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64 Moving on upASPs offer large enterpnse tools to smail businesses
64 Retailers urged to look beyond onbne profits
70 How private? Not veryFree tool assesses e-commerce Web site privacy Practices
77 Projections muddying future of m-commerce, study finds12 What's New
58 SoftQuad fits into Coral's cross-media publishing plan
78 Battle of the Internet boxes
80 Handheld or hands-free, cell phones stymie drivers
83 Half a billion people online, survey says
16 Connectivity state of the unionTCP looks at Biuetootb, FireWire, Wi-Fi, liSB Hi-Speed
90 Linux browser wars
90 Weaving your own Web site: Dynamic Web pages using PHP
90 People change once they go broadband
97 Domain dispute fast track 'biased'Coming up
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26 Hands on IEEE 1394 (FireWire)
62 Connectivity information sites
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reversal of fortunes is laid out dailyin black and white — and in manycases, ledger-shocking red. As Iwrite this in the dying days of summer, I' ve just read that mail-orderPC vendor Gateway is retreatingfiom Asia and may also exit fromEurope later this year. I' ve also read
that former handheld darlings, Palm and Handspring, arejust shadows of what they were a year ago, at least as far asstock values are concerned. And on it goes.
From a business perspective, the outlook remains grim.But research and development goes on, and technologyusers expect that there will be another next big thing.Figuring out where it wifi come &om is the challenge. Oneplace to look is th'e Intel Developers Forum. Since 1999,the company has handed out Intel Innovative PC Awardsto companies whose products make PCs easier to use.
Some would argue that you can't use "PC" and "easy touse" in the same sentence, and there are days when evenTClvs most seasoned pmduct testers would agree. So wetend to appmach claims of such innovation warily. Youcan check out the winners on Intel's site (www.intel.com),but I was generally underwhelmed by what I read.For example, among the noteworthy features of one of
the winners was "an easy-to-find on/off switch." Well,duh. Another notebook's standby and hibernation features were deemed to be praiseworthy. Several years ago, Ihad a 486 notebook &om the same manufacturer that hadbulletproof hibernation — so what's the big deal?
To be fair. there were some interesting implementationsthat one could legitimately call advancements in ease ofuses built-in wireless networking, FireWire ports andtool-less cases and expansion slots. These appeal to smallsubsets of computer users, but if you fit the profile, you' lllike the innovation. Tool-less cases, for example, meanbeing able to open up the PC and add or remove expansion cards without having to remove or add a bunch ofscrews every time. And FireWire is the essential port for
anyone working in digital video.I became a true believer of FireWire when I took a DV
camcorder on vacation this summer. On returning home,I simply connected a cable between the FireWire ports ofthe camcorder and a DV iMac, fired up the iMovie software (included with the «omputer), and was editing thevideo minutes later — it really was that simple (the artistryof movie making itself is, of course, another matter).
The irony of proclaiming the novelty of FireWire in2001 will not be lost on our Mac readers, who can rightlypoint out that FireWire has been a standard feature on acouple of generations of Macs, and that it's Apple's technology in the first place. But I digress...
One PC that didn't make it on the Innovative PCAwards list, but which was presented as a concept designat the Developers Forum was the Taishan, jointly developed by Intel and Legend Holdings. This concept PCaddresses a concern that has been discussed in our Letterscolumn for the past few issues — noisy computers.
The announcement of the Taishan was actually sent tous by Seagate. whose contribution to the project is thehard drive. Seagate says its Barracuda ATA IV drives areequipped with fluid dynamic bearing motors, whichmake them "virtually silent." The Taishan also uses cooling fans that are designed to operate quietly.
Overall. the concept design includes a few other interesting advancements, such as USB 2.0 and a notebookcomputer-like low-power sleep mode, making it availablemore quickly than if it were shut completely off.
No FbeWire in the Taishan, though, and this illustratesthe dilemmas and potential traps facing mainstream PCdesigners. If you are building for volume, USB 2.0 is theway to go. Most peripheralswifi eventually support theupdated USB spec — manymore than wifi ever support FireWire.
Yet FireWire is firmlyentrenched in digital video,and is an emerging standard for digital still cameras too. Sony is one of the
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But FireWire is just one example — you can find othersub-groups of PC users with specialized needs for soundor video or storage waiting to be served. PC makers maywant to dismiss niche customers, but they may discoverthat tomorrow's PC game is nothing but niche customers.
Feadbadt pleaseAnd speaking of trying to figure out what the customerwants: in the fall, we assess what we' ve accompfished atThe Computer Paper during the year, and begin to develop next year's game plan. Asking readers what they thinkhas been a central part of that planning for many years.We held some focus groups a few weeks ago, and you mayhave noticed invitations to fifi out a readership questionnaire, which can be found on our Web site (www.canadacomputes,mm).
I would also invite you to email me directly with suggestions for themes, issues, or specific topics you'd like tosee covered on the pages of The Cmuputer Paper next year.We can't be afi things to afi people, but I think we' vemaintained a pretty good track record of covering topicsmany of you find useful and interesting. Readers giving usa gentle prod in one direction or the other has been animportant part of our planning, so let us know whatyou' re thinking.
Enjoy the issueDavid Tanaka, Editor
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Megan Johnston's editorial was certainlytimely considering the vast numbers ofcomputers which become obsolete soquickly these days.
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Since it's difficult to find a user or torecycle many old computers, there's another solution which Ms. Johnston did notmention. There are dozens (if not hundreds)of computer collectors who display theirobsolete products on Internet Web pages.Many show photographs of their collections, which are housed in basements andgarages, and they often solirit additions totheir collecfions. Perhaps these computermuseum entrepreneurs would be happy tohave more donations.
George Ounbar
I' ve just read your article, "Out with theOld," in the September issue. You mentionin your article that complete 486 systemsare thrown away in most cases; to someonewho has never owned or used a computerthings happening too quickly can be frightening.
If people were more aware that people intheir own community needed a computerfor simple learning, they would think twicebefore throwing away a perfectly good system even if itis a 486.
Franco Gaetan
Uozs't forget the limn PUAIn Septembefs Lab Report (see "Hand tohand combat" ), you looked at handheldPDAs. In "The rest of the universe" section,the BlackBerry and Psion were mentioned.There's one more that should have been inthat section. I saw an ad in a recent Linuxmagazine for an Agenda VR3 PDA. The operating system is Linux. It's available atAgenda's Web site: wwwagendzcompulingzomfor US$249.Even considering the exchange rate, this
seems quite a bit less expensive than theother products in the review. That makesone wonder about the cost of the operatingsystems for the other products. Anyway,hopefully this model will be reviewed in anupcoming edition of The Computer Poper.
Rod Davidson
TCP replies: Yes, we' re quite familiar with theAgenda — we sow it ot Fall Comdax in Losyegos o season or two ogo. We' ve yet toobtain o Aevlew unit, but when we do, we' llcertainly be writing about it.
Incidentally, we did not mean to deemphasize the significance of either theBluckgeny or the Psion. We recognize thatPsion hod o mature ond stable Pmduct whenWindows CE wos still teething. And until ocouple of years ogo, one of our contributingeditors, through his connection with Psion inEngland, always hod odvonce knowledgeabout products thot were in the pipeline.Vnfortunotely, Ps(on never seemed to catchon in North Amen'ca.
And with the BlockBeny, we om olmostembarrassed by the enthusiastic coveragewe' ve given it over the post year. We still
love it, und o couple of editors hove plunkeddown their hord-earned cosh for them.I I
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Now Creative has saved everyone thetrouble by issuing a 20 GB version of theJukebox (and, in the process, savingpeople from having to void their warranties). The new player is otherwise thesame as the original — about the samesize as a portable CD player, with powerprovided by four induded rechargeableAA batteries.Out of the box, the 20 GB Jukebox
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Eastman Kodak (www kodak.corn) hasexpanded its Easyghare family with theaddition of three new digital cameras:the DX3900 Zoom, DX3700, and OX3215Zoom.
The DX3900 Zoom features 3.1megapixel maximum resolution. 6X zoomcapability (2X optical, 3X digital), and achoice of automatic and manual settings.It ships with an 8 MB CompactRash (CF)card.The DX3700 has a 3X digital zooin and
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Kodak has also announced new accessories for the EasyShare family. TheKodak EasyShare Travel Kit includes anNi-MH rechargeable battery pack, rapidcharger, camera bag, and interchangeable power clips for internationaltravel(110 to 240 volt). The travel kit has asuggested price of US$39.95. The rapidcharger, which can refuel the batterypack in about 2.5 hours, is availableseparately for a suggested price ofUS$34.95.
Arkon Networks (www.myparafone.com) hasreleased t h e P arafone CordlessTelephone Springboard — a module forthe Handspring Visor PDAs.Attached to the Springboard slot on a
Visor, the Parafone acts as a cordlessphone but provides access to all thenumbers stored in the handheld'saddress book. Users simply highlight acontact's phone number and tap on thedial button to make a calL Users canalso take advantage of services such ascaller ID, conference calling, and calltracking using this device.The Parafone package includes the
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Fujitsu Canada (www fujilsu.ca) has introduced a new line of 2.5-inch mobile harddrives, the MHN2xxx series, available in10, 15, 20, and 30 GB capaciUes. Allcome with an UltraATA/100 interface,4,200 rpm spindle speed, and a 2 MBbuffer. The new drives are among thefirst to have a non-operating shock tolerance of 000 G. The drives have a maximum internal transfer rate if 30.7MBps,making them well-suited for intensivemobile computing applications.
— FCP Staff
Adobe Systems (www.adobe.corn) hasannounced plans to open access to theCommunity 5erver source code and protocol for Adobe Atmosphere. Accordingto the company, this open access willgive developers a powerful platform forcreation and customization of immersive, interactive 3D online communities — including art galleries, museums,automobile showrooms, and spaceexploration.Atmosphere is a complete system for
creating interconnected and populated3D immersive environments. The platform currently includes AtmosphereBuilder (the world authoring tool),Atmosphere Player, (a Web browser piugin), and Atmosphere Community Server(which enables real-time interaction in ashared immersive 3D Web environment).
First avai4ible as a public beta releasein March, there have been more than700,000 downloads of Atmosphere, andmore than 1.200 unique worlds are nowonline and community-enabled, according to Adobe."In the early days of the Worid Wide
Web, the open release of the source codefor the Apache server allowed the 2DWeb to rapidly grow to include a diversity of sites and services," said MichaelKaplan, senior engineering manager forAdobe Atmosphere. "We expect therelease of the Atmosphere protocol andavailability of the server source code tosimilarly help expand the size and diversity of the Atmosphere universe of interconnected and populated immersivespaces."The Atmosphere Open Server is
expected to be available for downioadthis faiL The free Atmosphere PublicBeta is currently available for downloadat Adobe's site.
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Two of these options are wireless andtwo are not. Two are aimed at traditional"desktop computing" applications, whilethe other two are coming from a consumer electronics angle, pushing us closertowards that "convergence" we keep hearing about. Below is an easy way to categorize these four connectivity options.
reach Wired Wirelesspersonal mmConsumer eledranirs F ireWire Bluetooth
Here's how each of these technologiesstacks up.
USB Xa"From a marketing perspective, it's brilliant," sums up Pamela Schure, desktopmarketing manager with Adaptec Inc.(wwwathptec.corn) Schure predicts that consumers will perceive USB 2.0 as theinevitable upgrade from the ubiquitousUSB 1.1 interface.
And why not? USB is now built intoevery PC and Macintosh. Just about allnew peripherals support it, from printersto digital cameras, and from LAlqadapters to CD-R burners.
Don Cameron, marketing communications manager with Epson Canada(www.epson.com) notes that the company'scheapest inkjet printer, selling for $69, is aVSB-only device.
The problem with USB 1.1 is that it' sjust not quite fast enon@. with a "raw"speed of 12 Mbps (megabits per second),which must be shared between all theinstalled peripherals.
Belkin Components (www.belklo.com) hasaddressed this issue to some extent withits USB 4-Port PCI Card with QuadraBusTechnology (US$59.95), which providesfour independent USB channels, all capable of operating simultaneously at the full12 Mbps capacity. This looks like a great
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However, the ultimate solution is a newspecification. USB 2.0. which was olfirially announced back in April 2000 withexplicit support f rom Mi crosol't(waw.mieroso(tcs), Compaq (www compaq.ca).Hewlett-Packard (wwwhp.cs), Lucent(www luceatm), Philips (wwwphillpssom), andNEC (www.ames). USB 2.0 ofFers a datarate of 480 Mbps, making it about 40times faster than USB 1.1.
Equally important, the isochronoustransfer rate jumps from about I Mbps to24 Mbps. That's the speed available fortiming-critical information, such asstreaming audio or video.
VSB 2.0 has been available since earlythis year, in the form of PCI upgradecards. However, adoption was somewhatdelayed as everyone waited for Microsoftto ship its Windows drivers, and companies such as Orange Micro (wwworangemioo.com) and Adaptec became impatient
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enough to brew up their own drivers.Belkin was also promising a solution bythe end of summer.
Microsoft cited the lack of USB 2.0devices for testing as the reason for thedelay. However, beta drivers were seeinglimited distribution in August, and finaldrivers should be available by the timethis article appears in print.
Microsoft has stated that it won't besupporting USB 2.0 on versions ofWindows prior to Windows Me. However.card vendors are expected to SB this void,so you should, ultimately, be able to runUSB 2.0 on any system that now handles
lason Ziller, technology initiatives manager at Intel (www.intel.rs) and current chairman of the USB Implementers Forum,reports that all Intel motherboards sinceearly this year have had space for a USB 2.0chip, although the first boards with thischip in place probably won't actuallyappear until late this year. More significantly, Intel intends to incorporate USB2.0 into its own basic chipsets by 2002.
Peripheral devices exploiting USB 2.0have been trickling slowly into the market. In May, QPS Inc. (wwwqps-inccom/)announced the Que! USB 2.0 Bxgx32
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Although the shift from USB 1.1 to USB2.0 looks like a no-brainer, there is somepotential for confusion during the transition. The USB hnplementers Forum hastaken steps to forestall this. The nomendamre has been amended, with USB 1.1now officially referred to as USB BasicSpeed, while the new VSB 2.0 becomesUSB Hi-Speed.
Also, there are now distinct logos forthe two standards, USB 2.0 being distinguished by a red Sash bearing the wordsHi-Speed. Use of these logos will requirecompliance testing, which should have theside efFect of eliminating the occasionalglitches seen with VSB 1.1. such as havingone device disappear when you pluganother one in.
There are several technical issues thatusers will need to be aware of during thetransition. First, USB 1.1 devices willwork on VSB 2.0 ports; however, theywon't see any performance benefit.Secondly, while USB 1.1 cables shouldwork just fine with USB 2.0, many existing cables are not really up to the originalstandard. (This may be one reason all USB2.0 adapters currently seem to include acable.) And third, while USB 2.0 devicesshould work with USB 1.1 hubs, they willdo so only at the old speed.
Finally, as Mark Freeman, productmanager at Belkin Components, pointsout. USB 2.0 does pose some new designchallenges. "In high-speed interfaces it' seasy to mess up the circ'uit board," heexplains. So it might be worth stickingwith the brand-name cards, at least untilthe technology has a chance to mature.
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increasingly signi6cant.Confusion over the name certainly
doesn't help. The technology was originally developed by Apple (www apple.a) underthe name FireWire. but then released as amore general standard by the IEEE(Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers lnc.). Meanwhile, Sony adoptedit under the name i.Link — a name thathas, reportedly, become popular in Japan.
Confusion and overlap with USB 2.0 isa more serious issue. Both standards allowplug-and-play with hot-pluggable connection and disconnection of peripherals
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(i.e., without powering anything downwhen adding a new device). Both allowdaisy-chaining of multiple devices on asingle port.
Digital video is the one keydesktop application that's like
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Until about two years ago, USB waspitched as a low-speed, low-cost connection, and it was widely believed that IEEE1394 would dominate wlfere higherthmughput was required. However, theUSB hnplementers Forum endowed USB2.0 with specs that clearly overlap those of
Digital video is the one key desktopapplication that's likely to stay with IREE1394. The interface is said to be more eiEcient at moving huge volumes of datawhile pladng less load on your computer's CPU. Also, it can connect devicespeer-to-peer. with no computer in theloop. And, most importantly. the majorcamcorder manufacturers really like itThe performance advantage seems to
be real, but opinions vary as to its significance. For example, Adaptec's Schure conBrms that VSB 2.0 will probably be fasterwhen accessing a single disk drive, butthat for two or more drives, "FireWireblows USB 2.0 away."
However, John Hamer, product manager for personal storage products at MaxtorCorp., doesn't feel as strongly, stating that"there's no noticeable difference in use."
IEEE 1394 boosters also suggest thatUSB 2.0 places a much heavier load on thecomputer's CPU. However, Intel's JasonZiller dismisses this view, stating that USB2.0 won't consume more than about 10percent of the processor's capacity. "Withtoday's pmcessors it's not an issue," he says.
In any case, while IEEE 1394 is beingstrongly supported by the consumer electronics industry, espedally for applications such as digital video, there's noshortage of IEEE 1394 desktop peripherals. You' ll 6nd bard drives from majormakers, such as Maxtor, scanners andprinters kom Epson, and scads of opticaldrives, including CD-RW, DVD andDVD-RAM types. (It's interesting to notethat Microsoft already supports bootingof Windows 2000 and Xp from IEEE 1394drives.)
And while VSB is on practically everyPC (and Mac) motherboard, IEEE 1394 ismaking headway there too. For example,AOpen Inc. (wwwaopen.com) has severalmotherboards with IEEE 1394 built in,including the AXSSP-1394. and ASUSTeKComputer Inc. (www.asus.com) has the P3B1394 with a Texas Instruments 1394 chipon board. Of course, there are also PCIbased IREE 1394 cards from nuineious
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Over time, IEEE 1394 could gainground on USB 2.0. This spring, the 1394Trade Association rolled out the 1394bspec (also referred to as "gigabit 1394
N),which will extend the standard first to 800Mbps, then to 135 Gbps, and eventually to3.2 Gbps using optical fiber. The 1394Trade Association had predicted that 800Mbps devices would start to appear thissummer, but it seems unlikely we' ll seesignificant retail product before ne)G year.
Of course, if there's a need for this kindof speed, USB will undoubtedly evolve as
well. Ziller perhaps sums up the situationbest. in saying:
NOur belief is that USB 2.0and FITCWire are both important connections, and will coexist in consumer systems."
IME 802.11 High Rate ONi-FoEven as USB 2.0 and IEEE 1394 takeperipheral connectivity to the next level,IEEE 802.11 is set to revolutionize the waycomputers connect to each other.
If the numeric designation seemsobscure, it may help to note that standardEthernet is also known as IEEE 802.3.Obviously, 802.11 is an extension within
the same family of specs, the big difference being that it's wireless.
Although 802.11 hardware currently costs substantially morethan commodity-priced
Ethernet gear, it does awaywith the enormous cost of
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The implications are far-reaching. IEEE802.11 will allow roaming users to be partof the network Boardrooms can allowanyone with a notebook to be hooked in,and classmoms full of students can beconnected to the teacher and to theInternet.
Wireless is also cheaper. Although802.11 hardware currently costs substantially more than commodity-pricedEthernet gear, it does away with the enor
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To allay security concerns, IEEE 802.11includes Wired Equivalent Pr ivacy(WEP), a data encryption pmtocol thatuses electroni«keys for each user. Nothingis completely hacker-proof, but 802.11shouldn't be any easier to penetrate than aconventional Ethernet LAN.
Ironically, the major fly in the ointmentis Bluetooth, the other new wireless standard. In what seems like a masterstroke ofbad planning, IEEE 802.11 and Bluetoothboth use the same range of frequencies inthe 2.4 GHz unlicensed radio band. Theresult is not likely to be a catastmphic lossof data, but a significant slowdown in network performance is quite possible.
The magnitude of the problem isuncertain at this point. For example, astudy by Intersil Corp. states that 802.11networks "show good reliability even in afairly dense environment" of Bluetoothtransmissions and that performance suffers relatively "graceful" degradation evenin extreme situations. It seems thatBluetooth performance will probably beeven less atfected.
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prising that USB 2.0 peripherals wererather hard to come by. However, we didhave a look at two of the early PCI-basedUSB 2.0 cards, and learned somethingabout how this technology is likely to roll
The Belkin FSU220 PCI Card was themore functional of the two, featuring fourUSB 2.0 portsexternally accessible on itsbackplate, plus one internal port. It's asmall, simple and very clean-looking cardbuilt around a single NEC chip.
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The Adaptec US82connect AUA-3100LPis also NEC-based, and is even smaller butwith just three external ports and oneinternal port. However, it had the significant advantage of being supported byAdaptec's own version 1.0 driver for fullUSB 2.0 operation.
Both cards installed easily enough, butcame up with the same Windows dialogueon boot up, asking where to look for drivers. The recommended install for both wasto click on the "don't install" option. Thisleaves the interface highlighted with ayellow exclamation mark in WindowsDevice Manager, but surprisingly doesallow it to function in USB 1.x mode. Wehad no trouble hot-plugging existing USBdevices.Although the Adaptec USB2connect
included a CD-ROM, it only containedvague documentation. The actual driverwas available on the Adaptec Web site,however. It installed easily using the standard Windows Update Driver pmcedure,accessed by selecting the card's Propertiesin Device Manager.And that's about as far as we got... for
now. Both cards looked good and workedwelt, within our ability to test. Our expec
Hands on USB 2.0tation is that USB 2.0 will be an easyupgrade for existing systems.
In the wings .Other US82 upgrades are appearing rapidly. For example, Adaptec has already introduced the USB2connect S100, a six-port(five external and one internal ) PCI card.A minor limitation to this device, however, is that apparently only five ports canoperate at once. (Of course, heavy userscan always use external hubs, althoughthey' ll need new models that support USB2.0.)
Most interesting of a l l was t heOrangeLink+ PCI card, fmm Orange MicroInc., which features fisur USB 2.0 ports(three external and one internal) plusthree IEEE 1394 ports.
This looks like the way of the future forpower users who want to be able to connect to anything that comes along. We' dexpect to see more cards with a similarconfiguration coming from other vendors.
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802.11a (because it comes from a projectthat actually began first). IEEE 802.11anot only works in a different range of frequencies. in the 5 GHz band. it's also up tofive times faster, topping out at 54 Mbps.
Scott McLaughlin, ne tworkingspokesperson at Intel, predicts that IEEE802.11a products should start appearingbefore the end of the year. However, herecommends that users with averagethroughput requirements don't need tohold out. "If you don't need the high performance of 802.11a, 802.lib is going tobe fine," he says. "There's going to be a lifefor both products."
Fortunately, the transition from onestandard to the other should be fairlypainless, a "phased network migration"much like the recent move I'rom 10 Mbpsto 100 lvfirps Ethernet. It will be easy tomix the two standards, pmviding extraperformance where it's most needed.Expect to see "dual mode" access points,which will connect roaming devices usingeither version.
And, in fact. the upcoming transition to802.11a doesn't seem to be holding backadoption of 802.11b. For example, EricJohnson, wireless practice executive withIBM Global Services, reports that IBM'snew lab building in Markham, Onto
which houses more than 1,200employees, was designed fromthe ground up to be completelywireless.
Johnson also n otes thatStarbucks has been implementing 802.11 on a test basis in itscoffee shops, making them moreanractive to business people onthe go. Clearly, the day of ubiquitous networking is not far offi
SluafoogtOf all the new connectivity technologies, the oddest by far isBluetooth. It's intended for anentirely new kind of application:the Personal Area Network(PAN), a sort of aura of connectivity that follows you whereveryou go.
Bluetooth allows up to eightdevices (potentially seven slavesand a master) within a 10 mradius to form a "piconet.n Thesecan be linked together into everchanging "scatternets."
Although both Bluetooth andIEEE 802.11 are wireless. there' ssurprisingly little overlap in theirapplications. IEEE 802.11 provides a persistent connection and
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A significant turning point came in March,viith Intel's decision to rely on IEEE 802.11 forthe future of its WLAN line. The company willcontinue to sell and support its existingAnyPoint HomeRF products, but Intel clearlythinks the future belongs to 802.11.
HcmeRF products currently enjoy a priceadvantage, but that gap is doomed to narrowquickly, with IEEE 802.11 chipsets being more
sweep the field in wireless networking.However, it should Rot be forgotten that
there's still another competing standard outthere. Until recently, HomeRF has been thepredominant basis for consumer-focused networking products.The tide has largely turned against HomeRF.
In the business world, IEEE 802.11 is alreadydose to a sure thing. That's going tc drivecosts down in the consumer market as welL It' salso going to make 802.11 desirable from thepoint of view of compatibility.
HomeRF products currently enjoya price advantage, but that gapis doomed to narrow quickly.
Right now, IEEE 802.11 seems poised to
What about HomeRF?integrated and production volumes escalating.The HcmeRF Working Group Inc. (www.hcme
rf.crg) also touts the technology's extra supportfor streaming applications and ability to canymultiple voice connections. These featurescould certainly give HomeRF an edge for homeoriented convergence applications... if anyactually materialize soon enough to matter.However, given the current rate of adoption onthese technologies, this seems unlikely.
On the downside, HomeRF is still relativelyslow. For example, Intel's AnyPoint WirelessHome Network runs at just 1.6 Mbps. HomeRF2.0 is on the way, with 10 Mbps speed, andmore promised, but this may be too little, toolate.Bottom line: for a self-contained home net
work, HomeRF remains a perfectly valid solution. However, from a longer-term perspective,it might be better to splurge a bit more to getprofessional IEEE 802.11 equipment, or even towait for lower-priced consumer products basedon the 802.11 standard.Of course, things can change quickly, and
HomeRF could be one kiler product away froma comeback, if only in its intended consumeroriented niche. We' ll know soon enough.
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Where the applications for IEEE 802. l lare fairly obvious, Bluetooth is a wildcard.Ask three people about the potential forBluetooth, and you' ll be reminded of theold fable about the blind men and the elephant. Cell phone makers have one view;PC users another; consumer electronicstypes yet another.
A perfect example of a Bluetooth application would be a cordless headphone foryour cell phone or portable MP3 player.But how about a vending machine thatcan charge a can of pop to your cell phoneaccount>
There are more mundane computingapplications as well. For starters, Bluetooth will almost certainly replace existinginfrared (IR) technology. In October,Hewlett-Packard will ship its grat Bluetoothenabled printer, the DeskJet 995c. Thiswould make it much easier to wirelesslysend Blas to a printer &om a notebook orhandheld than the previous IR ports.
Yet another type of applicahon forBluetooth might be to finally eliminatethat tangle of wires behind your PC.Mouse. keyboard, and other simple devicescould easily connect via Bluetooth.
Bluetooth performance currently topsout at 721 Kbps, less than one tenth ofIREE 802.11 or USB 1.1, but su%cient forthe intended applications. For instance,according to Michael McAvoy. HP category business manager for consumer printing, the Desk)et 995c has a rated printspeed of 17 pages per minute (ppm) inblack via USB and l 6.5 ppm via Bluetooth.
As of this summer, Bluetooth deviceswere stil l p retty scarce: Ericsson(http//www erirsson,com/) — the company thatstarted the whole movement — unveiled athe T36, a phone that uses Bluetooth tocommunicate with the wireless headset,and IBM released a Bluetooth PC Card forits notebooks.
As of mid-August, the oificial BluetoothWeb site (www.bluetoath.com) listed almost30 pages of products, but most wereBluetooth adapters, support software, ordeveloper tools. (In case you' re wondering, the site also explains that the nameBluetooth derives from King HaraldBlatand, literally "blue tooth," who unifiedDenmark and Norway.)
This dearth of retail products is probably just the calm before the storm. Themomentum behind Bluetooth is such thatwidespread adoption seems a certainty.With real-world devices being announcedlater this year, it looks like 2002 should bethe year we all get bit by Bluetooth. CI
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The good news is that they all installedpainlessly and w orked smoothly.However, we did find some distinctionsthat are worth watching out lbr.
The DFW-500 FireWire Adapter Cardfrom D-Link Systems Inc. and DVpicsAFW-4300DV from Adaptec Inc. turnedout to be virtually identical, both basedon the same two Texas Instruments chips.and both offering three external ports.The F5U008-PC FireWire/USB Combo Cardfram Begin Components is slightly different, having two external USB ports, twoexternal IEEE 1394 ports, and one internal IEEE 1394 port.
However, all three cards installedeffortlessly on our Windows 2000 testsystems, without even the usual plugand-play routine. Insert the card, andwhen the system is powered up, the newi nterface magically appears in t heWindows Device Manager listing, withoutdisplaying so much as a dialogue box totet( you about it.
The big application for IEEE 1394 isdigital video, so thaYs what we used totest the cards. We obtained a 2825NCDigital Video Camcorder from CanonCanada Inc., and this became the "otherend" of our IEEE 1394 connection.The ZR25MC is a truly sexy piece of
equipment. It features just about everyhell and whistle you could ask for: achoice of viewiinder and flip-out LCDmonitor screen, VCR-style playback controls, a memory card slot for still images,and much more, all tucked into a pabnsized package, smaller than your averageham sandwich.If this is the future of video, it's a very
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Hands on IEEE 1394 (FireWire)ity. The ZR25NC is pock-marked withcleverly concealed interface jacks: external power, 5-Video in/out, combinationanalogue AV in/out and headphone jack,microphone jack, LANC jack for connecting to other video devices, and, of course,an IEEE 1394 port.After accumulating a reasonable quan
tity of video on the matchbox-sized 60minute cassette, we plugged the camcorder into each of the interface cards.for transfening video, each of the IEEE
1394 cards includes some simple videoediting software. You set the software torecord and the camcorder to playback,and the video appears as a massive fileon your hard drive in standard AVI format. About four minutes of video ate upover 800 NB of space, so figure on buying a hig hard drive if you get seriousabout this sort of thing.The D-Link DFW-500 card included
Ulead Video Studio, which packs a fair bitof power behind a display that's infuriatingly devoid of familiar controls such aspulldown menus or toolbars. Once we figured it out, Video Studio transferredvideo effortlessly from the CanonZR25NC. Editing was quite powerful aswell, with a good range of titles and transition effects, and a convenient fourtrack display showing individual timelinesfor video, audio, music and titles.The Adaptec DVpics fared even hetter,
bundling in a copy of VideoWave 4 SE,from Toronto-based MGI Software Carp.It's much friendlier and better lookingthan Video Studio, with an even hetterrepertoire of effects and editing functions. Its one drawback is the use of separate views for various tasks, which isless intuitive than a Video Studio's singlemulti-tmck view.
Betide placed close behind with theslightly older VideoWave III SE. However,basic operation was similar.
There were a couple of minor glitchesalong the way. On the slower of our twotest systems, a 450 MHz Pentium III,video seemed to come through a bit jerkier and with a bit more noise on the soundtrack.On the other hand, when wa first con
nected up the faster system, a 1 GHzPentium III, the video image would breakup intermittently. We never tracked downthe cause, but rebooting and jiggling allthe wires cured the problem. After that,video and audio came through clear as abelLCutting out unwanted bits of video and
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Corel's WordPerfect Office suitebrought in revenues of approximatelyUS$75 million in 2000, while MicrosoftOffice sales were close to US$9 billion. Yet,Corel's product is much closer to parity infeatures and fimctionality than the revenues would indicate. Even more compelling, Corel WordPerfect Office 2002may very well grab a sweet spot in theoffice productivity category, thanks to itsown graphical user interface wizards.
But the fact remains that Microsoft hasan 80 percent-plus share of the office suitemarket. And now comes Office 10, alsoknown as Office XP (the XP standing foreXPerience). Microsoft thinks so highly ofOffice XP that it is adding a brand newActivation scheme that requires consumers to activate the product twice.
The first activation occurs on installation, with a 30-character code that allowsthe user to run the product for a grace period of 30 days or 50 times. After that, theprograms in the suite will work in readonly mode until the user obtains a secondand final 30-character activation key, eitheronline or by via a toll-free phone calL Usersneed to supply the 30-digit product key,their name, and the type of the computerOffice XP has been installed on before theyare finally in business.
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This review is based mainly on the latebeta of Office XP, but I'iom what we haveseen, it dearly continues its lead in ohering extra program goodies, such asPublisher. language translation services,and optical character recognition (OC(t)
In addition, hlicrosoft rated slightlybetter in key suite programs, such as presentations with PowerPoint (bugs killedan otherwise (unct(onagy superior CorelPresentations) and Fxcel (although, to myastonishment, Corel's Quattro Prosprmdsheet was faster and had more formulas and functions).
ln the key area of Web development,hiicrosoft's FrontPage was clearly superior to the Core) add-in produce Tregix.And the ning Ofhce XP's FrontPege nowhas no counterpart on Corel's hide otherthan the greatly improved Web output(rom the individual programs in CorelO ffice 2002. This might very weg be thestory of Microsoft Office XP: never quitedominating but ahvays having someadvantage relative to its competitors.
Where is the innovation?Late beta versions of Corel WordPerfectOfhce 2002 and Microsoft Oflice XPbecame available in tbe spring with finalcommercial products Following later inthe spring for Corel and early summer forhticrosoft. The interesting cootrast iswhere the companies have put theiremphasis on innovation. Microsoft continues to plow the bulk of its effort onintegrating into its .NET Servers andWindows 2000 operating system plus agob of new utilities. Corel has madeimprovements to its core pmgrams withan eye to serving the Web as weU as thedesktop. Both vendors continue to addXML to their suites but at a fairly tepidpace considering the rapid developmentsof XML elsew'here.
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In their literature, each companyexpounds a theme for the latest version.Coral is emphasizing the fact that userfeedback inspired 70 percent of the changesto WordPerfect Oifice 2002. Microsoft isunderlining three themes in Office XP: anenhanced personal experience due to easeof use and greater discoverabiTity; a bettercollaborative experience with other OIBceXP users; and a stronger organizational anda ministrative experience.
This latter point is really targeting systemadministrators who have to install andmaintain anywhere &om dozens to thousands of Oifice XP licences. Office XP notonly helps automate the installation, onWindows 2000 servers, it helps automatically repair any damage done to a dient's OIBceXP installation while quickly updating oradding new services on an onMemandbasis.
WordPerfect Olfice 2002 mimics thissame on-demand loading of services andsome of the recovery capabilities. But theclear innovation in office suites has beenin the areas of discoverabiTity plus integration and collaboration.
Biscovetebility equals pesiffveoul sf box experiencey/te Computer Paper has been devoting alot attention to the out of box experienceof products. This indicates how easy it isto install and get started using software or
But in these days of feature-packed sofiware upgrades, it has taken on a newmeaning. how easy it is to remember howto use, especially given all the new features,utilities, tools, and options. Microsoft callsthis discoverability and, interestingly,
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Corel's suite is leading in this area.Corel has polished its PerfectExperts, a
series of task panes on the left side of thescreen that guide users, step by step,through many of the common tasks theyneed to accomplish in WordPerfect,Quattro Pro, Presentations, or whatever.
PerfectExperts are easy to turn off and on,and with screen resolutions of 1,024x768 orhigher now commonly available, the extraspace they occupy is no longer a problem.When using any of the Coral WordPerfectO lfice programs, users can access four typesof hdp that will aid them in being pmduc
Say I have forgotten how to make footnotes in a WordPerfect document. Ratherthan going to the help system, I check outthe Perfectfixpert. Clicking on t hePerfectExpert's footnotes item quickly helpsme with my task If I then want to formatthe footnote text, I can right-click in thefootnote area for a context-sensitive menuthat offers me an option for formattingthis is my second level of help support.
My third level of support is the properties too!bar. Every time a user changes themajor object they are working on (switching from spreadsheet to chart in QuattroPro or free text to table in Wordperfect,for example) the property bar quickly, andalmost unnoticed, offers a whole new setof buttons and pulldown menus with themenu options for the right-mouse clickbutton changing, too.
Finally. all else failing, I can click on theHelp menu. What Corel has done verywefi is to spread the help system outacross context-sensitive menus, taskpanes, and property bars. Now, when Isuspect the command is somewhereburied in the menu system, I feel muchmore confident that I will be able to discover quickly where the command oroption I need is with WordPerfect Oflice.
Microsoft has had context-sensitiveproperty toolbars and right-mouse dickmenus in Office and even task panes in itsPublisher 2000 and earlier products. But,for whatever reason, it has not defiveredthese capabilities uniformly across itsOffice suite programs. Forexample, theproperty bar in Oflice XP ap pears in somecontexts but not in others.
Office XP offers a new task panes feature and it is certainly a help (just right inthe case of coaching task panes, overlyhelpful in the case of the clipboard taskpane, and redundant in the case of thepresentation options task pane).
Clearly Oflice XP task panes lack theexperience and polish of the WordPerfectOIBce PerfectExperts. While I still get lostin Oflice XP, I rarely lose my way inWordPerfect OIBce.
Both suites have some unique yet niftyfeatures: in Word, it's the word count popup; in WordPerfect it's the synonym/correction pulldown on the property bar andthe back arrow that returns the cursor toeach succeeding insertion point. But foroverall effectiveness in ease of use and discoverability, the GUI wizards in Corel'solfering earn top marks.
Sttffe integreffon and ggtb supportIn the area of discoverability and ease ofuse. both suites have improved, withCorel's long history of excellence earningit a distinct advantage. But in the areas ofintegration and Web support the resultsare decidedly more mixetL Suite integration has steadily improved (includingcommon menu and toolbar layout, taskpanes, common spell and grammar check,and shared graphics), but communicationbetween suites and external programs isstill quite variable as is the ability to deliver results to the Web and other platforms.
Both companies have missed an oppor
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Unfortunately, Web integration is alsoquite mixetL On the positive side, OlficeXP offers new SharePoint Team Services,which provide a convenient intranet orWeb-based site (it must be on a Window2000 server with SharePoint Team services extensions) for sharing not only groupOffice documents but also group events,discussions, surveys, and other teamschedules and information.
These SharePoint sites can be edited inFront Page 2002 to provide a distinctivelook/style. In addition, OIBce XP has connections to SharePoint Portal Server (different from Share Point Team Services),which offers indexing and Office XP, plusother document archiving capabilities.Once Xp also has MSN MessengerIntegration, group schedules, WebDAVarchiving, and versioning plus free/busysharing through Outlook and MicrosoftExchange. The downside is that with thenotable exception of WebDAV, all of theseare proprietary, with sharing/integrationsolely among Microsoft servers.
In the area of delivering output to theWeb, WordPerfect Office dearly outshinesOlfice XP. For example, Coral Presentationsoffers more Web output options thanPowerPoint. including four layout choices(thumbnail page control and frameenhanced layout are my favourites); fivegraphic image types (GIF, )PEG, PNG, andFlash SWF); four page styles, with athumbnail sketch of each to choose from;
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page size and common elements like title.numbering, and other features; and, in general, very fine control over how your presentation wig appear online. As well, theWizard is reliable and easy to use.
In contrast, Office XP's PowerPointoffers limited control over Web output,with no thing ma tching Co relPresentations. Ditto for Quattro Pro overExcel in Web page output (Excel does,however, have more XML options), andon through the suites with Corel offeringmore Web output options and deliveringHTML that is shorter and cleaner than itsOffice XP counterparts.
However, neither suite can match a thirdparty utility called Click-to-Convert fiomInzone Software (wwwdiddocoavert tom),which produces consistently high qualityHTML output posing as a printer option inany Windows program.
CellahssahenCogaboration has always been importantin organizations. But now, with more people working in spoataneous, project-oriented teams, the need is even greater. Aswe have seen, Microsoft provides links toSharePoint Team Service and SharePointServer. Users can also find similar servicesfitr fee or for a fee online.
Microsoft also offers tight links to
Exchange, including messaging, publicstorage/archiving, and workfiows. In thelatter two cases, caution is recommendedas these services are subject to upcoming.NET and other Web Services changes.However, by putting the infrastructure fora meeting or a Web discussion right intoOffice XP's menus and toolbars,Microsoft has certainly moved a stepahead in easing collaboration and sharing.
But both suites offer a fairly robust setof collaboration services. Both allow usersto share a spreadsheet, document. or database table (but not slideshows) for collaborative review, for comparing files or editing a common file.
These review facilities inc)ude having auser list of who can access the documentand with what privileges. The owner ofthe document can review all the changesand has several options for accepting andrejecting proposed changes. Microsofttools do a better job of displaying conffictsand this is nicely tied in with its team messaging and online collaboration services.
Both vendors offer their own tools andhooks for third-party archiving, versioncontrol, and content-management programs. But in this arena, despite its pmprietary leanings, Office XP offers moretmn 2nd group collaboration featuresand convenience than Corel Office. CI
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Corel has a deserved reputation ofmaking its graphics programs easy tolearn and easy to use. It has pioneeredsuch innovations as context-sensitiveright-mouse clicks and a property barthat changes the instant you select a newtool. Corel's dockable, hidable, and
How necessary isCorelDraw Essentials>
CorelDraw Essentials is a mixed
CerelSraw Essea5alsFrom Corel Corp.www.corel.comStreet price: 5150Ovanriaw: Using CorelDraw 9 and PhotoPaiat 9 asits base, Carel has crusted a program aimed atmeeting the growing needs ol digital camera usetsand Web developers for a price that is one. third olthe best sbeet price of its CorelDraw 10 mainstay.Out of the bsx: Coral essentials installs with minimal fuss, 2nd no reboot A good user's manualoffers 'getting started exercises for both CorelDrswand PhatoPaint but they are somewhat buried. Fewother aids for new users.Overall: The good news is that Essentials has nearlyall the power and usuability of CorelDraw 2ndPhotoPaint 9. The bzd news is that, in mntrast toAdode Pbotoshop Bements, Coral has provided little extra to make these vuy accomplished programsmore accessible to new digilal camera and graphicsttsets Thus, Essentials is a bargain for the graphiassawy; but lar brand new uses Photoshop Elementsor Ulead Photo Impact might be a beer choice,They have fewer features, but greater aids to learning 2nd ease ol use.Overall rating: 4.1 out of 5
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And the thoughtfulness of the menuand toolbar flyouts make working withCorel graphic programs a very productiveexercise. Time and again we' ve givenCorel top marks for ease of use.
But, on the other hand, Corel has madeonly small efforts to i n tegrate thevector/illustration features of CorelDraw 'with the paint/bitmap photo features ofCorel PhotoPaint. The two programsstand alone and essentially exchangeimages at the 6le import level. In addition,Coral PhotoPaint has the path command
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to draw vector curves.enhance the shapes or make them interactwith underlaying or overlaying bitmapobjects. This integration of vector andbitmap graphics, so their use is nearlytransparent to graphic designers andphoto manipulators alike, is a major trendin 2D graphics.
Unfortunately, Corel continues to dawdle with this, so users cannot get the neatcutout shapes or stylings of vectors as easily as users of Adobe or iasc products can.
Coral is remiss on a second count.Adobe, Iasc, and Ulead are starting to beatCorel at its own game: ease of learningand ease of use. Coral pioneered the fieldwith tutor and coach features. Corel'sPerfectExpert has been imitated with taskpanes in the new version of Microsoft
Ofgce XP, for example.Adobe's Photoshop Elementsalso imitates this, guidingnew users into using the pmgram effectively with its twonew helper dialogues, Hintsand Recipes.
CorelDraw Essentials hasno su«h support tools. Theclosest are some of the automated help examples and theHelp tutors and Quick Tours.But, unlike Adobe's Hints,Corel's tutors are not contextsensitive or always open intask panes and windows. For
the legion of new digital camera users andgraphic newbies, CorelDraw Essentialsdoesn't go as far to unlock all the goodiesavailable.
%lays in Catuloraa EssealidsBut what a set of goodies. Coral Essentialsis ahead of all the other mid-price programs for features. It has all of the masking, brush, and layer/object tools of CorelPhotoPaint, and all of the drawing, transformation, and text-manipulation tools ofCorelDraw — albeit one version behind.
In addition, users get two powerful utilities in Corel Capture and Cumulus CantoLE, the album features of which are greatfor digital camera and Web users who
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have to manage hundreds of images.CorelDraw Essentials users are not shortchanged on features. The major missingpieces are VBA macro support and the latest Corel Draw 10 feature set.
SummaryCoral Essentials is distinctly a goodnews/bad news story that, fortunately, isweighted more heavily towards the good
On the good side: users have access toalmost all ol the features of Core!Draw 9and PhotoPaint 9; the implementationbene6ts from bug 6xes (really only a few)and notably faster performance; and thecombination of better speed, power of afull graphics suite, and a price of $150makes it good value.
On the bad side: new digital camera andWeb graphics users won't 6nd the learning tools that other software vendors areimplementing. But r emember, bothCorelDraw and Photopaint start &om aposition of strength, being the easiest ofthe top-of-the-line programs to use.
In sum, if you are a new graphics userlooking for good training wheds, youmight want to try pmducts &om Adobe,Iasc, or Ulead.
If you don't need hand-holding, consider CorelDraw Essentials to be a bargainin 2D graphics processing. Ci
Contrast this w ith Adobe's newPhotoshop Elements or jasc's Paint ShopPro (also priced around $150), whichboth have vector drawing commands aswell as vector shape creations tools builtright into their photo bitmap programs.
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The 2 GHz Pentium 4 still uses the0.18-micron manufacturing process usedfor previous models in the Pentium 4 line.
makes use of the microPGA 478 socket, orSocket 478. Compared To the older Socket423 (also called FCPGA 423), this socketfeatures 55 additional pins — even thoughiYs a smaller design — which allow morepower and grounding to achieve evenfaster speeds down the road.
The intense commercialization of Windows. seenunglydesigned primarily to provide eX t ra Profits toMicrosoft, is also sure toirritate many
In spite of these polarizedviews, many will not be ableto resist the aUure ofWindows XP. It's morepowerful than the Windows9x code it supersedes, morereliable, has several greatnew features and also lookspretty nice. The only thingmissing is that new carsmdL (OK, it's not the only
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Devices (wwwamd.com) gunning for theprize. AMD eventually squeaked past IntelTo be first over the line, but then settledback into a slower pace, with smallerspeed increases along the way.
By comparison, Intel has been goingfull guns with its Pentium 4 line, headingto 1.5 GHz, 1.7 GHz, 1.8 GHz. and nowhitting a whopping 2 GHz. At the time of
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nVidia drivers that improve 3D performancean those cards. Mac OS 9.2.1 marks thefirst 9.x revision to require a G3 processoror better to run. Just as 8.5 was the first05 to require a PowerPC (much to the dismay of Quadra and Centris users), 9.2.1marks the end of the line for some popularmodels, such as the 75/85/9500 series.Older Macs that have been upgraded to aG3 but did not ship with one are technically barred from running 9.2.1, but somethird parties plan to release patches fortheir upgrade cards that will allow theupdate to instalL We recommend that theupdate is most important to those withnewer machines, or those running 05 X.
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The new backgmundimages are visuallyspectacular. As withmost of the changes.people who a reunhappy or uncomfortable can return tothe previous designwith minimal elfortThe theme selectionlist pmmises to provide more themesonline, bu t n o newere available duringour testnlg.
In some cases.with the Start Menufor example, i t ' s
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The new S tartMenu consists of twocolumns. On the left,beneath th e o m nipresent I n ternetExplorer and Outlook Express launchbuttons, are shortcuts to the last Eveapplications you used. At the bottom ofthis column, in what looks like a designafterthought, is the All Programs button,which cascades out to present the familiarlist of installed software.
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a level of grouping icons before getting tothe real controls. Of course, you can resetit to the dassic control panel functionality. Before you do, be sure to check outsome of the wizards that simplifyWindows' configuration tasks.
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At the other end of the taskbar from theStart Menu, the System Tray has been'renamed the Noti6cation area. As part ofthe clutter-removing initiative, only active
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messages will appear. You' ll see icons to letyou know the status of your notebookbattery. or to let you know you have newHotmail. or have received a Messengermessage. These settings are customizableon a per icon basis, so you can have thefamiliar volume control always present ifyou want, but it is no longer there by
Folder Explorer windows also have neworganizational capabilities. New customized folder types, like Photo Album,Music Album, and Videos, each containspecialized features. Folders displaythumbnails of the files in the folder. If thefolder contains music files, a thumbnail ofthe CD cover art is displayed.
The View menu's Small Icon option hasbeen replaced by Tile. This worthwhileupdate combines a representational iconwith the file information seen in Details
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Folder Explorer windows have a newtask pane pmviding access to Smluentlyused capabiTities that are particular to tbefiles in the folder. For example, a folderwith music files ripped from a CD hasone-click task links to play all files, copythe files to CD, or shop for more CDs.Many of the contextual capabiTities available &om the right-click menu are nowalso in the task pane.
One of the most signi6cant new abilities is the integrated CD recording utility.Afier you have ripped an audio CD ontoyour drive, go to the folder containing thefiles. If you have CD recording hardwarein yow system, you simply click the CopyAll Items To Audio CD task link, insert ablank disc, dick record, and a few minuteslater your new copy pops out (Isn't itinteresting how mpying is less of an issuewhen it's not Microsoft's intellectual
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Windows XP does not include theWebTV for Windows client that was inWindows 98 and Windows Me. I expectThat functionality to eventually reappearin the Media Player.
lf you share your computer with otherusers, you'6 want to check out the multiuser functions. Used with the NTFS 61esystem, you' ll be able to keep your IUesand folders private fium other users of thesame computer. Windows XP starts withthe login screen, and multiple users canhave active sessions, making switchingusers as easy as switching tasks.
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The design of the heatsink slips has alsobeen modifled. Even though the size ofthe heatsink and fan combination isabout the same, the guide dips no longerhave to be screwed directly into the chassis of the PC, as with the older Socket 423assembly.
Previous speeds in the Pentium 4 linewill be available for both Socket 478 andSocket 423, but new processors will comeout in Socket 478 only, something thatmay aggravate Pentium 4 early adopterswho were hoping to upgrade theirprocessor down the road.
The release of lhe 885 cbipselEver since the introduction of t hePentium 4, certain parties (guilty) havebeen wondering what kind of performance differences users would see if thePentium 4 were tested using SDRAMinstead of requiring the more costlyRDRAM. Now we' ll flnally get a chance toflnd out, with the announcement of theIntel 845 chipset.
The 845 chipset will support three slotsfor single data rate SDRAM, up to 512 MB
per stick fora maximum of L5 GB of memory As with the 850 chipset the 845 willsupport a 400 MHz syslem bus and supportfor the Socket 478 interhKR. The 845 willsupport four USB connections (USB 1.1)and feature onboard AC97 audio.
There have been rumours floatingaround that the 845 will actuafly supportDDR-SDRAM, but at this point users willhave to settle for single-channel SDRAMwith the 845.
In a strange little soap opera unfoldingas we go to press, VIA Technologies(wwwviste(h.mm.lw) has announced that itwill commence volume shipments of theVIA Apollo P4X266 chipset, which teamsup the Pentium 4 with DDR-SDRAM.The only problem is, it doesn't have alicence I'rom Intel to do so, and Intel hasthreatened legal action against motherboard manufacturers that use the chipset.
So far Intel hasn't threatened legal actionagainst VIA, which daims that previouslicences it already holds cover VIA for thePentium 4. Things could get interesting.
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Apple newsContinuedfrom page 42Apple has decided to try to boostPowergook G4 sales by dropping priceseffective immediately — at all authorizedApple dealers. At the same time, however,it has stopped the free CD-RW promo. So, ifyou need to burn CDs, the money you nowsave purchasing a Powergook will have tobe spent ori a CD burner.At the low end of the Powergook 64 line,
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much more appealing to consumers. butfrom a technology standpoint, Apple has todo something with the specs soon or riskfailing further out of date. Now that thefree CD-RW drive promo is over, Apple mustensure the next-generaffon G4 Powergookhas an internal CD burning option like thenew igook. And while they are at it, thevideo card in the Powergook G4 is nowmore than 18 months old, an eternity inthe computer industry. A new model couldbe announced at any point in September,and is almost certain to appear beforeChristmas, but any new model that isannounced will once again return to the oldprices. In the meantime, if the currentPowergooks have what you need, now is agreat time to buy.
fgeiscapa 6.1 avagableNetscape (wwwnetscape.com) has released anew version of its next-generation browser,and it fixes many of the glaring bugs in the6.0 release. After trying 6.0, many usersreturned to the 4.7.x version due to stability and speed issues, but with 6.1 Netscapefinally has a worthy update on its hands.On the Web side, the new Netscape brows
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did seem much improved over 6.0 and evena bit faster than 4.7.8, but as to whether itis finally up to par with Internet Explorer 5is up to the user to decide.
Hardwarogree aapoBy the time we return next month, we hope05 X 10.1 will have been released and wewill be able to tell you all about it .However, Apple may choose to push thestated release date of "sometime inSeptember" right up to our deadline sowe' ll have to see. Also on the horizon is theApple Expo in Paris. which opens with akeynote by Steve 3obs on Sept. 26. Applehas told everyone not to expect any newhardware at the Expo, which will instead befocused on X 10.1 and iDVO 2.
MOMA immortallzes 64 CubeOne final note: some of you may know thatI am a big fan of the PowerMac G4 Cube. Iwas immensely disappointed when it was
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Iusgn Siemens is a Macintosh IT specialisi based inVancouver, B.C. He can be reached atjsiemens19mac.com.
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The acquisitions are part of the longterm stratelt Coral's chief executive andpresident, Derek Burney, outlined forinvestors and journalists in January. Thethree phases of the plan include upgrading its product line (CorelDraw andWordPerfect) and releasing new versionsof Corel KnockOut,' Corel Painter, Bryceand KPT; expanding the scope and flexibtTtty of the products with key acquisitions; and seeking out new acquisitionsand markets in which the company canleverage its strength in graphics anddesign.
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"What people have today aremultiple production lines. Theyare doing a Web presentation,a paper presentation or goingfrom text to audio output. Andthe problem is guaranteeingthe quality of the content
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oral Corp. (wwwxotel.corn) is investing in its future. Last year itacquired a well-known set of
graphics tools — Painter, Kai's PowerTools. and Bryce 3D — &om Carpinteria,Calif.-based MetaCreations Corp. In July,it picked up Dallas Tex.-based MicrografitInc. in a stock swap, then in Augustannounced plans to acquire Torontobased SoftQuad Software Ltd.
Corel's second quarter results for 2001compare favourably to those of 2000.Revenues this year represent an 11 percentincrease over revenues Corel posted for itsfirst fiscal quarter of 2001.
Crosaanetfia puhfishingIn describing the acquistion phase of thestrategy, gurney says. "what we wanted todo was not only have our applicationsrunning on the Web, but also to give ourcustomers the abtTtty to create contentthat would fit on the Web.
"While we have added more Internetsupport to our applications so you canpublish documents to the Web, what waslacking was the ability to publish thosedocuments to the Web in such a way thatit would be optimized for the Web."
Corel calls this cross-media publishing:exporting content created in any one ofCorel's programs to other formats without losing any richness or complexity.This means the same content can beviewed on everything from a commonWeb browser on a laptop to a Palm handheld, BlackBerry, Windows CE-baseddevice, or Web-enabled cellular phone.
At the same time. the content can alsobe interactive, allowing users to navigatewithin Web pages and documents. Thiswould be especially welcome for contentcreators looking to push interactive mapsand catalogues onto small, handhelddevices.
Corel says the best way to achieve this isto enable Corel's products with XML(extensible markup language). TheSoftQuad acquisition gives Corel theXML expertise it needs. SoftQuad, whichgained prominence for its HTML editorHoTMetal has become one of the bestknown developers of XML tools. Its
XMetaL application suite has won a number of awards."The best piece of technology for shar
ing information over the Web is XML,"Burney adds. "And since WordPerfect is anXML (editor] and Draw can understandXML it was a logical step to get furtherinto the XML space and the XML editingmarket. And SoftQuad fit well into thatstrategy."
Kevin Restivo, an analyst with Torontobase International Data Corp. (Canada)and Corel watcher. says the SoftQuadacquisition fits well with Coral's plans forlong-term growth and accessing new markets, such as graphics and content creation tools for the enterprise customer.
"I did look carefully at the SoftQuadacquisition and I think it is a great fit andit is an important move for them," saysRita Knox, an analyst with StamfordConn.-based Gartner Group Inc. "Whatpeople have today are multiple production lines. They are doing a Web presentation, a paper presentation or going fromtext to audio output. And the problem isguaranteeing the quality of the contentwhen you go kom one medium to another. Having tools where users can create thelook and feel they want and then take thatlook and feel over to a new media is goingto be very important."
Corel's earlier acquisition of MicrografxInc. also fi ts i nto t hat strategy.Micrografx's strengths in the graphicsmarket complement Corel's, and as Corelpointed out when it announced the acquisition. it intends to devote more resourcesto Microgralx's enterprise process management 4vision, thereby building another tool for its cross-media publishingvision.
But Coral is not the only one looking atthis new Web-enabled publishing andcontent delivery market. Adobe Systems(www.adobe.com) has for some time beenpromoting its concept of network publishing, an idea similar to Corel's crossmedia publishing.
IDC's Restivo says Adobe is the 800-lb.gorilla Coral is going to have to face in thismarket.
Kevin Dunal, managing director forAdobe Systems Inc.'s Toronto-basedCanadian operation, says Adobe's populardesign and content creation tools arealready Web-enabled and capable of producing content that can be exported toany kind of Web-enabled device.
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USB 2.0• USB Implementers Forum Inc.: Indudes FAQ and excellentWeb-based message board for problem solving.www.usb.org
• About Peripherals, USB Workshop: A massive commercial sitewith lots of excellent information.www.everylhingusb.com
IEEE 1394• Apple Computer: Information from the company that developed this technology (and recently won an Emmy award forit).www.firewire.corn
• IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.):Unfortunately, IEEE charges for its open standards; a PDFcopy of the 1394 spec wili run you about US$160.www.lese.ofg
• 1394 Trade Association: Masses of FAQs, links, specs, product lists and other info. (The headline proudly proclaims:"Agere to drop out of USB 2.0 products." Who says USB 2.0and FireWire amn't direct competitors?)www.1 3941il.ofg
• P1394B (Gigabit 1394): Site has more information than anysane person would want about the next-generation 1394spec.
wwwzayanfe tom/p)394b.• FireWire Watch: Operated by Real Progress LLC, this is a good
listing of all types of FireWire products.www.iw-welch.corn
IREE 802.11• Wireless Ethef net Compatibility Alliance: Members include
3Com, Cisco, IBM, InteL and Microsoft. Site includes several good FAQs, a glossary, and a selection of white papers.www.wbg.org
• Wireless LAN Association (WLANA): This is a more generictrade association. The site features an excellent collection ofpapers, especially on IEEE 802.11.www wiana.com
• Wireless-Nets Ltd.: This site, run by Jim Geier, consultantand author of books on wireless networking, offers a largecollection of articles, a glossary, and a free newsletter.wwwwireless-nets.com.
Biuehegl• The Official Bluetooth Website: This site is the place to go
for definitive information. Includes technical papers, pressreleases, product lists, and even an elaborate multimediabiography of King Harald Distend.www.bluelooih.corn
• 'Bluetooth SIG: A bare-bones support site for SIG membercompanies.www.blueloolh.org
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device of some sort. PC graphics cards such asthe All-in-Wonder series from ATI TechnologiesInc. include video output, and would make iteasy to record your finished creations on a conventional VCR. Alternatively, you could storeAVI clips using a CD-R burner... or shell out fora DVD recordable drive.While the costs of all these components tend
to add up (the 60-minute DV video cassettescost a painful 115 each), there's no questionthat this technoiogy has arrived, allowing anyone to set up the equivalent of a professionalvideo-editing studio at a very manageable price,and without particular technical know-how.The convenience and superb image quality of
a device like the Canon ZR25MC are highlyseductive. Couple that with the ability to dototally lossless editing. and you' ve got thebeginnings of a desktop video revolution.
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t's taking a while for the applicationservice provider (ASP) concept tocatch on with small businesses
even though the rationaleunderlying the ASP moddis straightforward andcompelling.
Most small businessesunderstand the economyand convenience of "hiringout" for a range of services,like quick printing, photocopying, and bulk mailing.An ASP extends that way of doing business into the information technology
Larger companies already recognise thebenefits of ASPs, and most of the prominent ASPs have succeeded by offeringlarge-scale solutions for customer relationship management (CRM) or enterprise resource planning (RRP).
Over the last year or so, however, manysmaller Canadian businesses have startedto take a shma to ASPs, and ASPs, in turn,have started to focus on how they can better serve smaller operations.
Jon Gibe, an associate analyst with thebusiness-to-business commerce gmup atNew York-based Jupiter Media MetrixInc. (muvlmm.mm), has seen how the ASP
ASPs offer small businesses the IT toolsets enjoyed by largerenterprises without the high capital and maintenance costs
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In the European research, analysts foundthat many advertisers are now au butignoring the Internet. thinking that theROI levels are lower than they really are.
Steffan Engdegard, Jupiter NMXrsEuropean and advertising and marketinganalyst, said that many consumer brandowners am being put off using the Net asanother advertising medium, when, in fact,
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The research, from Jupiter Media Net/ix'(wwwjmm.com), concludes that the actualreturn on investment (ROI) for many "conventional" retailers choosing to advertisetheir presence online is up to two-thirdshigher than they actually believe.The mport confirms figutes released by
the research fi/m's European operation,Jupiter NMXI, in early August, which foundthat European firms are making similarmistakes when it comes to measuringonline metrics.
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a variety of Web-based applications,including instant massaging, Web mail,calendars, and task management. The reason smaller businesses are turning to ASPsfor these solutions are not too hard.tounderstand.
"Smaller companies are discoveringthat they can get the solutions they needwithout having to make the huge investments in buying the actual solution," saysMarilyn Beaton, business developmentexecutive for ASPs and incubators withIBM Canada Ltd. (www.ibm.corn) inToronto.
"It allows them access to fairly sophisticated applications that, in most cases. ifthey were to buy them, install them, andrun them would be prohibitive. With anASP, it is easier for them to deploy thesekinds of sophisticated applications whilegetting the same competitive advantageout of the tools that the larger companiesget."
Sca)3ble ptSdtttffrigfIn March, the Toronto-based Ascenda Inc.(wamnxeada.mm) launched its set of solutions, called a-services. which give smalland mid-size Canadian businesses accessto a set of hosted pmductivity, e-commerce, and e-presence tools using Great
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fohn Bush, chief solutions oflicer withAscends, says that when customers logonto Ascends's site, they have a customizable workspace. They can access GreatPlains Siebel's Front Office (sales andmarketing, customer and field service.and call centre services), MicrosoftExchange platform, Microsoft Office 2000applications. and hnpressa BizGear Webdesign and hosting platform.
CUents can choose which applicationsthey need immediately, then add applications and services as they grow. Thisallows them to better manage IT costs andmore efFectively plan long-term IT infrastructure needs, Bush says.
Ascenda users can set permissions forvarious services, so someone in sales. forexample, might be aUowed access to pmductivity and CRM applications, but notWeb design or hosting applications.'
Ascends's long-term goal is to becomesomething of a portal, offering businessinformation, news, and services that canbe customized by users. As an example, insubseqvent versions of the Ascends solution, small business users could haveinstant access to email without having togo into the email application.
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of integrated voicemail, Etx, and email communications tools, called iComMand, thatcan be accessed on the Web and by phone.
"It is targeted to benefit the slnaU business and SOHO (smaff ofgce, homeofffcej user, because when you have asmall organization, paying for things likeemail, voicemail, and fax services can bevery costly," says joanne Iarreff, director ofmarketing for Concxys. "The iComMandservice allows you to pay for just one service instead of three."
phone service "reads" email using text-tospeech technology.Companies pay a monthly fee of $14.95
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One of the early players in the smagbusiness ASP market is San FrsnciscthCalif.-based BigStep (wmxbigstep.corn),which hal offered ASP-based e-commercesolutions to smag businesses since 1998.
BigStep Basic (US$9.95 per month)includes instructions and templates fordesigning a Web site, tools for online customer surveys and creating mailing lists,and 12 MB of storage space and site hosting. Bigstep Professional (US$24.95 permonth) includes up to 10 secure emailaddresses, greater site customizability,tools to track customer movements on thesite, and improved communications tools.BigStep Advantage (US$54.95 per month)is designed to help increase trsfffc to ecommerce sites. It includes a SearchEngine Manager for submitting a site toover 100 popular search engines andtracking their effectiveness in directingtra16c to the site. This monthly serviceincludes more storage space and advancedWeb site design tools.
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In April, Montreal-based App-e.corn(wwwappezom) mged out a set of ASPbased ERP solutions that indude integrated accounting, payroU, and humanresources software on a pay-per-use basis.
Alain Boudleault, president of Appe.corn, says the businesses that have beenmost interested in using his company'sservices are those that are verticallyfocuse(L
"One of the industries we are focusingon is the food and beverage kanchisers,and we currently have two customers thatfall into that category," Boudleault adds."The value we add for them is that we Iknow their industry and we know thatour ofFering is very weU adapted to theirindustry needs."
Some of the companies already usingApp-e.corn's services include BrooksPharmacy, Saputo Cheese, Giant TigerStores, Cambior, and Temboc ForestProducts.
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Parkwood's payweb.corn servicelaunched in late July. To entice smallerbusinesses to use the service, the companyis o&ering it for Bee to new subscribersfor up to Eve payroll periods. Payweb.cornis designed to pmcess and calculate payrolls and make direct deposits intoemployee bank accounts. Paymg reportsand stubs can be printed directly by thebusiness, and the system can help preparegovernment forms and T43 during tax
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These were some of the provocativeremarks Dr. Ann Cavoukian, informationand privacy commissioner for Ontario(www.ipc.oh.cs), made at the launch of thePrivacy Diagnostic Tool (PDT), a series oftests that evaluate a company's privacypractices.
The PDT — which was designed byCavoukian's commission with help I'romGuardent inc. (www gusrdeatcom) of Waltham, Mass., and PricewaterhouseCoopers(www.pwcgcb8(.corn) in Toronto — is ofFeredfor free to businesses.
The tool helps companies assesswhether their information-managementpractices are privacy-friendly and conform to the fair information privacy practices that have been adopted worldwide.
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"The tool is to help a company get itselfsorted out as to where it should start, whatit has in place and what it does not have inplace," says Michael Deck. privacy directorfor with PricewaterhouseCoopers' globalrisk management services in Toronto. "Itis not intended to be an in-depth analysisof your entire privacy operations. It doesnot tell you if you are in compliance withany particular [privacy[ act or legislation.It is intended to get businesses oriented towhat the best [privacy[ practices are sothey can get a handle on what to do next."
Cavoukian notes that "pressure is mounting on a daily basis for companies to proteapeople's privacy. It is no longer business as
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usual. Privacy and the public's response toprivacy is becoming a key issue."
Companies have often failed in theirmandate to protect people's private information, says Cavoukian. As a result, people have begun to boycott online commerce because they don't trust many businesses to protect or stop the misuse oftheir confidential information. And whenconsumers must provide private information, many simply outright give falseinformation.
the total personal expenditures in Canadafor 1999 came close to $570 billion.
"Consumers are not happy," saysCavoukian.uNinety percent of consumerssay they want control over their privateinformation and 84 percent of Internetusers say they now refuse to provideinformation because they are unsure whatit will be used for."
In response to this stalling of onlinecommerce, federal, provincial, and territorial ministers met in St. fohn's, Nlkl, inlate May to discuss actions that needed tobe taken to protect consumer privacy
legis)ation and policies in this area beupdated and harmonized aaoss Canada.and partnerships between governments,businesses, and consumers identify bestprivacy practices.
And in March, Ottawa-based Canarieinc. (www.cansrie.ca) announced it wasoffering more than $200,000 for theCanadian Online Trust Project (COTP),the purpose of which is to help boost consumer confidence and thereby give aboost to e-commerce in Canada. Ci
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In March, Statistics Canada found thatconsumer purchases online accounted forless than .01 percent of all personal purrhases of products or services in 1999. Thisamounted to some $41 7 million generatedthrough online purchases. By comparison,
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The companies said better integration oftheir products would make it easier for network administrators to monitor and neutralize DDoS assaults, including detectingand eliminating rogue software that canturn an organization into an unwitting participant in such attacks.A DDoS attack uses a battery of comput
ers — usually commandeered surreptitiouslyby the attacker — to inundate a target, suchas a Web site, with so much data that it canno longer respond to legitimate users.Some flavours of the attacks use malformed
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threats to network availability are escalating, both in scope and in complexity," Tedcuban, co-founder of Arbor Networks, saidin a prepared statement. "In particular,attacks are getting more dangerous asattackers find ways to use viruses, in tandem with common software vulnerabilities,to quickly amass their armies of zombies."
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race yourself: Bell Canada andRogers Cable are about to wage warin your living room. The prize:
mastery of the mythical place where consumers' get all their TV, broadbandInternet access, telephony, and anythingelse kom a single in-home device, allthoughtfully provided by your local cableTV or telephone company. The weapon:all-in-one devices; the Swiss Army Knivesof borne entertainment/communications
technology.Both Bell and Rogers have come up
with their own convergent devices. Bell' sis called the Combogox, while Rogers' isthe Triple Play.
Some time next year, these devices may
start turning up in Canadian households,accompanied by the usual onslaught ofmarketing seduction we' ve all becomeaccustomed to.
(Though TCP requested information onwhether these devices would be apus?ablero cable users in regions ncr served byRogers, or if comparable devices would beavailable from other phone companies, wedid nor receive an response by presstime.— Ed)
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remote control, and you' re completelywired to the world.
The ComboBox lets you watch TVwhile waiting for email, engaging in a chatroom session. or standing by for instantmassaging. Bell is also equipping it with abrowser, so that you can surf the Web at
And if you have a TV with picture-inpicture, you can watch and surf at the
As well, the unit includes a 40 GBI'ersonal Video Recorder ( PVR). (It's basedon the EchoStar 721. EchoStar suppliesFxpressvu with ag its home satellitereceivers.) The PVR is a neat device. It' sessentially a hard disk-based sddeo recorderthat provides the full range of VCR-stylefunctions, but doesn't need the tape.
"I think the PVR functionality is key toselling people on the Combogox," saysGlenn Ward, BeU Canada's vice-presidentof comergent technologies."Just introducing a box with DTH (d irect tohome)/Internet would be much Jessattractive.
Rogers Triple PlayFor its part, Rogers' Triple Play docseverything the Combogox does exceptoAering a PVR.
However, its architecture is much different. Based on Ucentric Systens's tcchtlology (wwwuucentric,cum), the Triple Playls actually a server. Just put it in the basement, and plug in your cable TV inputs,telephone, TV connections, and evenInternet appliances. Triple Play routes signals to ag of them.
"The Triple Play server works across theexisting pipes of your PC, TV, and telephone," explains Michael Lee, Rogers'vice-president and general manager ofinteractive services."It's ag about no newwires."
It's also about home networking, whichis where the Triple Play outshines the
With the server housed in the basement, it's ideally located to act as a homenetwork hub. In contrast. the ComboBoxis more of a localized TV-centric device.
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u)tucb should yuu buy?Granted, neither device is available yet.but with the Combogox slated for a 2002rollout, and Rogers already testing theTriple Play in 50 households in the Ajaxand Pickering regions of Ontario, it' sworth considering now.
First and foremost, consider why youmight want a convergent device. Forinstance, if you really want to be able todo everything from the comfort of youreasy chair, then the Combogox makes
But if home networking is a nut youwant to crack, then the Triple Play is a better bet.
Then there's cost to consider. I'm nottalking about the actual device cost: thathasn't been revealed yet by either com
pany.But if you' re a cable TV subscriber, be
aware that choosing the ComboBox willrequire you to sign up for both BellExpressvu (with the attendant dishantenna) and Bell Sympatico.
In reverse, if you' re a Bell Expressvu orSympatico subscriber (or both), you' llhave to sign up for cable TV and cableInternet access to make your Triple Play
The third factor to consider is capability. ComboBox has a PVR; Triple Play doesnot (at least not yct; Lee says it could beupgraded to include one in future).Meanwhile, Triple Play is designed to portMP3 tiles directly t o y our s tereo;
Then there's network reliability. Basedon this writer's expericncw, SympaticoHigh Speed DSI. is very stable and reli
Meanwhile, RogersOHome is improving thanks to system upgrades; with anyluck, th«problems that dogged its network are largely a thing of the past.
This said, it would be wise to revisit thisissue closer to your purchase date. A goodp lace t o g e t user f eedback o nR ogersOHome's progress is a t t h eRogers@Home Users' Association Website (www lhua.org).
lite stakesOne thing is certain: both Bell and Rogersare banking on convergent devices to holdtheir tuif in the brave new e-world... and,if possible, to help them seize customers
So, although it may look like a set-topon your TV, or a server in your basement,don't be fooled.
As far as Canada's largest telephone andcable TV companies are concerned,they' re weapons of war. CJ
James Careless is an Ottawa. based writer who canbe reached at [email protected].
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The study, conducted by researchers atthe University of Utah, also found that thedeleterious effect of mobile phones on theroad was the same even when test subjectsused hands-free devices.
"...initiatives that restricthand-held devices but permithands-free devices are not
likely to reduce interferencefrom the phone conversation,because the interference is, inthis case, due to central atten
What's more, the study, conducted using
simulated driving conditions, found thatceU phones appear to cause more distraction firr a driver than listening to radio oran audio book, or having a conversationwith a passenger."This study adds new data to the ongoing
national debate on driver distractions andtheir causes," Alan McMillan, president ofthe National Safety Council (NSC, atwww.nscorg), said it a prepared statement."It underscores the importance of reiterating that a driver's primary obligation is tooperate his or her motor vehicle safety."
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The researchers, working on a larger project that will be summed up in a future issueof Psychofogicof Science. enlisted 64 undergraduate students who were randomlyassigned to one of four groups — radio listeners, audio-book listeners, handheld cellphone chatters, and hands-free phone
The test subjects manned a joystick witha thumb-pressed "brake" and were asked torespond to simulated traffic lights on acomputer screen.
Those talking with passengers or listening to radio or audio books showed almostno degradation in their performance, theresearchers reported.However, although the number of missed
signals was low even for cell-phone users, itwas double that of a control group thatfaced no distractions.In addition. the researchers said, cell
phone users were often slower to respondto the signals that they did not miss.
Because drivers using hands-free ceUphones performed just as poorly, theresearchers wrote: "Our data suggest thatlegislative initiatives that restrict handheld devices but permit hands-free devicesare not likely to reduce interference fromthe phone conversation, because the interference is, in this case, due to centralattentional processes.""We suggest that the cellular phone use
disrupts performance by diverting attentionto an engaging cognitive context otherthan the one immediately associated withdriving," they wrote.
The NSCs McMillan said the industry
vehicles."
needs more research to help us fully understand the public policy implications of thegrowing use of cell phones and other electronic devices — such as global positioningsystems, faxes and computers — in moving
In a statement issued in response to theUniversity of Utah findings, the head of acefi-phone indusby trade group said education — not new laws — is needed to increasedriver safety."The wimless indusby has long held that
education is the key to addressing the issueof driver distraction," said Tom Wheeler,president and chief executive officer of theCellular Telecommunications and InternetAssociation (CTIA)."Any activity a driverengages in, besides the task of driving, hasthe potential to distract."
"We must remind drivers that their primary responsibility is to drive safely and wemust educate them on how to recognizewhen it's appropnate to use a wireless
Motorola (wwwmotorob.ca) has released a keyboardto enhance the functionality of its i85s and i50sxWeb-enabled phones. The lightweight portable keyboard, called the Motorola igoard, is the size ofstandard taptop keyboard.Designed and manufactured by Think Outside
(www thinkoulside.corn), it has funcuon keys optimizedfor Internet-ready phone operations, including
accessing wireless Web services, launching applications, activating the speakerphone,turning off the phone, and adjusting the volume.
The igoard is currentiy available for US599.95 through Nextel in the U.s. At presstime, there was no information on its availability in Canada.
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phone, change a CO, or look at a map whiledriving," he said.John Moffat, chairman of the National
Assodation of Governors' Highway SafetyRepresentatives (NAGHSR). also said hedidn't want the cell-phone safety debate tolet off the hook other sources of driver distraction.
"In all these discussions, fm concernedthat the focus on technology is overridingthe fact that many crashes can be attributed to traditional distractions and not cellphones," Moffat said in a prepared statement. "The fact is that actions such aschanging a CD, eating and reading whiledriving still contribute to many crasheseven though much of the media attentionhas been on cell phones."
According to the National Highway TrafficSafety Administration (NHTSA), driver distraction is estimated to be a factor in 25 to50 percent of highway collisions.
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for Democracy and Technology (COT) andIntemews, a Brusseis-based Internews nonprofit, formed GIPI as a way to help developing countries enact policies that narrowthe "digital divide," a phenomenon characterized by the limited access to communications technologies among the worid's
poorer citizens.GIPI has announced that it has signed a
memorandum of understanding with the UNDevelopment Program, a global development project with offices in more than 100countries.
CDT deputy director Jim Dempsey saidthe agreement lends GIPI a huge measureof cmdibNity in the eyes of other nations."This means that GIPI can avoid being
seen as another U.S.-based organization
promoting American values. but rather asone that comes in partnership with a trulyinternational body," Dempsey said.In that regard, the group hopes to edu
cate and advise government policymakersand grassroots advocates on a range ofInternet policy issues, including universalservice, privacy, technical standards,bcensing, digital signatures, content con
trois and the domain name system.The upstart coalition has hired 10 full
time "country coordinators" — mostlylawyers — who are familiar with the lawsand languages of the countries in whichthey are stationed.The group receives funding from a num
ber of high-tech companies, including AOLTime Warner and Microsoft, as well as theSoros Foundation and the MarkleFoundation, many of the same organizations that have funded the multinationDigital Opportunities Task Force, or "DOTForce" for short.In June, the DOT Force released the
results of a 12-month study, whichacknowledged that at least a third of the
world's population never has even made aphone call, much less used or seen a computer. In addition, few developing nationshave the infrastructure or government market liberalization policies needed to attractprivate investors.Dempsey said the announcement has
already generated interest from severalnations in South America. He added thatGIPI is gearing up for even more interestfrom other governments in the monthsahead.
"We are also looking at a number of partnerships with nonprofit and for-profitorganizations that will allow us to respondto requests," he said, adding that the groupalso has fostered pro-bono relationshipswith several leading law firms.
LONDON — The British government'songoing plans to implement theEuropean Union's E-Commerce Directiveare ruffling some feathers,Ever since the EU approved the direc.
tive in May; the U.K, Department of Tmdeand Industry (DTI) has been developingit krr the British statute books. Thedirective seeks to define liability limitsfor Internet carriers and other intermediaries.In early August, the DTI issued a pub;
iic consultation paper on the proposed' U.K. legislation, asking. for replies by
Nov. 2, to give the British governmenttime to implement it by Jan. Ig. 2002.That is the deadiine set by the EU forenforcement of the laws,
Problems are arising because of thewording of the consultation document,with some Internet service providers(ISPs) expressing concern about theirliability for illegal content.
ISPs are especiaUy worried aboutchapter six of the consultation document, entitled "Liability of IntermediaryService Providers," which says that camers cannot monitor the data relayed bythe Internet user.Although the consultation document
says that "claims for damages cannot bedirected against the provider for anyform of hability," and that "the provider
e-commerce lawstirs controversy
cannot be subject to prosecution in acriminal case," the proposed (egislation"does not exclude the possibigty of anaction for injunctive relief.'
Peter Sommer, an IT security analystand risk expert, and a fello'w of theLondon School of Economics, said thegovernment has stated ISPS are n'otliable under the proposed legislation,unless they trave'been put orr notice tothat 'effect.
"Some ISPs are concerned tiiat thewording of the proposed legislation isnot clear enough," he said."We' re getting back to the issue of
whether an ISP"ts responsibie'for theactions of a subscriber with regard tolibel and files of a pornographic'nature,'".he added.
Sommer said that his interpretation ofthe proposed legishtion is that there isstill plenty of time to,clarify how theproposals will be interpreted before theconsuitation period ends
"Since we have u'ritil November to getissues like these sorted out, the situa-,tion is a long way from being a faitaccompli," he said.The DTI has posted a copy of its con
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Nielsen/NetRatings' second quarter Giobal InternetTrends Report shows an increase of 30 million people onlinesince the first quarter of 2001, reaching a projected 459million people globauy.The report measures Internet populations of 30 nations in
North America, the Middle East, the Asia-Pacific region, andLatin America. The firm claims it now measures 93 percentof the online universe, after adding Argenfina, India, SouthAfrica, and Israel to its latest quarterly survey.Nielsen/NetRatings bases its numbers on more than
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Europe and the Middle East-Africa region maintained similar numbers from the first quarter, accounting for 27 percentof the worid's Internet popo(ation. However, the Asia/PaciTicRim made slight gains, totaling 22 percent of the Internet'saudience, (up from 20 percent last quarter), while LatinAmerica remains almost unchanged at four percent.In another finding, the report indicates that the highest
rates of computer ownership in the home are in some of thesmallest developed countries. About 65 percent of homes inSouth Korea, Sweden, and Austmlia contain at least one PC,the report indicates.
Meanwhile, some Western European markets fall welibehind those numbers. In Germany, 48 percent of homeshave at least one PC, while in the U.K. the number is 46percent. France follows with only 34 percent."A message there for the PC guys who are maliy strug
gling at the moment is there are opportunities," TmvynRhall, managing director of A.C. Nielsen InternationalResearch, told Newsbytes. "A lot depends on the marketing.The Internet is still growing around the world, it is stillgoing to drive up demand for these types of devices."PC ownership figures for the U.s. and Japan were not
available in the report.Another discovery in the survey is that, for the first time,
it became clear that in some nations home is not the mainplace people access the Internet. Previous Nielsen/NetRatings quarterly surveys have always borne out the ideathat most people access the Internet at home (thoughbroadband is typically accessed in the workplace). Thatremains true in most nations.
But it is not true in Latin America, for instance, wherenearly nine million people — or 51'percent of the Internetpopulations in Brazil, Argentina and Mexico — use the Netoutside their homes. That compares with Europe, the MiddleEast and Africa, where 33 percent of people access the Weboutside their own houses, and in the Asia-Pacific nations,where the figure is 23 percent.The survey fortifies what has been known for some time.
The United States and Canada are rapidly losing dominanceon the Internet. Rhall suggests that the real gmwth inonline population in future surveys will be seen in Asia.
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The DSC-P5 and DSC-P3bring new features to Sony'sP series, including an AFIlluminator hr focusing inthe dark and two-shot burstmode.
Sony says both models havewith simplified menus. Users can also create quick animations using ClipMotion, which automatically mmbines up to 10 frames into a single
The DSC-P5 has a slim proiile thanks to a two-step barrel lens that retracts intothe camera body and a tiny new rechargeable battery, the C-series InfoLithium,which has enough power for up to an hour of continuous shooting.It has a 3X optical zoom, 6X digital zoom, and 3.34 megapixel maximum reso
lution.The Cyber-shot DSC-P3 camera looks similar to the DSC-P5, but is faster and lighter
due to a fixed 3X digital zoom lens. It has 3.34 megapixel maximum resolution andoffers high-speed focus.Both models use Sony's proprietary Memory Stick slot and come with an 8 MB
media card, as weil as the Infotithium battery, AC adapter/charger, AV and USBcables, and application software and drivers.The new cameras are scheduled for release in October and have suggested prices
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Slim reference helps new users delve more deeply into GIMPBy Steve Coe
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When I moved tothe PC there was,unfortunately. nocomparable progmm and I alwaysmissed D e luxePaint. The closestthe PC got was
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me to an Amiga program calledDeluxe Paint. I'd never used a
painting program before, and the conceptabsolutely blew me away. I used to spendhours playing with it and its laterincarnations.
Many years ago a friend introduced
Glggp PocketReferenceAuihor. Sven NeumannPublisher. O'ReillywwworeillycomISBN 1-56592-751-1Price: 514.95
It was with a big smile, then, that Igreeted GIMP (GNU Image ManipulationProgram). an open source painting andimage editing program. It was the closestthing rd found to the original DeluxePaint. GIMP is an immensely powerful program, and best of all it's free.
Of course, being a very complex programit can be hard to fathom what everythingdoes. Loading and saving graphics is easyenough, but if you want to delve into itsmore powerful features, you will needsome help.
Fifteen dollars Canadian wili get youGIMP Pocket Reference, a guide written byone of the developers of the progmm. Theauthor is a student of physics at theUniversity of Dusseldorf, but don't let thatput you off. You don't need a degree tounderstand this book.As with any computer book, there is a
chance it will be obsolete before it's evenreleased, but thankfully massive changesto this program are few and far between.This book covers GIMP 1.2.
GlrtrP Pocket Refemnce covers everyfacet of the program, from the brainnumbingly simple to the painfully compli
cated. The book is well laid out andexplains eveiything over the course of gypages.
It starts out covering the toolbox, Whilelong-time gmphics manipulators will knowwhat the majority of the toolbox does,this section is a great help to those divinginto image editing for the first time. Thereis also great detail on what all the toolsdo, some of which isn't immediatelyapparent.The core of the book (in other words,
the really good stuff) is the section calledthe Image Window. This is where thingsget really heavy, covering topics like channels and layers.
Despite many years of playing withgraphics, I don't actually play around thismuch, but the book gives nice explanations as'to what it all means, and leavesyou informed but not overwhelmed.Perhaps one of the coolest features of
GIMP is the number of filters (tools toalter an image) it ships with. Some aresimple, subtle affairs, such as sharpeningup the image or softening it, others gomuch further and allow you to add lensfiares, make the graphic look like an oil
painting, and all manner of other interesting effects.
While there are hundreds of add-onsavailable on the Internet for this program,this book only covers those that «omewith it.In the final pages, there are sections on
the rc fi(es, the configuration files thattell the program where to look for brushesand the like, as well as a rather handy listof what file formats GIMP can handle.Although most users wig probably use
standard formats, such as JPEG or PNG,other users may like to know what the program can handle. While it's easy to seewithin the program what Rrrmats it supports, the book tells you exactly whatparts of a particular lile speciifiication itcan handle.
Overall, this is another top O'Reillybook. It amazes me that only one publisher seems to release books like this.
Like many other O'Reilly pocket references. this book is for those who just wentthe facts. A great book for those who wantto delve deeper into the inner mysteries of
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Over the last few months, though. thesituation has changed for the better, witha larger selection of browsers available forthis platform than ever before.
Which is best? Well, while it's hard toreliably test stability (a site that wigcrash a bmwser one day will workRne the next, in my experience), wecan test loading times, page rendering times, the look of thebrowser, ease of con6guration, and basically see whatbrowser gives the best overallperformance.
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The Web-audience measurement 6rmreleased data showing that people in theU.S. who recently switched to broadbandInternet services like digital subscriberlines (DSL) or cable modems wind upspending more time online, view)ng Imany more Web pages, and parkingthemselves in &ont of their computer
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n the last article in this series, welooked at some ways to make the mostof your PHP installation, utilizing its
include statement to create standardheaders and footers for the Web pages onyour site. and learning how to create adynamic. ever-changing display using arandom function. This article looks athow you can easily create forms usingPHP combined with JavaScript.
Forms help make Web pages truly"interactive," allowing the user to makechoices or submit information to a Website. Whether it is simply clicking a
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"search" button on a search engine or submitting your address information in anonline e-commerce application, forms arethe basis for a truly interactive Web. PHPconsiderably eases this process by including a number of simple functionsdesigned to easily process the results froma standard HTML form.
Step I: Building the formOne of the more common types of formfunctions you'6 see on the Web are formsthat allow a user to input informationabout themselves and submit it to theWebmaster. A good form of this type willinclude error-checking mechanisms to
using PHP: Part III The survey shows a sharp spike in thenumber of pages new bmadband usersviewed between January — before they gotbroadband service — and July, afterincreasing their bandwidth. New broadband users viewed 5.5 billion pages inJuly after switching from dial-upaccounts, said Sean Kaldor, vice-presidentof analytical services at N ielsen/NetRatings. That compares to 2.4 billionpage views just six months before, in thesurfers' low-bandwidth days.
"The same set of people are seeing 130percent more pages," Kaldor said.
Further, Nielsen numbers indicate, newbroadband users in the U.S. increasedtheir monthly Web sessions by 25 percent, sitting down to surf an average of 28times in July, compared to 22 in lanuary.
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ensure that all of the required 6elds arecomplete before being submitted and willindicate to the user that the informationhas been sent to the Webmaster. When theform is submitted, the Webmaster is sentan email containing the details the userhas submitted. A simple enough processto describe. but it can be tricky to program. One of the great things about PHPis that only a few lines of code are necessary to handle this process, and the code isvery simple to understand.
First of all, we need a simple form thatwe will process with ow PHP code. It willcontain a number of required elements,
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The winner: Netscape Navigator!So, amazingly, Netscape is fastest, but
only just. Skipstone, based on the Mozillaengine, loaded quickly in comparison toits other Mozilla-based counterparts.Konqueror and Mozilla took more thanthree times as long to load as Netscape,which is not a good sign.
The lookWhile looks aren't that important, ifyou' re going to be staring at a piece ofsoftware for hours at a time, it should bevisually appealing and not induce amigraine.
Opera: Clean and simple interface. Abig minus is the huge advertising logo atthe top right. Opera is not a free product,but you can use a free version that has asponsor logo at the top. This can be a little annoying, but it is not too intrusive.O pera has various interface styles you canchoose, but overall the look stays thesame. Not bad to look at, but certainlywon't win any design prizes.
Konqueror: Clean, simple and boring.Perfectly functional, with the bare mini
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8. Let the battle commence.
Load timesOn higher spec machines these would bemuch faster, but on a lower spec machineload time is a good indication of howbloated the software is. This is far from ascientific test, but gives you an idea of howlong, comparatively, you'B have to wait tostart browsing.
I ran each browser three times, thenworked out the average.
Please note that I decided not to go sofar as tenths of a second. Also, the time isnat just for loading, it reflects how long ittakes before you can do anything constructive in the browser.
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either have it look l ike the familiarNetscape or the modern interface. Themodern interface looks gorgeous. Sleekand stylish, Mozilla wins in the looksdepartment. The interface is both usableand easy on the eye. It's also a lovelychange to see something other than grey.Galeon: Nasty. Looks cheap and tacky.
Probably the worst looking of the bunch.Won't induce a headache, but looks horrible. One thing it does have in its favour,though, is the interface takes up a minimal amount of screen real estate.
Skipstone: The icons on the toolbarcould use some sprucing up, but this issleek and simple. No soothing blues here,only the familiar grey.
Netscape: Classic — whether that is agood or a bad thing is a personal choice.The interface has stayed pretty much thesame over the years, with a few functionalchanges. It is Netscape, what more canyou say? Usable, but for the most part
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Page rendering timesFor this test, I took a 370 KB page fromSlashdot (wwwslashdot.org). I saved the pagerather than using it on the site, since comments could be added on the site whichwould skew the results.
Slashdot uses a lot of tables, which cantake a while to render, so what better testfor a browser? Obviously this is a prettyextreme test as most pages are nowherenear as large.
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The winner: Netscape Navigator.Opera is the clear loser here, taking
almost twice as long as the other browsers.It would appear the developers need toput some serious work into the renderingengine as the performance was absolutelyhorrendous. taking almost four times aslong as Netscape.
It's also interesting to see that Skipstoneand Galeon, both based on the Mozillarendering engine, were faster than Mozillaitself. Skipstone was a little flaky. On the6rst anempt to open the 6le it locked up,but acted as if it was opening the flie. I hadno choice but to klfl the dient and tryagain after a few minutes.
Ease of useIn this category. I will carry out two simple configuration tasks: turning off imageloading, as well as turning JavaScript off
Opera: To turn images off and on, thereis a button at the bottom of each browserwindow. To turn JavaScript off you have
tisements. Sweet!
to edit the preferences. The preferencesoption is located under the File menuinstead of the Edit menu. This is a baddesign choice. Furthermore, when thepreferences dialogue is loaded, it is notimmediately apparent where the option totoggle JavaScript is. It is actually under theApplications section for some reason,under the plugin tab. Iflogical, givenJavascrlpt is actually built into Opera, sois not a plugin.
Konqueror: No apparent on-screenoption to turn off images and JavaScript,so the logical choice is to head to the settings menu. Open the con6guration dialogue, choose to configure the browser,the options for JavaScript are immediately apparent, as are the options to disableimage loading. One exceptionally nicefeature of Konqueror is the ability to haveJavaScript on. but to disable popups,which means no annoying popup adver
Mozilla and Netscape: Both browsersbehave virtually identically. Delve into theEdit menu and choose preferences. Notreally apparent that the option to turn off
both images and JavaScript is under theAdvanced section, but once found, easy todeal with. Not sure why turning imagesolf should be considered advanced, butstill.
Galeorc Head to the Settings menu andyou' ll 6nd everything. A simple menuselection can toggle JavaScript on and off,as well images. Perfect, simple, and elegant.The way it should be. Top marks here.
Skipstonw Head to Preferences, thenOptions. It is all in there.
The winner: Galeon. There is no logicalreason why yow.-should have to trawlthrough menus and configuration dialogues to turn images and JavaScript off.The developers of Galeon realize this andhave made it afi very easy. The only otherbrowser to reefy come close is Konqueror,particularly with i ts option to haveJavaScript on but popup windows off.
The final verdittIt was a close call, but of the browserstried, Galeon appears to be the bestchoice. Its not the fastest loading, it doesn't render pages quicker than the other
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browsers. nor does it look very nice.The fact is though, of the browsers
tried, it offers what I feel is the best tradeoff between features and performance.
Opera is OK. It's my current browser ofchoice, but one area not covered in mytests is the fact that Opera, unlike theother browsers, uses its own proprietaryformat for bookmarks, which means thatif I want to move to another browser, Iwill have a tough time importing my listof I'avourites.
Mozilla has improved dramaticallysince I last tried it a year or so ago. It lookslovely, but is slow. Given that Galeon andSkipstone use the Mozilla renderingengine, it would seem that the choice ofinterface for Mozilla, while pleasing, is too
Netscape was surprisingly quick to loadand render pages, but it just doesn't perform that great when browsing. Plus itsinstabiTity is widely known. Netscape alsohas flaws like not displaying CSS(Cascading Style Sheets) properly. WhileNetscape is a good choice of browser, thesimple fact is that it's past its prime,
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Skipstone was the biggest disappointment. It performed well in some of the tests, but has a few flaws, suchas menus disappearing while being used, and it was theonly browser to crash during the testing.
Overafl, the browser scene in Linux is looking verygood, and we flnally have a choice. After the testing, if Ihad to recommend a browser, it would be a very dose callbetween Galeon and Opera, with Galeon squeaking out a
victory.Opera is slick, but its page rendering is nothing short of
horrendous. Galeon performed well in all tests, and. aesthetics aside, it's a good choice.
An honourable mention should go to Konqueror. Ofthe other browsers, it was the nicest, and scores big pointsfor enabling you to kill popups — a feature I hope is introduced in more browsers.
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OTTAWA — A legal expert's analysis offast-track arbitration, which is used to settle disputes over the ownership ofInternet domain names, suggests that theprocess is fundamentaBy biased in favourof outfits that want to wrest addresseskom so-called cybersquatters.
Since the introduction of UniformDomain Name Dispute Resolution Policy(UDRP) by Internet addressing authorities almost two years ago. critics havepointed out that trademark holders wholaunch complaints under the policy winin an overwhelming majority of cases.
However, the new study released in lateAugust by Internet law expert MichaelGeist says the methods used to select thearbitrators who rule on UDRP cases havehad a dramatic impact on who wins andwho loses.
The UDRP, originally established by theInternet Corporation for Assigned Namesand Numbers (ICANN) to help sort outconflicts over the rights to words used in.corn, .net and .org domains, has seen rulings in nearly 3,400 disputes involvingmore than 6,000 addresses.
Geist and five students at the Universityof Ottawa Law School, where he teaches,examined all UDRP cases decided as ofJuly 7. Their study confirms suspicionsthat the two organizations whose arbitrators write the lion's share of decisions arealso most likely to rule in favour of thetrademark holders — usually larger companies — who instigate the complaints.
The study, called Fair.corn? AnExamination of the Allegations of Systemic
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Unfairness ln the UDRP, found that theGeneva-based World Inte)lectue) PropertyOrganization (WIPO), whose Arbitration
percent of ICANN's UDRP caseload, rulesin favour of the trademark holders 82,2percent of the time.
The U.S.-based National ArbitrationForum (NAF) has processed most of theremaining cases — 34 percent in all — andrenders decisions favourable to' the complaining trademark holders 82.9 percentof the time.
Two o ther a rbitration o utfits,EResolution of Montreal, and CPRInstitute for Dispute Resolution in NewYork, have been assigned justeight percent of cases between them. with complainants winning 63.4 percent of thetime at EResolution and 59.1 percent atCPR.
Geist said it's not surprising that thetrack records of WIPO and NAF attractthe more UDRP business, since. underICANN rules, it's the trademark holderSing the complaint who gets to choosethe dispute resolution provider.
But Geist said his analysis also suggeststhat when staff at WIPO and NAF aresolely responsible for choosing the individual arbitrators who will hear theircases, trademark holders are even morelikely to win.
The study points out that an arbitrator(known as a panelist under the UDRP) isselected by a service provider such as
plainant (the trademark holder) requests
just one panelist. When the complainantor the respondent (the current domainname holder) exercises an option to havethree panelists, the complainant selectsone, the respondent selects one, and theservice provider assigns the third, oftenwith suggestions kom both sides.
Geist said a close examinationof decisions made by NAF panelists shows that... the busiestpanelists have above-averagerecords off finding in favour of
trademark holders.
Geist said that in the lower-cost singlepanelist cases — more than 90 percent ofall cases — complainants win 82.3 percentof the time across all providers, and 85.4percent of the time with NAF, and 84.4percent of the time with WIPO.
However. when three panelists are onthe job, complaints have won just 60.3percent of the time, the study says. AtWIPO, complainants are winning just 64percent of the time under three panelists,while at NAF that number is even lower,51.9 percent
What's more. Geist said, a close examination of decisions made by NAF panelists shows that just six individuals wereresponsible for 53 percent of that organization's 966 single-panel cases up to July7. And the busiest NAF panelists haveabove-average records of finding in favourof trademark holders.
Meanwhile, Geist said. some NAF arbitrators who are widely seen as "respondent-friendly" have yet to be assigned toeven one lone-panelist case.
The study showed that the busiest arbitrator at NAP is James Cannondy, whohas found in favour of complainants in95.7 percent of the 140 cases in which hewas the only panelist. That's six wins forrespondents,
Carolyn Marks Johnson has presided assole panelist on 106 cases, finding infavour of the complainants in all but three
The third, fourth and fikh-busiest NAParbitrators — James Buchele, RalphYachnin and Harold Kalina — also arecomplainant-kiendly more than 90 percent of the time.
On the other end of the scale, Geistsaid, are WIPO-stabled arbitrators such asG. Gervaise Davis — known for a lengthybattle against the animal rights groupPETA on behalf of an individual who heldthe PETA.org domain — and MiltonMueller, a Syracuse University professorwho wrote a UDRP critique titled RoughJustice.
Neither Davis or Mueller have everbeen assigned by WIPO to work as a solepanelist, but have been chosen 20 times byrespondents — in WIPO cases and in casesdecided by other providers, such asNAF — to serve on three-member pands.
"That Davis and Mueller would be popular among respondents... comes as littlesurprise," Geist writes. "The complainant
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There are currently nearly 18 millionhigh-bandwidth Internet surfers in U.S.homes, comprising about 18 percent ofthe nation's 102 million wired households, Kaldor said.
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ny's 65,000 U.S. home panelists, whosesurfing habits Nielsen constantly monitors. Kaldor said the company'9 ratingsformula indicates that the behaviour of asingle panelist statistically represents theactions of about 1,500 Americans with athome Internet access.
Including i ts 65.000-member U.S.paneL Nielsen/NetRatings monitors Webusage among 225,000 people in 26 countries, though no other nation was surveyed for the broadband ratings.
Kaldor acknowledged that there hasbeen some debate about whether newbroadband Internet users already werefrequent Internet visitors, and whethertheir use spiked once Efeed kom narrow
band's constraints. Or, perhaps. theirincreased usage reflects what can beexpected among normal Web users whomake the switch.
There is some skew, Kaldor acknowledged, but once crunched, the numbersindicate that increased Web use is prettynormal behaviour for anyone making theleap to bmadband.
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Perhaps not surprisingly, streamingmedia is an important driver among people who pay for higher bandwidth,Nielsen/NetRatings indicates. Video oftenis still clunky even at higher speeds, butmany other forms of streaming media arefinaBy earning their stripes in broadbandformats, accordulg to Kaldor.
"Between streaming audio and radioinformation. between enhanced advertisements or enhanced catalogue information for e-commerce sites — all thosediferent varieties of streuning mediawe see much higher usage among broadband users," he said. "That leads us to thecondusion that it's one factor that's leading us to broadband."
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To see a field code at work, press Alt + Shift + D to insert a Datefield in your document. This will allow you to see the current dateor the Date field code. You can switch between the two by pressing Alt + F9 (this is a toggle shortcut key and switches betweendisplaying aa the field codes in a document and displaying theirresults). The field code will look something like:
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Strings in Javaof Java language syntax.
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Random numbersUse the RANDBETWEEN function — part ofMicrosoft Excel's Analysis ToolPak — toreturn a random integer between any twonumbers that you want to specify. Forexample, to return a random integerbetween 10 and 100 (induding both numbers) use:=RANDBETWEEN(10,100)
Bays workedThe Analysis ToolPak's NETWORKDAYS function calculates the number of workdaysbetween two dates taking into accountholidays that you specify. Place the holidays across a row or down a column andname this range Holidays. A function likethis will give you the number of workdaysfor the month of October (taking intoaccount holidays that fall in that month):=NETWORKDAYS(DATEVALUE("1/10/2001 "),DATEVANE("31/10/2001"),Holidays)
Effedive ratesIf you' re receiving 4.75 percent interest perannum and the amount is compoundedquarterly, the rate you' re actually receivingis higher. To calculate how much higher,use the EFFECT function to calculate theeffective interest rate:HFFECT(4.754b,4)
The end oi the monthThe EOMONTH function returns the last dayof the month. It's syntax is date (the dateto measure from), and months (a positiveor negative value representing monthsahead or prior to the date). So, the last dayof this month will always be:=EOMONTH(TODAYO,O)
Pain-free looknpsLookups aren't the easiest Excel functionsto create. If you need one, tiy the LookUpWizard Add-in. Choose Tools, Add-ins, thenselect the Wizard. Now choose Tools,Wizard, and LookUp, then step through theWizard to create the lookup function.
On-Iha-Sy conversionsThe CONVERT function converts from one
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ln general, doing elaborate Stringmanipulations is inevitably a large chunkof Java applications. So getting to knowthe Java String manipulation capabilitiesis important. And for a variety of reasons,Strings are one of the most idiosyncratic
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and StringBuffer are to be final. Thismeans neither class may be inherited orextended. Nonetheless, I have seen implementations of a Text class that, in efiect,copies StringBuffer code then adds Stringplus additional functionality to form analternative to the String and StringBufferclasses.
I leave this as an exercise to the ambitious reader to create a superior supersetof the String class (it is not easy).
String is a predefined, specialized dassin Java and not a primitive type likeBoolean. int, or double. String is specialized because it has a number of added features other classes do not have in Java.
First, the plus operator is overloaded forStrings in Java and indicates concatenation. It is one of the few cases in java inwhich operator overloading is allowed. Infact, operator overloading is one of theC++ functions this writer wishes Java hadretained (and is part of Microsoft's newJava-derived language Gtt, or CSharp). Inaddition, the assignment operator acts asa constructor for Strings. The followingtwo statements are equivalent:
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Our program gets to show off howsome of these String functions are typically used to parse a line of text. Here is thecode:
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while(true) (npi ficount[m new ptokenQ;//Note use of break to exit out of loopif((ii=parseNext(test,ii,ops,npl(icount[))<0)break;
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Parse tokens are the way programmersbreak out command lines and markuplanguage messages into their constituentparts. Sometiines the chunk from thecommand line is also stored with thetoken.
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instr.substrlng(ist).indexaf(" ")Again, this is a double caiL
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substring(int1, int2)This is a Java kludge, a vestigial programming mistake.
int2This does not point to the end of the substring but to one character beyond it. Why?Ask the developers of Java at Sun.
So now you have had an in-depth lookat Strings and a sampling of how some ofthe key methods and routines work. Weshall return to String mainpulation inlater tutorials simply because it arises sooften in programming with Java.
Check the section on Strings in IvorHorton's book Beginning Java 2 for moredetailed explanation of exactly howStrings are constructecL EJ
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for this particular fidd. You can nowchoose the date format &om the list displayed and dick Add to Field to indude itto your Beld code, then dick OK, and OKagain.
Another option for inserting Beld codesis to type them yourself. While it may looklike you can simply type them inside a setof curly brackets, this isn't the case. Youmust use Word's shortcut key combination Contml + F9 to insert a set of Beldcode markers, then you can type yourfield code inside these markers. To create adate Se)d code, press Contml + F9 thentype DATE (@ mlrN(d.W". Move away fmmthe code and, if the date doesn't appear,select the entire code and press F9 (thisshortcut key updates the selected Geld).
Click Ilare bbckNow that you' ve seen how to insert a Beldcode and use of one Seld code, let's look atanother, the MacmButton. This Beld isgreat for creating Cfick Here blocks inyour documents. For example. if you' recreating a template for others to use, youcan insert a Click Here block with someexplanatory text to indicate what datashould be inserted at that point. When theuser has read the information and theyclick the block, their text replaces the
instructions and the fielddisappears.
To see how this works,open a new Word document and click wheresome text is to appear.Now choose Insert, Field,then choose DocumentA utomation f rom t h eCategories li s t andM acmButton from th eField names list. In thetext area at the foot of thedialogue, t ype th is:NnMeuo (Gick here and type dteaddreisj. Click OK. If 6eldcodes are set to displayresults you' ll see an ninamarked [Gick here and Apethe address). Before you testtins. save the file, thenclick and test it. You' ll seethe Beld code text disappear as it isreplaced by the text you type.
Using Click Here 6elds in your tempbtes allows you to mark key areas for thedocument user to type into. It aho allowsyou to indude explanatory text inside themarkers to help users understand what isrequired at specified points in a docu
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you want in the top-right cell, which willbecome your fret ticket. When you' redone, copy this to the cell below. If you' dlike the numbers on the stub to appearrotated, select the entire 6rst column andchoose Format, Text Direction, and select
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one of the two rotated text options.To enter the numbering into the 6rst
cell, click in the top-left cell (the first stub)where the numbering is to go and chooseInsert then Field. From the Categories listselect Numbering, and from the Fieldnames list choose SEQ. In the text areabelow, type the word Ticket after the wordSEQ, then dick Options, and choose theField Specific Switches tab. Click the irfield and click Add to Field. After the ir inthe text area at the bottom of the dialogue, type the starting number for yourtickets (for example, 10,000) and click OKtwice. The word Ticket is the name you' regiving to your autonumbering sequenceand the ir switch sets the starting numberfor the sequence.
Now to add the same number to theticket itself, click in the top-right cellwhere the number is to appear and chooseInsert then Field. From the Categories listchoose Numbering and fiom the Fieldnames list choose SEQ. In the text areabelow, type the word Ticket after the wordSEQ, then click Options and choose theField Sperific Switches tab. Click the icfield, click Add to Fidd, then click OK.and OK again. Notice that you use thename Ticket to continue the pre-existingautonumbering sequence and the ic fieldsimply copies the next closest autosequence number so you get the samenumber twice.
Into the second cell on the left you' ll usesimilar steps to add a field that wiB contain SEQ Ticket and in the second cell onthe right you'6 repeat the steps that youused to create the cell above. When thecells in the se«ond mw are complete, youcan copy the entire row by selecting bothcells and choosing Copy. Now select thethird row and choose Paste. Continue toCopy and Paste until you' ve created all thetickets you need (or as many as you thinkreasonable to pla«e in a single document).Remember to copy the data from the second row and below (don't copy the toprow of the table as it contains the seednumber for the ticket sequence).
If your numbers aren't updating, don' tworry. When you' ve finished copying,select the entire document by choosingEdit. Select All, and press F9 to update allthe 6eld codes.
RightMick selecfion hoxThe final use we have for Word's fieldcodes is a selection list you can create toallow your user to insert text from a listthat you' ve set up for them. It's a neat toolthat uses Word's Auto Text field and it isfairly simple to create.
Choose Insert, Field, and from theCategories list select Links and referencesand from the Field names list chooseAutotextlist. In the text box af'ter the wordAutotextlist type the word "staN" (includedouble quotes). Click Options, choose theField Specific Switches tab, choose the isswitches, and cli«k Add to Field. In thetext area below, after the is entry. typestaNist" inside quotes (this is a style name,
which we' ll set up shortly).Now, to set the screen tip so it prompts
the user, choose the tt switch and clickAdd to Field. In the text area below. afterthe tt entry, type "Right click snd select s personfrom the list" inside quotes and click OKtwice. Your field code should look likethis:AUTOTENTLIST "slaW' its 'stsfgisf(t "Right dick aadselect a person from the I<
To create the list of names, start a newline in your document and type eachname, one per line. pressing Enterbetween each one. Select the list of namesand, in the Style box on the Formattingtoolbar, type stsNist as the new style nameand press Enter. Click the Show/Hide button on the toolbar so you display theparagraph markers in the document and,without selecting the paragraph marker,select the first person's name and chooseInsert, AutoText, New, then click OK (orsimply press Alt + F3).
Repeat this and add an Auto Text entryfor each person in your list. You can nowremove the names from the do«umentleaving just the Beld code in place. Save
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Now that you have the list of names,you can create the dropdown list at anytime in the future by simply inserting thefield code in any new document. If youplan to use this list regularly you can create the field code itself as an AutoTextentry by creating it, selecting it, andchoosing Insert. AutoText, then New. Typea name for the entry (Staff is a goodchoice) and click OK. Now you can createthe field code at any time by typing Stagand pressing F3 (you can use this samemethod to make any field code anAutoText entry).
There are plenty more Word fields youcan use that will help you automate yourdocuments and you' ll find some usefulinformation about them in Word's Helpfeature. CI
Helen Bradley specializes in wriiiag hands<a tutorials. Her columns appear regularly in a number oipublications in Ausirsiis, Canada, the Usk sad theU.S. Contact Helen at heleabnhelenbrsdley«om.
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Now or taday?Ta return the current date and time, use=NOWO. To get the date but ndt the time,use=TODAYO. Of course the time is basedon the computer's dock, so if it's wrong, '
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W hen was that printed?Add an entry into a cell on the worksheetto show the date and time it was printedusing a combination of the NOW and TEXTfunctions. For example:="Printed: '&TEXT(NOWp, "ddd, dd-mmm-Yryyhh:mm")
Snm these if ...The SUMIF function adds a range af numbers if they comply to a stated condition.For example, this function adds ali thenumbers in the range B2:8300 for whichthe corresponding entry in column A isYes:=SUMIF(AI'As,"Yes",81:88).
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IWe' ve taken a very brief look at some of'Excel's functions here. If you want to knowmore, use Excel's Help and type the nameof the function into the Answer Wizard toget more usefui information and samples.
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