\ ‘,!

onw I " I

LIVING

wser
Firefox, Opera, 7
1Eono more i h

[Start r !II
C Tuesday. March 01. 2005
Owner S. Lehooun
d i Outlook E-118,1 Unread
P p m , _ . Y O t h Or.

I VI/1Q

r)?000(i..330.04100
1 14.
? ) G O O G e t : c . ` a VA
C'et)-G00040. '

Vp „„, a r t

chgfioesimming f- b r i e Entertainment Personal Computing Total (3eamisr Atristesa

w w w - h u b c a n a d a . c o m
 Photos video + games
The Intel® Pentiu r o c e s s o r
with HT Technology makes e NCIXPCTm Vesta Game
e-stop source for home entertainment.
SAVINGS CODE
12918-1018
V e s t a v 2 6 0 - Good Performance & Value
• Intel° Celeron° 325 Processor
(2535Flz, 256KB L2 Cacho, 533MHz FSB)
• MicroATX Motherboard with integrated Graphics
• K i n g s t o n 5 1 2 M B 400MHz 0013 Memory
• Samsung SpinPoint 80GB 7200RPM Hard Drive
• S a m s u n g 100 Dual Layer IND Homer
• C a s e d g e i n AT X Mack mid tower case
, • L o g i t e c h ° C o r d l e s s D e s k t o p ° Keyboard & Optical Mouse
• Microsoft' Windows° XP Home Edition
Upgrade to Microsoft° Windows° XP Professional
Edition and get FREE World of Warcraft -064
"Nci
Gat Technology, Selectiot Service
888-NC▶-888 ORVISIT www.NClX.com/hub TO ORD
pentium 4
e s t a G a m e r v 4 0 0 - Unbeatable Gaming
• Intel° Pentium. D 820 Dual Coto Processor
(2.13GItz, 1st MB 12 Cache, BOOMHz FSB)
• ASUS P5ND2-SLI Deluxe ATx nForce4 Motherboard
• M u s h k i n 2GB (2x108) PC2-5300 667MHz 00R2 Memory
• OCZ 5 2 0 W M o d s t r e a m Power Supply
• Seagate Barracuda 250GB 7290 RPM Hard Drive
• EVGA e - G e F o r c e 7 8 0 0 G T CO SU Ready 256MB video Card
• Samsung tsx Dual layer Ow Bum.
• Thermaltake Soprano Black N . . case
• L o g i t e c h ° 6 1 5 Gaming Keyboard & GS Laser Mouse
• Microsoft° Windows* XP Professional Edition
• - Included when you purchase
an o c t r p c with Microsoft. Windows. XP Professional
SAVE $128
VINGS CODE
$1028*, SAVINGS CODE SAVINGS CODE
37-1018 923-1018
V e s t a u 7 9 5 - Includes 17" Flat CRT Monitor V e s t a v 3 1 0 - Exceptional Power
• Intel' Pentium° 4 630 Processor • Intel. Pentium° 4 630 Processor
w i t h HT Te c h n o l o g y (360., 2MB U Cache, BOOM& P50) with HT Technology ramie, 2MB t2 cache, soma FSO)
• M i c r o AT X M o t h e r b o a r d with Intel. Graphics Media • A S U S P5GD1 LGA775 PCI-Express AIX Motherboard
Accelerator 900 • 0 CZ 1GB (2:512) 400MHz GDR Memory
• OCZ 512518 (20256) 400MHz DOR Memory • OCZ 450W Modstream Power Supply
• Samsung SpinPoint 160GB noonma Hard Drive • Seagate Barracuda 160GB 7200RPM Hard Drive
• S a m s u n g 16x Dual Layer DVD Burner • EVGA e-GeForce 6800GS su 256MB video Card
• A n t e s S o n a t a II ATX Plano Black Ruler Mlnl-Tower Case • S a m s u n g 160 Dual Layer o w Bumer
• Microsoft° Comfort Curve Keyboard 2000 • A e r o C o o l M a g i c 3D Silver ATX 3 Colour LED Tower Casa
• Microsoft° Windows. XP Professional Edition • Logitech° LX 700 Cordless Desktop° Keyboard
• FREE World of Warcraft • ,nctuclud Orion Yea pumnaso on Optical Rechargable Mouse Combo
NCIXPC w i t h a c r o s o r r Winclou.s• XP PlotessJonal
• Microsotl.159ndows. XP Professional Edition
• F R E E W o r l d o f W a r c r a f t h c l u o o d wiNon y o u p u m n a s u a n
NCIXPC 0 1 0 f A m s o s a l , W. n o o w s . XP P r o l e , u o n a l
-v-C o s o I o
' C o m p u t e r systems and configurations m a y not be exactly as shown.
F u l l y a s s e m b l e d N C I X P C s y s t e m s c o m e w i t h o 1 y e a r l i m i t e d p a r t s a n d l a b o r w a r r a n t y.
P e r t o r t r u n c e will vary d e p e n d i n g o n n o Spucific n o r d w a r e a n d s o l l w a r u y o u use. W u
the non, to limit q u e n t i t a s sold. P r i c e a n d a v a i l a b i l i t y a r e s u b j e c t t o m a n g o •
w i t h o u t n o t i c e . A d v e r l i s o d p n c u s d o n o t i n c l u d e s h i p p i n g a n d n a n c l U n g 11/1.15 u n l e s s
othanwse noted.
Inter. I n t o l o g o . I n t e l Msicte, I n t e l I n s i d e l o g o . a n d P e n t i u m LW t r a c t o r m u i . o r ! w a s t e r , o
t r a d e m a r k s or I n I a l C o r p o r a t r o n o r Its s u o s s b a n o s rn t h e U M , o a S t a t u s a n d o t h e r c o u n t r i e s
premier
0 21105.12000 N C I X . c o m / N e l l i n k C o m p M e r I n c . A l l f l i g h t s R e s e r v e d . W M a r e n o t r e s p e c t s n i
Ira any typograpnicol yours. P e n e s m i l d until J a n u a r y 24, 2006.
Editorial
<well-intentioned but empty
New Years resolution> This
year, I vow to not blithely
accept whatever operating
system is thrust upon me by
some early finagling and
foresight turned majority
rule.</well-intentioned but
empty New Years resolution>
Sure, there's a wealth o f software both free and
otherwise that runs on Windows. Granted, if a device is
operating system (0S) specific, it's generally designed
a discussion of which OS you personally prefer, the
same can't be said for the various flavours of Linux or
other operating systems.
HUB
With that in mind, I'd like to welcome you to our first GIGITFIL LIVING
issue of 2006. The theme: Alternate Computing. Vo l u m e 1 9 : N u m b e r 0 1
There are options out there and, as we examine in the EDITORIAL
Editor-In-Chief A n d r e w Moore-Crispin
pages that follow, many of these options allow us to do aridrewOppublishingen
Editorial Assistant E r i n Bell
the things we need to do. Still, there's something to be
oringppublishingxa
said for the path of least resistance.
Contributing Editors S e a n Carruthers
The computer is a tool. My thinking on alternate Ray Richards, Lee Rickwood
Marc Saltzman, David Tanaka
operating systems remains; I want the most effective
tool to get the job done. Art Director S t e v e n Stoner

for Windows. And sure, calling tech-support with a Were it that I pursued another career path and had
Advertising Sales
Linux-related question is likely to net some puzzled become a plumber, I wouldn't have attempted to turn
wonderings, culminating in a suggestion t o start the plumbing world on its ear by using 4.8 decimeter ONTARIO/TORONTO
Googling (or perhaps MSN searching?) or reading drain pipes, incorporating all manner of new-fangled Corporate Account R a l p h Ventriglia
Managers r a l p h O p p u b l i s n i n g . c i
through Linux-specific forums for the answer. pipe fittings to interface with the main city sewers. I
Ad Sales Karim Rizk
However, commercial operating s y s t e m s a r e wouldn't spend hours on each new job bending, karimOppublisningsa
generally expensive. shaping and manufacturing new pipes to work with the Heather Knight
heather@ppublishingea
By the time Windows Vista comes out — firm date as old plumbing.
yet available at time o f writing — there's likely an But then again, I never was the most adventurous of MONTREAL K a r i m Sahnine
ka nmsPppublishing.ca
upgrade in a number of people's future. pipe fitters.
Still, there's room to experiment, right? Maybe in the new year... WESTERN CANADA V i v i a n Jin
I likely won't break away from Windows entirely. Any vrviannppublishingsa
Jason Hay
experimentation with alternate operating systems will Enjoy the issue, asonOppublisning.ca

remain just that, at least for the time being. Reason Andrew Moore-Crispin
Business Group
being, while many o f the interoperability issues Editor-in-Chief President/PublIsher S c o t t Piccolo
between Mac and Windows have been dealt with scougppublishingca
V.P. Finance F r a n k Diecidue
rendering the argument between Mac and Windows to and Operations f r a n k n p p u b l i s h i n g . c a
Production Coordinator C h r i s t i e Swail
christio@ppublishing.ca

Contents Production Assistant L i z Van Der Wee

Lic@ppublishingna
Distribution Manager S c o t t Robicnaud
scattr@ppoolishing.
Office Administrator M a l e f i c Rajaram
malenie@ppublishingea
Best of 2005 IT Manager S t e v e Ouinney
The hottest gadgets and gear of the year 4 steveqUppublishing.cs

Piccolo Publishing Inc [Rego Office]

775.B The Oueensway, Toronto, ON, riot I N I
Untethered: WiFi to the MAX 6 Tel: 416.3413-9666 Tall-free: 8G6.757.0179
Fare 416.3413-9553

Work Smarten. Office templates 8 Canadian Pr:notion Mail,

Test Lab: Giving passwords the finger 1
Browser Wars: The saga continues 1
Sites Product Agreement 041037518. Pnnted m Canacm.
ISSN 1710.0143 HUB. Digital Living (B.C. ed.1
0 ISSN 1710.0151 HUB: Digital Lining (Calgary ed.)
GSM 1710-0168 HUB: Signal Liinng (Edmonton ed.)
ISSN 1710.003 HU& Digital Living (Eastern ed.)
2 ISSN 1710.0186 HUB: Digital Living (Montreal ed.l
ISSN 1710.0194 1-111/3: Digital Living (Prairie ed.)
ISSN 1710.0208 HUB: Digital Living (SW Ont. ed.)
ISSN 1710-0016 HUB: Digital Living (Toronto ed.)

HUB: Digital Living is published monthly by Piccolo

Punishing Inc_ All rights reserved. Reproduction in
whole or in part without the permission of the
publisher's strictly prohibited. Information
presented here is compiled from sources believed
to be accurate, however, the publisher assumes no
responsibility for errors or omissions the publisher
In s e l e c t e d r e g i o n s a n d online reserves the right to infuse ads. tire opinions
Working from home: Are you ready expressed in the ankles and columns and ads are
those of the wineriadveniser and not necessarily
Porn, pixels and profit those or HUD: Digital Living

The mice that roared

Moving to Mac: Finding software

www.hubcanada.com

www.hubcanada.com Januer-s, 2 0 0 6 - H U B : Digital Living

 G i f t Guide: B e s t of 2 0 0 5
B e s t of 2 0 0 5 : T h e h o t t e s t
g a d g e t s a n d g e a r of t h e y e a r
If you're reading this issue of HUB: Digital Living, chances are you'll
agree that technology is a wonderful thing. But with so many
products flooding the marketplace, choosing one over another can
be an overwhelmingly difficult task. After all, many of these tech
toys can cost a pretty penny, plus there's no worse feeling than
investing in something that becomes quickly outdated.
So, now that 2005 has come to a close, we thought it the perfect
time to highlight some of our favourite gadgets and gear of the year.
Best cell phone
It seems each week there's a new cell phone on the market, but the
one that caught our attention earlier this year, and is now available in a
sleek black finish, is the Motorola Razr V3. At just 1.39 cm thick, 5.3 cm
wide and 9.8 cm long [when flipped open), it's one o f the thinnest
handsets on the market, yet the GSM world phone is packed with a VGA
digital camera, Bluetooth connectivity for wireless headsets, and the
ability to download and play MPEG-4 video clips on its large screen.
Love text messaging and Web surfing? Users will dig the smooth
metallic finish and etched keypad created from a single sheet of nickel-
plated copper alloy.
Motorola.ca; $250 with 3-year Rogers Wireless plan [or $410 without).
Best MP3 player
Thirty million iPod owners can't be wrong. Our favourite is the 4GB iPod
nano, a tiny music player [thinner than a no. 2 pencil and weighing just
4 H U B : Digital Living - J a n u a r y 2 0 0 6
1.5 ounces), that can store up to 1,000 songs or display up to 25,000
photos on its colour screen.
And because it uses Flash memory instead of a hard drive (as with the
iPod mini), there are no moving parts so it's ideal for working out with.
The nano works seamlessly with the free iTunes software so you can
create custom playlists or download podcasts and audio books — all
with a couple of mouse clicks. The nano ships in either ultra-shiny black
or white. Keeping it so shiny might prove a little difficult however.
Apple.ca; $299 for 4GB version.
Best digital camera
While digital SLRs [single lens reflex) cameras aren't as popular, or as
affordable, as point-and-shoot digicams, it was the Canon EOS Rebel XT
that took our best shots this year.
This high-performance "prosumer" camera features w h a t t h e
company calls its "digital trinity:" an 8-megapixel CMOS sensor,
Canon's proprietary DIGIC II image processor and compatibility with
over 50 EF lenses.
While serious shutterbugs may turn their nose up at this camera for its
lightweight plastic body, the proof is in the performance.
Canon.ca; $1,199.
Best game system
This is a tough one. The Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP) is a killer
machine that never fails to impress, but the best gaming hardware of
the year must go to the Xbox 360 —not just for what it can do today but
where it'll take console gaming in the near future. This sleek white unit
has some serious horsepower under the hood s o i t can deliver
high-resolution games (720p) and 5.1 surround sound audio. It also
has wireless controllers, a removable and upgradeable hard drive and a
WiFi card slot to join an existing network, which will be perfect to take
advantage of all the Xbox Live features.
Xbox.com/ca; 5399 for core system, $499 for premium bundle.
Best PC monitor
PC garners and movie lovers, rejoice! The stunning ViewSonic VX924
Xtreme monitor is a 19-inch flat-panel LCD display with an industry-
leading 3 -millisecond response time, which means your computer
games and DVD flicks won't suffer from the common "ghost" trails
caused by fast motion (by comparison, many PC monitors sport
between 12 and 16 millisecond response times).
The display (with 1280 x 1024 native resolution) also boasts a slew
of analog and digital connection options and a sleek "floating"
body design.
Viewsonic.com; $499.99.
By Marc Saltzman
www.hubcariada.corn
Built on ASUS notebooks are tailored to fit you. Get one customized for you at one of our Built on ASUS resellers:
We have a full line line of notebook designs from
ultralights to mobile multimedia machines. Our BCOM Memory Express MicroBytes
www.bcom.ab.ca www.mernoryexpressOom www.mccobytmcom
Built on ASUS dealers will custom tailor one for 403.219 3280 4032535676 877.642.7629
you with the processor, drives, and other NCIX.com PC Cyber Computer PC Village
technology best suited for your needs. All are ,.vww.nciv.com www.pccybeccom wwwpcvonline corn
888.624.9888 613 224 9995 905.889 5488
built with ASUS's uncompromising dedication to
quality and are backed by world-class service
from ASUS and our Built on ASUS dealers.
Built on
Come visit us at ca.asus.com/boa
ca.asus.com/boa
u v u l a ! inloonalrird
 Personal Computing
U n t e t h e r e d : WiFi to the M A X
WiMAX hopes to bring broadband to rural communities
and developing markets
When humankind expanded from occupying the ground to taking up the
airwaves, there was a paradigm shift in the way things were done.
Information was as close and accessible as the nearest radio and
later, television would share the airspace bringing images to accompany
the voices.
Today, wireless is often perceived as the way to go with wireless
networks at home and in the office, cordless and cellular phones,
Bluetooth and other wireless device-to-device connection methods.
WiMAX is one standard for wide reaching wireless Internet access that
hopes to extend connectivity beyond the limited range of existing WiFi
(802.11a/b/g) technology.
While direct access to WiMAX signals by end•users is a way off, the
standard is getting attention as a possible solution for rural communities
as a "last mile" link to the rest of the world.
A new standard?
Fredericton, New Brunswick was the first Canadian city t o offer
publicly funded blanket wireless Internet access to area business,
residents and visitors.
In places like Texas, the debate is ongoing as to whether public WiFi is a
fair government offering in a market economy [how are private 15Ps to
compete with "free" Internet access, after all) or whether it's reasonable to
use tax money to fund such a project.
Fredericton used the existing and common 802.11 WiFi standard, with a
range of only a few hundred feet and a lower effective throughput, this
would require a great many repeaters and nodes to truly blanket even a
small city.
Today, we're staring down the barrel of a potential new standard in
wireless broadband Internet access. It's called WiMAX (Worldwide
Interoperability for Microwave Access) and as the acronymic name
suggests, it's WiFi to the next level.
Wireless standard 80216, in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers [IEEE, www.ieee.org) book o f codes and standards pushes
6 H U B : Digital Living - J a n u a r y 2 0 0 6
the range o f wireless Internet access exponentially, making i t a
potential solution for rural communities where broadband access is often
not available.
Leveraging existing infrastructure, a WiMAX station can be installed on a
TV or radio tower or other high point on the landscape.
Here's where things get interesting.
With line-of-sight to the structure housing the WiMAX station, houses can
pull in a strong signal from up to 50 km away, proponents say. Without
line-of-sight, the range is diminished. However, the true range of WiMAX
has yet to be practically tested in real-world scenarios.
The Associated Press recently spoke of a remote village school outside
Buenos Aires where choking dial-up connections were replaced with
broadband-speed WiMAX access in a carefully scripted media event,
driving home the potential benefit to remote communities and schools.
The technology allows for a shared bandwidth o f 70 Mbit/sec that,
according to WiMAX cheerleaders, is enough to offer traditional broadband
speed to over a thousand home users.
Up in the air?
Whether WiMAX will - or even has the potential to - displace the current
duopoly of broadband access (cable and direct subscriber line (DSL)) is
much debated. For now at least, the focus is on the rural area angle where
the only real options are costly satellite access with sometimes-
unbearable uplink latency or excruciatingly slow dial-up access.
As WiMAX rolls out, the first products will likely be aimed at business and
government applications, though consumer applications are expected to
come on the tail.
Wireless metropolitan area networks (WMAN) where users can roam
around the city with full WiMAX coverage, accessing the Internet and web
services at will might sound like something of a pipe dream but are not
entirely far-fetched.
Currently, there are a few cities testing WiMAX coverage within their
borders. Notably, the city council for Brighton in the UK is running a pilot
program in collaboration Sussex University and local company Metranet,
the eGov Monitor (www.egovmonitorcom) reports.
The idea is to give students and schools always-on access to the Net,
blanketing 90 per cent of the city in WiMAX coverage while simultaneously
laying the infrastructure to communicate cheaply and effectively with city
employees in the field.
Intel is a major supporter of WiMAX, stating that we'll start to see
notebooks incorporating the technology in 2006.
WiMAX does not spell the end of WiFi, however. The two standards are in
fact complementary. A coffee shop offering wireless Internet access to
customers could, for example, install a WiMAX receiver station that would
then route to an existing 802.11a/b/g station t o allow customers to
connect in the usual way using existing technology.
Will we be walking around major cities, blanketed in always-on wireless
similar to cell phone coverage? Time will tell, but with the current
popularity of VolP and the recent release of wireless VolP handsets, it
seems consumers are ready now.
By Andrew Moore-Crispin
www.hubcanada.com
I am a master in the art of negotiation,
even with my 13-year-old son James.
For your professional accomplishments, you can always depend
on the reliability of Brother imaging products to respond to your
needs and those of your organization. Brother creates a line-up of
printers, fax machines and multi-function centres that provide you
with peace-of-mind, and extra time...for your personal pursuits.
Our extended range of monochrome and colour imaging products,
for personal and network use, can give you the speed and versatility
you need.
Our low acquisition, energy consumption and consumable costs,
coupled with a nationwide network of authorized customer-care
centres and machine lifetime, toll-free technical support will not only
improve your lines of communication, but also your bottom line.
So whether your professional life takes you around the globe or
around the corner, you can always count on Brother imaging and
communication products to give you the best out of every day and
every dollar.
For more information, call 1-877-BROTHER or visit us at brothenca

Brother a n d its logo aro trademarks of Brother Industnes Ltd., Japan. 0 2Cl.18 Brother International C c r p e r a t a n (Canada) Ltd.
All speofications aro suttees to C h i n g e w t n o u t p r a r notrce.
 SOHO

W o r k S m a r t e r : Office t e m p l a t e s
r"-)

i
There's a lot to do when establishing a home office, and .1 s i 2 . 7 :2
• r u e n I
anything that helps get things done more quickly or
efficiently is a big plus. Enter Microsoft Office templates.
These are documents created in programs like Word and
Excel that have layout, settings and text already in place. All
you do is type the changeable text and values, save, and .1.11111111111,
Helen Bialley
print. Templates save you typing the same text repeatedly nAhv sow
xe.nn, uN MN (R6
and they ensure accuracy - if your address is in a template,
you don't have to check it every time.
l a n k MA eThe teetotal; rulat est]

Making a letterhead November I. 200,

conimum.
To make a letterhead template for personal or business
Re (Chet 2.3 1,p< si.jecti
correspondence, start with a new Word document. Choose
View > Header and Footer, and place the elements for your (Cita rudt,pe

letterhead in the header and footer areas. For example, put

your logo in the top centre of the page and your address
Year, G,,wall,,
across the bottom, or put everything in either the header or
footer. Choose a font that you don't regularly use to type
with, and your letterhead will look custom printed.
To return to your document, click the Close button on the Header and tmoseer=measuamammoil
Footer toolbar. Add anything to the letter that you normally put in all the eiTZ, E x c e l templates
letters you send. For example, choose Insert > Date and lime, enable the • • - •r , 1
• t f - . M a n y of us track financial
Update Automatically checkbox and choose a date format to add a date •—•.1111111 d a t a in Excel simply because
a;Z" it is relatively easy to use
that is always current. Include a subject line and your signature, too.
I use what I call "Click here" blocks to add more functionality to my and you can see your data
templates. To make one, click where you plan to type something later on; it's not hidden deep in your
for example, click where the recipient's address will be. Choose Insert > accounting software. When
Field, then from the Field names list choose MacroButton and click the you repeatedly set up the
Field Codes button. You will see something like: MACROBUTTON same w o r k s h e e t e a c h
AcceptAllChanges in the box. Change this to read: week or month, save time
MACROBUTTON nomacro (Click and type recipient's address) by creating a template
Click Ok to end. To make more 'Click here" blocks, repeat the process, worksheet. Start w i t h a n
changing only the words in the braces (hint: they're not limited to letters existing version of the worksheet and remove all the data that is unique to
and can be used in any Word document). that month. Leave in place all the data that is the same every month, and
When your letterhead template is complete, save it by choosing File > the formulas that make the calculations.
Save As, and type a name for the document. From the "Save as type' list, To protect the template so you can only edit cells that should be altered,
choose Document Template (*.dot) and click Ok. This places the template select the cells that you plan to enter data into and choose Format > Cells
in your template collection. Close the file. > Protection tab, and also disable the Locked checkbox Repeat until all the
To use the template for a new letter, choose File > New, and from the desired cells are unlocked. To protect the remaining cells, choose Tools >
Templates list, choose 'On my computer. Select your template and click Protection > Protect Sheet and click 'Ok'. Avoid password•protecting the
Ok. Type your letter- when you get to one of your 'Click here" blocks, click sheet unless someone else will be using it.
on it and start typing. When the letter is complete, simply save and print it To save your worksheet template, choose File > Save As and type a name
as you would any other Word document. for the template. From the 'Save as type' list choose Template (*.xtt) and
click Save.
- 1 When you need to start a new sheet to record your data, open your
template by choosing File > New from the Templates section, choose On
N ' T i p :
. . T h e r e are lots of handy templates online that you can download My Computer. Locate yourtemplate, click "Ok" to open it, and start working.
and open in Excel. Word and other office programs. Find them at Save and print the worksheet as you would any regular Excel worksheet.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-caldefault.aspx. After you download
one, save i t a s a template ffollming t h e instructions i n this By Helen Bradley
1column] so you always have it handy.
I . . . ,..

B H U B : Digtal Lnnng - J a n u a r y 2 0 0 6 w w w. h u b c a n a d a c o m
 ECHOICEOF CHAMPION

AA-8E114 EMI

Intel'
Support Inter Pentium EE, •entivar D, Pentium' 4, Socket T A 775)
Intel® 975X Express + Intel® ICH7R 975X
EXPRESS
FSB 1066/800 MHz CHIPSET
Dual channel DDR2 800 (0C)/667 x4 DIMMs with ECC:max 8GB S . W . . K O . . .
I 10.1.1

2 x PCIe x16, 2 x PCIe x1, 2 x PCI

6 x Serial ATAII with RAID 0, 1, 5, 10
7.1 channel, Realtek AVE4882H (HDA)
Dual GbE LAN, Dual Marvell 8055 (PCIe)
2 x 1394a, TI TSB43AB22APDT (1 x rear port + 1 x header)
Exclusive FOX ONE Technology

Toronto: Toronto: Quebec:

LVa n c o u v e r : SINOTEK I-LEGEND.COM ALPHAWARE
.WAPAC CANADA
#450-5600 Parkwood Way 401 Bentley Street, Unit #2 Unit 4, 75 Shields Court, 1874 Beaulac
Richmond, BC Markham, Ontario Markham, Ontario Ville Saint-Laurent
V6V 2M2 L3R 9T2 L3R 9T4 H4R 2E7
www.wapac.net www.sinotekcanada.com www.i-legend.com w,ww.alphaware.c
Digital Imaging

D i g i t a l P h o t o g r a p h y Tu t o r i a l 2 1
Showing off your holiday snaps
What to do with all those holiday snaps! Prints are a
tried and true solution, but the digital variation of the
35mm slide show is a popular alternative. There are
many ways to build one.
Image organizers and image editors usually include the
ability to create a slide show. You can buy software that
is dedicated t o t h e task, o r use general-purpose
presentation tools like Adobe Acrobat o r Microsoft
PowerPoint. You can also use video editing software
to create a movie made entirely of stills, or mix stills
with video.
All of these will do the basic job of organizing a number
of images into a sequence. Some now include the ability
to pan across a still image, giving the illusion of motion
(often called the Ken Bums effect). They will allow you to
add text slides for titles, vary the time that images stay
onscreen and provide transition effects. Some will let you
include an audio sound track - a voice track for narration,
a music track for accompaniment, or perhaps both.
One principle t o keep i n mind when building a
presentation is that less is more. A fewer number of well-
chosen images will have more impact (and cause less

401 2 7 8 8 Bathurst Street, drill 105 M o n -F r i :

I' 0 4 Lawrence N o r t h York, Ontario M6B 3A3 F 1 A 0 4 . 1 =0 0 41111C--•
a m o- f7 f: i 0 0 p m
Glencalrn T e l . (416) 781-0496 . . . . . . . - . . . . / - 1 $01 :
NortonAntivirus with desktop • Beside ( 4 1 1 4 ) 7 8 1 1 - 2 7 5 v
purchase over$1300(Before tax] I I Royal Bank ,.Tall.Fsupport@pccomca
o r s a v i n g s , c h e c k latest price s w w w . p c c o m . CO 1 0 : 0 0 a m - 5 : 0 0 p m
more
= Free pwking c
'C In Parking Lot ._
t $9" ; 0 * H a p p y N e w Ye a r ! ** B u y a n y d e s k t o p g e t C A R D @
Lenten Webcarn ' 13- L i n k n ' _
(ReturbIsned, 30 i 044,441 Ber,ore.d. $ 3 8 9 $ 5 4 - 1I9 $689 i l l $ 9 2 9 Liporavr
Day wanonry) . ' " * " " ' " ' " •
imp.,151.. WhilellRouter I I n t e l P4C-2.65 , 411111P2800+ ,i Intel P4-3.06mni; 140114-3.2104)
3024MB PC3200 DDR O R
Logllech Combo 524+15414) o p i 2 5 6 M B PC3200 DOR 5 1 2 M B PC3200 DDR • n . , 512MB PC3200 DDR !
1112 250GB 7200RPM HDD !
Wireless Optical . 0241105111 3 4 5 8 0 G B 7200RPM HDD BOGS7200RPM HOD 80GB 7200RPM HDD , 19" L G 160 CWD+I-RVCDr. 4 0
i i r 3 2 , 5 2 CDRW 17- L G 160 DVD,LRW, DI. 17- 1 0 16x DVD±RW, DL 6 4 M 3D Video Shared
(Reworked.LMTOryj WIN111111 Cord C R T L G 52x LCD
64M 30 Video Saar LCD 6 4 M B Video Shared LCD.. 64M 3D Video Shared 6 Ch. Sound, LAN 1 6 Slips CD Carousel or
. . . e e .650. PCMCM 1120 a m 6 Ch. Sound, LAN 1 6 / 3 Optical Mouse ' 25pc DVD-R wild desktop
1.5 6 Ch. Sound, LAN
4.11.Filk04" : 6650PCMCIA $35 „ 6 Ch. Sound, LAN .411 1110 '
ugn'IL/B. Mouse, Speakers imm w/..600W SubwoolerSPK purchase over $500
Norton Antivirus I 0510*PCI $ 3 5 ,7.171: 1 7 ' CRT Included "27, IT : K/B, Mouse, Speakers
1-N. Free Update 10122. BSI $ 3 5 ..513016.171D.IWACd -3 30 140111017'LCDIncluded
A dd dinar LCD Included I Ad,179 19"LCD Included 1(Beloie las)
\ p . _ - _ , ‘ A5U5 Z91E 1 5 " Acer TM2312LCI 15"
m e m , E x t e r n a l U5B2
Hard Drive $689 $539 $379 CentrIno.2.00. 161 RAM
BOGIIHDD, CDRW-DVD.
$289 Cycion.M 1.40, 256M11
40GI.CDRW.DVD.56K,
1 0 9 / 1 2 9 / 1 4 9 /199
160G/200G/250G/320G
igua640,121am
Inel 61 P4-3.06 080114-2.611m0 Intel PI C-2.136 1.M pixelCamera, 56K. *---.. L A N , 502.1111/G WIFI.
ANAPSVD1.0 M/11 ASUSP5V800-MX We ASUSOEMASrook M/A ASOOEMASRocx Mar
444" ' . . / . A . . 1024M1 PC3200001 512M5 PC3200 DOR 512141I203200 DDR 256141 PC3200 DDR
t a . :WI X? Horn. $ 6 9 9 LAN,W191.41us $1359
1,-.:. w -• 2500117200RP1,111.11 160GB 7200RPM B M60GB 72OORPIAHDD 80GB7200RPM HDD Aced A55002WLMI 15.4"
10 416 71 160 11 0 External US12.0LG/NEC164 DVDiRw LG/NEC164 DVD,t2VA60/NEC 164 DVD,t6W52432452 CD-RW
451)5 A6VC 15.4"
CenlrIno-1.70. 101 0062. MAD64Turron 61430.1.6
DVDt.RW Dual , 164 Dual 13VD±RW NYIdlo6200256M PCIEATIRadeon9250 2561,64MB Video Shared 04MB Video Shared 100GB,BX EIVORW Duct 512MB.BOGBHOD. 560,
Channel Sound 6 Channel Sound 6 Channel Sound 0 Channel sound, Nvldla 6200 64MB PCI-E . L A N . B02.11 BIG WIFI.
$245.1111 $299
...... . ,...... m g " • B11311001AN
' P 10/100
o LANw 10/100
e
LAN
r
10/100 SAN
f Ire. KIB,uMouse.SPK ' I ' M " DVDIAW.XP Home
l hee..,,,,, 1,35M Pixel Welicom,WIFIII/OUP
. .-.--..ser , 1 i c e ' interne,K/11, Mouse F r e e Key1500151, Free 1 ( 0 0 0 0 1 0 .

Aopen F2705 A c e r I 2'1.61) 4.00W Sub.** SPK /

Mouse.Speakers / Mouse. Speakers / 14-2.41 8 3 3 8 GrammSHOW $ 1 5 2 9 .8188 $ 9 7 9
17.1.CD. 12MS , All 912s. 500•1 " $619 451.r5 Z71V 15.4" Accr A51691WLCI 15.4"

$335
S489 5299 Centrino-2.00.
BOGS,/X CND+RIW GIDL.
RAM $239 CenInno-1.60
40GB, DVD-CORW. 512M.
• 56K
i $285 ;, ,_.... mien43500+itu
Iiii543000+int A1104$-2000+2004. I . - 1600.1060,5m LAN.VAII, All s-ttai+
Unimak§ Nadia 6600 nem . 0.01v. LAN, 102.118/0 WIF1,
ASIA 4114-VIA
Vlowsonlo I 7' LCDI , 4 6 . 7,:*ff--r 10243 PC3200 DDR 0 V 0 A S u s A6V-1.
1 0 µS ASO OEM ASRock16/11 Blaster Malnboarci
VA7128.DV1.IIMS i 9, A c . , s , , , ow 5123 K]200 DOR 25631 PC3200 DDR 2561A1PC3200 DOR00.109 $ 1579 XPHome $ 9 9 9
IIVIA/V Speaker OI H S . . o . . . 20008 72002PM OHS K M 72001914 HOD OOGO72006PM HDD 0008 7200RPMHDD -
A5L4i Z839 17" Wid Accr 451641 WLMI 15.4"
LG/NEC164 DV°. RW LG/NEC164 DVD,RW 160 DVDIEW 52432452 CD-RV/
ridcria 0200 250M-PCIE CrentrIno.2.00. 201 RAM
5375'1 $ 5 4 5 6Channel Sound
Alllicodeon9250 2561404M 3D Video Snared 6414 Video Shared
6channel Sound 6 Channel Sound 6 Channel Sound
10001.11X DVD,RW 06, Centrino.1.60 . 512M
11005, DVD±.12W, 566
I 14404900, ATI X700 128M
Vlewsonld 19. LCD VIewsonlo 19' LCD 10/100 LAN 10/100 LAN IW100 LAN 10/10031 I .3M plum COMING, 56K, LAN, 002.11010 WIFI,
VA91211.0V1, 16145 VP93011. NI, ems Interne! VB, Mouse Free Keyboard. idellili2111114211,,,,,,,,,,,AAti, WIFI, Blue Tooth, TV XP Home
•00:11.3/Speakers' i 000: I .Prvor. HDPAPOWBucw.7141SPX Moose. Spool.. 16x cwD±Rvi .510 0,4014110M $2089 $1079
A l l b r i e c a e r e a l r e a d y 5 % c a s h d i s c o u n t I . O t h e e fenn, o f b e y i b e n t 0111 b e c a s h al 0 0 0 0 0 t p r l e e i p r e . 5 % . M e e 5 0 I 00000 e n • n e e W M . 0 n o e l . . A l l e a t e s a m f l a w .

TO 2 H U B : Oigrtai Living - To r c m t o - January 2006 www.hubcanada.corn

 e e h o s t i n g . c a I Proudly Canadian.

Host 25 independent websites

in1 account for only $49.95.
Sign up now. Get a free iPocr Shuffle.

Web Hosting

i l5 4 9 n 3 GB Web Storage A O K I &

NEW— Windows/ UNIX Server
MySQL/ MSSQL/ MS Access
Individual Traffic Reporting
Individual FTP Accounts
Unlimited Email Accounts
Secured SSL
Secured SSL iP©d S uffle
No Entry Necessary.
l i r ! I w F r e e Domain + Free iPod" Shuffle

StartUp P1

5595'

Call us at 1.866.738.2077 or visit www.ehosting.ca/hub

an. H . 10.0 % W M 4 4 . . . M . 4 . 4 1 , * . 1 1 4 1 • 1 1 1 . 4 1 . • M s .
aMai . 0 . 0 1 4 W m . m a a . • r a a . • • • • • • 1
1 . . M . • • • • • . 1 . 1 . 1 0 . 1 d 1 .111, * m e ass
b r a k-legicv

Itett,N4 ", rt. Sodreocelhir, V t a N i t ek:vvet tortry

WIC *6' fitiieVt4: 11$0105 .7%t c r i i N . : • •;),-• i r s ;

SC 3f, ; t r t . s r v e ‘ s , a t w t s v the s a - v s ! • ? :
.31* 4kg S t e i k " .1,3t " M K ' " . " ' W e 3::N. .ze
a l e s :614 m . : , 11 a g o t 7 : N e " • . ' • '',

!bye ..."U` = '5 = 5 •• . •

__`,Jetty •
• Z " i t e S

anZ ": 7 : ^ "..`2 ‘ • : ^ t-e

▪ s : e : 3 g -es: z 5:e s 2 7
• 7 3:21; z e z : •

▪ 5 " : • . e e• : _ : e s h o w you can save the presentation in Adobe Acrobat's PDF format, or use the
-- .1-5e „ : _ :5- 5 : _ - - - g tne same 'pack and go' feature in PowerPoint, which will allow people to see the
5-5 s5-- 5 : s : rr.5_ s _ -e zheL.In show even if they don't happen to own that specific software.
5—e- - . • - e , -a : a 5 n a g e s w a l : o w By David Tanaka
55 . 7 2. . 5 , sc 5ecp.e can
see 3 - 5 . , 5- a 5 E ' . -5 ^g r = 2 . : : are.- p a y b a c k ,

„ r , I duple/
E.=14441kottn
creative
WU' the.%
1. h l s t o • n d h , nuigets,
toys, tools opte s ono matt.
(i)
• In i/41. flitoocctriw r lies born scrapbooking
f a ...la's ....met sou itt $11/1 r 197
VIA our van abon It' mud sl f D e s i g n i n g Keepsakes
•.t.,,u onhor et wale rStkmer on Your Computer

EfstonScience ' ./' _ n r ; 1 1 1 ' ,

M 1 o o y',. 0 3 . ,
ro
3150 Duffenn St..Totonto, Just south of Hwy. '7,
(4161757-4;11 •
SPECIAL SAVINGS Pbt1S

www.hubconaca.coM
 !"1.1:

AVOX J u k e b o x

make y o u r m e d i a a s m o b i l e a s y o u a r e

APortable Media Player

The AVOX Jukebox is the easiest way to turn your
2.5" hard drive Into a portable audio/video player.
With a simple to use ON SCREEN DISPLAY,tne
AVOX Jukebox can play movies, music,or a
slideshow of your pictures when connected to the
AV Inputs on any television. Since it also doubles
as a portable enclosure, you can store your
documents, programs, or any other data on the
AVOX Jukebox as well. With the built-in high
speed USB 2.0 interface,files can be transfer up to
40 times faster than USB 1.1. Easy to use, sleek,
and compact,the AVOX Jukebox is the perfect way
to make your media as mobile as you are.

Distributed by:

›ASII EPROM
141:905.470.1000 Toll•Fres: MO04534765

I or more infolniation ton when, to buy, pleake qo too Vantec Thermal Technologie
http://www.vantecusa.com/wheretobuy.html 43951 Rostell Road. F remont. CA 9453
Tel. 510.668.0368 F a x . 510.668.036
All 0 , 1 1 1 , ‘ , “ o..,pek i w I n i m m e s
c API.% l l m n , 1 1 1 . 1 t n o l o w e , . All ItinjlIt, It s e t w d
 D V, o r N o t D V
!toot birotirbobies *ark moots.
--,,,401$11404. • • • • • A l i g : 4 0 ' I r k 4 • 11 0 1 * l t
/i4•010•It-tart)**,
* a t * * * •.•• *z.rt..0", t•i•1•.."%e • • • • • - t i z sN, 4•.1200CCe•i..N. t i
f". Z a i biZttill•N WO: ?AZ .011‘; • • ftat:Nikra.
aft.Tok V i r d i e e s t , N t . znitr• ';•74•4 • , t r
▪ 4 1 . . . . , , t v : m . 4 ! 4 • 4 0 0 • - , 4 : " ::.,••Wte'S tot triliat,..

t -444•-*-7s• Z s t "'Net, . 1 0 4

• t r t , " N W " 72"6: • Z : Z Z 3 - - Z . 2 ` : 5 1 3 " . :

Sz•-••%ants w t . ^ 7 % .
z•-lm s . 4 2 L v t ,

_ Z Z - . Z " ▪ Z "-_:.2.1:242: •

2 .2 Z - 2 - a s •

▪ • 7 - a SZ--_-2 -

p I ' M l l e 11 l a . C a & D A
g1-1„

irli-'-r.-1,r•1 Pr°Data DVID-R 8X 50Pe-a Cake Box S . HP DVD 8X I6X Cake Box
:....r mac We Prolong On To Sion.,
=;.arief ivor wfd, it•Saca I Prodec. Parts
,j.. iv- K I S & Wth Acid 14X Dupirator Systayr z 6. A c a r d 1-9 D V D Duplicator w o r k alone

2 Riclata DVD 8X 16X Double Layer Cake Box

Vii7. Lexar USBPen Drive and MP3 Player
3. SrrartBuy DVD 8X Cake Box
4, Prod;sc DVD 8X Cake Box f l i g 8 . Microsoft Wireless Keyboard and Mice Set
On Special

Te l : 9 0 5 - 5 1 3 - 6 5 8 8 F a x : 905-513-9458
www.plusmedia,ca
wholesale ° M Y 4 0 1 A l d e n Road, U n i t 1 3 , M a r k h a m , ON, L3R 4 N 4

L - Tc.r.ormr, 5,Y:7o:on - J e r o , e r y 2 0 8 wiriv.1)utit;4r • ich 1,r nnl

 Ib ill .1 i i i II it lit it

I Inntoilla, l u n n a / N u / w o o l / //11.111/ • . / / • -, 4 iAt mrogyiese 9 1 . 4 , 9 • 4 / 0 6 4 4 5 / 1 4 0 6 1 4 0 9 . 4 41110/;" • . o ' x i ,

4i,r411,1h I / , / t ir. 1/, ' • . • /".' 0 4 4 * 49100110',11:01. N o r . , w !
• • , . / . . • • „."•,., • 3 1 0 / 4 4 0 4 i i 44111011rale
•.•.iiii• 1•. I lia,1•11the 4 Ir,r I ifrol, l e l • /' ,',44 / . 4 • 4 5 1 / - o v s / s Y 9 , 1 0 1 4 3 M 1 A s A r gisor-.Aossoo..AAxawo/
I, I opt elydfill 1 4 1 . 4 1 4 4 1/4/. , • •. / ' 4 4 SW#A641,1.484101e,rd"1.-rorWe104• W.:005,1*V K.
Ilk.. •,t) '11011.di M O WW1 I n I 11 0 / 1AI, I n 1 . . . / ,..44.014 ASK% 44/ 1111,11' Vac -110...r4 rr ;of,
u t m h l n r u o/11171118:1() / / P A y ' / N e r o • " 404 Spt.,;: 4 . 0 5 4 . -s"quirr 0 0 0 0 { s
11/440/4 rodliirist, w i l l ' , " •• ' ; • ' ". •

1.11110111 (111111111001, 11111111111101 . " ; ! ! / . 11 , • • • ' " • • * . r 4

WIII1Ck 0 1 111(11.111111: is.j1111, a n d i r d w , O r , ! . i t f1;1%,.." •" " . . . * A I O A 4-4e4,-_:. / K r 4 G ' ; " ; f t
roverb and I O. , • - / 9 2 ; 4

www. N otebookForum.ca
Canadian Market, Canadian Comments
s.=anis-vosor
Canalldp( Retail ) N o r t h Yo r k
789 L a w r e r m n e s t
Tel : ( 4 1 6 ) 7 8 1 - 7 7 1 6
•

fifetthannd(Dealers) O p e n 7 D a y t hlow

Business Hours Monday - Fri:* - " sr-. - - - a r r - SFr'

Optical Drive
18XDVD$ 2 4
Video Card
ATI HDTV w o n d5 e r
A C
Air
5 2 X C D RW $ 2 6 - - - $ 1 3
DVD Re-Writers A n Radcon AGP M s ISM 0 • • - . 1 1
LG 16X ( 4 1 6 7 ) $ 4 6 9250 128M...541
NEC 16X ( 3550)$ 4 9 9200 256M . S 6 5 .!".-311===..
Pioneer 16X ( 110 )S 5 5 9600 256M......._ __..587
ATI PCI Express 2561A t 1 6 , t
Hard Drive X 5 5 0 / X700$ 8 7 / 169
IDE / 7200rpm f i t . N V I O I A Gotarce Sempree MOO $294 F- e s _ a c - S o w s lir
80G / 2M$ 6 1 M S I 6600GT 1 2 8 6 _ 5 1 0 3 Seerootael A s steed
Seers:onus 21100 1 3 0 7 As..3 Z S S e I •11.1
8 0 0 / 160 ( 8 M ) $ 6 4 187 A s u s 6800GT 2 5 6 6 _ 4 2 6 4
200 / 300G (16M)....$103/146
DATA / 720Orpm Power Supply 2-40-1:5CG = 4 " t : 1
80 / 160G ( 8M )$ 6 6 193 Generic 400W la.. S a s a = 2 5522 = 2 5 '
200 / 3000(16M)...$103 / 151 $ 1 3 K e y. t . - J a - 4 J ~ k t c - s o
Laptop HD 540Orpm ThermalTake ,vmew t e a s e
40 / 60 / 800..580 / 103 1 124 430W $47 Athlon64 3200 5752
Y e e IICIN = . S = 9 / 11
Athlon64 3500 5504
USB Enclosure Case ; . a r c ---C t o
Asas A S -E Awes
For 2.5' HD..S9 Std ATX O S20 54.0.2 5 3 1
For 3.5- H D . . $ 2 0
For DVD / CDRW$ 2 3
w/400w...$25
ThremalTake
3 X550 C.551.1
G e e r : • - $!3:115
Cesstreso 2_2 $ 1 5 3 -
4 7 R a c e r Y.5.7:,
!" 1 . : 2
1603 SATA H3fr: a t v e
VB1000$ 5 6 5-z,v Aware,
Network 16x DLO I Etx
( No power Soppy ) • = * a m A l e c : A - r 11 5 4 / 8
Router$ 2 1 450W 2-`31
Network Card . O=cat Coi-crrx: " • s
Wheless-CI Antec P160 -c
Altec ..;_",,1‘X
USB / PCI / P C M C I A $ 3 0 $ 1 2 9 O Asia 271V $ 1 4 1 6 \ L s = S2CC 2568A •••••,:thr
(No power Supply Celeron 2 6 0 5 3 0 2
DDR Memory Caen/ 51317.7•CFC 5-.2Z.1".3 a i r s
Aluminum )
Intel P4-2.44 $ 3 4 4 Ez•Jo Wa r r e n
256M / 512M DDR400
Asus P4.05X-MX 015 1:S0I 7Vtat.3 Se...N..' 6
$ 2 6 / 45
1024M DDR400$ 1 0 3 25601/ SOG ! SZX CORW SIX-3 5 4 0 4 ; A t :,..1."L-C"L`F0A 142 S o a r d
1024M DDR2 533 Duel Channal....$70 Lan S o u n d . . s e a k e : Vliteiews-G Lan
1024M DDR2 667 Dual Channel....$86 K e y t ‘ a r d O p a c a l Mc s e A.sus ST1 A 6 11 9 9 AM.. _See
2046M DDR2 667 Dual Channel $170 NS1. S E . 5 7 - z
Intel P4-3.00 $ 7 2 6 Cent:in.:1 1 . 7 0 ' 15 4.1A`•Se
I.:6N S
• a a w e "S4 L__ .
St ZVI DDR 5-.227SM
Aoer 451641WLMI 6 1 0 8 0 Intel P 4 3 . 2 0 $ 7 6 9 AS\ -E SE, SaSkeCt-E
Combo .. ... V. 1 2
Conlrino 1.6G / 512M 1800 / 15.4' Asus P 5 0 0 2 -X Msintva.-=
802,110 / DVDRW / X P H . aa r 113 0 0 A 2 Dual C h a n t * Asus 2614 Z35 ALLN-E., P C I - E _.S123
X550 256M 1F\21-6) Cr 7.:"1..* 1.7G A.Str-SL:. 538 • PCi-E )..S•1112
A c o r T M 4 4 0 2 W L M 1 $ 1 4 0 9 Turban 64 3000+ f 512M
1(100 / 1 5 . r / 8 0 2 . 11 0 / D V D RW / XP Pro 1606 SATA II Hard Drive 51201 M R : 5C0il
P4S5X-XtX1VIdeol-___$S7
450W p o w * , Supply Ccvnbo • • • : L
Actor F e r r a r i 4 0 0 8 $ 2 2 9 9 Turion 64 3700+1 1024M
OVID Berner; 16x DVD A l t u s 7 . 3 3 A ' 289
1000 / 15.4'INSXGA /602,110/ DVDRW I A l l X700 128M / P510.2. . 4 7
/ XP Pro Key8oar4 O p t i c a l Mouse PS402-SLI $ 1
Centrino 1.7G / r..`L
Alter Lansing Sutmooler PSAD2-6 Premium_ ..52''$9
40.3 54.1.1, 1 2 I G

For more savings & options visit www.CanadaSys.com

w w w . h u b c i r Inc k i . c o r r i L i a r v a r, , • 2 C L - t . " * , 4 - 7
 Digital Imaging

MainConcept has strong, stable 32-bit video editing programs,

top 6 1 3 7 available for a number of operating systems, including Windows and

Linux (the 5.5 Linux version was available before the Windows one).
MainActor 5.2.1 is tweaked for a certain flavour of Linux, known as

Closeout 'tom
Quality excellence & Exceptional Value Refurbished Laptops
Mandrake (now Mandriva ) Linux 10.1, and as such, there are certain
fees for ongoing support or maintenance in the package.
Nevertheless, the company's DV codec and MPEG encoder are
really good, and some say are worth the price of admission all by
Software Packa110 M o n e y Back Guarantee themselves. Otherwise, the editing package itself is pretty good,
Internet Ready U p to 70% Off with most key editing features and functions available in a well-
organized user interface.

SA117'1'•14
XBM PIII&P4 Laptops
IBM ThInkpad A Series. ,2 m cae 5 4 9 9
11217Thinkpad T Series. .5,rn Design i.rc-rr 5599
IBM ThInapad X Series, IAA Laptop Free, 9599
The H.264 Encoder v2 application is priced at $499 for the Windows
version, and features Baseline, Main and High Profiles for setting
compression parameters. The product also includes MC encoding
and decoding.
That another new open source GPL suite of programs enables a
complete home media system is no myth. But it's called MythTV, and

=499..
with it the developer says you can pause, fast-forward and rewind
live TV, using one or more installed video capture cards feeding
multiple storage devices. Any combination of analog or digital (MPEG-
2, MJPEG, DVB or HDTV) capture devices can also be used with Myth.
VideoMach is called an audio/video builder, not editor, as many of
Droll Pill&P4 Laptops
Dell Latitude C600 Series, > n C:. - 5 4 9 9
its features and functions are used to build video sequences from
still images. Tools for file conversion, image manipulation and
Dell Latitude C800 Series, - - 5699
Dell Latitude C400 Series., '1. t : o , - 5899 output are included, and are compatible with most common digital
media formats.
From Ogg Vorbis, as you may know, i s a new compression format
altogether. On the audio side, it is comparable to MP3, VOF, MC, and
other digital audio formats — except that it is completely free, open,

compAaPil&P4 Laptops
Compaq Armada Series. 5 5 9 9
Compaq Evos Sides, D e w " , - 5749
Compaq Prosarfo Swiss, 5 9 9 9
'
and not patented.
Ogg Vorbis, and sister organizations like Theora.org and Xiph.com,
are working on video compression formats as well, to support video
editing and DVD creation.
Jahshaka is a high performance open source editing and effects

$59.••
(4J Pill &P4 Laptops
HP Omnlbook Series, F % - - , $799
HP Pavilion ZE Series. E n t - 5699
HP Pavillon Z7 Series, E i r , $999

179
ItsfothisbsdLiptops Medulla St
from Plil 750Mhz to P4 3.4Ghz with DVDR
from 12" Mini laptops to 17" wide screens
(-ill 14,_•1”,,te

Yorkville Ave
1113-11,7_115;:11:117C3=3
T O S H U B : Digital Living - To r o n t o Section - J a n u a r y 2 0 0 6 w w w. h u b c a n o a a corn
 Get 30% Off and
Take It To theE reme!
oimmilow
Hacking
Windows XP

That'sone fancytoot!

For the tech enthusiast with an urge to go where few have gone before,
ExtremeTechTmopens the door to projects you may have never imagined.
Visit your local Chapters or Indigo store or check out
www.chaptersindigo.ca/extremetech to seea complete list of ExtremeTechTM titles.
SaleendsJanuary 23rd.

EXTREIMirECW
Chapters Indigo ®WI LEY
Now you know.
wde y.ca
Prim are subject to change without notice. Not valid in conjunction with any other osier,e_xcqn iRewanis.
 Digital Imaging

system, supporting Linux. DS X, Iris and Windows - with Solaris on
the way! Jahshaka i s licensed t o the public under the GNU GPL
agreement, and features a full palette of real-time editorial tools and
network compatibilities.
Just to underscore the fact that free software may not be free, here
are a couple of phrases that you won't see together that often: 525,000
and Linux! SpectSoft's powerful RaveHD system brings high-end video
I/O system to the Linux world. It comes with as much as 9.6 terabytes
of local SATA storage (enough for several hours of high-end dual link
video), and happens to be one of the first Direct Disk Recorders capable
of supporting 4:4:4 RGB video. It's also priced at 115625,000.
More affordable for the home user is the Startcom Linux MultiMedia
Edition, whose latest add-on CD of programs includes video editing,
audio recording, CD ripping and music sequencing and sampling tools.
The download, and the added responsibility, is free,

By Lee Rickwood

Lee Rickwood is a freelance writer and independent video producer.

He operates Word On A Wire, an independent company providing
editorial, video production and consulting services t o individuals
and companies across North America. H e c a n b e reached a t
videodaze@goodmedia.com.

411'

L C D WIPES AND H O M I CABLES AND LINSWORLO 3 P O R T RJ45, U S 8 , AND RJ 11 1 . 0 m m - COMM.

RUBBER RENLIE DVI TO H O N I I CONVERTERS I E E E 1 3 9 4 A R E P E AT E R H U B R E T R A C TA B L E C A B L E S F I E A T B I - I R I N K T U B I N G

Your Ultimate Source for Computer & w w w - A l l w a y . ca

Entertainment Accessories
FS P EPSILON
CCTV CAMERAS, 7 0 0 W P S U
LENSES, A N D
ACCESSORIES
( 1 ?

COOLERMASTER
NORTHBRIDGE
COOLERS

Allway Technologies (Ontario) Inc. A l l w a y Technologies Inc.

Tel: 905-477-0888 Fax: 905-477-0890 Toll Free: 1-888-563-9171 Te l : 604-232-3981 Fax: 604-232-3984 Toll Free: 1-888.633-5656
- 200 Cochrane Drive, Markham, Ontario, Canada L3R 8E8 # 5 - 3671 Viking Way, Richmond BC, Canada V6V 2J5

T O 10 I - 1 U B : Digital Living - To r o n t o Section - J a n u a r y 2 0 0 6 w w w. h u b c o n o d a . c o m

 LAPTOP STORE

T:9054151182Pac.2.1
ificma"1NOTEBOOKOUTLET ,k}':1''''‘'itl,
E22 PACIFIC MALL
V+1.11AVE US I 1LONC 1 ',%.
11-8, 7 DAYS! S t e e l e . Ave WWW.NOTEBOOKOUTLEICA M A R E THE.BLIT
_ 410LC. 11..k4ac k r. .
A U T. H O R I Z- E D DEALER
.
r7 FUJITSU .
LG XNOTE Ls50 ' I L G XNote Lu20 L G XNote Lw40 L G XNote Lw60 L G XNote Lm50
INTELDOTHAN1.1G14, I N T E L DOTHAN1,6Gliz, , . . I N T E L SONOMA1.73G/4, M E L DOTHAN m a k . I N T E L DOTHAN 1.604,
1024MB
DVDEURNRAM,
ER600 HD,
COMBO, 4 .BUM MAN
512MB RAM,400 HD, I 512Y.B DOR2RAM,60GHO 4 . 512103RNA000HD 4 i caora RAM, V13MD I
' .,,,i DVDR11 BURNER, 9 SUPERMUD ND, D V I I C D T E W COMBO . . . - z f l i
41111... SSK MODEIA,191100LAN, , . . . —
80211 " MILAN ""----..✓--.../ , 1210ATFTSusan, z " M . 602.118A3 VAAN , 4 f t , „ , S U M O WON_'_411_11111.,11P/ S W I M MAN — w i r
, ...-. / 5EK, lam LAN — ./ S E X mcces, moo LAN5
Y V A
T
B
iR
.4
'3
N
A
L
0
,1
E
D
O
M
K
6 MOOEIA,1Ci100 LAN - - -
1 4 " WXGATFTWIDESCREEN 1 5 A " NAGACRISTAL ITT1 O 1 5 " XGATFT,A715200 VIDEO
C
N
U
B
V
D
E
,R
n
o
cre
S
F
T
A
")(G
5
WindowsXPHOME $ 1 2 9 8 " WindoersXPPRO. $ 1 3 9 8 " VAN V HOME $ 1 3 9 8 " All )200 641/6XPP $ 1 6 9 8 " XP -PRO,3YIN $ 1 5 9 8 "
FUJITSU E8010A FUJITSU P7010A F U J I T S U T4020 FUJITSU T3010 F U J I T S U N6110A
INTELCENTRINO1.6GHz, I N T E L CENTRINO1.2G/4, I N T E L CENTRING1.73G/1z, M E L CENTRNO1,4Gaz, I N T E L SONOMA 1.66G14.,
1024MBRAM,400HD, • — -, 2 5 6 M B RAM,40GHD, 5 1 2 M B RAM,60GHD, Q 1 , . , s i v a RAJA.4,-,GHD, l i r 512.119 RAM,83GHD. f l a t .
DVD-CDRWCOMBO . i • ', , DVD1CORWCOMBO - -— - 8 0 2 . 1 1 G VILA -- -) ::,602.11Maki f i g • DVD-CDRW COMBO
802.110WLAN . 4 0 , , 802.11GWLAN . . . _...----2-,DVD-CDRY1COMBOI--- - .- '- sc.x Inv:we/1w u16001. 80111AliGMAN rill._-----••
56KMODEM,101100LAN, . 5 6 K MODEM,101100LAN, 5 6 K MODEM,101100 LAN,
127GA
W TOUCH
./1TABLET SCREEN
EDMON 56K, , G I G A B I T LA.N,
151(GATFTScreen , 3YVI ' 10.6"WXGANOESCREEN 1 2 * X G A TOUCH SCREEN , 1r CRYSTALWXGATFT
XPPROFESSIONAL$1398" 3.5LB,RIRBATTERY$1798n WINTABLETEDMON$2098" $ 1 6 9 8 " AFTER$125REBATE$1598
FUJITSU N3410B FUJITSU N3511B FUJITSU S6231B FUJITSU C2330 F U J I T S U C2320C
INTELDOTHAN1.73GHZ, I N T E L DOTHAN1.86GHZ I N T E L DOTHAN1.TGHz, I N T E L DOTHANUGH; I N T E L DOTHAN13G14.,
512MBDDR2RAM, c A 5 1 2 M B DDR2RAM, i p 5 1 2 M B RAM,60GHD, 4 512MB RAY,46G HD,
BOGHD,801,110WLAN B O G HD,802.11GMILAN _ . D V D • R W BURNER, D V D - C D RNCONBO, 5 1 2 N DV3D-RW RAM, 64 HD,
BURNER,
DVD•RWBURNER, - i - - - . - - DVD-RWBURNER, 4 1 1 1 - ‘ _>-- 802.11G MAN < : ‹ . . , , , 602.11134 MAN - , , . 8 1 2 . 1 1 2 : G WLAN
56KMODEM,101100LAN, ' ' - - - 5 6 K MODEM,101100LAN, - - . 56KMODEM,101100LAN, V A MODEM,1C1100LAN, '` 5 6 K MODEM,16:107 LAN,
15.4"CRYSTALTFT,MEDIACENTER 15.4" CRYSTALXGATFT,XPH 1 3 . 3 " C R Y S TA L XGATFT,4.3LBS ' 15' CRYSTALXGATFT,1.44FLOPPY 15' CRYSTALXGATFL1di FLOPPY
AFTER$75REBATE$139899. ATIREDEON030064MB$1398"WN
I DOWSXPHOME$1798"WIDOWSXPHOME$1398"VINDOWSXPHOME$1498"
F 0,E E -i,-7...-4,1 *$100 COUPON WITH PURCHASE OF ANY LAPTOPS! F R E E 4 7 t .1
ACERASPIRE2312LCI , ACERASPIRE1684WLMI ACER ASPIRE5002WLMIACERTABLEC303XMIACERFERRARI 4000
INTELCELERONM1.5GHZ, I N T E L DOTHANUGHZ, A M D TURION6413113000+ N T E . DOTHAN 1.7tHZ.
256MBRAM,406HD, A N D TURION6461.1.41 _ a o
802.1
DVD•C1BIG
DRWWLAN
COMBO,1 0 2 4 M B RAM,10013HD, j I ‘D V i D512MB
- 1 WRAM,
BURBN
OE
GRHD,1 0 2 4 5 3 RAILBOGHD, , - \ 512RAM, BOGHD,
DVD BURNER, DVDBURNER, D V D BURNER,
802.11B1GNILAN '... • 802.11G MAN 802.1101GWLAN L - _ 602.11B4 WLA.4
56KMODEM,101100LAN 5 6 K MODEM,101100LAN, .-- --../ 5 6 K M,101100LAN, ``Z....... ` V.K/101100 LANBLUI5001H 5 6 K M,GIGABITLAN, BLUETOOTH
15'XGATFTSCRREN 1 5 . 4 " X G A CRYSTALTFT 1 5 . 4 ' WXGATFTCRYSTALVIEW 1 4 ' X G A TOUCHSCREEN 1 5 . 4 ' W X G A + TFT,AT1X700 125MB
WN
I XPHOME $ 6 4 8 " WN
I DOWSXP $ 1 4 9 8 " WINDOWSXP $ 8 9 8 " vel*TABLETErnONSi aganVCADOWSXPHOME$1748" _
ACERTM8104WLMI A C E R ASPIRE3003WLCI 1 ACERTM3002WTCI A C E R ASPIRE1692WLMIACERASPIRE 1854WSMI
INTELDOTHAN2,0GHZ, A I D SEMPRON3000+ _ _ _ I N T E L SONOMA1.73GRZ, I N T E L SONOMA1.73GHZ,
1024MBRAM,100GHD, ! 5 1 2 M B RAM,806HD, 5 1 2 M B RAM,60GHD, r p m , . 512MBRAM,BCGHD, 1 0 2 4 M B RAM,10:G HD,
DVDBURNERCOMBO, ' DVD.CDRWCOMBO, l . DVD-CDRWCOMBO, - -'DVDBURNERCOMBO, INTELP4 SiGHZ,
802.11BIGWLAN ! 802.11BIG WIAN . . 4 0 F , . > 802.1181G I R A N • I 802.1184 MAN D V D B U R N E R COMBO,
56KMODEM,101100LAN, - - - - - - 5616MODEM,101100LAN, - ' 5 6 K MODEM,101100LAN, , , ZSiKM.ODE.M,101.100LAN,
. =5 6 810 20. 11MODEM,
8 4 NAAN
10103LAN, --:-..... ,..
15.4"WSXGATFTSCREEN 1 5 . 4 " CRYSTALSCREEN 1 2 - X G A TFTSCREEN 1 5 . 4 ' C R Y S T A L TFTSCREEN 1 r W X G A T F T SCREEN., . . . .
ATIRADEONX700128. s i g g i r WIN XPHOME $ 74 gn 96N yppSUPERSLIM $ 1 5 9 8 " •1WIN909HOME $ 1 0 4 8 " ATIRADEONMOO , b 7 O N O
HP Nc4000 + I P Nc4010 H P Nc8000 C O M PA Q PRESARIOR3215CACOMPAQ Nc6000
INTELCENTRINO1.4GHZ, ' INTELCENTRIN01,7GHZ, I N T E L CENTRINO1.6GHZ, M D ATHLONV4,1 2800+ INTEL STOIC i i i
256MBRAM,40GHD, -c , 512MBRAM,40G HD, 5 1 2 M B RAM,E0GHD, 5 1 2 M B RAM,60GHD, —f--:" ' 1 = D O TBDR,ITActaT' HAN
FREETO512MBRAM, \ 8 0 2 1 1 A1134 WLAN, 8 0 2 . 1 1 A 1 B / G MAN, . DVD BURNER [0z 1120 MAN
56KM,GIGABITLAN, - - : \ e _ - > 56K M, GIGABIT LAN, " _, DVD BURNER 6 0 2 . 1 1 0 4 MAN - AnRADEONROO A I M
127GATFT,3LBS - 1 2 " X G A TFT, 3LBS 5 6 K M,GIGABITLAN, ` . 7 : : : : . 56)(MODEM,101100LAN, • ; - - - - - - RH MODEM,10.1COLAN,
3YRWARRANTY 4 1 2 9 8 0 ° 3YR, XRR. I S'XGA Tr, SYR 1 5 . 4 1 N X G A TR,XPH I M G A T I T , 3 Y WARRANTY
$1498" ATI0600,XPP $ 1 6 9 8 " ,NADA4TM420 $ 11 9 8 " W145°WXI'PR° $ 1 4 9 8 "
ACER32"LCDIV61198 FUJITSU S6240 A S U S M6NE T O S H I B A TECRA S2 TOSHIBA P10
ACER 26"LCD IV $ 7 9 9 INTEL SONOMA1,13GHz, . ' INTELCELERON1.4GH1, I N T E L SONOMA1.73GRZ,
ACER 20"LCD IV $512MBRAM,400
4 HD, 5 91 2 M 9B RAM,400 5HD, 5 1 11 1 A B2 RAM,600HD, M I N B T E L Pi 3/GHZ,
RAM,000 HD,
($60REBATE) — j i 1 DUD CDRW, • ' DVD-CDRW, _ . DUD-CORSI COMBO,
I802.11GWLAN ‘ " - - - . ' 802.11G MAN 802,110 MAN D V D BURNER,
MODEM,101100 LAN,51
8 8 0 2 . 1 1 G WIAN
-- — 13.3"CRYSTALXGATFT,4.3LBS5i6rKxMGAODTFTEM:101100IAN, ' • - - - - " ' 56K MODEM,101100LAN, 5 6 K MODEM,101103 LAN,
FIRELITt600PROTABLEHD $139 AFTER$125REBATE 1 5 " TFT,XPPRO,3YR 1 5 . 4 " CRYSTALWXGAM, XPMCE
- - - $_1898 _
*GEARBOGEXTERNALHD$179 - - . $ 1 4 4 8 ATIRADEON9600 6414_$ I 0 A n X600 IAMB / 7 9 8 AT19703 64513
TONEUSB4GDRIVE$99 1 IBM THINKPAD Z6OT IBM THINKPAD R40 IBM THINKPAD R5OE IBM THINKPAD X41
SAMSUNGUSERECHARGENP I INTEL SONOMA1.73GHZ,(533M,218B) M E L DOTHAN1.6GHZ (2ME) INTELCELERON1.5GHZ, I N T E L Pm753 1.SGB
STARTAT$109 5 1 2 M B RABI,40GSATAHD, 512113RARIOGSATMO, 256MBRAM,40011D, ' 6 0 2 . 1 1 RAM,400 HD,
LINKSYSWIRELESSROUTER169 ovp.coRw COMBO D V M D F D Y COMBO DVD-CDRWCOMBO, 6 0 2 . 1 1 WIAN110001AN
MAGUS15"NOTEBOOKCASE$39 802.110MILAN 8 0 2 . 1 1 0 MAN 802.11 MAN 5 6 K MODEM,14100 LAN,
EXTERNALSUMDVDBURNER$169 56K MODEM,1000LAN 5 6 K MODGA1000 LAN UK MODE/AimcaLAN, 1 2 . 1 7 G A I F T , XPP
COMPUTER 1 4 " WXGAWIDESCREEN, 1 5 7 G A SCREN, XPP 141GATFT, S U P E R SLAI,FINGER PRINTER
L E RV I C E CENTER I I XPP'FINGERPRINTER $ 1 3 9 8 'All
unc-c(475421 $ 11 9 8 WINDOWSXPHOME $ 9 9 8 , ONLY2L8S $ 1 9 9 8
- -

www.hubcanado.com J a n u a r y M O B - H U B : Digital Living - ' b r o n c o So n T O 1-

 Our 17th Year 5Directions & Hours
550 Alden Rd., Unit #110
L I g
hts North of Steele. Avenue
Markham, Ontario L 3 R 6AB C N• B l o c k West of Warden Avenue
C O M P U T E R I H o u r s : Monday - Friday: gam • 6pm
Telephone: (905)470-1425
Saturday 6 Sundays: Closed
www.preyteetheom H A R D W A R E as S O F T W A R E • A C C E S S O R I E S

Video Editing Package Rackmount File Servers

$1575
sae Peden 4 3 OW processed:.1024a0 SI ltea
COQ amen • Asas Wale motherboard dth twall.r
a Sewn wtfrOGI SenateSATA3herderne •ATI /411.1.
kstlowdee600X1256erb Pet c a r d . ViMSOMPC
19.n erns gamingLCD espiay 104902111•Anlec
Sonata II mid tower case. Antec 450 watt pew.
sepals • Logdech mat -edu keyboard and optical
emu • Peer Salley!,CNDburner. Me Les..
,peelers nth saremoler•Twoyear parts i
treed warranty..1sosiewsWM:obi-et feLbon• Nero
burn.ns sottee• Video Editing Software Bundle
StA-09. PIA meta player. andTV st.nde
Packager as leed D10574431. . . S I 6 7 11 0 wled Pecan 4 302o texamsor •WreeLsuktwOrdrune C O m p l e t e PJ ckage„.
S a m m y ML-2251N Laser
for home networks
o 2: rase. nor ',v.:4
nose.
o 2.0 *noes VP. en.
eavbert loafs.
.1 SR o. Paolo!
$279" on.
SAMSUNG
ML1610 (179-"aceiso 1 4 1 1 1 "
ML2551n tta,25sonv12000N6 0 5 "
CLP510 iccio.acks m o s p o .372x'
HEWLETTP
1020 (14lome.004.1 1 7 9 "
1022n oann5pew12000P1 3 5 1 °
1320 12200n021:0 del 4 6 1 "
2600n Oars:do...1e px,1500dp) 4 4 4 "
SAMSUNG Matfunction
S C X 4 2 1 6 F writ scan Cory. 5 !az1 3 8 9 "
POCKET PC'S
Palm Z22 PActie Organizer
art- rts easy M
me ntr-r.4..-. traniqa
t=a-, m a n d r .
L..-Lae" s and M I
Pc area:
sewa^ e w e •
M I N E • r . o n a n Parr sonars
• IntelPentium4 3Glu preessor • Not motherboard
will onboard eideo•Slarsts DDRmemory • 4059
Seagatehard drive.LG (0.509 drire•Aniec 2U or
40 rack aunt chassIs•Neary duty power supply
• DaboardLAN. BB a O. Video controller. Buin.in
RAID110 controller for future mansion
2u Server (10058255) . . . . . $ 7 5 0 . 0 3
4u Server le055954) U S =
Also avaaaota in a 2 13Gle Celeron version env,
255mb drriernory du (10057633) 1 4 e 8 . 0 0
GenuineINTEL1U Rackmount
wIntel Pentium 4 3.0Ght processorwIniel
motherboardw1024mb DOR duel channel
memory • IGOgbSeagateSATA lard On...CD-110H
dnee•Floppydisk drive • lisult.inRAID 1/0 control•
ler for future eapansionwIntel Its rack mount
chassis. 250watthoaryduty so., supply
1u Sever 001-SV5057829 . $1215.00
. 51:J.6533*. M e me-cry • Mer.......rn e MedaCern 2005
w16023SeasseSCA3hawcirm -41111:erentewreenose 9 5
wYenorm32 re LCDmontoTV w Ser ccerpemoor case INKJET PRINTERS
"ife•a'',...720'.'d 10S0 • C=aconee wag as a Pro Epson CD/DVD/Photo Printer
•Peromdual era ND or-, w e cv raked scene mrde O n ' , . . . P. 3 / 4,1 7.til: St.:5., (,.'t3
o77611,1410 rho. printing
•Ponts dnenny on IWO CI)
FUJITSU MediaCenter •Upto 11rpm In colour
•Winatom. • Arple
▪ Inicelace
Non b amn:w1Crystai Wm (Pip:ay. the LeeBook I 0 norebcolc
Am0amovet r i t e ! CeInnomowe Tedvabv.
detarkvlealryperbmray r * A damp Pmentty Mosses
511595
ii5-doos XP Ands Cetet 2005 eaten Cperatrg eye: ern • kiets
R300 Pholo/DVD/CD Printer 1 8 8 "
Specifications: 'nte Certnno 1 7Gru 512mb memory.
8089 hat tree. IS 4' wee sown daptay. DVO CD R 3 2 0 Photo/DVD/CLI Printer 2 0 1 "
leer. Wreem 502 11G ma:enure. Fax men. eel R800 Photo/DVD/CD Printer 4 5 4 "
9150V v e l e Lithur Ion berry. 4 et 1 reerrey R 1 8 0 0 Pnoto/DVD/C13 Printer 6 3 6 "
cal Te e Ltcoset Yineers XPACE2C05 edam.
FU-NlatalaCE $ 1 4 2 1 . 1 5 R 2 4 0 0 PhotorDVD/COPnnter 9 6 8 "
0 0 0 Pont Engine 1 6 6 2 "
A c s r Centrino Notebook 512NEWLETTPACKARDAII-in-One
1.62a M i r e lialqb FC e n b i n N c l e b a o k lia
e
lita
ro
C ntissi
1•251150mPSFOppmvs.cepyprinuseiinicopyz 21
do*. 15' deist endows )0, 4 . . . Ow 15 4' sedeasseeATI X3D3
Pm Muse LAN. M e e r • DYD . fare XPlho.Waies1..44. [NOWAK
AC.4151LCI-Ps u m s FU-1435118 $ 1 1 6 1 1 . 9 6 6210MFP •
A v e r AMD Notebook A c o r Centrino Notebook
Mal 21)ad Centro. 2048ro. trap
MP3 PLAYERS
512n11. 5alto
dna. ir Wide *lay, WremsMed a Creative N A N O
NACone W . - a r Center.WeeksLAN MD Writer Micro MP3 Player
A.5.::: S 2 2 : 1 2 5 ACAS9504k4/5111MC $273795 TheCanine NANO Plus
=ernes greatlooksinto a super
compact package
Actor Callan Notebook A c e r Centeno Notebook smcral.93 re %IA konal
lei M s Crams 512sca. Ma 160z Coop 512mb O P o n . . " Me Llyirel
ewe T i e * Weems 70 Pro Cot 15 4- tea •ftey Weems AP .ore
• N e e Maas Lei Core (tree .51L" FM LP"
ACAS11391WLCI-M $ 1 0 2 4 9 5 .EleigfrICUIrml

) 2395 FLASH MEMORY

5100 .95

FLASH DRIVES
'8895 Zire MAI
Mow 0.0110.2361411T
HEWLETT PACKARD C O M P A C T FLASH (CF) USB PORTABLE DRIVES Creative Nano Plus 2581r08 8 "
Ipaq 1 7 1 0 i n * . zrz.t . 2 8 1 . ,, r'ni-,:,.:=12.5.-rt 2 1 . tecarlEa 1 -,- 12amb 28.
Lear 100s1gb . 132"
ipaq 2750 Isaa-2...ars news 568" '',Inew755rre 3 0 " Lciar40.4,..,;" , Acacer 256reti Lear 120x2gb 2 8 2 " Creative Nino Plus 512mb 1 3 8 "
34.
1paq 3 11 5 rszia.:. o ta,,,,,,,, 3 4 7 , , ir.:40,512eab . 5 0 " asietra5'.2.-.. , - /-amele 512reesOCIRally 512mb 57" Creative Han Plus 1024mb1 6 9 "
52"
rt.mre 1glb 9 D "
OCZ Rally 1gb 9 9 . Creative Nona!Zen Pk. Orange 568203"
✓Ipaq 4700 iraimi-2 192rt aawfltilar. 1 7 7 . Wartles27,:. - ; O:..1.1nf22t. 1 5 5 '
OCZ Raky 2gb 1 5 8 . 1
Creative OatTOUCtl<me 2 9 3 "
paq4706/TomTom GPS Krt •
Creative fend ZanAbe 4066 2 8 3 "
x..a S k a s e 3,5 maw erne EXTERNAL HARD DRIVES Creative Howl ZenMcro Pm:. sp 2 8 8 ° '
eeM Crake 1 3 magis o r Creative MumNadia Cantor 2038 5 4 3 "
Peg 6320 -1•-sPNLeas3kmoNF. 4 5 7 " Gray-Tereaprenraurn ereanwidesemotarte,esfearas Lee F estrreare
p..mi 6515B ! a -c Pwrekar 7 1 7 " U5820 ealeaCase for PC and MAC use. Tara cor09sa hogn Qua.'!
etinsInurn Owen radessnestouedy and mairestrasa :Ars sotao‘sko SCANNERS
TornTorr sass wicor n y e ccoatee cawSakentepseatiOn They ea litaembes r e can be da sy emear1
Keyboard ,W,crdaaemoir . 1 2 7 " Lenges INUOLITForemenpone Wisdom cesas are pose blegerr EPSON
ASIA mewled AlmOdels Isa9reSa•gae7.203 S e r. b tacka reed*, nes 2480 P1002400s41100 128"
,A716 :i.7)triar Crsa, aiverv, 483" 3490 Prim 320000400 128"
A 7 3 0 :5MLL.51,05e1a5 S a b e l 5 3 6 I " 120GB (meT•wierReo,. 1 6 4 " 250GB ,..sivoczfpco)2 1 4 * 3590 Pholo36004400motorized 89"
(M32 7 . 4 n . S • 646" 4990 NM° 4600,9000 568"
36 s r - s a w e . 7 C . 4 " 160GB •47,,..wicepacil 1 7 e r 300GB i•STII..7/,iP!, 2 4 9 " 4990 PlvAol'io4134X).9600 750"
PALM COMPUTING 20008 l o r i 400GB (061.4) ' :1, 3 8 9 " Fujitsu Document Storage System
2 2 2 ZO+su Z.es 1 2 3 " Au...meth:ally earl docurner a n d photos and
• - r . r . •1, •Able 4 , 4 4 * . • I . - . . i 9 - i Sr rimier MIIVAA nrari
/TX -s 206 kraalikkorairorii3 2 7 " • C o r e yourinvotrint records . 5 5 0 "
LakeOrkt 94111am,S211.41047231 aloes • •A41r4411. plum hay • ow.. onantoono, • A9 y I i A M Winn ear Loll dadrr
A g r a . vgr, Mweee E . . and w e 5 3 1 " • Parnon J a w * 'watt • W. sted. i e . K Ta r g u s Card Scanner. U011 powered,
•11.40 Gm*. weasel • a a • 3 4 . , °Mann WNW .111,101 r 10, nevi** Presto Software (PA870C) .. 1 6 8 "
viqrs Coij I•• SowWoonor4,101141 y.14, e l . s i t ,

70'12 Se.rtion - J e r u e r y 2 0 0 8 www.hubcoariesde.corn

 Our 17th Year
550Alden Rd., Unit 0110
Markham,Ontario L311 6A6
C1-2-17F-17-40,
C O
IFE C- j
M P U T E R I N C .
Directions & Hours
5Lights North of Stoelos Avenue
1Brock Wont of Warden Avenue
Mourn:Monday - Friday: gem -13pm
Telephone: (905) 470.1425 Saturday 8. Sundays: Closed
Fax:(905) 470.9556 H A R D WA R E • S O F T WA R E o A C C E S S O R I E S

PROCESSORS O P T I C A L DRIVES LCD MONITORS LCD TELEVISIONS

INTEL PENTIUM 4 LGA Retail CD-ROMS Vi e w S o n i c Vi e w S o n i c N 3 2 5 0 V I
2.68G hz(633Mhz.1mb,P44400) 1 4 8 " Llteon 52x 1 9 " VA902D 32" Monitur/DIgItal Tele% ision
3.00Ghz(800Mhz.1mb,P4.530) 2 3 4 " DVD-ROMS
3.00Ghz(844102mb,194.830) 2 3 4 " Llteon DVD 18X 28"
3.20Ghz(80014hz,1mb,P4440) 2B5 CD WRITERS ••
nal l • • $50 I n s t a n t
3.20Ghz (84-bit.2mb.P4-840) 2 8 5 " Liteon(S01-11152395-BK)520242 3 0 " Rebate
INTEL PENTIUM 4 DualCora Retell COMBINATION DRIVES
2.80Ghz(800Mhz,2mb,P4420) 317°' LG(4522)52xCORW.182(DVDR 4 5 " 1
3.00Ghz(000Mhz.2mb,P4-830) 334" DVD WRITERS V I E W S O N I C
$36095 Get$50off re 5132995 recta,
price mited time offer)
3.20GhzMOMht.2mb.P4-640) 670" PIon80r(DV11.110)18x./113x.48rOl. 55" 17" VA702Bizme sso.1Analog 285•
AMDATHLON 64 Retail PlOneer(DVA.110E)ExtemalKa6666139" 17' VA712BElms3601Digital 2 9 8 •
3200+Socket030(Venice333Mhz) 19100 (Fireedre/U9B2enclosure,Drive, Nero) 17*VE710B6onso0.1 &wog 3 0 8 '
3500+Socket939(Vanice333Mhz) 249" Plextor(PX-740A)18x4/10448xDI 109" 1 r VX7243ms550:1Dintal 3 6 0 -
3800+Socket030(Venice333Mhz) 344" Plextor(PX•7108ATA)lex • 8x- 157,7 17" VP 7308 en,.500.i oval 3 9 4 '
AMDATHLON 64 Duel Sot Retail LO(418713B)16x./16x•DL5 4 0 19* VA9028ems550.1mato; 3 6 0 i 32' Wee-SemenLCDtwowas•Hien Wee1s,
freers* [abut: toph oseara Ei321. per* A G sex
3600+ X2(512kb•812kb) 3 8 8 " Llteon(18939)184• 1St•DL5 2 " 19' VA912B(Inmate°1Analog 3 7 5 " • trim138517E8filDt:20,7•7200:C. .4)20101
4200+ X2(512kb•612kb) 4 8 8 " Uteon imam useExternal 1 0 8 9 5 19' VX9243rne550:1Dpaal 4 6 1 " G •-4•-re o r a u v r mods
4400+ X2(1mb•1m1:1) 6 0 1 " Asusi18013P18x • 18x-DL6 1 " 19' VA1912WBernsWideD.gest 499" " P c ' B u r ? 't.""'
19' VP930B +Doe 1,Digital 5 4 5 " i
21 VP2130B arr419001Digital 99510; Price after rebee... $ 1 2 7 9 9 5
FOR INTEL PROCESSORS Pushabuttonendmakeuptonine copies 20' VP2030Berrs10001Digital . 742"; VIEWSONIC N1750W rr Tv win HD
Asus P5S800-VM 515*Wes 7 6 , 5 ofaDVDorCD.Simpletouse. Self 23" VP2330WB sm.Wide . .
SAMSUNG . 1
720d/ICACI Math:MS ref:111,5m 6 0 0 "
Olga. GA8S661FXM-7 siswvoie 84" Contained.EasytoreadLCD Display. ACER AL3201W32-ry w7. HO
Olga. GA8I915PLG915Pt 9 1 " D esi
g ne d for c o n tin uous operation. 17' 740N si
m soo 1A ne ks g 3 3 0 " . i 720010.X11388,268resce1ncn 1 2 2 1 "
Asus P5P800COPE 1 2 6 " 3 Target unit (110t•M/D058555) 569"1 17' 740B smesoo I Deitai 3 3 5 - VIEWSONIC N3250W 32' TVwin HD
Asus P50D1-VM 915G*Woo 128" 5 Target Unit(MOT•DVDO57097) 689 19" 9151kItstre700.t An al
o g 72Ots1680/13824758reso.sn 1 3 2 9 1 0
Asus P5001 9I5P 1 3 3 ° ' 7 Target unit toor-ovooseste) 809") 19" 913Vit12o-secolAnalog VIEWSONIC N4050W 40* 7. I H o
Asus P5LD2-VM 6450rOfri 1 4 3 " 9 Target unit (110t•DVD058517) 1059"; 19' 940B Bre 700 I pedal 4 3 7 " 7206g0eco2uCa758MVP4 6 5 4 "
Asus P51.02945PP . r . 153" ACER
Asus P5ODC-D):-1 4 5 " VIDEO CARDS 15" AL1511B25tris350 tattoos . 255" DVD R E C O R D E R S
Asus P5ND2-SLI NFacc.,--- 1 4 7 ° ' 17"AL1716812ms•SO.1Analog 283"
Asus P5ND2-SLI-DXsFcre•4 200" ASUS j 19" AL1916B 12m500.1Analog . 348"11 i Make you own D V D S from m u l t e e
Asus P5N32-SLI-DXNF42 5 3 " 66000712r", DV!,PCIE 222'120" Ferrari F20 Limited Edition i 1 sources: VCR's. Camcorders, E t c
FORAMD PROCESSORS ` . 7800GT258.PCIE4 7 4 " arniWide1680,1GSOS00IC vs 7 1 5 '
Asus A8V re1 0 3 " 7800GTX 250•',PCIE6 2 2 "
Asus A8N•ENForcel 1 3 3 " X800 128.,DVI.PCIE 2 3 7 " DVD / CD MEDIA
Asus A8N-SLI NFort.4 1 6 3 " X800XLExt256..247V1.PCIE 3 3 4 "95
Asus A8N-SLI-DX Won*2 0 6 " X800XT EXt2580524DV1,PCIE 6 3 8 Save on DVD UtoonLVW-5035ce:noDnreu x *
Asus A8N32-SLI-DXNForcel 2 4 7 " X1800XL-2258..2xDV1,PCIE 4 4 4 " and CD media
X1800XT-5str..2xoyi.PCIE f‘ns Ana ien-cis c r. .. 1 6916
ATI when you
SEAGATE EIDE (PATA) X80OXL258.. DVI,PCIE3 1 9 " purchase in N ETWORKING
40GB(ST3A1021114)2mb5years6 3 " X850 Crossfile258..2:13VI,PCIE 4730 qua nity WIRELESS NETWORKING 6610
80GB(ST3150011A)2mbSpurs7 1 " AIW X600 Pro25805DVI,PCIE 224" ProDise DVD Media
1200B(8131200224)2mbSyears 9 2 " AIWX800XL 258.2xDVI.PCIE 348" DVD-R flit 5 0 - 84"
1200B(9T3120814A)8mb5years 9795X1800XL 258.2xDVI.PCIE 4 5 8 " DVD-R8x serer dike! pnitaCe •="
180GB(ST31130023A)15mb5years .. 103" X1800XT 2543.2x(39/1.PCIE 6 8 8 " surface5 0 . . . 2 1 . . 200..97E - 218"
2003B(973200828A)8r0r659eers.117"SAPPHIRE 54"
250GB (ST32508234)8mb5years134" X550 128.258., DVI,PCIE 91"l90" DVD.R Ritek
16x.. 50..031" 200...11E"
DVD ?Podia 51"
SEAGATESERIAL (SAT X1300 258., P C I E 1 2 6 " 53"
80GB(ST3808110AS)ilritBASTA 829, X800XL ULT zse... oyi.PCIE 3 6 4 " DVD-R 8x 50,..'20'.200..072-
DVD-R 8x %Ate rayet pnrraNe
- -
120GB(ST3120813AS)entSA3TA 111" GIGABYTE surface5 0 . . . 2 1 . 200..75- - 72"
160GB(ST3100812AS)BrroSA3TA 112" 68000112805• °VI,PCIE 1 9 5 " CDR Media 54'-
200GB istazocersasient SA2TA 128" 78000T 4 4 8 ' 6 11010
250GB(St32.50623ASAmoSA2TA 147" 7800GTX 258. DVI,PCIE 6 2 3 " Ritek Dyson
700mo. 53...142*. 100..121' - s
700rno _81..09". 100 s . Y G • - - - -
300GB(sr33oos31AS)Brro ' s i n 175" ProDisc TOOrrea w/r-te ,-/get prn:aNe - , s y s -
400GB(ST34C0632AS)enisSA2TA 320"
500GB (513scos4i4s)ieroSA3TA 418" PPAUGE • surface . • - • S Y S ••• • ' 7
150mce totWuvows C a d * / Ed .. 84" Professional CD/DVD Labels sc7u-rEpss... ' ' ' ' '
701WINTVGOEXTERNALTUNERU.S.9 9 3 ' • Regular Wilite Face : _
500mce toWAION1vacsCvskEA 182" ' G:c.ssvFncla1%.".to Feat 50 7 '
GREY-TECH PLEXTOR 7 - z:-.. , . . , - r: :
GT-5130 (450wetts, Beige) .... 45" PX-TV402U °murk usszmae:.2 215"I Di V:Dk/ JiE:W"E .L 4C 7A S : E" S. - E R S
RMC4S4uRechmount1 6 9 " ASUS 12"
ANTEC T V F M C a r d iii.o. REMOTE 3 9 : 3 Jekkel L a s e s . ' 1 A..-.1.-, . . 7 ' • - T =E-Sit-nt ld.7.7, ' ' '
SONATA II (430we11s. USW 1 3 7 . 0 IT'UL own, 51k, ‘k vow kw, ce-w 99'' PwelCase.-ses:h 31"
' - E • , , 7
;2 : : - _-, . . ..•:=
SLK3000B(nopower. USD) 6 3 " J e 43"
8LK1650/B (350watts,U513) 8 7 " p O .W E. R . S -U Pi P Li I EsS s . , ,s, • . -
P : :
P150 QuietCese(HE.431:Owens) 180" J e w e l Case.. : - S S &SW.-7:: E..=
P180 Extreme Case (nopo.or) lesus Generic ATX450wartsCSA 2 4 ° ' , Pact.:4.5.1 ‘1.. ' . ' 7£96
geeALLourcasesIIVAW/greyto,II0,01 A C E Ad.ln.One350web.CSA3 9 " DVD Case s.k..3.:. o kox . 88"
Enermax NoIseTaker 420v.atte 80" A K A : N., .11`..:: . . - x ...sst•6666. . 4410
Enermex Alt-In-One 535*.... l i r DVD Cases Ne.LE‘ .- . . .• 76"
Shan online on A C E All.ln•On• SZOnelts, CSA8 8 1 0 , N O ; ....:FS., .15''.1NI 9 2 9 . SN'.. •N..v:t : E s %IN:. 118"
www,groytech,com ANTEC Neo HE savses*ass 9 0 " SPECIAI.DVDOINCOALEv• -... , , .. -- it.oxt \ziocc zr..-szeso
ANTEC TruePower seewets . 114" Peddle° `12"5 too r.ix
294"
461"
.. . vs. . e . • t:)..-4, z‘t'c'26.661"...."S ••"''''7'C/11111•16
,••••• • f • • • . . • '-1..-e • . s %vans%

VVVVW.hl It /Ell( I/ KAU:0111 uariustr-v 2003 - t-4JL: L ' v l r y —7.XV.1—"ZZ SeL-Don T'C 13
 7:gital Imaging

F i v e t i p s f o r buying flash m e m o r y
•:- • t 3 I camera is a lot like ordering Compatibility
: s : : : e s s until you realize the vast Flash memory cards come in all shapes and sizes. The first thing you
:
tzi r a k e . need to know is which one your digital camera takes, since all of them
ash me-•: ,u has dropped in price considerably are incompatible with one another (with the exception of Secure Digital
cm's. 77.3i,t— t a relatively affordable investment, and MultiMedia Cards, or MMCs, which fit in the same slot). Examples of
most valuable and useful digital popular formats include SecureDigital (SD), the slightly larger and
• thicker Compact Flash (CF) and Sony's multiple Memory Stick styles. It
s — -z. - l e d to know a few things before you pick one is estimated that 85 per cent of digital cameras today take one of the
•-•-z•i•S , 7 o ; . : 1..st of considerations when shopping for a aforementioned three formats. Lesser-known formats Include the tiny
xD, used with many Olympus and FuJifilm digital cameras, and

C P t Tiglior-r1114111=4,113151,131060 Compuluth
C h e c k our websIte for Unbellvabhi Prices: f r o o l l i S A L I I I N I C O M P U T I A L C O M N
__ taleP
WWIly.FJfOMPUTItR11.90Alitormourimon.miiiimm.7,"
1 1 0 % L o w e s t - p r c e a n P r i c e - m a t c h u a r a n e e 11.1;11100am,4:00pni (Sunday close)
11 M i e n i n 1111 Oilil I lig Ali M I tultaelt4tlleieifitlip4l till'illitln•1111111G1RD0111 AND se75R0+7545189 i t IDOANOR041100* t l i l
6 f $ $ 111 4 0 4 t a i r t i I t•1/1 t e n ! . i i m i jilt. Ill n n t i m i t h u t i a t i o l I M I H N (‘”•,1,11:1•111 ill It littilill AND 01600+64Ra CPU AMDDAM111114 310{4 W I
11111111111SIRRIVII:
11211111411911111
,it'll131S.R A i n f i f i l i N n i Al o u s i t h b i l i t i p t 61111011 1116 MODnoo aro
M I M S I t t a
... . . . I t , o t i o l i t h ki., 011111/1141191411111t ATIO1ProllAPCI•hiitlitti RAH c‘aa°115i!OVI1412401(011%IMI14194
•- d i j i l 0 1 1 # i l - : : I l i 111221114 h o w 0113111 iiIiiiktill i r r i i r i i i e n i t e n ilm O M 1 5 " " i l i n I 81181DOOM it000lt
L l i Ettikfitt191.ii i t i o t L t o 0 " , 111 " 4 " 1 k G SIXCD•ROM ikiti;i41121011111004iS DTI
CI IA% :..t!!..i rig` IS !it 1 9 . . l t 1o/triltie, c , I . P i Itc icor Liiir t i r . u 2 0 0 E IAN vidto oh K V 1610Y0r1,114 Doitim
• : : : • : : . , , • : . . , o , • t o i Oho,. co*iii-ill C O 110 010- A RuNsit3ptr S o u n d Blister ComptiMicoti , c " 0 , 1 4 0 i c i r d 0
l: : : . - : . : . - , P - i r i t a l I I Atilttit I I iliol I 21,,,,t1 te,stlle
Oil I I M R E , . F i t a l t e l l 10'100 NIC all
. • . . i t ! 1 ' . • Z .
i-i... i. l 1: 1 il's Z1,: r } l i l t , 1 e t h e it ' w h i t
• •
i t i l l w c oce Itt viiiioNntKU„Sbk,,3;,0,1A,Pts,Cmaititt130S,S,W.
FFI111111100i'iljlit141011SW
C i 1 1 . 1 4 , 1 1 S Z ' t
• 6 l s i l l i T h t . 1 Pros W i l s lf 911,4111W' A I M W leithth I Atrle
N it'dK I Optheglt
R 1 5 1 1 l l t 1 0 1 1 1
I l l • 31,1•11.1•11t sir' 1 1 1 6 0 6 icietelt I s l a m i t i i i i , t atoll.' 1,e,,,,w sic 11011110W13DSterceSPK 1 0 0 W nlibluiptitiStioct
8700 C a t i o n m p7I10 c a n o n o w i t Y OW* ..RDNY0P1).Exso p a r s c i c i i a Itharholoomartrroo
I 1 , cti0 prim t a l i .
a
o All-In-044 P h o t o Printer
Phut* / d o t e r •4011`" 1 1 4 atillio4Coluf l i t s P Phista
t hu or t co tedltar
i m e r A l l . i f t e O f t E l Photo PrInUr 450051000 a•ink
P rtiliption
C - N w e t IZV -
Scanner:Fax ‘11111 4 9 1 4 1 . * 1 MAC . , , , , , , . / ovia.c.
i r o c . 0.1
blot . i qtanur1Copler Colo' Prentlnl'ri-
1.11-Inott 1.0D . 1,
Clover
*3-ige $ 3 2 9 $ 7 9 4 " j r _..„--...S79 ''‘ L e " ! i $ 11 9 $ 1 1 9 f7t701
A11,11A1.1•0 Pflapay
'cl`3c4i�4"�
C a n o n motssact C a n o n M P 4 5 0 i,,,,,-,.. F. - 1 0 p f ] P S C 1401 lIzoiNti( R a i °
L e m 4.1.-1344.414 m i . i n , 0 4 4
PRIMA, Prrotor C : 7 P:tionieneprrinimmom
h o
0101411thoto t o
PrinieL_. Artillo•Itno•Opinter Print., l a
wiCelarAPhel
L e b . tAwni. F ▶ f h o t e L O • Q u I l l y Scanner O p r i r m a t
Copier Fax - - t spear
C o V e r M o n d Now
•
$91f$ $ 3 $91 9 99 44101
$ 7 9 . 1 $ 9 ' I R $ 3 5 0 N L Y 1

brOther F C4 S r ri-a C a Net 4 6 7 0 C a l l O n LION 80 462:0"

4 1 9 , 11 4 =v r P 793 11 t i n t e c 3 5 0 w
Lisertion•Orte ?Lor,194v-dPi i n o x 2 4 0 0 4 0 EitnartPowar 2.0
PrMtor C o r p " ' " " " ' u p to 41100406101 # 1 1 1 1 "2 0L4C D0 2 4 i r i F f i V v 1 7 - . 7 : 3 5 OIN ATX 12V
S c r a s s r Pax * a m

12-oo$ 1 9 9 $ 9 9 44%6 s e -9$59 =

$36
Sonic VmA 7 2 1, NDisT AF'T641111noliroo0 RlA
b r O t h g ' W 2 1 0 c F Z I = i 2 4 8 0 L E * l o m a t- O 7 1h 0o0 To
Uu0 cIh c r 1 4 2 0 5 0
I V , 1. 1.44, • 1111.•bvtiOdoo: w/400
11 L C D I n t
A m o r , C o p i e s W i 1432X41133
t h multi card
' e feeder
m o at l le d 2 0 " LCD V 3 . 2 5 " Thin
120041024 TwelliAt•Oill
11111Afi•I c a l k e d . litlitt
L.'? 3 adapt M i l t Color F r o n t U114 2.01
tT4 iallOW $ 1 8 8 1 2 0 0 ' 4 5 0 0 1 0 * %II Front Mlo/OPK Port
MOTOROLA 14D.71 S itreille
TOP O NV9014.412
N A N C ! 8PEARERNETGEAR viorwin 10
itiraniCipowtskiii p , 1 . 1 0 Expondlokio 4 0 " 1111verocrocn G4PARpe Vilroinnu Couto
Cormossr'i G.* - . 0 : 1 1 1 1 1 CorillessPkin• 11 0
AAImole Is J o u 1 0 0 V 1 W e l l . m o u n t Retail Box
122•To. • Cilig.", S y s t e m w Colin ID 11X1Pilmal 6 6 6 6 6 I S M
iLasommiat Simian!
2171111. ' r a s a _ A n s w e r i n g Oysters', r 1 • 4.111 PPPPP 511.111
1,essg9 pr.. 579 • ;:--.1109 I• 6140111'"''" I 111$ 2 9 9 $45
A m m o * • FPG3111 MOTOROLA M D 4 9 1 t
110V0•114.701 i 1 4 . 5l 1 X . P NTY f i g . Deirs
R a A TALI( 1 1 5 § 1 ,
Litheowileterewri••• 2.40 g.panilable 214,121M
sec/t:4, e.tv DUAL LATER DVOICD•P/CD•fiVd;CD11.1P3
5121.111 U5112.0 e - s 3 6 Up 10 10 km Romp
Oder $ 1 1 " FLK :5 Ai 3 PAN 115.,,3 Compatible Player 8anDlek CruzerMicro22 Chonnolo
FAXICOP Answering I m p s 51047A 1.1Inch Ullro Clirn 812MB NMI Mine 31Prirsoy Codes 44 6 9
H U D ATMs' Stick 11041
$ 11 9 , : c : $ 7 9 4 1120Stalltt0111 M i c k 121.11 /$45 MILD . 7 , 1 U
flay ono get one free.
AVP4 Potor Charger Peal
M r , U S / ADAPTER I I I I I M I I W I N E L E S 8 ROUTER I M I T T A I P C I C A R D M r , PCMCIA CARD
9 1 - 4 3 $ 2 4 / 11 4 1 4 bp a $ 3 9
DWL-G120/54Mbps 5 3 9 M - G e 2 4 / 1 0 e m b o h u s Tu D W L - 5 2 0 0 2 2 M b p s $ 2 9 DWL-0630/54Mbp0 5 3 5
DWL-120+/22Mbps 5 2 9 DI-804 4 PORT ROUTER $ 2 8 DWL-G510/54Mbps $ 3 5 DWL-0850/108MbpG 0 4 0
All prices are already 4% cask discounted. Other f o r m ? I m m o will be en regular prIcee.Prices end ocelllablIty are clubfeet to change without notice.

T O 14 H U B : Dor•tel Lrylro - T o r o n t o S e c t i o n - J a n u a r y 2 0 0 6 wwvv.hubcrinciclo.corti

Digital Imaging

SmartMedla, which was popular a few years ago. Many professional- therefore you may only be able to store eight photos on a 32M8 card, or
grade digital cameras, such as SLRs (Single Lens Reflex) models, take more than 260 shots on a 1G8 card. A higher capacity card is also idea
CFcards as they're more durable, can be rapidly inserted into the for storing video clips, since many digicams these days allow you to
camera and are more resistant to the elements. shoot mini movies with sound. Depending on the brand [see below). it
should cost less than 10 cents per Megabyte on average, th.erefore a
Capacity to price 512MB memory card should cost about S45 or so, while a 1G8 memory
The larger the memory capacity on the card, the more photos you can card should be less than 5100. Some memcry card formats are less
store on it. For example, a 3-megapixel digital camera may only store 25 expensive than others.
photos on the 32MB card it came with. But if you pick up a 1-gigabyte
(GB) card, you can now store more than 850 images. A 7-megapixel Speed
camera takes higher-quality photos, so the file size will be larger, Flash memory cards can vary in speed. The speed refers to how cast

U Computers
For more price, please chock

WWW.ucomputer.ca 2 Years
All systems Now with
NEW YEAR S P E C I A L

Diamond System
WE OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEKI
labor & 1 year parts
$678
MON-FRI: 10AM-7PM
SAT- 5 1 / N : 1 0 A M - 5 P M W a r r a n t y Illif11:'
HEAD OFFICE Scarborough: Mississauga: N o r t h York: Intel P 4 - 5 0 6 2_66G L 7 7 5 C P U
4002SheppardAve E,#108 289Dundas St E, Unit 2 386 Sheppard Ave. E ASUS P55800-MX/P5V802.-MX
DDR400 51251 RAM:Sound
W.D. 160G 814 722CR H.D
o 1 . LG 16X DVD+/-RW DUAL LAYER
416-293-9933 905-361-1979 416-250-5588 Intergrated 6451 Video Card LAti
Black Midtower Front USE 452W
AMDSp64 2600+$388 Intel P4 - 506 2.66G $428 Intel P4-630 3.0GE2M $608 Black Opt M.S & K.13 & SF 1K
17inch Viewsonic Va702b LCD
ASUS KBV-X SE VIA M.B ASUS PSVDI-X SATA Dualch ASUS P5GD2-X M.13•SD'J11i:
P630 3.0G1650 3.2G S748:799
DDR512M Pc3200 DDR 400 51281 PC32001 SOUND DDR2 533 51231 PC32C0
W.D 800 7200r H.DILAN WD 80G 7200rpm H.0 / CLAN W.D 160G SATAII 8M
10 4167 16x DVD/RW LG 16X DVD+I-RVY iG-LAN
LG 16x DVD & 52x CDRW
MSI Fx5200 128M TVO ATI X300SE 256M DVI PCI-E
101100LADI5ASound Ole ATI Hadeon 9250128M TVO Midtower Case/450W Front USB
Midtower case/450w CASE 1450W Front USB
Keyboard/ OPT MouselSPK OPT MS & K.B & SPK
Optical MS & Multimedia K.B
2.1 Subwoofer Speaker
ViewSonic Epson Stylus C68
17 n ‘ A Z : Z o - 1 2 - s
i r s e t 'Pr.riteri USB I
SP2800I3000+ S3981408
P46303.0GI6403.2G $49815548
640-3.2G1650-3.4G 5645 $269
$49.99'
IntelP-640-3.2GE2M $818 AMD64 939 3200+ $699 PD-8202.8GE(DCORE) 2M$899 $339
'ete- S23 1.1
ASUSPSNINSLINI4GLAN GIGABYTE K8NPro-SLI -nForce4 ASUS P5LO: 6 . B i345 Amur
D I M 1G(20512M)PC42001SOUND 1024M (2x512M)DDR400Pc3200
651 OF 66001E 2566 SLI16xPCIE W.D160G8M H.DISOUND
DDR2 533 10246 PC4233
Maxtor 250G 166 SATAII HO !c41.
Maxtor 200G16M SATAII HD LG 16X DVD.I-RW Dual Layer
LG16X DVD*1-RW DualLayer 8-Chan Sound & Gigabit LAM 0 B o t h e r HL- 2 0 3 0
LG 160 DVD+I•RW Dual Layer LG GSA-4167
SideWindowCase/550W POWER MSI N6600LE 256M SLI PCI-E ATI/Sapp 51309 256616x PCIE Laser Printer x - - R ' RA' R A M
MSWireless Desktop 6.8 & Mouse Midtowor Case 1550W Dual Fan Side Window Case w: 550W Dual Far 539.99' 3.yer:r....,E DEM
815 Wire-Loss Desktop 6.8 & Mouse ' a f t e r SEC MiFil

so
LuxorAmbler 4.1 Sub-W SPX Multi- K.B/ Optical MS12.1SPK Logitech 0-530 S p e a k . , $45.99
P630-3.0G1650-3.4GS7681$878AMD9393500/3700+ S7481$768
PD.S3GiS430Core
LCD & C R T S P E C I A L DVD/CDRW , , , j i p
C O M PA Q 1 6 x DVD 5 1 8
17" Refurbished LCD $199 LG 5 2 x 3 2 x 5 2 C D RW 5 2 6
17" Aopen LCD 12MS $255 LG16x13VD11 52x CDRW 5 3 6 Logitech Kingston
LO 4 1 8 7 18x D V D . / - R W 6X DL 5 3 5 izZ2L-10
17" Vlewsonlc V702b 12ms $269 NEC 3540 16X D V D * I - R W 6X/4X DL S 4 0 Cordless Combo 51:^<Y
17" LG L1751S 550:1 12ms $275 P I O N E E R 110 l a x DVD.!-RVV 6X DL 9413 S25.99 ;Al & M N 6:::23a 5 1 :

17" SAMSUNG 740N-2 8MS Hard Drive Special \too. $48.99

$296
19" ACER 1912B 12MS Black $315
19" VIEWSONIC V902B 8ms $339
USB2.0ENC2.5-13.5"/5.25" $ 1 2 : 2 2 , 2 1
USB2.0 256M/512M/10 5 2 2 : 3 5 ' 6 5
=MIK
19" LG 1951S LCD 500:1 12ms $355 W.D 806/80G 8M/160G8M 5 6 0 : 6 1 / 8 9
19" SAMSUNG 940B LCD Digital KingsUSB2.0ton A Z DDR2
E N S33
R A512M
M
$418 (16M)2000/250G/300G 8 1 0 2 111 3 11 4 3 512M P c 4 2 0 0
19 Vlowsonlc V912 LCD Digital $ 3 8 8 ( M A 16M)200G/250G1300G $10311161148 Flash Memory 6 4 2 . 0 0
97" LG T710BH FLAT CRT $ 1 3 5 2.5'540011PM16M400/60G180G $79'1051126 $ 3 1 . 9 9 -Life-time manut-warr.
P r l c o n usshisios no c h u r l ° . w i t h o u t n o t i c u . , C a s h p r i c e , a l r o a d y O l o c o u n t o d

w w w . h u b c c e sock) c o m January 2006 - a g w i LivIng - Tenama Section TO 15

 Digital Imaging

information is written to or read from the card - when it is inserted into
a PC's card reader, for examle. Therefore, the faster the memory card
speed, the better for example, 40x is better than 24x, and 80x is better
than 40x. Generally, the higher-speed cards will cost more, too. If the
card is speed-rated, this information will be written on the card itself as
well as o n the packaging. Memory cards with faster speeds (for
example, 80x) are often labeled as a 'pro series' card, as they're sought
after by professional photographers who might want to hold down the
shutter button to take multiple shots at once. Faster memory card
speeds are also ideal for shooting video because they will capture the
maximum frames-per-second for smoother motion.
Brand
Some industry experts believe there is little difference i n quality
between aggressively priced memory cards and those produced by the
more renowned manufacturers. Others maintain there is a noticeable
distinction when i t comes to speed, performance, reliability, and
longevity. It's always a good idea to take note o f the company's
warranty before you purchase a memory card. Also research the
company's technical support setup - look for a toll-free telephone
number and reasonable hours of operation.

Extras
Flash memory cards may vary in extras. A SecureDigital card, for
example, get its name because you can flick a small switch on its side
or back to secure its contents (protecting it from being accidentally
erased). Along with password-protection on some of its cards, Lexar
has recently developed something called an ActiveMemory System
that adds information to a memory card such as preferred camera
settings when it's popped into a compatible camera. This technology
can also be used to store the owner's name, address and photo
preferences (e.g. glossy 5 x7 prints, no doubles) so the card can be
dropped off at a photo mat with all of this information included - and
now you won't need to fill out one of those pesky forms.
By Marc Saltzman

F o r t h e B e s t Q u a l i t y and a C o m p l e t e Line o f S a t e l l i t e P r o d u c t s

D I G I WAV Specials on Most Products -

Wireless AV Sender
1. 2.4GHz
2. Four selecteole F11 channels
3 Sends stereo audio and clear
video signals from VCO, OVO
and Satellite to your TV in
another room without a cable 2. 2MB FlashROM for 5 . Picture in Graphics
4PRIVIdES clear reception. up
to 100 meters
We Can Beat Any Advertised Price!
Di iwave DG7200S Twinhan Vision DiV USB-Sat
farttir 1. Watch Satellite TV on
your computer
2. USB 2.0 Connection
.Full EPG-7 DaysEPG 4 . Optical Audio Output
np84,50 • 3. OVA 6 HOTV
Fast GUI W I G ) support
3. S-Video Out 6 . ConaxCA-7 Embedded

Twinhan Visionplus 1 0 2 2 A Digiwave DG7000 Receiver, Motec S • 2100

1. Watch Satellite 1. Motorized Satellite
vimmem TV on your 4.76 -0170 Dish
y .
Computer -.* • .
1-119 /f EiE
2. DVR for Movie 2. Receive Reception
1. Free to Air Satellite Receiver from over 50
Recording
Satellites
3. Supports HDTV, 2. Digital Duality

Satellite Dish Tools & Accessories Grand O p e n i n g o f

1. 18. 24 , 33 , 36 3 9 ,
, 1 . 2 m , 1.5m 1.8m,, 2.1m
1. M type of
tools and
our N e w L o c a t i o n !
FL!
Dish Sizes, Ku band C band accessories
.._.; „, f t - , d i s h and Antenna 50 Tolson Rd. Maridlim, ON LIR 1E5
•:..'.„ - . . 2. Inb Tel. 905.480.3688 Fan. 905.480.3611
Toll Frao: 1.800.313.3688
Hours: M-F 9:OOAM-6:OOPM Distributors and Email: oal,410.diglivare.ca
Sat: 10:00AM-4:00PM Dealers Only www.dignivaue.ca
T O 16 H U B : Oigtal Using - Toronto - January 2006 www.hubcanade.com
 Home Entertainment I

I w a n t my W M C
I'm a fan o f Microsoft. I'm aware that this is an unfashionable me a R i DATA
position for any number of reasons, but the plain truth is that my
experience w i t h Microsoft products h a s been, b y and large,
STRIBUTORS
o a n a c I a i n
pretty good.
My trust of the Microsoft brand is why I became an early adopter of
Windows XP Media Center Edition (WMC), a Windows operating
system pre-installed in select retail PCs that includes an all-in-one
Windows-integrated application providing access, control, and Canada's Exclusive
management functionality for a broad range o f digital media,
including television, 0V0s, music, video, radio, and photos.
Authorized Distributor
I haven't regretted my purchase o f an HP Media Center PC for for Ridata
a minute.
My wife loves the TiVo-esque television features, which allow her to
pause and rewind live TV, record up to 200GB of programming, and
browse the upcoming month of television by show title, actor, and
director. I use WMC not only for television, but also to organize my
collection of home videos and digital photographs and to create slide aolnn
shows and presentations for family and friends.
But WMC isn't perfect. We occasionally run into glitches while
watching DVDs, iTunes is still our preferred music player, and we 'Rol
have found little use for WMC's online spotlight functionality, which
acts as little more than a way of bookmarking favourite sites viewed
e•-•••••
through Internet Explorer.
With these issues in mind (and in the spirit of the theme of this . ilv2
month's issue, "Alternative Computing"), I decided to do a bit o f
research on Microsoft's competition. DNII"
The first application I looked into was Apple's Front Row, which
comes installed on Apple's new GS desktop computer. If Front Row
delivered everything I love about WMC and integrated iTunes to boot,
it might merit serious consideration. - - - - - - - -

As it turns out, Front Row seems to be little more than a slick front-
end, providing access t o several existing Apple applications that
handle music, movies, and pictures. And while these applications are
admittedly powerful and attractive, they don't make up for Front
Row's lack of television functionality — my wife will never give up the
ability to record and burn to DVD an entire television series at the
You're Wholesale
Media Source
Media Distributors Canada Inc.
85 Citizen Court, Unit 15
Markham, Ontario
L6GIA8 Canada
.ticln'(Illlr Walr /I I V Wolf I t . ,
Iti.(1,(1/11fi
Tel: 905.477.4029
Fax: 905.477.5937

www.mediadistributors.ca
fiA S c 1 l r J u l l l n /
Coodlic0

www.hubcanada.com J a n u a r y = u u t . - H U B : Digital Living - To r c r i t o on T O 17

 Home Entertainment

touch of a few buttons. This gaping hole keeps Front (around $90). Even taking into consideration the
Surplus Row from being true competition for WMC. cost of a TV tuner card and a remote control, the total
Kilater-lc:31s In the end, Front Row's greatest selling point is its price of transforming your existing PC into. a media
Apple Remote, a predictably chic-looking gadget that center using Meedio Pro is far less expensive than
and has been efficiently scaled back to what Apple calls buying a brand new WMC.
'the six buttons you really need' (For the curious, The last WMC alternative I checked out was MythTV,
Job Lots those buttons are Play/Pause, Back, Forward, Up, which is described by its creator on the MythTV Web
Down, and Menu.) site as a 'homebrew PVR project'
The next application I looked at was Meedio, a suite An open source application free t o anyone who
of modules that can turn your existing PC into a wants to download it, MythTV is a surprisingly full-
multimedia machine. featured solution that provides complete television
Meedio comes in two chunks: Meedio Essentials controls (including the ability to pause and rewind
and Meedio TV. When combined, t h e s e t w o live TV), an impressive programming guide, and TV
applications create a n impressive multimedia recording capabilities. Add-on modules provide
package. additional functionality f o r DVD playing, picture
Meedio Essentials provides the ability to view and viewing, Web browsing, and more.
organize pictures, home videos, and music. It also It's hard t o criticize something that's free —
comes with a DVD player and a number of bonus especially when someone has spent years toiling
features, such as RSS news feeds, weather updates, over it without any remuneration. That said, there are
and a selection of simple games that can be played a few things potential MythTV users should know.
with a remote control. For starters, it has peculiar system requirements,
Meedio TV delivers personal television features, including a Linux operating system and MySOL
including the ability t o play, pause, rewind, and database — a full list of system requirements can be
record live TV. It offers an electronic program guide found on the MythTV website (www.mythtv.org). The
similar to the one I use with my WMC, and it supports • website a l s o c o n t a i n s e x t e n s i v e s u p p o r t
multiple tuner cards, which means users can record documentation including installation instructions
and watch several channels at the same time. and troubleshooting guides if you run into problems
• Electronics
I was very impressed with Meedio's design and — which, in all likelihood, you will (needless to say,
• Measuring functionality. I n d e e d , t h e o n l y immediately MythTV hasn't gone through the rigorous testing
discernable advantage held by my WMC PC is that typically associated with off-the-shelf applications).
• Instruments it came with a TV tuner card and a remote control — Another potential issue i s MythTV's less than
items that Meedio users will have t o buy and elegant presentation, which features generic looking
• Plastic and
install themselves. visual flourishes and i s saturated with a home-
M e t a l Stock
Meedio Pro, which includes both Meedio TV and designed aesthetic. Keep in mind, though, that a
• Meters Meedio Essentials, is available for download from the poorly d e c o r a t e d i n t e r f a c e d o e s n ' t a f f e c t
Meedio Web site (www.meedio.com) for USS79.99 functionality.
• H a n d To o l s

• Computer Parts
a n d Supplies

• AV A c c e s s o r i e s

• A n d m u c h mo

T O 18 H U B : Digital L i n g - To r o n t o Section - J a n u a r y 2 0 0 6 www.hubconacia.com

H o m e Entertainment

1111 I h n
Put succinctly, MythTV is for tech-minded users with no interest in the kind of visual
sparkle that Apple and Microsoft spend millions of dollars developing, and who aren't
afraid to spend a few hours here and there tinkering with their computers to overcome
0, glitches and compatibility issues. Alas, no one in my household falls within those ranks.
I think I'll stick with my Windows Media Center for now. There's something to be said for
Microsoft's no-brain solution; it's quick and easy to set up, guaranteed to work right out
of the box, and free of the hassles associated with buying and installing additional
hardware and software. But Microsoft had best watch out. Solutions like Meedio are

r-] going to make it hard for Bill Gates' software empire to dominate the media PC market
the way it has so many others.
By Chad Sapieha

L O G I C COMPUTER6.
... HOydSE.cong
vilvwXliccompet•r1oumeem

• •

druor 916GM (AMm-GM-)/10147411
• omo Penni.. IA Mid 333600 or /001441
• 5121.1 COR333 nependeele le 2 GIO
N^MI M G M 0,0094400 cereceir
• 164• WXGA 1121001001 Dupes
•OVD/CDRW Combo DrNO
005/111.0 400 6460einHO
•V90/$61( Fox / Moder
-10/103 lose B e r n e
•WInrion A4/G N O . &
MS PRO Card Rome
•44u38
M350 U 3 7 0
novo
DYLM017A 17' LCD
•12110 x 1024 limoliffen
• 450:1 Cones, rob
• 1 ens Rosperualkno
drilmmiree 59.04.,1pm
EPSON
STYLUS C68
•57600144030
• Indenuel Ink 17pern
'LOB Intone=
•Aner 828 MR(11 Jai 31 06)
Pawl •43911.
' N e e 915 PM 111C116•1 • GIGABYTE GAS IGICCLUR INTEL 860G • GIGABYTE GA-103VM•00la VIA k5.46.43-
• InIM Proem M 5 3 3 7 / 0 4 4 or 4001•4147 1511 • di 03510,125000 CCU *K1457174 20010300R 4026•••
•512/1 O M 533 (npondebki lo 2G11) •50NT I 440 ELGPPv LOVE •00"44, OW FLOPPY ORME
.N1 Radom 7003 emetics m e m o s 12I16 *WO 5008 10E 7-2corp• •To *WO 82G8 DE 7200rprn HD
•17.0* WXGA APO Coior W e LCD -INTEL 5650 G,.coo W e i WAGS* •Orboore Vow
• Ix CND •I• NW CNN* • LG 85268 521 CORNY red I o t a % •LO 85268 SD( COON M r d e r e
•10SHIBA 40G 5411094ri KO •REALTEK 655 Cederc MO •REALTEICAL12655PeloAC97 Carew
•10/100/1003 Bond Ethernet •Oroboon1 101103 Enemas •REALDEK 81030 Osman
•AC 97 Ur 1•100EM (0J-11) • AT% Ltd Deer Cam •ATX led To w Cam
0rAroloa AVG Nowen ' 3 Power 5 Supply
0 W 4 1 0 *351744 Prom Supelv
•4-10-1 Cord Roeder 4. ( O m e n . OposOno S o n o . 1CP • ( G i n u o r • Omnin0 Bysimo
.suise MINFO/Meeo TI Tuner Moum W e e d Memo M o n l e r )
/ 1 7 4 4 M740 11750 M710 43:311 0 3 3 1 1 . 4 1 1 4 3 . 2 4 p c ‘ a 5 w . STIOMM 3 3 1 0 S U M O
$3911 S r i
SONY NiewSonic 4 . 6
2:44575AB 17' LCD VA9028 19' LCD Ceieron M360 1.4G
•12110 a 1024 Roo:Seen •19' 4 0 ) i n Mania • Mode .01915680 L o a
•450:1 Contrail nee • 1260 t 1024 einolullon • 2561Ae 002266 Monmv
• 12450 S w o r e * ilino •550:1 Colima rote •406/7 ID
$256 • 0.264non Pen PitC11
pan N a . , s290 ••••• POICIOP011 1471.
5340 •15.0* [gym)( LCD
$930
EPSON
STYLUS CX3810 ML-1610 Laser Prager
*5700 1440del •uo io 17pprn
•Printm Copier. Somme •600 ariCeem
005 Inertias •11.51 • 141
$45 •Ador t i e M A I ion 31 OM
p., 363 •DA Ran

roue.
SkyIPCam 250 SkyIPCom 250W 3202-3288 16xDVD+/-
• Biome Norwell LP Comoro •VAroloss G Network IP Comoro • Wenn' Wilier wed 146 2.0
• 640 0 400 Rasolutlen 2510n • 640 4 5 0 Rosolullon • I ta Cool icnnol
•1)9 10 le Comoro •0910 16 Comoro •lboolo-Loym DOD
07VIamPre Solloona •Pdordno k e e n s . •1010060•4545
Pan •1012

.x111 F T " BFG

ASUS A8N-V1. CSM GeForce PX7800GT DYLM017A 17' LCD
• GF6150 moped Molhorboc• 111 •26668 0,44 LSI PCLE An HDTV Wonder Ren
• 100 0 . 4 VGA W o w CM •4257.00 Coo Door
'AND Soctel 939 •RAMOAC Dud 4037.0U •Serroio Centre ErMien PC
' W o m b GPLI •All PASIrroree Carew
• s170
D-Link MI-171 ACROX
D-Link DNS-120 4GB P Micro Drive EG701AX.VE SFMA 2.0 EG495RVE SFMA 2.0
•USI Elliornol Scoop* (S::`,410\ • 4200orn USD 0 • LOON Smal Fon • 455W SmonFon
Areepre •Avoroop Soot Orno ' D m 012V11013 •CoM • I 2V Ron
•Pr01155 2.0 Porn •Dato bourn 7.97.161 •16371E11.00C9 •7105E166io4cy
•1Ihom1.1 Pod
nor • 3 , 2 $95 $100 •R • Coo
Pan t o o
- I n v Coo
Pan al 1 le

MON - PRI a o r r c o r p o n u , PCI1 AccopPrd r o r . " . . l o t W A R E H O U S E OUTLET MISSISSAUGA OUTLET

10om • Ppm lbs•Ars aro %OM. 7 3 1 0 Wool:Min. Avenue 1 5 9 0 Dunisau St. E-
SAT ( M u l e 40 D aaaaa )
lOren Opm •pp mpp. pp. ph.pay 3% c p . . . . p p ( W o o d b i n e & Denison)
euN ...01smor„..n.1141,o1Frimlmocf. T E L : (905) 415-0909 TEL: (905) 2 7 6 - 9 9 9 5
I . . . ^ • ,01111 FA X : ( 9 0 5 ) 4 1 5 - 0 9 1 1 FA X : ( 9 0 5 ) 2 7 6 - 5 1 0 8

www.huecanada.com January 2 0 0 8 - H U B : D i g i t a l Living - T o r o n t o S e c t i o n T O 19

 3611 W4et16330,13316 &meow-
hisiocwis Onlob
IdelglokLcoM io •
let 905.804.9485 9IL 0 3 1 0 2 1
FIX 905.804.9507

ZrComputer Y,..ur One Stop Computer Store

For Latest Pricing and Products, visit:
www.liata.com •/ v e l d 0eoteene.0. et WWI

Fujitsu Lifet3ook N 3 5 1 1 A Toshiba Satellite P30 10r., T h I n k p a d T 4 2

ACER ASPIRE 3 0 0 3 M A I I

$838 I / intee Penton-42 M Pnyonsor 750 1.ef G,..-

011598
cue10 Pentlunb 4 Ple0e150( 518 3.200H4
$1038
Intel9Prothon9 Al 735 Canino 1.70114
Mob*, AND S....o Prtuessor 30004 512511101)R2 Memory 512MB DDR Memory 512MB DDR Memory
5123e ( n 6 • 2 5 6 r DC41333 GDRAM 15 4. Woe XGA Md.-Noon TFT 17.0. WXOA WIdescreen TFT dlepLey 14.1. XGAWIdescreen TFT display
13:1GB Nerd Dnue 60GB Hord Dm. 500814M Dan 40GB Herd D d .
Integnited DVD-Dui drtee (DVDN-RW) DVOGD-RW combo dime DVD-ROWCD-RW combo ceme
• 1 5 . 4 • 1 4 / 4 0 . 4 (1290 60011FT deploy DVD41-11W dm,
Id-m.1e 602.1105V Wireless LAN All MOBIUTY RAMON'. 9700 with 12600 All MOBILITY FIADEON'. 7600 with 32NB
W a g o n grepbc• 10:100 LAN. 56K V90 roddern 502.11•442 Melba LAN Intel 502116 WIlelem LAN
a , l e o LAN Memory Sook10.PC Card.E.wmos Card ant 101100/1000 LAN, WIC V.90 modem
101 W 102.11by 101100 LAN. 5611,490 modem
V.92 H o K o r m a n Wandoalb XP Koine Eduon SO Caid•Memcey SOWSman Medi/A1MC/ seam drip. FINGenTenter Reader
i V A n c I N I N D Ar9 Homo Eaton kLat-s. oltf Work Motown n Windows!, XP Prot...bow Eboon
41). 1X611, cardNerrory Stick Pm sin
Mkrosolft Vdndowst XP Nome Edbon

fi2/21 TOSHIZA • L_J

ASUS P5VD1-X LLG775 Motherboard ECS RS480-M AMD Motherboard
512MB DDR PC3200 RAM 91, 512MB PC3200 DDR RAM
1.44MB Floppy Dove 1.44MB Floppy Drive
4•111,,e• LG 16X DVD•/-RW Dual Layer LG 16x DVD*/•RW w/Nero
WD 160GB 7200RPM 8MB Hard Drive 100GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive
Sapphire Radeon 9600 Pro 256MB Video ATI Video/LAN/Audio
Onboard LAN and Audio Legitech optical wheel mouse
Microsoft wireless Keyboard & Mouse Logitech Office Internet Keyboard
SuperCase ATX Mid Tower Case X-Flle ATX Mid Tower Case
••••••••00 ewe.. tale ft Ire. ree.••••••••••tee:r

WE CAN BEAT ANY ADVERTISED PRICE

REFURBISHED - Visit Our Website for Latest Pricing
* ow • Intel P3 1.13Getz • Intel Celeron 2.0GHz
A22 • Intel P3 800MHz
• 256MB RAM O40 • 256MB RAM • 128MB RAM
• 30GB Hard Drive • 40GB Hard Dove • 10GB Hard Drive
• 14' TFT Dscplay • DVD-CDRW Combo • CDROM Drive
• OVD-CORW Combo • Wireless LAN • 10/100 LAN
• 10/100 LAN • 14' Display • 15' Display
• 5611 USB Pal • 10/100 LAN, USB Port • 56K, USB Port

- Intel P3 933MHz • Intel P4 2.0Getz • Intel P4 1.8Getz

• 128MB RAM • 256MB RAM m. • 256MB RAM
• 20GB Hard Dove • 40GB Hard Drive m e m o . • 18.2GB SCSI
• Video/Sound - Video/Sound • Nvidle Ouadro 2 Pro
•10/100 LAN .10/100 LAN .10/100 LAN
• Floppy Drive • Floppy Dnve • Floppy Drive
• USB Port - CDROM • CDROM

l o s t M a w • S o o t Chole•

• XP320 • V400
. xp4000 • XP450
• XP480D • XP550
4U Rackmount • HP455D• • 111'5050.
• 24PIn. Dual Fan.
• SATA a 6Pirl PCI-E

7610 2389
506C .12,401 P a foe
• Badge or BOOK • Bede or is:6c, • EtLack • Rod, h•yer W T to
• 20Pa• A n • 24PM AT% • 24Puo ATX • 20Pin ATX
407Nans 2U Race:mount
400I/am 4074raft 4031Vam

Resellers Welcome, we carry a wide range of computer parts and accessories

1 1 1 Is:Vieth Ccresss neunsaits

suinsiprr 10n01e11011 11821375 Ia105 maimays-sDP:4W'L1Pcvoiziavi16xmaw- Vasuu Emma]SAM arctic coofina
LCDroam SD Czril CDI WRIcttzrocztia C. cuts = W a l l a matter 0 3 2 1 talC/19/111111LICI100 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 U , s t i o n c a r 5 ION 3

$255 $7/2
AMDL, IFS ELITEGROUP
meNcie g • ; ; I i n " - 1 " " hinomi :111111 +145]
s e n a . 1 1 3 1 4 4 9 . e : , • LC no:Ao:JCL M C N I C H I S I N C R P S T I V:

AITIC LA1411110
" O H O V © a t e / , 1 3 : 7 - e 'Low A F C

3o. 0,00000 b m k a et5oL te, Lear ism al w a w a val lae at N u t . oda We many Ihe toe to RH 0J:orates. Pi Logo. a repleer tradansorts sn c i t . / notes:00o curette. L00 ree responstie kW typo wren

TO 20 H U B : Digital Living - To r o n t o S e c t i o n - J a n u a r y 2 0 0 6 w w w. h u b c a n a d a . c O r n
W o r k i n g f r o m home: A r e you r e a d y ?
Have you ever wondered how much time is wasted each working day
by the thousands of people driving to and from work in Canada?
According to Statistics Canada, people working in large metropolitan
areas like Toronto and Montreal spend, on average, more than one hour
per day commuting. This translates into five hours per week and 260
hours per year, which is equivalent to nearly 11 full days of life or, if you
prefer, 6.5 weeks of work.
The question is this: Considering the progress made in accessing,
securing, using and transferring knowledge with a mere computer and
the ability to do all this at home, is going to work in an office building
downtown really necessary?
Some experts say no.
In fact, studies are showing that leleworkers" (people who work at
home rather than at the office) are subjected to less interruptions and
become more productive. This, according to the same studies, leads to
"improvements in employment performance, satisfaction, motivation
and morale. Teleworkers usually report an increased feeling of control
over their lives, which reduces stress'
So why aren't more people teleworking?
In 1996, a census conducted by Statistics Canada reported that
122,314 people were working from home in Toronto and 81,205 in
Montreal. Five years later, those numbers only grew by 24 per cent in
•1, • ;
For employees: No time wasted commuting, no traveling costs,
optimization of working hours, better work/family conciliation, better 1
working conditions, increased motivation, better communication with
managers ana colleagues, less stress; better health.
For employers: Increased productivity, reduced operating costs,
less absenteeism, positive effects of management through results,
better corporate image.
For employees: A feeling of isolation, a feeling of being penalized in
terms of career advancement, vulnerability to management abuse, a
feeling of not being part of the decision process.
For employers: Supervision is difficult, less team spirit, training
costs, installation costs, privacy control.
Toronto (for a total of 152,285) and 12 per cent in Montreal (for a total
of 93,120). This represents an average yearly growth of less than five
per cent in Toronto and just over two per cent in Montreal).
"It's not a phenomenal increase; notes Diane Gabrielle Tremblay,
professor and director o f research a t Montreal's Tele-Universite.
The reason? 'Even today there are few formal teleworking programs
in place'
And there have been setbacks, she adds. 'In the public service, some
teleworking programs have been withdrawn or reduced, apparently
because of a lesser collective efficiency; large corporations have also
been reluctant t o embark on such programs, mainly because o f
security reasons'
t:it:
Teleworking should appeal to both employees and employers despite
a few negative points, says Tremblay.
Society in general would also be affected by teleworking, which could
lead to less traffic and pollution, fewer road repairs and accidents, and
significant savings on gas, b u t could also result i n a reduced
occupancy rate in downtown office buildings, and less business for
downtown shops, restaurants, and parking lots.
The time wasted in commuting is a growing concern, not only for the
employees who are facing increasing travel expenses, b u t also for
employers who remain at the mercy of weather and traffic conditions.

W W W. L O N G T E C H . C A
(computer parts wholesaler)

Tel: (905) 940-6288 Fax: (905) 940-6668 sales@longtech.ca purchasing@longtech.ca

Toll Free: 1.866-940-6288 4 5 0 Alden Rd. #10 Markham, ON
www.hubcanado.com J a n u a r y 2 0 0 6 - H U B : Digital Living - To r o n t o S e c t i o n T O 21

Diane Gabrielle Tremblay says that in Europe, large corporations are
looking at alternative solutions, such as setting up satellite offices
outside metropolitan areas.
"I know that in Belgium, for instance, Siemens, HP and IBM are looking
at those types of alternatives,' she says.
Tremblay says she feels that teleworking is, somehow, the way to the
future. "The transportation problem will not be solved and will not go
away," she says. "There is also the little known fact that people who
work in offices downtown work an additional six hours a week at home
on the average. So they are already teleworking in some way.
'There is also a growing desire for better working conditions and for
saving time and money among employees. And there is this
commitment to family life, and to family obligations. We notice, for
instance, that the percentage of men migrating to teleworking to meet
family obligations has increased from two per cent to 6.75 per cent in
the past four years.
"All this, in my view, cannot but lead to a surge
in the number of people who demand to be
allowed to work from home," says Tremblay,
Another point to keep in mind is the fact that
people are getting more and more familiar with
computer science every day and with all the
advantages it provides. 'You can work with your
computer at home in exactly the same way as if
you were in the office. You can even talk face to
face with your boss and your colleagues while
being at your desk at home; she points out.
"I am convinced that teleworking will take off in
abig way in not too distant a future."
By Andre Salwyn

Nr t month. Are 900 net t o !Montle a

trIewat

s h o p online @ w w w. u p s f o r l e s s . c a
REPLACEMENT BATTERIES 1 Y E A R W A R R A N T Y W H Y UPSforLESS?
Brand New APC Equivalent O N A L L R E F U R B I S H E D U P S S Y S T E M S - Up to 80% savings from new.

RBC2 $19 RBC7 $ 9 4 B r a n d N e w B a t t e r i e s I n s t a l l e d ! ! ! - C a n a d a ' s Largest Refurbished

RBC3 $39 RBC8 $ 7 9 UPS supplier.
APC BackUPS 280VA APC SmartUPS 900VA - Government & Educational
RBC4 $33 RBC9 $ 3 9 13trcmi c : S139- Sum PiICC $219
RBC5 $39 RBC11 $188 Our Price $33 P.O.'s welcome.
Our Price $109
RBC6 $76 RBC12 $188 - Reseller Discount Programs.
-We purchase old UPS systems
CyberPower 525VA _ - Trade-ins welcome
APC SmartUPS 1000VA
Our Price .:3S EtrectPIICC s199
Our Price $169
GLPC ReliaudaV
APC SmartUPS 3000VA
Rackmount 3U Compaq R3000VA
Fa"!S l i : 9 Rackmount 3U OVER 3000 UPS UNITS
&treet-Pfite44-499 & BATTERIES IN STOCK
Our Price 5f.,"99 i
Our Price $499 280VA - 5000VA

421 Bentley St. U n i t 8

UPS FOR LESSL:ntrrerrupl'a)ii, pfp.r.,er
FREE SHIPPING (NEW LOCATIONifi)
on all UP& purchases Markham, ON
www.upsforless.ca over $250 Within GM Tel: (905) 477-9315
TOLL FREE (866) 577-3628 (Valid 101/31/06) sales@upsforless.com
Monday - Friday : 9 - 5
TO 22 Dgital - Toronto Section - Januar./ 2oc_ies.
VVvivv.huticenarlacorTI
 HAPPY Thank you for supporting Tomken.
NEW l'F.AELf We have moved to
1353 Britannia Rd. East
Please come visit us
at our New Location!

Video Card Motherboard

Wireless
Connection

Storage Media

Notebook and Bag

C3ENERMAX = W I N .e.thIon

SAMSUNG

n t o m Link Corp.
1353 Britannia Rd. East, Mississauga ON L4W 1C7
Tel: (905) 565-9391
Fax: (905) 565-6386
E-mail: Info@tomcom.ca
www.tomcom.ca
 P o r n , pixels a n d p r o f i t
E,nd t r I E vve.,0.-
u nun tilem
Twelve billion per year. That's what the online adult sex industry is
estimated to be worth.
Clearly, there's a lot of money to be made by selling sex online, and all
kinds o f webmasters are making it. It's possible (or an individual
webmaster to make between S20D and $400,000 per year, according
to Jim Deans, who runs www.thehiddenwife.com with his wife Jenn in
Ottawa. 'Pt) just depends on luck, skill, and how much you will put into
it in time and money'
Adult webmastering is not a cookie-cutter industry. In fact, online
adult sites exist in all shapes and sizes. Some are one-man bands, like
www.velvetecstasy.com, where webmaster Victor does everything
from photographing models to creating and maintaining the Web site,
and handling credit card billing. Others are run by sexually active
couples who webcast their own antics for fun and profit (on sites such
as www.thehiddenwife.com and www.hotpussycat.com).
'We, as a couple, were having some fun one night with our webcam
and someone asked if he could pay me to get naked on the cam, so I
did,' says Hotpussycat.com's Cat Dev.
Larger companies d o i t all. Founded b y IT programmer Mark
Prince, www.2much.net s e l l s l i v e adult video c h a t s between
'hostesses' and customers, and sells professionally-supported
versions o f its LiveCamNetwork software t o other webmasters.
LiveCamNetworks.com h a s become such a success t h a t t h e
company's Montreal studio is now the subject of the Showcase -TV
series Webdreams.
'We make five dollars U.S. a minute on each live video chat, and our
payment to our girls per minute is 75 cents Canadian,' says Mark
Prince. 'The remaining money is our net profit, after we've covered
$5,000 rent on 6,000 square feet, salaries, equipment, and bandwidth
costs. If the girls work out of their own homes, they make $1.25 a
minute, because we don't have to provide the facilities'
This is just the tip of the iceberg: There are adult webmasters who
direct potential customers to pay sites for a share of the revenue
(www.mywifebucks.com), run online job boards for aspiring adult
performers (www.sexyjobs.com), and host adult search engines
(www.booble.com).
The profits
Adult webmasters make their money in many ways. The most obvious
is to charge customers to view the site after enticing them there
through banner ads, word-of-mouth, or "free samples" posted on TGP
(Thumbnail Gallery Post) Web sites. Charging by the minute for live

825 Denison St. #10 Markham Ontario

Tel: (905) 479-3992 F a x : (905) 479-1093

CO v•BO I COM/302 COMBO 3

4PCS DAY & NIGHT CAMERA 4 PCS DAY & NIGHT CAMERA 8 PCS DAY & NIGHT CAMERA
WITH 60 FRAMES /SEC DVR CARD WIRH 120 FRAMES /SEC DVR CARD 1.1.711 240 FRAME/SEC DVR CARD
$315 $400 $720

v:00004.:7.

: a;s444_'
" 4 6
7.%N.S.VI. 250;A N2 .ECE-'VECI 4 IN PUT AND 81N PUT COLOUR QUAD 4 8 0 TV UNE OUT DOOR
S93 V/ATER PROOF CAMERA

IF SERVER V/M1 fP SERVER wrni A IP SERVER WIT11

PAN TILT 2 IR V/EB CCD USB AND -
CAMERA cAmiams LAN 02 CAMERA 1 7
$199 $120 sl99 Dealers
M AY
Welcome
O V E R $ 5 0 0 F R E E S H I P P I N G
T O 2 4 H U B : Digital Living - To r o n t o - ._lanuary 2 0 0 6 www.hubcondada.com
 Hap lopyNeWYear2005
Neff Christmas

ew Year
2006 SHOPPING
GO ONLINE
KIWIteSKYNEECOM
1A111171119.eSICYCO o m Shop Online
Shop O n l i n V
weBuild Computers
1'1 WWW.eSKYNET.COM
www.eSkYllettein
11.11111M,./

HOME
Best Value 99 PRO-S
P43.0GHz $ 9 4 9
wIth 17" LCD
0-POWER
Pentium 0 3 0 $ 1 2 8 9
with 17" LCD
X2- P o w e r ('Q
x2-3800
4 9 9

with 19" LCD

Intel Celeron D 336J 2.80Gtlz 166775 Intel Pentium 4 - 630 WIHT Technology Intel Pentium D - 830 Dual-Coro Design AMOAthion 64 02 Dual-Core 3800.
25608 L2 Cache, 533MHz FSB 3.00GHL261BL2 Cacho, 00011liz FSB 3.00GHz. 201MB L2 Cache, 800rAllz FSB 32- & 04-bl! computing, Socket 939
ASRock7750M800AGP8X ?Unbend 17" LGL1750SLCD Flat Panel Display 17' Viewsonic VA712138ms Digital LCD 19" LGL1950SLCD Flat Panel Display
5121/1BDOR-400SORAM Memory ASUSP5L112-111.111450PCI-E Mainboard Genuine Intel 094561171.PC1-E Mainanard &SUS01311-SLInForce4 SLI Motherboard
8000 Seagate SATAHard Drive 7200rpm OCZ5121.1613012-533 Value Pro Memory OCZ1GB Dual Channel 13011211AlUE PRO OCZ160 Dual Channel DOR-463 VALUE
Integrated UnIChrome Pro 30 Graphics 16060WDSATA7200rpm Hard Drive 200GBMAXTORSATADrive 1661B cache 20060MAXTORSATADrive 1E510 cache
LG10X MID-ROMIDE Drive ATI03005E 120110 PCI-Express Graphics ATI0700P80 256110 PCI-Express Graphics 111/10196500T02567110PCI-E Graphics
Media 6 channel AC'97 audio on-hoard LGDVD Writer 160 DVO.RW Drive IL DUD Miler 160 DVD.RW Drive Pioneer DIM Writer 160 DVD:cliVi Drive
Integrated 10/100 Fast Ethernet LAN On-Board High Dellnillon Audio 8-channel On-Board High Dellnillon Audio 8-channel Al Audio (8-channel Audio) On-Board
16" FrontUSB Black Tower 350W Power OG2.1 Sun-Wooler Speakers System OG2.1 Sub-Maier Speakers System Logitech 5.1 0-530 Speakers System
• Monitor not Included Integrated 100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet Integrated 100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet Integrated 100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet
(Optional.AddViinachesOPHome forS 109) 16" Front USB Black Tower350111 Power 111KA015" Black Tower w/ side window 1111(0016" Black Tower la/ slae window
OpticalMouse & thiamin Keyboard and Powerlul Silent 350W Power Supply and ThermalTake Silent 43001 Power I
(Optional:AddWindowsOPHome for 5 109) Optical Mouse & Internet Keyboard Microsoft Optical Mouse & Keyboard

Free WebCam
(orsystem orders**
Free 3 Y R O N ALL 3-Yr Parts WarrantyonCPU.Motherboard.HOD& Monitor
web cam
byJan. 9,,2006 WARRANTY SYSTEMS 1-YrWarranty on other parts

www.eskriancom Fujitsu N 511BPM186 512MB 80GB

NOTEBOOK SALE 15.4"WXGADVDRW-DLWLAN XPH
Cash Special $ 1391
LGLCD SHOP HERE
ACERASPIRE AS1842WLMI 17"L1751S $265 eSKYNET.C
INTELCENTRINO1.7380GB 5121,19
15.4"WXGADVD.I-RWWLAN XPH
Cash Special $ 1129
19"L1950S $339 W05513.7072
ACER23041CI w Free256MB Upgrade
shop@eskyne
T o s h i b a I N T E L Celeron1.3040GB 256+256MB t o Samsung 8ms LCD
15"XGACDRWIDVDWLANXP Home First Markham Place Mall
Acer Asus Cash Special $ 7 9 9 O t 1 7 " 7408 DVI $ 3 1 5 3255 HWY.7 EAST, UNIT 62
MARKHAM, L3R 3P9
FuNitsu LG Check all notebooks prices online III S O " 19" 940B DVI $ 3 9 9 December Store Flours'
Mon.-Fri. 1 1 a m t o 8pm
Email Yo u r Voice LCDcomes with 3-Year Warranty Saturday 1 1 a m t o 8pm
Voice E-mail USB Headset
Sunday 1 2 noon to 6pm
OnSale $59
Record and E-mail your Voice WACOM. Rest Price HWY. 7 East
Message with ONETouch Button GRAPHIRE3 4"X5" S 99
Powerful VOICE-to-MP3-to-Email Two traffic lights east
one-button solution!!!
GRAPHIRE3 6"Xtr S 199
of Woodbine Ave.
RITUDS3 4"X5" $ 239 Next to Golt Town,
CashelInenc n, ettraProsseeManyA.tarn axonal19RettmRas n metab crargs ItITUOS3 sncs" s 349 Unit 62 inside the mall.
PriceskeepchangingtIcroter).pleasecheckourweesite lot roostupdated pnces.

www.hubcenade.corn January 2 0 0 6 - H U B : Digital Living - Toronto Sectuon T O 25

 :::ensona!

video chats, where the customer sees the performer via webcam and different Web sites share revenue when they direct traffic to each
talks with him or her by real-time text messaging, is just one version of other's sites. Throw in adult DVDs, toys, and performer souvenirs such
this model. Typically, sites like LiveCamNetwork.com have their as preworn lingerie, and the sales opportunities appear endless.
customers pay for time upfront by credit card, then debit from that This said, there is no "killer app" in the adult Web business, says Becky
payment as the clock ticks down. DeForest. A n e i g h t y e a r i n d u s t r y veteran, DeForest r u n s
Another way to make money is through affiliate programs, where www.stormmedia.com and is an operator of multiple adult Web sites
and license holder f o r m o r e t h a n
2,000,000 adult stills and 300,000
adult movies.
"Income depends on what you do and
what your goals a r e : DeForest tells
HUB. 1 know millionaires that have
made their money solely from referring
memberships t o other sites. I also
know millionaires that are pay site
owners ... I also read just about every
day t h a t someone has made t h e i r
business so successful that they quit
their nine-to-five gig.'

Content is king... and queen

Whatever t h e y are offering, adult
webmasters know that content is king.
Whether t h e y hire and photograph
models themselves, or use content
licensed from someone else, they know

Careiui V/1 ( - ) FT \i-rf- 11ECt r-,

introducing the N E W FX A d v a n c e d AT X I EPS series...

/ Dual CPU Support /2VIDIA

4 + 4 Pin AT X I EPS 4 Channel 1 2 V O u t p u t

SU.
INTEL AT X 2 A c t i v e PFC n V I D I A SLi
A M D 6 4 A T I CROSSFIRE D u a l PCI-Express
_ READY-
UNIVERSAL NOTEBOOK PC POWER ADPATERS
Compatible A C E R , COMPAQ, HP, IBM, SONY, TOSHIBAIS more.

NEW !
SAGA Series
4 0 0 W 1 4 3 0 W Value Replacement
Aurora Series
4 0 0 W Sri-LSD Super Cool

NB65 N690 NB120 Blue S t o r m Series

compact travel v a l u e replacement p o w e r solution
NEW 5 0 0 W High P e r f o r m e r. )

full compatibility chart ZEN Fanless

six i-point adapters 300W 8 9 % ( M o o n e y noiseless powered by
adapter unit
travel case FSP
a/c power cord .0oC' T h e w o r l d ' s PCs a n d e l e c t r o n i c s . www.fspgroupusa.com
rry

T O 2 6 H U B : Digital Living - To r o n t o Section - J a n u a r y 2 0 0 6 www.hubcanacia.com

 CHOICEBRONZE''
, L CS V' 41.1e,o.m, tor mug ocket 7 5 CPU; or
ri;14;111;FilliI. )18;ItNii
J;111;Ilt1P1111110{1$11/11
Asa, A8 N,L Moult remora to AMU S c . . 5 . ' 9 AlasptN32.SLI L l i s •othoroutrillortnto•Lo,et 7,5
I.; mus 065.0 SE Motherboard Ma MOD 5754 CPU,
175 7606644 tot AMD Soclel 754 CPU. Asus P5P600-SE Mithertbardlor Intel & O N 775 Asias PSGPL Motherboard for Intel 5010 01 775 or Aurs ABN-SLIbrensumMatherboaM A 1 4 0 5 9 3 2
.1 Panasonic 3 - 1 441113 HD needy Diu Ooze 6:Panasonc 3 - 144M0 1113 Poppy 0114 Dme Panason 3 5'. 144U6 HD PUPPY 0048 Om. Fl P. a s a u c 15. . 1 44/49 010C1( F tom D . Dore
.11.1aoor 40019 ATA•100 Hard Drlit Doze EU 7200RPM SIMarlor 80Gb ATA-100 Hard Dm Ofte a 7200RPM 53 W[1016050 SATA27300 Hard Disk Dn1...1602 Fl WO 250GOSATAI1000 HardDoreDrue w1 16M6
•1256/.17 DDR RAM, PC3200. 184Pin RAM Memory 5121.10 DOR RAM. PC3200. 164P1n RAM Memory F1 512MbIODR RAM, PC3200. 164 Pin RAM Memo,' F7106 CIDII RAM PC3200 RAM Memory OA 5121.40)
•1 Economy B u r Md.Tower 7 Bay AT% Case MChentroBergeMod.Tcwer AT1C416.7 ewe F1Enlight Bef9e1.141.16.. AT% Case wl7 Bap 1.1106911 Black 1441.Torier AT% Case or/ 7 Bays
.1EnIght boa 300WATX Power Supply 61 N5pm.150-500 4509901091w9rSuP942.0.610110 Et ENV,' True 350W ATX Power Supply. 120mot Fan 1.3 Entcht True 450W AIX Power Supply .02 Fans
'.14. DSO Pots, 1-16550 Sena) Pon 1 P5.2 Mouse 7.70.600 Pons. 1• Pnnter & 1. Sonar Pon 1.16- USB Ports and 1. Printer Pen fr)Mu1EN69000T0710I0e660007w256L10 POLE
Port & I. Bo-brechonal Par Mel Pon MSapprwe Radeon960011 AGP.2561.10 &TV-Out ASLis Radeon A8700-0 0)1206,u II TV.Clut PCI.E 52 Sony OW-030401404 160 (NORIA, er Sobs are
.1 On.Board AGP 30 Videowl 64Mb Buffer 63SonyDVDCORWCom0oDovel52/32/52/161 LO GSA-4161B DVORANDr. err Sobeare 91 Sony 10X EILNA DVD-ROM Dine .01450 CDROM
.101.boord 6.07 91) 019001 Surround Sound 14On-board 6-ChannelDiy611Sufrourd SONO 67 0r 8 • 0 1 . u e 0 0 l P 6 4 4 1 5 u r r o u n d Sound MOn.board 8-Chann1DmIalSurround5000d
Rockwell 504 Int VocerFaUhlodem v 92 )PCI) MCreatwe 5852 1.350 . 2 Speakers 6 Subwooler G u a m SOS 5 1-560 * I 5 Speakers & Subwoorer 6 1 0 0 1 8 0 X•530. S Speakers & 546000'er
•101.00ard 10/100 PCI FuIl Duple. Nemont Adapter 1,111oc00e0 551( Int Voce/F.6.1.10m y 92 (PCI) 67ROCkwell 566 Int Vo1os6 at/Modem,/ 92 (PC11 Rototos561(IntemalFas/MOdems 93(001
Filly-TwoSpeet11520)1.1a. EIDE CD•110M Dove 910n-Board 10/100 PCI Fun Duper N e t . . . Adapter On•Board G.gato) Fu3 Duplex Nerwont Adapter MOn-Bun1Gua0 1E01300m Notwoni A3ager
.16000.7i 1 7 . 2 7 d p CRT Monitor. Beige Id Vic.onic VA7025 Black 1 r LCD Slcnnor 63 Viewecnie VA902b Buck IS LCD Monitor 67I/00900.0 V8924 19' 3071 Diptal LCD Mon tca
Irettronc 104 Ennanxd Soll.Touch Keyboard 61Keyoonic 104 Enhanced Soft.Tourb Keyboard EINeytrowc 104 Enhanced ScbTouch Keyboard LI Keytnonc KTI300 10/ Black Sol.Teud,Keylsowd
.1Alec Lansing 120 Amplified Stereo Speakers FJ Logitech Optcal Mouse 01 Wheel wl Mouse Pad 53 Mcrosort %Muer Mouse O v u l Mouse w. Pad Lcbtech Optcal Mouse Wr Wheel wI Mouse Pad
"r1Mcroso9 Compatible PS/2 Mous. M o o s e Pad In MS Windows OP Homo OEM err CD and Manual F] MS1Mndows OP Sloane OEM ver CD and Manual 1] M5 WSndo,3 OP Hooks OEM wr CD and Manua'
.1MS Wndows OP Horne OEM ve/ CD and Manual 1,15 Years Labour & 1 Year Parts Warranty 01 5 Years 1.4600,11 1 Year Pane Warranty 5 Years Labour 6 1 Y u r Pans Warranty
.1 5 Years Labour 6 1 Yost Pans Walton!),
AMD Sempron 2.1100. ....... ._.......5679.99 or 136607111 ALIO Athlon 643000•..........___..31779 99 or 6171m11. AMD Anion 64-3000e . 5 1 7 2 4 99 or 990-On)h
41.10 Sem pron o r
522/m111 MAD Sempron . 5 9 9 4 . 9 9 or 537/m1h MOO Alhlon 94.3500•._.............4135499 or 550.1r117 AMD Ath Ion 643500.---___.-11799.99 or 560rinth
MAD Stun Aron 3300•.- . ..$1029.99 or 5361inth AMO APtIon 641700........._-J13119.99 or 5511mth MAD Athlon 64.3700•_.__._.._._11634.99 or 161107th
AMD SomPrOn o r 524107111MAD AlMon . _ 5 1 0 3 9 1 9 or 93610797 MAD Athlon 64 a2 3000•............9149499 or 5551intt1 AND Athion 64 a 36004 ..... -91139.99 or 56910th
AMD Alhlon 64 31100r..................._5649.99 Intel Celeron 0 331.. . 5 1 0 2 4 . 9 9 or 936/07un AMO inthron 04 a 4200•______111519.99 or 59111th
r524/rnth
o AMD Athlon 6402 42000.---........52024.99 or $6717797
nul CoNton D 5 5 9 4 . 8 9 or 522/0710 Intel Celeron 0 341,......................51049.99 or 139/0710 Intel Coleron 0339.....................91 9 or 54.47mt7 Intel Coieron o r 355/m1h
Inlet Celeron D 341 5 6 1 1 9 9 or 521/m11, Into! Pontlum 4 630.. ...__ 9 1 1 3 9 . 9 9 or 8421mth Intel Cateron 0 341-..._........_81214.99 1 4 5 / i n t h Intel [Moron 13 341. . . 1 1 6 5 9 . 9 9 or 555107th
nle I Penllum 4 630........__.........._5709.99 or 526107th Into) Pentium 4 140._.._.___.....51164.99 or 543/0717 Intel Pentium • 630... - . 9 1 3 0 4 . 9 9 or 546/mt7 Intel Pentium 4 630. - . . . 9 1 7 4 9 . 9 9 or 999/1197
Mml Pentium 4 640.... - 6 7 5 4 99 or 528/07th Intel Pentlurn 4 . . 51254.99 or 9413/07th Intel Ponthim 4 640 9 1 3 4 9 99 or $491010 Intel Pontrum 4 640. - - 6 1 1 9 . 1 1 9 or 560.'mt7
Into) Pentium 0 020_ . 5 7 8 9 . 9 9 or 6291mth Into) ponilurn 0 820. 1 1 2 1 9 99 or 54107th tn.) Pentium D 820. . . . . . . . . . . 9 1 3 8 4 99 or 151,0717 Intel Pentium D 820 . 1 1 r0611m1
o
9
3
8
1
5
PUNIERCOMPUTERCANADA IAO
COMMISSPICLIISARE M U M S ONE TIC UN NICOSTUMUID %ME ON1111W, 11111://1111WICCANADLCOM XRAl
1141F2517718.
-PREMIERCOMPUTERCANADAUPGRADEBONES- Sumno SUbStatIODS
1.71311M14,142111441111,141 PREMIER5111PRON154UPGRADENMI( PREMIERDENTIN PREMIERAMP 84UPGRADE8001(
Intel Roan Celan:in .64 CPu 3 3 1 • moo . 0 *MD Sompron .64 CPU ser Fa n 2 8 0 0 . Boo wolf Intel Rohn] Pentium 4 CPU 0134 6 3 0 • see web MAD Rota i 1-410. so A thlon 64 CPU 3 5 0 0 - n u web
PreusP5VDC•MX Motherboard 3 3 0 • noo web A . 0 . 680.0 SE Motherboard 3 0 0 0 0 6 0 . . 0 AsusP5L02Mo97urodarst 6 4 0 . 9 0 0 0 . 0 9 Aura MIN.E Molharboard 3 5 0 0 * sea trot/
512M0 DDR Run, PC3200 3 4 1 t o e web 612Mb DDR Ram, PC3200 3 1 0 0 . see web 512Mb 0062 Ram, 867Mhz 6 5 0 . see web 512Mb DOR Ram. PC3200 3 7 0 0 - see . 6
EnlIght 511d.Tower ort En1Igh1 300W 348 • s m web EnlIght MIcl•Tower wrEnlIght 300W 33004 sermoreb C h u b b 7 0 1 . 0 0 1 3 9 0 0 0 0 2 0 . see web Chan.* l a i d • To . r. Entight 450W 4 4 0 0 . see web

CfirIFTWITIMIN Visitusonlineatwww.pccanala.comorup•o•latepricing,newproducts,secureordering8lastshippingCanada wide.

M
O
DSA,.M.IS.20M
. O72t".:Ziiimaullavamir,ram :LI::-..-,z277-..,:ay. - .1,..,
. 44.4.12100. L i m . . . •IN
A t . . . . „ . • 0 . 0 . . . . . 10. •••
MED Sono. "DP 0790 . 1 Ai A C
-.I..044 .Os.• ..1
0000•«..009001`0101 cad In r
P Videociuds 1 a . • 0.1. torIM 100 4211201. LOD
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E D " . •••• .020 MO 1.20•Im SILO mow Yme 04 1 r : = , . . V. I . . . . ; : . . . . . 1 , . . . ' " _ ' , . . . . . . . . . , ; . , . . . : i i t u r m m i n i m i l l f r i
M . P . . . • e...111••••••0111.00.21.4.02
1.1.12.00.1•1110.1101.01102 4. .. ...0. . . .. .„„ •„. ., .. ..•. .„„. .4. 2„ ., 0. . to „ ,,,. . „ tAu, = :Li v i , „ . m u m u . Cat = s k s . , . . 7 , 7 , , ,
A.• AM.
man " • . • 1 . 5 " ' " , ' " : r l i ' 0 " . ' . " - - . . . . . . D N . ' . . . D . . 'D ' D . . . . . . DV '..... . . " . . • A . S . 4 4 . 1 . 1 N...• • I.A., 30 " 0 2 . 141=.11......., _Ca.. 11
ALTO = i4 : iS'.7.•11.1:11.1.001 = 2.,... t r , I = = = 7 : ; . . . . DDEN1. P r . . 4 : . V: .6..11,10.I.ftMl ULM rat •Lm.....1.742,41,, 02.2:2,24 .......E. . , ....,..„ 7D:4, . „ . . . „
4 1 0 . . . . . 1.0.1.4.1101I0V1.2 • • • • • • • „ , „ „ . „ . „ „ „ „L.."... .......„„„rr.„..„:„.... „ „ „ . . . M U Al D . . 4.0.4 11 % n o
„ „ ., 0 2 1 . . . . 02 toPolmo0 a m . PO ',PPD. 4 0••• V. 2 1 . 1 . . . . . . D E . 7 i u . - -.,
7....."" ..................... :„........= r . . . . . . . . . , , , , . . . „ . „ , „ „ . „ . „ . , sa„. s ,,2, W O. . ••• . „ 2.1.04,
ANDArs. so .2 6 . . ,5.0•1..., m o t „ . . „ . y. . . . „
ALIOAWN,IN43 W . , . . . . . 1 t CMOS ••• . . . . . . u . u m . . . , tam. „so., „.., „ . . . . . . , , ass, „ . . . , I l l •
s......... ,.. LINA. NAM. . 2 .. 2121/2 P. , Vs. OA s s r y r . . . . . s w. , . , . . . . . . . . E . . . w. :tufo. f r s f r . - m . 4 u , , _1,
. . . . . . s m . . Miliall• •610 . , 1 . 0 4.41.1Vemo P o . “ , . . ( 4 1 , . . . . . A o u r D . o u r . . . ram swm *se. s e a ss C a D l e s , Ends and Adapters 44 4 aboar44144,14
4 1 0 2 . 2 . . . . 12-.. ON MOOD
. . . . . , , , , . . . . „ ors, 2 . . . . . , , , , , , l a p f r o • Plad•OF M C 1 1 1 . : H A . . . , V O . 0 . I C S . a . 1 . 1 2 . . . • S . . . 1 $ 1 . n • P w • V. 1 1 / 4 . 1 • • • • 0 . 2 . , • _ . .
1 • 5 11 p w l w 1.3.• M I S 1 0 : • • • • 0 6 , 0 4 0 4 M I .
Ileolerocoreb tabu., CPUs SS
X0 0.81.9•20 0.2.0.1 TS. 00......22 its P . . . • G., 1 .1•/
1.1.10.. o kri a sow Lao. /22 .4 • • • ..0 MN 1.••••••• N I . . . 0 t• IMMO. (1.1•00.•
•••I Qms,V1 0 33•1 0 MAI L a . rre . . . . r t . Ake. t me,•.1nr.A.2.41,./ 254•101Klti W . . . e„,„ 4 4 , 4',,V4 T a V r s 2 . 1 . 0 L.A.] NCI L A.G• CODD. L A . . Wens. G . . . Hos Roamow/ • 1.01
......., .. 0.. ....,,,.. -0 .- ...1.......2.0
wol Corm n hi d rons . . . n . . . s o
M.MG2,.... „ , „ . , , . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . , , . . . „ . . . . , , , , . . . . . . . , . . . . “ . . . . •41.0122 . s . • Oil no «+« w a r t..1 : : : :
„„,..,..„..,,,,,,,,..0„ 0 , „ Ao.o ING.Plat LOADS •••• 1.11.1. UM PCS l g . . e l . .
c i 7 . 0 . 7 / 4 7 7 7 1 / 1 1 7 7 1 - T r .

. . . . . . . . . A . . . .;11,,,,,,t, - - .........01632.10.24....21.1.0. „ „ „ •II.64 1.10621 WADI •••• 11. ••12, NCI E . . . 11.111. 2 . . . AP, 10.4 two, Carr 2 D s . . . lh,[ 22. •
. • 11 . . . . . 0 . 0E1% n r s u m . oryoushro , wow yob i n . . e t . " . . . . D . . C . D . . . . D D . . N . D . . . VASS koso, 4 • 0 1 . I . . uks . s orm u u rus s t r. - 0 s . f .
•••• ••••••• 4OD 1,02,1 Aus u m . tratomvsens . rum irC441.1.04 $ 1 2 . 0 A . N...D. D . . . DE.'D . . . . AL, .0. . . . . C O E . . . . F u l l i.111• el 17rennetaX• 4 W a l l Araamble Online
p o . , . . . . . . • 4 0 , 4 . . • SI, V
. . . . . . . 4 2 . ,142.1 er",.."";VA.' Fall:',7,.:7::'.!:%1",...-'1"..,,,--..-".7:---°:::: ZZI!,;.1.,;;;.!;7...: :7;"..;;;;;;;.......
. . . . . . . . . • 1 0 . 1 1 . 1 . r4..4 4.0 I e . , . 2 , D X . D . „,.. „ „ „ . „ „ „ , .'...., D . . . O M 1 1 1 . 5 . . . . VA 10.11., to MEI ...1
102/21.1•421.1441
DYAD ars. .1010 DA Out N U . 2CD. 11. A 2 0 1 . . r ..D. 2 4 . r . ' . ' " : : V : . ' ' : . t e l , . . . 7 s e z . 1 , : x , -
1.4 P . , . 0 2101Son. . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . , , . . . . . . . . . , . . . ,,„,,,, „„, , C t o g n F l a List efliolharthenrche aragsbIe en our onasuto
.-1... C....04 11 . . . . TS . . . f a * Caw Ws, • I . .

inus 2 0 . 2 1 P C S I I . v o - r = MN"Drriapriiiimmlin-7ra -•‘,..:::...,.-:,;z1v,..:71‘,

P. 1 1 P . n .
n d0 1,4 0 , I S. . .. . . . . . . o n . . . . A . . . . , „ . „ , . „ s „ . . „ , , , 0_, , ,,,,, 0 „ , 0,,
No Clotorc. smear .. same 1.6.41 wt. P M . , 1411 EA, 111., p • callts to ISSN
- ............--.. • - --- ma gram mom.. oo .. mes. act .ti Par. oa . 4 . 0 . .15411 ...100 7 2 . M . 21D2 roal 0 . . 2 . , . . . . . . 1 . * C A . . I .24 ,A1.4 1 . 1
12202.
OA da t w MC2200
o MOWN . D• •r •. •rED tem, Wpm 40202.01204MCI . A0 N iloC121
0.: Va. Oa
S.411DOA
COE1922.0 WNW.
pa., Q 42....2.23C m irsue ‘ vem . : r s r m A = 1 :2: : , - 7 , . ! ; % , " . . V.0Z . . " . . . . . 04.0 4t : : :: I . -0.1 - ler•
. . . .Cam
„ , . ... -1. .•. .2. 1
. . ,01.,
0 10,0.
. . . .... , .Z . i . o la. ••: • •:
1GS171311.02C0 14...01 . . . . .. . . .. . . 2L .W
1 .. A110
2 IN •P 2101.
. SW Int 21
ANMCI It Nam
0.1. OA
4N• „ Non.• 1.GE M A . . 222.1.01 . . . 0.... • W I L P I. I r a , . V r . .41.022E.241...11,. ,......
2122. D . PC100 1 . 4 . S ' 1 g 02 sum. w21000 7 2 : : 1 1 2 • A •••..5 0•••• M Isun s • u re " e m u . b e e . Pm ko-ews a •
tCA00412802.011101./1 . . . D . .E. . ,•••,..11
Som.. 21,40102
a.2.000 w .s2Snem
MADMG
INCSt•LIV.•• Cu
VO•o0.1 S . . . M G . A10.12, 221..... rws 0 . . . • 1.4412 s • to s. 1....1••• ••••• VA .S20.14.4. A .
Full Lista! OCZ 4 Corsair Online 0 . . . . 1140 w a t t . tm. to vrea ow 1 . 2 0 1 0 1 14.1. 12.4 AL I . . 2 . . 4 KAI D r. • 12.2 1 . • . . . . . • . • 1,..... 0 . 0 . VA 4, . . . . 2.... DTI 0 . • i ; 1 : : : i
ruse sum 4 . . . YU IS 1 . I rat . . . . . 21320 • .040 PC1E SI ‘ 2 1 1 1 1 . 1 • 1L . . .1 12001. , AL102a 22..50 4 . 1.2.4.De .• . . 1112 " 1 12 i .. I•otr•1 Po 2t o. .,... 0.•••0 . . C .•.2,2:26,
. E r. •••2 C ....11
.• ....
M t stab Ftam Wm. tall 20 . . . I t smous11.420.. 1 Iam !POEa V.41 0. . • AL 120 12.4.24 N . D n . . , 102 1 . 4 la , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E D . . . V. s
Iv OCI
K2 004 Dar 4.1... WA
2.11110.4... OE 20
20 . . . . . 0. S
ESNW.
. . a11=21
,40c4. ., rums ...cm, vI. rea . : 1 ' 4 : : tsar..
11214,2011. b nods n u , . - 2 . PIPN . . .u • 12... . M s 1 . • Ss . r. . . . . D . . . . . . . . . Ds. ° . . . C . . .
o u • ••• . 8 2 . 4 220. A M . : . 2 2 . 0.• . . Or .• . MP S . . . ...DD..... EDDDD . . " ` . . . . D . ND. DD..
Notebook Aforno .711)so Available Onlin• F 4 1 1 4 1 4 1 4 , 1,4444 Cards Anliable Online 2 . 0 . . . 2 0 0 AL 1 . ',wins . . . . ow.• • . . N e s PP T.P,,Slik• ....... kns.--rova e.... At. c... 0 : % :
0,.... e . 2 . • am 2 2 2 . . • . . 0. •• • M s • • • .0 t..••.....a.20 . . •
o11. e r a n i t i g , 4 , 1 4 , 1 i f l a :',',', Za'sf.r.r.:' tv'VZIsrprom msc 4 .SC1 s i V . . . . . • AM •sa . . . . . • . • I 2 . . . . . 221.
1.41......2 IV 20.11, E . . . I N • 111 Tor
12.0.C..........1110aarG..•00 ..co.-. too.a. Y r *, . e v e r. t y t o r 1 1 . 2 1 . 12Se.2 P. . . . 2 22,2•Du n• S C .• . 2 UP 0211.1I I S O W l .1001,V Prow l S upplias s Ars44014 . Online
4 0 . s S r i . YAM a r d D n v e s . 4 , 4 rs•4•2 Ail I•Dror l l • .224 • •
a
•D
d
roo,Ciar 190 M P . IV TsarPP 11.1.. imunswornia s r % k, C . s• 2 , : s 1

Saw, N O . T . . $102.2411. I . . so Apr. M . 1 2 . r2,23 / A L . , •2,1au 00.1C, O O P It r o . o r 1.01.4 Y . •

00.2 1111110. 11 . • • • • e a f 222 F 2 , 2 . . 2 2 . • 2 ,am. S e •
K•441Y1.••• 0 4 0 0 4 II W M 2,04, O W 82
12.9412.. e r u n maar.C... s r >
..°1-.„1"7:;;;" CO,
C . 4.. k u r e w-re. ewer Sr.,. • r 4.4
wrma,,,• , 1 III NemSsno • Pan !Lott 212, S . t• s „ ,,,..„„ 4, ..07,9., . 2 • • • • • • • . . 1 , 220.11 /sorer 2 . 4 , • 2 L .
P. . . . 4 . - R t . 2 . • I INN ID. S o l 11110 . ,,,,,, „ s „ , , „ „ „ . „ „,,„,, .,..„, 2 2 a s. D.D..-... " ' ' . • ...D.°,2°",‘°'`D. D. D . . . . D' DD.. 0 . ‘ . . . 1.0.01. 4205., O . . Dorn <or. r 2 la.
n o r . . . • • • Sans S e n . S S . . . .
.11,,L1111.• ormr. sou SA I . . GIN.I Ca.. S a . OVINCO.EV/C•••••
o .12a22 0:14. .4.0.2.st, p . . 2. • • • : CS L 1 . 1 , 0.2:2+10. N . , 2 6 , . . • • m a Q r . In . . . . , . . . . . . . . . • . . . . , , . . . . . , „ , ,,,,,,
.....• SAWS. ?NSA. . . 2 2...• .0 SNP S . . . . . . . . . . . , , . . . . . . . . 2 so.
. . . A m * CoM 4 1 . . NEONUSPID • bawl wousea * i s s. R a i Llst of Orly*. A4444414 Online 4.4,44 ,4:44 3.4”..14372:0111.1.1mws o . . . . est. m y m OCS new 0••••••••• raw c r y. . . 2 1•-•
11.10 . E . D ' . . . . D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ' C . . . . . . ° D. S . 2.4011 9..12.2 1220 ma 44! C• •• . 4•ft • 1 1 1 1 s . odddi . , „ y_..... . . . . us f
411" ....,.__.......1.4.04.„....„,,,___.....,...84,....64.........._._, . . . k m . . . I : P. ssis...40412...207.72.11.4 ... 2 1,14, ., Mt 0 5 , 6 1 . MI o u b . . o w. . . . . . . W E . . . I . . . . 2 t•-• S S . L
...II.. - - - . . . - . • - - .-"' r . . " . - - - • . ' I - E . - . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . 1 . SAM 3,1 , 0 4 . . ••••• 0 .• ••• Mt e m u m W u , . 212021 4.20 . . . . :V •2 2 Pc.. 2012 . 0 2 1 .
111.2.22t200ADS Cart. /NW 2... • tan I L . . O.D SaN2V.02.04 . . . . . . . - D EDAS . . -l "e .. .MOAN.
. . . . . . 411.2.2....
..... . C N a. lOD''
. . . . 1 ,...„..
. . . . . .c a. 44,4
. 0 . Ise
„ .:.-x,,,,,
„ , . . 44,
. , . . . ,„ , 1112; , , 1122.4
, , , . . MI
. %Pans. 227•2•.. • • • , - - • 4.•••• . 2 , . • . • • • . - 2 2
4041.. C. 2 . , C a . . . . 2.• 2 Ian 0 . 0 1 1 C E I , 4 4 M A W ILDVD,44R114444 0.00004 Ck4i4,4 . 0 " ) . GS'S..., 1-'2;;14 NI i . . . 110 m u re
1,,,,A ru GCPI/ •.......0 v e . . . .41 S . 1 2on 2 . 0 0 . 1 , . 41.1 5 . , ii.1 ,;;.....11 Ma • 0,•• . sus 4 1 , a r• 1 1 1 1 7 . " , 7 7 1 1 1 1 7 1 7 1 7 7 1 . 1 7 , 7 1 t .
on 11 . 1 4 1 1 4 , ) 1 4 1 0 . 7 . . ” 1 . 1 1 2 . • 1 1 2 1
Full Us, al Cooling Supplies Available 0 4 1 1 4 1 . . 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 7 1 1 T E r i r n i m - u m m ` : , , , , . . , . . . . . . „ , , . . . . . . , , : : : : : ...........„. ,rus, 1...,‘,..„..,...t..........„..‘,,:,..c,..„, D.D.
. 10.1.12 404..21. 4411 i
14.1...0 4•10.,11 1 tot (1.......
M C I . 1.1.WA 3
200 " I N 100010000=000,0i0OCPUs v . . G . • S•14.124.2..1 14,2 0••• ., tin S . t• 12 L . . . . „ , „ „ . „ . . . . . . „ , „
NC 21140 utast:: 1 rtairiry N . 0 . . . . . . . 1 1 . 00 0.,:°:::1 , „ . . „ . . . , „ . . . D . „ , „ „ „ „ „ „ „
r . . . . s u SOw« .u4 6 4 . . rsa unatus mrso P o re 0 0 11 . 0 .2.0•2•31272021421.1 1.0. Comer . 1 . 0 1 , 0 0 . ......„ . . . „ 1 „ , „,....„ 1,, , , , , . ‘ . . . „ ' " 9 1 i : 0 : i
•••Ssus 2.1,sal 420,10. . . . . t a . 0 , . . OM PO Smoof . . . . . . . n .
. . . . . 0 . 2 2•120. • 220141 . . . . L . 2 0 • I. o. n 4 , 4 , . . . , 0 . s„... 0 „ . . . . . . . „ „ " ' " . " ' ' ' ' ' " ' ' ' ' ' " ' ' "... C"'" " " " ' ' ' ' ' ' C ' " . " EIDIESNOWE B a n g . * Actoporlos A sed10/20 Online
ru.sun Law. l 0. (Mow. U.211 • 2 A 0 C • 4 1 . 4 . ON 41.....:: 3=.01:. =1..102141 . " . . F 4 4 E 1 4 4 0 Hang &Ire Dranels Aragabl• O W . . . . . . . . , . . , , , , , , , , . . . . . . „ . . . . . . . . . . „ . . . , . . 0 , „ „
..:..e• 2101. NM De. AN• M P. X I . V 1...J M a l . 0.. L. ..... a m o . oa-eri
.0.04 LTA 11.0 01, Rbues 71.1.2....1 . " IN . • 014110. LON Os M r s . 141111 : ; . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1 . 4 . . • 2 .1 C . 1 . . . ASP • L . , : 2 : r4 05...1:;%7X,•,„"?47.V.D.7sta.". : . 0 , . . . ~ : :

I) r o m i e r ALL PRICING HAS BEEN 2%

ALL
NTERAC 0 1 CASH DISCOUNTED) DEW 5 WWWPCCANADA COM OSie

CmpputerL 11041 NOOKS

MON I I I I C A . IFNI
3311 LAKESHORE BLVD W. T E L # (416) 251-2215
emote 1.12120.1 1 0 . 0 . 4 2 0
SUNDA, C L O S I O MIE11.1
WEST 04 tIN INC. ON TI.6
5041114 310E Of 034M.500114 FAX# (416) 251-2218
moor INCLUDED 21.• 1111•10CNINCI 211.14012 MAY DE •••21621 20 0221.000111111. AIM SP•Clit O n ° PIS . . . . . . . r o o t e.cNAwOa w •ersom s u s s m o m s . u s •484112 ON • M O W N Wpm

vonyv.hubconaaa.com January 2 0 0 6 - H U B : O.grtal Living - To r o n t o S e c t i o n TO 27

 I'—'E•.--C..'-'1,-,1
that they must have the most eye-catching and convincing models
possible. Otherwise, their potential clients - who are generally
middle-aged white males, according to everyone we spoke too - will
surf elsewhere.
'You gotta sell something that people want to buy," says Abby Winters.
'Sounds obvious, but you'd be surprised!'
In terms of which sexual preferences to cater to - within the law- "the
best thing for someone to do is stick with what they personally like,'
says Cat Dev. "This guarantees dedication to research, content picking
pratessi, POPIRIROg . 11111 P l i Y 4 0 0 7 4 ) 11 4 111 0 9 1 p f
HOMEENTERTAINMENT CENT
WWW.IT-PC.CA TEL 905-307-8888 FIRSTMARKHAMPLACEUNIT 225
111f0011T-PC.CAFAX: 905-307-9999 3225 HIGHWAY7EAST,MARKHAM,ON12117PA
T O 213 H U B : Digital Living - To r o n t o Section - J a n u a r y 2 0 0 6
and also marketing. Stick with what you like; it's that
simple. If you like it, [chances are] others do too."
Finding good help
One might think that it would be difficult to find adult
models. However, it appears that the reverse is the
case i n o u r s e x -centric society, according t o
www.ynot.com webmaster Connor Young, who says
that the industry finds the people it needs through a
variety of avenues. "Advertising, word of mouth, and
actually going out and finding girls at clubs, bars,
events and strip clubs are the most common means'
"We often get college girls who are comfortable with
the technology, but not with working in strip clubs,'
says Mark Prince. 'We end up with smart performers
who know computers, either working from our studios
or from home'
°Most cities have online communities o f models - some online
communities transcend cities or countries - and word spreads fast
about b a d operators," a d d s A b b y Winters, Webmaster o f
www.abbywinters.com. This is why adult webmasters need t o treat
their models professionally and courteously, and pay them without
resorting to sexual harassment,' he says. 'Demanding a [personal
sexual favour] before payment is not acceptable.'
So why would anyone bare i t all on the Web? Exhibitionism, an
uninhibited attitude to public sex, or a desire for some form of fame are
` " - . !
wvvw.huboanada.corn
among the reasons. But don't discount money: At 75 cents per minute,
one of 2much.net's video chat girls can make up to $45 per hour, and
up to $75 per hour if she works from home.
'The best part of my job is finding a girl who's working in retail or
waitressing or even at a pizza place,' says Nick Davis, Webmaster of the
video chat site iCandys.net . "She makes no money, her apartment is a
hole in the wall and she doesn't have any way to get out of it. And then
we come along, and we show her what she can do, that is worth more
than she thinks she is.'
Two points that adult webmasters must remember: The models must
be 18 years o f age o r older, and all necessary legalities must be
followed in the Web site's home country. 'We went as far as to discuss
what we were planning with the police before we did a single video
chat," Mark Prince says. "That's how important it is for us to stay within
the law, for the sake of ourselves and our performers."
The perils of adult webmastering
One might think that hackers and non-paying pirates would be the
adult webmaster's biggest peril. But they aren't. Instead, according to
Ottawa's Jim Deans, "The biggest challenge is reliable hosting from an
adult-friendly hosting company, [because] any loss of a server for days
or even hours can spell disaster.'
Public disdain is also a constant threat for adult webmasters. This is
why when Becky DeForest is asked what she does for a living, she
replies, "Internet marketing and e-commerce management. Most don't
ask beyond that!'
When people do "out" someone running an adult site, things can get
nasty - especially if the site features the Webmaster as an online
performer. Jim and Jenn Deans know this from personal experience.
After a neighbour signed up to their site and learned who they were,
their suburban Ottawa cover was blown. The result was lots of press
coverage - which can arguably be good for business - protests outside
the Deans' home, demands that they move away, and even vandalism
of their property.
For his part, Jim Deans has taken this storm in stride. 'This self.
appointed moral majority will stop at nothing to keep adult material
from being produced in Ottawa,' Deans told www.ynot.com; "all the
while probably surfing i t themselves' Maybe so, but this incident
proves that the adult Webmastering trade is not for the faint-of-heart.
The bottom line: It's a business
Don't let all the lurid pictures and racy hype fool you: The online adult
business is just that - a business. As a result, those wishing to succeed
must roll up their sleeves and work hard, just as if they were selling
cars, farming fields, or auditing accounts.
'It is a retail business; says Deans. 'It is not going to the cottage on
the weekend, because you have t o work. It is getting up at 5 a.m.
because you just had an idea, monitoring bandwidth promoting your
site, watching for hackers and password traders, and occasionally
taking some pits of naked ladies."
By-James Careless

2370 MIDLAND Ave. Unit A10, Scarborough, ON, M I S 5C6 0 4 e c t i a r t s f r o m H w y 401:

e h l hermrecly v d N O R M
TEL 4 1 6 - 2 9 2 . 0 5 3 3 H o u r s : 1 0 a m - 7 p m M o n •Fri. 1 0 a m - 5 p m S a t . c l o x d Sunday Sheppard A , IrA51
• • p a m a r e cash d i s t o u n l e d a n d suarecl l e c h a n g e • • Ave S O l h a l
reahr ce r e a I r a n i
For more specials visit W W W . M P T C O M P U T E R S . C O M 107:110 VAINCCI atrarness P a h l
. tan. e m u n n .

MP3 Car Companion 4 0 G B Digital Photo Bank Portable Multimedia Player

-1 I NIN
Video
listen
m m through
i i i i l car
l i speakers
m i u mhi i g
whospeed
o d .USB
. . 2.0
. . .D. i.v.X. ,. AVI,
i mJPG,
m oMP3, WMA
l o w e r m o r m tr
i ,n,
l m$25
i l l i l l i lhl i n eai l l , m
. . . . . -$. . . . 3
. 0 1 151 p l u g in
M
H
2
D
b
C
u
o
V
yT
p
G
-cr4
0
t1
w
d
e
m
sh
Ifla
B
S
U
Cable
e` $ 4 9 $ 1 4 9 $ 1 9 9

4i111%!' •
Mini USB Optical Mouse Wireless Optical Mouse Wireless Optical Mouse
- wireless (RF) receiver - rechargeable via USB - 2.4Ghz technology
One Button Backup Drive O n e Button Backup Dive N e t w o r k Hard Drive
stores neatly inside - continue using mouse - works from 30ft. away
High Speed USB 2.0 p o r t a b l e , small, pocket sized RJ-45 10/100 Ethernet
- small, compact design while it charges! - rechargeable via USB
f.5109 t n . $ 1 1 9 a o n $ 1 7 9 22 $29 $39

ENERMAX Power Supply I l l t . ENERMAX Modular Power Supply

460W dual fans @ $79 Enermax LIBERTY 400W @ 599
NOISETAKER 485W @ $99 Enermax LIBERTY 500W @ 5139

www.hubceriecfe.com J a n u a r y 2 0 0 6 - H U B : D o t a l Livaig - To r o n t o S e c t i o n T O 29
 T h e Mice that roared
az-a••••• b . ) Shell
••", . a true sa . • • -tsc,a1e

tWx.r W : a a a read
s • - 5 : e a t , ^at:% S t Cal a ._za help
-- t S e straw-, in yi,Qr daily

Razz -
eve_-„,:-e
_ . .

z•••a.:9- 9 - • ' - : •:

z_ - ; - - 9 "zz. _ - • • :::sted. a r.•rec.'

-s -; • - - - 9 -S • • Z . • S 3 .

:7-235 e k - 7 : 3 e a . : ^ ze.
--= 2 - :3: g e t T - e n a ' s
z vsz , s 7 A :

•s-z• s ;-.S

. $ f i n 0 i t
416-321-1811 / 416-893-1438 7. -
. %vv..- v. R E A L P C- C A 4 2 3 5 Sheppard E. Unit G1(M13 3C1) .
E
-. S h •p pare, Awe E . • •
ks,pr:r s REALPC C A E0-.eppard 8 Midland(Dynasty Center) . . •—• I c — . 1 . . . w . , . C . ,
. 9 . : 8 as . • •1 la
All systems carry 2 years labor & 1 year parts depot warranty! (Extend Warranty Available.
_ __ __ 5 ; : 3
ANDSP 643C:0+ $349 Intel P42.66G1775 $419 MAS SPECIAL $ 4 3 8
-, :,„:-. - - - =-- --'s AY= 1•:.-11;•••=,:‘• '34 37.:C.•• -TEL P4 505042.65G/775 AMDAthlon 64-3200+1939 CPU*
•_: ;F. r " . i . , , . ; - ; : r...L-; . r = .0.9 .4E/ •Lei.,,,.SATA) AsJs P5V80.13-MX(8XAgp/SATA)
ASUSA8V-MX(8XAGP/SATA)
5-22.0 ::••-; 4:: PAW 5120.10DR 4,:f., PAW 512M DDR 400 RAM
- -.er s :,:. 3-,:.:- : : - : - : - - i , : - •,:. 11:-..1:- -_-:. 4.9_= ---sc-r.r:',a,:.` :.-- ATI FcAnEON 9250128MP/0 ASUS INTEGRATED GRAPHICS '
- -:-.---: ,-..: ::._-7. _ a - - F...7.-a.',..- -- '...-: _a.- -.:-.1.-ra:::;--.t, _a-. :ntevated 6 CH Sound / Lan Integrated 6 Ch Sound / La n/SATA
- • SE T21:: , r.: asSar72C0 1100 '1 80GB /7200 HDD
_.,-; -.If: .,:;,:i h :•., .. 4_L.A. ISP. LC, 16/r.'/D.RW DUAL LAYER LG16XDVD*RW DUAL LAYER
- - . = --- _ _Tr. -_-_._:•. A ' / 4 5 : ' 7-1:-.',..Z%. Case AT/ 45;7/Front USB Case ATX 450W Fiont USB Case
- •---i , . :-...-,_.?..,- --k.e. us_:,-.. ,,..),:ss-:. .t.se.,e- Pee M--.1:e,Keyboarcl,Speaker
Free Mouse, Keyboard, Speaker
- -- ::.= 00,0“• - : . 1 : : • : '...?"•:••.' "A....• ..• • V I • ••.. • '..24LiLDP4S RAC • :4 i
- -
a'J_ . _1 , S - . - ,
_ _
- - - - -t- • - - •-• . " " • - - - - i t ',E.' r • •.!_.1
Will
,----.,1"127,1, •1•10 *ToAUDATHLON64.3500 . 1 4 9
4 '• MATIF025012,1Mw/TVO . 1 4 0

-
_ - .
...
f . f . S 00::0,r ./y, A k t E $ 6 8 9 P L A T I N U M $ 8 9 9
SUPERDIAMOND $980
— = •...'...4".: s*::211 -.7. ....,-- :••-•••2: DUAL COPE Po am CPU' AIADDUAL CORE 64%2 3800. •
--,' % = , • .. _ , , • .....y..,...?, V. : : : - S _ S i 'ASP 1GGIV.,E" ,
, , , , , ,...,-...„3„.,, 00911 633 A..,USA8t1--E 2000MT/e FSB
;7 11 : : PS1E/ 2,1,1A DV. Kingston I G Dual Channel DOS
-., -. ' , :/.. •• -:..• • ' ••• An1'. r: r... L'AiEC ATI X/00 PCIEX 2561A ODR
- - ' . - - ' '. Me.,., ; ; a • , • li PI /....f.•/•,',,, Hi•Delinitien Audio 8 Ch. CODEC
' = • - -• • • :0'0 t I •?,,,,,.,:,itiorny,,,,, moo Marie ir Glee Ulf LAU Controller
:..••.• ',./... P.••f• ti r.. ,a I ft pa DATA8 28060/11381/7200rpm 1100
—; = ; • , • , ,.. •,-,/, :.'i,g1 VA N ..eser.-,•,..r,Y 1.618/DV0•160/ Duel toyer
-,.... • ,- r - •/ , - - ,,,, 4 i•rr, '4.1 ••••110'. 8,/a/ DUALFAN Cese/Subtv mph
... ,r • -,,r n., .,-, . i . , f Fee Multimedia KU, 0 plIcal MII
, ,I.,, •n, • 1,,,Ir..• /%4Mr,• ....it.... • SI._

ResidenlialBusinessTelephonejo 95
SeleCiaSSf I I

nomers110401.1paati Istlerotal Av e l l e b l e I
As i r ' 4 • astro0. O g r A e o l e ' 4 0 , 91,41t•i•Ar •,1 • 0 4 P o u t and ftiOebOtt i t . tub ocllo chin o without nollco.

• r / r / •41, A . • a • • I•so • 411

 PC Village
0r O r PI I N T 00 0
www.pcvonline.com
-Wont Deal? Chock Our Web Deal
•
G R A N D ' M I Dc••••
OPEN
I ": A' lf r• . *
• A ! , 733.111111
PO= s s F s s o o p
11NMaderArc WMOng ell 1)1111., 7717 141'Strop We.. ✓ n sp4•44,44^ f • rf • 4 4 • • . 6 4 . 11 . 4 1 , 1
posIcsErreler) 11.
Ir. 411 10 PP TOYAP/ 1111 10AP 1.P.4 • 1'1 n r i n Cter:it-fi S t v i l
fro P I 111//111/ Is. Vi NI PSI it, 111 111 fait In 11•1 • ,7.01 • :V 44.

SUPER SPECIAL BEST DEAL DIAMOND SYSTEM 39

11111 P4CEIEROND310 CPU
ig INrc-i. P4"e fli, CPU
say P4c,."/A . '
I'I MB,256MB OUR
40007200RPM HOD
52X32X52 CD•RW
so P4L/B,2117MB GDR
P, V, H 1 WA P I A HOD
InUNG 52/.32/52 r,' •
P4 I me s• ' #
0 -.=-P1

32MAGPVIDEO CARD(SHARED) 32MA',P .

EFS Vi..12011 i C e t CAL
32BITSOUNDCARD,1.44FLOPPY DR . ' ',43116.4030505350511rIf '
101100NETWORK CARD AT/ I! tAiatt
ATXMIDTOWER CASE 104 r,
KEYBOARD/MOUSE 120.)//
120W SPEAKERS c•lorory 17" SAMSUNG 793OF ILA 17-LG. 171 1s 1.0)(12MS)

* A L L S Y S T E M S W I T H F I V E Y E A R S L A B O U R & O N E Y E A R PA R T S W A R R A N T Y '
939 AMD 64BIT g MONTHLY SPECIA L M A G M A SYSTEM 0 0
AMD64BITATHLON 3200. CPU
ASUSA8V MOTHERBOARD so SANDISK 1GB USB D F I T E
512MB 0 0 1 4 0 0
175
sis 1616
4 4

512MBDDR400,32BITSOUND CARD 1GB D O R I I 5 3 3 M H Z ta7

80GB7200RPMHOD,1.44FLOPPY 4 F S SAMSUNG 17" 740N(8MS) LCD f •
16XDVD+/-RWDUAL LAYER S A M S U N G 1 9 " 9 / 3 V2(121AS) L C D 125:, '
ATIRADEON9250128MAGPVIDEO CARD SAMSUNG 19- 930BFOIMS,DIGfrAL,
10/100/1000NETWORK CARD, LG 17" 1751S(12MS) L C D
ATXMIDTOWERWITH400WPOWER SUPPLY LG 19" 19505(12MS) L C D
'600WSPEAKERSWITH SUBWOOFER S A M S U N G 8 0 G B H O D 7 2 0 :P1-"•M - _
KEYBOARD/OPTICAL MOUSE S A M S U N G 2 5 0 G B H O D 720C PPM Z ' 2
17" LO 17513 LCD(12 MS) S A M S U N G 1 6 1 0 L A S E R : A F T E R S 0 0 R E 372 1 r LA 1 a w a ,..'7.7-2*5

Hard Drive Video Card Sound Card C D D V D CD RIM Etliamiet Pimmiker

1DE•HOD 7200 SERIAL ATIALL•19W1282.189500 5 1 *OPENAMMO 1 . 4 • 5ZA 1 ' F--=`
MA)(TOR RPM ATA ATIALL.111-W 1294 m o o r 5 8 UVE OEM Pp 5 7 0 4.5 V ..1.* • - :
4000 $54 All ALLIN-Vg 256M XECOXT 5B ALIBIGT2VALLE I S 5.011SPC 'V :r7. S 3 C 3CZ $ 1 : E : • :
COGS 562 $68 ATI13925012641PC1 (0) $ 7 3 513ALOCY2 25 (C) Su1S-NG 5 1 : = . = 1 : 9 ' 1 7 - 7
160GB (8M) $88 $91 ATIR225012831AGP(0) 5 4 3 58 AUD1017 25 $ 1 3 5 L35:2323= = * 9 9 :2_NT
2000B (8M) $103 $105 All 19603F10 2554 AGP(0) $69 513 )+1 XTRESE VLS: 5 ' P.5.9 = - 4 2 M _ S E
25008 (161.1)$114 $119 All 19600X7 2561)AGP(0) 5 11 19x-F1PLAT124.111 0 , 9 - 1 4 3 1 • rs
30008 (16M) $142 $149 All X7002551AAGP(0) 5 1 4 _S_5 •F1 EUTEPRO K S A.-1PEN 1 4 '
W D. ADDS V95204 1282.1AGP $ 5 7 SOX" . " . 2 . 1 - 7 e
80GB OLD $65 $68 ASUSN6600LE25511AGP S I Power Supply Prar, • • ::
16020(864) $92 $98 PSUSA16603GT128M AGP PL ' . "---7•••I : ....-.,
2000B (8N) $104 $116 All KINN )(600 $ 2 7 • • E X S i ! 5- 7:
250GB (EM) $124 $133 ATIA811.114 M X 25601101= ;" S e e '
32020 (81.1) 5149 $159 ATIA4NAYX180022. 256066E 1...33VD,A9 - 9 7 3 , s z 2 rer-
36G8(10,020RPM) $129 All X550 25!JARCIE(0) $ 9 3 :SF 5 ' _.4rs•
7208(10000RP31)$205 All X1320 2564PCIEM) 5 1 .
SEAGATE ATI $800GT0 25634707)0) BAMEIMMtE SYSTEM DreflaiDE K r r
EOGB $64 $72 All XECOGT022561.1.PaEiG) $7,
16008 (831) $96 $105 ATI X18303.2561AFCLE(0) ALDL-1
2002E1 (81.1) 5106 $119 ASUSEN16600LE126110C1E $11 s'1301•5034 SlYi 5 4 : ASIA r2-9,s1 S.243 .mss•
2'.1100(055)$129 $135 ASUSEN6E6l)GT 12311IE $21. EC-1.3SPAE-D611A42N% L U Z S.F1LEMZ S••P'• VS.39
300G8 (831) $155 $165 ASUSEN78000T 7E514728 - EC94052m.S.95YA4t.11 S68-7-11..E S.2.$1 S9$4
ASUSEN7110.)0TS 1.•53.1.7C16$$$ •
40020 (631) $295 $309 Es$56-,PAE-F14414.15:c11 $$$ SPX:
50020(064) $412 5416 ASUSMYCINEMA Prim $ 5 4 EG171AX%$.-$.11X. X . 9 S'cl SNP. 77.-E SNI.E.1.4% .1

..010.004.
14310004 $ 7 1 A I S $ 8 / I r I - CO S A O I I ' 10.10. L \ 1 0 . 7 0 fill
1'111100 MM 5 1 11 ASV s p w I r T I M LCII $ 3 1 $ 10'013%44...V $ I 5 11 • 4' - V •:$10110a4 V I N O
1'414100-170)% S I S I ASV DX I O U t r t o o L M $ 3 4 1 t i e * O m Lce 3 . 3 0 "4 2337 = M K 007104 £ 1 0 0 4
P41100 SE s I II A I V E S I 7 1 4 i t /40111-CV $ 3 1 1 5 . 1 . * L . • S I N S It' 4 - : , " 1 =$0010 M a t . , " • • . * S = 4 /
1.30011 S I N M I N I X S U S i r a f r L r n * I f s 411' int t :V • 41.0,•-•44 00411011 M O m o a t s v r t
1111 A I N it 1 1 1 1 3 I T ' / W I &kV $ 3 1 1 3 O r O W E ::$` I . 4'.$:0114 $ 0 4 0 0 %NMI W r i t M e e M
I'M I / I IM( H S I AIN31-$811”( P S 3 C W ' 19%111) f111 1S' 11401'110,:".4' 6,'. 6614. 004;444.40 544440004 v o w * IOWA : r i l e * V I I I
PONDS SI I 1 1 7 1 A I N SU S I I S ? S A M StiAiteffN t W t P i t a - Z o n s . 40414.•0 W O O i • S W *
eeNnti NIIDY HOS AIN 914119 1 4 0 1 * v o n 00$ N t ' H O N .0.V4t. • N 1 N L I . leir.011 : 5 0 1 4 & M O
1601110 S U S A I N SI I #.10.1 5011 1 1 1 A LP I N N A , $ 0 4 t040.40 :SC* . . V M I I•4.00.4 l••• • :as N 4 0 I P. 1.14 4.40440140
4465/I H E ) M I N 5 7 0 \ \la , ' r , $ 4 6 . 111.6,40 *.411 $01.
t w i l i t it P i t f11N45. 09 ) 4 , 0 4 No., 5 ) 4 4 R o o . m r s s . , .

111 4 11 1111. It 1.1 1 1 • \ ‘ ' L L . 4C. • ‘ . ` , . . x • • .

 The result is fantastic responsiveness and precision. You'll probably Razer's software control panel lets you assign keystrokes or longer
need to lower your sensitivity settings both in games and in the "macro" key sequences to each button. Settings are stored in the
Windows desktop. But once you get hooked on the ability to pinpoint a mouse itself, f o r portability. You can instantly switch between
single pixel with a twitch of your fingers, you'll never go back. five configurations.
All t o l d , t h e Copperhead i s
absolutely the mouse to beat. It's
got t h e s m o o t h e s t r e s p o n s e
available today, and will not only
improve your game scores, b u t
also ease more prosaic chores like
graphic or audio editing.

Logitech 65 Laser Mouse

($90)
The latest gamer mouse f r o m
Logitech is equally a thoroughbred,
but in a more well-mannered way.
The shape i s typical Logitech:
comfortably molded t o the hand
(provided you're n o t a lefty!).
There's one extra button under your
thumb, and two on top that default
Mlcmsott Laser Mouse to changing tracking precision,
indicated by a three-position LED
on top of the mouse.
All buttons and even the tiltable

S P E C I A L OFf--ERI A A Electronics
I 90S WOG 0931 W W W AA F.COM
REFURB HP b SAMSUNG BUNDLE
PAVILION A620N
ROW I I UMUUMPFUNI4.1.1.1111 101 1 1 1 :
: = 1 : 1 ; 1 1 0
ATHLON 3400 2.0GHZ/512MB/160GB/ —-
30/120 fps up to 16 cameras,
DVD+ RW-CDRW/XP HOME software Inclotlatt made In
Canada wIth
15" SAMSUNG 570V LCD DISPLAY Canadlan IJeansa $171316
23-3540
a $ 599.99 From 375.00 23-3312 $ 9 9 . 0 0
IR DOME CAMERA 1 1 6 3 0 3 1 1 7 I T I L $ 9 9 4 0
(display not exactly es shovel) * M e WOO Ll Vors/mi 1/3 SONY LCD l i a y a N I g h t 1011
420 TV Una
HP NC6000 NOTEBOOK 0 Lux (IR l a d ON) - - - , 1
50-4060 DoY6Wlekt15M C a l l far Dealer P d . .
INTEL PM-1.6/512M8/40GB/CDRW/ MUMMY/II Frame
Mandy Tool Boo 1
DVD COMBO/XP PRO 525.00
NEW 3-YEAR HP WARRANTY $1,249.99

HP COMPAQ HX6110 Notebook

PM-1.6, 512MB, 40GB, CDRW/DVD, NIC/MODEM,
802.11B/G WIRELESS, 15.1" XGA DISPLAY, R011 10000
WINDOWS XP PRO
t a t i10"1:111.11
NEW 1 YEAR HP WARRANTY $ 9 9 9 . 9 9
Bands... C a w s
S45.00
500W 104-3012) 6 5 . 0 0
07-6642-1
400W(toi-3010) 5 5 . 0 0 42U ttoVNID
2000a600/4160
Prof. Borror R a c k ,
I I I I I 2 33 YEARS
" LG LG WARRANTY
LCD EagleIttar
I IP PRICE $1,699.99
. . e ,.• N E W OPEN sox $ 9 9 9 . 9 9 .00
.00 L: r r I r l _ E j

cPCw
Sh o n l i n e 24 hours a day or call us 9 0 5 7 0 7 7 3 3 7
---,.\ EagIestar Free to Alr Satellite Receivers
Montreal b Toronto
outlet. com Showroom hours
HOLESALE PRICES AVAILABLE
AP• noncom Do ftra
mon-Ini: 9am - 5pm VA, fd.dhlvm Iflyd (.1 a n d fiR 1,IW AM I I I 1 (9(15)20)) 0911

TO 32 HUB: Otatal Living - Toronto Sto....wil - J a n u a r y 2 0 0 6 W W W. 1 I C . 1 1 1,COr

 Print & Burn CDs & DVDs in Print & Burn Lots of CDs & DVDs
an eXtra Rugged Package

Brspyokk. ra-V0Pro-
o u t ; e f t .4.11.1

Bravoxt

• 4 , ? ` 7.5%,
s 1 1 ,

"2/11Fir
Evairo X [ DOsc 1.--VoNshev BravoPro Disc Publishers
a 50 Disc Capacity a 100 Disc Capacity
a One High-Speed DVD/CD Drive a Two High-Speed CD or DVD/CD Drive
a 4800 dpi Color Inkjet Printing a 4800 dpi Color Inkjet Printing
a Designed for Production Environments BravoPro CD-R S3495.00
Bravo XR $ 2 9 9 5 . 0 0 BravoPro DVD±R/CD-R S3995.00
BravoPro AutoPrinter S2495.00

Print' & Burn

Back-up & Archive Email on DVD
Mass Quantities CDs & DVDs

OptiVaut aottme,tilliff
Archival A p p l i a n c e

11,1••••••••••=.•••••

111:11e.%
•

OptilfaciN Averrtivo! ComposerMAX CD/DVD

Duplicator
a Includes EMC Dantz Retrospect Software
a Uses Archival-Grade DVD Optical Media a 400 Disc Capacity
a USB 2.0 Interface a Four High-Speed DVD/CD Drives
a Optional 19" 4U Rack Mount Kit a Optional Full-Color Inkjet or Thermal Printers

OptiVault Archival Appliance 5 3 4 9 5 . 0 0 ComposerMAX CD/DVD Duplicator S 7 9 9 5 . 0 0

*Printer sold separately.

PRIME A l l p r i c u s l e w d aria i n U S D o l l a r s . F a r C a n a d i a n D e l l a r P r i c i n g . e x t e n 0 e a . a r t a r t e s , o n e v a n t r y . 1 4 1 c p u n t , p l e a s e C o n t a c t S t P : e p e

I N C . V i s a , klastarCard and Pinellas° ordure Deco:stud.

L, T o l l Free: 1 - 8 0 0 - 3 6 7 - 3 0 5 4
1l7cmf fin stock at A '
Email: p r I m a r s . s s l o s i N t o r a g s h o a v e n . t o r r. • . f t w . s t o r 4 g o h o z v o n . c o m
 eik

, 11 . 11 . o r y M
.tool 6,4111
u
M E
m Mil
1412.1. C M C
C
-111Mw
4125. t , c e
2 l I M ilia_." 1,1,Ps I l a h n e c 4
r , , t . C . 7 . E . 1 : . . G . 1 %re
I _ Y n i

5MVIRIVI 11":1113 '11

V I 1111513 "CC1r1.(n2.11`ir
O f f . L . 11
CCE 1111 4 !
[1
Bunn 1610111
CCIE 111 4 1 2
kl 441„ Lmv
4rN

411 C e ' s s 1
ct.'11;1117 ceET27;n;; 1315 u a r A 4
C.CE11215.3.0_,EL.:4
1
M
2
t
. 1 I M F
1 2 1 7 2 3 . 1 Creak
I d 7 l 111
= . • 1277.

UKDr, CCU NM C C N A CCNP M o d u l e

r r w WNW, Cali IOW
IllftraMoirm6021110311
ilearel O a k = i l i a
CCIE T h e o r y / L a b C C V P - Vo i c e O v e r I P
x . r a r g a 3 11 WM
111161 CCIE B o o t c a m p CCIP- BSCl/BGP/MPLS/QOS
'xenonWelsh ME I I =
Cisco S e c u r i t y C o m b o C C WA - W i r e l e s s

Visit the best CISCO lab in Toronto

vw- Over 450 Cisco routers - 7500, 4500, 3600, 2600, 2500.
xr- Catalyst 6509, 5500, 3550 and 2950 switches.
le- ISDN lines, ADLS line and frame relay circuit.
ms- VOICE Gateways, IP Phones, Call Managers, Unity, IPCC.
ow- 35 CCIE Pods, each Includes 9 routers and 2 switches (3550).
141 F R E E CCNA or MCP FOR El RECIPIENT :1,
Thecourseseredesigned by
HARITHKARIAPPER
TripleCCIE•SP,Secuty& 6/S
B.Sc.Eng.,MIBM,CNE,MCSE,MCT,CCNP,
WinNET
CCDP,CCIP,CCVP,CCIE #6661HI- T E C H T R A I N I N G & C O N S U L T I N G
TORONTO
1200 Eglinton Ave. East, Suite 100, Toronto
Tel: 416.447-TEST (8378)
(Don Mills & Eglinton)
 M o v i n g t o M a c : Finding S o f t w a r e
One of the most common complaints about the Mac from Windows addition of nifty RSSreading capabilities—sometimes It's nice to have
users is that 'there's no software available for the Mac'. While it's true an alternative. Thankfully, Mozilla (www.mozilla.org) continues to
that the majority of the software you'll find at your local software store develop versions of Firefox for a variety of different operating systems.
is for Windows, the idea that the world of Mac software is a vast including MacOSX.You can also get a Mac-ready version of the Opera
wasteland isn't quite true, either. browser (wwmopera.com), now with 100 per cent fewer banner ads In
First of all, there's a metric boatload of software pre-installed on every the program itself!
new Mac, including multimedia applications like MVO (movie playback), There's a lot to like about the new version of the native Mall program in
iPhoto (digital photo import and organization), iMovie (basic video OSX, especially now that you can "bounce" unwanted mall back to the
edit,ng and MD creator), iChat (instant messaging program that's sender.Again, Mozilla has an alternative mail reader called Thunderbird
compatible with AIM), Safari (Web browser), GarageBand [music that also integratesRSSfeeds in the same window, giving you a single
recording and creation program), and more. console for both mail and news if you'd rather not flip back and forth
If you're !coking for additional software, there are a few reasons why between two programs. There's also a version of the Eudora mall client
there's a smaller selection available for Mac fans, but the number one available for the Mac, at www.eudora.com.
reason is simply sheer numbers of users: it's harder to justify If you're a fan of online chat programs, it's worth noting that the
developing brand new software for both Windows and Mac when the built-in iChat AV application is 100 per cent compatible with AOL
Mac makes up a small percentage of the overall population. In some Instant Messenger during initial sign-up and while adding users it'll
cases, Mac versions arrive later, but sometimes they never come at all. default to options with an @maccom address, but you can change the
Making matters worse, when software is released for the Mac, it rarely drop-down box from ".Mac account" to "AIM account" in both cases.
ships in volumes large enough to justify the types of prices you'll see Once you're done, you can even do video chat between Mac and
on the Windows version of the software. Consequently, that new game Windows machines!
that your Windows-laving friends are getting for 550 may cost S70 for You do have the option of loading MSN Messenger for the Mac
the Mac. Ow. (www.microsoft.com/mac), but you'll quickly realize that it hasn't been
The good news is that there area ton of software developers out there as fully fleshed-out on the Mac as it has been on the PC, especially in
writing for the Mac, and in many cases they're making the software terms of multimedia capabilities. There are a few clones out there for
available for free. the Mac, Including Mercury Messenger, which connects to MSN and
includes webcam support.
Internet applications Fans of Yahoo chat will be happy to know that Yahoo Messenger is
Safari is the Web browser that comes pre-bundled with OSX, and while also available for the Mac, including webcam support, from
ft's a perfectly good browser most of the time —especially with the messenger.yahoo.com.

_ H t a 4 If4kr M 11 4 4 . . . 3 . W M , * i$io 4 0 Tu t / IQ PM
Productivity applications
— The first productivity suite you think of
IMO
* l C:pq. f . . , . . 1 f t . . . 4 4 . 4 0 - 1 1 1 1 - 1 A q . . u m , may be Microsoft Office, but It's by no
__ o i . v o i f e n , ..kr m o w means the only suite out there. In fact,

. (. " G. O)
- WY' ' t a
: L . 1 . . 1 0[1111161
w • is e. t Sun Microsystems has made i t s
Anti . . 8 l e OpenOffice suite available for free
"?“
Ant
download (www.openoffice.org). The
• - F. e . . . . 1 . 8 - ^ A , - 4 / m a l l i r a r a u 9 . 1 1 , 1 program has an interface very similar to
110.....111.......41 U L M . • "tr..11 • [ P r. * . r y
the Microsoft version, which should
•_..' 1.trl 1014 froig r . = 4
... for. sat 1,4,P0 make it very easy to make the switch
if you don't want to blast through all
I M P. * M I A M M , . / . . . . 1 4 . . . . P I your spending money just to get Word
R m s . w t o n 46••••• * M A I frw-ars
. • •, and Excel.

47.91t.W#e._terK.Saffirl.13,,,,
0 1 4 1 k 1 i . . . / N s t l w o k e , - n r 4 t,h a n W pr.,;.‘”,
11.4.114.“ M o t " t r o t . . . II, ' m e w , .A9 A . 1 . 0 0
Anti-virus, anti-spyware, and
other security concerns
gn Sahel •• Your Soap on 11.11.4 T,anl Informaion Is V i r j
0110•4 • I s i t a d t w a i l d w • a . . . . The general consensus Is that this Is
I N 140.111.4 M P. WWI /IP IM S i b L y
WNW solintird 1 • 6 1 1 1 0 . 4 w . / M Inlaroul. M 0.1 IMO 1.6.9. an area that Mac users don't really need
to worry about: there are few— if any —
Mac viruses out there, which means
„Fir) 6 6 0 , that Macintosh-friendly a n t i -virus

HUB: Digital Living - Toronto Section - January 2008

www.hubcarladoLcom
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 U V 1 4 11 4 ( s ,
0 " 0 000 " 0 ( 1 ) Q°0 • C ' c ) „

' 0 0 "04)0 U ° 0 t-)4:1".0 0 - 0 0-0 - . 0 0 0 0 C 0 0 ° 0 .

)90Q0()°(C))C):°u0(0 0 0 0 0

0 6 . 0 ° 0 ‘ ' 0 0 0 0 .
)QOCICI0C)U°0 • tritt• 7t,-rttrr
0 G e l l , . . . 0 0 0 .

•
p 7:-A're5331i44° Zep
HON' H . . . • n
Warranty v o i d i f ramovevi

11

Life's Simple
LifeTime Warranty
Apple Developer
Made in Canada 5c/ram / DDR / DDR2 / SoDimm
French.E r e t a i l ack Server Memory / Printer Memory

1-888-727-7747 * I N D I C
.Nolnipoot, Noimpod Logo and Pooming YOU, 09it4 Word ors el/dam:As « rogo,vol trc:.'emorki of Nui.r.pczt Corparvion. Copyright P&. pod 2003. A,Y O6.4r.
 applications will simply be removing Windows viruses that arrived in Odds and ends
your email box, and protecting Windows users from infected files in Since moving to the Mac, one Web site I've found nearly Indispensable
your shared folders. How benevolent. The new version of Norton has been VersionTracker (www.vorsiontracker.com). While you can
AntiVirusFOr Macintosh will remove those Windows viruses from your download VersionTracker Pro software and pay a subscription fee to
system, and there's even a special dashboard widget that keeps you automatically stay on top of new versions of all of your favourite
aware of recent threats. programs, the real value for the new user is the ability to search for
11110.1ame 0 1 . 0 1 8 1 a u a a M a g a
programs simply by typing a keyword into the
E•trilt 41111111111114 • a .c • 0 • • t, search field, which anyone can do for free.
• " - - - - 1 1 B I • u • • • a • t e A . • e
• As with other software search sites like Tucows
• ' ' M i n
and download.com, VersionTracker shows you a
411111111111111". list of matches, breaks them down into freeware
•
a
and shareware, and allows users to rate the
software, so you can tell at a glance what's hot
•U• mmermwemimmem %MC
and what sucks. The key difference with
VersionTracker Is that i t assumes you're
wh i•I'mwtt7- t a w s * * 91
searching for MacOSX software by default; you
9 r t . sem se ft i•
It 4141
WRITE ! * * W M eM can also search for Windows and Palm programs
• *heel. y tete• l e a ,
loaded
6.1•0:•• ;
10,041 if you change the pulldown bar beside the search
M t Neenah
WO e a t
wd t •
window, but you have to work for it. It's nice to
99666 4•11
Mattel 1011 11 M e n d
see the tables turned, for once.
pow r • to.• F • T. i . , 4 4
tate M M 5 9 * 4
heit9441* 9666 619
Rtut9A. r
ledebeall • • • • • • • • i • • • • • • • • •
9 I et Ails 1+:14111+ By Sean Carruthers
• ottb• • t 6696 vettico 64
11•Meled
Po w e t b e l e n i e 0 1 1 me busmmt. a Maul Om t e t r a * Kittle;Mit h
lwdS*ew) telemeter M e d t e r t r a t • t a n I .
l e d l u d 1145044. 811.611i. I M 6 M t e n 9 9 9 m 9
Mitteetthety. d o l t 161: 66 litmetted d.re,11y h e m
est*A1961.14694. l i d wadi" w e n
Where do I find It?

WWW.KEITCOMPUTER.COM 2022 Sheppard Ave. East Finch Ave. E

Tel: (416) 493-3300
Email: Sales@keltcomputer.com 4
Fax: (416) 493-3308
A free Gift with any Purchase COMPUTER Mon-Fri: 10:30-19:00
S a t & S u n : 11 : 3 0 - 1 6 : 0 0 Sheppard E
Intel Celeron 2.56Hz $269 1cks 'HighPower $ 5 1 9 •'1CITC-Frtve
rormance
Intel Pentium4 3.0GHz
P4 Intl r d P
80-314 N l e t a b o e
2
4
,6
H
z$ 3 3 9 AS1S P45800D-X MID Pentlum4 530 3.0J L775 Intel P4 630 3.0 ( 2 M B 1.1, E M 6 - 4 - 1 1 / 4 - '
ASUS P 5 G D 2 - X M / B
5 I 2 M D D R 400 R A M ASUS P55/100-V91 91/B (L775)
2563113DDR R A M A T I R o d e o . 9250 128010 4 9 § k 5129113 D D R 4 0 0 1GB D u e l C h m i n e l D D R 2
R e e l 3D G r a p h i c 6 4 M B V G A 1 3 80G 720Orpm H D D S ATA 160GB 720Orpen 8 6 1 8 C i . " ' 1 AT I X300SE PCIE 256MB
4 0 0 8 7200rpm H D D 52.32252 CD-RW 166 D V 1 3 • / - Rewriter f : = " " r . S ATA 2 0 0 G B 7 2 0 0 r p m
520 C D R O M 6-CI M A M ° &10/100 L A N A T X USD C A S E 166 DV13+/- R e w r i t e r
5.1 C h a n n e l Sound C • r d s L A N AT X 350W USB CASE 6-Chsonel Audio /Gigabit L A N 6-Chamml Audio /Gb L A N
AT X 350W cue Key b o a r d , O p t i c a l m o u s e e t S p e • k e r D a w d l e . Reetheramble• AT X 350W U S B CASE
F R E E : k e y b o a r d , mouse, speakers e4-2,4G13,20 5419/549 M u l t i a m d l a R I GI O p t i c a l M e u s e
Shoekware SC- 3 Speaker:
C Ordlem R e c h a r g e a b l e •
M u l t i m e d i a KB & O p t i c a l M o u s e
U p g r a d e to 51231B R A M * 5 2 0 r • l e m e 2 5 G / 2 . 6 1 / 2 SG 1 3 6 9 / 2 3 7 9 1 3 8 )
900 WI.2 1 . limas I d + 5 1 0 9 P4-3.2/3.4/3.6(3.13 5 5 5 9 / 1 6 1 9 / 7 8 9 / 1 0 3 9 oc w a v e S C J S p e s a e n
releron 2.6G/2.8G/2.9G 5279/289/309
Wimimie 09 Pre/Msdie Comm I I + 1 1 6 9 f e l e r o e 3.1/SA 5 4 1 9 / 5 4 4 9 1 4 - 3 . 2 / 3 . 4 / 3 . 6 / 2 , 8 5 7 0 9 / 7 8 9 / 9 2 9 / 1 1 6 9
,C4- 2 B G / 3 . 0 ( 3 0 3 . 1 9 ( 3 , 3 9 9
Window: I P Pre 664 + 1 1 9 � 1 1 • l n - b l o c k A d d 5796 _ " > C a l a r a n 2 . 1 1 / 2 . 1 1 / 3 . 0 9 5 5 9 / 5 6 9 / 5 9 1 K

Intermediate 64 5369 Xmas Deal 5559

A M D A64 3 2 0 0 * (939)
Level up $ 6 1 9 ExtremeMachine $1029
A M D S e m p r o n 2 6 0 0 + (64 bit) Intel P4 630 3 . 0 O M B L 2 , E9164T)
A S U S X 8 V - X ( K 8 T 8 0 0 Chipset) ASUSA8V M/B Pentlum4 630 3.0J L775 ASUS PSND2 S L I - D X MOB
5 I 2 M B D D R 400 R A M 51 2 M B D D R 4 0 0 ASUS PSG D I - V M 01/11(1.775) I G Dual Channel D D R 2 -533
A T I R A D E O N 9250 12891B g l AT I R9250 128MB 1GB D U A L C H A N N E L D D R 4 0 0 GF 6 6 0 0 G T S L I 1 2 8 M B P C I E
80GB 7200rpm 160GB 7200rpm H D D S ATA 2 0 0 0 B 7 2 0 0 r p m 1 6 1 0 SATA 250GB 720Orpm
52:32692 C D RW 161DVD*/- Rewriter 160 D V D + / - R e w r i t e r 166 D V D R O M
6 - C h • o n e l Audio/ L A N 6-Chitonel Audio /Gig•bit L A N A T X USB C A S E 166 D V D • / - R e w r i t e r
AT X T O W E R C A S E A T X 4 0 0 W USB C A S E 6-Chminel Audio /Gigabit L A N 6-Chmitiel Audio /Gigabit L A N
K e y b o a r d & Optical M o u e mid speaker Cordless Reehardeable • C o m t i s m I t e a b aaaaaa le • AT X USB CASE w / E p e r m a x 3 7 0 W ( 2 FAN)
A t h i o n 6 4 - 11 0 0 0 . / 3 2 0 0 . / 2 9 0 0 . M u l t i m e d i a K B I I O p t i m a alowee M u l t i m e d i a KB It Optical Y o n . C o r d l e s s l i m e a a a a a a le •
S l i m : w a v e SC-1 Spe•kers M u l t i m e d i e KB d O p t l e a l Mouse
5429 / 5 4 6 9 i s m S b o c k W e v e S C - 3 S p e a k e r,
S r 0 6 6 0 n 6 2 5 0 0 / 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 /3300 ShockWave SW 5102 Sp
Upgrade: j l e i W I p p k , L a p e e , P4-3.2/9.4/3.6/3.8 5 6 5 9 / 5 7 2 9 / 8 7 9 / 11 0 9 093(00: 204 P C I E video vied 1 1 1 9
5379/5389/5399/5429
K E I T computer s stems
M A I N B O A R D
COME w i t h I ear •rt •
5429/5609 / 5 6 9 9 /1751
and 2
%.{eleron 2.6/1. 9/3 0 5 3 0 9 / 5 5 2 9 / 5 4 9
earslabour h•rdware warra
Free: S h o r t w a v e 4 0 1 H e a d s e t
2 6 1 3 8 _
H A R D D R I V E
.121IJEI M O N I TO R S V I D E O C A R D
4.11 /1:o1,11 A l i i a l a a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
oSCSPar-S.71.irses,SOE-03(
(/1.) 11 111111 S W M i l I n / ‘,/1/ Smug it 7191‘.111710141,•11/740N 315411113
SicsugIS915N•11113611 1 3 9 9 1 3 1 9 A111925111%15Q611955{11M98
bt:Ptilt /sVSIA•11 ,
ASVI /JODI In! ssciol,W I10111.1( I , T, , 1 2 1 O W 2106/131/11101 1 1 1 / 1 1 1 / D 3
+161 ?MOOSSE 1.51156014
ASUS EMOSISVI.LOC SWIM.%
i 11171 IM411:11)169/101/2191 aaaaa 4 1 1 / 1 1 / 1 1 1 / 1 1 S
ISIS w r " a j u g , l i o _ _ _ _ , L6711//11731S/L17891.1/1.1719Q 11191295/367/394 ATIOWE255311FOY115015533 $ 1 1 1 5
Altdit
c l a d 0513.0 n l
11/111/240/13011 1 1 1 / 1 1 / 1 1 1 1 / 1 1 5 VISCIODISVA7026099111 1 2 8 5 1 4 9 (TIX7)0Pio86MSPCIVXMI2I113I563B 115511
4111111.1 0 0 4 0 . 9 0 M C I DEISM r t n t n u e • 1179 IISS/SOES/ISS 1 1 1 / 1 1 1 1 1 1 ? SFACATEI3 Y PA R I WARRANTY) kil XiYATPC11156(BIXMCROSSFIEPCI•E 1
c•scSs, £ 1 5 4 6 . 1 . 0 . ILl4ctiMs1
CJl Is: 102,1, SATA 160/200/200/300/40001 1101/1:0/111/160/234 Wm) IMBAGP/?CIE 11 7 1 4 11 9

TO 3E3 Hue:1=117ra' Uvung - Toronto Section - January 2008 w w w . n u b c a n a d a . c o m

 All Fits

A.OEM ill,
44-1 - : F i t s All.

• - Y.
•. V w y ' 0

,• -
-• 4 11"A'

At lL
• •Y.J. 0."1"- " 4 - . 4 0 7

Unlimited Power
No mare limas on MB ADUBDUCEB/EEB OK
No more limits on CPU D U A L Core/DUAL CPU OK
No more limits on drive SATNIDEJSCSI OK
No more limas on GPU S L I /CROSSFIRE OK

400W, 500W, 6 2 0 W available

A u t h o r i z e d Deniers: To l l f r e e : 1 - 8 7 7 - 2 8 9 - 2 3 6 0

Cmmiln Congeal P C o m p u t e r A C T Y Crary Te c h

A I M , phis Compote, COloiluhos C o m p ttttt 0111011aa Pmipherals Computer Fans PC Compote..

4 IS 3,1 09911 90S 946 •11401 410 MS 1103 4 1 0 1 J : 1 7 7 1 4 l b MS I M O N '1111 K M 5 , 4 1 911',51.1910S 911S 4,0 14,1S

lolonec Keit Tiara Logic LT

G1011111 W a r n ICC1 CA Cnngmlms .1 N e t i o n i c a COnipillef Compote. Computer Douse Commit.'

'105 '140 0313 1105 5119914 911S 305110.9. .14151140 14.94 Ill,4,13 1300 110S0114 9400 9 0 5 4 1 5 091.3 T ' 0 1 ' 1

Muilax Mire MPT OTA To i n A e l i Virtual Micro

Cp u l e r W o o Crummier% Cuilituiters PC Village Reach Data Te c h n o l o g i c * Te c h n o l o g y

4 1 0 73174 0 0 1111 O n 3 1 1 11 / . 1 8 4 1 0 7 ' 11 1 1 1 1 416141 11)1 9115 IRO N M 410 541 901. 4 l t . 1 514 0'9 : 9 : :

w v v w. h u b c a n a d a . c o m J a n u a r y d O u e l - H U B : D i g i t a l Lniing - T o r o n t o S e c t i o n T O 39
 Total

GoodAsNew P e t e r Jackson-": K i n g 1:cangr.'

Computers T h e Official G a m e of t h e M o v i e
Compaq P4 PACKAGE
a r r POTO114 S A M . • s'.,er Developer: Ubisert excellence is a very dynamic one thanks to the fact
MOW
IMO _ s O r — ESR$. Teen R a t i n g -.4 ; 5 that dialogue and actions both occur on the fly
I T 110W/1.1111... a C
• w Y O w t a t e Platforms: X b o x . X b o x 3 5 0 , Pla9Station 2 , instead o f a s momentum-breaking cutscenes.
S i a 11111 0 4 1111 4 M D .
6arneCube, PC There's also no heads-up display by default; no map,
10
PCS" ' • o t the no life gauges, no ammunition counter, and no
Compaq Pd PACKAGE s.sio:"game unrealistic 'depthless pockets' inventory.
MINTILIM v."41ola
MUM IOW
N M I MIMI M I N
• , : s A n c e i Jack's items are limited to one firearm and whatever
C 1 e R U M W VMS
t7Orr, Jackson other object he can hold in one hand - a stick, bone
ve s e a m .

$399 umeems nee PM. ▪ - -Z7 s z e c . . a l effects studio shard or spear, for example. If Jack is injured to the
•••-.:"., • hi: t -s; - . I s the bargain bin o f point of death, the screen will turn red and his vision
IBM P3 PACKAGE _ _ - ; a s h - g r a h s that often will blur.
,
1 . • =kW S M . , Omitting numbers and other artifices, and requiring
a c s MA.0 N C I & CO
# I N T MG : - - •_-: • M.S. subject the player to navigate the primeval scariness of the
O s . WONSWIll
I M P S =SE - - also environment using visual and aural cues alone,
Mar
r. ' 2 f e e l s results in an experience that is dynamic, realistic
sk:s-s • - t h a n and often extraordinary.
-27;7 Aside from Jack's first-person scenarios, a handful
g▪ s—e$1--z!s-e of sequences give the player control of King Kong
▪ azs-e77--ES e . e m e n t s himself. There are a few fun acrobatic swinging and
•••,-,
No. wall-running sequences, where Ubisoft i s clearly
invoicing Prince o f Persia, b u t t h e fighting and
DELL SFF I B M
rampaging parts of the Kong experience aren't as fun
as one might expect - owing to the fact that Kong
d i = 4 1
MIJMNI controls, predictably, like a big, lumbering ape.
-,209- '7' 5 4 It's only with the very last scenes in New York, which
serve little purpose, that the game seems t o be
e. merely be going through the motions until the
inevitable film climax is reached. Otherwise, King
=
Kong the game could easily stand on its own as an
experience that doesn't need its film counterpart to
prop it up.
L By Erin Bell
g r . . . . . . . . . . .7
:-fir
= f t ! -...."7...
--AC

:44

1141l - , I ' P Roars:

To e ! -
&me i s

.-aot s _g19

lionweraik
adond Mt I t AI
01146.4%;
Amok
t s 11.0 itsiellier -
: O w l 4 Om t a d e l b

•" „ , - , , • / / I I / // I . t
 K i n g d o m of P a r a d i s e
Kingdom of Paradise use elementbastA a r / c " rnagisat att.:act. s, ' - a r . be
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment v;sreir,g iariuus temples.
Developer: Climax Entertainment Vingdorn o f Paradise a . -
ESRB: Teen R a t i n g : 3 / 5 P l a t f o r m : PlayStation Portable except for the fact that as ,:.• • • • - , •he e.fir • - -
Beefing up the PSP's scanty rBeefing up the PSP's scanty rosier of involves hunting down tra* • - • : •
role-playing games, Kingdom of Paradise is alternately absorbing and them in order to 'r Byer 9-a -
frustrating. The game is set in a feudal, obviously Japanese-inspired •
realm where various clans co-exist relatively peacefully thanks to a
carefully maintained balance of power. When an evil force disrupts that Unfortunateg, the few s a c - - a ._• e -a7." a-aa
balance, a young warrior named Shinbu finds himself caught up in the bacittracking e v e r. rnst-e cc a drag
struggle to restore order. Cie•hard rc'e-c - z i t fa- —Ye - - - s -
While Kingdom of Paradise has the usual RPG trappings, including casual garr,er 's sea % v a t se s s e- . :
towns full of characters to interact with, companions that join and leave the game r- g " a - a g _ se
the group, various inventory items, character stats and experierce E.-- Se:.
points-based levelling, the most compelling aspect of the gameplay is
the real-time combat system.
Over the course of the game, Shinbu can master various schools of
swordplay by collecting technique scrolls from fallen opponents or
INV
finding them in chests. Each scroll contains a specific move in a series,
which, when combined together on a master scroll o f a particular
school, will unleash a series of attacks. If Shinbu acquires special
*Freestyle" scrolls, he can mix and match techniques from different
schools to create his own distinctive style. Additionally, Shinbu can
7

* * COMPUTER DEPOT
_ -
11111111.1
me.
19" DVI LCD IT' DVI LCD Sandisk 1GB 160Gb Maxtor r_• .
Monitor 12ms Monitor 12ms USB2.0 memory- 16MB 72.k IDE Epsce = M e x - Q p I c k t i t . : f a 20. r_T-
$299 $249 Key hard have A.7.---:1-Claie ) ! r t e .42S - - 9 1 . I e 4
S45
(Inc per customer Oneper customer S-1t) SS9 SCA.41."'

FREE!!! VIRUS AND SPYWARE REMOVAL* LIMITED TIME OFFER Vir-- -

FREE!!! PC INSPECTION or HARDWARE
UPGRADE WITH ANY PURCHASED ITE.",!S
VALID UNTIL JAN. 31, 2006
Noll Only NON, O n l y Nom

$459 $949 S'40 r . `I:"

Iteg: Se 14 SY*4
EXECtITIVE Package \FF. SYSTES1 r i SISTENt S A L E S
Intel Pentium 4 3 (Nil M I D 04bit 3500*. Intel rs.11:11.,.S1 4
ItCS 601FX MIIW/ALII Anna ASV.E mainKsda \'u.% r4
250N111 IMItAAT 400 $12M11 IsDRAM .12ths 2:;0N1111,l,1:
/OMB haul 7 . 1 K loth II%11.0,1 atise Suds ZtkllI haat dm:
IGX DVD Rom drive los s o , i ) v p , R \ ‘ ' k l • R o m ans;
I AdA111 I:I h o t s ' o p
v 14 1\1111 lovo 1,14M13 n o m stnvt:
AUX Mid Ion 11 \ 1 \ 1 tz i P Int,v,AtAt s sate
InlrpiNC,l'nuu,lNi' ' I .,aura
11111 \ t i r 111 \1J,0 \I \ N11,1 los‘,.1C4se Id N . : m , m t .
\\luJurlr \ 1110e1 l i t last PS N ‘ I t ' t s
( 1 0 0 ‘ , , 1 • 1 , 1 \ 111 " • 1 ‘ • • • ‘ , • . , S k . t VS' • \ • • • • ,
.,••• , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ••
• I " I " I L " N u t A n i l % ti 1 0 1 P i • A N N ' n w p i lit i u t s s - •
 BusinessDirectory
FAST EFFECTIVE
CONFIDENTIAL RESULTS
MIMS ELECTIINIC3
SATEWTE PININICTS FEKNAMNOTEBOOK CORMIER
LAPTOPS Cootie; 1 5 0 Acer Ferrari 4002 I.6G Notebook 11 8 2 5
Olgiwave . 5 1 9 9 Acer 4005 2.00 Notebook 1 2 3 7 5
4 9 DESKTOPS Coolsar 4000 Pro $ 2 7 5 Acer Fermi F70 20" LCD monitorSCALL
Dreambox 5 4 4 9
1111.11er R E M O V A B L E S 110-119 Dish $ 9 5 HMV
10' Dish $ 4 9 32" Aar 169Wdextecn LCD HDTV 51350
USAL Motor $ 9 5 36"Acer 165Widescreen LCD HDTV 1999
_ i k o n S A N / N A S Inracom dual polar $ 1 5 0 20" Acer 4:3 LCD TV $ 6 5 0
Twin Han 1022 5 9 5 HDTV off-air receiver $ 4 9 0
1 1 0 4 1 0 % M RAID U proem on au, wa 6 0 e 5 vama..., 03 ea rrAr.tahat Mau ul a ugan en eau uuAm so! 1411 Faisal
I n v toAir 34' ;knife S r r i c e „ c o f l w a r t , Support and Instal/1os
THE LAB FOR DATA RECOVERY Drruarsha r a n u t • CooLut Fortir Ste - Coldtec - Dicitaav • 'Lint a n d e i r e e t t O r i C S
170 West Beaver Creek, Unit IA • Richmond Hill, ON, L4B IL6. • 416.7044979
www.cbRech.ca I toll tree 1.800.551.3917 Business Hours; Mon-Sat 11 am-6pm • Dealers Welcome

We are notebook specialist!

905-305-120 S.C.E eqe. C.J. La • to • De • of www.cjaycomputem.cam
Repairs • CO MPA0,18 M TECHNICIAN • NOTEBOOK REPAIR • FREE ESTIMATE•
motherboard, LCD repair. password remove • data recover •
- HD repair & data recovery
iastsJJ1 Thousands of laptop parts In stock
- Laptop, PC & Mac Handloftware Laptops Laptop Parts
JE.:43 P1 LAPTOP :1 P 2 LAPTOP 5199 LCD Screen,Battery
- LCD & CRT (incl. industrial) M o n i t o r CDROM, Floppy,DVD,
4 IBM P3-8001128ME1/20GB/14.1TFT/DVD 5349
- Printer, Copier, Fax, TV SPE Dell P3M-1.0/256MEWOGB/14.1TFT/CD 5375 CDRW,DVDRVV,MelndrY
Compaq P3-1.0/256MB/20GB112.1TFT 5399 HDD drive,Replicator
FTP 1
18" Receiver..$1 + IBM P3M-1.13GH71256MEV30GIDVD 5 4 2 5 Motherboatrl,AC adapto
- Lots of Computer Farts For Sale Mini-PCI wireless card
- 2.1M IBM P4-1.6/255MBOOGB/14.1TFTIDVD 5599
Dell P4-1.8/256MB/40GB/DVD&CDRIV 5650 30 days warranty
8:5 2 . E N I S O N S t U N I T 2 5 , M A R K H A M . O N . L 3 R 5E4
www_surtccmputers-cs s a l t e s s u n c o m p u t e r s . c a OLCH-LEtHAEST-W3FIONO3Al6.121-2911 416•0371537 11APA•7PM

H LT E C H N L O G Y. C O M
F.:7 b e s t priced cc7.;-_-ter parts & systems online.
WHOLESALEPRINTERSUPP ES
•-._www.t
___________ nun caj)(sales©bw.ca
We ship any-6-!-.ere in Canada.
AMD Sempron 28001- Socket 754
Asrock VMSOO System

e
5 5 H 7 . 256.44 CDR.
J 41 6*83T3*IWKS (4:-5°
4E1:20iii0
..-aa a != t a = . r . w r =-rwrs
W H Y PAY RETAIL, B U Y O N L I N E & S
( I c a r..0 coo I r y ==.,„ Eill-P11-111°C I "
BCI-24 52.61 BK $3.48 CL $7.50(20Z) - $60.00(11t)
BCI-3e OR BC1-6 64.35 EACH
HL TECHNIOLOGY Free • = ' S 0 WM
0/1040 ' HEWLETT PACKARD
...11- iii F R O M $21.00 EACH
if.x.r1....t,hltechnology.com hipping!!'• FRQm $4.35 TO 611.00 EACH
B R O T H E R L. l E I C I V I A R I K
1-866.214-3578 LC-25.14-31.1_C-41 $869 EACH
,lor-s
---
. FROM $22.00 EACH

CD/ DVDDIIIrtCATION FACTORY

TTei°y:oVi;te:s&0:dFilms torre
- _ * . t a •
Disc Duplication and Replication - CDs, DVDS,
Business Card CDs, p r i n t i n g , packaging, much more-
- Strnt arca Coe : NTS:
• Seta- A • s r . =es ft-,f Fistsei Pict.ire
FALL SPECIALS
& S i l O e s Z c l o o or DVD 100+ duplicated CDR.% with thermal printing on disc • S0.99 each
i00+ duplicated DVD-Rs with thermal printing on disc -$1.49 each
1 4 r : Sr, G . T . . k W z r .
=yndle of 100 Blank Recordable CDs - 529.99, 100 Blank DVD-Rs - $49.99
- V a l e s Tyre.; fsf Cot:74-v 7,?.••
- - - • 1000 packaged CDs /Inserts, trays. Jewel case & wrapping • only $1.39 / CD
1000 packaged DVDs / napshaat, DVD case & wrapping - only $1.99 D V D
Massie.: online store for duplication Hardware and supplies
Oversenas Video A
13.Si WeiCi1 k . Lab1416) 2 4 4 . 1 8 2 2 www.Pro-CD.com
wincoverseasvidec,:e':, S i n c e 1980 416-907-6764, 1-877-887.4324 (roll.froa)

TO 42 L i . e r g -Tarerato - www.hubcrinorlt.writ n
 Wirelet3s

P u t t i n g t h e "video" in videogame:
' M o b i l e video o p t i o n s in P S P, D S a n d G B A
PSP options
Sony's PlayStation Portable displays video wonderfully and comes
with a great video player application, however formatting the video files
and getting them onto the PSP in the first place is the tricky part.
Simply dragging•and•droppIng video files from your PC to the PSP's
Memory Stick won't work, but thankfully, there are a number of
downloadable software utilities out there that will help you to convert
video files Into the proper format and create the necessary subfolders
on the PSP's Memory Stick. These include:
PSI' Video 9 (free; www.pspvIdeo9.com)
PSPWare for Mac (USSIS:temovnullrivercam/Index/products/pspware)
"toomtivor - this Is the folder into which you'll need to drag all of
your video files.
ThePSP's video format is MPEG•4, so you'll need a software program
that converts your video files (DivX,AVI,WMVand soon) to that format.
Make sure to select widescreen format at a resolution of 480 x 720
pixels or lower. It's also recommended that the total bit rate of the file be
no more than 768kbps (meaning, for example, 512kbmp of video and
96kbps of audio to equal 768kbps total).
You'll also need t o rename the files using the convention
°M4VXXXXX.mp4", where X represents any number. For example.
a c e . •••,,?•.. O .

PSPMedia Manager(USS19.95; vewevsonymediasoftware.com)

llilisoft PSP Video Converter (USS29; www.xilisoft.com/psp•video•
converterhtml)
PSPMovie Creator (USS34.95;www.padvd.com/psp)

If you want to transfer video onto your PSPmanually, you must follow
these steps:
First, you'll have to create a directory in the root of the Memory Stick
called "MPROOT". Inside that folder, create a second folder called

I N K & TONER SUPPLY Size DOES m a t t e r

For Ink-Jet & Laser Printer / Copier Cartridges we S E L L like big guys
" " ingsl Ink & Toner Cartridges Refill stun uout
8 0 % a s pOn. ft memos a (5)
Dallory cre a w e ° .
Compatible Ink Cartridges wow
Ink Refill Kits
. , 0 .
0 Fax FII
Toronto minis:sup
C.."---all:(416) 822-0918 Call:(905) 275-8988
Address: 50 WeybrIghtCourt,Unit 43 Address: 505QueenswayE.,Suite 10E
(MidlandSt Sheppard) (Queensway8 Cawthra)
BannsHours:Mon.•Sat12.00noon• 6:00pmBusn
i essHours:Mat•Sat: 10:00arn•COCem COMPLETE BUSINESS SOLUTIONS FOR THE E-WORLD

$20 COMPUTER 1stDataRecover .com

Pentium 4 PC's from $ 225
F R E E Monitors!
P3 500 .15"Monitor $85 Pentium 4 Notebooks from 6 6 5
Pentium 3 Notebooks from 2 8 5
P3 667 .19"Monitor $125 Pentium 2 Notebooks from 1 5 5
P3 866 .19"Monitor $155
Laser Printers from 3 5
P3 1.0 «19"Monitor $175
✓Buy / Trodein used PC's
Celeron !tee $20 P 2 350 $30 ✓PCRepairs d Upgrades
19"CRT Monitor $35 ✓Home 6 Office Natwor4ting
1))" from $ t'fr I I" from $ ✓ RecyclingPC equipment
COMPUPOINT hie 6# 517,632215PorzeResoaAdve• •liSciarberough.
a.
WWW. compupolnt.ca 4 1 6 754 4812 *905369616a9s198 • i a l c : C t s t i a t A t . : z u n , eress.l.stilsts3sesnry.00nt •
' Starting from '95° D e e d drive recovery 400x erftt
From dead, deleted, formatted, (disked, corrupted.
passworded, CD, water & tire damaged, osarwri:ten
devices: hard drive, raid, zip, DVD, Removatie. opt:cai. fasn
memory, tape, audio / digital files
Forensic service W i n d o w s 1 Mac / M r / NetWars I
16YearsofQualityService N r i 2 S e as 24
Toll Free: 1-877-460-3670
Et;.s.ress M • F : 1 7 1 - - . 5 : - I
1574:11.1..:: Vtest 1 3 '7' 4 E '
t m w. Pa-a• S S.'te. 745 F Z 1 E

W W W . I ILDOCII1LICIL13.10(11 -Lonuary 2006 - H u e : D a t a - To r m : y r t o T C 43


S w i m
DVD Duplicators
* F u l l y stand alone
1 t o I --______ $ 2 7 9
1 to 3 - - - - $ 5 9 9
1 to 7 - - - - - $799
to 9$ 9 9 9 ,
i l W b C f c / . . . 1 1 1 1 L I 1 ( ARE O W L E C T TO CHASICW W M I O U T M O T I M . P R I C E A L R E A D Y CART OrtC01111
TO 44 HUB: Orgrel Uving - Toronto Becton - January 2008
‘. 1 rnp4",'1,1401100:tnp4', and so on,
video files have been converted to the pigpen format
and site and the du ectories ate in place on your Memory Stick, you
can begin copying the videos onto the PSP.This can be achieved by
ether connecting the PSP to the computer via USD or Inserting the
Memory Stick Pro Duo into your PC's card reader and dragging the
files into the 'ioommvor folder.
NintendoDSandGBA options
Video playback is not a built-in feature of any of Nintendo's
handhelds, but It is possible to turn the Game Boy Advance and
Nintendo OS into video players with the help of card reader
peripherals that use the Game Boy Advance cartridge slot.
TheGBAMovie Player (www.movieadvance.com) reads video off
of Compact Flash cards that have been converted to GBM and GBS
files using the included software. We found the player for around
USS30 at LikSang (wwwlik•sang.com).
Panasonic's Play•Yan reads MPEG-4 video files from S0 cards,
and has its own built-in hardware encoder for playback, so video
quality is better than if the device's hardware was being used
for playback.
The Play-Van is unfortunately
only available as a Japanese
import. To find one, you'll either
have to scour your local Asian
import stores or order one from
an import Web site (we found the
Play-Van on www.play-asia.com
0 457 Spadina Ave Toronto T: (416)598-0557 for USS70). The big downside to
0 soo Gerrard St E.Toronto T:(416)465-2226 this (besides the logistics of
Mon - Sat(11AM - 7PM) S u n (12PM - 6PM)
actually getting the thing) is that
awvisonriam coin
you'll h a v e t o navigate
Dell P4 - 1.80Hz
GEO Panasonic's included MediaStage
2.2M3 DC.;
ZIGEINCC
video conversion software in
Floppy Dr. e Japanese. Good luck!
Video/AuCc
10100 LA',
30 cay estran,:, By Erin Bell
MED
Appall LCD P4-2.4G system
17 12rns
• . 4 - 2 4S
Black
; a l ; 5 1 2 M B RA..'
i i i M E I HOD
$249.99 Mal layer M D
Viessonic 19' ViOcrofeted/LAN GameBoyAdvance Video
hechower Case
LCD erns
Motte0350 Majesco's Game Boy Advance Video series publishes various
1280.1024
30 days serranty movies and televisions shows on traditional Game Boy Advance
$449 cartridges that are compatible with the original Game Boy
Continuous Ink S y s t e m Advance, GBA SP, Game Boy Micro and Nintendo DS, The library
Idea for following Epson Printers
is decidedly kid-centric, with movies including Shark Tele and Shrek
R200 and a TV show collection rife with Saturday morning cartoon
R300
ar' R320 staples like Kim Possible, Johnny Bravo and SpongeBob
✓ R300M
SquarePants. T h e cartridges typically h o l d t w o t
0/Rx5o3 •
o four episodes each, with running times ranging from 4
fR'6°°
ex 110mLInk included 5 to 90 minutes.
-
www,huboenede.com
 Aill ! !
H i t t h e R o a d : Koyiivag i n t o ni__;,/./ P D A o o m b o p h o n e s
Nit) era of the standalone personal digital assistant . ire to
be drawing to a close, New POAs aro designed riot only to
organize your life while you're on the run, but also to be able to
connect with the other people in your life even when you're
somewhere else.
While the combination of cellular phone and PDAseems to be
the most common trend, there are still some cell-free models
available, though It's getting pretty hard to find models that
don't have Win or Bluetooth built In for connectivity. And for
those who are constantly checking email on the go, the
explosion of phones with built-InOWERTYkeyboards is making
it easier than ever to send quick replies.
Research In Motion's newest quad-band BlackBerry Is known
as the 8700, and it recently became available in Canada on
Rogers'GPRSEDGE network. The 8700 takes a big step into
multimedia, with the ability to send MMS messages and play
MPS ringtones. It also has a light-sensing screen that will
automatically adjust for the ambient conditions. Despite the
additional multimedia capabilities, the 8700 heads back to a
design more familiar to long-term BlackBerry users, with
individual OWERTYkeys, some of which double as a numerical
keypad for dialing. The memory on the 8700 is bumped up to
64MB, twice that on the recent 7100 model. As with the 7100,
this one also has built-in Bluetooth. It's available with a
fil.mkOotrry
cingu are. ' ay
alu 1 2 : 2 1 PM
CIngular
vyvvw.hubcanacia,com
St •/ t o t o - " a ( S , SSS:
•
makes use r o , faster dare
Bluetooth cs• ' ' ' ' ' . s -
Microsoft's vi • ss ' s s
mobile operating system from ti s
means the built in 128m5 s
that are user-access:tie ' - s
expansion slots here: Z . '
generation iPaq, this one srn:ts rne WiFi,
right onto the phone itself instead of rr - ; ,s- c . : -
about 5800.
If you're waiting for Windows Mobile 5.0, there area
coming, but you'll have to wait until the new year.
Palm recently sent shookwaves through the POAworld ' r anrs,.;nce:
that it was releasing a version of the Treo with Windows 5 . 0 insteao
of its trusty Palm OS. How could the company give up on Palm OS? Weis,
since the company's hardware and software divisions split apart, the
hardware division has made the decision to try cut anotherOSvendor. It w.
be interesting to see how well the two companies play together, having
been fierce rivals in the PDA/cell combo space.
The first phone to hit the market south of the border will be aCOMA-based
January 2001 - HUB: Digital Living - Toronto Section TO 45
 Wit-ele.ss

EV•D0model, which is capable of an average data transfer rate of 400

to 700 kbps. Palm bigwig Ed Colligan doesn't expect that a
GPRS/EDGEmodel will be available until at least the second half of
2006; he's also quashed hopes for a Symbian•based model. Full
product specifications — including an official name for the new
product—still aren't available at the time of writing, but expect it to
build on the same specs found in the Treo 650, including flash
memory, MP3 player capability, Bluetooth and a built-in camera. My
guess: i t will have to have far more onboard memory t o
accommodate Windows,
Motorola's also gunning for the Windows Mobile 5.0 crowd with its
forthcoming Moto 0 combo phone. As with the forthcoming Treo, full
specs aren't available yet, but it will feature Bluetooth, MP3 playback,
and a built-in 1.3 megapixel camera. The design of the phone is
meant to resemble the styling of the company's recent RAZR and
SLVRmodels, but this one will be a bit wider to accommodate a
OWERTYkeyboard.
Another phone scheduled to hit the market in early 2006 is Nokia's
E61, which uses Symbian OS 9.1 Instead of Windows. The E61 is
designed more as a mobile email device, with a mini•sized OWERTY
keyboard and the ability to read popular attachments. The E61 will
also feature WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity. Those looking for a
different twist may want to check out the Nokia E70 instead, which
looks like a regular cell phone until you flip up a panel, exposing a
OWERTYkeyboard that rests half on one side of the screen and half
on the other. Again, the Symbian•based E70 will also feature WiFi
and Bluetooth.
By Sean Carruthers

ASK FOR SAFE POWER

THEPROFESSIONAL
POWERSUPPLY
FORAGREAT VALUE!
DISTRIBUTORS:
Samtack (905.940.1880)
FTC (905.940.6638)
Tomken Tech (905.565.8839)
Power One (905.948.8000)
Marscomputer.net (905.513.0606)
Plus media (905.513.6588)
Best 4 Less (905.940.5377)
Availablein450W& 550W
Also a v a i l a b l e a t
Aplus ( 4 1 6 . 3 2 4 . 9 8 5 6 )
Te c h n o t r a d e ( 5 1 9 ) 5 7 1 - 8 9 0 0
F a c t o r y D i r e c t (All L o c a t i o n s )

TO 4B HUB: Digltrai Living - Toronto Section - January 2006 www.hubcanodacom

 TECHNOLOGY BEYOND THE ', el/TRORDINARY

BTZ

4.0

imppro-

All brand names

IN W I N

Dealer Inquires Please Contact Your Comtronic Sales Representative Today

Comtronic
w w w. c o m t r o n i c . c a
83 C o m m e r c e V a l l e y D r i v e E a s t , T h o r n h i l l , O n t a r i o , C a n a d a L 3 T 7 T 3
Te l : 9 0 5 - 8 8 1 - 3 6 0 6 F a x 9 0 5 - 8 8 1 - 6 8 9 3
Vancouver T o r o n t o O t t a w a M o n t r e a l H a l i f a x
604-273-7280 9 0 5 - 8 8 1 - 3 6 0 6 6 1 3 - 7 3 6 - 7 5 1 3 5 1 4 - 7 3 1 - 1 2 2 3 9 0 2 . 4 6 8 - 1 6 1 8

To l l f r e e : 1 - 8 7 7 - 2 8 9 - 2 3 6 0

www.hubcanada.com January 2 0 0 8 - H U B : Dgrtaf UvIng - To r o n t o Section T O 47

,eying all a s p e c t s o f t e c h n o l o g y
n t h e l a t e s t PV/P3 p l a y e r s t o t h e
l e s t phones.
 WELCOMETOOURSTORE.BROWSEOURPRODUCTSONOURPRODUCTPAGE.
Website Example 1: Confusing?

THEOOBBOOTCOMPANY
T BOOT INC.
tMYORDERSCONTACT
gives you
the brst
111
Plain Toes Rubber
Boots
ju
0
Boys sizes 7-12
Item Is in stock

Welcomebad<John Smith SPRINGSPECIAL

You have 2 Items In your cart. J J A s s o r t e d
Starting at
Girls Boots O
$6.95
Website Example 2: Unmistakable!

Working together we can keep it simple.

Canada's newest web development firm

Dizzytree Inc. 7 7 5 8 The Queensway Toronto, ON M 8 Z 1N1 t . 416303.4242 t o l l free 877.503.4242 e.toronto@diaytree.com

www.dizzytree.com

www.hubCariSCIELCOM J a n u a r y 2 0 0 6 - H U B : Digital Living 9

 Giving P a s s w o r d s t h e F i n g e r
Biometricpassword management
Love, sex, secret, god.
, • -.•••Hackersand the e, I imirkmmmenumw
skate_:, h o , - . . e r cum network security c!-•
these are the four most
1111 N M I
u t i x e oass,o-cls.
Amend tne.n wth a few random digits at the end and
even the semi-sovvy may think themselves protected.
ltS been shown, however, that passwords based on
dictionary words can be cracked with surprising- and
frighten; ng - speed.
The t e s t security strategy is a multiple security
strategy, says Rob Rice, chief technology officer of
Zvetco, a company specializing in biometric solutions at the enterprise
and SOHO level.
A combination of two or more of the following affords a reliable level of
secunty, Rice says: Something you know [such as a not easily guessed or
cracked password), something you have [like a USB security token or
smartcard} and something you are, or some piece of identifiable biometric
data like a facial or voice recognition, an iris scan or - inthe case of ourTest
Lab - a finger print
The biometnc solutions profiled here range from the consumer-oriented
convenience to the high-level enterprise and small or home office solution.
Microsoft's Keyboard with Fingerprint Reader is an example of the former,
and Zvetco Biometric's Verifi FingerTouch Security Professional fingerprint
pod fills the latter category. APCs Biometric Password Manager falls
somewhere in the middle, being aimed mostly at security-conscious
consumers but with some of the heightened security features required by
enterprise. For example, rather than take a surface "picture* of the portion
of the finger that comes in contact with the sensor, the Password Manager aren't recognized.
scans beneath the first few layers of skin. Another strange issue is that while users can easily enter via the login
Keyboard with Fingerprint Reader and mouse combo
It's a marriage of convenience. The Microsoft Keyboard with Fingerprint
Reader doesn't offer the high-end security of the dedicated solutions
profiled here. Ditto for the stand-alone reader pod (Microsoft Fingerprint
Reader) that uses the same optical fingerprint-reading technology.
However, as a consumer convenience - once users go through the initial
set up with frequently visited Web sites - it's a reasonable solution.
The documentation that users must agree to before installing the
DigitalPersona password management software that comes with the
hardware states itself that the device is designed to make computing
10 H U B : Olgtal Living - J a n u a r y 2 0 0 6
M e i Mild Li - -
1111
•
more convenient as opposed to securing user information.
It suggests that users trust it with passwords that aren't terribly sensitive
such as a Web-based personal email login or a subscription login for online
publications. It's more secure than the password fill-in utilities on popular
Web browsers, but not as secure as some of the more dedicated security
biometric devices.
The Microsoft solution uses an optical sensor that could be stymied
by dirt or (in our test case) black permanent marker covering a
registered fingerprint.
The major issue as a consumer solution is that Microsoft seems to have
relied too heavily on Web design protocols in the device software. While a
good number of login and password fields are recognized, requiring only
that users scan their fingerprint and then input the login / password
information in order to just scan a fingerprint for future access, there are a
fair number of sites that aren't compatible with the device. For example,
the fields in Google's personalized homepage login (www.google.com/ig)
screen of Windows XP, with support for multiple users, the floating login
window that appears in certain versions after a certain period of inactivity
doesn't recognize the fingerprint scan for login.
The fingerprint reader does however work with both Internet Explorer
(6.0.2) and Mozilla Firefox (1.5) as tested.
APC Biometric Password Manager
I had a heck of a time getting APC's Biometric Password Manager to
recognize my fingerprints owing to deep ridges across the pads o f
my fingers.
It doesn't bode particularly well for computer users with dishpan hands
www.hubcanada.com
 Te e t Lab

... especially if said users didn't have dishpan hands when enrolling their
fingers with the device. That said, though, a fingerprint completely blacked
out with permanent marker didn't phase the sensor.
Once fingers and thumbs are registered (I was able to register two of
the former and both of the latter) the APC software called OmniPass
does a good job of recognizing site logins and other such personal
information portals. A notifier will pop up when the software detects a
login / password text field. However, it also seems to have difficulty with
non-standard Web forms; Google's personal portal login and password
fields weren't recognized.
While users can shut off the audio feedback or make the default voiced
prompts to be strictly system beeps, the male voice that says "access
granted" or login verified" gets annoying after a very short while.
The APC solution incorporates some o f the hardware that makes
enterprise solutions secure, such as below the surface fingerprint
scanning and a conductive scanning sensor that responds to the
electrically conductive properties of living tissue (though to be fair, we
didn't have a cadaver to properly check this claim, nor were we willing to
sever a finger in the testing process) but its software is clearly designed
to be a consumer convenience as opposed to a true security solution.
In much the same way Microsoft's Keyboard with Fingerprint Reader one is best suited to a particular application comes down to two things.
doesn't want t o make itself accountable for the user's sensitive First, the cost factor; the APC and Microsoft solutions are relatively
information, the APC Biometric Password Manager shies away from
such responsibility.
After installing the APC solution's OmniPass software, a couple of items
are added to Windows context menus that allow for easy encryption of
files or folders, a nice touch.
However, the reader gave too many false negatives in our tests, refusing
access to registered fingers several times before finger placement was
just right. It became frustrating after a short while.
users can make changes.
Also, users can lock certa:ri • ! • . , . . . . d rr.:s -
identifier to run.
As biometric solutions go, Zvelco's is tr.,: - -
For enterprise level use, Zvetco offers a softwa,,,,
can brand the product it offers with a company logo ctr,
The FingerTouch and Verdi ID software do an exce'er•.;--...-,
and accounts secure. In addition to cutting s .
possibilities —the sensor won't recognize non-living tissue, s us —
with software and hardware integration. Users are further prctef:.- ad from
physical intrusion such as data mining using a device that sits between
the USB connector of the pod and the USB port of the computer. Each
packet of data sent from PC to pod and vice-versa is digitally signed and
any interference will result in packet rejection.
Because it reads beneath the first layer of skin, dirt arid grime aren't an
issue for the FingerTouch; a fingerprint completely blacked over With a
permanent marker was recognized without delay.
Conclusion:
Each of the solutions examined here has its place. The question of which
inexpensive but aren't well suited t o the ultra security-conscious
consumer desktop or enterprise applications. Zvetco's FingerTouch
system satisfies the needs of the enterprise and the security conscious
with fewer false negatives but would likely make too big a dent in the
wallet for consumers.
The Zvetco solution is the one you'll find on our desktop from now on.
By Andrew Moore-Crispin

Verifi FingerTouch Security Professional

Note: Zvetco Biometrics URL should be read "e-verify" as opposed to
"ever-iffy, which would not exactly inspire the confidence the company
might hope.
Zvetco's FingerTouch is actually the most full-featured of the biometric
solutions tested as software goes. In addition to securely storing e-wallet
information such as addresses, phone numbers and even credit card
information, the Verifi ID software that ships with Zvetco's biometric pod
can will recognize non-standard Web login forms as well as application
logins with a little user intervention.
In addition, users can encrypt folders or a portion of a hard drive from
64KB up to 13GB in size. This space is then reserved for secured files and
Personal information. This portion of a drive is then accessed in the same
way as any other drive, except that a biometric login is required to before

www.hubcanecla.com January t L - H U B : Digital Living 11

 1:>omputing

B r o w s e r wars: The saga continues

Internet Explorer

OPERA
Current version: 6 SP2
wvnv.microsoft.com/windowsle

The Story
After emerging the victor of the "browser wars' of the 90s and squeezing
out competitor Netscape, Internet Explorer has enjoyed near-total
dominance as the Web browser of choice (which is hard to avoid when IE
comes bundled by default with the Windows operating system.)
Why use it?
Because Internet Explorer has been the industry standard for several
years, most Web sites have been optimized for viewing in Internet
Explorer and won't be displayed with all of their bells and whistles in
other browsers.
Internet Explorer is even integrated with other parts of Windows such as
Windows Explorer and the Add/Remove programs application. Therefore,
it's a good default browser for novice Windows users (like your Current version: 8.50
grandmother) who might be confused by having to switch to another www.opera.corn
browser and back for various applications.
Why lose it?
Internet Explorer's security vulnerabilities are notorious. During 2005
alone, more than 50 security vulnerabilities were identified in IE 6 SP 2 by
security advisory Web site Security Focus [http://securityfocus.comj.
Most of IE's security headaches stem from ActiveX, an application that
automatically downloads scripts when you visit a certain Web site. At their
most benign, these scripts can enhance the Web site with animations,
music, and so on. But unfortunately ActiveX can also auto-install malicious
scripts like unwanted toolbars, adware and spyware.
Another criticism that has been levelled against IE is that it's lagging
behind other browsers in usability due to it being based on the rather
software
outdated Trident rendering engine. Issues include a lack of complete
support for Web standards like HTML and CSS, reduced support for PNG
and JPEG formats, and failure to provide things like tabbed browsing and
RSS integration.
Because IE is closed-source software and is tied to the Windows OS, it
generally only receives major upgrades in conjunction with the release of
a new operating system, and its capacity for customization and
expandability is severely limited.
Opera
The Story
Founded and headquartered in Norway, the Opera Web browser began as
a research project for Norwegian telecom company Telenor in 1994, and
developed into a viable streamlined alternative to the increasingly bloated
browser offerings from Netscape and Microsoft.
Opera pioneered tabbed browsing [opening multiple pages within one
browser session) and i s the first browser to offer voice-activated
navigation using a headset and microphone (in English, for Windows 2000
and XP only).
Although older versions o f Opera had banner ads, the latest version
of Opera (8.50) is completely ad-free, and Opera has also waved the
S40 licensing fee to make it once again viable in comparison to other
free browsers.

Why use it?

Opera claims to be the fastest browser on Earth - a claim that
independent testing seems t o support (check o u t www.how.to
create.co.uk/browserSpeed.html for a full comparison).
It's also small - 3.7MB to download as opposed to 35MB for Netscape,
52MB for Firefox, or 75MB for the full version of Internet Explorer.
Despite being streamlined, Opera's list o f features is extensive arid
includes embedded RSS news feeds, pop-up blocker, integrated searching
using Google, and extensive appearance customization options including
more than 200 skins and adjustable toolbars. Security features include no
ActiveX,automatic 128-bit encryption, and automatic deletion of cache
and history upon exiting the browser.

WOhpyeJ roasieo t"r ohas

u t eof the box" customizations than Firefox, but because
m ?O
isclosed-source product it lacks the downloadable "extensions„
ra
e
p
that the Firefox community enjoys.

H U B : O g t a l Uving - J a n u a r y 2 0 0 6 www,hubccir-zirdo
.corn
 a 5 1 " Toshib
Widescreen
HDTV

E n t e r t o win by going t o
vvvvvv.hubcanada.com and
filling o u t o u r r e a d e r survey.

W i n n e r will be d r a w n M o n d a y J a n u a r y 2 3 2 0 0 6

■ El • • • • • • MI •
 Personal Computing

Netscape Firefox
Current version 1.5
Current version: 8.0.3.3
www.mozilla.org/products/firefox
wvnv.netscape.com

SYCI The story

This open source browser from the Mozilla Corporation caused quite a stir
Yes, Netscape is still around - and it's even making a comeback of sorts.
when it stole five per cent of Internet Explorer's market share less than a
After being pushed to the brink o f oblivion by Microsoft's Internet
month after launching in 2004. It continues to chip away at Internet
Explorer, Netscape was acquired b y AOL who promptly launched an
Explorer's virtual browser monopoly by providing strength in IE's two main
anti-trust lawsuit against Microsoft. When the dust settled in 2003, AOL
areas of weakness: security and customization.
came away with a US$250 million settlement and a licensing agreement
to use Microsoft's Internet Explorer browsing technology royalty-free for
seven years.
Why use it?
Firefox's security features are one o f its biggest attractions. I t ' s
pop-up blocker is referred to as the best in the industry, and it does not
Why use it?
use ActiveX.
Thanks to the licensing agreement with Microsoft, Netscape 8.0 i s a
Other features include a built-in RSS reader, tabbed browsing, integrated
dual-engine browser that is able to incorporate both Firefox's Gecko engine
search engine, and a download manager that lets you pause and resume
and Internet Exporer's Triton engine, giving users the option of viewing
Web pages in either Firefox or IE. downloads at will. xb
irfo
F
e
h
T
w
se
ris highly customizable with user-created add-on
In theory, people can use Firefox to visit the shadier neighbourhoods of
programs called "extensions". Common extensions include ad, image and
the Internet where security might be an issue, and can switch to Internet
flash blockers.
Explorer for reputable sites that might not display properly in Firefox.
Other interesting features are live content" - a list of constantly updated
Why l o s e
scrolling headlines in a browser toolbar, and the Multibar, a customizable
tray that can contain shortcuts to up to 10 different expandable and cat.iiyreducVulnerabi
arelitiestill
s uoptcertain
i m ized forWeb visitesgma
ewin onyl nnotenetirynruebnteEecstopernliolereerr stilloaf:hoed:
customizable browser toolbars, such as RSS headlines and local weather. palthough
ddrastically it's becoming
usabilitymrreiriwfiethatFierreeefoxe.remueh.t u

Why lose it? Ander while Ted, they're

exist, and these will
The harmonization of Firefox and IE within the Netscape shell is a neat sFiFirefrexs'ssienccsrleilalysed popularity bnngs it into the rada T o r e
numerous a
idea, but its execution isn't perfect. Some sites continue to default t o and more malicious coders. of —ore
Internet Explorer even if they pose security risks, whether the user wants Also, with the recent step up to version 1.5, the grass ro
IE to be the main browser or not. As well, Netscape is only compatible with nit t h a t helps to make the browser i s
development commu y c o r n p e l l i" l e n s i o
certain Firefox extensions and not others. up to do. n a has
some catching
The browser also suffers bloat from numerous AOL add-ons such as AOL
mail, integrated AIM and ICO instant messaging services, and AOCs U.S." E3YErin Bell
centric weather channel.

HUB: Digiosi Living - J a n u a r y 2 0 0 6

ASUS recommends Microsoft' Windows' XP
The W o r l d i s Yo u r T h e a t e

• Cinematic 17 hires display • A l l X700 3D graphics

• TV Tuner with remote • 5.1 sound with subwoofer
• Windows Media Center 2005 • Slot-loading DVD-RW

Record live TV or watch movies In the comfort of your living room... BCOM M e m o r y Express M i c r o B y t e s
www,bcom.ab.o w w w menioryexpiesecoin www.microbytes.
or anywhere else In the world. Powered by IntelaCentrinem Mobile 401419.3280 4 0 3 . 2 9 1 5 6 7 6 6 7 7 . 6 4 2 7629
Technology, the W2V's cinematic 17" widescreen and virtual 5.1 sound, Nada Computer PCCyber Computer PC Village
lets you take the comforts of home on the road. www nele.coni www.pccybor.com www.pcvonline
881624 9888 613.2241995 905.889 5488
10014/414(AAMAKaiInternational All I Ight. Iffir radAIWSis • 'pistoled lodairlatkofASUSTek[Ampule, In, IntaLImlollruidarh,Intolend.logolntNGmm rhelmJGrxrk.elottocnutden
011 W i l t and obit sourgelat Mal atoll aniiWindowsAmrepeuireetrodemarlioel Atuoisli to, penal wn
 Why DO our customers
love us so much?

'For the easy-to-use site "For hosting multiple "For the reassurance of a
building tools and friendly domains—all my clients triple-redundant clustered
24/7 customer support." go under one account." server grid."
- M i l e D.. Entrepreneur - Carol K., Web Designer - Ray C., We b Developer

YOUR COMPLETE WEBSITE SOLUTION GET YOUR .CA N A M E TODAY!

Netfirms $ 0 9 5 Domain 4 1 A c
Advantage ime imo• Names
Web Hosting CANADA'S BEST $ 9 9 5
> 20GB Space DOMAIN PRICE! / y e a r
> 750GB Bandwidth Get your .ca web address
> 2 FREE Domains - and launch your dream
> E-commerce Enabled website today!
> Multi-site Hosting Also available:
> FREE Design Software .com / .net / .org / .info /

Fertl thc• k•tfirrris low!!

!..wir! 10% on ;all procitAris by
signing up today! 60 to:
wwww.netfinns.com/hub
r i . , : s i m o 1-4661616
t i n i l Il
tiaLnetf firms