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ULTRACHEAP PCs:
How to Spend a Little and Get a Lot
NOVEMBER 2006
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TECHNOLOGY ADVICE YOU CAN TRUST
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L A P T O P
B A T T E R Y M E S S
I s Y o u r P C a F i r e H a z a r d ?
24” LCD MONITORS
Wide-Screen Best Buys
REVIEWS:
New TiVo, Sony E-Book
WINDOWS XPANNOYANCES
Our Expert’s Favorite Fixes
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NOVEMBER 2006
FEATURESSPECIAL ISSUE
YOUR PC
PCs are poised to leap forward.
101Cell Phones
THE WEB
Powerful, personalized, mobile.
112The OS Wars
FUN
Recreation will be at hand wherever you go.
123Robots
PRIVACY
The downside of convenience is exposure.
131Nanotech
YOU
New communities will alter your identity.
What will PCs be like infive years—or ten? Whichdevices will be tomorrow’smust-haves? How will theevolving Internet changethe way you live, work, andplay? Gaze into our crystalball to see what’s in storeand to learn what these de-velopments mean for you.
Cover illustrations byOliver Wolfson.
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ULTRACHEAP PCs:
How to Spend a Little and Get a Lot
NOVEMBER 2006
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TECHNOLOGY ADVICE YOU CAN TRUST
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L A P T O P
B A T T E R Y M E S S
I s Y o u r P C a F i r e H a z a r d ?
24” LCD MONITORS
Wide-ScreenBestBuys
REVIEWS:
NewTiVo,SonyE-Book
WINDOWS XPANNOYANCES
OurExpert’sFavoriteFixes
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NOVEMBER 2006
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Get a handle on eight Windows annoyances.
Publishing resources or the do-it-yourseler.
Buy the right equipment or clear VoIP calls.
What is the lie span o a CD-R or DVD-R disc?
Past problems with electronic voting machineshave spurred critics to urge government reormsin testing, certification, training, and security.
The notebook versions o Intel’s latest dual-coreCPUs marginally outperorm Core Duo chips.
Massive battery recalls by Dell and Apple leaveconsumers asking how sae their notebooks are.
The lightweight, eye-riendly device combines anunusually sharp screen with convenient controls.
Phishers cast their lines in a new pool: SMS.Also, Google aims at Of ce; flim-flam pretexts.
17Techlog
We review our record o predicting the uture.
33Letters
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Speed up your sluggish DSL connection.
An eager HDTV ancier aces some hard acts.
Bad guys launch a zero-day attack on Windows.
Future “innovations” take a turn or the weird.
23-/24-inch wide screensrom Acer, Dell, HP, Sam-sung, and ViewSonic.
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TiVo Series3 HD
Corel Snapfire Plus
Windows Live Toolbar 3
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