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Toronto Computes! was omputer eats tnagacie. tras ran by fas ofthe burgeoning Computer and man aim te ‘Soting rade shot the nem phe Pomenon af penal computers ‘Thee ofthe personal computer really took off 1988 — shat wan the year Apple released the revelatonary Macmows sung 29 extravagant commercial daring that poses Sop. But that was the only big announce fest that peat ~ Micsft reased DOS 30 and Word J.) ewles-Partad introduced the Lace laser pater with 300 dpi molto, the online service Prodigy was started by Siac sed IBM and Intel intredaced the 0188 procesor. ile the conclusions one can draw from George Onwe's sone ed tre! fing ith femme Aegis esac hs fe toe hava (ee 007 Bare fet wr fae tat ees Tho epee ton ‘chased bag forthe Mae that turned it int a portable” com puter ~ that was a very optimistic viewpoint nd my back Sill urs when think about yas 1986 when I iscovere Toronto Comps! and 1 became aff ear of ths publication and remain soto ‘ths day Inthe ely days it helped me solve some computer feat problems, pointed me to ses groups, ave me BS Tistings stat cold logon and shat ales of compute ‘woe mith thes, heck ou what's new and upcoming i the Computer world and gave me the lates prices om all Sor of computer systems and components. Toronto Computes! des {he sme today a id nary 20 years ago excep that the Fndasty bas changed dasteally ‘Whe 1 got hited on to work at Toronto Computes neat the end of 1999 was clear that everything was changing, Sd quik twas the eight of he Internet oom. We were sen the mandate to expeite the change of Toon Compares rom a magazine about technology to one that encompases technologies! fet. Inthe four years ince this as been done toa great extent Today Toronto | CConpates! is more about the wonderful things you can do ‘vith your computer than the computer ise. this seme HUB: Digital Livin, the magazine that will be replacing Toronto Computes sa logial extension of | thot we have been doing for the last several yeas. HUB wil bes national magazine and will also be taking the place | our sister publication The Computer Peper. ‘So though this editorial & goodtye from me andthe | rest ofthe salt at Toronto Computes! this also an invita tion to HUB: Digit! Living. Iryou enjoyed what we have i ot the pst 19 yeas yo wil lve the new focus od lock of UB: Dil Living “Basic ecunomics (ie. supply vs mand) underlines the fact that the idasty alas ha eater wy tan demand an hat rete ad thon imaginative. market rie Thy ve pt ih othe ability oly, wat (ayo pont wt led Wo gue tht demas hing in engages tat i the riod The challenge to recognize the new demand, retoree the supply ah se vane mathe ts Perhaps eewningt singes mate I peat el 7M Hubbard, COA Masaner- Music bola Revenues, ‘lance Plats ntertalamen Group et tis month, Cay Wh, Nabard (ye —aF wien» exgy oh syroaiee’s artim Insert Var seeing Serer 200), Yo heey yous copier wd ta me when acne Iteret tis state fade inch, Warton Antes, Moron Temanel Freon, Horion ivy. Com, Marion Spam ‘Aiect and Horten. Faratal Conn eigenen (ompangte ony | Santa sotto we 2 iva 3 Sexes teeta oaSerr 3 MONTH NO PAYMENT NO INTEREST PLAN 1! 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The fist practi the Tre 600 Tine vel star shipping in the fll, though icing has ye to be revealed a 3 camera to your handheld TAS evidenced by numerous PDAS, cell phones and aay umber of other devices, "working liga cameras ito ‘sting products is all the rage For those left out ofthe loop ~ having recently bought few PDA sans can fa ~ but who want to gen onthe tend without sling out for a new handhe ‘Animation Technologies Inc. may be ble Be sth Te Ff nn othe wa’s ws east te tampa saps The 5 smesagies til extern phags i the (i hs Ychesth Ulin 0 to porte) and ats swell as digital am forder = though elling 31204240, 10- mespersccond video capture devi 2 gia camcorders wtetching ‘The FlyCam-SD has buil-n opal iewtinder and Mash and uses 2h Jens with a4 dice viewing ane that an rotate through 210 degres and cap tures images in BME, JPG, oF GIF format at 320240, 6403400, oF 1,29081,024 resolution, However, with no. Powe? Source onboard the camera mode wil ft through the PDAs batteries, expec Iy fusing the ash ‘An Apple to drool over While Apple may not make too many nnouncemens compared with some other manufacturers, when they do Speak out the news usualy pect bi. Wtf wlth the company’s atest mncrment of is new Dros Mae ‘ahi coal ave even the st devo PC users sallaing The heat ofthe ates Howes the oe UA As proceso core Ua the ftmpany says netes 0 million tere he tg the ie sh 9 ima mi ih VN Mont Sie is has 4 prety amar 4 08 Sevan oh ther mds, Wes fast for simition, 10 eapie mania ‘ie nid aes avi mh Ho = Movies and music in your pocket full specs ama details on Ma's new G8 Tin, vst ws aplecajponerac ‘ntine gaming without the mess The mies sesoctted with playing video games aed to be empty pa Toxes, pop cans. beet Bates and the Ike However, since oli online has sore coma gamers have ad a Wally fire ee to eal ity namely the rmctes of Ehernct cabling, Rom the folie where the Internet connection ‘ters, to the eneranment cent. 2 nur of companies have ease Wt adapters aimed specially a the console gaming, market, most teen Linksys “fwwwetinksyscomm) wt Wireless Gaming Aapter, The aap ses the HO2 Hh sana to allo ‘enabled consoles to acess the IM aes for online gaming Linksys sys the Wiest can alo ‘conned ta ons sh ex tea nk cp Malo Dash Uy hooking the syste hot fonn Whee apes and see the apg iy, Wile ows so me et vss es make then bl ty thy some AE ‘aot wth nae ons aM How it nly we 4 ‘aio tee isonet wwe pizza Manes ati be BAFE ML ge ee TTby Sut Bowness Thank prone for eatne stoping. 2 new media but a closer look reveals pak From fone door fa sale. onfine somes like Grocery Gatew {ibe oitechool sort stetacies 3 (Sein eckseand- moar counters They may not beable to manage te fn Soe tte tt Bat they Bet prey cose wen ost other consume? shopping Sete Tr the font door where you fist otc the had sl the meely specs te spel holiday and seasonal me Stee Coapics asi te er the new Hary Potter book has fees front aed centre for months and can now bay pesdants and sew Segnay Haman Transport fonly fro per catomer, and only USS.950, Even when there isnt sas fo Pos. topics ate flagged, Uke babies oleae Waar pare is not going #9 fed rings of gait baying things for theme selves we leaving thir Baby out of tee Amaioe ort pei when i sorcxy to acs? Amazon appropiate: st thee randoms topics i box lle Brome: Grocery Gateway is master of the suthenie store layout with the emre Site arranged i aisles ae youve walle Ing through a real fe store. At the top Teves tke walking throagh 3 al Contining all sorts of specialty shops sith tbe like grocery. fresh market Srganis and nator, and drugstore Click down a level into a section tke Grocery and find ourself with an alphabetized lit of categories Iie xr i and breakfasts, condiment. coking Sand. baking, frozen. foods, foaen deers, andthe st goes om. On the Frontpage of every category youl find the Internet equivalent of the end-ale ‘spay, ith a featured product that Is tsually on specal. 1s le the oly thing missing is the tt tet and even then t's only the taste that’s missing. tthe testimonial, “Step out of the Juice Box! Try something afferent fi says a the font of the Cold 70 computes! oa pegs all Beverages aisle. Now thas product place Dieat stop: The ba ain basement. I 00 fought the days of the super sles would Asappear once shop ping! moved. online, fate a Took atthe 90 fer cent off tbat Chapters Or the snecly specie ate at Grocery Catena. ‘Amaron offers 3 gold lub for repeat cu tomers, where making 2 purchase entitles Sou! to acces excl Sve special offers, Even coupons are ‘making the transition online either av 16 via email or being handed out in sper format from the Stores with promises office delivery oF dl Tas off on 3 fst pu chase. My personal Favourite has ot toe Amazon's bo tom of the page deals, though you can Almost feel yours on the ccsltor ‘descending to the bangain basement as ‘yu sro down, waaay dover, 10 the Bottom af the page New and improved While those aclements are merely transfere fom life to online, some ta titional mechanisms of shopping ate frances so tha theyre much tie in the digital world than they were on the Thor, Take the shopping list and the ‘ore wher hat st handles, Grocery Gateway. Hot only can you construct Your own grocery Hst and save W for future shopping. tips, but You can nse though peared ss of frequently wed Hem, oF even have a st it for you based on recipe recipe section. As a fir tme Wer wll fiscoves, going thragh every ale of proces even slomer than Ives Siti on repeat that thee Hs in handy, when you can nsanily ish it of ees ep in ai or the tae, sich asthe Sepeiy Uhe, 8 8 4 pope am the front page that connect you th Fessarces on hat everybody's talking Finsly the cash reyes, where fia temptations aitonally sweat the te shopper, Yul noice dese temptations fare mosly geared towards adults, lace ‘most moms arent ing to be online ‘nthe ids Unortntey, he gab ly-kids-eaerfor-eheckoutsideskip ping-ropes-and-bubble-um demo fraps one that online rocery te nay actually ave Tos. And yet thee plenty forthe adult Though you may fot ave to stn Hine a6 Tong the tual good are sl there to tempt Yo. 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