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altered the way we think
about business, billion dollars worth of companiesspecializinterpersonal communication, entertain- ing in networking, part of its strategy to be
ment and a broad range of other day-to-day the premiere supplier of critical compoactivities. But as eye-opening as the past nents for the Internet revolution, just as it
couple of years have been, what we' reexpe- was a supplier of critical components for the

onto the Internet has allowed us to search

libraries in other cities. Someone I know
actually searched the card catalogue of a
library in Dublin via the Internet, while

doing genealogy research.

Sometimes, though, the "go anywhere

to find anything" model starts to get a bit
Symantec is singing a similar refrain, iffy. Do people in Vancouver really care that
New World of technology.
For the past decade and a half, personal and earlier this fall, gaveTCP a presentation they can buy peaches over the Internet from
computers were on the leading edge of tech- on its new "Internet-centric" strategy. a grocer in Montreal? Probably not, and this
nology's advance, at least in terms of the Talking about the company's informal slo- is one of the current challenges of people
potential it gave to us as individuals to gan, "serving the connected world," Chris who want to set up shop on the Internet.
The Internet has huge reach, and one of
extend our brain power. By implication, Monnette, general manager for Symantec
riencing now is merely the dawn of the new,

PC revolution.

computers always figured largely in discussions about the future of culture and society.
However, the PC revolution is over; the
technology gestalt has changed. The personal computer has receded into background, and what looms Is aglobal network
of connected personal computers
the

Canada described how the Web is now a

very big deal. It is affecting not only the
company's product development, but also
its bedrock businesspractices, from the way

Internet, of which the Web is the dominant,

multimedia incarnation.

appointed president, Dan Servos, talked to

TCP about three "pivotal" trends influenc-

it determines its rates for advertising. It's the

reason why one minute of advertising durmovement of products from factory to con- ing the Super Bowl costs soTnuchbecause
sumer.
the Super Bowl delivers a huge audience.
Likewise, 3Com Canada's recently Print advertising also works this way: bigger
it communicates with customers to the

The PC won't disappear, and will remain ing the company's businessplanning: convergence of communications on a single
joined by a broad range of deviceswith data medium, the Internet; the shift to a knowlprocessing and storage capabilities built in. edge-basedeconomy; and increased mobiliOf course this is no revelation, but we' re ty of the population. Servos talked about
reaching a point where the predictions are 3Com's "user-centric" strategy, the focus of
actually bearing fruit in the form of conver- which is to help individuals access the
gence products we can actually buy. For information they need right now, whether
example, today in some provinces, you can they' re at home, at work or anywhere else.
buy a Nortel Vista 450 screenphone that
includes an LCD screen and a wireless key- Surf globally, live locally
an important device. However, it will be

board. The service package that comes with

the Vista includes an online phone directory, the ability to receive and send email
from the screenphone, and other services,
like weather reports, stock quotes and

the phrases you hear from Internet marketers is "capturing eyeballs." This is very
much a model borrowed from TV and how

Connecting people to the information they

need is an interesting principle, but highly
variable in its specific incarnations. In some
cases, the value of a move to ever larger
information networks is obvious, When

distributions usually mean higher ad rates.

However, with traditional media, a divi-

sion between regional and transregional

content has developed. Youdon't have to be
a genius to realize that if your store is in one

locale, it's not going to be very effective to

run ads for your weekly specials in a daily
newspaper three provinces away.
Yet, when you look at all the hype surrounding e-commerce and e-retailing, the
big message you hear is about all the millions of eyeballs that will visit your online
store. What the ewommerce industry needs

to work through is how to make a comparable regional/transregional distinction that

makes sense for t h i s n e w m e dium.
Information can be consumed virtually, and
virtually anywhere, but real goods still need
to be consumed in real time and space.

online bill payments.

library card catalogues went online via

The PC industry knows its traditional

turf is shifting, and the various players are

dumb terminals, it allowed us to see if a particular book was available, without having

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I would like to warn potential customers of

possible problems that they may encounter if
they decide to buy a computer by mail or out
of the province in which they reside.
Last year, I bought a laptop computer
after seeing an advertisement in a national
newspaper. Since the computer company
was based in New Brunswick and I lived in
Nova Scotia, I did not think that I would
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guaranteed their product. Unfortunately, I

immediately had problems with the computer, returned it within the 3Qday hassle-free
warranty period and waited for my refund. I
waited over two m onths and was only

refunded part of my money.

After many communications with the

company, I decided to take them to Small

Claims Court in Nova Scotia as there was
nothing else I could do. The judge ruled that

balance owing, but the company still refused

to pay, stating that I must make the claim in
the New Brunswick Smail Claims Court. I felt
so powerless. I still have not received the balance owed to me despite several attempts to
negotiate with the company.
So I would like to warn people who are
thinking about buying a computer by mail or
courier service. Beware! Call your Better
Business Bureau to see if there have been

the computer company should pay me the complaints filed against this company. Think

aboutwhat may happen ifyou have problems with your computer. If you are only
given a telephone to call if something goes
wrong, beware. The computers advertised by
mail may be cheaper than the one at your
local dealer but in the long run, you are
spending your time trying to get service. You
may even end up not being refunded the
money you paid for a faulty computer.
If the company is in New Brunswick or
Ontario, for example, and you live in a different province, the laws may be different if
you find yourself going to court for a refund.

Also, you will have to file in that province.

Because of this, it seems that the companies
can do what ever they like and it is the cus-

no e

tomer in the end who suffers. Make sure you

know where the company office is located,
With the computer era changing the way

in

we do business, we must be extra cautious

before we make a purchase by computer or

by mail. In the event of a dispute we must be
sure that the laws in our province will pro-

tect us against shoddy businesses. Before you

buy, know your rights and know the track
record of the company with whom you want
to do business.
Bernita Butler

DT replies: This is sage advice. Historically,

mail order I ms been less popular in Canada than

in the II.S., we seem ro prefer tlie comfort of a

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have been doing a series of presentations

about the Web to business audiences and
a number of the slides I use quote such
technology, business and world leaders as
IBM chief executive Lou Gerstaer, Orade

founder and head Larry Ellisen, Miaosoft

chairman Bill Gates, U.K. Prime Minister

Tony Blair, and Daimler-Chrysler boss Robert

Eaton. They are all saying the same thing:
the Internet changes everything.
For example, Biij Gates says, "Business is
goiag to change more in the next 10 years
than it has ia the last 50." Perhaps this is

because Gates and Microsoft got caught

underestimating the impact of the Interne,

pasea lnonlters.

In e ducation, PC
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labs and computer
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across university campuses (with more institutions requiring computers for every new ing rapid decline in PC prices are:
machine that will be worth 25 perceat of its
student) and into dormitories. In high Computers are self-perfecting. They can purchase value in two years?
schools, one mark of excellence has
be and are used quite eifectively to speed
And maybe it's also the case that everyone
bemme the availability of computers in

up creation and delivery of the next gen-

every dassreom.
eration of computers.
and have had to scramble to catch up.
In the arts, PCs are being used to create There has been nearly unlimited demand
Likewise car makers are scrambling to help
wonderful pieces of music, images, anifor the next generation of computing
shape rather than react to the impact that
mations, and sculptures, and are also
power for business and home use, in the
Web sites such as AutoBytel and CarPoint are
being incorporated in the performing
arts and every field of endeavor.
on car sales. (Reports say that in 1999,
arts, such as dance.
30 percent of UX car buyers are shopping for In saence, PCs, as much as supercomputToday, we are approachiag a threshold of
vehides online, and that number is expected
ers, have made it possible for even the 50 pexent penetration of PCs in the home

have

to jump to over 50 percent in 2000.)

But Gates and his busiaess mhorts should
not have been surprised. Scierititfc American

(October 198S), IEEE Spectrum (1990 and

again in 1995), and other reputable technical
magazines devoted complete issues te the
tepic of networks, telecommunications and
the rapidly evolving Web.
And te be fair, these leaders were not

bhnd to the Web and its opportunities and

challenges, they just underestimated the

scope and speed of the changes.

So, why is this Web phenemenon happening and how does the Web change everything ia ways large and small?
The PC revolsstlon ends
Four years ago, PCWorld magazine devoted an
issue to the idea that PCs were becoming pervasive in all walks of life. The evidence of the
PC's presence aad influence was enormous:

In b usiness, PCs are on almost every

desk
usually linked by local area networks (LANs)
in every plant, and even
whisking around on delivery vehicles.

humblest of graduate students to store,

analyze, model, and do simuhtions or
experiments to accelerate the rate of discovery in every nook and scientific aanay.
In s p orts, PCs are being used to run
JumboTron stadium displays, to visualize
and analyze the intricate motions of a golf

(recent studies indicate Caaada is just below

the 50 percent mark, while the U.S. has hit
it). But over the past two or three years, PC
makers have become increasingly worried
that computing power may be starting to get
ahead ofthe censumer demand and need.
Demand is still growing, but not at the rate
swing, and te aeate fantasy sperts leagues, it did in the heyday of PCs.
franchises and super-realistic games.
So why the downturn in demand in the

home despite steeply decliniag prices?

When this PC WorM feature ran, there was Several arguments have beea advanced to

a convindng argument for the central place of

the PC in everyday life. But like the business
leaders already cited, the magazine didn't take
into account the rapid advance of the Internet.

who thought they needed a computer now has

one. After all, the need to work with a word

processor or spreadsheet, or the desire to keep

one's banking records on a mmputer, is by no
means universal. What cemputing really needed was another killer app to get PCs into 100
percent of the homes. Enter the Internet.
But, ironically, how the last 50 percent of
homes get communicatioa and computing
power is still up for grabs. There's no denying
that we, as consumers, will want some kind
of device to compute and surf with, but that
device may not be a PC as it's been defined
over the past two decades. By 2004, a traditional PC will cest between $75 and $300with $200 being our best guess.

The PC won't suddenly disappear, but consider that the new games consoles fmn Sega,
Sony and Nintendo pack three to feur times

the computing power of today's PCs, plus they

explain this phenomenon. First, computers have better sound and graphics, and can conare still too darn difficult to use. Despite

color graphic user interhces (GUIs) and the

move to plug and play devices, PCs are still

nect to the Interne. Likewise, the telephone

mmpanies are working overtime to aam the

right combo of computing aad communica-

fiaicky and hard to use. Such conveniences

as touch screens, pen input, voice activation,

tion power into their "telephone handsets.'

owned the desktop since the late '80s, part of

bining computing, t elecommunications,

Hnw the Web Ia changing the PC

Cable and TV vendors are also working to
Today, for around $1,000, you can buy a PC adaptive operating system (OS) iriterfaces combine TV, computing and Internet into
with a 300 MHz Pentium II processor, 3 GB have not made the Miaosoft cut for OS desk- WebTV and other set-top-box offerings.
hard disk, 56Kbps modem, monitor, key- tops. And since Microsoft has effectively
This trend to get into the home by comboard, mouse, CD-ROM drive, and sound

card. Fifteen years ago, the equivalent of this the blame for slow acceptance into housetype ef computing and communicating holds lies at 1 Miaosoft Way.
power would have cost between $500,000
But there are other I'actors. Many potenand a $1 million. Just five years hence it will tial home users have access to more than
In government, PC use mirrors that ef cost between $75 and $300.
enough coraputing technology at work,
the business environment. PCs are used
Two of the basic reasons for the continu- school or at the public library, so why buy a

and/or television features has been dubbed

"convergeace" by the business press. Who
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to speculate who will win, but we agree with
the experts
the brass ring is up for grabs.

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computer to run Cantax, do word process-

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business laptop. But now they have purchased a $1,000 PC with a modem and say it
has paid for itself in less than two months,
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mail and delivery expenses have-dedined

rather than increasing as she feared. The cost
has been the price of the PC, plus a $25
monthly Internet connection. That fee will

Argentina and Hong Kong, and they talk to

their daughters in Europe almost daily.
Mai, who will be retiring from her job at more than double to $55 month when they
the end of this year, has set up her own start to use a high-speed cable connection,
import-export business with key suppliers in but at the same time their speed of commuHong Kong and Singapore. Using Internet nication will increase tenfold.
Phone, chat messaging or email, she can chat
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got a second-hand PC and connected to the
Internet. He has used it to buy a car online,
and to play Bridge and Hearts with some old
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He and Mai and Jose are part of the 25

million to 30 million North Americans who

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have and will sign onto the Web for the first
time this year. Readers should know, however,
that past predictions have been too cau-

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especially for North America, where
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much as 20 to 40 percent. It looks like communication Internet voice, e-telephone,

video, email, ewhatting isthe killer app that

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of Dell, Gateway, and Apple computers is
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connected to and use the Net. In the future

even the simpler Internet appliances will

provide some PC functionality in addition to
a great Web experience.

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goodies at auctions, finding a job, doing

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high initial or setup cost and very low marginal costs expenses associated with production (or in this case reproduction and
communication). Over the long term all
prices are driven towards the marginal costs,
and in most cases on the Web the marginal
costs are near zero.
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player" effect. The dominant or largest player on the Web tends to have the lowest costs

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to become the dominant player, a number of
companies
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Government (followed by most other governments) has declared a moratorium on
taxesfor goods and services sold over the
Net. The argument against taxes on the Net
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Mechanisms (some form of cybercash or

digital wallet) for charging'and collecting

and distribution can be located nearly

anywhere. Therefore deciding which

Web, but most sites and the information

jurisdiction gets to tax a Web purchase is

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they offer are free to browse. And the "free"

anything but dear.

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odd lot or small amounts are still being
might very well nip the slowly emerging brand on the Net and it is called e-business.
developed.
e-business market.
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or states, or in even in two different
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By Jacques Surveyor
ou may be excused if you find yourself
asking again, "What's so cool on the
Web that's attracting so many users?"

By 2005,500 million users are expected to be

on the Web. Only radio and TV currently have

It has come to this bottom line; an organization must not only state its mission but
demonstrate its fulfillment on the Web.

previously garnered such worldwide attention.

True, many business and education Webs

are really intranets and virtual private networks (VPNs) sitting behind firewalls and
available only to authorized users.

The pundits and experts lump the reasons

into four main categories:
Very rich news, information and prob- correspondents. They insisted that when you on a demo of the then-new RealAudio Player.
When l went to Loyola University to look
lem-solving resources.
hear from a variety of correspondents from The CBC site uses some of the latest dynamic up some data on the Web while in Chicago
Novel and cost effective ways to commu- Agence France Press, the BBC, CBS aswell as page technology to post election results and recently, I should not have been surprised
nicate.
CBC, you feel you are getting a more com- report on sporting events, like the recent Pan that the whole library catalogue was search

Ga mes, entertainment and communities plete story.

dedicated to hobbies and special interAnother attraction of the CBC site is that
ests.
it has been an early pioneer in the use of

New ways to buy, sell and save.

We' ll look at examples of each of these

Am games in Winnipeg. Finally, CBC is start-'

ing to tap into its vast wealth of news, sports,

able on the Internet; the latest newspapers,

and entertainment assets by offering audio

novel Web technologies. Two years ago, I was and video tapes for sale on the Web.

browsed in their entirety online; aII of the

astonished to hear CBC Radio'sAs It Happens

courses and professors had postings of read-

There is no doubt that for news and

ing lists, required reading and assignments

information, the Web is the place to be. The

Encyclopedia Brittanica, which in 1990
made over a $1 billion in book sales can now
only be
purchased on CD-ROM and overthe
Interne. Ditto for other encyclopedias.
Then there's trading. One key advantage

categories by visiting actual Web sites.

News, info and problem solving

A couple of friends surprised me the other
day by saying the CBC was vital to them. I
must admit this is the time of the year when

on the Web; and I couldn't access any of this

because I was not an authorized user.
But even intranets and VPNs are becoming more public as the fast paced "need to

know" and free information ethic has organizations opening up to broader Web usage.

of Web-based stock brokers is that they pro-

the yen forHockey Night in Canadareaches,a

personal peak, but my Yugoslavian friends
were talking about httpitwww.cbc.ca.

Part of this trend also comes from the

fact that the Web is being used more and
including quotes, charts and statistics for
more for problem solving. As an example,
free on their sites. I go to hitp:tiIvww.yahoo.ca my brother and I both have tinnitus fringlng
or hltp Jtwww.etrade.corn to get stock quotes.
in our ears), and using the excellent X-Portal
All the major international news net- search software from Toronto developer
works are available on the Internet. In fact KCSL, we were able to get a good overview of
most major arts, science, business, educa- the nature of the problem and what question, and governmental institutions have tions we should be asking our doctors.

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National Transportation Exchange does

the same for truckers. Most truck shipments
computer games.
home
are one way, with the truck
and dispersed group of buyers and sellers.
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gories of goods, such as used computers, elec- National Transportation Exchange matches
few million others like them because we get
tronics, collectibles (baseball cards, records, empty trucks with shippers who need goods
to test our mettle against real pros, plus some
comic books, etc). It provides a mechanism for delivered somewhere along the trucker's
nternet
of the late night chats are really fun. I
buyers to bid in silent-auction fashion on list- return route. Independent truckers and priservice providers (ISPs) and businesses advered goods/services. For guaranteeing the vate fleets h ave f o un d t h e N a t i onal
tising online love them because games make New business model opportunities
authenticity of the buyer and seller, eBay takes Transportation Exchange to be an effective
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a small percentage of the total transaction.
ular of all with the teenage guys: multiplayer

created by the Web's capacity to connect

instantaneously and cost effectively to a diverse

cally different business models for success on

the Web. Many of the information services
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more effectively online than by any other
mechanism. Finally, these startups are not
beholding to a chain of distributors to get their
product and services delivered to their clients.

returning

site to site, players stay in one place for hours eBay are examples of unique new businesses
on end my hearts addiction being proof of
this. The stickiness allows the site to expose
players to hours of ads targetted spedfically
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the "free" game, has registered by providing

personal information, or a "profile."

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means of making money on what would otherwise be a no value run.
Both of these new "market makers" rely

on the Internet to provide a very cheap, standard way of communicating with their buyers and sellers. Their Web sites and software
are the marketplaces that match buyers to
sellers. It is remarkable how many other broker/market making opportunities are still
awaiting their eBay.
In contrast, discount stock brokers are an
example of an existing business being changed
profoundly by economies that are achieved
over the Web. Discount brokers are using a

new model of self service through the Web and

deep discount prices to attract customers.

Because customers come to them online, they

do not need a hugesalesforce or branch offices
scattered across the country. Customers open
accounts and keep balances on the brOke's
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able to offer the lowest cost product and ser-

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Web, is the last frontier to be standardized

and managed well.And now the communi-

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Once software can run in a browser, it can
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telephone handset, or in the super-powerful
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This is another reason the race to get the last
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medium, a set of techniques and conventions specific to television were developed.
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units that don't have a keyboard, slightly larger "coat pocket-size"
devices that have a small keyboard, and into one that is about the

same size as a mini-notebook PC.

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found the Windows 95-like screen interface did not translate well on
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not an issue with the larger systemswith built-in keyboards. In this
category, units range in size from those small enough to tuck into a

jacket pocket or handbag to thosethat more closely resemble a mininotebook computer. For example, the case dimensions of IBM's
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So the question must be asked: why bother with a handheld

when you can get a much more powerful notebook computer? The
reality is most users who want a portable computing platform only
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Canada, according to one independent report). The original surf the Net. Additioaally, they want something reLatively small and
PalmPilot has since been joined by the PalmPilot Professienal, a few light that turns on immediately. Notebooksare bulkier, require users
variations on the Palm IH, and the slimmer Palm V. Users are anx- to sit through a boot-up processand are much more expensive. For
iously awaiting the Canadian release of the Palm Vll, which add users whose traveling needsare light, a handheld device can deliver
wireless connectivity directly into the Palm hardware.
the capabilities and performance required at a fraction of the cost.
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over a lot of people, who becamePalmPilot fanatics.

Windows operating system for desktop and notebook computers,

Windows CE has a similar look and feel, but is pared down to provide only the functionality that handheld users need
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gets crowded with Windows CEgraphical ele-

Continued from
page32

goes a Iongwayon the Palmplatform.

Even in its thinner size,-thePalmV includes an
Infrared interfacefor beaming information
betweeninfrared-enabled Palmunits.
Contains an internal
battery, which recharges
every time thePalmVis placed into thesynchro-

nization cradle,

The Palm Vambi

is dextrousi The screencover
flips over fromthe side, and isattachedbya post
the samesize asthe pen,allowing thecover and
pen to be installed on either side of the device to

suit the user.

An optional modem attachment is available,

ments.
The E-100 has16 IN of onboard memory.
A compact flash slot offers additional storage.
Users can purchase
anoptional multimedia package to providedigibtl stereo output, for use asan
MP3 device.
An infrared Interface allows
users to exchange
data with other CEdevices, andInfrarmbenabted
desktop or notebookPCs.
Although the E-100
doesn't comewith a modem,
one is availablefor purchaseseparately.

.ca

world has also been in the business of making handhelds. The Aero line was one of the
fust to incorporate a color screen into a
palm-sized device.

Uses a proprietary lithium ion batteiy, which

rechargeswhen the handheld is in the synchronization cradle.

Connects to a PC
via a serial interface.
Although the Palm V is compatible with the Mac Ships with a protective softcover case.
platform, it requires aserial cable adapter anda
free softwaredownload tofuncgon. Usershave
the option of purchasingthe PalmMacPac
(US$15), which includesboth.
The Palm connects to the PC
via a sedai interface.

CD quaiity music without skipping

Even though the Palm HI line was considered svelte, the Palm V goes further,
shrinking it in all three dimensions, while
retaining the same functionality. The bad
news: it only comes with 2 MB of onboard
storage, and if the batteries nm dry you have
to head to your docking station instead of
being able to pop in a fresh pate Still, 2 MB
goes a long way using the Palm platform,
and the internal battery lasts quite a while,
so the chances of running out of power will

Record and play voice messages

be minimized (we' ve run the Palm V for

Informative LCD display

weeks at a time between charges). Those who

are willing to leam the Graffiti input method
will love it.

Get Internet music in your palm

Portable, lightweight, digital audio
player which can store and playback
MP3 files

Weight only 99 gm with batteries

Available 32/64 MB version

Ceslo Cesslolsele E-100

Suggestedretail price: $800
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The Cassiopeia Is Casio's handheld line, and
now it's available with a color screen.

+ Optional digital camera module

: gpA FEK

The Cassiopeia uses

WindowsCEas its operating
system for seamlessIntegration with a Windows
desktop,

Input is via a stylus and

action buttons (two on

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the side of the device, and a directional tilt-panel

on the front). Thee arethree application launcher

buttons onthe front of the deviceandoneon the
side, all of whichalsopower upthe device.
The screen is 240x320
pixels, which sometimes

The Aero uses

WindowsCEas its operating system for seamlessintegration with aWindows
desktop.
Input is via a stylus and
action buttons along the
left side of the device. It has four application

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launcher buttons onthe front of the machine,

which
alsoturnonthemachine.
The sc
reenis240x320pixels,whichcanseem
tight whenWindowsCEelements appear onthe
The 256-color screen uses reflective TFT technol-

ogy, which savesbattery power by using ambient

light and allows for better visibility of the display
ln bright sunlight. It also has a backlight for lowllght conditions.
The 2110 model comes with 8 MB of onboard

Caslo is known for a lot of interesting

and useful electronic devices, from keyboards to cameras, to organizers and CE
memory, which is upgradeable to 24MB.
devices. This device is quite nice, with a color A compactflash slot onthetop of the machine
screen and better audio options (for those
can be usedfor eidradata storage orfor hardwho just can't decide whether their next purware attachment (like a modem).
chase should be a CE device or an MP3 play- The Aero usespropri
a etary lithium ion battery,
which rechargesevery time the Aero is placedin
er). While the screen is a bit small for those
who want to do serious work, it still makes
the synchronization cradle.
for an attractive traveling companion for
In addition to an internal microphoneandspeakthose who want to jot notes, organize their
er, the Aerohasa headphoneand microphone "
schedule and have a bit of fun while doing it.
jack for better audio input andoutput
The Aero has
an infrared interface for sending
Corn@ail Aero 2110
data to other handhelds or infraedwnabledPCs.
Suggestedretail price: 5660
Connects to a computer
via serial interface.
httpllwww.compaq.ca
Ships with a protective softcover case.
The nmnber one PC manufacturer in the

The bg news with this handheld ls the

reflective TIT color display, which is a great
way to lengthen the battery life of a handhold. Most color units have reasonably short

runtimes because the screens require lighting. However, the Aero's reflective model utilizes the ambient light in the user's location,
keeping power requirements low, but allow-

ing the unit to be backlit when necessary.

Otherwise, the Aero is a pretty solid CE
device with all of the palm-top functionality
CE devices offer (still a bit on the small side
to do serious work, though), making it a

+ High data transfer rate

Superior error recovery from scratched
discs
+ Read DVD format and allCD formats

good choice for fans of the palm-sized CE

platform.
Although too late to indude in this
review, Compaq announced a revision to the
2110, designated the 2180. The new model
includes 24 MB of memory and a color
screen that supports 65,000 colors. Compaq
also introduced a "Palm killer" Aero 150D, a
monochrome system
that weighs less than
142 g (5 oz.) and is just 1.27 cm (.5 in.) Chick

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The keynewfeature of theVisor is the plug-and-

A detachable plastic cover is included

to protect

play Springbaard slot on the back. It is an openbacked slot designed to hold anything from

the screen. When the Visor is in use, the cover

can be attached to the back of the unit.

is far thosewhoplan to use it only as astandalone unit.

AII models of the Visor ship with an enhanced scientific calculator program, advanced date book,

The Visor Delushi

xeps in five different colors
(ice, blue, green,andorange, in addition to the
standard graphite) andcomeswith a pmtective
softcover case.
The basic Visor model
(US$179) ships without
the softcover caseandhasonly 2 IN of onboard

straight datacartridges to hardware upgrades. A

number of partnersarecurrently designing items
to fit the Springboardslot, ranging from gamesto
cell phoneattachmentsand pagers,from global
positioning system modules to MP3 players,

Instead of astandardserial connection, the Visor

uses USB,rnaldng it easy toconnect to both
USB-enabledWindowsand Maccomputers.

gQ

and world clock,

Although the PahnOS has been licensed
before, this is the first major variation on the

Palm platform. The reason for this is the

memoiy. The Visor Solo model is the same as the Springboard slot. Although it is possible to
Continued on page 4O
basic madel, but has no synchronization cradle. It

Although it's technically an organizer, the

Rex Prohas enough in common with many
handheld devices to make it worth mentioning here.

CANA D A' S

This device has the form factor of a PC Card,

which means the RexPro can be Inserted into the
PC Card slot of any notebook PCfor synchroniza-

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When used
independently,datacanbeentered
and modified with buttons on the front of the
machine, but as the user is forced to scroll
through the alphabet character by character, it can
become tedious if much data has to be entered
this way.

It has 512 KB
of onboard memory, but since the

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that feature a PCCard slot.
It has a docking station option ($69.95) that

allows theRexPro to be usedand synchronized

with a standard PCdesktop. The docking station
is required for compatibility with Windows NT.

1000 years ofComputing:

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The Pro 5 DS
package ($369.95) includes the
docking station and the Rex.
The Rexispowered by two watch-style CR2925
batteries, which, under regular use, last up to six

months.
A calculator-style softcover carrying case
is
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Although the character-bywharacter

input method may make this organizer less
attractive than a f u l l -fledged handheld
device, Franklin's Rex Pro $ still has its fans.

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enough witha notebook PC or HP handheld

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headphone
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service is preloaded and will handle short
VII the Revo PDA, asTCPwent to press. The
Palm VII, from 3Com's Palm Computing sub- email, but a more sophisticated email prosidiary, was rolled out across the U.S. on the gram that will handle most standard email
same day, (A representative of Palm functions is also available for download.

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The Palm VII also has an IR port that can

The Palm VII has a suggested retail price
be used for a fax device and a serial port for of US$499, which includes three subscripconnecting other add-ons. Online connectiv- tion options to Palm.net. The Palm.net serity is achieved through a built-in wireless vices start at US$9.99 per month. 0
data radio, which links to the Palm.net servPalm Computing, http://www.palm.corn,
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Psion, hitpf/www.psion.corn

Computing in C anada did no t h ave a

Canadian release date, but expects it will be

sometime in the new year.)

Selling for US$500, the Revo is a "pocket"
version of Psion's Series 5 PDA (which is
included in this month's TCPLab Test), but
with a larger touch-screen, sleeker design,
and a similar keyboard, and tips the scales at

200 g (7 oz.).
Like the Series 5, the Revo is based on the
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Psion brought to the Symbian joint venture

with Ericsson, Nokia, and Motorola. Unlike

the "shipping-real-soon-now" Symbian
products, however, the Revo is shipping.

Can youzip zippers?

Like the Series 5, the Revo's touch-screen

folds out from the keyboard chassis to "present" a greater screen surface than would
normally be available using a conventional
clamshell design. The keyboard, meanwhile,
slips slightly forward to accommodate the
screen.
Embedded software supporting word processing, email, and Internet access comes as
standard on the Revo, which has from 2 MB
of onboard memory.
Optional extras include a 56Kbps travel
modem with a GSM cellular data facility,
allowing Revo usei" to plug into the Internet
while on the move, either via landline or

mobile phone. Pricing for the modem is

expected to be around US$160.
In parallel with the launch of the Revo,
Psion has also officially launched its Planet
Psion ISP operation, which is designed to

partner with Psion's growing range of PDAs,

Psion is tapping LineOne, the United Media
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business, sports, and entertainment information.

Palm Vll adds plenty of e-content

3Com is also bundling a range of Internet
services with its new handheld computer.

Palm VII users access these services

including the ability to buy books, bid in online
auctions, make stock market transactions,

pick up email, and receive news updatesthrough a system called Web-clipping.

Jim Kruger, product manager at Palm.net
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indicated they will write Web-clip compatible programs for their Web sites and that as
these become available they will be downloadable from Palm's Web site, which is automatically accessible through the Palm VII.
Kruger said the Palm VII features two new
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also power it up, but theycanbe locked while it Is

being carried in ahandbagor briefcase to prevent
power drain if thebuttons areaccidentally hit.
The Jornada
680slips into a cradle that connects
to a PCvia serial cable. Thecradle has a penholder" for the stylus.

The 680 also has

aninfrared port for easycommunication with other infraredwnabiedCEdevices
and cofnpulafs.
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Onboard memory
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using a compactflash card.

memo capabgity,andan earphonejack for better

audio output.

Hitachi's HPW-600ET is larger and pricler than many of the other handheld-sized
It is powered by a proprietary lithium Ion battery, devices, and-lacks a keyboard, which may
which is recharged
whenthe device is plugged in limit its appeal. However, it's good at play Has a built-in 56Kbps
modem.
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Comes with aclip-on screenprotector that is not
the ideal traveling companion for those
tethered to the machine.
The HPW400ETcanbeconnectedtoanexternal who need to bring along data for review or
for showing others.
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screen will ease the task of picking items
from predefined lists, selecting check boxes
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Has a A PC Card
slot for attaching additional
hardware.

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by a removable lithium ion
battery that is recharged when the device is
plugged into an outlet or dropped into its cradle.

Includes Starfish TrueSync

software, which allows
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The first of our more fully featured hand-

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handy little unit to have around. It's still

smail enough to easily fit into a handbag or

jacket pocket, but it comes with keyboard
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on palm-sized units.

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everyday use, it's an invaluable tool for those

on the go who need to take notes in meetings or at press conferences. The passivematrix screen may be a problem for some

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Z50 to a monitor without anadapter or optional

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lt also includes aheadphone and microphone

want to use it for presentations.

jack, for better audio input and output.

savings on size, the WorkPad ZSO is less than

half the price of the ThinkPad 240 ($1,300 to
the 240's $3,000). Also, many users may only
need the kind of functionality of CE instead

The Z50 usespropri

a etary lithium ion battery,
which is rechargedwhenthe unit is plugged in.
An infrared port allows the
Z50 to communicate
easily with other infrared-enabledCEdevices or
computers.

Put side-by-side with IBM's ThinkPad

240, this unit looks nearly identical, with
roughly the same Eorm factor, including
IBM's excellent keyboard and trackpoint
combination. So why wouldn't users go

of Windows 9S.
While the passive-matrix display may not
suit everyone, the WorkPad ZSO is a nice size

for more serious work, very usable, and relatively affordable to boot.

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to 3Com's Palm V, but is aimed at IBM's

more enterprise-oriented audience and

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Like its siblings in the ThinkPad line, the WorkPad
Z50 skips stylus input and uses a nearly full-sized
keyboard (95 percent the size of a standard desk-

top Keyboard)andatrackpoint This gives it the

feel of a notebook computer and makes it very

easy to use.
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enough to doserious work (which )senhanced

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Although U.K.-based Psion isn't as well-known

on this side of the Atlantic Ocean, North

American fans are totally devoted to its line of

handheld devices that run on Psion's easy-touse proprietary operating system, EPOC.
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It takes time tolearn, but quickly becomessecond

nature
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Input is via a stylus and
keyboard. Thecasefolds
open, andthe keyboardslides out aboutaninch,
giving thePsion alarger form factor whenopened.
lt has threeslight drawbacks, however. unlike
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It has an infrared port on the back
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establish a connection with compatible cellular
phones,
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The compact flash slot offers extra storage.
The Psion hasbui
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allow the user to launchthe audio recordfeature
evenwhen themachineissnappedshut
Comes with 16 MB
of onboardmemory.

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the 800 to be hooked up to an external monitor.

It is powered by a removable lithium ion battery,
which is recharged every time it is plugged in.
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help makethe 800very powerful andeasyto use.
With a large 800x600
passive-matrix display, the
MobilePro 800features the largest screenwe
looked at this month,and iswell-suited to more
involved warkthanmanyother CEdevices, especially whenpaired with thelarger keyboard.
Quality-wise, thepassivedisplay isn't as goodas
a TFTdisplay, but should beadequatefor most
circumstances.
It includes both a compact
flash card anda PC
Card slot, for extra storage oradding hardware
devices. AUSBport addsevengreater hardware
add-on options.
It has a built-in 5&Kbps
modem.
It has an infrared port for communicating with
other infrared-enabledCEdevices andcomputers.
A VGA port is included
onthe backof the
machine,which, with the includedadapter, allows

space under the bottom of the keyboard after it

slides aut, which allows the keyboard to flex slight-

forvoicememos,and includesaheadphonejack
for better audio output
It has 32 MB of onboard memory, which offers a Although it has a damshell design similar to

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lot of spacefor the more serious user.

many other handhelds, the Psion is different in

a few key ways. The fhst is that its screen is

monoduome when others are using color.

More important, though, is that it uses its own
operating system, foregoing both PalmOS and
Windows CE. The good news is tllat neither of
thee factors is a disadvantage for this machine.
The monochrome screen isn't quite as
cool as a color TIT, but it gets the informafor their needs, espedally considering the tion across just as well, with lower power
higher price of this model. For those who like usage and at a lower overall cost. And while
the display, it's a remarkably full package in a the EPOC operating system isn't quite as
very small design, and would make an excel- compatible with a Windows desktop as CEor
lent alternative for a full-fledged notebook. as widespread as PalmOS, it's a very easy and
powerful way to interact with the device.
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you can see why Psion has devoted fans.
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The Nlobilon uses

WindowsCE,andfeatures
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Input is via both stylus and
keyboard. Thekeyboard makes lteasy to domore serious work,
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Sharp gfiohllon IIC~
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application launch buttons that work whge the

machine is poweredon.
Although the majority of Sharp's products
reside in the consumer electronics field, it has The 640x240 passive-matrix display is suitable
size for doing more serious work. While it isn't as
a number of personal computing products,
including its Mobilon line of handhelds.
good as aTFTscreen, it should be adequate for

most circumstances,
The Mobilon includes
18MBof onboard memory,
which is expandable to 32MB.
An infrared port allows the Mobiion to communicate

which is recharged when it is plugged in.

The device connects to a PC

via serial interface
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available with the Mobilon for 81,489, or is sold

separately for 8899.

with infrared+nabledCEdevicesandcomputers.
It has a built-in 33.8Kbps modem.
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memos to
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closed andpoweredoff.
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hundred dollars more. For those who want to
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camera, this may well be the solution.

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sions, shipping and handling, and currency some sort of brochure on a Web site but to
conversions on the shipping and handling, have a fully functional, transactional site.

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extension that these consumers are going to
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By Tom Venetls

the Internet to get their homework done and

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A three-way racefor gketworh OSes

Continued from page $7
the lead over Microsoft in terms of its NOS
installed base. Microsoft claims the number
of copies in use of Windows NT Server

R/3, L o tu s D o m i n o/Notes, M i c rosoft

Exchange, Orade databases, and RightFax
fax server. NetWare is invariably used as the
NOS. Thus, it is quite possible for there to be

good NOS, with the industry's most tested

can function as an NOS, again like Windows

and capable directory service, a set of fea- NT. Linux is more mature as a server plattures increasingly important to networks of
all sizes. The second reason is that Windows

form than as a desktop OS, at least at this

more users on NetWare networks than NT is a flexible and well-supported platform

exceeds the number of copies of NetWare. I Windows NT networks, but more computers for developing and running server-based
find that claim plausible, but I don't think
running Windows NT Server than NetWare. applications, while NetWare is not.
Novell is wrong, either.
It's rare for both sides in an argument to be $trengths arsgl challesglles

ket share is a distant third, but it's growing

faster than each of the other two. According
to Intel, Linux accounts for 17 percent of all
server OS sales. Technology industry analyst
IDC predicts Linux sales will increase twice
as fast as the category.
One by one, the reasons for not using
Linux as a server are being addressed.
Computers with Linux installed can be pur-

This is because many computers running

NT Server are used as application servers,

right, but I believe that's the case here.

There are two major reasons for this Mte
running server-based applications like SAP of affairs. The first is that NetWare is a very

Linux resembles Windows NT in that it ran

be used as a desktop operating system as well
as a server. It is a good application server, and

stage of its development. As a server, its mar-

chased from IBM, Dell, and Compaq, among

others. Support contracts can be purchased.

There's finally "someone to sue if things go

wrong," or at least to blame. The largest
remaining hurdle for Linux to overcome is

lack of familiarity and knowledge.

Linux is Gisier to deal with today than 12
months ago, but it is still a handful for someone
with only NetWare or Windows experience.
Linux will continue to get easier to work with,
a nd more people WIII acquire the n~
skil l s.
Linux is being taught in universities, and I' ve

noticed a promeration of one- to three4ay

cours-

es, ordine courses, and books devoted to Linux.

However, no one should ever underestimate the power of Microsoft's public relations
department. All of its resources wiII be arrayed

behind Windows 2000, since the success of

that family of products is assigned a high level
of importance. HoweverMicrosoft has been
dealt a more difficult hand than ever before.
Windows 2000 will be launched in a

r ci

c hallenging environment, one t hat h a s

grown weary and wary of the upgrade

process. The level of proof demanded by
most businesses to demonstrate the need to
upgrade to Windows 2000 will be very high
indeed. It may be a year or more before there
are many compelling server-based applications that require Windows 2000 Server. On

the other hand, there WIII be numerous

applications that run properly on Windows

NT Server 4.0 but require an upgrade to work

on Windows 2000 Server.

When Windows 95 arrived, requiring

much more RAM t h a n W i n dows 3.1,
Microsoft was fortunate that forces conspired
to make RAM available at a l o w p r ice.
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Wet

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when memory prices are very high.

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span of less than two months. They are stflI
rising, as I write this colunm. In fact, they are
changing from one day to the next, and sometimes more than once a day. Expert observers
are predicting that prices will remain high for
inonths to come. It is into this difficult environment that Mcmsoft will send its extrerne-

ly RAM-hungry operating system.

A real flllht
I find many things interesting about this

three-way competition among network

operating systems. First and foremost, this
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Lexmark shares digital office vision

One of the city's largest

By Sean Carruthers

selections of new and best-

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Instead of sending around memos on sheets Today, he says, they are very competitive.
"How do you go from five years behind
of paper, you would email them.
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paper use down to next to nothing. In realithe last few years, overall

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sive proposition. As soon as products, such as
NICs and switches to support the new

Gigabit Ethernet on existing high quality

twisted-pair cabling, start to amve later this

year and early next year, firms needing

greater bandwidth than Fast Ethernet will
finally have an affordable alternativ. Some
of the familiar big names and some newer
and smaller names will be entering this market, which Dataquest estimates will grow to

OfficeConnect Dual-Mode Cable Modem

tects a LAN from unauthorized accessand

100 LAN Telephony Solution for Small

for high-speed Internet connectivity over

cable television networks.

prevents denial of service attacks from

the Internet. It has two Ethernet ports
and supports up to 25 users. A more

Businesses, This too may indicate a direction

for SOHO networks. I haven't tried it, but it

OfficeConnect LAN Modem (in 56Kbps

and ISDN models) combines a four-port
Ethernet hub, modem and router technology to enable multiple users to share a
s ingle Internet connection. It n ow
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access for remote access applications.

OfficeConnect Internet Firewall 25 pro-

advanced version supports up to 100

users and allows Web or FTP servers on a

LAN to be accessed from the Internet

without exposing the network to attack.

is supposed to be easy to use and configure.

With this system in place, a business would
have a single IP-based network for voice and
data. This should lead to a reduction in costs,

and the ability to implement the kinds of

advanced telephony features that few small
Another significant 3Com product that is businesses can afford today.
not part of the OfBiceConnect line is the NBX
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US$2.5 billion over the next two years.

It is likely the first wave of products

won't be bargain-priced, because vendors traditionally want to snag early adopters at the
highest price possible. As production ramps
up in mid-2000, I expect prices to drop to

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levels that are attractive to the small business

sector. However, even at a premium over Fast

Ethernet for cards and switches, the ability to

use existing twisted-pair cable is big news.
Initially, this won't be a product for the

desktop, because the existing PCI bus cannot

handle Gigabit speeds. By late next year the
PCI specification will be upgraded to accommodate Gigabit Etherne, but for most businesses, the major use of Gigabit Ethernet
over the next year or two will be to link highend servers to switches.

A naine to keep track of is NetGear, a subsidiary of Bay Networks, which is in turn part
of Nortel Networks, NetGear was the first to
market Gigabit Ethernet hardware designed

and priced for the small office market. That

was in early 1999. It was designed for fiber

only, but copper versions can be expected

soon enough. If you are curious about what' s
coming, go to the Nortel Networks site and
see the specifications of the FSS18 10/100
switch with Gigabit uplinks and the GS504

Gigabit switch, both shipping products for

fiber infrastructures (httpi/www.natgeaiIIIc.corn/

products).
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In September, it announced a dozen new or
enhanced products of immediate interest,
under the best-selling OmceConnect brand.
The theme of all of these products seems to
be to make it easier than ever for a small
business to set up and maintain a network,

induding a broadband connMion to the

Interne, without professional help.
These products look more stylish than
usual for networking hardware, and have
some unusual but welcome features. An
ergonomic, one-piece clipping system
enables units to be stacked together, and the

new coloreoded packaging and products

aren't frills. Wide area networking (WAN)

solutions such as the popular OfficeConnect

LAN Modem are coded in red; LAN (local
area network) solutions such as hubs, switch-

es, and NICs are coded in blue; and print

servers and Arewalls are coded in green.
This will please even hardened networking professionals. If these products do well,
expect the SOHO market to move in the

direction of adding more easecf-use features. 3Com also provides a CD-ROM with
wizards to aid in installing and configuring
OfficeConnect products.
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rub the tension out of your back

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HIGH-EW D

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product planning at Canadian Airlines, the hours (or more) all the less pleasant. 0
tainment purposes. She says there is also
demand for the space and technology to
hold meetings in these locations.
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ropms to meet the demand for people who

want to hold meetings in the lounge," she
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new lounges. Air Canada is also adding hightech goodies to help passengers have more fun
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September, Apple Computer chief
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speed devices, such as external disk drives

deadline, we have included details from Apple's and digital camcorders; and Apple's new
press releasesand hope to provide a full story in iMovie software.
announcements coincided with TCP's press

our next
issue. Editors

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pple's new family of iMacs has three ment, details of availability and pricing in
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Comparelli says once a business becomes them with the tools not just to run their online

the Web. For a small business, the deposit and

processing fees can be as high as $75,000. "For
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to create and manage such a site," he continues. "The fact that the company is based in

successful at selling its goods on-line through

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technologies and Internet tools to support ecommerce on their own.
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more sophisticated back-office technology,"

Comparelli says. "Our goal is to become a true

enterprise, but also their entire enterprise."

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visit. Beverly Hills Software (hiip JIWww.bhs

.coe) has a Windows NT/2000 Resource

Centre, which is also worth the trip. Don't be
misled by the name. There's nothing frivolous about this site.
I came across a question in a FAQ at
Beverly Hills Software that stimulated a lot of
thought and discussion with friends. Say you

hopelessly stumped by a problem. Often, the

only alternative is to go back to ground-zero
and start again with a fresh installation. The
system is built up step bystep, with pausesof
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a few days between steps to catch possible
problems. Excruciatingly detailed documen- it's not hard to imagine such i scenario. The
tation is a good idea.
example was illuminating in that it demon- have a stable installation of NT Server on a
The more you know, the more likely you strated the care required to keep clear of hard disk, but you want to move it over to a
are to avoid this painful scenario. One of the problems, and the kind of thinking required larger and faster hard disk that you' verecently purchased. What is the bestway to accombest sources of information to help you in Windows NT troubleshooting.
become a more capable network administraUnfortunately, TipWorld doesn't provide plish this? As with most things in Windows,
tor is the Internet. I would like to share some an archive at its site. The only way to get there is more than one good method. For
useful Web sites and newsgroups I have these tips is one at a time. That may not one approach you need to have a tape backfound over the years, and alsosome interest- seem fast enough for some, but as the weeks up of the entire drive, as well as a current
emergency recovery disc. With the system
ing tidbits of information on Windows NT.
go by you accumulate quite a collection.
TipWorld (htlp//www.tipwarld.corn) doesn'
t
Microsoft issues fairly regular Servtce turned off, install the new hard disk, and
contain much in formation, but you can sub- Packs for both Windows NT Workstation and install NT with a minimum of features to a
'

scribe to a tip of the day. The tips are delivered by email and cover a wide range of subjects, including NT Server, NetWare, Power
NT Workstation, Year 2000, and Intus Notes.

directory with a different name than any on

the originai hard disk, say C:KWIN4. Once
this is done, install the driver for your backup tape drive, then the backup software, and

Most of the tips are fairly elementary, but most notorious was SP2, which was so bad
there's nothing wrong with reading an expla- many continued with SPI until SP3 debuted.
nation of something you already know,
Every week or two, I receive a gem that justi- News from thefront fines

the Windows NT installation discs. Choose

Server. Currently, the most up-to-date version is SPS, although SP6 should be available
by the time you read this column. No one
should enter the year 2000 with anything
I' ve tried them all, and I'm currently sub- older than SP4. I' ve had very good luck with
scribing to NT Server tips.
SPS, but not all Service Packs are solid. The

finaliy restore the backup tape. Chances are

so reboot using
there will be some p

roblem
s,

the option to repair an existing installation,

and use your emergency repair disc when
prompted. At the end of this procedure, you
fies the subscription.
I never upgrade to a new Service Pack until I should be booting and runnipg smoothly on
An example of a particularly valuable tip read about the experiences of early adopters the new hard disk.
If you are fortunate enough to have modwas an explanation of why Windows NT's on key Web sites or via some of the good
Server Service fails to start in certain situa- Windows NT newsgroups. I can recommend ern tape backup software like Stac Replica,
tions. It has to do with how Service Pack 3 comp.os.tns-windows.ttt, comp.ea.ms-windaws.nt. with its disaster recovery features, you will be
(SP3) and later works. If it is applied before admin.m1sc,comp.os.ms-windows,nt.admIn.nework able to restore y . entire system on your
an Ethernet card is installed, it doesn' t ing, and camp.os.ms-windows,nt.admin.settjp.hard new hard disk using the backup tape togethupdate the srv.sys file because that file has ware. With a good newsreader like Agent or er with the boot discs Replica creates. There
not been installed yet. The Service Packonly Free Agent, you can readily find much useful will be no need to re-install Windows NT,
updates files that already exist, and this file information while avoiding the inevitable and you will be done several hours sooner.
There's an entirely different approach
only exists on systems with a NIC (network flame wars and exhibitions of egotism.
interface card) and associated networking
As for We b sites, Microsoft's site that may also appeal to you.' Since NT allows
components. The srv.sys file from SPI is not (http:I/www.microsoft.
corn) is the place to start. you to mirror any hard disk in software, you
compatible with the updated SP3 systemIt can be dry at times, but contains a moun- can install the new hard disk and use it to
fdes, and a system with this combination

tain of useful information and downloads. mirror the original hard disk Break the mir-

generates errors.
Although this hasnever happened to me,

ZDNet (http: //www.zdnai.corn) has an NT

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rithms. He called .his system TeX, pronounced "tek," or "tekhhh" with a Scottish

tures and macros. One question always arises

The final "X" is the Greek letter "chi" not the

English letter "X."
TeX was created with mathematics in
mind and is still the premier system for producing books and articles that require com-

something like LaTeX for documents?

from those who have never been exposed to

guttural emphasis at the end (don't practice a text processing system before: if you can
Thompson in the late 1960s, it was pronouncing it this way in polite company). use a program like WordPerfect, why use
hen Unix was created by Ken

quickly pressed into service at

ATRT labs for document processing. In the
days before desktop word processors, text

processing was an important and common

task for computers. Documentation was created by inserting tags and codes intb a plaintext file, much in the manner of today' s
HTML (hypertext markup language), then

sons why you might want to try out the

LaTeX alternative.
First, it's free and it's open source. It's also

Windows. What's particularly interesting

Typesetting languages, at a low level, are about TeX is that for a bit more work up
inherently complex and learning to typeset

If you can use a program

like WordPerfect,
why use something like
LaTeX for documents?

in either troff or plain TeX can rapidly

demand guru levels of understanding. To
make TeX much easier for writers, Leslie
Lamport created a set of easy-to-use macros

for TeX, which he dubbed LaTeX (pro-

nounced "lay-tekn).
These mature, powerful typesetting systems are available for free with Linux and are
included on every distribution CD. If you

In addition to sending output to printers,

front, you get a bigger payoff at output time.

send output t o a t y p esetting machine. them and trying them out.

Because of this typesetting bias, documentaThe Linux troff program is actually called
tion produced with these systems is striking- groff, for GNU runoff. Troff has gone somely readable and often very beautiful, typowhat out of favor as a typesetting system.
graphically.
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One of the most brilliant text processing used alternatives to word processing and
systems was created by Donald E. Knuth, a there is an active worldwide TeX community
world authority o n p r ogramming algo- developing a continuous stream of new fea-

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Multimedia email
overload eased

cialist Picante Communications Corp., is

making bulky multimedia attachments a bit
easier to handle for Microsoft Office users.

Outlook users in coming weeks.

For the first time ever, Microsoft says,

as well. Rather than going through a tedious

without purchasing separate multimedia

software applications. With a click on the
Picante icon within Outlook, these multime-

timedia page and not as separate attach-

message that opens with all the multimedia

elements live within a single page. Anyone
with a browser can read a Picante email with
no special software required.
"We believe that Picante for Outlook significantly increases product functionality for
Microsoft.Office's software products," says

ments.

Karen Needler Scates, program manager for

process of opening a slew of attachments

users can easily add pictures, sounds, video that each require a separate software applicaclips, banners and colorful labels to emails tion 'to read, the recipient receives a Picante

Through a distribution agreement with

Microsoft, registrants of Microsoft's Office

AUSTIN, Tex, (NB)

The days of sending big Update Vendor Program can. access a free
PowerPoint presentations or slick .PPG pho- download of Picante for Outlook, billed by
both companies as a "simple, fun multimetos via email attachment, only to find out
that your email system couldn' t. handle the dia email enhancement" package (go to
http//www.officeupdate.microsoft.corn/2000/downlo
load, might just be over.
If they are, you can thank Microsoft for adoetails/Pic4out.htm).
Picante officials say they plan to extend
the help. That's because the software giant,

dia elements, along with Excel spreadsheets,

PowerPoint presentations and Word docu-

ments, are embedded live into a single mulThe recipient should have an easier time

the offer to th e m ore than 60 m i l lion

with a little help from multimedia email spe-

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at email. "Email has changed the dynamic of
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with Ford Motor Co. to form an online automotive marketplace. Microsoft will own a

majority stake in the new CarPoint joint vens. nues,num'-'.- ,v.-=

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released.
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system that would let customers link directly
with automotive manufacturers' supply and

delivery systems. Through this link, consumers would order any car model with their
exact specifications first -from Ford, and

eventually from other automakers that sign

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Already, CarPoint offers detailed specifications and pricing information, reviews

and advice from leading automotive writers, interactive decision-management tools,

a new- and used-car buying service, and

personalized maintenance and recall information.

Microsoft also announced a pact with

American Honda Motor Co., where the U.S.
division of the Japanese company will
license a specific technology found in the
CarPoint Web site for the automaker's Honda
and Acura brands.
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6,200, and marks the introduction of AOL

works to independent 5Ps.

Plus, as the high-speed service is dubbed.
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ucts. The contest runs through June 30, and

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devices that combine color and monochrome faxing, scanning, printing and copying, for under $1,000.
In a

d e monstration at TC P of f ices,

Michael McAvoy, product manager for business printing at HP Canada put the new
products through their paces.
The OfficeJet T series features a high quality built-in sheet-fed color scanner with
600x2,400 dots per inch (dpi) optical resolu-

tion (up to 9,600 dpi enhanced), a 600x600

dpi printer with 8.5 page per minute (ppm)
color and 11 pp m m o nochrome output

speeds.
HP demonstrated the unit's photoreaffstic
color print output, emphasizing the compa-

ny's unique print color-layering technology

that delivers higher image quality than printers claiming 1,200x1,440 dpi resolutions.
Both new OfficeJet T series models feature full standalone fax capabilityvia a comprehensive controi panel on the front of the
device, and the products conform to the new
color fax standard, as well as allowing for

easy emailing of color or monochrome

scanned documents.
HP predicts the AIO product category will
continue to be the fastest growing printerrelated product category for the next several
years, and says it plans to own a substantial
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Xerox launches color all-in-one

mated and manipulated with included Intel

software, or other image editing packages.
A family-oriented video phone systemfull featured flatbed scanner, inkjet printer
Intel also demonstrated an extremely which allows for either real-time video
and copying capabilities for ari estimated nifty Intel Play QX3 Computer Microscope, phone interaction, o r o n e -way " v ideo
street price of $549. The XK35c is the latest an ingenious educational toy for kids that
mail" was also on display.
in the Xerox WorkCentre line of personal employs a digital video camera mounted in a
All of the new products reflect Intel's
multifunction devices, and its 1,200 dots per microscope body to magnify objects up to Internet-centric strategy to enable simple,
inch (dpi) color inkjet technology is licensed 200 times, and display the images on a com- cost-effective access to computer technology
from Lexmark, one of the leading inkjet puter monitor. Microscope images can be
for home, school and small office use.JE
. technology developers.
captured as digital photos, and stored, aniIntel of Canada, http: //www.intel.ca
When used as a printer, the XK35c prints
black and white pages at speeds up to 6 pages
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all-in-one (AIO) device that incorporates a

lets across the country. A second generation

USB version of AnyPoint will be introduced
shortly.

Compaq launches new mobile line

Compaq Canadahas announced a new line of
mobile computing products, to become available in the Canadian market almost immediately. In a demonstration at the TCPoffices,

Compaq representatives showed three new

lines of Armada notebooks, two new Windows
CE devices (one in subnote format, one a

palm-sized unit), and an extremely innovative

lightweight portable data projector.
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per minute (ppm). In copier mode (which

involves scanning an image as
well as printing),
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ppm color.
Xerox has also introduced a multifunction device that offers full fax capability
along with color scanning, printing and
copying. The new WorkCentre Xi70c, with a
street price around $749, also has higher,

etcluecsecc~ g o g

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through a new protocol called the Common
Name Resolution Protocol (CNRP), which
could change all that.
The CNRP is designed to associate conlmon names to specific URLs relative to an
Internet document requested. It's most likely,

in the beginning, to be used more in internal

corporate networks (intranets) to provide a
layer between the name of a document and
where it's actually located. A draft of the
CNRP is available on the IETF's Web site.JE
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By Brad Freedman

plays Web pagesourcecode.

plaintiff owner of an entertainment industry

database called MovieBuff and the defendant
etatags are hidden Web page
Metatags can be used to misdescribe Web owner of a Web-based entertainment datadescriptors that can be used to some Web search engines to identify, index, page contents and thereby manipulate base l o cated at
the
Web
site
manipulate Internet search engines
search engine results to lure users to the Web http: //www.moviebuff.com.
and mislead their users. Metatag misuse is of
page. In a number of cases,Web pageowners
The plaintiff sought a p r eliminary
considerable concern to those involved in
have used competitors' trade names and injunction to restrain the defendant from
Web-based e-business, because search
trademarks in their Web page metatags or in using the moviebuff.corn domain name for
engines are a primary means of browsing the
other hidden text to divert Web traffic from its Web site and from using the word
Web. A recent U.S. Federal Court of Appeals
competitors' sites to their own. A number of "moviebuff" in the metatags of its Web sites.
decision confirms that this novel form of
American court rulings have held this form The Court of Appeal granted the injunction.
Internet activity may constitute unlawful
of metatag misuse to constitute unfair comThe court held that the defendant's use of
trademark infringement and unfair competipetition, misleading advertising, and trade- moviebuff.corn as its Web site domain name
tion. Canadian courts will likely take a simimark infringement or dilution, and have i nfringed the p laintiff's rights i n i t s
lar approach.
granted injunctions requiring the removal of MovieBuff trademark because there was a
the metatags.
likelihood of consumer confusion between
Metatags
the defendant's moviebuff.corn Web site and
Metatags are hidden terms used byWebpage
The MovleBufF case
the plaintiff's MovieBuff trademark. The
authors to provide narrative or key word and catalogue Web pages, and to determine The April 1999 decision of the U.S. Ninth court's decision was consistent with a numdescriptions of their Web pages. Metatags, Web site relevance to search criteria.
Circuit Federal Court of Appeals in ber of earlier American court rulings.
and the information they contain, are norThe more often a word appears in Brookfield Communications Inc. vs. West
The court also held that the defendant's
mally not visible to computer users. metatags and in the text of the Webpage, the Coast Entertainment Corp. provides a useful use of "moviebuff" metatags would result in
However, they may be viewed by using an higher it will appear on the list of search discussion of metatag misuse.
"initial interest" confusion and a wrongful
Internet browser's "source view," which dis- engine "hits."
The case involved a dispute between the diversion of consumer interest from the
The metatags are found within the u< >u
brackets. Metatag information is used by

Metatag misuse

Metatags can be used to

misdescribe Web page
contents and thereby
manipulate search
engine results to lure
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The court stated: "Using another's trademark 'in one's metatags is Continued from page91
http J/www.daggerware.corn
much like posting a sign with another's trademark in front of one' s
newsletter you can subscribe to.
9. Project Cutenberg Wh i le not strictly a Palm
store."
http J/www.palmguru.corn
The court reasoned that Web surfers looking for the plaintiff's 7. landWare LandWare is the creator of many
resource, Project Gutenberg is the leading purveyor
MovieBuff product and directed by search engines to the defendant's
of free electronic texts that you can load and read
hardware add-ons for the PalmPilot, Newton and
on your Palm. If you want to catch up on your
Web site would find a d atabase similar enough to the plaintiff's
other palm-size PCs, including integrated keyShakespeare, or readingMoby Dick, you' ll find what
MovieBuff database such that a sizeable number of them would simply
board/hotsync devices, voice-recording hardware,
you are looking for here.
decide to use the defendant's product instead.
carrying cases and much more.
plaintiffs MovieBuff product to the defendant's Web site.

In this manner, the defendant would improperly benefit from the

goodwill associated with the plaintiff's trademark
For this reason, the Court held the defendant's metatag misuse was

a misappropriation of the plaintiff's goodwill and an infringement of

the plaintiff's trademark rights.

Commentary
Metatag misuse is a new form of old-fashioned trademark infringement

http J/promo.net/pg/

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8. Daggerware Daggerware is the maker of sever- 10.Healthy tsatmPItot This site is a good example
of specific niches the Palm has been able to fill
al programs (such as HackMaster and AppHack)
since its launch. The site is wholly devoted to medthat die-hard Palm users wouldn't do without.
ical content and related applications for doctors
Various "hacks" allow you to do things like write
that can be used on a Palm device.
Graffiti (a text input system developed for Palm
http: //l.am/healthypalmpllot 0
devices) script directly to your view screen, com-

and unfair competition. One unique aspect of metatag misuse is the fact

that the tags are usually not seen by the misled search engine users.
Nevertheless, this should not legitimize or excuse the deliberately misleading objective of metatag misuse. The MovieBuff case and other
American cases demonstrate that Ame-ican courts will apply conven-

tional legal principles to control misconduct in cyberspace.

There are no reported Canadian court decisions regarding metatag
misuse. Nevertheless, it is likely that Canadian courts would follow
American jurisprudence and find that misleading metatags violate
Canadian laws regarding trademarks and unfair competition. 0

This article is of ageneral nature, andcannot be regardedas legal advice. BradleyJ.

Freedman is atrial lawyer with theVancouver law firm Ladner Downs. Hispreferred
areas of practice include intellectual property and computer law and commercial liti-

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By Helen Bradley

n developing its business suite software, Microsoft is blurring the distinction between the desktop and

the Internet. The result is a variety of

tools included in the Excel spreadsheet
program that make it easier to move

around your worksheets and to publish

them on.
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You don't have to be an HTML

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use them. In fact, you don't need to
know too much at al l about the

Internet to publish a worksheet as a

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a basic Web page from a worksheet.
Excel 2000 goes even further, allowing
you to publish worksheets that are
interactive so that others can work with
your data.
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of the Web features in Excel, and how

to get your data onto the Internet.

Hyperlinhs
Hyperlinks are links that you click to
move to another Web page, another
part of a Web page, to load an image,
sound or multimedia file, or even to

create a mail message.They can also be

useful within an Excel workbook,

allowing you to move you quickly from

one worksheet to another, to open
another Excel file, or to link to a document in another Microsoft Office application. So, even if you don't want to

publish a worksheet on the Web, hyperlinks can still be useful in navigating

your own workbooks.
Continued on page 103

am usaccess.corn
a one-sto stu ent resource
By Tom Venetis

dents dramatically cut the time needed to

Canadian Student Employment Guide, which

research and apply to theprograms.

lists more than 600 Canadian companies
hen Noah Gurza decided to look
"If a student wanted to apply to all the law and the jobs, contacts and career options
into graduate programs after com- schools in Canada, they would have to go to they offer.
pleting a degree at Toronto's York

each individual Web site, and from that site,

"One of the biggest complaints with

University, he thought the Internet would be dig to find the applications page," Gurza con- youth unemployment is that there is a lot of
an efficient way of finding out what he

tinues. "We timed it and found that if you did

needed.

it for all the law schools in Canada, it would place where people can find it," says Kevin

Instead, Gurza was frustrated at the hours

he spent going to multiple sites and often

take over 3.5 hours. What we have done is create a page that takes you to the online forms,

good information out there, but it is not in a

Makra, publisher and editor of the Canadian

Student Employment Guide. Makra says
digging down through a number of pages and now you have the all the emails [address- depending on the feedback he gets from stubefore coming across the information he es] to request information, or a link to get to dents, he may eventually publish the comneeded.
the online application page. So instead of plete book online.
"I was searching for information and I
three hours, is now takes 16 minutes."
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was having trouble finding something comout to students on a number of different levprehensive, and with the information about
els, it gets them involved and thinking about

applying to graduate school," Gurza says."So

I dedded as I was applying that I wanted to

create something, a comprehensive online

resource for students."
After spending more than a year designing and organizing information he believes
will be useful to students, Gurza launched

campusaccess.corn, "a one-stop shop for [student's] informational needs."

Other ways the site will

add value include offering students free email,
personals, travel guides
and news and entertain-

Campusaccess.corn offers university, college and high school students information

about how to enter the world of post-secondary education, including details on
financial aid, networhng tips, study guides,
resume-building applications, i
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interested in.

A real time saver

Gurza, who is camupsaccess.corn's director of
Web operations in Toronto, says having information about graduate and professional programs available on a single site will help stu-

careers," he adds.
Makra will also be penning a regular col-

umn on careers and job searching tips for

students. He will be joined by other columnists offering students advice on living and
working abroad, health and nutrition.
Reza Zargham, director of business opera-

tions for campusaccess.corn says having

columnists is one way the site is trying to
add extra value for the students. Other ways '
the site will add value include offering students free email, personals, travel guides and
news and entertainment features.

Zargham is also looking at bringing

corporate sponsors on board to offer students discounts on their services and
products through t h e s i te . A l ready,
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cess,corn users a 10 percent discount on

Resource rich
Gurza believes the most valuable section of

campusaccess.corn is the Canadian Job

Database. It offers an abridged versionof The

its training courses for such standardized

tests as the LSAT and GMAT, which are
needed as part of the entrance requirements for most U.S. universities.
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By Gene Wilbnrn

ast month we installed Linux and learned how to log

in as root and shut down the system. Essential, but
not too exdting. This month we' ll start navigating

the system. Knowing how to get around is the first step

towards Linux mastery.
The Linux filesystem is a hierarchy an inverted tree

i n in ux

/
/bin
/boot
/dev
/etc
/home
/lib
... and so forth. There are

structure. The top level is called root and is indicated by a no drive designators, such as
single forward slash (/). Directories branch off from root DOS's C: or D:. In Linux, everything
and each directory level is preceded by a forward slash. is accessed via one single tree with many directories and
Hence the basic, top-level directory structure looks like:

subdirectories. Additional drives are simply mounted into

the tree structure. We' ll see examples of this in a later column.

Before you actually start navigating the tree, it's time to

create a user account. For a number of compelling reasons,

it's a critically good idea not to use your superuser (root)
account except for spedal and administrative purposes.
You can do severe damage if you make a mistake logged in
as root. Logged on as a normal user, you limit your potential destructiveness to a much smaller area.
Boot up Linux and login as root with your root password:
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type pwd at the $ prompt:

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Simple listing
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dir/ah
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The Linux Is command has some addiNow you can create user accounts. Create home by typing cd, the Change Directory
at least one for yourself (the name can be up command. When issued without a qualifier, tional flags that are very handy (e,g. try out Is
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login name is genew, so I would set myself

up as a user by typing the following:

adduser genew
passwd genew

ent behavior than the cd command in DOS,

where cd without a qualifier is equivalent to
the Linux pwd.
Other than that, the Linux cd command
is very similar to the DOS cd command

man Is. The "man" command reads manual

pages, the core built-in documentation for
Linux commands. Man pages are not tutorial
in nature, but they provide maximum info in

full path, e.g., cd /usr/local/bin. Relative

movement is built in. To go up one directory

want to do at this stage is gain a sense of

comfort in moving around the system. Take
a look at the furnishings using Is and Is -Ia.
Except for some cryptic looking hidden files
(that begin with a period, such as.bashrc), it's
a pretty bare place. You need to create your
own subdirectories, or folders as they' re
called in Windows and Macintosh.
The command for doing this is mkdir,
which works in a manner very similar to
the DOS mkdir and the DOS variant md

the smallest space. They will seem arcane at

except the slashes are the right way around first, but remember: man is your friend. Use it
often. You type q to exit a man page.
This automatically creates my user direc- (backslashes are a DOScrudity caused by hisNow practice moving around your
tory as /home/genew and sets my password. torical impurities in DOS design).
You can create an account with separate
Hence you can go to the root of the filesystem and typing Iswith variant flags, in
password for each member of your family or filesystem tree by typing cd /. You can go various directories. Don't worry if you don' t
your workgroup. By default, Linux users directly to a subdirectory by typing in the understand what all the files are. What you
have a home directory created under /home.
The exception is the superuser account,
whose home directory is /root. After you' ve
created a normal user account for yourself,

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exit from your superuser account (by typing /usr/local, you can go to /usr/local/bin by typexit) and log in again under your user name: ing cd bin without the full pathname.
Try these cd commands on your system.

You can verify each result by typing pwd

(which stands for Print Working Directory).

exit

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The basic Linux command for l o oking

It's easy to get lost in the large tree structure of the filesystem, but it's also easy to

around at files and directories is Is, which

means List. Its counterpart in DOS is dir. The
Is command has several flags, or qualifiers,
you can use to alter the amount and type of
information displayed. Here are some

find out where you are and get to your

desired destination. When you first log in,

you' re always in your home directory,

your personal workspace. To verify this,

email: hrtorontoceraltech.corn

commands. Let's say you want a subdirectory in your home directory to store some
documentation files you want to write. To
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cd

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Linux and DOS are fundamentally different

in one area. Linux is case-sensitive. Hence

The Linux Bash shell provides commandhne history. If you tap the Up Ajuow on your
keyboard, it lists the last 1,000 or so com-

docs, Docs, and DOCS are three cempletely

different names in Linux and you have to
type the right one. This takes a little adjusting to if you come from a DOS, OS/Zor Mac
background. The Linux convention is to

mands that yeu typed. Linux also has a

scroll-back buffer that lets you look at things
that have scrolled eff th e screen. Press
SHFr+PGU to scroll back a page at a time, or
SHFT+PGDv
te scroll forward.

stick with lower case for most directory

names and filenames. It's also easier to type,

If you want to remove a directory, and it' s

If you came to Linux from a DOS or
still empty, you type in the rmdir cornrnand, OS/2 background and enjoyed writing

at hiip J/www.redhai.corn/support.Q
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the basics for a
column or iwo to cancentateonsetting up X
Window, theLinux graphical user interface.Then
we' ll return to thefundamentals andlearnnore
group ownership. By default, Red Hat Linux about using andadministering lhe system.
creates a group that matches your login GeneWilburn (njo@inlerlog.corn) is a Toronto-based
name and everything you create is stamped IT manager,musician andwriter who operatesa
with both. This is a security measure that
small farm of Linuxservers. Backissuesof this
we' ll discuss in a future colunm. The Aug 19 series areavailable on his Website at
10:53 tells me when the file was created.
htipd/www,interlog.corn/-nja/.
statement into tw o d i fferent filenames.
Note that myflel.txt is seven bytes long and
rnygle2.txt is three bytes long. They both
display genew twice. The first indicates the
owner of the file and the second indicates

batch filesyou're going to love Bash. The

The permissions information, -nv-rw-r ,

rmdlr and rd commands, It's no coincidence equivalent of batch files are called shell
that DOS mirrors these Unix commands. DOS scripts and Bash's built-in programming

appearsat the beginning of the line. To read

rmdir docs. This corresponds to the DOS

2,0 borrowed heavily from Unix, but the forward slash was already being used so DOS
inserted the awkward backslash in its place.
You can create several subdirectories in a
single command:

elements provide a full, rich programming

enviromnent. We won't delve into shell
scripting much in this series, but any good
general book on Linux will provide information on how to get started.

mkdlr docs/linux; mkdir decs/linux/tips

Fermleelone
Being a multiuser operating system, Linux

this, it helps to split it into four fields by

mentally inserting spaces, - rw- rw- r ,
between the fields. The first part, -, simply
informs us that this is a file not a directory.
Directories begin with d. The second field

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basic permissions in Linux: read (r), write (w),

and execute (x). Text files are normally not
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semicolon between them.

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need to know file permission basics.

To get started, go to your home directory

Who's ln command?
It's time to talk a little about the command
line we' ve been using. The little $ prompt you
see (or e if you' re logged in as root) is part of
the "shell "~r Linux command interpreteryou' re running. There are several shells available, but the one used by default in Linux is

and type the following:

one else has read permission.

$ Is -I

missions in an upcoming lesson, but if you

want to,jump ahead. What we've covered

We' ll spend some time on setting perin this column are fundamental Unix com-

Shell). It is derived from the original Unix

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called Bash (an abbreviation of Bourne Again

for the owner because it's an executable. The

third field is group permissions, and the

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If you' re linking to a page on the Web or
on a corporate network, it helps to load your
Web browser and connect to the Internet (or
other network) before you create the hyperlink. This allows you to open the page in
your browser and copy and paste the URL

The Ranges And Charts to Convert list

will contain the range you selected. To add

worksheets, you can also create links to Web pnblishlnll with Excel 97
images. To do this, insert the image into your To publish an Excel 97 worksheet as a
sheet using Insert, Picture, Clip Art, select the standalone Web page, first open the workimage, then select Insert Clip to add it to
sheet and highlight the range you want to
your worksheet. New, select the image and publish, You can publish more than one
select Insert, Hyperlink and create the hyper- range, but start by highlighting one. Select
link as you did above. This time the link is File, and Save As HTML to start the
anchored to an image rather than text and, Internet Assistant Wizard. If you do not
from the address bar rather than having to when you place the mouse pointer over it have this wizard option on your File
the pointer will change shape and a tooltip menu, see the instructions below for
type it in and risk making a mistake.
installing it.
If you are creating a hyperlink to another showing the link's description will appear.

another area from your worksheet, select

Add, highlight the range and click OK. The
order of the areas in the list box will be the

order in which they' ll be published on your

Web page. You can alter this using the arrow
buttons to the fight of the list box. When

you are finished, select Next.

Continuedon page 106

file on your hard drive, save that file before

you begin. Open the Excel document that
will contain the link, place the cell pointer in
the cell that will contain the link and select
Insert, Hyperlink I n Excel 97, select the
Browse button to the right of the Link To File
Or URL list box, and locate the document

(on your hard drive or on the Web) you want

to link to. If the page is open in your browser, copy and paste the URL from your browser window into the Excel 97 dialogue.
If you' re linking to another Excel worksheet that has a named range or a Word 97
document with a bookmark, you can link

to that named range or bookmark. To do

this, select the Browse button to the right
of the Named Location In File (Optional)
list box and select the named range or
bookmark from the dialogue, then select
OK to finish.

Back in your worksheet you' ll see your

new hyperlink If you rightWck it and select
Hyperlink, then Select Hyperlink, you can
change the name of hyperlink to something

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that better describes the link

In Excel 2000, you' ll see the new Office

2000 hyperlink interface that is now consistent across the Office suite applications it' s
a little confusing at first because it has so

many options but it is very powerfuL Begin

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at the left of the dialogue, and from the list,

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tatement s ntax: art

we have to add an extra variable, Isw, and tinue a loop WhDe acondition is true or Until
a conditional If, along with an On .. GoTo. a condition is broken, as shown in the exam-

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Visual Basic (VB) statements in the
context of the VB debugger and
I mmediate Windows, and how th ey :

In contrast, the For loop is just three lines

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because it has two forms. Do /While/Until
So the For loop just sums the values in the guarantees at least one iteration of a loop will
be done. The second type, Do While/Until ...
array Ival.
VB provides five types of loop state- Loop, screens the loop condition right at the
ments, as shown in Table 2. One of these, top, so it's possible no iterations will be done.
the While '... Wend, has been made obso- Both types are useful. When reading buffers.
tion. It returns the length of the array, Ival.

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iterations. In this tutorial, we will spend

some time on the iteration or loop
statements of VB and return to conditionals
and the use of Select Case and how it simplifies a GUI calculator application.
Loops, like conditionals, are the bread

ples in Table 2.

long. Note the use of the UboundO func-

Calculator pmgrnm
any loop can be done with conditionals like

in the first column of Table 1.

But also, as can be clearly seen in Table 1,
using loop statements is much easier and less
and butter of programming logic. Of course, prone to mistakes. In the conditional Loop

and checking data structures, the first is

often used while Do While/Until ... Loop is
used in error checking like end of file and
others.
Unlike the While ... Wend, the For and
Do loops provide an Exit statement, The Exit

lete by the Do loop so we will not cover it

in any detail. The For Each is used mostly
for objects so it will be covered later when we
discuss that topic. The For loop, as we have
just seen, is used primarily when one needs
to count through a series of values often con-

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statement is important because often a loop exited and the next statement beyond the
will have two or three conditions for exit
loop is executed. You can see this by trying it
that need to be tested somewhere in the
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body of the loop. A test like If xx < xMin then the last tutodal.
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the keyboard but each has his or her own key

that works like a quiz show buzzer. Buzz first
and you get to answer questions that give

you knowledge points; answer incorrectly

and you lose capture points, which are

quick play and complexity of strategy

games. Over the past few years, the Learning
quickly and with comprehension to answer Co. has sought to correct this and has come
From an educational perspective, both
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the questions within a time limit strengthens

both reading and listening skills. This is par-

closer t h a n
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important when apprehending Carmen.

The ThinkQuick Challenge moves away concentrating on reading, listening and fol- that of pure gaming.
from the geographical focus of previous lowing instructionsor for those with an
But the proof of the pudding is in the
Carrnen Sandiego titles. While players still identifiable attention deficit disorder. The tasting: after three hours of play,my 10- and
travel virtually through 13 countries to find
game format and comp'etition provides a 13-year-old boys were still giggling, whoopclues, the questions in this game are not lim- wonderful motivator for these kids.
ing and alternating between helping each
ited to geography. In each country, players
Thinkguick Challenge includes 30 "mis- other catch Carmen Sandiego and fighting to
are asked one geography question and one sions," seven subject categories, and nine see who could answer questions first,
on another topic, such as English, history,
life science, physical science, art, music or

question formats that work together to provide more variety. Additional questions can

For Canadians, the one flaw of this game

is its concentration dn U.S. history and

language arts.
also be imported.
geography. Canadian kids are likely to be
The Carmen Sandiego makeover goes stumped when, for example, they are asked
The narrators in this game are the
KnowBots (knowledge robots), who provide beyond the questions, content and format: to rnatch the names with the shapes of
wacky instructions and encouragement and

complain loudly when kids jump the starting

gate, They also explain answers with additional information that can come in useful

for subsequent questions.

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a new futuristic design,

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developed by Symbian and Psion.

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Evident from its name, Psion is targeting enterprise computing shows in its unique
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HANDHOLD IeCs

Psion Smx: handheld without peer

an NEC MP~ w i t h a 33 MHz NKC
MIPS Vr4101 CPU, with an OS upgrade

By Jim Omura

Pslon Series Ssnx

From: Pslon Inc,
e closest "pocket-size" computers Tel:
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are Psion's own Series 3mx and a handUS$549)
ful of Windows CK devices, such as the
Basic slsaclflcatlons
Compaq C Series 2010c or Hewlett-Packard's
Size: 17x9x2.3 cm

Jornada 820. But with their bulkier size, the

etable," and the
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p ower of

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the

ried through to the keyboard in the new

ROM/RAM: 10 MB/16 MB
Batteries: two AA, or one CR-2032
Controls: 53 keys, three buttons, 14 silk
screen symbols, stylus and touch

or the EPOC32

technology that

design, are pure styling.

System integration seems to be more
complete on this unit. When I first tested the

screen.

is a growing force in
the smartphone and

Pros: State-of-the-art pocket

sion capability and third-party

long battery life.

Cons:LargecomparedIoPalm devices.
Monochrome.Awkwardhandling.

A variety of comparisons were made

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daims the screen contrast has improved over

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bright as a state-of-the-art Pahn IHx screen.

between this unit and:

MIPS R3900 CPU, running Windows CE
2.0 with Service Pack 1;

Internet Access

".htrn" file would not launch the browser.

plays the file, JPEG images were similarly displayed by tapping on ".jpg" files. I can't say
how many file types are actually supported,
but it's encouraging to see progress. Psion

support
.Fast,goodsoundsystem and

Unlimited

Series 5, I found double-tapping on an

"html" file brings up the browser and dis-

ferences between the keyboards, but the

ROM image is substantially the same in both
versions, with the exception of the spell
checking database.

Bette'Geeef,'N/N8, IJBethr SntNNaN.

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On the Series 5mx tapping on an ".htm" or

computer with keyboardand

touch-screen.Goodexpan-

wireless handheld world.

The handheld market may be
heating up again, but for now, the
Series 5mx occupies a unique niche.
We tested the British version of the Psion
Series Smx, which differs slightly from the
North American version. There are some dif-

Series 5. The new silver paint finish is more

functional than the original grey rubber surface which had wear problems. The dark bare
plastic surfaces and accents, which are car-

System software:EPOCVersion 1.05(250)

advantage of
C ompac t j , ,
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a Palm Illx running Palmos 3.1.1;

and the original Psion Series 5.

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commonly noted irritations of the original

sitive.
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Series Smx, the

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Small chanles make bill difference

The Series Smx has been refined throughout.
The many smail changes eliminate fhe most

(6.63x3.51
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Weight (with batlenes): 350g(12.25 oz.)
Screen: 13.3x5 cm(5.25x2 in.), LCD,640x240
pixel resolution, 16-greylevels, backllt, touchsen-

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While usable, it's disappointing.

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original Series 3 calculator.

seemed to take even longer approximately 30 minutes

for the Series 5mx to unpackage and file them after they were received.
Personal information manaoment
Unlike in previous Psion products, the
Contacts in the Series Smx are not compiled
in a straightforward, general database appli-

The only new capability I noticed in the

spreadsheet application was a sort function,
Since it is already a program as powerful as
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multi-sheet books with cross-sheet references
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cation. Such a database is still induded, but

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has lived outside of
Canada for several

804

becomes insupportable.

years, with whom I cor-

respond occasionally via

Ghosts lnthe machine

email.
Sometimes,when

Hundreds of millions of people around the

a response to my last note is a long time in

coming, it contains an apologetic comment
from the writer about having taken so long

to reply. I feel the same way when I see

dozens of unread, unanswered messages in my inbox..
These are examples of a rapidly spreading modem epidemic: email guilt.

answer their ietters. Impatience.

Disappointment. Annoyance. And,
eventually, indifference. How many
people who I hadn't directly contacted with m y c h anged email
a d dress now hated me, or had simply given

world now have an email address. Many up on mey

people have many addresses at once (one for
home, one for school, one for work). As we The world wide
move, change jobs and schools and Internet waste of time, part deux
. service providers, we often leave behind After thinking about this over the weekend,
email ghost towns, online landscapes I considered asking for the huge blob of
with cities of old email addresses that
continue to attract mail even though

unread mail to be directed to my re-estab-

lished account, I was informed by the IT

no one will ever live there again.
department that i t h a d m eantime been
When I left the employ of The deleted from the email server once the
Compurrr Paperin April to pursue a four- mixup was discovered, but was probably still
Yea, verily, thou hast malll
nth contract with a software publisher, available on a backup.
In the olden days, sending and receiving
I paused, and did some
mail (" snail mail" as we now call it) was a my access to the company email system was
off
the
day
I
left.
I
simply
assumed
that
quick
calculations: 1,700
laborious, expensive, slow and chancy busiwas the end of the story. messages, at 30 seconds each
ness, assuming, of course,
to open, look at and decide
Not so.
that one even knew how
When I returned to what to do with, worked out
to read or write. Paper was
work for the company in
to more than 14 hours of
rare and costly, quill pens
early September, I talked to work With lunch and time to go to the
had to be sharpened, mail
the IT (information tech- washroom, it would take two full days to get
coaches were robbed, mail
nology) department on a caught up. I could think of lots of better
boats sank and the mail
ways to spend two whole days. I
Friday a f t e rnoon
was eaten by fish. You realshrugged and thought, as New Yorkers
about re-establishly had to want to send a
are fond of saying, n"Fuggedaboutit."n
ing my jefMtcp.ca
letter to justify going to

ly

The Internet
has turned
mail from a

special event

the trouble.
If and when a letter
actually arrived, it was a
major
event.

Governments r a nging
from the Roman Empire to

Imperial C h i na

and

into an often

valueless or
even detested
commodity

email account. I was

greeted with a stern
"Oh,
comment:

you! Are you going to do

something about the 1,700

messages in your mailbox?"

The question was asked in

accusing
t o n es . ONE
THOUSAND SEVEN HUND UNREAD MESSAGES! What on Earth

Genghis Khan's Mongols

recognized th e c r u cial
importance of establishing an efficient mail
service to maintain the rule of the state.
Interfering with the mail was often a capital

wasour IT guy talking about'? I'd only been

back for a day!

It developed that although my access to

punishment offence. Much of the New

Between a rock and a hard

place '
Common courtesy demands that one
respond promptly and politely to phone
calls and letters, It's the right thing, the professional thing, to do. However, email multiplies like some hyperactive weed on our

computers, demanding a response but also

demanding an often ridiculous portion of
our time.
Some email is plainly unworthy auto-

mated spam from companies trying to hook

us with get-rich-quick schemes or smut sites

that slip through our ISP's filters. Some is
minor software bug). Messages had plainly worth ou r i m mediate attention:
continued to pile up, day after day, responses to our own messages, mail from
month after month. Messages from people we know or care about.
public relations agencies for major A huge amount of mailhowp' technology companies, from jour- e ver, is n e ither v i ta l n o r
n alism coHeagues around t h e worthless, it inhabits a gray
rid, from readers, friends and family area of value.
mernbers.
My mind reeled as I imagined the hun- Email guilt, he yonel
dreds of writers' emotional or professional I propose that we look to the Golden Rule for
responses to my absolute unwillingness to our response to the email burden. "Do unto
others what you would have them do unto

my company email had been terminated,

Testament portion of The Biblewas compiled

from letters written to congregations of the early Christian church
by the apostles. Mail mattered.
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the Internet has turned mail from

the mailbox itself had not been dosed (a

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commo
dity,

less or even detested

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almost effortless perversely makes dealing

with the resulting deluge of communication
almost impossible. In general, the more mail
one receives, the less one appreciates receiv-

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office is a CD-ROM with four months worth

of the world trying to talk to me, Maybe I
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