely different process selling to government. Also, usually when you' re dealing with private industry there are a lot fewer people involved."

spends its money. Through this site, you can marketing and sales efforts to understand how the departments are organized, svho the peoalso link to and search the MERX database. Even with all the changes, many companies ple are, and build those relationships. And still prefer to work with business instead of gov- only then does business stan to happen." The Canadian Federal government spends ernment. Says Craig Honcggcr, vice-president of Precise Software Technologies Inc., "We more than $8 billion each year, so there are actually prefer to deal with private industry many»ppnrtunities fi>r small husiness operabecause there's less bureaucracy, less red tape. It tors svh» svant t» tak» the time tn understand can he very slow dealing with the government." government and market to them. With the measures taken hy the federal Honegger adds that speed is not the»nly "The whole bidding style is quite di(g»vernment to dare, there seems to be recogissue. fcrent. It's a completely different process sell- nition that the procurement system isn't pering to government. Also, usually when y»u'rc fect and a cnmmitmcnt to improve it. dealing with private industry there arc a lot fewer people involved." "People need to understand Since 1989, Precise Software has been developing nperating systems called real time that although the government operating systems for technology products, including amplifiers that prevent speakers is working toward a businessFrom blowing during stadium rock concerts, satellite paging systems, and operating systems for Formula I race cars. With that type of technology, it's important to talk to the customer and explain the merits

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Alfonso Galgliano, minisrer oF public works, has said recently measures tn improve access tn federal contracts for small- and medium-sized businesses is a government priority. In>provement is especially an issue in the high-<cch svnrld. Tn this cnd, the federal g»v— Craig Honegger, Precise Software crn It<en < has devel»pcd what it call i hcn«f>tKevin Higgins, FrceBalance Inc. pr<zsid«nt hriven procur«ment (BDP), which c»uld have federal gnv«rnmcnt i» attempting to standard- and chief executive»f'f<ccr, says, "Dealing with a dramatic impact nn sn>.<lier c»mputer hardthe federal government has hccn very g»»d ware;<nd service companies. BDP ftlls under ize and simplify the procurement process. [for FrecBalancc]." But he understands thc common purpose prncur«ment (CPI'), a n«w The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB), which represents the inter- frustration of s»mc companies. In many ways fi>rm»I planning and implementation for ests of Canada's small business community, the government has been trapped by its»wn gnvcrnment projects in most industries. The BDP process allows those assessing has been lnbbving for years to cut the red tape procurement procedures. He suggests if you thc b<ds to look beyond the hottom line. want to d o b usiness with the government, and reduce the amount oF documentation businesses are required tn provide before the "You have an up front investment in time and They can consider the abilities of the bidders to manage and c»mplete a pn>ject, making government will come tn thc table. More than effort u> learn how tn market ro them. But if two-thirds of CFIB members surveyed said ynu do have products that are relevant t» gov- c»st »I scc»ndarv importance. Facrnrs other than cost are particularly they found the amount of paperwork needed ernment and you' re willing to take the time and eITort to understand government and how important in the high-tech industry v'here to bid on government contracts too time-con<.very»ne knows cheaper isn't necessarily betit buys, and market at the departmental lcvd, suming and costly. ter. The m»re complex thc technology, the ynu can build up a very substantial business In response, a forum of Treasury Board and more factors other than specifications need to private and public sector representatives have with a customer who is very loyal." two bidders may or FreeBalance provides financial systems tn be considered. For been trying to reduce the paper propose cnmpletely different technologies as public service organizations worldwide, yet its small businesses. Over the last year, they solutions to the same problem. In a case like Focus has been mostly on the Canadian federreported cutting 55 percent of the paperwork al government.Adds Bruce Lazenby, vice-pres- this, neither cost nor specifications would be burden. This red-tape reduction not only aided the bidders, it saved the government ident of business development at FreeBalance, the best place to start assessing the bids. So, while things are improving for small millions of dollars as well. The Treasury Board "People need to understand that although the has also established an ombudsman to review government is working toward a business-like cnn>panies looking to do business with the way of working, they are not business. They federal government, thev're still not perfect. small business concerns. have a whole different realiry and they need t» Bu< fnr th»se companies with a t>tting prodIn another streamlining effort, Public have a whole different reality. By virtue nf <he uct or service, as well as thc desire to sell to Works and Government Services Canadathe federal purchasing organization responsi- fact that they are spending taxpayers' m»ney, the g»vcr»ment and th c t i m e r equired to learn h»w, thc rcv ards can be great. lust ask they have an obligation tn taxpayers." ble for o utfitting most departments with "Most vendors listen for about AJ IA»r FrccBalance. He says, everything From oHice supplies to computer And there's no shortage of information half the time they need to and then say,'lslan, programming services — recently set up a group called Contracts Canada, which gives this is jusr too complicated' and they either available on hnw to begin doing business with small businesses a "single window" to access try to circumnavigate the process or they just the government. The hest place to start is with information on government contracts. go and sell to the private sector svhcrc they your potential customer. Says Lazenby, "Speak to the purchasing officers. The people at Public On i t s W e b s i t e ( h t t p: //www.con- can make a sale with less effort." Higgins adds, "You really have to decide if Works and Government Services Canada will tractscanada.gc.ca), you can find information spend a lnt nf'time explaining the process to you on what goods and services the federal gov- government is part nf the economy that you if ynu ask. They are very open and friendly." 0 want to sell to. You have tn organize your ernment buys, who it buys from and how it interaction between the customer and the vendor. There's more nf a dialogue with the customer. Whereas with the government you tend tn submit these proposals and ynu eith«r win or you don't win. Ynu never really gct a chance t» explain the merits of the tcchnolop'." His sentiments arc c»mm»n,

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ply a private-label Mac Connectivity solution that will include a CD-ROM, cable, manual and packaging that will be bundled with the Optra E+ printer for sale to Mac users. "Infowave is very actively involved in expanding the number of quality printing solutions available for Mac users," said Bijan Sanii, general manager of Infowave's imaging division. Inlowave http: //ww>N.infowave.t>et Lexmark http: I/>Nww.lexmark.corn

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Finding a balance or Kevin Higgins, doing business with the Canadian federal government has been a slow and steady uphill battle. "We started with small contracts and provided quality services under those contracts," says Higgins, president and chief executive officer of FreeBalance Inc. "We started [securing government sales] by doing seminars and inviting government people from all kinds of d epartments to come. We would pres«nt our systems and we'd make contact w it h m a n y p eople. Gradually we built up relationships, then wc built u p [t h e b u s iness] f r om there." FreeBalance started in 1984, with revenues hovering at just around $300,000. With perseverance and hard work, the company expects revenues near $10 million this year. Higgins has this advice For small businesses looking to sell to the federal government: it's a two-stage process. First, you must hc "constantly out there marketing to the public sector." Then you get o nline and access MERX (the government's electronic rendering service) and bid nn projects, f illing nut the request for proposal (RFP) documents. "What you don't do is just wait f<>r thc RFP documents to arrive on your d«sk. II you' re selling information technology hardware or software, the RFP is nnt v'herc ynu

start. You start by marketing and building

rclarionships with people in government. "A lot of the battles are won before thc RFP ever hits the street." FreeBalance provides what it calls, "rnission-critical financial systcn>s" for about 30 different f e d eral d e p artments, svhich accounts for about 60 percent »I its ov«r,>ll client base. In Fact, FrceBalance Financials, the company's software, is only sold to thc public sector throughout the world. Higgins explains why FreeBalance concentrates on the public service: "It's really because we felt a need to focus and provide a welldefined solution for customers." Balancing thc Canadian federal government's needs with those of other public service clients worldwide has been a key to FreeBalance's success. With the spectre of the Year 2000 (Y2K) problem, government departments have been in a rush to replace financial systems to avoid a potentially devastating crash at the dawn of the next millennium. Under standard pn>curement practices, replacing such a system would take between two and four years. This dilemma is an opportunity For companies offering solutions to the Y2K problem, according to Higgins. And because of the time crunch, thc opportunity is especially golden for companies thar have nurtured relationships with Federal departments. I n t h e p a s t th r e e months a l one. FreeBalance has helped Statistics Canada, the Public Service Commission, the Is<ational Archives, Canada Labour Relations Board, and the Fleet Management Facility at the Department of National Defence make their financial systems Y2K-compliant. Higgins adds that in those departments, "All the financial operations. financial management and b udgets get managed on FreeBalance systems." and Curtis Cook — Mi chelk

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The rules of engagement n one of my previous careers I co-owned a won't deal specifically with how to win a govsmall printing business. About 30 percent ernment contract, but it will provideall sorts oF our annual revenue was from federal of strategic information from patent informacontracts. We always looked on this as a dou- tion to tips on exporting your product. ble-edged sword. On the one hand, a governActually getting a contract paid for by the ment contract was like money in the bank. public purse is another matter. For many busiThere was no fear nesspeople, government tendering remains a of the customer going bankrupt, or of stiffing you with a n N SF cheque. And bankers l o ved

time consuming process. Unfortunately, tech- what government purchasers are looking for. nology won't be of much help in reducing the The business is there. You need little more number of hoops you' ll have to jump through than a computer and Internet account to find to secure a contract. However, new develop- the leads. ments like electronic tendering systems will automatesome oF the paperwork and also proDavid Tanaka, vide a centralized source oF information about Editor, Tech Enterprise

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backed by a gove rnment pu r chase order. On the other hand, dealing with government purchasers required lots of patience, and lots of processing of forms and such. With just a few people to handle many tasks — a typical scenario for small businesses — we couldn't afFord to devote as much time as we would have liked to pursuing other government work. Although I'm now far from government contracting, people occasionally talk to me about doing business with government. Sometimes the talk strays to rumor and innuendo about how someone won a rich contract because he knew someone who worked with someone who was tight with the department's chief muck-a-muck. It's pork barreling, pure and simple. There may be instances where this is the true state of affairs, but what drives this persistent and quite common attitude, I think, is resignation — and resentment — that smaller companies don't really have a chance to bid on those lucrative government contracts that get reported in the daily news. ff you are one of those people who has dismissed government as a potential customer, there are two reasons why you might want to reconsider your position. First, government is a huge purchaser of goods and services. Secondly, governments — particularly at the federal level — have taken steps to make the process more open and accessible. Technoloy has played a big role in opening up government. The federal government's Strategis Web site, For example, is an ambitious project, and impressive in the scope of information it provides. In many cases, information that was verydifficult m find is now available to anyone with a computer and Internet access. A lot of this information

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still pretty rar«. That's just one r«ason why y<iu should know about T h ornhill, O n t .-based ATI Technologies Inc., a computer graphics hoard manufacturer that is considered hv many t<> he the world I«ader in this sector. In Fact. ATI has don@so w«ll that at the «nd <if April it was

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ott'«ring the products and services you rcquirc, or r«gister your own Firm online (multim«dia features lct you add logos, video clip~, email addr«sscs and links to o(hcr Web si(cs). International business opportunities, trade and investment • Crea(c customized market reports on countries around ihe svorld using the la(c»t research )rot» tli(- U..'i. Department of

growth capital. Sources ofFinancing: clicking on Hire New Employee yield«d a discu~sion of the pros anJ cons of'applying liir wi>rking capital, and a seemingly incxhaus(ible list of institutions otfering this type ofloan. Technology, innovation and licensing Click on I n formation Technologies Connections page to learn morc about int«met content issues such as copyright infringements, anJ liabilitv issues relating to child pornography, hate pn>paganda and obscenity <>n tbc W«b. Information is p r ovided on F «dcr,il standards. regulations and lice>»ing i )f

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Building a ( r ul y c o mprehensive site deman Jed an unprecc dented lev«l of cooperation berw(en ofFices nationwide, resulting in the dismantling of the traditional fief'doms and a major cultural shift within the department. "Wc needed to recngineer our thinking « in bccoining information providers, Garrard « says. Previ<>»sly information wasn't as easily « shared." Thc democratizari<>n«ot ( he dcpanment's managerial structures is a Stra(«gis legacy that remains today, according to mark«tiilg manager DeBlois. The ef'fon required th«skills of more than 300 employ«cs, ranging from graphic artists and marketing prof'cssionals (o lawyers, librarians, industry analysts and administrators. They werc join«d by more than 40 co-op students from Canadian universities, who visited companic» (o get them online and showed Industry Canada «mployces how to use the Internet.

A benchmark for other projects The speed to market made the 1 trailblazer fi1r other departments, incl<iding Human Resources and Development Can,>da. and highlighted (he imponancc <>I manag«rial change to meet the demand» ot an online world. D el«gations from govern»>cnts in Vietnam, Crcccc, Ukraine and thc European Union have toured (h«Stratcgis hcadqu.incr» (o learn how t o sct u p s i milar iniriativcs, according to Dais The number ot new documents p»blished — the site initially included 32S.00()is proof of broad staff acccpranc«<)f the technologies involved in the dcpartmen('s clcctronic publishing venture, D«Bliiis says. The information explosion has drawn thousands of'new us«rs to thc sire. Stratcgis l>a» logged 2,425,000 visits and morc than 2S.S

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million document retrievals since its launch. So Far, Strategis has been immune to computer viruses and has resisted attempts at penetration by hackers, according to Daly. As For service, Daly says the only times the system has been down for significant periods have been during scheduled down times for telecom servicing (which usually occur on weekends) and three-and-a-half days during the ice storm in February 1')98. Among the new features on Strategis are Take a World View.. . Export Your Services, svhich includes three sections of tools For assessing your company's export readiness, researching the market and developing an export plan, and delivering services to foreign markets. Launched early this year, the Credit Cards Cost Calculator and Consumer Help Desk svere designed to ofler people advice on how to shop around for credit cards. Users can type in their monthly unpaid halances for each card, then find out the total annual charges.

Thc two sections logged more than 2,00() hits in the first two weeks of operation, according to an Industry Canada report. Garrard says Strategis will expand its electronic commerce capabilities to include services such as Competition Bureau suhmissions, patent licensing, Federal incorporation and all forms oF spectrum licenses. "The future plans are to continually refresh the documents we have," he adds. But svh.it about smail businesses thar don' t

trategis has exploded into a small galaxy of businessand consumer resources since its launch March 26, 1996. Here are some facts and figures on Canada's largest business information Web site: • St rategis has links to over two million documents. • It c o n nects over 60,000 businessrelated sites. • Co n versely, 2,343 Web sites point to Strategis. • Ap p roximately 8,000 visitors access the site each business day. • Ro ughly 5,000 Strategis users subscribe to Headlines, which are weekly email bulletins of new or updated material (the week of June 12, 1998 included Top 10 Tax Tips For 1998 and The Automotive Competitive Review) • Si nce its launch the site has had more than 2,425,000 visitors. • In th e s a me p e riod, d o cument retrievals From Strategis have totaled more 25.5 million.

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The department continues to produce some information materials in paper form, hut he adds, "There's no douht that our primary method oi publishing is the Internet." If knowledge is power, then Strategis is a good reason for business people to hook up tn rhe Internet as soon as p<tssible. 0

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By Ross MacDonald

nlo>'t' pili lt'ilt tlliill I'<'gular hi>i)k. — '>'((' I»;I> [s>, I« Plltfe[)l't'i>PUI' (>U I' t" B h>'ight. Ilt'w. shlnlilg g

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any. And the banks won't giv(' you inly. Don't <l t spair. Cm>ada is replete with federal. r(gional an<) provincial govtri)ment assiita»ce programi geared toward helping small huiiness.However, the only fednal agency that is r«ally in a position to provide start-up or financing capital is the Business Development Bank ofCanada — othe>wise known as the BDC. Th< other programs either serve exclusivt.ly in

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Speaking for th«BDC. Vice-President Andre Dusahlon strtists that his organization I< mls money, and is not a grant-bestowing institution. Howev«r. he says tl>e BDC's mandate. is quite different from that of chaltt.red banks because thr BDC was largely conceived to help create imall businessesacross Canada. "Given that the government is our main ihareholder." says Dusablon, "they gave us a

mission to really be helpful in creating and developing small- and medium-sized businesses that art a lot riskier than would be undeitaken by otherbanks. WP are not here to make loans to Bell Telephone: we' re here to provide specialized Imancing to commer( ially viable small businesies other banks might think are too high risk." Tht BDC. for example. Vdll consider loaning to knowledge-has«d industries(KBI) — con>puter software, st rvices. publications. etr.. which. as anyone

have beni turil('<I<lo'>Vil hy il I'(gillill' Ialiik I ><'f(>f( applying to th«BDC. Changes t» tht n>aiiil;>t(

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Nurturing small business Whilt tlu BDC's mamlate is specifically oriented toward creating and nurturing small business. it

le loans. Ill th (' f t '('t'ilt pi>st. It wici I><'('t'i i i >iv i < >

who's trinl to gtt barking for su< h an ( at< q>ris« from a regular hank knows. is out »I' the qu«ition >vhen the only security for such a loan ii the knowledge has<. its('lf. Thr dt v< lopmn>t hank finan<(i other high-risk l>usiness ne«(ls. su< hi>i ii ainag<-

l>lisint is. We' re more interested in project f>nancing. 'So w( lookrd at the ronq>any that wouhl be cr«ate<i, )ve look(d at the business plan. and we nnti< (if that the person starting it was involved in h«alth care for the past 15 years. There was that

"We are not here to make loans to Bell Telephone, we' re here to provide specialized financing to commercially viable small businesses that other banks might think are too high risk." - Andre Dusablon, the BDC mt;nt huy outi. high-tech upgradrs. n scar( h ural d«velopmt nt, and inventoiy p>odu< t ion. A good pxainpleof a iurcesiful KBI loan appliration was mad«hy a home h«alth cart service in Ontario: "This was a ve>v. vi iv imall huiiness idea that was tt rhnologically o>lent«<I whi< h

inipoitant link there. so we just went along." A(cording to Dusal>lon, thc BDC. unlike chartere<l hanks, is mandated to operate on a cost-r<.covtry basis —although slight profitability is not discouraged as it makes more mont'.v availal>le to help other small businesses.

provided honu health services to older people. They got a first loan of $25.000 aml a s«coin[ one of $50.000 and now they' ve got three or four clifferent offices in the' region." Dusal>ion r«< alls. "To get that kind of monev the pnrson would normally have had to go to a chaittrt d l>ank a>id most likely put his house in security to get a p«r-

However.the BDC does, like chartered hanks.take steps to rerover defaulted loans. Where it's not their policy to seize "wives. kills and hous«s," they will take any and all business assets for liquidation. "I could l>e nlaking a loan of $100,000 to a fishing lodge," Dusablon illustrates. "which is tht kind of businesi that is seasonal. So if pay-

sonal loan that they would then ionvtrt to his

In terms of barh«», the BDC hi>( l ; >( t i ( ( accounts totalling 84. 4 liillion ipr«af( than 17,50() clit nLi at th« t n<l of iti lait fi i<;il v(;>r. New loans in cah n<lar y<;ir 1997 totalled 8).4 l>illiia> disbursed into 6.400 . mall hui int.iirri a i ) ii i<r«,i. i of25 per cent (wer th«[>revioui yt af. Ref l««tin Ih( BDC's n«w-found enthusiaim for non-tra<lilional business«i, 40 [>(r<'(nt of th<>se nnv l»ani >v( re granted to kBI and exporting I nteq)>is«s. Even morc «ncouragin22 ii that tlM Bl)(: h;i i develope<l a va>le<) m< nu of' loani riu>«in2 u[> t(> $250.000. ea< h with iti ow>1 nliin(lilt('(I ('ilt ( 'l lil i>li(I qualifications. 'I'hr BD(: <>ff< >2stenii l<>ar>i. v( ntur< capital loans. expansion rapitdl l<>ai>s. mi< r» (I»;n i Bnd >vila[ they cilll y<>lithentfrprpn<'Uf loa>ls. A term loan is simill>r to a r«gular loan fr<>ni a chartered hank. providing working < spital for growth. A venturt loan. Oii the oth< r ha>I(l. i i i i form of venture capital but without the BI)C p;irtlclpatlng ln colnpilily ow>lt'I>i [lipIt ht'v 'I>I II. Il()wever. take a royalty from thc profit i ). An ( xp,iiision capital loan i i ii n i ilar I<> a v( nturi l»an I>ut ls Bvallahlt' to l>Uiiilt'i it'i In

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Although Ihc BDC considers each case indivirlually. it is generally interested in applicants who maintain a current company account at a regular bank as well as a small line of credit.

"There seems to be an excessive amount of hand-holding,

shall we say, but if they have money and nobody else does, you just kind of have to hold

your nose and go through it." — Douglas Maenpaa, Synergy Electronics

Your collateral can bc quite small hut. as Dusahlon puts it, "Obviously we don't want to finance the business 100 percent. othe)wise wc might as well run it ourselves." Applicantsalso have to do enough backg(x)und research to pass what is called "duc diligencc" — establishing the existence of a viable. market or need for the product or scivicc thc Ilt'w hUilncss '>vill provide.

Douglas Maenpaa is thc' owner of a new huiiness call«d Synergy Electronics in Ontario. which manufactures airflow monitoring equipment (hc designed) for the mining inilustiy. Hc su«tssfully obtained BDC financing. Iarg«ly because lie mc t the liit«d «ritcria. Maenpaa has an cxtc'nsivt background in mining and buii-

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Th«< atch to all this apparent largesse. however. is that all applicants for all loans have to sl«>w p«rsonal linancial cnmmitmcnl lo ihe enlerprise in qu«stion. You can't approach the BDC with tl)e idt a to start a company but off<'r absolulc.ly nn p«rsunal stake in its succtiss. Thc.hank is simply nnt

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aiiiitill)('t' f i'Oil> testing aml al that point —Mic[)ele Baron, entrepreneur I WPUIback tu thP BDC acknowlcdgt d exp«(ts for financing lo build will g illci't'asP up a small amount of Ihe chan<«of a busii e the. invcntolv that could a<!Iually h< put insiilc the n e s s tu su<Peed and sn. in turn. i n c rca BD(,"s chances of I't'cplvlng f<'pilynlt'nt ln full. nil ncs. Fortunately for Ma(npaa. th«BDC wai willT hes e s«rvi( ca are paiticularly exercised for ing to give him a micro loan of $2).(X)0 al that t h o s« applyinpun<lpr Ihc Youth Entrepreneur mcntors and advisoi<s parpoint. Hc was fir.:I intcivicwcd liy thc Bl)C to p r ogram. Theank's h titablish his level of l>usincsi acun)en. Thc l i < i[>alc in «ll»pe< a ts o( business creation. from hank must have been s<itiifi«d with Iht rciults pr o jc» t prc.par ation through self-asst ssmcnt, because loan of[i(crs didn't insi.t on f( lith('r Ira i l i i n' i l l n) inagement l skills md marketing input before gianling tl« loan. ilrati gies, and the completion of a prop< r husi-

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cashflowmanagement, making a busincis plan, creating a balance sheet. ctc. "I had very good experiences with SKAP," Calhoun says. "But, when you want to get funding, or capitalized, or any lypc c>f loan from the government. it's ex(rem«ly di8icult. They' re supposed to make it rasier for small business hut, believe mc. it'.

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Yes, but at what cost? One of the biggest obstacles to owning a 17-inch monitor in the past has been cost. This is becoming less of an issue, as the price drop over the past year has been amazing. Even one year ago, an entry-level 17-inch monitor started at $600. Now, some monitors IN'at the low end are available for nearly half that price. Obviously, the lowest-priced monitors have compromises in certain areas. Entry-level monitors may have less functionality in the picture adjustment controls. Monitors with the larger dot pitch are less expensive to manufacture. The less expensive monitors may also be made from the same coinponents as higherend monitors, but may come from a batch with slight defects or deformities during the manufacturing process. Generally these problems appear as slight variadisplay technologies used in spot. Most shadow masks cur- tions in brightness or as loss in monitors? What is "dot pitch"? rently manufactured are fabricat- focus quality around the edges of Cathode ray tubes (CRTs) are ed from a substance known as the screen. essentially big glass bottles with a "invar," which is tough and resisFor a number of people, these phosphor coating on the big end tant to warping. This allows for problems will be of little concern (the screen you see) and a firing more precise reproduction on the if the price is right. The casual mechanism on the other end, screen face. user who would like a larger monwhich produces the picture when Aperture grille, on the other itor but won't be using it day the color beams hit the phosphor. hand, consists of numerous wires in/day out may not need anyWhen referring to 17-inch moni- running along the length of the thing too fancy. What's importors, the 17 inches refers to the picture tube, to direct the elec- tant to remember, though, is that d iagonal measurement of t h e tron beams. This process creates a monitors tend to be the most entire front of the tube. A certain much richer picture, with better solid piece of equipment on the portion of the tube is unusable or color. The downside is that two desktop: in the amount of time a non-viewable, because it must be "damper wires" are required to monitor will remain useful, you hidden behind the plastic casing hold the many guide wires in may have change your whole systhat holds the tube in the moni- place, and these two wires show tem a few times. For that reason, tor. The viewable area is the fufl up on the display as very thin it may be worth investing a bit size of th e t u be, m inus t he interruptions in the picture. For more up front t o m ake sure amount that's hidden or unus- the typical user, these lines tend you' re getting everything you able. The unusable section is to phase out of conscious percep- need, especially if you plan to use always present, but the amount tion. Vsers doing precision graph- the monitor heavily. A few extra varies from manufacturer to manic work may find the lines annoy- dollars invested in a i n onitor ufacturer, and model to model. ing and intolerable, as they may with a smaller dot pitch may be Although all the models in this be hard t o d i stinguish from worth the investment, if chronic roundup are referred to as 17- graphical elements under certain eyestrain is prevented. inch monitors, the actual view- circumstances. able area ranged from 15.6 inches In addition to the two basic 91stort the distort1onl to 16.1 inches. systems to guide electron beams A monitor's on-screen display One other basic difference to the front of the picture tube, (OSD) controls come with a numbetween tube types can also cause monitors come with variations in ber of different features to help confusion. As with the smaller something called "dot pitch." compensate for picture problems monitors, 17-inch CRT displays Dot pitch is a measurement (in by distorting the image in differcome in two major types: shadow milli meters) of t h e d i s tance e nt ways. M ost c o mm o n mask technology, and aperture between two picture elements of amongst these is the pincushion grille technology. Which one is the same color on the screen. The effect, which changes the edges best for you depends on your smaller t h e num b er , the of th e s creen f ro m c o nvex needs. smoother the picture quality will through concave. Most also feaShadow mask monitors are appear. Displays with a dot pitch ture trapezoidal distortion and manufactured with a perforated of greater than .28 can appear image tilt. plate inside, which guides the rough or jagged, as discrete eleMany monitors, even at entry electron beams to the appropriate ments are more noticeable. There level, are coming with more

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Thiscauses"wave" patterns to appearon top of the pattern being shown. Anyone who has seen pieces of window screen overlapping knows this phenomenon — it only takes a little bit of desynchronization of the layers to cause solne complex patterns. The more often this effect is produced by a monitor, the lesssuited that monitor is to graphic work with any complex and repetitive detail. Some monitors come with controls to "cancei" the moire, but the price for this is often the roughening up of the rest of the picture. The reason these tests are subjective is because, unlike with benchmarking software for CPU speed, most of the tests are done by eyeballing the screen and making a judgement cail. In our chart, here's a rough guide to what the terms mean:

Quantity descyiptors Negllllble: None, or amounts so smail as to be impircoptible. Minimal: Very small amounts detected, but nothing serious Some: 08finitgly visible, starting to interfere with the display in places. Biedium: Enough to bB aserious annoyance without Fllclher: Elan't Just blame the moniter One final point to keep in mind, a monitor is making the screen totally unviewable only as good as the graphic card supplying Subliminal (flicker only): Subliminal flicker is just the signals to it. All monitors in this roundup under the level of conscious perception: when the are capable of supporting vertical refresh rates user looks at the screen, flicker isn't evident, but well in excess of 60 Hz, the point around something about the display just seems...wrong. which flicker becomes very noticeable to Qttallty descrtptors most people. While even inexpensive graphics cards are Excellent: Top-notch quality. Few probieITIS, ii any. capable of supporting higher refresh rates Very good: Still quite good, though the picture might these days, they may be able to do so only at feature slight loss oi quality in certain places. certain resolution settings. So you may want Good: Most oi the screen is okay, but problem areas to budget for a new graphics card, to get the are becoming noticeable. most from your 17-inch monitor. Testing in 1,024x768 resolution was done with an 85 Hz refresh rate, and testing in A note about the tests Testing done for monitors is subjective to a 1,280X1,024 was done at 60 Hz, to simulate good degree, unless you have access to a average conditions for a good percentage of $60,000 piece of testing equipment — we users. Some of the monitors are rated for don' t, unfortunately. Instead, we use a well- refresh rates above the ones used, but many of r espected software t e st suite c a lled these can only be achieved with a high-perD isplayMate b y So n o ra Technologies formance video card with a lot of video RAM. (httpi'twww.displaymato.coin). We ran each mon- The better the video card used, the better the itor through the DisplayMate suite to test for results will be, and vice versa. flicker, focus, edge clarity, moire, convergence, and assorted others. Here's the how and why. Flicker. The display on the screen is created by repeated passes of a color beam, which For this month's test, we asked for inexpenlights up phosphors on the inside of the mon- sive 17-inch monitors aimed at the consumer itor tube. Flicker happens when the phosphor market. Because a few of t h e m o nitors noticeably dims before the beam can make received were higher-end monitors, they have the next pass. Certain colors are more suscep- been split off into a separate group at the end tible than others to flicker (yellow seems to be of the main batch the worst). Focus, edge clarity and convergence: Acer AcerView 79g The display relies on three separate color From: Comtronic beams (red, green and blue) to create the myrTBI: 905-479-8336 iad of colors you see on your screen. How well http'J/www.acor.corn they line up with each other (or converge)

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Affordable 17-inch nbonltors COIitiriued frOm Page62 • 16.1-inch viewable area is more than average Can: • slight deformity around the edges of the screen The DRMON17 is a good unit, with a minimum of flicker and respectable i mage quality. Not the cheapest on the block, but reasonably close, and the Image quality certainly makes it worth consideration, for those on a budget.

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The oddly named Steel Drum provides a great Pro: quality display for a reasonable amount of • well-known name in monitors money. Morecommon on higher-end moni- • lop-notch quality display, at,25 mm dot pitch tors, the BNC connectors are a real plus for • good selection of user controls, including nonMac users. menu brightness/contrast Can: 2 : MAC lnnovislon • slight edge deformities and edge flicker on unit 5.~59 I f.. DX700T tested From: MAG lnnovision • priced a bit higher Ihan some Tei: 905-890-9465 http: //www.maginnovision.corn Well-known in t h e m o nitor f ield, MAG l nnovision delivers the goods with t h e

DX700T, which has great image quality for the most part. Edge integrity was a bit of a problem, with some waviness and jitteriness, a good chunk of which was correctable with the OSD image manipulation. Magitronfc C-SV1 701 Ps From: Liuski international Tel: 800-665-5487 http: //www.mag itronic.corn Pro: • reasonable performance for .28 mm dot pitch • OSD controls fairly intuitive.

Elco Xtreme From:Elco Systems Tel: 905-470-7301 http: //www.elcosys,corn Pro: • monitor is an OEMfrom well-known Lite-On Technology • delivers solid performance with a minimum of flicker and moire Con: • some minor ghosting noticed • at .28 mm dot pitch, image can be a bit coarse. With a higher dot pitch and slight ghosting problem, the Xtreme isn't perfect, but a low price and with a well-known manufacturer hiding behind the Elco label, this monitor is still a good budget-conscious alternative.

Hy68ndal DetoxScan 769S From: Dynamic Channels Canada Inc. Tel: 800-568-0060 http: //www.hei.co.kr Pro: .26mm dot pitch provides high-quality display with good frequency response • minimal flicker and moire Con: • selector for OSDsplit into two parts, and can be awkward to use: push button on front of monitor, and spinner wheel on underside; spinner button is also a bit touchy, reacting too fast or too slowly at times • when screen resolution or refresh reset at adapter, monitor tends to reset ALL settings, including brightness •

The DeluxScan 7695 is a mionitor with great performance, with problems that are mostly ergono m ic.The awkward setup of the spinner wheel for the OSD can be a bit painful to the wrist if used often. Once set up, though, it' s smooth and high-performance sailing. At $649 street price, it's priced a bit higher than most, however.

KDS Orchestra Steel Drum From: Orchestra Multisystems Canada inc. TeL 888-537-9001 http: //www.kdscanada.ca Pro: • reliable performance with a minimum Df flicker and moire .26mm dot pitch • good frequency response • 8NC connector for Mac compatibility Can: • minimal image manipulation controls on the OSD • not really a steel drum lilt makes a pleasing thump when you tap the case, though) •

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HDD / FDD / I.S120 / ZIP UDMA 2 . 1 3. 2 4. 3 5. x 6 . 4 8 . 4 12 G Samsung 167 185 20 5 258 Fujitsu 1 7 9 1 8 5 21 9 239 259 Seagate 179 195 22 9 259 Q uantum 189 195 20 5 269 428 4 7 9 WD 189 2 0 5 2 2 9 269 299 409 Seagate 6.5G Medalist Pro 7200rpm ........345 LS120 120MB Floppy Drive/ Diskette....115/18 Zip 1QOMB Int IDE / Ext. Parrallel........119 /179

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MS 2B mouse (with System only)............,.29 MS Intellimouse (with System only)..........35 Logitech First Mouse+ Internet Mouse...... 29 Mouse Padwith Vivid Picture. ....................3 1.44MB Floppy Drive Panasonic/Fujitsu....26 15"-25" Stylish Tower Case w/Power... 33-89 CPU I Case Cooling Fan ................3-9/12 Game Pad I Joy Stick.................. .......9-1 5 HDD Retnovable Frame (Mobile Rack)......21 Power Bar /Power Cord.................. .....6 / 3 Switch Box for Printer 2/4 port...... ....12/19 Switch Boxfor Monitor 2/4 port.... ....15/19 Printer Card.....................,... .., .........19 Screen Filter 14" /15" /17" .................9-33 SCSI Adaptec 2940/ u / uw.....239/249/279 SCSI Adapter CN50MI DB25F. „......... „„,.12 PC Radio Card.................... ..................39 Ink Cartridge for Color Printer................. call 230W AT Power Supplier. .....................28 250W ATX Power Supplier..............., .....45 .

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Affordable 17-inch monitors Continued from poge6$

Pro: • excellent picture quality for .28 mm dot pitch • non OSD buttons for contrast and brightness

Con: • OSD control is fairly awkward. with a push-button

From: Princeton Graphics Tel: 800-747-6249 http: //www.prgccom

The Magnavox 107s from Phitips has a display quality that is excellent, with a bit of flicker and some moire being the only real distractions. The awkward OSD control configuration can cause some wrist pain while setting

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on front and a hidden selector wheel underneath' up the display. At $499, the unit provides the chassis great display quality without being excessive• OSD requires user to scroll down to either "save" ly expensive. or "exit" for each sub-menu, which can be timeconsumlng • moire is fairly noticeable in 1,280x1,024 resolution Princeton EO710

Phllips Magnavox 107s From: Philips Canada Tel: 800-387-0564 http: //www.philips.corn

Con: • edge quality not as good as rest of screen (one corner on the monitor we tested was quite blurry) Though the image might be a bit on t he coarse side, the quality of the Magitronic monitor isn't too bad except for some problems with focus at the edges of the screen.

Pro: • display quality is very good for a .28 mm dot pitch. • shallower front-to-back design great for smaller workspaces • good selections of image manipulation controls Con: • fairly expensive for,28 mm dot pitch • OSD is a bit non-intuitive The most expensive of the .28 mm monitors this month, the Mitsubishi DiamondScan 70 is also one of the highest quality in that dot pitch. There is some moire and flicker in higher res, but otherwise a top-notch monitor.

lhgonex Televldeo SV200 From:Monex Technologies Canada Tel: 905-709-3660 http://www.televideoinc.corn Pro: • OSD very intuitive, with non-menu brightness and contrast buttons • good selection of image manipulation controls • good quality.28 mm dot pitch • minimal flicker, and small amounts of moire Con: • slight loss of focus around the edges

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Pro: • high quality display with next to no flicker and only some moire at higher res. • good selection of image manipulation options in the OSD

Con: • even at.27 mm dot pitch, image is a bit coarse. • higher price The VanaSync 570 is certainly a sturdy and confident monitor with a great display quality. However, the price tag may scare people away, especially with t h e m o nitor on ly checking in with a .27 mm dot pitch. A shallower version is also available, at a higher cost.

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er workspaces • OSD relatively intuitive, with a lot of image manipulation capabilities Con: • higher price • moire can be problematic at 1,280x1,024

Pro: Sceptre • high-quality display, at.26 mm, with minimal flicker Dragon Eye D73A • OSD makes it easy to switch between related From: Alea Group options, while editing values Tel: 800-788-2878 Cnn: http: //www.sceptre.corn • noticeable moire at both 1,024x768 and 1,280x1,024 resolutions Pro: • priced a bit on the high side • good .26 mm dot pitch quality at a great price The EO710 is an intriguing looking monitor • spinner controls double as brightness/contrast with a great display. Although the moire prob- • almost no moire or flicker lem might be a bit distracting for some users, Con: it is in all other respects an impressive moni- • although push-and-spin OSD controls are a great idea, they can be a bit awkward at times. especially tor. when selection requires a lot of spinning; an indentation on the front of the spinners for finger traction would improve this Samsung 7e • our machine had a loss of focus in the centre of the From: Samsung display, at 1,024x768, but this is hkely something Tel: 800-726-7864 that happened in shipping http: //www.samsung.corn

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Performance: Cybervlslon C72 In the field of lower-priced monitors, the Cybervision C72 is a treat, offering an outstanding .25 mm picture quality, excellent functionality in the OSD, and price that' s not too excessive. A great choice for someone who demands a lot from a monitor, but doesn't have the budget for a "highend" unit.

Pro: • low cost • OSD easy-to-use Con: • image quality generally good. but edge quality can be problematic. as well as flicker and moire at 1.280x1,024 • minimal image manipulation controls • problems with regulation (image compression and expansion) with even minor changes on the display.

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Samsung 7e As far as "entry l evel" goes, Samsung's 7e model goes above and beyond, with a fullfeatured OSD, great quality display, and a really reasonable price. Perfect for allaround use.

Although the problem with image quality and screen regulation could be an annoyance for those who plan high usage, the price makes Pro: the Voxon worth consideration for the casual • great display quality, even at.27 mm • shallower design (back to front) is a plus for small- user.

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Even at a .28 mm dot pitch, the Samsung 7e delivers a great picture quality, for an amount of money that's not overly excessive. hfoire has the potential to be somewhat annoying at 1,280x1,024, but lower resolutions should be top-notch in almost every way.

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Another well-respected name in monitors, Viewsonic's GS771 comes in at the high end of the entry-level field price-wise, but delivers the goods in performance. Even with the .27 mm dot pitch, the picture quality is great, and the GS771 offers a great alternative to more expensive, higher-end monitors.

Sceptre is well-respected in the field of monitors, and you can see why, the Dragon Eye D73A offers an impressive .26 mm dot pitch, for only $345 street price. The OSD spinner controls are a nice innovation, though it can be a bit awkward when a lot of spinning is necessary.

Pro: • great quality display, with only a little loss at the edges • OSD controls very intuitive and buttons easy to use. including buttons that double as non-menu brightness and contrast controls Con: • Some moire evident at 1,280x1,024 • brightness control did not appear to have a major impact on screen

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Marks 6r Spencer sued Domain names are simple words that substiover the defendant's registration of domain tute for the numeric Internet addresses of sites Recent decisions names marksandspencer.corn and rnarksandThe April 1998, United States 9th Circuit on the World Wide Web. They are generally By Brad Freedman assigned and registered on a first-come first- Court of Appeals decision in Panavision spencerco.uk. The court granted an injunce growth of the Internet has been serve basis by a number of organizations in !»ter»ational v. Toeppe» is the first American tion requiring the defendant to transfer the accompanied by new forms of intellec- Canada, the United States and elsewhere. appellate court ruling on a domain name dis- domain names to Marks Br Spencer on the basis that the defendant's conduct constituted tual p roperty r i g hts i n f r ingement, Domain names serve not only as easy-to- pute. 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Recent court decisions confirm that ognizable domain names are cbc.ca (for the pany Panavision complained about Toeppen's account of its similarity to the name, brand courts will use conventional legal principles to Canadian Broadcasting Corporation), cnn.corn registration of the panavision.corn domain name or trademark of an unconnected commercial organization must expect to find himprevent the misuse of trademarks in cyber- (for Cable News Network), and coca-cola.corn. name, Toeppen suggested that paying him space. There have been a number of well-publi- $13,000 for the domain name was cheaper self on the receiving end of an injunction to restrain the threat of passing off, and the cized disputes and lawsuits regarding the right than suing him. Panavision sued. The Court of Appeals held that Toeppen's injunction will be in terms which will make Trademarks to use commercially valuable domain names. A trademark is a distinctive mark used by an Many of those disputes result from deliberate "scheme to register Panavision's trademarks as the name commercially useless to the dealer." The March 16, 1998, U.S. District Court for individual or entity to identify its wares or ser- domain name grabbing by so+a)led "cyber- his domain names for the purpose of extortvices and distinguish them from the wares or squatters" or "cyber-pirates" who register ing money from Panavision" violated federal the Central District of California decision in services of others. A trademark may be a word, famous marks and names as domain names and state laws against trademark dilution. Avery Dennison Corp. v. Snrnpton and Free Vinv Listings Ltd. involved a c laim against a design, slogan, number, initials, acronyms, and then offer to sell them to the legitimate Toeppen wasordered to transfer the domain Continued onpage 90 mnemonics, colors, or a combination of some trademark owners and o thers. 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ly diluted the mark's ability to identify Avery Dennison's goods and services in violation of

Canadian-based business that registered more than 12,000 Internet domain names with the stated intent of licensing the domain names as email addresses. The domain names were common proper last names, such as Avery and Dennison, and used the " . net" t o p-level domain rather than the more popular ".corn" domain. Avery Dennison sued, challenging the defendants' registration of the Avery.net and Dennison.net domains, alleging trademark infringement and dilution. The court granted judgment for Avery Dennison on the basis that the defendants' registration of the domain names prevented Avery Dennison from using it s f a mous trademark as an Internet domain name and thereby wrongful-

the U.S. Federal Trademark Dilution Act. The court held that "the Internet registration system simply does not authorize cybersquatting," which the court reasoned would prevent Internet domain names from being used for their highest and best use. The court ordered the defendants to transfer the domain names to the plaintiff. The April 22, 1998, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California decision in Playboy Enterprises inc.v. Terri Welles, involved a claim that former Playboy Playmate Welles had unlawfully used a number of Playboy's well-known trademarks as headings, watermarks, and meta-tags in her adult-oriented Web pages. Playboy argued this constituted

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ICSA forms Malicious Code Consortium By Craig Menefee CARLISLE, PA. ( NB) — The International Computer Security Association (ICSA) has

formed a Malicious Mobile Code C onsortium (MMC), not to c reate malicious miniprograms, but to counter them. Malicious mobile code is any auto-executable mini-program that comes in from the

Internet and commits mischief against a host system. The definition covers any program that can takeindependent action to cause damage on the local system. Examples are ActiveX controls, Java applets, s cripts, H T M L

(Hypertext Markup Language) plug-ins and

browser "helper programs." Any of them can be misused to damage data in storage or memory, initiate denial-of-service attacks against World Wide Web sites or Internet service providers (ISPs) or redirect standard services on a user's computer. During a recent teleconference, manager of the consortium, said MMC has already met to set the consortium's direction and define projects over the next three mont)ts. One primary goal of MMC is to educate users about the threats and the tools now available to combat them. Over the next three months, said Harper, MMC will develop a Web page at the ICSU primary site as an information resource.

Next, MMC will produce a white paper describing the nature and extent of the mobile malicious code threat. Also, the group will fund a survey designed to quantify information like current levels of threat and countermeasures used in existing organizatiohs. Finally, said Harper, the group will propose criteria for product testing and certification to provide baseline standards for the industry and give users a way to pick and choose among competing protection systems. Harper emphasized the consortium does not seek to eliminate auto-executable code from Internet use. "They have played a very key role in making the Internet into a useful, dynamic environment," he commented. "We

encourage the use of this technology in an intelligent and safe manner." MMC has 13 founding members, said Harper, all of which offer products designed to protect users from hostile Internet programs. They include Advanced Computer Research, Ltd., Computer Associates, Cybermedia, Digitivity, Dr. Solomon's Software, eSafe Technologies, Finjan Corp., Internet Security Systems, Quarterdeck Corp., Security-7, Symantec Corp. and Trend Micro, with more firms expected to join. ICSA is a commercial company that certifies different types of computer security software and hardware. 0 Contact: ICSA, http: //www.icsa.net

High-tech workers likely to switch careers FAIRFAXr Virginia (NB) — Call it early middle age crisis or just plain burn-out, but almost half of all college-educated workers in their early 30s would choose a different major if they could do it all over again, according to a

the study found that the majority of college graduates have switched careers at least once and about one on five expects to switch in the future. About 43 percent of the respondents said recent survey by George Mason University, that if they had to do it all over again, they But while most of the non-science majors would have majored in something else, with say they would focus on science or technolo- the most popular choice, surprisingly, being gy the second time around, the grass appears the liberal arts, with 64 percent. Some 1? pergreener on the liberal arts side of the fence for cent said they would switch to science, tech-

information technology workers as well.

"It seems that non-technical people want to know more about technology, while technology people are finding there's more to life

nology or computer science, while 17 percent

concernedwith what may be coming down the road. The study also found that S9 percent of the respondents said they would be more likely to stay with an employer that paid for all or

part of an employee's continuing education. "The results show that the era of lifelong learning is here," Merten said. "Employers that ignore their employees' desire for ongoing education do so at their own peril." 0

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Making sense of the symbols The plus (+) symbol indicates that a paragraph has text following it at a Cower level. This includes text formatted with a style that Word doesn't recognize as a specific outline level. The minus (-) symbol indicates that the paragraph has no text following it at a lower level. A paragraph with a small square beside it is text at the "body text" level of the document, which is generally text formatted with the NoRMAL style. When you are in outline view you' ll notice that some of your formatting, such as paragraph spacing and indenting, will disappear. Word applies temporary indenting to show you the different levels in your document more dearly, but your own formatting is still there. Ihe Outline toolbar The OIJruNE toolbar appears when you are in Outline view and contains buttons to display your document in different ways. The buttons numbered I through 7 allow you to expand or

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body text by selecting the DEMOTE TO Boov TERT button. The SHow FeRMAT!tytG button allows you to hide fancy heading formats in outline view if they prove a distraction on the screen.

What you can do in outline view One neat option in outline view, that isn' t available elsewhere in Word, are buttons to

move paragraphs up and down. Select the symbol opposite the paragraph to move and then select the MovE Ur or MovE DowN button on the OuTMNE toolbar to move the paragraph. Notice that any paragraphs that follow this paragraph that are at a lower level will move with it.

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paragraphdown Ushut the mouse In addition to the keyboard and the toolbar

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guideline appear to show the level you are altering the paragraph to. You can also drag a

paragraph's outline symbol up or down to move it — this time you' ll see a horizontal guideline showing where it will be moved to.

Worhlny in outiine view If you work i n o u tline view rather than NoRMAL or PAGEv iew, you' ll find t hat i t behaves a little differently. When you type a heading in one style and press ENTER the next line will appear in the same style instead of reverting to NoRMAE style as it would in the other views, This is because outline view is designed to allow you to create a document

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