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The two wotds often et confused ~ especially n0¥, around (Christmas. could make a long ist of things that T want dnd then justify each of these things tuning it into a ee insure most people can also make a similar Ist While puting this isue tether we eame across many seat pieces of ecology ~ be t hardware a softwar You can be sufe that staff at Toronto Computes! and | ‘ould justify our need fr every pece that came through tur office, However, iis also tue that most of us here 4d not nec the alk of the stl that we sa, Aer an ‘veri oF to of deciding what my technological ects Seals procrastinaing ftom presing des, managed to compile a shor and relatively modest list wit ‘mpl unification foreach item ‘htop oF this isi a speech recoition software packge. {have tested them previously and found them to be OK but noe belt. When ali sid nd dane, 1 will invest some ‘more te and ty 10 make 4 go with 2 speech recognition package Te will ete repetitive strain on my fingers ‘Newton my lit a very rudimentary and common remov- able had drive sistem A fiend oF mic has one and itseems Tike am ideal way to bave one computer do many tings My ‘main PC eset upto record musie don"t play games on it because seings tend to change when new programs get installed, TFT could just swap the main bootable hard ds 1 could use the one compute for musi, video games and what ter ese A removable hard ds system would also protect the computer fom probing ite Ringer of hldren. (Of the cool things 1 have sen ate I the Sent Viein fom Yamaha has realy touched my soul. 1 questioned ether should pation this ist — iis Tore of want than a acd, I have & very nie violin. dont play it much Dechase Tam woeflly out of practice When I got the Seat Violin to test 1 played omit nearly every day. Somehove Inowing that my inadequate technique ‘vas ony itatng me and not terest of my family made me feel govd. ls ka reed Tm not sure, but I new that my playing. will improve with the silent Mili Although not having anything to do with technology the las item on my Uist s time, Tine to coreclly configure a speech recognition package. Time o rebulld my PC, agin, with a removable ard dive system. Tine to pracike onthe ln. Tim to enjoy all he technology T have Have a wonderfal and safe Chrismas. (On separate note we decide to change the nam of our monthly digital photography contest. We deemed that the name Shooting Spree was not appropiate given tae amount fof random shootings tht have been taking place around the ‘word The contest remains identical exept forthe new name Photo Spree. Checkout the contest on page 66. @ Nestor Glan be rahe by eralingrestorp a com Tel the ad as wel a5 the good have ast read Andie Moor Crispin anige:-Digtel Shots: Seting up a Distal Darkroom 7C1Now. 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(rad Money) the possible impiations of fhe RIAA and MPAA say th pulsing number of corporations have 8 problem with legal MP35 and. movie Fes on their networks, and has sent a leer out to Fortune 1000 companies That amounts to a cease and desist onder. The use of your dial network to pirate musi, moves and other copy- Fighted works both interferes with the business purposes your network was ult to serve” the letter reads, “and subjects your employees and your com any to significant egal Hiab” ‘One Arizona company has already setled out of cour with the RIAA inthe order of $1 mil Non for copyright material fon is compratenecwork. Suerila marketing gets Microsoft n'a (Ute) bit of trouble Following the launch of [MSN 8, and perhaps proving ‘that o pulley s bad p> ley, MicosoMs heavy marketing push on MSN 8 Inne them in tof ot water in Rew York. Cig: Aetally, tepid water might bea more acurte analogs. Te seems that par of the MSN 8 marketing campaign was 0 plaster the New York Streets with the stylized bt {erly MSN loge. However, the software glam apparent= Ty mefected to get the nee- saty pemision, dough 2 Micros spokesperson tld MSNBC the company di in Fact receive a permit ta stick the deals around the ci, Focusing on Central Park, ‘where Bl ates an Disney Shaltman Michael. Eisner vere souncings deal that, Wil see Disney content in The Department of Transportation fined MicrosoR a whopping $5, which sure to tke a bite ut of the $300 milion Gates is boasting to spend on publicity for the MSN & nunc, cle with the fine was a cease and esse ode, trestening uch larger Fines i guerla sf campalgns lke this The Largest such fine was handed out to IBM over paling and chalking its logo and ‘Peace, Love and Lin’ slogan fn major US cies, The company was ‘ordered to py over $120,000 in fines land removal fees, Mcrsof also took a Similar approach In Australi, paling Its Xbox logo on sidewalls Tor the launch ofthe console @Super Fast: took Uist D3 gives you ince ot occas to wot fon echemen Download introclve games mac ond video up fo 30 bes ae hon a tedtone med Always On commie’ igh ped nae Doesn't Tie Up Your Phone Line Youcon make oc eet call whey on the ere. 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