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p ersonal businesscomputing, Sguring it to be both a bigger and more stable market, but that' s were a guy named tumed outto be a mhed bag too. PorexamJoe, he would be a ple, notebookshaveprimarily been a business

Web appliance, they pmvide aff the power of

ing deviceswill rest in today's personal com-

computer industry

personalcomputers,because that's what they

puters —not phones, not TV sets, not game

are. Add a wirelessmodem or network card to a notebookand youhaveroaming Internet

consoles ,notdumb terminals.

glum f ellow t hese days, womed that his

pwcbase, but it's consumers not businesses

accessin a device far more powerlul than any

who havebeen buying them like crazy. Between the third and fourth quarter of last year, businessnotebook sales declined by 15

Net appliance. For example, I' ve installed a wireless802.11 base station into our existing

percent while consumer sales went up almost

23 percent,a Sgurethatsurprised me when I

where in the house with my wirelessLAN card-equipped notebook and maintain full

6rst read it. But on second thought, notebooks make sense as a consumer purchase. They don' t

Internet and LAN access. All this is to argue against the notion that PC penetration has reached satu-

double-digit growth party is winding down

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and the paying guests are moving on to get their ki«kselsewhere.

In Canada, according to market research Srm IDC Canada, personal computer sales in 2000 grew just 9.5 percent over 1999. This might seem like a respectableSgure, but the PC industry has been a««ustomed to a loftier tlight. Just 18 months ago, the same research 6rm reported PC sales in the first half of 1999 increased 30 percent year over year. Even notebook computers, which just

a couple of years ago were seen as the industry's booster rockets, grew just 13 percentin 2000 compared to the previous year. The general expectation is that the market wig remain soft through the first half of dus year. So what's going on? The seers who

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afford, one. Either way. it's a plateau for the PC as it'sbeen degned for the past two and a

The biggest barrier has been the price difference, but even that's been dramatically reduced. Last year, you could have purchased a decent desktop system for about $1300, but

Many PC companieshave focussed on

range of graphics products we

Thatbeige box may eventually disappear, replaced by industrial designswith more styling flair —even now, notebooksare designedwith fashion in mind.

as well as at school, at work, and while travelling. Notebook technology is Snally catching up to what's available on the desktop, so there's no

car, fridge, bassinet— and you have the flavour of the month.

cation was greatly aided by rel-

atively cheap computing hard-

explanations. Some look at the 00 percent of Canadian households that have at least one computer, and no longer see it as a forgone condusion that the market still has 40 percent to grow. It just might be that the other 40 percent either don't want, or can' t

enabled" in fmnt of any obje«t—phone, TV,

case in point. The rise of digital graphics asa profession or avoware. It's doubtful we'd have the

studyJoe'sentrailshaveanumber of

half decades. If and when those PC-less homes join the digital revolution, it will be with devices that don't 6t the usual PC mould. You' ve no doubt heardsome of the variations. Tack on "Web-

home network, and I can now roam any-

The reamn lies simply in the fact that ag the other variations of digitally enriched devicesenhance our abiTity to consume. But it's the personal computer that offers the cheapest/richest platform on which to produce and create. This month's cover story is a

longeras big a performance gap between notebooks and desktops as there once was.

have today if you needed a $15,000 workstation to run them. Expansion versatiTity has always s b een a primary stmngth of the n im,light PC platform, allowing it t o

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ration. PCs may never be found in 100 percent of Canadian homes, but the

workstation, artist's canvas, game console, printing press. movie editing suite, or music studio with just

the addition of appropriate peripherals

installed base will certainly grow beyond the «urrent60 percent, especially as the entry-

and software. If you want to watch, get a TV or Internet

level price continues to drop. I like myBlackBerry Internet pagerand my Web-enabled phone, but neither will come

sur6ng box.

dose to repia«lng my PC. That beige box may

your best all-purposetool.

eventually disappear, replaced by industrial designs with more styling flair —even now, notebooks are designed with fashion in mind. But the genesis of tomonow's comput-

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today you can buy a respectable notebook computer for around that price. Notebooks are capable of many of the

functions previouslyassigned to a prototypical digital appliance. Theyare light, unobtru-

But if you want to create something in the digital realm, the personal computer is still

Enjoy the issue, David Tanaka

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W e recognizea '50s magazine ad as easily as a '70s television show. We can tell a locally made commercial from one made nationally. We want aesthetically pleasing Web pages. We want b'eautiful personal photos. We want layout and design tools and great output. There

Rosiness benelRs The bottom may have fallen out of tech stocks, but businesses today must still have a Web presence. The money spent by this sector, and its demand for new features and reliability, has meant the continuing growth of sophisticated graphics software. Once developed. it is only a matter of time nnd economics before those same magical tools that cost thousands last year are a part of your inexpensive image software this year. That's the best part of this story. The tools available to the average computer user are unbelievable. Children, students, and adults with an interest in visual arts have at their 6ngertips productsthat let them do amazing things.

is no longer any place for ugly. Rugged?Yes. Industriap?Sure. But bad design? No.

A sRRRol people We are becoming, increasingly, a digital people. All roads lead to the computer and digital data, whether it's text, audio or visual. Say what you like, but don't doubt for a moment that, for the purposes of image creation and manipulation, this is good. Powerful computers, photo-realistic printers and mature graphics software have stimulated a revolution in printing and publishing. Nothing, since Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press and moveable type half a millennium ago, has empowered so many people.Today,everyone fmm kids to seniors,

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ylsegro phk sofnrmso mosgtof There are hundreds of pmgrams that in some way deal with graphical elements. There are freeware and shareware products that work aloneor asplug-ins to other programs. There are what we call one-trick-ponies that do just one thing and cost very little. Such products are usually available as a download or as a

boxed product from a company'ssite. There are beginner programs that cost anywhere from $20 up to perhaps $80. There are more complex and functi onal products running from that price to $300 or $400. There are also high-end products aimed at professionals —sometimes called pro-sumers —costing more than $500. There are even specialized products for full-time graphics professionals that can cost thousands. Also available: programs bundled with digitalcameras or scanners, those ofiered by Web sites that store images or help you build Web pagec, and image organizers that scan your hard drive and let you manage all image files. With so many disparate products it is difficult to compare them. According t o m arket research firm lnt«rnational Data Corporation ( I DC),

We are a visual people, highly attuned to images, sensitive to slight variations of colour, shape, texture, and position. To live in the media-rich West is to inherently understand thelanguage ofgraphic communication. Adobe Inc. is far and away the market leader when it comes to revenue from graphic prod-

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also developed productslike PhotoDeluxe (or the entry-level user. Mi«rosofi has found successwith a number of solid low-price graphics programs.

Rmphics for everyone There will always be a market for dedicated programs at the high end: products like Adobe Illustrator or CorelDraw for vector illustration, Quark XPress or InDesign for page layout, and Photoshop for image editing.

hours working on an image out of sheer enjoyment. This isn't about drudgery. Just look around the Web and ask yourself how long it took various people to design their home pages. We are a visual and digital people and these

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the demand for improved graphics software that can be used by people who are not graphicarts professionals. The rise of the

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The difference between the two lines is that the Photo series is primarily for image edit-

organizing and "cleaning" photographs-

edges, and lots of clip art and photos. As an advanced, overall image-edinng and

ing, while the Publishing trio offers more fea-

adjusting colour, red-eye. brightness, and other image basics. What set it off from other programs was its interesting interface. Soap replaced the rectangular interface that still dominates graphic pmgrams with growing, shrinking, sliding buttons, erasers, and windows. Now, Sransoft has added Kai's SuperGoo (a one trick pony that allows you to distort facial pictures) and PowerShow (a simple presentation program) to the bundle. Taken together there is some value here.

tures for desktop publishing functions like newsletters, cards, and calendars. Both product lines do both imaging and publishing tasks. but the wizards, how-tos, videos, templates, and other little things are arranged for eachproduct's focus.The difference between the versions is primarily the amount of content you get. Aside from more clip art, photos, Web page templates, and frames, the more expensive versions in each line include more functi ons. Both Photo 2001 and Publishing 2001 are afi-round home image and vector products. T hey areweB priced and have many tools to help the novice to intermediate user perfomi basic editing. They are weighted toward pro-

drawing tool, I have liked and still like this product. There is not much difference

has just purchased a digital camera. There is one ever-so-smafi criticism and it' s not so much a criticism of PhotoSuite as of this whole class of pmduct. PhotoSuite uses step-by-step instructions for completing many tasks. This is common to pmducts like this because many users benefit from such direction. The dffficulty is. that there are inevitably points where the user wants to do something unanticipated by the step-through, or not anticipated at that point. This means a user has to cancel, undo, or go back, to figure out how to achieve the desired result before restarting the original function. This is inherent to any program that attempts to simplify complex actions. PhotoSuite does it well, but it remains the case that after a certain level of experience has been acquired, the interface becomes a distraction. Of course, by then you will have l ong had your m oney's worth ou t o f PhotoSuite — and an education as welL PhotoSuite Platinum is a top-notch program that beautifufiy combines excellent features with a helpful interface.

Picture IL>Publlshinff 1001 From.Microsoft CanadaInn hltp//www.mitiosoftta Pn<e'549.99 (Silvei Edison) Picture Itl Pltoto 2001 Pnce:549.99

between the year-old original product and this new version. Web tools, such as button creation and the number of templates, have increased. Overafi, a strong contender for personal or small and home-offi«e use. If you are planning to use it primarily for business, consider Microsofi Publisher instead.

ducing common, family-type projects, such

Photonrmo 2000 Version 1 Pire 5)4999 These programs are solid performers that are priced very wdL You can't go too far wrong here. Previously, I reviewed Microsoft Picture It! and Microsoft Hom«Publisher. The firsi was an entry-level image editor with some ~at.

asbanners and cardswith some emphasison simple Web page creation. Microsoft PhotoDraw 2000 has been around since 1999 as a standalone product,

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particular, the AutoShapes tool, which lets you turn a line into little images —a row of marbles, a fire hose, golf club, or climbing ivy,

Fiam: MGf5ofsaaie Caipoiason hnp//www.mtisofl.tom Pnce:559.99 PhotoSuite 4 Platinum is a great program that I highly recommend to first-time users. Powerful and simple, PhotoSuite brings a beautiful interface with powerful tools hke PhotoTapestry, stitching, and animated Glps to your desktop. Painting, printing, and publishing to the Web are simple. I particularly like the interface For editing took like done, crop, and backgrounds. This is the kind of

for example. The photo-realistic images follow the shape of the line wherever it goes.

This is very hip. Version 2 of the product strengthens business tools. This means more templates, business cfi p art and photos, and basic Web design functions. The core program, however, remains an image editor with very useful wizards. The three CDs also contain 500 tile-

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plates, etc) when deciding what size and colour made an image will be processed in. Most of the commands used here are found under the File, )mage, or Window menu selections. AU paint programs provide a fai rly broad range of colour modes and even the ability to split an image into its constituent colour channels. As well, a common set of whole image processing capabilities are available like image flip, mirror, crop, and rotate. The latter two are are most commonly

used. Both PhotoPaint and Photoshop also have the ability to crop off colour borders and crop down toa mask of any shape or to rotate an arbitrary angular amount to a kaction of a degree in either direction. What really distinguishes PhotoPaint and Photashop, however, are the many additional colour modes geared for high quality print output, including detailed colour profr)fng. In addition, the two programs provide tabbed panels (or dockers in the case of PhotoPaint) that can be moved anywhere on the screen and a tool-sensitive property bar. Photoshop finally added the latter feature in which a portion of the toolbar changeswhenever a new tool is selected from the toolbox. The property bar, along with context-sensitive menus produced by right-mouse clicks, Continued on page 28

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complex, rules. For this reason, in both Photoshop and PbotoPaint, I like to create an intermediate

image when the number of layersgoesabove 10 to (2. This intermediate image becomes

the flattened background (all layers collapsed) for the next stagein processing. It can mean more steps in revising an image, but

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masking, transparency, and blendmg e(feels are requireL or when you need to pmvide Web userswith sliced and diced yapbics. But beware Photoshop's learning curve. Also beware the buy in both pmgrams. It was somewhat discouray'ng to disanrer that two or three main line commands did not work in the bot-oif-the-pressreview copies I .

Coral PhotoPaint is fast, easy to learn, and a bargain bundle to boot. Its brushes, touch

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has Photoshop—it just seems a linle slower to this reviewer.

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then Photoshop is yow choice. If you don' t have these requiranents, it becomes a matter

are largely equivalent in these areas. However, during the course of the comparison it is hoped that the value of thme programs relative to second-tier graphics software has

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for Applications (VBA) scripthig languages. But Corel has not made a dean transition from CorelScript to VBA. Part of the problem is that VBA does not ruu on Mac and Linux — both of which are platforms whose users Corel wants to court. So most of Coral scripts are still in CorelScript, which is scheduled to be phased out over time. Photoshop's Actions are really primitive macros in comparison to what is possible with VBA, but they are uniformly supported by Adobe in both Mac and Windows versions of the program. In the long run, it will behoove both players to improve their scripting capabilities.

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learn, and is now saddled with a Java-based help system that is slow and still not as rich as the Windows hdp files. PhotoPaint really takes advantage of the

Windows help file. Every help pageseem to have a "related to" button that, when dicked, shows a list of related topics the user can

browse asrequired. In addition, many pagm have a "how to" button that takes the user to a step-by-step wizard explaining the intricacies of a command. This type of "how-to"

help is harder to do in the Photoshop'sJavabased system, so userssee much less of itwhich doesnot help with acomplex program like Photoshop.But PhotoPaint hasproblems on the horizon t~

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mini-studio. By selecting the Quick Mask icon (dick the Quick Mask mode icon in the Toolbox), the whole set of Photoshop tools converts to a mask editing tool. The mask appears asa semi-opaque, coloured (starts as red but the usercanchangethis) layer on top of the imagelayer it is maddng. So, to edit anymask in Photoshopyou have all the tools of Photoshop at your disposal

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cus efforts to get «ommitted Wordperfe«t Offi«eusers to upgrade to newer versions of the productivity suite. WordPerfect Office 2002 is expected to shipbefore the end of the year,and later ver-

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Gsuphics push Burney said, that, in addition to a short-term focus on upgrading existing customers to CorelDraw 10 and the latest versions of its other graphics software, such as Painter, the company will try to shed its image as avendor of low-end products and set its sights on

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graphics pros and Web designers. The focus on the higher-end market pits it

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Intuos adds dimension to drawing mouse, andonly comewith a drawing pen. Since I tested the PL-500 tablet previously, I uninstalled all software to prevent potential conflicts. Installing the tablet and software for the Intuos PC tablet was quite straightforward and uneventful, and I was able to start working the pen tool right away. The Intuos tablet offers 1,024 levels of pressure sensitivity, allowing you to draw

reviously wrote about the Wacom PL500 LCD tablet (see "Like a brush to canvas," TCP January). The biggest difference between the PL-500 and the subject of this review —the Wacom Rxl2 Intuos tablet (with the 4D mouse and Intuos Airbrush) — is that the laner has no LCD display, so you have to look at the screen when working with it.

anything from fine, light lines to heavy strokes, with smooth or sudden graduations. Across the top of the tablet are programma-

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Intuos tablets come in five sixes, ranging fmm 4x5-inch all the way up to 12x18-inch The Intuos PC tablet can be used as aserial or USB device powered by an AC adapter, while the Macintosh version uses Apple Desktop

Bus (ADB). If you use the tablet for both PC and

shortcut.The part that I really hke is that the pen doesn'thave a cord that can become tan-

gled, nor does it require baneries. Macintosh, I recommend you buy the USB

device. All the driver software is supplied on one disc, and a second disc offers Painter Classic and the Wacom Pen Tools. Be aware that the smaller 4x5-inch and 6xg-inch tablets do not include the 4D

Working with the Intuos Airbrush was another matter. Bified as a device that looks and operates like a traditional airbrush, it

feels like a bulky version of airbrushes I've used in the past.

A top-mounted fingerwheel givesyou con-

trol over the ink flow, while the tilting action lets you mimic the effects of a real airbrush. The lntuos Airbrush also comes with a pressure sensitive tip and eraser, and programmable top button. My early experiences with the Airbrush were frustrating. Using it with Corel Painter 6,1 couldn't get the fingerwheel to work, nor could I shut off the flow of ink. Looking at the Wacom Tablet Properties dialogue box didn' t

help either. nor the Painter 6 manual, which indicated that the Airbrush was supported. Installing Painter Classic didn't work either. Finally, I called Wacom technical support and learned that support for the Intuos Airbrush is limited. As an example, Painter 6's Fine Wheel Airbrush setting is the only one that works with the Intuos Airbrush. In this mode, the pressure tip is automatically turned off. When the fingerwheel is rotated forward all the way, no ink flows, but when you rotate it back a little bit, the ink begins to flow &om a fine stream, all the way up to a thick stream of ink as the fingerwheel is rotated to fufiy open. Those of you working with Painter Classic will need to select the Airbrush in the Brushes palette, then click on the Variable Stroke icon in the Custom palette on the lower right of your screen. This will allow you to use most of the painting options in the Brush palette with the fingerwhee). Further options are available in the Controls Brush palette on the lower left of Continued on page 44

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< DIGITAL G R A P H I C S L A N D S C A P E v tntutm ethic dhuenslon to drowlng Continuedfront page 42 your interface. On the downside. the brush wig only spray in a circular pattern, despite

using different angles. Angle control is only available in Painter 6. Overall, the Airbrush was fun t o use. though I found I could simulate stroke effects

using pressure. The price is $179, and unless you are a true airbrushing fanatic, you might

want to think twice before buying it. The Wacom site lists the software that supports the Airbrush. Next, I tested the Intuos 4D Mouse. R has

&re buuons and a thumbwheel, and can be conggured to a«t as a 15-button mouse. The

thumbwheel can be used for panning and zooming in programs that support it and can be «onfigured for left- or right-banded use. Likethe pen, the 4D Mouse is cordless and

bauery free. The 4D mouse allows you to navigate 3D space, giving you control over both mtation and the X. Y. and Z coordinates. The Intuos tablet accepts input from two devices at once, mahng it possible to rotate an object while

using the pen to paint. To get a sense of how the 4D mouse works, I tested it with Deep Paint 3D, a materialbased 3D rendering application from Right Hemisphere. Deep Paint 3D lets you brush virtual artistic media —such as oils, watercolors, crayons, and pastels —directly onto 3D

models.

Beforeyou can get started, you have to open the Wacom Tablet icon in the Control Pane) folder. Click on the 4D Mouse, then on the Thumbwheel tab. Under Thumbwhed Function, sdect Application Defined, click on

offers support for the Intuos Airbrush. Using the Airbrush in combination with the 4D Mouse, you can easily rotate the head into any position and paint at the same time.

Apply, then OK.

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The next task is to set the pen and 4D M ouse as Primary and Secondary controllers. To make sure this works, hold the pen in your right hand and bring it within the range of the tablet. Next, keeping the pen within range of the tablet, move the 4D Mouse into position. Sincethe 4D Mouse has become the second device to enter the tablet area, it is now the Secondary controller and does not move the mouse cursor~ is mntmged by the pen only.

Tool ID is the ability of the tablet to recognize

brush a lot, you can assign it to a given pen, letting you access that brush immediately without having to reprogram it.

users record their own voices for degvety by

of their own and Tool ID wig allow the tablet

tablet, it will remember which is the Primary and Secondary controller. But if you move both devices away, you will have to start over. The first device to enter the tablet area becomes the Primary controller. Launch Deep Paint3D, then load a 3D

to recognize the individual tool being used.

develo p the technology as a front ead fora

Otherfeotums end eccessorles Each Intuos tablet comes with Corel Painter

variety of computer applications that «auld benefi t by the virtually human touch. hepJ/www.Nstx«omf

Classic and WacomPenTools plug-ins for Photoshop. The latter gives you several effects

yell them your slozy

objectofyourchoi«e,andyou now havethree

that you can apply with your pen to create 3D effects, push pixels around in a photograph like putty, and more. The 9xlt-inch and larger Intuos tablets come with Quickpoint, which lets you quickly navigate across your screen. A«ceasing the

Ifyou move either device away from the

navigation options: • Press and hold the middle button on the 4D Mouse to pan the object. Press and hold the left button on the 4D Mouse and move the mouse up and down to rotate the obje«t. Use the thumbwheel to zoom in on the object then out again. Using the 4D Mouse is really exregent, and offers surprising flexibility, though it takes some getting used to. Working with it is like

product, or for use with 3D pmgrams, such as 3D Studio Max and Maya, or with Adobe

holding a real 3D object in your hands, mov-

mme

described above. This makes it possible for Painter or other applications to assign differentbrushes to different pens. As an example, if you use a particular

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Wacom Table teaning,you can chooseamapping option that lets you use a small portion of the tablet for moving about quickly and a

largerarea fordetailed work. The Intuos Lens Cursor is a special tool featuring five programmable buttons and a rotating cross hair lens. It is allows you to input points or coordinates with a high

degreeofaccuracyand isdesigned to beused with computer-aided design (CAD) applications and technical illustrations. CI

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warning, aswell asoverall run time. Next,we connected the UPS to the PC via its native communication cable, and tested powermanagement software and zautomated shut-

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the baneiyandlour surgeonly. Outlet spaont enough to accommodate smaler powerbricks • 625 VAmodel comesmtha senal connecnonto the PC,650VAmodel hasUSBconnection. • Piotedinnfoi onesetnf networkor phonecables, and UPScomeswithonephonecable • Cable inanagem ent dip anachesto therearof unt • Comes with BeikinSentryBuldog power-management soitware,workswrh Windowssr/NT/2000. • Supportscoldkan. • User-acces sible battery moduleallowsforeasyreplace. ment • TwosuarUPSwarranty for both, USStoooeomnnactedaquipmentwarrantyfor the625, andunlimitedconneuedotuipmentwarrantyforthe 650. For all intents and purposes, the Regulator Pro Gold 625 and 650 models are the same unit, except one has a serial connection to the PC and the other a USB connection.The 25

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roughly the same as for regular SDRAM, or around US$80 for a 128 MB stick For the Pentium 4, however, you have to nm with the more expensive RDRAM, which costs between US$300 and US$400 for 128

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If you gobadetoour previousmund of testing gum October.the I GHz Athlon'snumbmsreceive a boostto IQ, which isstille fewpains behindthe I GHz Pent'nm HI (at 189) in thoseanne tests As noted in this issue, the 12 GHz blows well

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havebeen visitedand photographed around the world since the project began in 1996,

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Everywhere ig Databasesize is growingat a annual rate approaching 30 percent.Apartfrom the technical challengesthis presents, the riseoflarge connected networksofdata also hasprofoundsocietal implications.

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Need some buzz? Vancouver firm debutsDIY site

ayneHartnck says that he has had to

tum away potentialcustomers too many

timesduri ng his 14 years as a public

relations consultant simply because they couldn't afford his services.

Hartri ck is the chief executive ofgcer of Reputations.corn Inc. (hap//wnwrepu iationsmm), a public relations firm in Vancouver, B.C. This

imagehousefocuseson smogand medium-sized

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Reputations.corn'sdo-it-yourself online service, hen it got around that I was a database consultant during a

recent flight from Orlando, Fla.. I was prepared for an onslaughtofgeek jokes/.To my surprise,Iwasinstead pep-

pered with very demanding questions about databasesand their applications. The guy to my left worked in manufacturing and assured me there was a database everywhere you turned in a plant these days. Data is being collected about inventory, quality control, resource usage, downtime, repairs, environmental and safety conditions, production schedules, waste management... and the bean counters have to tote it

all up. I was forced to disgorgeeverything I knew about PC andWeb databases. At one point, when my plant colleague left his seat to use the

restroom, the gal just across congded in me. "He thinks he has got problems. At our hospital, we have a database for every patient, every piece of equipment. and everything that happens in every treatment station." As we received our "buh bys" from the flight crew as we disembarded, e well-suited IT pro noted dryly "I couldn't hdp overhearing what that hospital attendant had to say." I dared to venture an

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"Ohhh?" to which he responded, "She thinksshe'sgot problems, why those l00 MB databasesare nothing compared to the clickstream data Continued onpage 69

Small and mobile databases Thedatabasesare coming,the databasesare coming.Thatmightwellbe the alarm c]y for mobileusers- suddenlyeverything on a mobile platformis a database. sera can thank Palm Computing's

ubiquitous handheld computer, with its calendar, contacts, and notes applications (which are, in fact, mini-data-

bases), for pioneering the market for tiny mobile databases. There are three trends driving databases

down to small and mobile devices. First, small and remote no longer means under powered. For example, Compaq'snew

iPaq Pocket PC has a 32-bit 206 MHz StrongArm pmcessor with 32 MS of memory standard, and up to 16 MB of ROM-based system software. It supports add-ons like ISM's 34I MS and I GB microdrives, and

CompactHash (CF) cards of various capacities. In the Palm world, there has been an explosion of similar storageadd-ons, in addi-

tion devices, including 36Kbps modems (which require a nearby telephone jack); ll Mbps wirelessIAN cards with roaming up to I km from transmission nodm/stations; and fully mobs1e, wireless transceivers that support a broad range of protocols such as

Mobile 802. I lb, Bluetooth andother popular cellphone/wireless protocols. The hardware

tion to barcoding and industrial handheld

and software needed to communicate and

devices.

store data on mobile devices isexploding.

The second trend is connectivity. There is a

But the third, and perhaps most impor-

list of increasingly powerful telecommunica-

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PRMadeEasy. corn,couldn'taff ord to create buzz. "There are a lot of people who can't afford to do itany other way," Hartri ck said ofthe product during a telephone interview. PRNadefasy. corn teaches cash-strapped com-

panieshow to get their names in the papers throughdeeds notthrough ads.The site steps through press release writing 101 and interviewingtips.Itdescribe marketing through the

Inte rnet, how to organize a spedal event and even howto managebadnews. "We know our customers largely wouldn't know anything (about public relations]." he said. "This is like paint-by-numbersEor PR."

Companie s can sign up forPRMadefasy.corn online. For a monthly fee of US520, clients are giventhe run of the Web site and one hour of consultation time e ach y ear w it h a Reputations.corn expert. According to Hartrick,

the price is abargain comparedto traditional PR senri ces, which can cost between $10,000 and

$100,000,depending on the size ofthe drive. Hart ri ck and his team got the idea for PRMadeEasy.cornwhile working with Uniglobe, a

travelagency.This company wanted to teach franchiseeshow to gettheircompanies'names in the press. The msu(t: an early version of PRNadeEasy.corn.

"In that time (workingwith the travel company]it has become the most popular project Uniglobe offers," Hartrick says. More than a month after its launch,

PRMadeEas y.corn has 220 subscribers, Hari rick says,including a U.S.navalbase in Italy,a dty hall, and a university administmtion. Many

dients come calling from outside ofCanada. "A lot of principles of PRtranscend borders. News is news." says Hartrick.

Reputations.cornitself is news—and perhaps proof positive that press dippings encourage customers. "We haven't advertised," Harbick said. "We justput out a news release."

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Database not thedata in them, amgmwing by a healthy 18to 20 percentannually and represent an 88-bi%on business according to

Microsoft just released SQL Server 2000 database this last falL Comparing it to its prede-

There is a fair degree of truth in both statenients.

te«t database systems with increasingly

Dataquest at year end 1999. Five major ven-

cessor ,three-year-old SQL Server 6.3 database,shows the following;

dors tyrt the lion's share of those revenues: Orade in the bad with 31 percent of the mar-

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ket. and IBM breathing down its sack with 30

percent. Microsoft followswith 13 percent, and Sybaseand Informix—along with half a dmen other vendors—have single-digit shares. However, the small and mobile database market is poised to explode and this may change the positions among the major vendom overthe next few Team. In the meantime, averagedatabasesize continues to grow atan even faster rate approaching 30 percent

per year according to Standish Group. In short, thereareanumber offactorsleadingto my being importuned for databaseadvice. Ntnehsse grwnigs fnchms The single most important factor impacting databases is that the cost of hard disk storage continues to drop like a rock —not quite as quickly as communication costs, but it is plummeting just the same. An example: in January 2000, a 20 GB IBM hard drive cost

about $310, while a year later a similar number of dollars buysa 45 GB IBM hard drive. This illustrates what some analysts have predicted: that oneshould beable to get double the capacity in data storage for the same price every 12 months. In Dict. the pace

appears to be ahead of merely doubling annually. What is helping to pull the supply of ever morecapacious and reliable disk and storage devices is the seemingly insatiable demandas noted at the outset of this artide. databases are to be found just about everywhere, and it seems that quite a few of them are very big

indeeL The third factor affecting databases is the fact that database software is getting better. Relational database technology with its mathematicatty rigomus query, insert and update technology continues to dominate database software sales and growth, taking a nearly 80 percent share according to International Data Corp. (IDC). New object databases are c~pting relational query and transaction processing methods, but popular relational database

developers, such as IBM, Informix, and Orade, daim their relational databases are

doing the same—absorbing object methods

ers of millions of credit card numbersduring the Christmas2000 holiday rusk Ekyeek, has set aseriesof hacker challenges,trying to pm-

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for IBM DB2, Orade, Informix, Sybase, the new "speed up" technologies are processessuch as"least recently used"updated cachesand materialized views,which can boost some operations by a factor of 10. Finally, parallel processingusing threads and locks hasagain impmvml processing timesby an order of magnitude. Database software is making data more accessible. But to some that is precisely the pmbt~ ata is too accessible.

sophisticated firewall and other security measures. ag to no avaiL Tbe magamnewas expecting that it would take months before the target sites were hacked, but none Imted

more than three weeks. Finally, personal medical and psychologicalrecordshave long been pmtected simply because they were stored on paper. But, increasingly, hospitals, insurancecompanies,

and insurancecompanies can now more effectively analyze medical data contained in such records and raise prenuums and/or refusecovemgebasedon their Bndings. In sum, increasingly capable databasesin many countrieshave made personal datawhether stored on government or business

databases—inciemingly vulnerable to misuse. The result is that politidans will have to pay more than lip service to enacting an individual's right to privacy bill, sooner rather than later.

and governments, in an etfort to cut costs and

pertmstw cempngng

speed up services, are automating systems

The other major trend in databmm is what

that store these records.

This presents two problems: such records

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are increasingly vulnerable to hack attack;

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Databases as big as the heavens stronomers cunentt yplaya cruetgameofmusi-

cat chairs. Themare too few seats aud avaitabte

hoursat the majortetecopes to do a tot of

demandingresearch.Many teams have to waitmonths to Set hours of observation time, oaty to be foiled by

weanier, malfunction, or simply not enoughtime to "i

ln year 2000, there was quite a political storm in Ottawa over a master danrbase that linked

pursue interesting dues.

databasesfor some major federalprograms.

change things this year when it makes avaitabte a

This master database allowed the Canadian

digi tal scan of about one half of the Northern Hemispher e asa database.The scan isquitecompmkeasive, with imagingdone in uttraviotet, three vis-

government to quickly tell if a person qualiUed for beneRts or some other beneht program. When word leaked out about this master database, an uproar ensued and the government eventually promised that such a

Stoan Digital Sky Suvey (tmpy/auwsds smg) will

bte bghts, aad infrared wavelengths for a total of five

imagesperposition and depth in the heavens.SDSS wiU have more than 200 mtUtvn galactic objects in its

databasewould be deactivated.

catalogueof images, whichwill be stand on anenormousserver with specializedaccessinghard-

However, database experts rolled their eyes. Ten years ago, a database containing data on 30 million citizens, residents and visitors to Canada would have pushed the state of the art, but today it's small potatoes. ln fact, information systems using distributed database technology have improved so much that it would be easy to reconstruct the "deactivated" master database in virtual mode using the more than capable methods of distributed views. And this is just tbe tip of

ware aad softwam.

the privacy iceberg. Many online companies are keen to track our buying habits. If and when they goout of

veys preclude observation of dynamic events such as pulsar frequencies or supernovas, astr onomersare convincedthatthistsabreakthrough equivalenttothe Human Genome project, a databasesetup to map every human gene.

business (as more than 210 did in the past year) one asset that may be up for sale is their maging lists and personal purchasing pattern databases.

Databasecompames are very interested tn SDSS because the technologies used ky it aad other stati c stellar suweys am on the database frontiers, because of Oeir size, use of extended

In addition, hackersare getting bauer, not worse, at getting into systems and stealing critical personal data Bgghearkcom literally bad egg ag over its face due to its loss to hack-

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SDSSintends Dist to make scanning half of the Northern Hemisphere sky accessible by Internetbrowserwith asortofStarEngttsh Query language.A command suchas"Dud aU galaxies with a pulsar with brightnessSumter than 25 within 200,000 light yean' will generate a list of objects, hopefuUywithin a minute —any of whose details, iactudiug an image, csn be retrieved within a tvw seconds.

This feat uot only requires asmart query languagethat understands StarEagtish, but a very sophisticated hardware interfacethatautomaticallys«aasaad dtasstUesgalacticobjectsaudestimates distancebased onspectral composition. light shtft, and other astropkystcat properties. Astronomywill be mvotutiauized becauseSDSS is uot alone, there are at least a half dozen otherequivalent static sunieys ofthe heavens underway. Despite the fact thatthese static sur-

English-like query language, browser-basedprocessing, aad, most importantly, their abgity to interface seamlessly with other huge distribtrted databases.

Onedatabasewag even remarked the sky'sthelimiton the iasiqhtsinto targescaledatabase Sro«esstugafforded by SDSS and otherstellardatabases.

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money to the machine using her cellphone. This is a mobile database transaction.

Right now the undisputed technical and market leader in mobile database solutions is

ing systems to handle stateless, distributed and heterogeneous processing required for many Internet- and Web-based services, organizationshavesolved about two thirds of

Currently, this type of transaction is more likely to occur in Europe or Asiawheresecond and third generation mobile in&astruc-

Sybase. Its iAnywhere pmduct line indudes iAnywhere Wireless Server, and SQL Anywhere Studio, with its UltraLite database

tures are more advanced than in North

deployment option. According to Gartner

the problems associatal with mobile databas-

America.

Gmup, Sybase Arrywhae pmducts are cur-

In addition, SQL Anywhere supports a

es.And thedemand ispicking up forwireless solutions in both the industrial and con-

However, there is substantial growth worldwide in mobile transaction associated

rently installed at more than 10,000 sita with over Sve million nuts representing a 60 percentmarket shae, asofyearend 1999.

number of Internet standards including

SQL Anywhere Studio is well named because it contains anextensive suite of database options and tools. This is a versatile databasesystem optimized for workgroups,

Transact SQL or Java stored procedwes and its open API allows links through ODBC, OLEJDB, JDBC, Sybase Open Client, and Embedded SQL. FinaUy, developers are not limited to the SQL AnywhereStudio but cancall upon such

Stoolond omMo olobosos Continuedfrom page68 tant, Srctor is the Internet boom. In develop-

with delivery, fulgllment, and business-tobusiness back offlce dealings. This pattern will emerge as the major wireless database vendor offerings are examined in detail below.

sumer arenas. Many people have seen the IBM television ad showing the frustrated Italian gentleman

trying to getchangeto buy acan of pop kom a vending machine, only to see a young girl

NT, 2000, and 9x, Novell Netware 3w and above, and various Savours of Unix and

Liaux. And in the important mobile areoa, SQL Anywhere supports the two major players: Palm OS and Windows CE.

HTTP, HTML XML, Java, Javagcript, WAP, and WML Its own stored procedures can use

popular database development tools as

Microsoft Visual Studio, WebGain Visual Cafe, Borland's Deiphi and JBuilder, Sybase's

ir aqi ~ ( y Oracle BESTMlc'fosoft Training in Town!

own PowerBuilder. and MetroWerks' important cross-platform development environ, CodeWarrior. Perhaps two of the most important features of SQL Anywhere are the Wireless Server and the UltraLite Deployment option.

The laner allows mobile users to deploy down into embedded processorsand devices using as small as a 50KB footprint, yet still uu: industry standard SQL indudbtg multitable joins, indexes, referential integrity and fuB-transaction processing. UltraLite sup-

ports a choice of JavaJDBC, embedded SQL or C++-basedAPIs for development, induding links to iAnywhere WirelessServer. With Wireless Server, iAnywhere databases can now support both disconnected in use with periodic updates and continually connected in-use wireless applications. Based on Sybase's own proven Enterprise Application

Server, the WirelessServer aBowsdevelopers to write Java servlets that generate XML output that the server can in turn transform

through XSLinto device speciScmarkup laoguages. induding wirelessmarkup language (WML) and handbeld markup device language (HDML). Communication to the mobile devices is

by WAP or other third-party protocols. WirelessServer also includes awide range of databasesynchronization options using both Microsoft's COM+ and Java's Enterprise Javsgean sofnvare.

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Portal to access and update portfoho information via several wirdess devices.

variations inevitable in products that have been trimmed to meet the very small footprint required by mobile databases But in other features the two databases have fairly

Similar to the Sprint offering, Banco di Milano, a Snancial co-operative with over 100,000 members, is personalizing its products and services offerings. Customers

similar oflerings, such as database syn«hro-

can now accesstheir banking and other Snancial services using wireless access developed w i t h IBM We bSphere's

nization, security encryption, plus Java-XML and other API support. Mobile Connect and Synchronization Server pmvide two synchronization options,

whileTranscoding Publisher and SecureWay Wireless Gateway provide a robust development and delivery platform for easily deploy-

Rvargtabasa big Continuedfrom page69 Compudng pnwiding anyoneauthorized a««uu to any data, anytime, anywhere on any device. We havealready seenhow privacy and securhy concerns can be jeopardized by such a broad strategy. But it also presents anumber of

often the transfer is direct and therefore more eflicient. This capability allows the creation of "virtual views or databases" and,

technical chagenges that me just now being met. What will be explored here is what is var-

processeslike the Groove system, from

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companies scramble to provide a competitive advantage by personalizing their services on the Web and thmugh mobile and wireless accessoptions.

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heterogeneous, distributed, t r ansaction processing. I simply call it the last frontier of information technology. This is the tough (and as we have just

emphasizing its Oracle 9i Application Server Wireless Edition. Like Sybase and IBM, Ora«le will transform XML-database input

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into appropriate wireless protocols. Orade also has e-Location services that its Wireless Edition can take advantage of, aflowing mobile users to, for example, Snd afl the restaurants or drug stores within (50 m of their current location. In addition, Orade 8i Lite offers a small footprint database for use in Linux and Windows CE environs. Microsoft also has two new entries into the marketplace: Mobile Information Server and a lite version of SQL Server 2000. These offeringshave very attractive pri«ejperformance numbers offset by fairly large footprints (I MB) and lack of cross-platform portability: Mobile Information Server only runs in Windows 2000, and the lite version of SQL Server 2000 «urrendy only runs on Windows

phones will be in operation by 2005, mobile and wireless applications and databases are

XML is everywhere and in databases it has become the interlace ofchoicefortrans-

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SAN FRANCISCO —Software colossus Microsoft Corp. (http//wwwmiioiokcom) snd online data provider Thomson Corp. (hap//wwuthomssn.com) have reportedly takeo a US$50csigion stake in a staitupentity aimed at providing accounting snd other back-offi ce suppo* to smallbusinesses. The two have partnered to buy into Cpa2biz site (trtpy/wwwcpatbe.com/J, which was established by the 425,000-stember American Institute ofCertified Pub(i«A«couataats (AIEPA), according tn a press release st the site. The site, which is slated for launch this spring, will provide general ledger systems, procure. ment, banking. payroll planning, human resources, sad customer relationship management. The startup plans further funding rounds after bringing ia Microsoft and Thomson as sbategic investors. "We will probably do another round in preparation for ao IPO," Cps2biz chief executive o%«er Brett Pisser said ia a Reuters report, adding that the new portal hopes to leverage the tmst that certified accouataats have with small business owners.

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Jobs unveils G4 PowerBook NacWorld debut for 64 desktops, iTunesand iDVDsoftware a minimum of 128 MB of RAM and a G3 processor or better. If your machine is not

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up to this, and you are planning to replace it soon anyway, try to aim for July, as Jobs has said that is when nll Macs wis begin shipping with OS X installed.

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New nest Impressive specs wab e few rlsappolahaerffs

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Apple replaced the entire PowerMac G4 line with new, faster models, but there are

was broken down into four parts: new features and ship date for O S X w ere announced; new PowerMec G4s were

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shown; new Apple software, induding

tions now run from 466 MHz to 733 MHz

iTunes and iDVD, was introduced; and

and are single processor only with the

Powergooks with G4 processors were unveiled. We' ll run 'em down in the same

exception of a dual-533 Mbz modd that must be ordered directly from Apple. The

new G4sfeature 133MHz busspeeds(up from 100 MHz), 4x AGP (up &om 2x), and four PCI slots (up froin three). However, they lose one RAM slot (having three instead of four) and they no longer come standard with an internal Zip drive, although you can still add one for an GSdaring Mararord uhbess. additional charge. The new G4s finaay add the ability to

order Steve did starting with the least

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OS Xeeleese ebs prgce eaaeuaced Jobs did his best to get the crowd excited about Mac OS X but considering this marked the third time he's demonstrated the Aqua user interface, and that most of the MacWorld crowd has tried the public beta themselves, this part of the keynote was the least interesting. The key bits of

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Airport; and, Unsay, the dock now supports pop-up folders much like those in OS 8.5

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desktop again; the menu bar clock; complete support fo r t h e l ocation manager and

Canadian). Also, Apple seems to have listened carefidly to the feedback fmm the beta period, and in response has added many dassic Mac OS features to OS X, induding: theApplemenu, which is back to its usual place; the trash and hard drive icons, which can be placed on the

the system wiU still be a jarring transition for those who have used the classic Mac OS for years. If you want the new OS, but don't want to

pay the dose to $200, first consider that the new operating system will most hkely require

burn CDs, and on the 733 MHz system, DVDs as well. However, with the exception of the 733 MHz con6guration, none of the new models can play DVDs, which could be a potential problem when software starts to

ship on DVD-ROMs in the coming months and years. The new machines are faster though. and as but the 466 MHz model 6naUy getrid of the aged ATI Rage 128 card. Now, nVidia is Apple's card pmvider of choice, and the bunContinued on page 78

Canadian firm's software adds detailed graphics to POA screens

nOttawa-based software company says its

upcoming program wii i speU an end to stodgygraphicsand downgraded Internet

experiences on penonat digital assistants (PDAs).

BitRash Inc. 's (hsp//wnwbiri lash.com)new "killer epp" is designed to bring ri«h media to handke(d computers, AU you need is an Intemetwnabted cell phone or POA and the company' sproducttoview PowerPointpresentations,chart sandgraphson the go. We've taken a totally diiferent approach to

rendering graphics." said Nick Desbarats, Bitfl ash's director of product management and co-founder, during a telephone interview. The company's server.dient solution removes unnecessary data from graphics. As a result pic-

tures ,mapsand slides appearatthe osefs PDA in a matterofseconds, Oesbarats said.

"We have a high degree of ptafform independence. Usually our competitors are platform dependent or they sacrifice graphical sophistication.We're the only company that' s managed to presewe both." Bitfiash's product, based on its proprietary

ReilerisGraphicsEngine, is meantfor enterprisecustomes first, "but we can build on the plaffenn fiom thereand reach a broadermari uk" Desbaats said. Butwillthe broader marketaccept this soft-

ware? After alk surfing the Internet by POAor cell phone isn'ta graphically rich experienceand some say it shouldn't be. Mobile access means info first, pretty last.

Oesbar ats figures faster wireless connections —a la the much hyped third-generation, or

3G, Internet— means people wiU want more than plain text. Besides, BitRash's Reilexis paradigm ensures small-scale graphical access. The Web site operator must buy into the technology. A saner siphonscontentaccordingto the device and the

It's a 2.4 world

univeual resource locatm (URL). As forthe smaU screens on POAs and cell phones,Oesbarats said Bitfiash talus that into

Torvaldsannouncesreleaseoflong-awaited Linux upgrade

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that were faster on the dual-500 MHz G4. TheG4s rangein pricefrom $2,499to $5399,

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a PLATFORM N EWS w IE'0 a 2A mmsgrf Continuedfrom page 76 release manager right now." Now, while the 2.4 release is a big deal (source available at kerneLorg), it amuses me somewhatthat it's a big deaL The 2.4 series has been around for a while now. There have been various test versions of

the 2.4 kernel, some distributions have even taken cade from 2.4 and merged it into their own 2.2 source, but regardless, this is the first seri ous mainstream release. The joy of Linux isyou don't have to upgrade unlessyou realy want to. I'm still very happy running a 2.2.16 kernel and, from what Tve seen,Ihave no realcause to upgrade to 2.4 yet. Perhapsthe biggest addition to the 2.4 Linux kernel is support for USB, which is fast becoming the connecttvtty standard for PC peripherals. It's so common now that my father recently had to buy a conversion kit for a printer just so itwould work on a non-USB machine. WhileI understand the attraction ofUSB, it". certainly irritating to see the number of peripherals I can use with a non-USB quickly dimin-

Fromwhat I gathet, undeleting deleted files is a lot easiet with Raiser. Perhaps more importantly,ifyou have to shut down yoursystem (or

more likely a power outage reboots your system for you), Raiser eliminates the need for an FSCK scanofyoursystem when you reboot,which can be very tedious with big hard dri ves and is necessary with EXT2. Raiserhas a system overhead from what I've been told, and while this isn't a big deat for those who have computers not quite ready for the landfill, it is with the antique I'm running. As al ways, there have been a lot of changes to the kernel, far too many to document here. Eve only mentioned what I perceive as the really big benefits.

For a full list of changes, hap//wnwkemei.org will sort you out. WhileI'm not nearly as excited about this as manyotherLinux users— in fact,I'm quite cynical— I have to congratulate the many souls who do all the development work and get very little credit.

ishing. USB support is a significant advance for Linus.For a while now the lack of USB support has been a focalpoint of crifirism about Linux. So, one big argument against using Linux has now beenshut down — with authority. "But Windows has had support in i t f or years!" That may be, but I paid nothing for my operat ing system and can freely distri bute it. how about you? Another major advancement is ReiserFS, a journalling filesystem. This is an improvement over the EXT2 filesystem. Filesystems aren' t exacti y my strong point,but I do know thatthe Reisersystem manages fi les better.

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Wirelessportalrevenues expected to soar LONDON, England— A recently published report says wireless portals are set to take off in much the same way regular Web portalshave in the last fi ve years. The study, entitled Wireless Portals: Opportunities and Che//enges, from Strategy Analytics (http.//www.strategyanatytics.<om/),

the report. said operators' portals will be programmed as the default onto wireless devices, and t h e majority o f w i reless Internet users will not stray finm this. He cautioned that network operators who believe their position as access guardians to

says the number of users of wireless portals is expected to grow from four million in

portalsuccess should beware.

1999 to 350 million in 2005, riding on the backofan increase in the number ofwireless portals and the success of the mobile

the wireless Internet guarantees wireless "Contro lofaccess conveys no such privilege and therefore operators need to provide a strong value proposition in order to reduce portal churn," he said.

"This will certainly be the case in regions

Internet generally. Over this period, the research firm says, wireless portal revenues will be dominated by advertising and mobile-commerce transactions. NiteshPateL an analyst with the firm's strategic advisory service and lead author of

where the fi xed Internet market is mature, and fi xed portals have a very high chance of extending their existing customers' usage to incWde their wireless portal," he added. — Newsbytes

Microsoft previews ONce for OS X Among third-party developers participating in MacWorld in January, Microsoft announced a number of products it has in development fm Mac users. Microsof t previewed a future version of its Offi ce suite designed to run on Mac OS X.Office for Mac OS X is scheduled to be available in the fall of 2001. Microsoft said that for a limited time,purchasers of the current suite,Dffi ce:mac 2001, willbe able to purchase an upgrade to OS X for US$149 (which is half the suggested retail price). The company also announced availability of the beta release of Outlook 24)01 for the Mac. Microsoft says Outtook 2001 for Mac offers seamless interoperability with the millions of Outlook users running Windows. The massaging and collaboration client allows them to share contacts, schedules, tasks lists, and more. The finalversion of Outlook 2001 for Mac is expected to be available in the summer.

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anack Bell's DSL for being slow,and the Befi ads that attack Roger's cable service for being

shared. While there is some truth to all of thea«stories —and I can certainly validate

each of the issues —none provides a significant obstacle to enjoyment of high-speed connection to the Net. It's also necessary to put these stories in context. No matter how good the Toyota

I'm a citizen ofthe Internet. I go online for news, to research everything fmmaccidentally discovered the setting mOVieS tOdiShWaSherS d thelpedmemakemyde«ision.

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service. I was lucky, and wasable to receive orders (100 times) faster. (The difference betweenmy28.8Kbpsmodem andmyOHome cable connection is greater than 100 tunes.) Neither of the two main services available

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the full rated speed — I megabit per second

(Mbps) —of the modem. Customers at the fringes of the DSL service range receive approximately 25 percent of that speed. Both services have misleading ads that exaggerate thedeficienciesof the competitor. Of course the Internet is shared. In fact, it' s easy to see how cable is shared —after afi it' s

just one cable—and that your phone line is

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that is faster than the time required to log-in to a dial-up service.

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ve just called Bell's Sympatico service to

I'm writing. I do some shopping, send and

If you' re ready to sign up for broadband

DSL Internet connection. It's not because I'm unhappy with the service. I' ve had HSE for close to two years and, with the exception of a few hours, I'd rate the service as pretty

receivehundreds of emailsevery week communicate with friends and cofieagues using instant mewagbtg, and so on. As a Windows beta tester, I'm frequently downloading the latest 450 MB build. Through newsgroups and Napster I' ve also accumulated a sizable

service, it pays to be a Canadian. In a recent issue of PC Magazine devoted to U.S. broad-

MP3 collection. With broadband you don't go online, you are online. Broadband changeshow you fed

cable services. That rate is more like dial-up compared to the 460Kbps that was the lowest

As for the msn who falls asleep or misses out on his anniversary dinner (as recent ads have'depicted) waiting for a file todownload, in my experience,you can't tell the difference betweenbroadbandDSLand cable on astan-

of the averages I measured during my six-

dard Windows 98 system —certainly not

about and how you use the Internet. You' ll be listening to the radio online, even watching the occasional movie —wdl, shorts anyway.

month comparison test.

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t 'cancel my High Speed Ed)tion (HSE) close to perfection. For the last six months I' ve also had RogersOHome cable Internet service. It rates pretty dose to perfection too, but I can' t

afford to keep both. So I had to pick one. It wasn't an easy decision to make. Until the last few weeks, the speed of the

two serviceswasabsolutely comparable. Even after analyzing the hundreds of speed tests, there was not a dear-cut winner. Then. I

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band services,the monthly fee ranges fmm US$40 to US$80. The top of the scale for the average throughput charts in the artide is 80

kilobits per second (Kbps) for both DSL and

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Internet amongall of their customers. It'smy impression that both services provision approximately the same amount of Internet bandwidth per customer.

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spent a great deal of time measuring the throughput on file transfers. For the most part, I used the download speed reported by Internet Explorer to determine my throughput. Internet Explorer reports that number in kilobytes per second (abbreviated as KBps).

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mally. Ideally, you shouldn't have to wait at all, but of course even pages that are stored on your local hard drive don't open instantly.

see how busy the connection is. Just as I was completing this story, PC Magazine released a new free utility called

tedious and often unrewarding task. Measuring can be impossible. Newsbin is a shareware application that scours newsgroups for attachments, then transfers, decades, and saves them to your

hard drive while you do more important stuff like emptying the cat's litter box.

I selected the alt.binaries. sounds.mp3 newsgroup for my tests. Within seconds, Newsbin analyzed about 20,000 messages into a list of about 1,000 songs that it then downloaded. Since it can manage the automated download of up to six files simultaneously, it truly maximized the throughput. It also displayed the current transfer rate. In my experience,this transferrate is reliContinued an page 86

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acknowledgement. also caged the bandwidth delay or latency, would have a signiscant impact on tbe transfer process—even if it is measured in milliseconds. Microsoft's implementation of TCP/IP indudes a buffer, easel a receive window (or RWin). This buffer accumulates a number of packetsto create a more efscient transfer. Ideally, this bulfer is large enough that the server never stops sending data while waiting for an acknowledgement to arrive. The default RWin setting in Windows was designed for the e(Bdent transfer af packets on a local area network (LAN), where the

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are transfening 6les. TheWindows Ping utility will help you do this. Open an MS-DOS pmmpt window and type ping and the name of the server —pingwwwcnetcom, for example. Note that for security reasons, not aB servers

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