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63 Handhelds appealing target for virus writers 72 Offi ce:mac v.X:Nice upgrade,shame aboutthe case

75 WinHK: Microsoft's future is wireless and converged 78 A wild wireless ride: In conversation with Oavid Neale

86 Weaving your own Website IE CSSextensions Port 61 Tronsitr'ons

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81 Nearl y halfofCanada's Nethouseholds go Broadband

86 Trust in online content low, research finds

82 Insurers cover identity theft

90 Seeking a single messenger

14 Lively programming for the Web

92 Boldly going where no comics have gone before 94 U.K.study says some kids plagued by online bullies

Wonted: An instant messenger that ploys well with others

Floshset the stage, now more are gymtlng to SWF

18 SVG coding as easy as drawing

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100 Career Profile: Opening library doors online

25 Book review: Guide to understanding SVG

100 Java Tutorials: AWT and Swing windowing, Part 2

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28 Mobile multimedia 7CPLob finds o lor to like in new notebook PCs

98 Book review: JavaScript basics for coding newbies

28 Hipflics offers high quality video compression 28 PC or TV? Multimedia monitor offers a bit of both

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or an increasing number of eople, personal computing equals portable computing. According to IDC Canada, PC shiprnents in Canada declined seven percent in 2001 compared to 2000, but that could have been more dismal were it not for the uptake in consumer notebooks. For example, I 0' Toshiba experienced a nearly 30 percent increase in shipments of its Satellite notebook line between Q4 2001 and the same period a year earlier. Toshiba is the 6fth biggest PC brand in Canada —and the only PCs it sells here are notebooks. Hewlett-Packard Canada is another vendor that has done well with its consumer line of Pavilion PCs, and recently, HP spokesman John Kelly droppod byTCP to show the company's latest Pavilion notebooks, including the zt1175 that houses a 1.4 GHz mobile Pentium 4 pmcessor and 15-inch screen. Kelly says that consumer notebook users tend to want to do a more diverse range of tasks than desktop PC users,and the inclusion of more features on the notebook platform is a response to that. In HP's case, it means hetter audio, with 3D sound support and integrated Polk Audio speakers, better graphics, and more video memory. The system also gives anod to new media, with the inclusion of FireWire and S-Video ports, a DVD/CD-RW combo drive, plus DVD playback and MP3 software. The HP unit was not the 6rst mobile Pentium 4 notebook we saw, however. That distincuon goes to the A31p, which IBM previewed in early March, amund the same time Intel announced the mobile Pentium 4 processor. The A32p model usesan ATI Mobility FireGL 7800 graphics card with 64 MB of DDR memory and OpenGL support, and a 15-inch screen that displays up

to UXGA (1,600x1,200 pixel) resolution. These are a big hints for IBM's target market —the mobile workstation crowd. It has a price tag to match.

PCshipmentsin Canadadeclined sevenpercentin 2001 colnparedto 2000,butthatcould have been moredismalwereit not for the uptake in consumernotebooks. And just when we thought that 15 inches was the largest practical screen size for a notebook, along comes Sony with its VAIO GRX570 sporting a huge 16.1-inch display. Most people who saw it exclaimed how big it was, and. at 3.8 kg (8.5 lb.), heavy too. The keyboard

deck is very dean, almost stark, adding to the monolithic impact. One feature many manufacturers are integrating into notebooks is an 802.11b wirelessantenna The position of the antenna —usually in the lid beside the display panel —improves receptiolk As access to the Internet becomes a more mainstream activity, the opportunity to surf in many more places will be enhanced by wireless. What this gets down to is that notebook computers have become interesting again. Depending on your lifestyle or work habits, a notebook computer will allow you to do what you want to do in more places. And with summer just around the corner. getting out of the office while still maintaining some semblance of productivity has got to be appealing. Enjoy the issue! David Tanaka, Editor

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tools to make basic shapes and curves, and you can edit curve nodes as you would i n o t her d rawing packages. WebDraw supports gradient 6lls and patterns, and includes a small set of these. To animate objects or transform properties such as size. shape or colour, you create keyframes that establish beginning state properties and end state properties (as well as any intermediate steps) on the timeline. The properties you can manipulate include position. size, shape, and hue. The dist ance between keyframes on the timeline editor establishes the length of time it takes for the transformation. So far, this will be familiar ground for

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suspect it's right on the money —one of the companies that has recognized this trend is Samsung, which has already released a few TFT monitors incorporating television and video input.

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thatfl at-panel TFT screens would continue to inflltrate the standard television screen market. If that'strue — and we

ipflics is even easier to use than

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Software. HipFlics, though, performs only one functi on: QuickTime video compression.

a computer' s performance running a series of applications, alone and simultaneously, which is a more realistic representation of the way a typical person uses a PC. Again, higher numbers means better performance, but note these numbers should not be compared

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were reminded that convergence of home entertainment and computing continues, with a prediction

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gold" finish instead of only silver. Both models feature a base that folds out from the back of the monitor for free-standing use on a desktop, but can be tucked up flat against the back if you'd rather mount the monitor on the wall with a special mounting plate. Both monitors oifer multiple signal inputs, for maximum flexibility. The standard VGA connector is onboard, as you'd expect for a PC monitor. The monitor will also handle a few different types of component video input, including SVHS, RCA, and DTV (Digital TV). It

Price:U5599 (download orboz, Mac orWindows) There are several other products —such

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for 05 X (Sorenson Squeeze is just now available for 05 X, too). On the single disc you getboth an 05 9/05 X and a Windows version of Htpfgcs. It isis designed for those who use IMovie, RnalCutPro, or other video-edit-

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and more portables, which means enhanced multimedia afl around. Many of the units we reviewed this m onth use the mobile Pentium i l l processor, but it's worth noting that the

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just starting to w ork i t s way into machines as we' re putting this review together. There is a possibility that some of these models may be phased out shortly, and replaced by Pentium 4-based versions instead, something that will affect users who want to order directly from the manufacturers.Many of these

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DVD reproduction is quite good, apart from the low audio level. Probably the most disappointing aspect is the system's 3D performance, turning in the lowest rating in this batch; on the other hand, this is not a machine aimed at g Users have a few operating system choices with Lifegook C Series notebooks, including Windows XP Home Edition, 9BSE, or 2000 Professional. The system also comes with a very decent software bundle pre-installed. Even if we have a few small complaints (3D, audio volume), the overall rating is top-notch, owing to the good set of specs, the software bundle, and the reasonable price.

standard system benchmark, SYSmark. The system also boots fairly slowly, taking a while to make it through POST (power-on self-test). Part of this can be traced to the design of this model, which uses desktop CPU and mobile components. Eurocom has mentioned that part of the benchmarking issuesare due to slight incompatibilities between the ATl mobile graphics chip and the desktop Pentium 4; obviously this can affect the system under certain circumstances (such as our benchmarking). but it's an issue that probably won't affect most users. There's a lot to like about the machine, though: the raw performance is topnotch, and there are a number of multimedia extras, induding the DVD/CDRW combo drive, FireWire input for use with DV cameras, and ability to play CDs even when the notebook itself is off.At Eurocom's site, you can configure a machine to your own specifications,

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The machine, as conggured for our tests, is fairly expensive, but the 5600 series starts at $2,799 with a more basic configuration. You can add only the things you really need, allowing you to balance features against the price you can afford.

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this one certainly will. The VAIO PCGGRX570 is not only a full-sized notebook, it's actuaUy larger than a lot of others currently available. The main reason is the notebook's extra-large screen, which checks in at a whopping 16.1 inches and has a mmdmum resolution of 1,600x1,200. It also has a lot onboard, including three USB ports, a F'ireWire port (labeled ijLINK by Sony), and a DVD/CD-RW combo drive. It features aslot for Sony's MemoryStick, which is also used in consumer electronics devices, such as digital cameras and MP3 players. It might be tempting to think that part of the reason for the size is also the exceptionally large software bundle. As you'd expect. a company with the guts to put out a notebook with a screen this large isgoing to make sure the screen is top-rate, and this one is. The larger size makes any multimedia playback look extra-goad, especially DVD movies, which appear smooth and crisp. As with other notebooks we looked at, the only problem may be the sound volume, which is fine if you use headphones. In the end, it comes down to the

screen and theprice: if you' ve got deep pocketsand are asucker forthe wow factor of new technology, this one has lots of wow and power (with the new mobile Pentium 4, it turned in an excellent benchmark score), and it's probably worth every penny. Those looking more at the practical considerations will want to take a pass, because in the end, the extra inch of screen spacewon't be worth the 91,500 difference between this and some of the outstanding 15-inch models available.

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Notebookfor Mac lovers to love

combodme(both induded). 802.11bwirelessonboard. SmartMediaslot induded. MP3capability. One FireWire/DVport Softwareinduded: Coral WordPerfect Office 2000,RoxioEasyCDCreator 5 Basic, and IntertrideoWinDVD.

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M design (a few others have already incorporated the desktop version into mobile units), but for now the multimedia-packed notebook from TTX comes with Pentium IIL

Thisone has a number of handy features, including hot-swapping between floppy and DVD/CD-RW drives, a FireWire port for use with DV cameras or external drives, and built-in 802.lib wireless networking. For those with compatible digital cameras or portable audio players, there's also a SmartMedia slot on the left side of the machine. Thanks to a group of multimedia controls on the hinge of the notebook, you can play CDs or MP3s even when the notebook is turned off. The perf ormance of the notebook was very good, overall. DVD playback was nice and smooth, though the onboard speakers weren't particularly loud — use headphones instead and you' ll be flne. Both the PCMark and SYSmark scores were quite good, too. One smudge, though: the onboard graphics only comes with 16 MB of memory, which may not be enough to handle more demanding 3D games (and was also not enough to run our 3D bendunark). If you' re not overly interest-

numberofthings to hook up.The good news is that the igook has a built-in 802.11antenna, so if you opt for the optional Airport (Apple's name for

Eslimatedprice range:51,899 to 52,899 • 12.l-inch or 14.1-inch TFTscreen • option of usiag either MacO5X v10.1 ofMacOS9, both induded • 500MHz or600MHzPowerPC G3 processor • 15 or 20GB hard drive • 128MB or 256MBRAM(max 640MB)

802.11b) card you' ll have one less wire to have to hook up. If you do'n't need to

hook up a mouse (via USB) or any externalperipherals, you can actuaUy keep things fairly clean. Thelack ofremovable storage might be a problem on versions of the igook with

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igook clearly takes the prize. There area lotofdesign innovations both

• externalVGAviadongle • 28.5x23x5.4cm, 22kg ( with 12.1 in. screen) • 32.2x25.9x3.4 cm, 2.7kg (with 14.1 in saeen)

practical and fun: the ultra-compact shell made ofpolycarbonate; use of the TFT backlight to illuminate the Apple logo on the back side ofthe semen; and even the

designof the power adapter,which has retmctabl e hooks for wrapping up the cord. One design probem, however, is the

thosewho preferthe old-schoolOS.The iBook comes with several programs preloaded, including TTunes, iNovie movie creation/editing software (for use with

the FireWire port and a DVcamem), and 01/Dplayback sofbrare. DVDplayback was smooth. It all adds up to a fairly powerfulnotebook with a lot onboard.Note to Apple: a larger hard drive would have made it even nicer. Small complaint, whenit comes right down to it.

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locationof the connectors: power, USB,

ed in gaming, it more than acquits itself with all its other features and capabilities. Keep your eyes open: a Pentium 4 Processor-M notebook I'rom TTX will be available with m u ltimedia features shortly. It will be dubbed the P1500 and will feature better performance and

power savings, thanks to improvements in the processor. It will likely arrive at about the same price as the Pentium III model we tested.

so you may want to hold out a bit for the Pentium 4 version. Apart from the processor, the majority of the features will be the same.

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Data lost, data found Tales of recovery kom CBL Chang Bxed floppy drives and occasionagy hard drives until one customer kept returning, asking them to recover data from damaged drives. Otherdata recovery companies wanted $1,000 merely to look at a drive, and thousands for the actual recovery. So

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Dy DaveChappolle rom a Central American country recently ravaged by earthquakes, a package arrived a t t h e

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repairing storage media to recovering data. There is no operator's manual for data recovery: each client has a different priority. A high-level of secrecy may be important to one client. while the speedof recovery is more critical for another. As weg, there is no single cause for data loss. In addition to mechanical failure and human error, virus attacks are a major cause. Interestingly, CBL says its servers are attacked daily by hackers trying to take down the company that busts viruses. Though CBL can't say how it protects its servers, it says hackers have yet to succeed. Continued onpage 52

PowerPoint from top to toe eo you' ve createdthe basics of a PowerPoint presentation, you' re ready to add elements that begin and end your presentation in style. The start screen is the slide you display

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who still refuse to shoponiine, the analysts found. The company's report on business-toconsumer sales online, entitled ALookot Conedien Li-to-C F-Commerce, says those tmnsactions wiU climb to 4.8 million households in 2004, from 2.5 million households in 2001. The 2004 transactions will represent sales of $11.5 biUion, compared to 2001's $1.2 billion.

Tosi a Hanks,who authored the report, said Canadians have been leaders in

adoptingelectronic commercein the form of bank machines and, later, Web-based banking. However, she said, the country has trailed the ILS. in business-to-consumer

shopping online, in part because Canadian retailers have been slower to match the offerings of their American counterparts.

Nanka sai d growing Internet access amongCanadian households ishelping to change that, along with evidence that veteranInternet users are the biggest spenders online. The surveys found thatjust 38 percent

of online shoppers have what would be considered high-speed access, though amongusersonline for more than three years ,thatfigure climbs to 70 percent.

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Dnht hssLdata found ContinuedPont page 50 There are other Factors that complicate the recovery process, too. For example, outside experts occasionally need to be called in. The general methodology, however, is to somehow create a done of the damaged drive that is exact in every way, but in working condition. It's a chagenge, but oncedone, the cloned data can be manipulated without further harming the originaL The diversity of data loss scenarios has put CBL in some interesting situations. In one case, a government boat sank, and with it. important data. Without the data, an entire industry was in limbo. CBL refused this data recovery job Bve times because the hard drives had been bnmersed in salt water for days and the task seemed impossible. Eventually, CBL said yes and enlisted scientists at the University of Tomnto, who used an electmn microscope to reveal the nature of the minerals that had bonded to the drive planers. Based on that, CBL was able to use the proper chemicals to remove the encrustation, and data was recovered. CBL technicians usually operate in a

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of inexpensive disks) system for a highsecurity defense contractor in Western Canada, for example, requued a CBL team be on site for 24 hours. During that time, CBL says, the team wasunder thewatchfuleyeofcameras of both the Canadian and U.S. defence departments. As soon as a team member announced they had data,they weretold to leave the room. Simply looking at directory names could have compromised security of two countries. according to the client. Often, time not secrecy is the top priority. In one case, a server belonging to a foreign government agency crashed. CBL recovered the data quickly, rushing the drives back to the client. However, customs o(Beers of that country held it

up for days. Not aB customers are wealthy, important. or top secret. One cgent insisted that two lomega Jazz cartridges contained conclusive proof that aliens had abducted him. His "proof" was recovered, but he wasn't charged. CBL's client list has also included students who have lost their theses, dissertations, or other projects. The company's Hankssaid the things Canadians people

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chasedand consumed without much conLooked at another way, the Yankee sideration or research —COs, videos, books Groupsaid, I7.6 percent of high-speed and airline tickets, to name a few. She said aU those products are available users were really b?0 spendars—more than $500 ormore in the last year— compared from Canadian e-tailers. "On the other hand, purchases that to just 6.1 percent of dial-up users. "The faster connection allows for a more require more active participation oa part of satisfactory experience, particularly given the consumer,such as the purchase of the factthatstreaming ofmultimedia con- clothing or household appliances, are oot tent is becoming increasingly prevalent," so well represented," she said. —Newsbytes the report said. s. s s

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and atfordabiTity of high-copse(ty backup systems might put an end to data loss, taking a bite out of his business? Smiling, he says that about l68 million hard dri ves are shipped annually, and even with the current exceptional manufacturing quality controls, roughly

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Recovering data involves manipulating both hardware and software, but technical expertise isn't aB that's needed. "lf you can keep your head while everyone else is losing theirs and blaming you, then you' re a data recovery person," says Margeson. "Attitude. That' s what it comes down to... It isn't enough to be a good programmer or hardware person. We build on people with special dispositions. Our team wants to be here until 3:30 in the morning looking for data." To employees, the job can be emotionallychargetL As Margeson says "We're catching people at their worst possible time. Some customers have been so happy to get their data back they' ve paid hundreds of dogars extra." CBL says its policy is to charge fairly, return data quickly, and stay in contact with the customer (hourly, if necessary) during the process. One former client. Patrick Hanson, says he was impressed with CBL'sservice. The president of a custom database company, On Target Tracking (wwwontsrgettrsduogcom), Hanson tumed to CBL when his notebook crashed during a presentation to U.S. government buyers. "I had the recovered data in my hand within 24 h ours," says Hanson. "I received ag of the data olf the drive in the order of importance that I provided

So no, he isn't worried. In fact, CBL has expanded four times since it began recovering data. The failure rate of two well-known hard drive lines has paid for two of those expansions. Threat and risk assessment is the newest part of the CBL operation. The pmcess begins by testing backups before they are requiretL "VARs [value-added resegersj are subjective, usually recommending and selling components they are familiar and alBliated with. Our threat and risk management is entirely objective," says Margeson. One such assessment revealed that a company's entire IT budget had been spent on the latest and greatest one-of-akind server. The customer didn't realize that restoring backed-up data required a second identical system. CBLis also called in cases where s omeone has intentionally tried t o destroy data by erasing or reformatting a hard drive. In these situations, the clients are law enforcement ofgcials and the lost data is potentially evidence of criminal activity. Margeson won't say how many formats are required to completely erase data,nor can he comment on any of these cases. He does say, however, that if it was once on a drive, it can probably be found. "We love it when the 'experts' say it can't be done. We' ve recovered stuff IBM and Microsoft have both told us was unrecoverable."CI

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(black). This way. if you' re running the show from inside PowerPoint, you won't return to the PowerPoint screen when you don't want to. To ensure the last slide will be blank, choose Tools, Options, View. and enable the End With Black

Slide checkbox.

Wlmgsyour agenda? An agenda slide is a handy addition to a slide show, allowing you to show your

audience the proposed topics for your presentation. The task of creating an agenda slide is best left to when you' re near completing your slide show because it can be done automatically at this point and won't need much editing or alteration. Begin in Slide Sorter view (choose View, then Slide Sorter) and select all the slides you want to add to the agenda (leaving out the title and welcome slides and any credits, which you will show at theend). Ifyou have a large number of slides, you may want to choose only those that begin major sections. Choose the Summary Slide option and it will create an agenda slide &om the titles of the selected slides. It will be titled

Summary Slide. You can now edit this as you want it to appear then move it into position in your slide show. You may want to refer to your agenda periodically — at the end of each major section to note progress, for example. To do this, you need to duplicate the Summary Slide, hiding it and linking to it using Action buttons. Duplicate the slide by selecting it, choosing Insert, then Duplicate Slide. To hide this duplicate, click it to select it,

Now, select a slide at a point in the presentation where you'd like to have the option of viewing the agenda —a slide at the beginning of a new major topic. for

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slide will still appear in the window. but

You' ll put an action button on this slide, which you can dick to view the agenda again. To do this. choose Slide Show, then Action Buttons, and select the Custom button (it's the Erst in the palette and it' s blank). Click this to select it, then drag a button shape onto the current slide. When the Action Settings dialogue

you' ll see its slide number has a slash

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through it indicating it is hidden. Open this hidden sfide by doubleclicking it in the Slides list. To add the Action button — which you' ll use to return Rom this slide to the slide you were viewing immediate)y before you viewed it — choose Slide Show, Action Buttons. and select the Action Button: Return button (in the bottom-left corner of the palette). Click and drag the button onto the slide — the bottom-right corner is a good place. When the Action Setting dialogue appears, choose the Mouse Click tab, and set the Hyperlink to Last Slide Viewed, and click OK.

the Hyperlink To option. In this box, click the dropdown list, and choose

choose Slide Show, then Hide Slide. The

Slide. The Slide Title list will appears. from which you choose your hidden Agenda slide (its number will appear in brackets), and click OK twice. To label this button so it's clear what it

does, right-click it, and chooseAdd Text. Type some explanatory text such as

"View Agenda," then size and position the button on the slide. You can repeat this step as many times as you like throughout your presentation. When you' re done, test how the buttons work by running your show. You' ll And that the hidden slide doesn't appear when the presentation runs (which is

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your agenda slide — the original still appears in position in the slide show). Each time you get to one of the slides you' ve added an action button to, you' ll see the button and its text appear. You can ignore it and simply proceed with your presentation or you can click the button to display the hidden duplicate slide. This slide has a button on it which, when clicked, takes you back to the slide you were viewing previously. You can then continue your presentation.

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any delays. You then need to create a way to break the loop. The simplest way is to add an action button to the 6rst slide that you can use to open your presentation. To do this, move to the Erst slide and choose Slide Show, Action Buttons, and select the Custom button. Click it to select it, then drag a button onto the current slide. When the Action Settings dialogue Continued on page62

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Hiding zero disptay • If you havedata in

fmm anotherapplication, such as your accounting software, numbers will often

your worksheet that includes zeros you

be inserted as text and you need to revers e the process to use them as numbers. Solve this by multiplying the text valuesby one. To do this,type the number "?" (no quotes) in a ce((, select it and

chooseEdit,then Copy.Select the range of numbers you want to convert and chooseEdit,Paste Specia(,then from the Operation area choose Muitipiy and OK.

don't want to display, choose Tools, Opti ons, View tab, and disable the Iero Valuescheckbox. This aff ects only the current sheet. Youmust repeat it for other sheets.

Customnumber formDN • To display a vaiueas 3D kg instead ofjust 30,apply a custom format.Gick the ceu and choose Format, Ceil, Number tab, and, from the

Transpori ngvaiues•When you' ve entered a datathe wrong way— with columns as rows andvice versa—simply transpose the

Categor y list,choose Custom. In place of the word Genera(, type 0 "kg". This wi(( round up ag the numbers to the nearest whole numbers in kiiograms. For two dec-

values.Select the data and choose Edit then Copy. Click the top left cell (not a

ima(places, type O.DG "kg".The number remains a number throughout the

ce(i in the original area) and paste in the resul ts. Choose Edit, Paste Spec(OL and Transpose ,then remove the odginaidata.

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ttutd( Fill •If you' re usedto filling a range of cells quickly by dragging the fill handle down oracmss using yourleft-mouse button,switch and use the rightone instead. Itgivesyoua shortcutmenu that letsyou copy the samevalue into each ce(L,fiU a series, fill without formatting, or just

copy the formatting.It's a quick way to

Leadingzeros • Following on from the last tip, here's the way to display leading zerosin a number.Imagine you use part numbersthat are five digits. You can ensure (eading zeros are displayed as you enterthem by creating a custom format. Follow the tip above, this time using OGDO D as the format option. For five digit

numbers use ffve zeros—alter this if your numbers are bigger or smaller.

getaccess to a variety ofoptions.

IEOubtWidb Quitk Fill • If you're usinga left-click Quick Fill, you can quickly fill a seri esofcegs downwards so they go asfar

indanfing cell entries• When you have a iong column of headings, you can draw

as there are entries in the column immediately to the right or the left. To do this, type a value into the top most cell and

attentionto those that are lower in the hierarchy by indenting them. Select the cell s you want to indent and click the Increaseindent button on the Formatting too(bar.Remember, you can hold the

double-click the fill handle.

Contro lkey and click non-adjacentcellsto formatthem ag at once.

Smarl tagsandQuicb Fill • If you're using Excel2002 and you perform the previous(y mentioned double-click to ffi( a range of cells, a Smart Tag will appear. Ciick the Smart Tag icon and you' ll see options allowing you to change that fill to fill series, copy, fill without formatting, or fill formatting only.

Default wodsbeet font • You can easily change the default font for au your new worksheets. Choose Tools, Options, Generaltab,and set the Standard fontto

your choice of size and style. Quit Excel and restartforthe changes to be made.

Qkdchcopy • You probably already know Quick Fill formulas • When entering a seri esofformuiae to totalrowsoffigures, begin by se(ecting ai( cells in which the formula should appear instead of creating one formula and copying or using FilL Type the formula ((t will be entered into the top ceU) and press Control + Enter ((t will automatically be entered into the

selected ce(is).

that selecting something, holding Control

and dragging with your mouse creates a copy of it. This works for worksheets in an Excelworkbook,as we(L Ciick the sheet tab,hold Control, and drag to create a dupiicate sheet. This is much easier than usingthe menu option (Edit, then Move or Copy Sheet). —Helen Bred(e)/

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Apple adds eMac, updates TiBook 'Th its l a s t update, six months ago, the PowerBook G4 received a speed boost, an improved graphics card, and a price cut. The result was a resurgence in sales that lasted through the Christmas season. It's once again time for Apple io "&eshen" its top-of-the-line laptop with what is now known as Titanium PowerBook RevC. This revision is more drastic than the last, resulting in improved graphics, a higher resolution screen, faster CPU and a completely revised motherboard. However, it also increasesthe price by a minimum of US$200 across the line. The newprice pointsareUS$2,499 fora 667 MHz model (up from US$2,199 for the 550 MHz) and US$3,199 for an 800 MHz model (up fmm US$2,999 for the old 667 MHz). These new PowerBooks do sport a

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make anappearance. much nicer screen, though. Not only has the resolution increased from 1,152x768 to 1,280x854 (a 23 percent improvement), it is also brighter and higher contrast than the old modeL The size remains the same at 15.2 inches. The video card in both models is an impressive new ATI Radeon 7500 with

32 MB of video memory. That's double the 16 MB of the Rev B model and four times the original Rev A G4 PowerBooks VRAM. The new card is also much faster at 3D rendering than the old Radeon Mobility, so CAD, animation, and games wig ag benefit from this change. Also in Continued onpage65

t's been another busy month in the processor world, so let's get straight to the news.

AIBIYsANon XPgoesmobile While the Athlon XP has been available for the desktop since October 2001, the ~mobile side of the Athlon world has been , 'served by the Athlon 4. Now, the XP nomenclature has entered the mobile world with the introduction of the mobile Athlon XP pmcessor. The processor will debut with 1400+ and 1500+ models, and will shortly

"Industr y statistics suggest that by 2005therecould be between one-halfbillion to two billion handheld users con-

necti ng to the Internet," says Steven Trilling, director of Research at Symantec

Security Response in Santa Clara, Calif. "As there is more adoption and standardi-

zationof these devices... you raise the threatofviruseslike Love Letterand Code Red spreading over the air. So the danger is notjust to the wireless device but to the entire wireless infrastructure." Two recent examples demonstrate the damage a sophisticated virus might be ab(e to do to a wireless network. In 3apan,the country's 110 emergency network (equivalent to North America's 911 emergency network) was Rooded with calls after a virus that dials the emergeny

Athlon XP goes mobile By SeanCanulhars

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include 1600+ and 1700+ versions. The new processors are manufactured with a .13-micron process, the first such processors available from AMD. They maintain the Socket A format, but kick the I'rout-side bus up to 266 MHz. The mobge Athlon XP 1400+ will sell for US$190 and the 1500+ will go for US$250 —both in 1,000-unit quantities.

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specific wireless provider's network. It failed to do any real damage because the numberswere randomly generated. But again, it gave us a glimpse of what could potentially happen." Wireless email is not the only target. Thereare reports that SNS messaging is emenpng as a new pathway to deliver viruses. The damagethat viruses delivered wirelessly cause could be costly.Considerthe damage that many PC viruses have caused.In 2000,viruses caused an estimatedUSSI.S trillion of damage to systems. TriUing says wireless devices provide a unique opportunity for virus writers to causemischief and damage, as few of thesedevices ship with even basic antivirus protection; and businesses are notoriously lax when it comes to securing wirel ess access back to the main network. A viruscauld be created that attaches

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time,or uses it to attack others. And with handheld devices capable of sharing files wirelessly, it's nota stretch to imagine someone sending an infected file to

thousands of Inter net-enabled ceil phones,which are then used to attack a network. "Someone could put anything into the files that you are looking to share, any number of the nearly 60,000 computer

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include a 133 MHz bus speed on both models, 256KB of Level-2 cache with I M B ofLevel-3 cache,and theremoval of the video department, these new the infrared port from the back. Powergooks are the first to sport a builtMany Palm users will no doubt miss in digital monitor port, allowing them to the ability to hotsync their handheld use Apple's high quality LCD displays and laptop via infrared, but Apple (adapter sold separately). believes the future is in Bluetooth for The new 667 MHz and 800 MHz communication between devices like models indude four forms of video out: PDAs and cell phones, so IR is being DVI or VGA for spanning/mirroring and phased out. S-video or composite for mirroring only. The full specifications for both new The new PowerBooks can even drive a models are as follows (prices are in 23-inch Cinema HD Display with the Canadian dollars): appropriate D V I-to-ADC a dapter • A 667 MHz processor, 256 MB RAM, (US$149 from the Apple store). 32 MB VRAM. 30 GB hard drive, DVD/CD-RW combo drive, and Airport ready for $3,999. • An 800 MHz processo, 512 MB RAM, 32 MB VRAM, 40 GB hard drive, DVD/CD-RW combo drive, and builtin Airport for $5,099.

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a 700 MHz G4 iMac without the LCD. It features thesame 700 MHz G4 CPU with no Level-3 cache. the same 100 MHz bus, and 32 MB nVidia GeForce 2MX video card. The only difference is the eMac has built-in Harmon Kardon stereo speakers, and comeswith either a 32X CDROM or a DVD/CD-RW combo drive. The eMac with CD-ROM drive doesn't include a 56Kbps modem, while the combo drive model does. The base LCD iMac is US$1399, the fully loaded eMac is US$1,199, and the stripped-down CD-ROM model is even iMac on the market for US$799. cheaper at VS$999. Both eMac configurations include the However, it was still only a G3 and the same 700 MHz CPU, with 256KB on15-inch screen (13.8-inch viewable area) chip cache, 128 MB RAM, 40 GB hard was starting to look really outdated. Enter the eMac, the first education- drive. thee USB, two FireWire, and one 10/100base- T Ethernet ports. only model since the old beige G3 all-inThe eMac also features an analogue one (sold &om March to September in sound input port, something the LCD 1998). The new eMac looks a lot like the iMac lacks. The software bundle includes old CRT iMac. Apple claims it takes up Mac OS 9 and OS X, with iMovie 2.0, about the same amount of space, so iPhoto, iTunes 2.0, and AppleWorks 6.0. schools won't need to buy new desks. However, instead of the old 15-inch dis- For schools comparing eMacs to LCD iMacs. the eMacs seem to come out play the eMac features a 17-inch perfect ahead in value. For VS$200 less you get fiat CRT with a 16-inch viewable areaone inch larger than the new LCD iMac. the same CPU, RAM, and hard drive, a Continuedos page66 inside, the eMac seems to be basically

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Stylus Photo2200 see~lour inhjei Epson has (wwwepson.corn) announced the first seven-colour inkjet printer with USB and FireWire interfaces. Now that every shipping Mac includes at least one FireWire port, the number of FireWire peripherals has increased dramatically. At first, the only use for FireWire was digital video, but soon hard disks and CD burners followed. In recent months. FireWrre scanners have also debuted. so it was only a matter of time before someone came out with a FireWire photo printer. The Epson Stylus Photo 2200 is the first seven-colour inkjet photo printer and it features both USB 1.1 and 2.0 and FireWire connectivity. Anyone who knows how long. it takesto send a highresolution Bxl0-inch image to a photo printer over a USB or serial cable will appreciate the 40X speed increase FueWire offers. The Epson Stylus Photo 2200 has a number of other standout features besides FireWire, including the ability to make prints that will last more than 80 years using proper archival paper. It also features a larger maximum print size than many photo printers at 13x44-inchesand includes an adapter forroU paper. While most photo printers have standard cyan, magenta, yellow, and black inks along with a light cyan and light magenta, the Stylus Photo 2200 adds a

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Onhne sales accelerating, not 'maturing,' BizRate says LDSANGELES—Online retail sales during the first three months of the year

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playback will be extremely jumpy. Using hyper-threading, the processing power required for the separate tasks can be divided up, allowing for smooth performance all amund. Of course, it remains to be seen just how a hyper-threaded processorwill handle multiple instances of simultaneous decoding and encoding. Once we get our hands on the new hyper-threaded Pentium 4 processors, we' ll let you know!

peofiom 4ge(8oo afuse btm As you'd expect. the desktop Pentium 4 keeps getting faster, but this month it does it in two ways. The last Pentium 4 processor we looked at clocked in at 2.4 GHz, and one of the new CPUs docks in at the same frequency. This time out, however, the bus speed has ramped up to 533 MHz, &om 400

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received the upgrade version o f OF6ice:mac v. X fr o m Microsoft so we could evaluate theexperience of upgrading from OSce 200l, as weil as the v.X suite. The upglade sells for US$299 and the full version for US$499. You' re eligible for the special price as long as you have a licensed version of OSce 98, 200l, or any individual pmduct from either suite. If you qualify

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Packaging With most products packaging is not worth mentioning. It protects discs in transit and eventually winds up in the land6IL However, we mention it here because OfEce:mac 200l was brilliant in this respect and v.X is a major step back

OIEce:mac 2001 came in a small round plastic case about the size of standard audio CD case. It had sleeves for the OSce:mac 2001 CD and nine other discs of your choice, Many computer people used this case to carry their system CDs a nd other e mergency tools. O n e Microsoft employee said she used it to carry audio CDs in her car. Either way, it was a brilliant design that took up much

less spaceand didn't wind up in the trash like most software boxes. Fast forward to Oflice:mac v.X, and it' s a different story. Not only is the package a regular-size box containing a single CD, it's a total pain to open. The funky

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launching any of the suite's main apps Inshlla Boa Thankfully, installing OIBce:mac v.X was as easy as200) or any recent Mac software from Microsoft. Simply insert the disc into your Mac; drag the Office:mac v.X folder to your Applications folder: and you' re done. If you want, you can add items 6um the Value Pack folder, the most popular of which are the clipart library, additional fonts, Windows Media Player, and RealBasic player. It's nice to finally see a stable version of Windows

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2001 or Word+Entourage Edition, there is an additional step the first time you launch Entourage it imports all your old messages,addressbook. calendar data,

and preferences. If you are upgrading I'rom Outlook Express, you can also choose to import your mail and settings into Entourage. Both processes worked flawlessly without any data loss.There are import filters for versions of Palm Desktop, Claris Emailer 2, Eudora, Netscape and others, but we only tested the Entourageand Outlook ExpressStars as thoseare the programs we usemost. Once the import is done, your Oflice:mac v.X is fully set up and ready to go. Note: you may want to check the settings and preferences in your upgraded Word, Excel, and PowerPoint before you start working —they may not be as they were in your earlier version.

In tnn OSce:mac v.X is like using 2001, but with a nice aqua interface. People who prefer red the OSce 98 interfaceto 2001, will find v.X to be very similar to 2001. Therehave been some complaintsthat VX seems sluggish on all but the fastest G4s, but this wasnot the case in our use.

Our test machines were a 450 MHz G4 Cube and a 500 MHz G3 PowerBook. Neither qualifies as a top-of-the-line Mac in 2002, but both seemed to run v.X almost as fast as2001 ran in Mac OS 9.1. In addition, v,X is much faster than running 2001 in Classic, so if you' re running 98 or 2001 in the Classic compatibility layer right now, you' ll be pleased with the performance of v,X. We must admit, though, that both test machines had at least 512 MB of RAM, which might account for some of the smooth performance.We've found that often when

people complain about the speed of OS X apps they have less than 256 MB of RAM in their rnachine. We consider 256 MB to be the minimum if you want it to run the way it's designed to. New features iu the OSce V31 suite include multi-selection and clear formatting in Word. customizable keyboard shortcuts and autorecover in Excel, and self-contained file packages and better QuickTime transitions in PowerPoint. All the programs benefit from being rewritten to support OS X features,such asantialiasing and transparency. The transparent graphs and charts in Excel are quite impressive and text in Word looks much

nicer on screen than in the 2001 version. We found no real surprises using Office:mac v.X for several weeks.It's as good as 2001 with the added stability of OS X. None of the suite's programs crashed during our testing and we only ran into one issue we couldn't fix. It seems that once an Excel document has been opened in Excel v.X it cannot be read by Excel 98. Even if you save it back to Excel 98 format it will generate an error when you try to open it in the older version. We had no problem opening V31 6les in 200 1, though. so this seems to be an isolated issue. Another issue we had was not really a bug, just an annoyance. While Entourage 2001 induded Palmsyncsupport, it's missing fmm Entourage VX. Palm Desktop 4.0 for OS X has been releasedbut Entourage will require a software update before it can sync with a Palm. Micmsoft has said to expect the update to amve inlate May or early in June. The free update will also apparently 6x more than 1,000 bugs in the software ,aswellasim proveperformance.

er upgrading if you' restill using OS 9.x or older. If your system is running OS X and you use Office 98 or 2001, we say the upgrade is worth it. Entourage is a great email program, one of the best available for OS X, and the Oflice:mac apps run better in OS X than they do in Classic. However,ifyou're running OS X and don't currently use any version of OSce, the choice is harder. At $750, it's a bit too costly for most home users, who might be better served with a combination of

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AppleWorks6.0 for X ($150) and acommercial email cfiient like Eudora or even the built-in Mail.app. Ifyou have an older Mac like a 233 or 333 MHz iMac or 6rst-generation iBook, you probably don't want to run Officesince ittakesup a greatdealofsystem resources. AppleWorks generally runs better than Office on slower systems,but the trade-olf is that it's just not ascapable a program. For those who want to test drive before they buy. Microsoft has released a trial v ersion o f Of ficenmac v.X. S ee www.miuosoftcom/mar/officer/Otdreg.asp.0

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ment, Steven Guggenheimer, told the crowd about two key new Microsoft technologies, codenamed Freestyle and Mire, both of whichwere introduced at January's Consumer Electronics Show. Freestyle and Mira are designed to work together to help integrate your PC with the rest of your life. Using Freestyle, you can make your PC accessible to other devices around the house, such as your television. "We want to connect multiplePCs together," claimed Gates, "[and) make that power of thePC available wherever you goy Imagine a large-screen high-definition TV sitting in your living room. but connected wirelessly to your local network Now, while you' re watching a television program, your MSN Messenger agent can alert you on the HDTV screen as new messagesare coming in. You can also use that same television screen to accessmultimedia data located

tion to the outside world would allow you to watch a basketball game with your friends virtually: while the game is playing on the screen, your online friends will appearin the corner ofthe screen (or,at the very least an icon representing them) and everyone will be able to provide commentary as the game unfolds, all without anyone having to leave home (or clean up after each other). With Mira comes the ability to wander around your house without losing touch with your PC. The Mira experience involves awirelessmonitor hooked up to your main PC using the Remote Desktop Protocol found in Windows XP Professional. When the monitor is at the PC base station, it receives the video signal via VGA cable and power directly from the wall. Remove the monitor component from the base station, and the video sigContinued on page 76

back on the PC, such as digital photos, MP3 files, or digital video.

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Portage software, called Portage Plus, was introduced. The Portage product manages the connectivity between digital cell phones and handheld or laptop computers; the Plus version works on the company's GSM/GPRS network Neale says Portage Plus wiU make the process of using a ceU phone as a wireless modem much easier for the average user."Most of the new phones going out the door in 2002 havethat capability [for digital messaging and data, and to link with a computing device[," he says, "but it's really only tbe diehards and techies who are currently using ceU phones as wireless modems." Portage Plus will change that, he says. Available for Palm, PocketPC, and Windows platforms, it will simplify the process of connecting a computing device to a cell phone for email, massaging, and Internet surgng. It will allow users to connect to the Rogers network — which now covers an area in

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TORONTO,Ont.— The penetration ofhigh-speed Internet access technologiesin Canadian households has doubled since 2000. accordingto a new reportthat says some 48 percent of all onlineCanadian adultswho connect from home now use digital

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launched two or three years behind broadband offerings firom many cable TV companies, now links 42 percent of all highspeed Internet user, compared to just 29 percent in Narch of 2000. The latest edibon of the Arm's quarterly Canadian Interactive Reidreport notesthat U.S.broadband access is pegged atjust about21 percent ofaU at-home users.

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CrossGeneration Comics (CrossGen), the Internet is the perfect format for presenting animation. And at US$1 a month, he believes people wil sign up. Alessi is familiar with bucking long odds, having started his publishing company just over two years ago in the middle of a downward spiral for the industry. "Comics were decreasing as a business. There was a shrinking audience, the cost of comic books was rising and the book stores that sold them were dosing," he said. "But we built CrossGen into the fourth largest publisher in two

and a half years." The secret to CrossGen's success, Alessi said, was to go away from the stapleofcomic books foryears— thesuper hero. He said super heroes are "narrowband," and only appeal to a limited audience. He wanted a product that would appeal to the mainstream, so he built 13 titles across eight genres. The genres include science fiction, fantasy, mystery, Samurai epic and historical fantasy. By bringing CrossGen's stable of stories to the Internet, Alessi said he is applying the same principle —appeal to the broadest possible audience. "We launched five weeks ago with a smndard, low-bandwidth option so anyone can read our comics," he said. "In two weeks, we wiB add a high-bandwidth option for people with fast connections." Tony Panacc(o. CrossGen's vice president of p roduct development, said

Comics on the Web ( www.comicsontbeweb.com) launched a s 1,500 pages of content from about 70 issues. He said the technology behind it is al Flash, to reach as many people as possible. "We are partnering with portals, because those are the places where peo-

ple already are going," said Panaccio. "We are not trying to drive people to our site." CrossGen signed early deals with Youtopia.corn, a p o rtal fo r y oung women and teens, plus various niche comic book portals. But Panaccio said the company's agreement with Lycos gave it credibility. Lycos made Comics on the Web one of the featured products in its Angelfire

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'Cyberchondriacs' abound on the Web Harris poll ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Some 110 million people in the U.S.— four out of fi ve Internet users —take their health care questi ons to the Web, most of them using search engines or portals, Harris Interactive said mcently.

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U.K.suggeststhatschoolyard bull ieshave gonehigh-tech, with nearly a quarter of chil dren surveyed saying that they had been the victim of threats delivered elec-

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source," the organization said in a press release. "They' re either not telling anyone

haras sed in emailmessages,NCH said. "Online bullying is a modern menace which needs to be addressed," said John Carr, associate director of NCH's Children

and suffering in silence, or are confiding in people who themselvesdon't know how to deal with it effectively,"

and Technology Unit. "If we want our children to benefit from all the good

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and mobile phone companies should be prepared to deal with complaints about electronic' bullying and should offer advice on prevention and reporting to its

things [Information technology] has to offer, we need to protect them from the risks it poses."

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specifically associated with the Internet." with mobile and other new forms of Web P 3P works automatically with an access." enabled Web browser to alert consumers Ari Schwartz, associate director of the when thebrowser encounters an online Centerfor Democracy and Technology, privacy policy that does not meet a user's agrees with that assessment. "We think that it's the first step toward presel ected preferences.Thosepreferences arechosen from a form designed like a the idea of clear notice and machine multiple-choice quiz. Answers received by readable notice, and we feel that it's an the program then are used to measure a important piece of protecting privacy," user's privacy preferences when a privacy he saiIL "But it's not the whole ball game, policy is conhonted online. I guess you could say." P3P was developed in a joint effort Schwartz said he understands and involving industry and privacy groups agrees with many of the concerns of P3P including A O L , He wlett-Packard, opponents like EPIC. But he said much Microsoft, PrivacyBank and the Center of their opposition is based on an forDemocracy and Technology,among assumption that P3P is meant as a Web many others. privacy "panacea," when it really isn' t. "The fact that the Web now has a stanThere is much more to be done, he dard language for describing privacy said, but recommending PSP was aneedpractices will enable a new level of trans- ed first step. "We' re not going to solve parency in Web-based interactions," said privaqr issues by having a single answer," Daniel J. Weitzner, technology and socie- he said. "It's going to take a whole range ty domain leader at W3C, who was quotof answers." ed in the consortimn's written statement. Representatives of EPIC did not return "The added facility for dealing with pricalls for comment by press time. vacy issues wiB be especially important —¹wsbytes

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gridbag layout positioned pr nperland no code had been written. In )Builder's Design mode we were able to lay out the applet in five minutes. The second change was to switch from Swing's JList component to AWT's List. Swing's JList is really intended for com-

plex OUI apps. For example, it supports lists that have icons or images. It will accommodate Strings, but not as easily as the AWT List. In general, the AWT components are simpler to prograin than their Swing counterparts. So, stick with them unless you have toswitch for greater functionality.

Theannokaleddnagistlava program Conceptually, the program is fairly simple. It has one class duallist that extends the predefinedAppler dass.Note that we have to import the awt and awt.event classes as weU as swing and applet. The last import, cam.borlandjbcl.layout."; was inserted automatically by )Builder when we chose to use the much simpler XYLayout rather than the various grid and gridbag layouts. ln fact most of the code in the program was automatically generated by Borland's JBuilder at startup and design of the applet screen. To illustrate this, we have bolded the code that was handwritten (most of it will be in the next installment of the Java Tutorials, "AWT and Swing windowing: Part 3,"in the July issue of TCP). JBuilder • i

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having thoseholds Sled by thetime you needed to turn a paper in. Combined with my interest in computing, I sort of saw a solution on one hand

and a problem on the other. I thought. "Well, this could be an interesting area to get into." And that's what got me started. At the end of the Library Tech diploma, I had a practicum, which I did with MacDonald Dettwiler. I chose someplace that was technology-oriented. That turned into a part-time job. Eventually a

job here at RPL came up. I had been through here on a tour when I was in the

Library Techprogram, andwasimpressed with the interest in technology that was

expressed here, [whichj I didn't see in very many libraries. I got that job, aud have been here most of the time since. I worked in reference for two or three years, and then I quit and worked for a library automation company, in tech support, for about a year. That job got moved

to Monterey [Canfj, though, and at that point it wasn't practical for me to move, so I stayed and I came back to RPL I worked in reference for a while longer. I'd been involved in computer projects right &om the start. Since I was dealing with periodicals, we needed a database that we'd use to manage the

periodicalsand an thecheck-ins... so I set that up. Then I got involved in computersto be used on the reference desk— I used terminal emulation software initially,then lusedASAM,which wasa popular textdatabase at the time — to create hypertext databases. like a newspaper index or vertical nle. There [werej probably about IO databases like that that I created, so management here was really aware that I was interested in doing the computing sorts of things. Around 1993, I was moved into the computer department, and that was actually really good timing, because we were just getting into local area networking, then a year or two after that the Internet hit. I was really involved in set-

ting up what was initially a Mac-based network, then getting involved in all the

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I worked in the computer department for about seven yeats, and was then asked to manage the reference department This kind of came as a surprise to me because it wasn't a job I thought I wasqualified for. But the intent there was that I work with the librarians in the mference department to do a lot of the technologywrlented things wtu«h would be on our Web site. We wanted to get more people

the existing site. I'm working on the database that has an the URLs on the old site. We need to decide which things are going to be converted and which things are going to be discarded, moved, or otherwise changed, and then [we'llj use that database to manage the pmject. We' ll have about four people that are

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That's just a &action, actually, of the Web site, because we also have theRichmond Review online, which we' vehad up there since about '95. Once you include those pages, there's about 13,000 pages on our site. It's a lot to cope with We had another brief meeting this

acquire the technical skills to do that. That was really the idea behind putting me in the reference department, so that brings me to here. I' ve just been doing that for about a year and a half. TCPI Tell me about your typical workday. MB When I get in in the morning, I have to deal with any crises that are around people calling in sick or not being available... I have to make sure that our service desks are covered. That's not one of the favourite parts of my job. Then al'ter that it's very nexible. It really just depends on what's going on. To take today as an example, we' re in the processof putting up a new Web site, and we have to convert the content &om

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[Previously], people who were planning on applying for citizenship would come in and they wanted information on what sorts of questions they would be asked... and we'd hand out booklets of those questions and answers. It seemed like potentially a great Web application. I created a database and put a PERL fioat end on it. and thought, maybe we' ll get 500 requests a month, and that will have been worthwhile. Well, now it runs like 150,000 requests a month —even the ffrst month it was 10,000 or 12,000-

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which was just astounding. When you think about it, there'speople aff acmss Canada doing this, and it just grew I'rom there, people built links to it and they told their &lends and soon. We saved ourselves a little bit of work, we madea usefulservice to Richmondwhich we' re directly accountable toand we also created a service that was great for people aff acrossthe country. There have been other things like that: we fogowed that with a practice driving t«st, and that's been up to about 100,000 requests a month aswell; there are things like creating authentication for online databases—the new Web site will use quite a bit of personalization. There's ag kinds of potential in terms

of what people will be looking for and delivering it, say. based on their age or theirlanguage preference.That' sdeff nitely the most interesting part of my job. TCP: What percentageof your membershipuses the Web-based service? MU: It's hard to say. With personalization we' ll get a better idea becausewell be asking people increasingly to log onto the site, sowe'll know that they' re a Ridunond patron. The population of Richmond is

about 160.000. and we have about 70,000 distinct users per month. A large pmportion of thosewill be outside of Richmond, so we don't know what pmportion is inside and which is outside at this stage.

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thing published byO'Reiffy. Those are the main things. I don't tend to do much in the way of continuing education courses. I do that almost entirely on my own. It's a much more efficient use of my time and I get the knowledge that I need when I need it.

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