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nology, which allows international custonters ro conduct 128-bit transactions with banks and financial instlttitions around the world" — was a direct quote from Microsoft's Web site. Where can I bggy that darn CD-ROIVI?
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Continued from page12 Beetle debuts ln raclnll title The new Volkswagen Beetle has been licensed by Microsoft for inclusion in the new Midtown Madness racing game developed by Angel Studios. The latest in the Microsoft Madness series of racing software
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market research company, reports that sonably proportioned displays and connectiv- ance affordability with mobility as well as notebook computer sales grew 17.6 ity to standard storage and media compo- with performance and features (as demonpercent between the third quar- nents (hard drives, floppy drives, CD-ROM s t r ated by the triangle chart). ter of 1997 and the third quarter of 1998.
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After the successful installation, I turned the Palm Pro on, selected the Peanut Reader from the Applications menu and opened the novel, Unlike some other readers, Peanut Reader displays styled text (italics, bold, underline, etc.) and formatting. The interface has a number of viewer options, itrcluding a choice of two font sizes, and the option of reversing the screen. The text was round non-serif font that was very readable, except when the reverse-screen feature was turned on. When the feature was on, the pale green text at the edge of the black screen became hard to read and bled into the pale green border. Strobel says the company plans to correct this with a buffer around the edge of the interface in a future update of the reader. To navigate through the book, you use
alm Pilot users I know love their 'e~hissu tiny hendheid computers. These :.IP -'*'r Installation ' The While reading books on a computer, or even d evices not only have a place in . "< ' hE"-'.p comp>. a handheld PC is not a new idea it has, in the their hearts, they have a place in their , : ny's P e anut past, been a difflcult one to execute. There pockets, at work, at home, on the road, , ,.-" Re a de r s o f t - are plenty of public domain titles floating telling time, keeping notes, and sharing ,.' ,. " the intimacies of schedules, to-do lists, and ware is free and around cyberspace, but once the raw text is s „::, can be downloaded downloaded it can be amessy read. Peanut personal contacts. In witnessing the love from it s We b s i te, Press's principals, Jeff Strobel and Mark users have for their simple elegant machines, where you will also find Reichelt, have made installing books simple a company called Peanut Press came up with the Peanut Press library. and created an interface that is easy to read, a simple, elegant idea of its own — it created an interface that allows Palm owners to read Th e books, however, are not free. You can navigate and customize. books with their constant companions. brows e through the titles and read excerpts In late 1998, I contacted Peanut Press and online, then order the book you want received the Peanut Reader software and a through the Web site using a credit card sample novel by email. The reader is 32KB, Peanut Reader, Wanut Press booIts (tran s actions are encrypted). Peanut Press and the books vary in length from 2DDKB to then emails the selection to you. From: Peanut Press 7DDKB. Peanut Press says a Palm III can easiTo prevent you from emailing the book ly hold six or seven average-length books. http: //www.peanutpress.corn System requirements: PalmPilot Pro, Palm lll, lllx, V, to all your Palm-loving friends and family Installing the software was a simple mator IBN1 WorkPad, Palm DS 2,0 or greater (including m e m bers, Peanut Press uses the first eight ter of downloading the reader and the book synchronization software),32KB free memory for the numbers of your credit card as your key to to my desktop PC, then using the PalmOS "open the book. Though this feature limits install tool to select them for uploading. I Peanut Reader, free memoy for each book (varles from 200KB to 700KB) copying of books, it doesn't limit the num- then put the Palm Pro in its cradle, pressed Price: US$2.99 and up ber of times you can delete and reload a title. the HotSync button and seconds later, I was If you lose the book or mistakenly delete it ready to read.
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flow to buy a handheld computer
teries and always have them in reserve and fully charged.
or via a PC Card slot), CompactFlash cards for additional storage, a serial or parallel And for many users, rechargeable batter- connection cable for moving data to your ies are a better option because they can sup- desktop or notebook PC, an external power
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To start with, you are likely to be using a
handheld computer in a far greater variety of desktop PC or even a notebook computer. If you have decided to use a handheld with a keyboard, chances are you will want to be able to take it out of your pocket at a moment's notice, flip it open and take down a quick note or retrieve some data. In order to do that, you have to be able to read thescreen in a wide variety of lighting conditions. When you are in a dimly lit room, you' ll need a backlight, and when used out-
they don't generate a pile of dead batteries).
Keyboard Keyboards on handheld computers are often ' cramped things that require considerable dexterity and skill to use. Many manufacturers try to create a full QWERTY keyboard in the limited space provided by something that you will want to hold in your hand, but
transferringdata. Most of these items are now standard on h andhelds, with t h e e xception o f t h e
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on most other handhelds through the use of a "converter" that allows them to be inserted into a PC Card slot.
handheld will be dropped. The ideal design is one closest to that of the cockroach: however much you drop it or stomp on it, you should not be able to kill it. Sadly, this writer has inadvertently killed many handhelds as they slipped out of pockets or briefcases at the wrong moment and came crashing to an early death. While it is probably wise not to do a "drop test" in the showroom when you buy your handheld (just in case it fails), look at how well it
Memory
Get as much as you can. Last year's standard was 8 MB, but look for systems with 16 and even 32 MB becoming more common in the HP's new Jornada 680 handheld provides a future. As a rule of thumb, the more memokeyboard that is as close in feel to a notebook ry you have, the better. Of course, since it is computer keyboard as you are likely to flnd, only a handheld computer, you don't have although some may find it a little cramped. to go completely overboard in this area. But Meanwhile, Psion uses a unique "sliding if you are running more intensive applicadrawer" approach to the design of its Series 5 tions — such as a Web browser — having extra keyboard to yield the maximum possible key- memory can only help. board real estate. The Psion keyboard does, however, sometimes suffer from a "dead space Software bar" that requires you to hit the space bar All too often the software built into handdirectly in the centre for it to register. held computers is a "cut-down" version of a desktop counterpart. But it doesn't have Connections to be that way. While users of Windows Another major issue in buying a handheld is CE handhelds have had to wait until the in finding one that allows you to connect current release to get something accepteverything to it that you are likely to need. able, longtime users of Psion's Series 5 sysAnd that includes a modem (either built-in tems will know that rich and powerful
Battery life There's no point in having a handheld computer if it is always running low on battery power. Make sure that whatever system you choose will give you at least 10 hours worth of continuous use from either a single charge (in the case of a handheld with rechargeable batteries) or a single set of batteries (where you use standard AA batteries). You may also give some thought to how
you expect to be able to use the handheld. Suppose, for example, you are expecting to use the handheld a lot on business and don' t have time to leave it charging for extended periods of time. In this case, you should consider a handheld that runs on AA batteries, which are available almost anywhere, or plan to buy a second set of rechargeable bat-
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looked. If there is one truism of handheld computers, it is this: at some point, the
efforts at creating handheld computer keyboards are from seasoned veterans of the handheld sector: Hewlett-Packard and Psion.
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' CompactFlash slot. It appears to come only on la r ge r ha nd helds, al t h ough Construction Compactmash cartridges can physically fit This final consideration should not be over-
side, you' ll need to be. able to adjust the con- few succeed. trast to compensate for the natural light and A couple of the most successful recent
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port color screens, are cheaper to operate and supply (which is automatic on rechargeable find them lacking in any of those respects, more environmentally friendly (because units) and an infrared port for wirelessly put the handheld back Handheld software is
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those for buying a desktop-com- some of the dimensions you puter. type and speed of processor, should consider. size of hard drive, amount of memory, and price. Portables also have Screen their own unique characteristics, There are two broad types of liquid and understanding these is equally crystal display (LCD) technology important to your buying deci- currently being used with portables: active matrix and passive sions. Notebook computers are more matrix. Active matrix is also somevariable than desktop PCs in their times called TFr (thin film transisoverall "feel," but because of their tor). Of th e
all-inwne design, that feel is difficult to modify. It is, t herefore, very important to try before you
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buy. If you buy a desktop PC and
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price tag. Passive matrix screens are referred to in a number of ways. STN (supertwist nematic), DSTN (double-layer STN or dual-scan
STN) and HPA (high-performance addressing) all refer to variations
on passive matrix technology. Passive matrix technology has progressed to the point where, under many conditions, passive matrix screens are virtually indistinguishable from those using active matrix
technology. Today you can buy a notebook
will show more information on a
screen than one that supports only 800x600 pixels. Of course, the objects on the screen will be smaller, but considering that one usually sits doser to a laptop screen than to a monitor, the higher resolution may still be acceptable.
the best fidelity for photographic images will be achieved by displays that can show photorealistic color.
Satteiy Most manufactwers no longer offer nickel cadmium (NiCd) batteries, and have turned to either nickel
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Another factor is number of colors supported. So called "true"
ion-based (Li-Ion) batteries. A major limitation with Ni-Cd cells is inches (measwed diagonally). achieved if the graphics subsystem their susceptibility t o m e mory Bigger is generally better (and more will produce 17.6 million separate effects: wit h c o n stant p a rtial that recharging and infrequent comcostly), but a factor that compli- colors. A graphics computer with a screen ranging from 12 inches to more than 14
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with all the drives integrated. You won' t enjoy the benefit of the ultraportable notebook's lighter weight if you are constantly
take a certain amount of bashing but they do fail, often when you are away from home carrying these external devices with you, and base. The warranty you buy should match your it can be a hassle to fish the drive out of your bag and cable it to the notebook every time work style. For example, if you are an international traveller, you' ll want to make sure you set up for a session.
warranty repairs costing thousands of dolthere is some provision to service your dead lars, because often a complete subsystem Warranty notebook in a foreign country. If you can' t (like the display) has to be replaced to fix a By virtue of being carried around, portable afford any downtime, you' ll want a warra ty problem. As with any warranty, read the fine computers are subjected to more hazards that has an acceptably short turnaround print. 0
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here the recent history of portable sizes) there are a few technologies being PC development has largely been worked on now that will introduce actual based on the refinement of exlst-
new developments to the mobile world.
the development title Geyserville that Intel expects to be selling before the end of 1999. The details of Geyserville were described in
Febmary by Robert Jecmen, vice-president of Intel's architecture business group and general manager of the mobile/handheld products group. According to Jecmen, the Pentium III-
based Geyserville CPU can currently operate at 500 MHz while the notebook is plugged
into the wall but cuts back to 400 MHz when on battery power. That 20 percent cut in performance sounds relatively insigntficant, but
what is significant is that power consumption drops 40 to 50 percent when the chip is operating at the lower speed. By the time Geyserville hits the streets, Jecmen expects its performance to start at 600 MHz and reduce to 500 MHz on battery power with the same credit toward battery life.
Hewlett-Packard (Canada) Inc.'s mobile computing products division spokesman, Paul Patterson, sees the Geyserville chip as a significant development for making all classes of notebook perform like desktop replacements: "The Geyserville chip is really exciting for users because there will be even less of a discrepancy between the usability of portables and desktops. It's a significant step in that direction.", NEC Computer Systems Division's vice-
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The nnhfersal notebook Another recognized but yet to be firmly established trend is for each manufacturer to follow what's called the "universal notebook
philosophy in which each maker's components will be common throughout the prod-
uct line. Things like AC adapters, alternative media drives and batteries will be compatible with all current and future notebooks so you won't have to buy replacements every time
you buy a newer notebook as long as it' s from the same manufacturer. Comm everywhere Somewhat further down the road all the
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nectivity between machines currently in use and with their future replacements is a significant consideration. "A company will be very careful to test machines before they choose which one to because they get an average of four hours per buy, then create what we call an image for week more work out of mobile PC-equipped that product — an image being the software pre-load for that system," explains Sue Taylor, employees,
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The level of technology, the features and the software bundles incorporated into these notebooks are significant factors for business purchasers to consider. However, more important to the corporate client in deciding which computers to buy are things like common docking solutions and higher connectivity so multiple users within a company will not be hampered by a variety of technological demands. It is equally important when purchasing a large number of notebooks that the manufacturer will continue to support the platform, even as newer models are introduced and purchased. It is very important to an enterprise buying many machines that upgrading to newer models in the future won't force the reconfiguration of — or switch away from — their existing applications and the associated files. Likewise, consistent con-
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and receiving mail; and an alarm clock In Canada, Rogers Cantel Inc. is offering the pager as the underpinning for its Cantel AT6rT Interactive Messaging service for $599 (the price drops to $475 if you sign a twoyear contract). The pager can also be leased for $27 per month with a two-year messaging service contract, at the end of which the
pager can be purchased for $10. The company also offers three monthly usage plans for the RIM pager. These monthly plans start at $16.95 for a "short message" service with a limit of 50KB per month, $29.95 for a "messaging plus" service with 250KB of messages per month, and "elite messaging" that allows you to send and receive up to SOOKB of data per month. So much for the prices. But what can you actually 10 with a handheld wireless email pager? To answer that question, I recently spent some time with one of these gadgets. My first impression was that it was extremely simple. This device is very easy to use, although I admit it took me a little while to get the hang of the "roller wheel" used for scrolling up and down the screen and "clicking" on menu options. From there, it was simple to send short email messages, messages to other pagers (a second two-way pager was provided for this test) and to a fax machine.
As a veteran user of small keyboards on handheld computers, I did not find the RIM Interactive Pager 950's keyboard to be particularly difficult to work with, despite the small size of the keys and the large size of my fingers. But given that editing tools are largely limited to use of the "backspace" key and the scroll wheel, I wouldn't contemplate creating any long messages on this keyboarder at least not with the limited set of functions offered in the current builtin software. I certainly couldn't imagine writing a 2,700-word message (the maximum the pager can handle) using this software. But the basic premise of this pager is not
aimed at such a use anyway. It is primarily for those people who need to respond quickly and wirelessly to email messages. As such, it fulfills the job magnificently. It is fast, simple to use and — in our tests —quite reliable. Whether it is worth approximately $40 per
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According to the companies, the deal is an indication that users are increasingly PALO ALTO, Calif. (NB) — There are few looking for "anytime, anywhere access to the places from which it has been difficult if not growing volume of Web-based information impossible to log onto the Net. The family and applications, and the growing market for car has been one of them... until now But automotive computing devices and mobile Online Anywhere is teaming with automo- applications." tive electronics company, Vetronix Corp., to One application example cited by the develop a voice-based product designed to companies for a voice activated product would be a driver's or passenger's ability to access Web content from an automobile. The deal calls for Online Anywhere's use a personal information manager (PIM) to FlashMap Web content reformatting product get driving directions directly from a Web to be used to deliver VXML (voice-enabled site. extensible markup language) content for inVishwanath said, "The product itself is vehicle software an d c o m munications going to be a two-piece solution... a VXML peripherals developed by Vetronix. The browser that runs on the Auto PC, and a servresulting products will operate on a comput- er which will b e r unning at a content er running the Microsoft Windows CE oper- provider's site. These will b e c o ntent ating system-based Auto PC platform. providers that want to enable their content "What Vetronix is doing with Auto PC... on the Auto PC." He continued: "So it could be an enteris creating various ways to interface Auto PC with the rest of the car system," explains prise, it could be an Internet company, in Mohan Vishwanath, president and chief exec- fact any company that wants to enable their utive of Online Anywhere. There was great content on the Auto PC. "There's going to be a server which takes synergy between the companies because one of the existing content that these companies the things that we wanted to enable was Internet content on the Auto PC... and do it have — it could be an email application, a calin such a way so that people do not have to use endar application, a financial application and that gets converttheir hands... it can be done through voice." such as stock quotes —
ed by our Online Anywhere servers into VXML and then gets fed to this browser on the car," he said. "And there is some kind of a wireless connection between the two." James V. Zaleski, president of Vetronix, says his firm has been involved with Microsoft's Auto PC initiative since late 1996 — the first product was the CarPort vehicle interface system. Vishwanath explained the wireless connection, saying that, with regard to Vetronix .. you' ll see soon a relationship with a carrier which will be providing the data, the connectivity part of it." Online Anywhere will be providing its Oasis server, which the CEO said, "... will be offered both as a packaged server that people can buy, but also as a hosted application. If you are an enterprise or you are an Internet company which does not want to buy a piece of software and install it in their infrastructure they can just subscribe to the service that Online Anywhere will be hosting and they can get enabled on Auto PC." The first products will be appearing in the third quarter, he said, in the form of some "
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RealNetworks is in discussions with record tions, as well as from MusicMatch Inc. and companies about copyright protection plans, Sonic Foundry.
SEATKE (NB) — Streaming media company RealNetworks said that, in an effort to RealNetworks Inc. jumped into the booming avoid such copyright violation, it will use a market for digital music delivery and the format developed by ATILT Corp. to help growing controversy over the MP3 format in secure files and protect copyrights. The techearly May with the launch of RealJukebox, a nology, known as a2b music, was introduced software product that lets personal computer users transfer their compact discs onto their computers, digitally download thousands of
by ATRT 18 months ago to help music labels and artists deliver CD-quality music over the
title, artist and genre by accessing information from the Web; and allows users to trans-
time promotional purposes. The artist or label can choose to allow a consumer to give
such as the addition of markers to trace
Also, on the same day RealNetworks
music to the person who recorded or pur- launched RealJukebox, Internet company chased it. RealNetworks faces competition in the jukebox software market from Microsoft, whose Media Player uses an alternative file format to MP3 and includes piracy protec-
Interne. The a2b music technology, according to songs and create customized playlists. The PC jukebox also plays songs as they ATRT and RealNetworks, allows an artist to are recorded at high speed in the back- offer different download options, such as full ground; automatically categorizes songs by songs for purchase by consumers or limited-
Wired Planet released version 1.0 of its Wired Planet player, which combines MP3 player functionality with access to the company's customizable music network. Q ReaINetworks, http: //www.realnetworks.corn
a secure copy of the music to a friend, which fer songs to other portable music players. RealJukebox also, notably, supports the will play only a limited number of times, or MP3 music compression format, which has at the same time allow consumers to have caused controversy in the music industry because of copyright protection tlaws that
have allowed for the illegal uploading and downloading of music pirated copies from CDs. Attempts to develop standards for copyright protection of digital music are in the
the opportunity to purchase it themselves. Also, the artist can release an enhanced CD with a song in a2b music format that is accessible only by connecting to the Internet to get a ekeyeto unlock it, according to the
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By Sean Carvssehera ompaq's Innovate forums, held once every two years„showcase the company's hot new technology developments. So expectations were riding high when hmovate 99 opened at the George R. Brown Convention Centre ln Houston, Tex.— the home of Compaq's corporate headquarters. The festivities got underway with a stunning lightshow, foHowed by chief executive Eckhaid Pfeiffer's keynote speech. Pfeiffer unveiled Compaq's new priority, and the theme of the t oday conference Nonstop
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Gateway aa suffered dips in their stock prices following Compaq's announcement. Compaq"s board of directors convened on Sat, April 17, and asked for Pfeiffer's resignation. Both Pfeiffer and Earl Mason (who was Compaq's chief 6nandal officer) deliv-
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IDC study predicts expansion of online auctions FRAMINGHAM, Mass. (NB) — Online aucretailer that could threaten eBay's hold on tions will play an increasingly important role the market. -in electronic commerceand spur the growth "Auctions fit the definition of a sticky of companies providing software .solutions application, something that engages users and ancillary services related to ewommerce, and keeps them coming back," says Jill a new study claims. Person-to-person auction sites like eBay and Yahoo are just the beginning as niche sites grow in popularity in 1999, the International Data Corp. /DC) study con-
Frankle, IDC's program manager for Internet and exommerce strategies.
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UNE 1999 THE COMPUTER PAPER BC EDITION www.tc .ca
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playback right on the machine. Even better, as CPU speeds increase, machines are becom-
e computer market is a strange beast sometimes. Huge growth is being seen in the budget-oriented PC category,
with many customers looking for a computVfste V175 rl Nnmondrron 0.25 95Ntz
er in the "sub-$1,000" range. But at the other end of the spectrum are the technological developments that drive p in the PC world.
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RedeSnlng the high end Recent developments have made this an interesting time for people looking to the higher end of the market. Intel recently
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ing more and more capable of performing software video decoding without the need for a hardware card. As hardware require-
The tests The systems this month were tested using BAPCo's Sysmark 98 benchmarking software. Each rnachine's video resolution was set to 1,024x768, with a color depth of 32-bit.
ments for DVD playback become less com- (Note: The Sysmark 98 is an updated version plex, the format is becoming very attractive of the older Sysmark 32 benchmarking softto a lot of users. This shift is also helping to
ware, which used a different baseline config-
erforma nce scores.
change the perception of the PC from a pro- uration to determine p ductivity tool to the central entertainment appliance in the house. Peripheral connectivity is also drawing a lot of attention. In the past, if we wanted to attach a device to a computer we could
Result numbers from this test are not meant to be compared with the numbers generated on tests done using Sysmark 32, which we
used before March 1999.) Pricing for this roundup was obtained
choose the serial and parallel port (although from the vendors at the time of testing. released its new Pentium III chip, which has more adventurous users have dabbled in Because of the fast pace of the computer 70 new instructions that address multimedia SCSI), Both serial and parallel connections market and the fluctuations in the value of performance. Although the top speed of the are starting to be viewed as "legacy" tech- the Canadian dollar, prices may be subject to new Pentium Ill chip is 500 MHz (only 50 nologies now, because of their limitations some fluctuation.
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and speed. Serial connections to a computer
can be painfully slow, and are really only useful for devices that generate or receive a ininiinal amount of data. Parallel connections, while faster, often suffered from incompatibility problems with other technology. Users installing a parallel
port external drive would often find that
Aijftiita-Iiilertate Taiigeiil Estimated street price: $2,099 httP:ItWWW.aiei.earn Seftw are • Windows 98. • Carel WordPerfect Suite 8.
their printer had ceased functioning. Both Components suffered from limited ability t o a t tach • 400 MHz AMO K6-III processor (With the bus speed of 100 MHz, which was a pretty devices, as users could generally install only exception af the Apple, this was the only system thai didn't use an Intel CPU in this ripping speed for those used to the 66 MHz one or two devices at a time using either type world. Although eaglier 100 MHz boards of port. roundup). • The 10.8 GB Fujitsu hard drive offers a good supported higher bus speeds, the new genTwo new technologies are starting to amount of space for files and applications. eration of Pentium III machines will be appear on computer systems with increasing able to take advantage of a faster 133 MHz regularity. USB (universal serial bus) is the • Has a Logitech First Mouse, and Fujitsu bus. more common of the two, having had operWindows keyboard. The performance of video cards has also ating system support since later versions of • 3Gom56wbps modem. soared. A year ago, an 8 MB card seemed Windows 95. This technology has a much INultimedla - The optical drive is a 5x OVD. pretty luxurious. Since that time, memory higher transfer speed than legacy serial conon the cards has jumped to 16 MB, and more nections, allows the user to (theoretically) • in addition to the Sound Blastar Pcll28 sound recently to 32 MB. In addition, 3D function- attach up to 127 devices, and allows devices card, Cambridge Soundworks' four-point PC Works speaker set is included for great sound. ality has started to become standard on to be attached and installed to a functioning • Video is provided by a16 MB Creative Riva TNT many cards, whether Direct 3D, OpenGL or computer without the need to reboot. A •
Voodoo-based. Building 3D right into the
newer technology, FireWire (also known as card. IEEE 1394), is just starting to appear in high- Kaiaandab}llty er-endsyst ems now, and offers the same • User has choice of two iSA cards and onePCI, or one iSAandtwo PGI(one ot the mounting bling up cards inside the system and con- advantages. However, the incorporation of necting outputs of different cards together FireWire at this point is limited to digital brackets is shared). standard video card has made life simpler for many users. It eliminates the need for dou-
on the rear of the machine. As one way to take advantage of higher video capabilities, many users are starting to turn to DVD technology instead of the trusty old CD-ROM drive. In addition to much higher storage capacity available, DVD drives offer the user the ability to do DVD video
video cameras.
An acknowledgernent of the growing
• Two full-size and one 3.5-inch drive bay
available.
• Two slots for SDRAM(one of which is in use), ners and digital cameras) is that many PC and two slots for older 72-pin SIMMS. manufacturers are starting to locate the • Some usersmaybe put off by the lack of PS/2ports right on the front of the machine for style ports for keyboard and mouse, and the lack easy access. of a standard USSport. importance of attachable devices (like scan-
THE COMPUTER PAPER BC EDITION www.tc .ca
UNE 1999
We start off this
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+ The Power Macintosh G3 series is the work-
month's roundup with the odd com-
puter out (with the exception, of c ourse, of t h e Apple): the Tangent system, which uses AMD's new K6-IH chip i nstead of t h e
horse of the new models fro m Apple. Styled like
Intel Pentium II
instead. Where the
users — and it helps keepthe system price down. •
machine and two
package. • A US Robotics 56Kbpsmodem Isincluded.
Even though this
system isn't going Multimedia to win the speed • IthasaPanasonicDVD dri ve,butnomovieplaywars, it's chock
er software. Users will have to install their own.
f ull o f oth e r • The Eontronics 3DFx Bansheevideo card has16 attractive goodies MB of memoryanboeid.
iMac is for the new or casual user, the
that would make
•
G3 is a more seriit a great choice. on this machine is slower than most of the ous machine for power users or for the small other machines, but part of that is due to office environment. The ability to open it up the slightly slower CPU speed. Where this with the pull of a tab is a handy feature for machine comes through is in value. For just users who need access to the guts of the Suggested retail price: $1,949 over $2,000, the Tangent indudes great hardware, and its upgradability answers hmpftwww.elcosys.corn audio components, a fast DVD drive, and some of the concerns of those who were Software wary of the iMac's closed case. Like the iMac,
•
• Two ISA and two PCI cards, or one ISA and three
PCI (one ofthemounfing brackets is shared). • Two full-size and one3.5-inch bay available. • There are three slots for SDRAM. Only one was filled in the test system.
Windows 98.
The focus for the Elco system is to provide the basics of a fast system affordably.
however, there are a few concerns: no built- Components and a great alternative for fans of AMD's in floppy drive, and potentially frustrating • 450 MHz Pentium III processor. proc enols. keyboardand mouse.The removable media problem can be solved with a USB Zip or LS120 drive, and more USBkeyboards and mice
ApplePower IecmleebIjj Suggested retail price: $4,699 httpltwww.apple.ca Software • MacOS 8.5.1. • No other pre-Installed software.
Components • Speedy 4gg MHz G3 chip. • The 9 GB SCSI hard drive is fast, and although it's smaller than some of the other drhres this month, it should provide plenty of space for most users.
are starting to hi t t h e market. Overall, though, this one could well be the answer to dedicated Mac-heads who thought the iMac was just a bit too cute,
gompeiPreeeri j oSjj77 Suggested retail price: $3,299 http Jtwww.compaq.ca
Software • Windows 98. • Bitware Fax, Digital Yideo Producer, Intel Video
Phone 3.0,Microsoft package(Word 97,Works 4.5, Money99,EncarlaEncyclopedia99),
installed, but has a spot for one. Instead, this
model came with an Ethernet jack for connecting
is roundandhasatendency to spin in place, causing orientation problems. MEEItlmedla • The system features a 24x CD-ROM dr/ve. It is covered up by a tilting panel, which daesn't elect the use of the drive itself, but prevents the
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Components • 45 0 MHz Pentium II processor. • Plenty of hard drive space at19 GB. • Machine Includes both floppy and a 100 MB
Internal Zip drive. • Compaq mouse andkeyboard haveInternetand •
multimedia quick-access buttons. In addition to an ultra-speedy 1.5 Mbps digital modem, the system also comes with a 10 Mbps Ethernet jack for connection to ADSL, cable madems or networks.
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• 5x DVD-ROM drive and DVDplayer software. • Video is an 8 MB ATI RagePro AGPcard. userfrom accessingtheheadphonejack. • S-Video and composite output ports are Included • The video card is the new ATI Rage128 card for output to TV or VCR. • In addition to astandard VGAout port, there is a with 16 MB of memory. Esrpandabmlty digital flat-panel port for the newest generation • The case features a unique design with a release af TFT displays. switch that allows the user to open up the side panel, which is hinged at the bottam of the • Four USB ports and two FireWire ports. machine. This makes the interior very accessible User can instag one ISAand onePCI card, or for upgrading. However, this feature also makes two PCI cards (one of the mounting brackets Is the Interior very accessible to people who shared). • One fugclze bay available. shouldn't be in it Usersarewarned to employ the locking mechanism whenever possible. Ag of • Three slots for SDRAM.Only onewas In use on the machine'sfragile equipment isanchoredto the test machine. this panel, which could come crashing down if appropriate care isn't taken when opening it While the Presario 5677 isn't the speedi-
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About the built-in digital security,
Walkden said, "Once the [record] labels and ate a player for downloadable music that the RIAA [Recording Industry Association of firm hopes will compete successfully with America] are happy, there is an architecture the now popular MP3 downloadable music to protect their content, the anticipation is
Technologies is working with e.Digital to cre-
format (see "From the Editor" by David
that they will start to release music for mar-
Tanaka in this issue). keting on the Internet.s The new players will use digital signal She added, "The consumer will be able to processors (DSPs) made b y T e xas get better content on widely available Web Instruments (TI) and an audio codingsystem sites much more easily than they currently based on a compression system originally can with MP3. Finding MP3 files is not the developed byBell Labs.The Lucent compres- easiest thing in the world. It's not a pleasant sion system is c alled th e
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few areas and download music files there, Perceptual Audio Coder (EPAC). If EPAC players take off commercially, it and know they are doing it legally, that will will be a triumph for the Secure Digital be a plus." Music Initiative (SDMI), the recording indusFred Falk, chief executive of e.Digital, try's effort to develop an open but secure says the sound quality of EPAC isexceptionaccesssystemfor digital music, Lucent's New al. Declares Falk, "We know what people Ventures Group was a founding member of want in an Internet music download player; the trade group, which has criticized MP3 as great sound in a compact device that's robust not providing adequate protection for copy- and well-priced." The player itself is still under developrighted digital material. Rachel Walkden, director of the audio ment, but Walkden saysLucent does have a initiative for the New Ventures Group, says protype in operation. The new device will be
there are many reasonsfor consumers to prefer EPAC to MP3 files. "It is basically a better codec [compressiondecompression system]," she said. REPAC at
80Kbps is at least asgoodasMP3 at 128Kbps. So you canget thesamequality for a third less space and athird lesstime to download."
made by e.Digital using Lucent's patented MicroOS file management system. MP3 files are highly compressed versions of standard CD audio recordings that fit about 10 times more music into the same amount of storage. The best known current
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s i s SOMERS, N.Y. (NB) — IBM announced plans to ship a Microsoft Windows CE version of its WorkPad desktop PC companions. IBM says the new WorkPad z50 handheld devices will make it easier for mobile users to gain
quick, easy access to em ail,the Internet and other information from outside of the office. The WorkPad z50, selling for about US$999, is designed to act as an extension to the desktop. It is targeted for users who want instantwn access to ROM-based applications, Internet and network connectivity in a lightweight small device with a battery life that is measured in days rather than hours. Like most of Big Blue's products, the z50 targets corporations that want an inexpensive, standardized way to keep mobile
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telephone services in the first year such serPol l ster Angus Reid Group Inc. carried tive. vices have been available, according to a out the survey of 1„501 adult Canadians by Men are more likely than women to connationwide survey conducted for consulting telephone in February on behalf of Ernst R sider this option, and people with higher firm Ernst Er Young LLC. Young. The consulting firm said this sample incomes are more likely to do so, the survey The survey also found that average gives 95 percent certainty that the results are found. spending on both wireless and wireline ser- accurate within 2.6 percentage points. Thirty-seven percent of the respondents vices has fallen in the past year, and a full A third of those who responded to the said they currently had access to a package
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and the use of components is one of the pio- information they need to solve a problem. neering strengths of Java and Visual Basic. But the cost, as noted, is the much greater OO methods make GUI and general program complexity of distributed programs — even development using components even easier.
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Butthesetechniques have been spawned by the move to outsourcing and/or packaged two very real needs. N-tier distributed pro- programs. cessing has brought two real benefits: the However, a second pressing need is to have been gradually incorporated into the you to decide for yourself in our upcoming elimination of both isolated islands of infor- develop software much faster. For over 30 language. Polymorphism and dynamic tutorials on VB and Java. mation and inefficient use of data and pro- years two of the major complaints against linking, followed by encapsulation and gram resources. IT departments have been that systems canhiding, were added in Visual Basic 3.0 The third trend: With intranets and online processing, not be developed fast enough (hence, the through 5.0. Inheritance may be added in Visual programming and components userscan reach into every nook and cranny two-to-three year backlog of IT projects) version 7.0 or 8.0 for may be a part of a new As noted previously, visual programming of an organization to get at the data and and when they are delivered, changes and ' I000O000Q000Q 0 Q Q 0 0 0 0 Q Q Q Q 0 0 0 Q 0 0 Q Q 0 Q 0 0 Q 0 0 O Q 0 Q Q 0 Q Q 0 0 O Q 0 Q Q 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Q Q Q 0 O 0 Q Q 0 0 O 0 Q Q O 0 0 Q Q 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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suppliers of tools and components. And the runtime performance of both Java and Visual Basic have steadily improved to the point that they are approaching within 10 to
30 percent of the fastest programs developed in C/C++, Cobol, Fortran or Pascal. Finally, Java in particular but also Visual Basic can be
used to deliver Web programs. On the Web, Java and Visual Basic can be used as servlets. These are Web applications
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sitting on a server and sending down dynamically created HTML and scripts to your browser. Java, with its great cross-platform portability, can also be used to develop applets that run directly on any PC or client browser. With new ADSL and cable modems running 20 times faster than current 56Kbps modems, look for even more exciting (and
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huge APIs. More telling is that, in order to accommodate new OO and other functionality, Visual Basic has had to expand its basic syntax by dozens of commands. Even worse, the documentation for Visual Basic has deteriorated wit h r e cent r eleases.
ports Windows 3.x, while Java does.
Explanations of commands are spread over bility for both development systems and the
On the other hand, Visual Basic has
secure) Java applets coming to your Web become, through VBA, the scripting lanbrowser. guage for Windows applications. This is In sum, both Java and Visual Basic have
important because more systems will be
come to the fore as programming languages built directly into key applications such as because they were built to fit the mold for new system development, with rapid development through visual IDEs and comprehensive SDK/APIs to meet all the latest programming requirements, especially the Web. Perhaps even more important are the OO methods and component-like code, which can stand alone or be linked to existing programs and data sources in a variety of ways,
including servlet, downstream application, application server or Web applet, It is this versatility in deployment that makes both languages so attractive. Over the next four or five years, the proliferation in programming languages should subside. This situation has persisted so long as client/server and n-tier processing needs were not being well served. But the current balance of comprehensive APIs, rapid development for a variety of deployment modes and competitive runtime performance make Java and Visual Basic compelling choices for
AutoCAD, Excel, Notes, Project, SAS, SAP, Word an d h u n dreds o f o t h e r m a j or Windows programs. If we compare Java and Visual Basic in detail, there are four major criteria we can use. The first is ease of development. It is here that Visual Basic would appear to have an advantage. After all it is basic. However,
Java and Visual Basic comparison On the surface, Java and Visual Basic share some common and compelling characteristics. Both are comparatively easy to learn and to begin developing useful, small programs with due to their approachability. In addition, both have very comprehensive APls with the latest in Web and n-tier developments. Indeed if you can't find what you need directly in the language, both have a wealth of third-party tools, utilities and components available to complete their effectiveness. Finally, both languages have the critical advantage of many modes of deployment. Java or Visual Basic code can stand alone, be bolted on as components of a larger system, or act as server-side linchpins between legacy systems, data sources, and PC and/or Web browser clients. This is why Java and Visual Basic should emerge as the dominant programming languages over the next five to 10 years. However, there are three major differences between the two languages. First, as noted previously, Java has been built from
memory model, integrity checking, etc.) built right into its core design. But the third, and perhaps the critical difference, is that Java is cross-platform — run-
program code they produce. However, in the
which cost more than $100. Quick exam- rush to get newest versions and features out ples of how to use Visual Basic's numerous the door, both Java and Visual Basic have let commands and functions are declining down developers. even in the electronic documentation. Java is only slightly better. Fortunately,
Part of this may be inevitable. Rapid changes in Web and programming standards
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the ground up as an OO language, while Visual Basic is gradually acquiring complete OO capabilities. Second, Java has a number of security and reliability features (sandlot security model, strong typing, simplified
Stability and reliability Traditionally, programming languages have had very good records of stability and relia-
code. The fundamental problem is this: and Swing GUI components and interfaces. although developers of both languages In Visual Basic, a similar pattern has seen two have worked hard to make them easy to or three data access methods proliferate into like Java, Visual Basic has grown and has approach and learn, the sheer size and Continued onpage 97
many business applications. So expect programming languages to gravitate towards the specialties they serve well: Prolog and some LISP variants for AI, Fortran for intensive engineering/numeric analysis systems; C/C++ for commercial software development; Cobol for transaction processing; and most notably Java and Visual Basic leading the way on the new Web and component-based systems that act as links and linchpins among backwffice applications.
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photography easier for non-photographers, its features also make it a boon for more advanced shutterbugs. Easy mid-roll replacement, faster loading time, extra information recorded magnetically on the film, and onthe-fly selection between three different aspect ratios are just a few of its benefits. It' s almost like combining the resolution and
installing the software. (Inexplicably, the setup program asks you to provide the serial number from the bottom of the Film Drive. Does Kodak anticipate someone using the Film Drive software with some other device?) The Film Drive is also one of those consumer-oriented PC gadgets that has no off switch, which is an increasing source of irritation for me. Including the Film Drive, I had four peripherals on my desk which are used for maybe 15 minutes a day, and yet are always on, even if the computer is off, Is a power switch really such a bad thing?
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Scanning a full frame at high resolution took 78 seconds; transferring and processing' photo will appreciate this. the data took another minute, but I expect The image enhancement function is sim- that would vary with processor speed and ple and straightforward. You can adjust RAM. Not surprisingly, the results were clear brightness, contrast, red, green, and blue lev- and sharp. And, ultimately, that's what it all' els. It certainly won't give Adobe Photoshop comes down to: the final image. Even after a run for its' money, but the key issue here is the quibbles I had with the access software's to enhance the image based on the original interface, the final result was worth it. film negative. For example, when I got back Other film scanners can handle other a photo of my nephew on my couch, the pic- film formats, squeeze out higher optical resture looked fine at a glance except that the olution, or output 30- or 36-bit color; howcouch looked like it was one solid color. Had ever, the FD 300 Film Drive packs a lot of I scanned the print on m y fl atbed, no power into a small package at a lower cost. amount ofimage enhancement would have Once again, though, I find the software falls brought out the intricate pattern and wrin- just a little bit sho'rt of the hardware. kles in the material. By adjusting the colors Memo to Kodak and other manufacturfrom the Film Drive access software, I was ers: a few more advanced functions aren' t able to bring them out easily. Although the going to scare novices away. In fact, if you Film Drive outputs 24-bit color (compared to design the interface well, users of all levels the 30-bit color on many flatbeds), this fea- will thank you for it. 0
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Programmirni'snew breed Continued from page93 more than a dozen. Unfortunately, performance, reliability, and functionality tradeoffs among the competing access methods make choosing an approach in Visual Basic a daunting task, even with the new OLE-DB standard. But perhaps the worst problem is the frequency of bugs in both languages. To an extent bugs come with rapid change and huge APls. But for the last three versions of Visual Basic, users have had to wait for the release of two or even three service packs to get reliable code for some new features either in the development system or in the language. (See the editorial in April 1999 Visual Basic Programmer's Jorrrnal "FiveThings You Hate about VB6" for the latest episode on Visual Basic bugs.) Yes, most of the old code works. Yes, most of the bugs are clustered around new features. No, most users do not want to develop with what is in effect beta code and features. Want to kill a function or feature in a language? Make it buggy so developers have to spend extra hours and days proving that the bug is in the language not their code. Java is somewhat better. But in the rush to get various releases of JDK 1.x out the door serious bugs crept into some of the new APIs. Also, compatibility of the GUI routines on various operating system platforms has lead to pungent humor — i.e., Java is the language you get to write once and debug everywhere. Now it is important to point out that these are not catastrophic bugs by any means. Ninety five percent or more of the functionality of both languages is rock solid. However, when you are developing programs using any features in the bug-infested swamp that comprises the remaining five percent,
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one or more lines of code and, in most cases, immediately resume running the program either from where it was halted or from a point d etermined by th e user. Despite the fact that Java has sophisticated just-in-time (JIT) compilers and very fast interpreters, Java IDEs have only a pale approximation of t his immediate restart debugging capability. However, on the profiling and testing side, both Java and Visual Basic have the support of some excellent testing tools. But perhaps the most com-
ing within 10 to 20 percent of equivalent C/C++ code. Ho~ever, Visual Basic 6.0 saw the speed advantage slip by five to 15 percent in a number of categories — most notably in database access. But analysts argue that with steady compiler improvements still to come along with CPU performance continually improving also, both Java and Visual Basic will be taking on more enterprise programming tasks over the next five to 10 years.
ment, is disappointing its constituency yet again with another version whose new features are buggy (see "Confessions of a VB Beta Tester," in the April 1999 issue of Visual Basic Programmer's Journal). However, the
Conclusion pelling reason for speed of development is If you have read all the way through to this paradoxically the huge APIs. point in the article, you undoubtedly picked Given short development time and complex coding requirements, reuse of tried and tested (hence the concern about bugs) Java or Visual Basic API code can and does cut out major chunks of development time. When time to market is the critical success factor for most businesses, speed and reliability of software developments that drive marketwinning innovations also come to the fore. The whole idea behind OO programming is structured inheritance and reuse of code. What Java and Visual Basic bring to the table is not only reuse but also the ability to deliv-
er code in deployment packages (executables, components, servlets and applets) suited to a wide range of needs. When to use It is obvious from the chart that there are trade-offs between the two languages. In the coming months, The Computer Paperwill feature tutorials on both Visual Basic and Java
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up its tenon great admiration for Java and Visual Basic mixed with ample frustration. Great programming languages like Java and Visual Basic should not be dogged by poor documentation or reliability and bug problems, especially when those small but significant percentages of bugs detract from the
languages' greatest strength: speed of development. Visual Basic, in particular, after being such a pioneer in rapid application develop-
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available. Go to hitp://www.sun,corn/java and download the latest JDK, which includes javac for compiling and java for running Java programs. Just add your favorite text editor
(notepad.exe will do). And Visual Basic is available in a learning edition for less than $100. Or look for VBA in Office 97 and more than 80 other programs including AutoCAD, -the latest version of Core l D raw, Pe a chtree Accounting, and System Architect. VBA uses most of the Visual Basic interface but does lack some of the more advanced component and server side development features. Try them both. 0 Jacques Surveyer loves to chat about programming at http: //www.Inforamp.net/-jbsurv.
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Windows apps. If, on the other hand, your delivery model uses the Net and a browser interface, you may want to give Java a careful look. The Windows programming very approachable. new Swing classes make Java GUI operations And the text editor and debugger in Visual very fast (download a free copy of Together/J Basic's IDE are still the best in the business from http: //www.oi.corn to see exactly how fast for client-side development. But Java is no pure Java can be on a PC), slouch either. Java vendors have produced In fact many analysts argue that with nearly comparable IDEs and have gone steady improvements, Java and Visual Basic ahead of Visual Basic in the sophistication of will be matching C/C++ for speed of executheir wizards and auto-generation capabili- tion. Many Java applications do not take ties. Borland JBuilder, IBM Visual Age, and advantage of second-generation byte code Symantec Visual Cafe make the task of using optimizers, rarely use the new breed of Java Speed of development: The ldtlmate criteria 7 Visual Basic is famous for making tough
the huge Java API more manageable with
compilers (the trade-off is less portable code
their interaction wizards. Perhaps because there have been so many bugs and reliability problems, both Java and Visual Basic have very solid debuggers and third-party testing tools. Visual Basic is still the only major language that allows users to
vs. a 20 to 60 percent speed improvement), and are still waiting for the speed boost of Sun's d y n amic H o t spot t e c h nology. Therefore, Java has plenty of performance-
tuning capacity.
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non-computing activities. In the case of this disc, there are flash cards for letters and the eader Rabbit's Complete Learn to Read 100 most common sight words, a letter S ystem is t h e l a t est r e make o f poster that may be used as a place mat and nteractive Reading Journey, the most seven books that each contain several stories. s uccessful interactive program I h a v e These books are the weak spot in an othreviewed for teaching children how to read. erwise terrific product. There was a moveThese programs demonstrate the results of ment five to 10 years ago by the higher than the research on reading Learning Co. has car- highs in education who proposed that simried out. ple, short words and sentences like "cat in nous a.y Reader Rabbit's Complete Learn to Read $ystem From: The Learning Co. Tel: 617-761-3000, hitpi/www.ieamingco.corn For. Windows/Mac (PowerPC) Street price: $99
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they just bounce back happily for more. Unfortunately, most kids don' t. On the second page ofthe fi rst Reader Rabbit book are the words malted milk, fol-
ents, particularly parents who are helping a child master early reading skills for the first time. A manual contains a checklist to help you assessyour child's reading level, whether it is simply a few letters or simple sentences, and which activities the child should start
with. Reader Rabbit also has acontrol panel, called POP, that contains a continuous the hat" and "seespot stop" were just no fun record and assessment of your youngster's progress and success. The better edutainment products, like this one, use the multimedia capabilities.,of CD-ROM to best effect and tie them in with
for beginning readers — never mind that
these were something young children could master and feel good about. It was determined that what beginning readers needed to liven things up was a'difficult sight read-
The program begins by teaching the alphabet and letter recognition, both with
lowed by macaroni,marshmailows, mangoes upper and lower case letters, Happily, phonand marmalade on the next few pages. This alliteration sounds fun, but remember this is the first in-hand book kids encounter with this program. The good news is that when these books are read on the computer, the print only i n cludes the simple words. The more troublesome words noted above are only spoken by
background characters. Especially helpful are the "aids" for par-
from busy parents or teachers. Each lesson reinforces the previous one. With Pick and Play, however, new letters and words appear for that particular exercise as long as children keep working with the activity rather than with a finite set of exercises,
I 'd recommend burning t h e books and sticking with the discs, because the latter are excellent. Using them, children can work though the lessons or choose the Pick and Play mode to practice specific sound families. Parents can assess strengths and weaknesses by using the flash cards and instructions that come with the written parent's manual. This then allows them to direct kids to the appropriate section for more practice. However, by working through the lessons systematically, children can get a quick start on reading skills with just a little supervision
ics are still alive and well in the Letter Lands, as sections on each letter are called, These work through the alphabet starting with the most commonly used letters to help children decode these first. Reader Rabbit, Mat the Mouse and their hamster friends gently teach and lead children through the program. They answer questions and reinforce correct answers with praise. After the basics of phonics are taught, children begin to build words and sentences
and develop reading comprehension. The books and songs on the disc reinforce the lessons of games. While these concepts seem simple, they are slowly and carefully introduced and reinforced with the Complete Leam to Read System. The result is that these activities can be helpful if not instrumental in
launching children's reading skills by age five because they carefully build competence. Included in the package is an additional CD-ROM of stories that can be read from the narrator's point of view or, for variety, from the point of view of the characters. If your Continued on page 99
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"Some customers have also found they ower opening expenses too, as storing com- can dramatically reduce the amount of pressed data on a PC server is much more mainframe capacity they need — to the n weeks, rather than several months, with
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business interruption that carry a higher price. This applies not only to regular businesses but to home-based businesses, for example, wherelosing aH their data can be
devastating. Beyond the loss ofcomputers and data is the loss of coverage that can follow a bxeak-
in. The insurance industry is getting very jiti begi~ shipping .tjM readers.bysummer+ < tery about insuring clients with multiple I and expects. to.4emonstrate the tedi=:..0 daims. As a security consultant advising a I;,.nologyif 4e,"'I999-CaidTeclQSecur~ spedal-risk insurance broker, I remember a :ihow:'Ii::CIIIcagO 1ii,mid May j area network (LAN) spedalist who was 'p~' Melody:: ssjys.:the. 8-See teclinololjjg local daim-free. for 12 years.After one break-in his j has been',tittdexgolng tests' at -I@) crxs.,-' ;~ insurance company dedined to insure him I tomer site Is for several mcinths anymore. I AuthenTec:xiow has on-site the first sin-'.g In this artide, I wiH go over physical rking version.,~ p~ ~ deterrents and leave the ice of backups to a ®.:,'ActiiaiiTac, liHpi/wwwiptbantac;corn „ computer expert. Needless to say, it is prudent to do both. A security system only
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deters a thief if it increaseshis or her chance not list specific details here. A security conof being caught. Ideally such a system con- sultant in your city can give you unbiased sists of three components: the first layer of recommendations. FoHowing though, are a protection, the alarm, and the second layer
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Canada). What you end up with, however, is a stable archive of whatever you wrote to the disc. The stability comes from the fact that the digital code is etched into the mylar surface of the disc so it c-nnot be corrupted by wear or magnets the way hard drives, tapes and other magnetic media can.
espitethe increasing number of urban
myths about hackers injecting our
computers with viruses or even steal-
ing our files, most data — whether personal or work related — is lost through hardware loss, theft and failure or when a user simply deletes
files and directories by mistake. Failure more
Removable cartrldrIes
often than not takes us all by surprise as hard drives crash, motherboards bum out or, more
There isn't much to say about removable cartridge systems because they constitute little more than the creation of an infinitely sized hard drive. Their storage medium is the same as hard drives, they work like hard drives,
rarely, electrical fluctuations "spike" our computers into oblivion. The answer, as everyone well knows but
largely ignores, lies in regularly backing up
they' re as fast as hard drives and their capac-
whatever you use for storage (usually the
ity exactly matches however many cartridges you can afford.
hard drive). This ensures that the introduc-
The drives themselves come in internal and external versions and they are generally recognized as another drive by backup utilities. Their data transfer speed means you can
tion of any data corruption — viruses, accidental deletio~ well a s any hardware
failures will not result in a loss of data, which is often more valuable than than the com- natives to their habit. The approach of Y2K, for example, is a perfect opportunity for peoputer system itself. Craig McLellan, business development ple to consider backing up, not to solve their manager for StorageTek Canada says "96 per- Y2K problems but to buy themselves time to deal with the p cent of people with computers have a
roblem s."
The traditional solution for the mnscien-
habit — and that habit is they don't back up. They have to literally go through the pain of
That's because tape could never (practically speaking) do more than store large run any executable file or program from amounts of data due to the linear way it runs past the reading and recording heads. This made it too slow to run executable files and programs or to readily access oft-
them. Gne of the benefits to cartridge systems is that the rnediurn is relatively stable and will not be affected by wear for many hundreds
tious had long been a tape backup system of used files. Many traditional manufacturers of thousands of hours of use. The downside some description. Nowadays, however, tape don't even make tape drives anymore is that the cost per megabyte is the highest of to be stolen or their hard disk [has] to crash has lost favor despite that the tape cartridges because the alternatives that have been all Cartridges for the recently deceased SyJet or a file jhas] to be accidentally deleterL Then remain very economical on a cost per introduced are faster, more convenient and 1.5 68 drive sold for about $150 as recently capable of being employed as auxiliary as last December. people become very open to looking at alter- megabyte basis. losing data — typically their mmputer jhasj
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available in external and internal configura-
tions and, depending on how they' re confiles or pass them on to others, it requires nected (parallel port, SCSI, PCMCIA card, stacks of incrementally backed-up floppies, etc.), they are fast enough to operate as addiinto tional drives for mnning executables as well carrying and installing your tapesystem
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everybody else's computer or just moving as using for data storage and security. The your whole computer. There are ail kinds of most popular of these is definitely the individual reasons for wanting to move or Iornega Zip drive remove stuff t~ rtis t s creating portfolios but there are sevof space hungry images, legal-types wanting eral l esse r known relatives safe, incorruptible archives, and Inter-nauts downloading huge amounts of data. like the LS-120 Fortunately, technology has kept up with drive (als o known as just about all t h e storage and backup ' = ' ' - ' ~ - ' - ' " " " ." ' SuperDisk drive) demands of a computer-savvy population to ='""
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CD-RW (CD-rewritable) has been around for a couple of years. Being re-writable, these discs can be reused. CD-R or CD-RW drives are now available for $500 to $1,000. Making your own CD-RGM is actually akin to mastering your own recording —a fact that has not escaped the attention of
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3. Decrease the police responsetime. Most burglaries are fmished by the time the alarm is activated. I demonstrate this to clients by having them time me for 30 seconds as I run through their office grabbing thing. Then I ask them to visualize what could be taken in that time with four people helping me. Based on this, giving employees 30 seconds to one minute to deactivate the alarm only increases the post-alarm "safety window" before police arrive. Therefore the only acceptable delay is ZERO seconds. This means placing the keypad or switch outside the door. (Keyed switches are available with
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alarm does not send out the signal then the thieves have all night to bypass the second layer. Therefore the door to the alarm
inch thick steel walls and .5-inch thick doors, with holes at the rear for ventilation and cables.Safes need to be bolted down
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tion. For smaller budgets a "pod" stainless steel anchor is good value for the money (about $200). bers — at both the front and the rear of the Laptops are highly prized by both ownbuilding — are also a good idea. Lighting is ers and thieves. If they are going to be left only useful if there are people driving or
at the office overnight, I recommend storwalking by regularly to see something sus- ing them ih a large fire-resistant gun safe picious. Have lots of lights for your house with shelves inside. (A "fire safe" from a in the city. In an industrial park, however, big-box office supply or hardware store is there is nobody to witness a crime„so it not a good bet, because the word "safe" does not make sense to light up the place here means safe against fire only, not against theft. I have seen these safes opened for the burglar's convenience. in fewer than five seconds.) Install a digital The second layer combination lock that needs two combinaThe second layer of protection around com- tions — and two people — to open. Keep a puters is necessary because, as I' ve tried to log, signed by both the administrator and illustrate, most burglaries are completed in laptop user every time the safe is opened. If two or three minutes' -long before the you have a computer safe there is usually high security keys ). police anive. Therefore, this second layer room to store a few laptops. Thieves can bypass alarms by cutting has to deter the thieves long enough for For a room with large monitors, highthe telephone wire or destroying the alarm help to arrive. Crime prevention standards capacity laser printers and lots of other itself. Therefore the telephone wire has to usually set this at five minutes for non- valuable equipment, I recommend smoke be either protected, monitored with a remote locations. generators. These machines are specially DVAC line, or backed up by a cellular Computers can be physically protected. made for burglary deterrence and are trigdialer. I recommend installing all the alarm Cables are largely ineffective. I demonstrated gered by the alarm plus a verification equipment in a secured room or hiding it this once to a client who maintained that motion detector. When activated, they fill in the ceiTing space. If it is in the of fice sup- thieves don't carry three foot bolt cutters" the entire space with a harmless dense ply closet, put a deadbolt and a door and by cutting his cables with a pair of special white fog, which reduces visibility to nearframe reinforcer on the solid core or steel nine-inch pliers. ly zero in 30 to 60 seconds: door. This must be done because it is the I recommend computer safes, especially The effectiveness of these machines was Achilles' heel of the whole system. If the for servers. These should have at least .25- demonstrated last year when one was pitted
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t the end of March, a flood of warnings about a particularly virulent new Microsoft Windows macro virus began flooding over the Internet and were, shortly after, picked up by the mainstream mediums of television, radio and newspapers. Codenamed Melissa, the newly encountered virus stood out from the tens of thousands of macro viruses previously detected, by the cleverness of its essential premise, and the quality of the programming that made it work.
When an email message carrying the virus was received and opened by a recipient running compatible software, the virus code executed a set of instructions that emailed the Melissa virus out to 50 addresses on the recipient's Outlook Express email list. The result was a kind of cancerous chain letter effect, where people received an email from the accountof someone they knew, opened it, and thereby automatically infected another 50 people on their own email address list. In some corporate networks, the amount of virus-generated email traffic increased incredibly rapidly, and network administrators began shutting down networks to find and fix whatever was causing the flood of unwanted messages. However, as prolific and ingenious as the new virus was, it turned out to be quite easy to counteract. Within about a day after the first reports of Melissa began to circulate, virtually all anti-virus vendors were posting a downloadable "fix" for Melissa on their Web sites. The Melissa panic soon subsided as the virus was quickly removed from affected computers. In fact, as it turned out, aside from its reproductive ability, Melissa was rather benign — it didn't actively do any specific damage, such as erasing files or reformatting hard drives. Enter the feds Then, just at the point where the Melissa incident might have been expected to fade away like many other two-day wonder virus scares, the story got new legs. News reports surfaced of an America Online subscriber
being quoted as saying his AOL account had been "hijacked" by an unknown hacker who used it to post the first known upload of the
major criminals by the FBI and other lawenforcement agencies.
Melissa virus.
Every dark cloud has a sliver lining
From subsequent press reports, it became apparent that American law enforcement agencies, aided by some anti-virus and network security companies, were actively pursuing an investigation to try to catch the person or persons behind Melissa. Shortly after, an arrest of a suspect was announced in a high-profile press conference. As the story kept twisting and turning through the first two weeks of April, a second person's involvement in creating Melissa was alleged, and details of police busts of an underground virus-writing Web site were reported. Melissa's accused distributor, the innocuously named David L. Smith, and his shadowy co-accused, code-named VicodinES, stood in jeopardy of serious jail tiine, fines and civil lawsuits.
Perhaps inevitably, Melissa became a great marketing and public relations opportunity for publishers of anti-virus software, computer security consultants, and even for journalists looking for scary cyber-crime stories. Finally,
press reports about con.artists peddling bogus anti-Melissa cures seemed to mark the final winding down of Melissa mania. The last hurrah of the merry pranksters This writer, who personally first got bitten by a computer virus infection back in early Continued onpage 109
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Data backup methods Continued from page l04 The 100 MB cartridges are quite economical at about $25 each, but where they fall down on the security side is in stability. Due to their mylar, magnetic surface these cartridges are as easily corrupted as 1.44 MB floppies. The best you can do to protect against data loss on these disks is to take
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Online back up Some of those rare individuals who have learned the importance of backing up data are now taking to a 'newer system that takes advantage of the expanded abilities of the Internet. Established by a few innovative companies in North America, this system offers data security without having to purchase any of t h e a bove backup devices or worrying about looking after the media. The solution is backing up to an online server that will store your data for a monthly fee. In Canada, this technology is repre-
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are on their hard disk but they need to be able to ensure that it's properly protected." McLellan explains that the best solution for a large business is to purchase its own server to be set up as a data centre. "The employees tend to be remote from the data centre or removed from it so it would equate to an Internet-basei repository. But for the consumer and small business market segments, we run these facilities on what we consider to be the public domain Internet and people — as long as they have access to th e I n ternet — can reach the repository no matter where they are when they log in, and retrieve data that they' ve previously backed up." Storage Tek's repositories constitute multiple terabytes of storage on h ard drive-like devices, which are themselves backed up onto tape, McLellan stresses, however, that it's the software that makes the whole concept practical because it' s both fast and efficient. "The user has a very limited amount of bandwidth to get to the repository," he says, "So to achieve an acceptable level of performance, we have integrated a number of capabilities and technologies into th e software to reduce the amount of daily backup time by 99 percent." What that amounts to i n p r actical terms is five to 20 minutes to back up a complete 4 GB hard disk. And, as with your Windows disk maintenance features, this can be initiated manually or automatically at specified times. As long as the computer is turned on, the software will dial up the ISP, connect, do the backup ,
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tor is also exacerbated by the knocks effects of failures. A failure in one area, he said, may take weeks to cause problems else-
where. The report concludes that there are two worstwase scenarios in companies that have failed to address the Y2K issue effectively: death by attrition and death by a thousand cuts. According the report, death by attrition will occur in companies where several failures in Year 2000 projects overlap. Death by a thousand cuts, meanwhile,
will happen where multiple failures occurring at around the same time in different organizations coalesce into the failure of a
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Continued from page118 As for the value NONE, it should work in the same way as the browser's default value when no float setting is given. The following two lines of code should display equivalent results:
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font name information in a similar manner type or "family" of font to be displayed. to the <FONT> tag. For example, if you want tries to get around this by specifying the
sion of Internet Explorer, and consequent- Given a particular value, the browser does to make sure that, of all the serif fonts availly was adopted within Netscape Navigator, and over time each browser has added attributes meant to enhance the use of the tag (such as point size and color). As a result, not all of the attributes are recognized between the two browsers, which has
its best to come up with a match, so if you
able, a Times font, such as Times New Roman, takes precedence over any other Courier font to appear onscreen, whereas serif font that may be available, you can. if you specify SERIF, you may get a Times This is done by specifying the name of the Roman font instead. This CSS element is specific font you want in single quotes
the <FONT> tag as one that should be fully superceded by CSS, and in the recent HTML 4.0 specification, its use (along with
taining multiple values attarhed to the FACE attribute. In other words, you could choose to include the following HTML
specify MONOSPACE you may get a
still dependent on the user's computer to backed up by a more general font name, folsigniflcantly diminished the tag's use for come up with a matching font famiIy, but lowed by a FONT-FAMILY value that the font handling all aspects of font display. It is the font family categories encompass a belongs to. Here's what that code would look <IMG SRC="i mage,jpg'STYLE='FLOAT:NONE">In this worth noting that the W3C (World Wide broader spectrum of fonts that could only like in the case of trying to specify the Times case, the imagehasbeenset to the value Web Consortium) seemingly singled out be accomplishedwith a <FONT> tag con- New Roman font: STYLE='FLOAT:NONE'. Internet Explorer beats out Netscape
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instead. FONT-FAMILY determines how a font should be displayed, Instead of naming a specific font, like the <FONT> tag does, the FONT-FAMILY CSS element instead sets the display characteristics of that font. It can take any of the following values: CURSIVE, FANTASY, MONOSPACE, SANSYbe FONT fancily of elements SERIF and SERIF One of the drawbacks of There is an entire family of elements devot- the <FONT> tag is that you had to specify a ed to setting font values, They are meant as particular font name (such as Arial, Times a replacement to the somewhat unwieldy Roman or Courier) to get it to appear <FONT> tag, and expand its capabilities. The onscreen. The FONT-FAMILY CSS element
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There is an inherent trade-off when you Keith Schengili-Robertswelcomesanycomments, use the FONT-FAMILY CSS element in this manner: what you lose in specificity you gain in terms of the greater likelihood of
getting a font match and in brevity of code. While this is a fairly simple way of speci-
fyingfont appearanceon aWeb page,FONTFAMILY also lets you combine more specific
suggesti ons orHTML tips you may have.You can email Keith at: robertsk@wave.home.corn. Look for hisrecentbookon HTML, The Advanced HTM L Companion2ndEdition, co-authorodby Kim SilkCopeland (ISBN:g-f2-623542-2), now available in bookstores. Previousarticles in the series canbe found atTheComputer PaperWeb site at: httpdlwww.tcp.ca/. I SUAatxnrrsf~
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running 5,000 impressions per month on a copier, for example, buying a little personal copier is not going to be for you. You have to go out and buy a real copier —which may cost $6,000 or $8,000 as opposed to $2,000 for the little one — but in th e l ong run
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gies. Ikon itself was once known primarily as a copier company — the addition of "office solutions" to its name well illustrateshour things have changed.
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Where the small an d h o m e o f f ice computers. Newcomers to digital office (SOHO) market more or less looks after itself technologies, on th e o t her hand, tend with consumer-oriented digital products, Walker points out that offices of almost any size can benefit greatly from considering
new technologies as well as keeping up as new products are introduced. "At the core of our business, the switch
take advantage of LAN-fax technology, in which the server takes care of that chore
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has been completely made in office electronics from analogue to digital," Walker says. "Virtually all the manufacturers of copiers, for example, are going digital and no longer produce analogue products. So, what you' re seeing is the copier becoming toward workstations and Windows NT or
too. Using a LAN for such tasks means people no longer have to send a document to the laser printer because digital technology printer, get up from their desks, take the allows those image-oriented functions to all ping a new office with computing devices, a paper from the printer, walk it to the fax be integrated." network is the cheaper choice. A network machine, then stand around waiting for it One of the most obvious changes of terminal costs between $800 and $1,000, to go through. Likewise, in-bound faxes going digital is for businesses that do a lot while a standalone PC can run at about can be routed directly to individual deskof photocopying. Newer machines facili- $2,500 per desk. tops where the recipients can read them, "When it comes to equipping an office, save them, print them or delete them, all tate scan-once-print-many copying. The image is digitally stored and simply repeat- though, a lot of it has to do with what you without having to leave their work area. ed. It no longer has to be freshly scanned can afford," Walker reflects. "At times it' s Further, specific software packages are now best to stretch a little beyond what you making it possible for LANs to route faxes for each copy. Directly related is the ability to use the have in mind for a budget because you can direct to email. "Businesses, especially large businessscanning features of digital copiers for often get a much better solution to your document filing 2nd storage — something needs for only an extra couple of dollars, es, are always trying to get the maximum that more and more enterprises are taking Sometimes, especially for people starting a value of employee time," Walker says. advantage of. The rise in filing and storing new small office right from scratch, and "The big thing these days — with rightdocuments digitally is due not only to its even more particularly for those setting up sizing, and markets and the economy the a home office, shopping at a large con- way it is — is that employees are expected technical feasibility, but also to the fact that scanned documents are now legally sumer retail outlet for basic products will be to, and do, work more than they ever did b efore." And d i gital technology is t h e accepted in many jurisdictions, most par- just fine." ticularly by Revenue Canada for audit and But, he adds buyers must also realistical- driving force behind that very modern other purposes. It is no longer necessary to ly assess their needs. "If you' re going to be phenomenon. 0 the fax machine, document scanner and
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The latest not always best technology ou have to wonder how much is enough— and justhow much computing power you really need to take with you. After more than 15 years of using portable computers, I still find that the majority of the things I do with them can be accomplished on the much simpler devices of yesteryear.
Most of my portable computing work is simple word-processing, with a little spreadsheet work and some email thrown in. AII of these are functions that my NEC PC-8201 mobile computer (a lesser-known cousin to Tandy's then-popular Model 100) was able to carry out back in 1984. Admittedly, it wasn't as easy to use — nor
as powerful — as any of today's machines, but it certainly did the job. It ran happily on four
AA batteries, included 64KB of solid state RAM storage, provided word-processing, spreadsheet and communications software as
ly spoiled by exposure to a huge number of
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to carry an entire living room entertainment system in my briefcase. I have also long been a fan of trying to cut down on the number of devices you need to carry with you when
inevitably leads to highly converged notebook systems with tons of memory, hard disk microphone and speaker) that attached to space, amazing color screens, high speed the earpiece and mouthpiece of a standard modems, DVD-ROM drives and integrated telephone receiver of the era. Simple, yes, but wireless data communications. it worked, even from pay phones all over But do I really needall that? Of course North America and Europe. not. Few people do. And that seems to be the But this technology probably seems as driving philosophy behind a number of relevant to the average mobile computer user recent releases in the handheld computing of 1999 as the experiences of an early Ford sector. On a recent visit to the Santa Clara, Model A driver are to the owner of a new clif. headquarters of Palm handheld comLexus or Chrysler minivan. Surely the puter manufacturer 3Com„ I spoke about this Internet and the need for powerhl systems very issue with Griff Coleman, who sells that can use color screens, rich Java<nabled Palm systems to corporations. I suggested that the latest Microsoft Windows CE handheld devices, which incorporate color screens, could put 3Com at a
Although [3Com] is often asked by journalists about when it will launch a color version of the Palm handheld — and perhaps when the company might add functions such as the ability to play MP3 files — neither request is coming from users in any significant number
disadvantage with its monochrome Palm family. He replied that although he is often asked by journalists when 3Com will launch a color version of the Palm handheld —and perhaps when the company might add functions such as the ability to play MP3 audio flles — neither request is corning from users in any signiflcant number. "As for color, you have to ask if you really need it," Coleman says. "While you may need to provide some answer to color to be perceived as viable, we won't do it until there is an application that demands it. We would only consider it to the extent that color fits into our
well as a database for names, addresses and e lectronic diary appointments. Ba~ h f e was great, the keyboard was wonderful and the screen — despite being small — was highly readable. And when I filled the 64KB of RAM, it was a relatively simple matter to transfer my files to a desktop personal computer or to store the files on a cassette tape. Meanwhile, I was able to use the proprietary email systems of the day to send and receive messages using something called an "acoustic coupler." It was nothing more than
Web browsers and Internet-based email (with flle attachments) have made such devices obsolete. Perhaps, but my point is a little broader than that. It is simply that in the on-going quest to have the "perfect portable" — which can do everything from playing DVD movies and MP3 music files to offering wireless, live email — we may have started to blur the line between what we want and what we need. As someone who spends a lot of time testing the latest and greatest notebooks and
a couple of suction cups (surrounding a
handheld computers, I have been complete-
NetWase has 848methlnl for everyone Continued from page128 Cyde, which took effect on Dec. 1. The pro-
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technology for technology's sake?" Good question — and one that I still struggle with. I do know that color on handheld systems has not been a big issue for me, although it has been an enjoyable addifion when I have used systems that had color. It — and other goodies such as MP3 playback features — are still not on the list of things that I need on a
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user to truly leam all of their capabilities.
Photoshop and Bryce 3D are two such programs that would certainly ftt under this heading. Their ability to perform an infmite number of inanipulations on images will have you constantly discovering new effects years after you thought you'd explored everything.
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effects such as fire, glows and burned edges. If you don"t have any artistic talent whatsoever, you' ll love a Painter feature called the image hose. Included with the program are numerous libraries of professional stock art images (such as insects, plants and food etc.) that you can "spray"
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onto your canvas to create instant art.
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amazing software. It is probably the quintes-
unlimited control over numerous parameters such as rate, size and randomness that
Price: $4¹0, $f 20(upgradefram5,0), $f90 (upgrade cally evolved from the roots of products such from Painter4.0 andearlier) sential free-form image generator, dramati-
The program fills an important niche in a graphic artist's toolbox because it allows users to digitally simulate traditional natural media tools. Painter offers a whole whack of brushes that mimic the behavior of a variety of different chatmais, oil paints, watercolors, chalks,
airbrushes, felt pens, crayons, pens and pencils — just to name a few. There are even tools
even wilder, mixing in dty, wet, glossy,gooey, soft, hard and grainy brush characteristics.
affect how the art is generated. Painter derives a lot of its power and ural media,hasinfinite arrayofdigital mediaspecial flexibility from an expandable modular affecfs,mixof pixelandobject tunis, Websawy, and software architecture called plug-in floaters. supportsWab-safe calais andKodak calar-matching Some examples of these include: bevel syslafn. you create your own paper textures, or use world, a powerful interactive way to give CanL Interface is clutteredwith taa manypaleltes, the bundled assortment of pre-defined text a 3D look; liquid metal, which inutates uses some unconventional methodsfor patfwning papers that come Installed. If you use adraw- drawing a trail of liquid mercury; and glass simpletasks,slidercontrols nai complemented by ing tool — such as "fat" chalk —the texture of distortion, which gives the impression of edit fields,andsomeplug-ins causeunexpected quit- the paper will expressItself where you paint, looking at your art through different kinds ting in law-memarysituations, Painter's digital dexterity really becomes of glass. On rare occasions some of the apparent when you continue to paint over more intensive plug-ins caused Painter to the same area. Gradually, you obliterate the unexpectedly quit when memory condiPainter also simulates the medium onto underlying texture. Going further still, the tions were too confined. To avoid this, which you are applying these tools. It lets ability to mix and rnatch different paper tex- you' ll either have to assign more memory Prus: Performsoutstandingsimuiatian af artistic nat-
as MacPaint and PixelPaint during the 1980s.
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tures in the same creation is an example of how digital manipulation can supersede what you can do with real media. Other pixel-based effects include a slew of funky gradations, patterns and weaves. A set of special brushes introduced in
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to Painter, or wait until MetaCreations provides a fix to the way some of the plug-ins handle low-memory situations. Once you' ve finished using the myriad assortment of pigments and papers you can
the program's onion-skinning feature by painting individual frames to create your own animations. You have the option of saving each frame as a GIF file if you want to produce Web animations. Painter also concontinue to "bend" your creation with a bat- tains scripting as part of its plug-ins palette tery of esoteric manipulations located under so you can record your actions, then save the effects menu. Sophisticated surface tex- and playthem back on command. turing, drop-shadowing and lighting effects are a few examples ofoperations that can fur- Web-savvy ther refine your work. With every other graphics software publisher stampeding to make their applications Webfriendly, MetaCreations wasn't about to be
left behind. Most of the enhancements in Painter 5.5, which is the current version, were implemented to make it suitable to the additional tasks of Web production. Similar to specialized Web tools, such as FireWorks and lmageStyler, Painter 5.5 now supports image-slicing. To do this you sim-
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other advantage of dynamic text is the abili-
Painter doesn't limit you to pixel-based methods of imaging. It also provides objectbased tools that behave like CorelDraw, Freehand and Illustrator tools. Objects are placed in what Painter calls "floaters," which
change their appearance depending on whether your mouse pointer is over them or
program like Photoshop. Pixels that you don't want to merge with other pixels in a drawing can be placed in their own floaters as well. Painter preserves these floaters when you save your files in its native RIFF format. Painter allows you to open movies saved
not. Previously, each of these button "states" would have to be saved as its own individual file, thereby creating a hassle when it came to tracking and organizing files for your Web site. Painter 5.5 allows you to save the multiple states of your buttons in a single file making it much easier to organize your Web site. Painter also allows the assignment of URLs to
in QuickTime or AVI format and perform
any of its floating images for the quick gen-
compositing or rotoscoping. You can also use
eration of client or server-side image maps.
are conceptually equivalent to "layers" in a
curve. learning
For example, instead of the drawer
ty to come back at any time to edit your text-
palette metaphor I would prefer to see hieras long as you save your files in Painter' s archical cascading menus for the variations native RIFF format. of drawing tools. I'd also like to see support for the ability to drag and drop swatches-
Bottom line The brief look I' ve given Painter doesn' t begin to convey the mind-boggling vast-
like paper — to change their ordering. Another example of interface quirkiness is the confusion that ensues when you want
ness of this program. To gain a better appre- to rotate an image by, say, 90 degrees. ciation of what this software can do, you Applying this operation under the Effects c an download a
t r i a l v e rsion a t t h e
ply specify in a plug-in floater window how MetaCreations Web site. you want an image tobe segmented, and Painter automatically generates the command in HTML A huge timesaver for Web production is native support for JavaScript rollovers. Many Web sites contain special buttons that
One of the major complaints I have with Painter is that the user interface is overrun with palettes. Understandably, the level of sophistication of the software presents design challenges and demands some learning effort on the part of the user. However, I can't help but feel that some improvements to the interface could significantly ease the
If you are a professional Photoshop user you' ll find that Painter — with its natural media capabilities — is an indispensable complementary tool. It is capable of opening and saving in Photoshop's file format while preserving layer information. You also have the option of ut ilizing many of Photoshop's native filters within the program.
Rendering the marvelous effects of Painter comes at a price. To get real-time feedback from many of the tools and special effects, you' ll need nothing less than today' s fastest machines with lots of memory — the more the better. Of course, if you are a serious artist you' ll also need a pressure-sensitive pen and tablet to get a natural drawing feel and to realize Painter's numerous subtle effects that are pressure-sensitive.
menu rotates the image, but not the canvas. I had to delve into the manual to learn that you have to use your inouse (or pen) with the rotate tool activated in the Tools palette, Also, I was also hoping MetaCreations would finally eliminate some of the screen redraw artifacts that occur with image floaters. I was disappointed to find this was not the case with this new version.
But these minor annoyances are a small price to pay when you consider the enormous creative power bestowed to the user by this program. Ultimately, Painter is a sure bet to infinitely expand your creai ve horizons and, at the same time, make you feel like
you' re a kid in grade-school art class again. 0 Peter Mllburn is a consultant with Elite Systems Support located in Calgary, Alta. He can be reached on the Internet at elite.systems@home.corn.
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INDEX Of ADVERTISKIIS 9Net Avenue .. . . . . . . . . . . A-Power Computers Ltd. ACCPAC International Addax Computer Co. Addison-Wesley Publishers ADR Computing.. . . . . . . . . AE Electronics.. . . . . . . . . . Aero Monitors .. . . . . . . . . . A lovetls Laser Products.. . . AMAX.. . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . Anitsc Computer Technology Aspert Technology .:. . . . . . . . , , ATIC Camputer ... . . . . . . . . . . . ATOP Computer Beckman Computer .. . . . . . . . . . Bsstop Computers.. . . . . . . . . . . Bsstwars Brother. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C.C. Tech .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G ADVision Development Corp.. . . Campus Computer Canada POS Systems Carp. .
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Contro Computers .. . . . . . . . . . . .48, 64 Crystal Computer Itd .. . 128 Gutting Edge Computers
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both for personal creativity and for the free sharing of thoughts and information across social and geographical boundaries. In between those two extremes, mainstream computer technology mixed commerce, learning and fun in a dynamic, ever
hen IBM introduced its first personal computer in 1981, based on a primitive Intel microprocessor and the first version of the Microsoft DOS operating system, there were only a few million computer users
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changing mix t hat stimulated its rapid
progress. In truth, computers, like most human inventions, are both an economic and a cultural medium. I wasn't naive
on the earth. Now there are hundreds of millions, including at least five million Canadians. At present
enough to believe, "business bad, goofing off good," but I think I was realistic in seeing a
rates of increase, there should be
potentially harmful side to a technology that I enjoyed using and promoting.
over one billion people routinely
using computing devices for work, learning and play within the next
The community memory When I first ran into The Co~purer Paper
four or five years.
in the late 1980s, I enjoyed reading it
What has always interested me about the personal computer revolu-
because it was a fertile meeting ground for the commercial and social sides of computing in Canada. Inside any issueof The Computer Paper,there were a wide range of voices. On the one side were hucksters
tion is the degree to which it " just
grew," rather than being the product of any master plan. The "personal" aspect of the PC has been the key. Computer users' choices have driven the development of PC hardware, software, and the World Wide Web. At The Computer Paper,we' ve always tried to stay in touch with both our computer using readers' needs and wants, as
passionately selling computers the same
way they would have sold rugs, or car stereos or potatoes. There were also computer enthusiasts trying to write honestly and accurately about how to get the most personal, financial and
well as the activities and products of the computer industry.
educational value from computing. There was a populist, democratic mix of ideas inThe Computer Paperwhich
(Computing) power to the people Sure, the U.S. military, government, and big
drew me to get involved in it, first as a free-
business sectors had a disproportionate
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hand in the development of "big iron" mainframe computing, and in the subsidization of a lot of the fundamental research
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The PC was dismissed by most professionals as a hobbyist's machine; a toy for amateurs
and development that underlies modem
technology. But the personal computer was something that virtually nobody in power predicted, wanted, or knew what to do with in the early days. The PC was dismissed by most professionals as a hobbyist's machine; a toy for amateurs. In a way they were right: socially, personal computing started as a hobby, then
Comdex Canada, as a way to help our readers meet computer professionals, so that both groups could share ideas and leam from each other. During the four and a half years that I
included vast numbers of young people who got into computing for the intellectual challenge, the desire to solve puzzles and problems, and the sheer fun of it. This is where the stereotype of the asocial, solitary computer geek came from. To a degree, it has an
learned to hate DOS, discovered the Mac in 1984 and really liked it, and had my one true tech toy romance, with the Commodore Amiga computer, between 1985 and 1989.
element of truth in it. As'one wise woman said, "women use technology, men fall in
ing as a phenomenon with two very different faces. At one extreme end of the spectrum
During that decade of the 1980s, the
Reagan "greed is good" years, I saw comput-
have worked full-time for TCP,I started up the Test Lab. I ran it, mostly single handed, for a year and a half, testing and ranking hundreds of computer products. All of us at TCP tried our best to be fair and honest in
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ware. We tried to build a reputation for reliability, so the editorial content would balance love with it." There were a lot of lonny boys was computing as an expression of rational the advertising, delivering a clear, useful, staring at computer screens, teaching them- brutality: a technology to serve the worship "good read" to meet the needs of our nationwide audience. selves programming, writing games, and not of efficiency, surveillance and control, and But, change is the one constant in the i.etme count the ways getting out enough, all through the 1970s maximized profits, regardless of human or The word "amateur" is related to amore, and '80s. social cost. This was computing as "informa- tech biz. So, my fellow Canadians, it is with tion processing," ultimately a tool to increase a heavy heart that I must announce that this which means love. An amateur is someone is the last, Last ByteI' ll write as an employee the power of the ruling hierarchy. who does something primarily because he or Getting personal At the other extreme was computing as of The Computer Paper,I am moving on to she derives intrinsic satisfaction from it , I got lured into computing out of an interest became an obsession, then a career, for the millions of largely self-taught, self-motivated people who in various ways built the PC industry.
earning,
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