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HUB: The Computer Paper readers have their say David Tanaka
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News Briefs Andrew MooreCrispin

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The latest launches and newest news
Jennifer Kavur
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14 The ergonomic office _
Creating a healthy and usable workspace C o m m Editors
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Gord Goble
20 The ultimate home office Mike Palermo
Lee Rickwood
What you need to thoroughly geek up your SOHO Marc Saltzman
Chad Sa ieha
environment Gene iburn
Helen Bradley
26 No New wires Advertising Sales
HomePlug’s continuing saga of computing anywhere Omaha/Toronto Karim Rizk
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28 In the Lab: Online operating systems Montreal Michael Silbiger
A Window to Web 2.0 michaelepublishingca
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Brian Hillcoat
32 The fall feast oi colours brian@ppublishing,ca
Changing seasons means new photographic Vivian Jin
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34 Are we there yet?

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President Scott Piccolo
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38 HPBlackbird 002
Consulting Publisher/ Richard Elliott
A dark horse arrives on the luxury PCscene VP of Sales relliott@pDublishing.ca
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40 SOHO my NO Art Director Steve Stoner
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43 Mastering PowerPoint Masters
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HUB: TCP’s top five cures for the office doldrums
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48 Tech Training in Ontario

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Reader Letters

HUB: The Computer Paper readers have their say
Generally we like to run readers letters that speak to both sides of an issue in as
close to an accurate ratio as possible. We didn't get any negative comments about
our format and name change. Instead, what we received was an overwhelming affir‑
mation that it is the right move, perhaps too long in coming. We didn‘t even get any
complaints about the newsprint coming off on your fingers. Perhaps next month?
Letter of the Month:
Former Editor and Publisher of The Computer Paper has his say:
I‘d just like to thank you for going back to the old format of HUB: The Computer
Paper.
I have been a long time loyal reader of every issue for 14 yrs and have always loved
and preferred this format.
Yes it is also true that everyone refers to this paper as The Computer Paper so good
choice on going back to this name.
It‘s good to try new things and ways of presenting your info but if the old way was
better then it's great to see that you're also willing to take a step back and make
those changes. Both my and friends and l are glad this choice was made.
Thanks again for the change back
m R a i l

it is funny that just the other morning, a friend asked me 'whatever happened to The You guys made the best decision. It now looks like a Computer mag and not a
Computer Paper?‘ Condo Living Brochure.
I told her about the name change to HUB: Digital Living and howl hadn't really h u m
thought was such a great idea at the time. I understood about wanting to broaden
the scope to include more tech gadgets, but it always seemed possible to do that i had to let you know I love your format change - I must be showing my age as the
under the heading The Computer Paper. bigger format and print are easier on my eyes.
Then I mentioned to my friend the format change down to 8 1/2 x 11’ size and how Great paper as always ~keep up the good work!
I thought that had been a very bad idea, Sure the smaller size was easier to handle Best Regards,
but the information content seemed to go way down. There was just so much less u P h -
space to say anything. If The Computer Paper was about anything, it was about infor‑
mation, lots of it.
A few hours later, I am out on the street, and I see the fellow beside me reach in and
pickup the latest copy of HUB from a street box. I follow suit, extracting a copy for
myself. I had a warm and fuzzy feeling pulling out this brand new, large format, yet
very familiar, four color newsprint magazine. Definitely deja vu all over again.
Great to see the new (old) format. I admit to being a little proprietary about the large
format style, it was my baby for so long. Now with my aging eyes, I really value the
larger ads. I am sure your advertisers will see the wisdom of this change.
All the best, and I hope you get great results from the changes. Welcome back.
W a s Alder
Former Editor and Pubtisher of The Computer Paper (19881997)

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The public hype machine is gearing up to fever pitch in preparation for the launch of
Halo 3, the third installment in Bungie's incredibly popular Halo series and the first
Halo title created for the Xbox 360.
About 500 retail locations stayed open past midnight in order to allow impatient
gamers to wait for the clock to turn midnight on Tuesday, Sept. 25, the first day
Halo 3 goes on sale.
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order game on record. Four million copies are expected to be sold in North America
in the first two months alone. To drive these numbers, Microsoft has embarked on a
massive marketing and advertising campaign estimated by BrandWeek magazine to
be worth about $10 million,
The storyline started with Halo on the original Xbox in November 2001, which sold
five million copies worldwide, second only to Halo 2 for all-time best-selling game on
Microsoft's console. Halo 2 had sold nine million copies worldwide as of February
2005. Halo 3 brings an end to the storyline in classic Halo cinematic style.

Back-to-basics with the Nokia 6300

For those turned off by the latest smartphone craze, the Nokia 6300 goes back-to‑
basics with a classic candy bar design and sleek stainless steel body. It provides all
the features that a cell phone was meant to have: good display, long battery life,
small size, clear calls, easy menu navigation and scratch resistant casing. A few
extras keep it in touch with the times, such as an MP3 player with a microSD slot
(supporting up to ZGB), Bluetooth 2.0 with stereo support, 2.0MP camera, FM radio
and an integrated hands-free speaker.
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and left selection buttons can be customized as shortcuts to pretty much anything,
although “Lock Keys" and “Silent” are probably your best options. Pressing a button
requires a bit of muscle, but reduces the likelihood of an accidental call. It’s small ‑
106 x 44 x 12 mm ‐ which is perfect for slipping into pockets, yet retains a solid
91g weight indicative of the good old days when cellphones were built to last.
The Nokia 6300 is priced at $300 or $75 with a 3-year agreement from Fido.

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RSls and MSDs are more common than
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important: make sure you get the prop
er amount of sleep to allow your body
time to heal, exercise to maintain a
level of flexibility and eat well. Not only
will these precautions protect you from
physical damage, they will increase your
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Your primary danger is repetition. So
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1015 seconds, or look away from your
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should be avoided.
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cause headaches. Other little things you
can do include keeping your monitor
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the least amount of strain on your sight.
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face. If you use a laptop, your monitor
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These are priced between $45 and
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including features such as a built-in
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mouse sit at elbow height. Many desks
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for handwriting instead of computer
use. Average desks are between 2930
inches high. For typing, they should
be set a few inches lower, around 26
27 inches.
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seem intimidating, with prices ranging
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where ergonomics are concerned. Aside
from sitting down to determine whether
or not a chair feels comfortable, there
are a few key features you need to look
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height, provides lower back support
(with your hips placed securely against
the back of the chair) and that the seat
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body shape. A chair wifli five prongs at
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plus, as are seats without deep seams
or buttons that could cause localized
pressure points.
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it allows you to rest both of your feet
flat on the floor, with your knees bent at
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to fit your fist between the back of your
knee and the front of your seat. The
seat should also be wide enough that
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portable hard drive for carting files to
other locations or making backups for
200plus GBhard drive, and 2GB RAM
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current work. Often you can programme the unit to
perform an automated shutdown of your computer,
should the power fail when you are not at home.
Most often shaped like a standard sixoutiet power
bar, a surge protector features a builtin circuit breaker
that trips when it senses a spike. Surge protectors are
rated in terms of Joules, with a 1000Joules (l U) rat‑
ing being the standardly accepted benchmark. APC
and Belkin both manufacture reliable surge protectors
that begin, approximately, at the $30 mark.
Powersquid (www.powersquid.com) offers a pricey but
compelling solution that incorporates not just an
extremely high Joules rating, but also a gaggle of
breakout outlets (they look like tentacles), thus afford‑
ing ample room for those cumbersome power bricks
that come with some electronic devices. Regardless of
your final selection, look for a unit with a 'connected
equipment" guarantee‐few under the 510 mark will
carry one.
Sound advice
Far more fun that buying a surge protector is adding
sound to your computing setup. Truth is that the built-in
speakers in a notebook, even a honkin' big desktop
replacement notebook, aren't particularly convincing.
Nor are the speakers packaged with most prebuilt
PCs. What you need is a three-way setup consisting of
two desktop “satellite“ speakers and one subwoofer.
These are often sold as “2.1“ speaker systems.
Granted, we're not building a monster gaming rig here,
but there’s a very real chance you‘ll occasionally want
to listen to music, watch a movie or maybe even play
a game.
If saving money is your goal, few manufacturers build
subSlOO, self-powered computer speakers as well as
Logitech and Altec Lansing. You’ll need to drop at least
$50 to rise above the bottom of the barrel stuff. At the
high end of the spectrum ($200 and above) sits the
Lexmark XSOOn
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Klipsch entries. Great units all around, with bass that'll world class speed via both its wired and wireless con‑
rattle the windows. For the truly well-healed, any of nections and super-slick good looks. Those who don't
the Klipsch ProMedia series will iinpress both you and need wireless connectivity and can make do with stan‑
the neighbours. ‘i dard non‐gigabit wired speeds don‘t need to spend
nearly asmuch‐models such as the sub$70 Linksys
Printers and rnultitunctions BEFSR41 or TP-Link’s TL-WR6416 should do just fine.
You'll clearly need a printer to output your data. The Email is good, but there‘s nothing like a good, old‑
question is whether you need a standalone printer. The fashioned conversation to cement relations. On that
answer is: Probably not. Today's spacesaving multi note, you're going to need a phone. But first, you‘ll
function printers do it all (printing, faxing. scanning and have to decide if you want to utilize your traditional
copying), and many of them do it well. Canon's exten‑ phone line or move on to Voice over Internet Protocol
sive PlXMA series scores high ratings all around in the (VoIP) services such as Vonage.
inkjet category, as does the HPPhotosmart series. One day in the near future, VolP will likely kill off plain
You should remember, though, that although inkjets old telephone service (POTS) because it's simply a
are great for photos, the page per penny printing cost superior technology that saves most users money. In
of inkjet cartridges are generally quite a bit higher than the meantime, it's a good alternative to traditional
that of lasers (at least the beefier lasers). and the text technology that's growing in popularity even though it's
quality and speed are generally lower. Allinone lasers, impacted by the same things that sporadically interrupt
such as Canon’s strictly black-and‐white imageCLASS email or lntemet surfing. To get on the VolP bandwag‑
series and Lexmark's x500n and x502n colour units, on, you either need to purchase an analog telephone
are good bets. Really, the only reason to be stuck on adapter such as the sub$80 DLink VTA to use with
standalone is if you happen to do prodigious amounts your current analog phone, or go with a brand new
of printing, and then you'd want to turn to something VolPequipped phone like the VTech lP81002 (5200).
brawny such as the Brother HL-SZSODN or the HP Another option exists in the form of hybrid phones that
LaserJet P2015d. Both are in the $300 to allow you to do both VolP and POTS. Panasonic‘s cord‑
$500 range. less GLOBARANGE lineup, priced between $100 and
$200, does just that.
We've got to M Chances are, however, that most home office folk will
To connect your computerls) and other devices to the stick with their current analog phone lines, at least for
outside world, you have two high‐speed options ‑ the time being. Reliable, corded phones with a couple
cable and DSL. But you'll need not only the modem of lines and a speakerphone feature make a great deal
your cable or phone company company likely provides, of sense in the business environment. Unless you see
but also a router. Routers allow you to connect more yourself moving around quite a bit when you're talking,
devices (usually a total of four for entry-level routers) check out corded business phones from well-regarded
and they offer security in the form of a firewall. The manufacturers such as AT&T and Panasonic. If you
prices of routers vary wildly, depending on speed and really feel the need to move while you talk, look into
wireless capabilities. D-Link's expensive ($160) DIR‑ the Panasonic KXTG6700. This monster phone fea‑
655 Xtreme N Gigabit Router, based on the freshly cer‑ tures high frequency 5.86Hz wireless technology, two
tified “Draft N' standard, delivers excellent range, independent lines, a handset LCD and an integrated
answering machine. The $300 price is the only hiccup.
lf you don‘t want to hand over a bunch of extra bucks
to the phone company every month for a second line,
be sure to check whether your local provider offers a
'smart ring' feature. Though it isn‘t a second line per
se, smart ring does give your home a second phone
number and a distinctive ring when that number is
called, at a fraction of the cost of a true second line.
Moreover, you don't even need a twoiine phone to uti‑
lize the service.
Of course, there will be times when you can't make it
to your phone to answer all those incoming calls. The
question of an answering machine vs. voice mail is
something every SOHO worker faces, and there are
positives and negatives on both sides. In an answering
machine. you have a solution you pay for up front. No
other costs are involved, and the entire thing remains
within the comfort of your home for immediate access.
Indeed, an answering machine may well be incorporat‑
ed into the telephone you purchase. However, depend~
ing on your phone setup, callers may encounter busy
signals or long waits while you finish up with your cur‑
rent call. Moreover, many of the answering machines
at the big box stores sound muffled and indistinct. The
best idea is to try before you buy, or at least be pre‑
pared to audition more than one unit at home.
The big drawback in voice mail is ongoing charges.
Otherwise, it's arguably the better way to go. With
voice mail, you don't need to worry about whether an
answering machine is turned on or off. You don't need
to worry about busy signals or audio clarity. Ultimately,
the decision is very much subjective.
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that's integrated on the motherboard
and shares the computer's main
memory. Bluetooth capabilities, builtin
cameras, memory card readers and bio‑
metric security measures such as fin
gerprint readers are just some of the
perks you should look for.
Conversely, if you‘ve decided you'll
need a PC, your notebook doesn‘t need
to be quite so large. In fact, you might
want to look for portability factors like
small size and light weight or lower
cost. Capable models with 14.14nch
and 15.4‐inch screens and powereffi
cient AMD Turion and Intel Centrino
processors are now commonplace, and
many are priced under $1,000. You
won‘t have the storage space, the
power or the graphics-handling capabili
ties of a desktop replacement, but it'll
be easier to lug around and it'll cost
you half as much.
There are a couple of other classes of
notebook computers that you may also
want to consider. The ultraportable is,
as the name implies, designed mainly
with portability as the key factor. This
means the unit (including the screen)
will be relatively small. Miniaturization
has its price, so ultraportables also
tend to be somewhat expensive. A road
warrior class of notebook tries to bal
ance a number of key factors‐per‑
formance, weight and battery life.
These are often the only computer that
people like traveling executives or sales
people have, so they are also used as
desktop replacements, but without the
weight penalty or battery hit imposed by
17-inch screens.
An alternative to Windows PCs are
Apple’s iMac and Mac Mini desktop
machines and iBook notebook
machines. Macs have always had the
reputation of being more expensive that
PCs, but now that Apple has shifted to
Intel Core 2 Duo processors in these
lines, there are more common points on
which to base a comparison. If you
compare Apple's line with other interna
tional brandname computers, you might
be surprised at how small the price dif‑
ference is. But house brand or white
box computers are still significantly
less expensive.
No computer discussion would be com‑
plete without a couple of words on
mice. And those words are cordless
and laser. Cordless, because losing that
darn cable is truly a freeing experience.
Moreover, cordless mice now run com‑
fortably for several years before expir‑
ing. Laser, because laser mice not only
weigh less, they're also more precise.
Cordless keyboards are pretty nifty too
(because they don't have a cord, natch),
especially if they're equipped with
hotkeys across the top for instant, one
touch access to your most utilized com
mands. Logitech leads the way in both
mice and keyboards, and for good rea‑
son‐the company makes good stuff at
reasonable prices. Its entire Cordless
Desktop line (one part mouse, one part
keyboard) is great-it‘s upto you to
decide what features you want and
need. Early cordless mice and key‑
boards used to communicate with the
computer via infrared signals. Later,
radiofrequency (RF) offered a better (a ehostingca l ProudlyCanadian.'u‘
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RFis being joined by products that
use Bluetooth.
Whereas mice get a lot of attention, the
lowly (it sits on the floor) uninterruptible
power supply or its lesser cousin, the
surge protected power bar, doesn't get
nearly enough. Yet if a power spike has
ever destroyed your data or fried an
electronic component or if you’ve lost
hours of work when the power suddenly
goes out, you know AC power manage‑
ment can be your best friend. In a home
office, it's a necessity, especially if you
live in an area that regularly experiences
power outages, brownouts, lightning
storms, etc.
The uninterruptible power supply, or Wa n t more?
UPS, has four main parts: a battery, a
battery charger, a power inverter and We’ll throw in a FREE DOMAIN”
sophisticated circuitry to make these
systems work together. The inverter
converts the DC power from the battery
into AC power for your computer, while Start your website from
the charger keeps the battery charged. as low as
While there are a number of different
types of UPS, a common one for home
use is called the Standby UPS system.
Under normal conditions, the
battery/inverter system is in standby
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Before WiFi, computing anywhere in the
house meant installing Ethernet cabling
and RJ45 jacks everywhere. Not a sim‑
ple task and best done as part of a
major renovation - unless you are mak‑
ing a home decorating statement with
exposed Cat5. A few solutions have
appeared over the past decade, but as
WiFi gained traction and publicity, these
alternatives faded from the limelight.
One of these, called HomePlug, is alive
and well and the solution is as appeal‑
ing as when the HomePlug Powerline
Alliance introduced its first standard in
2001. HomePlug’s answer to “no new
wires" is simple ‐ use the wires that
already run to every room in your home.
That would be your household electrical
wiring. It was a brilliant concept, and
early attempts at this were partially suc‑
cessful, but problems like electrical
interference noise and no standardiza‑
tion among manufacturers needed reso
lution. Today, the technology has
matured and is very usable.
There are several manufacturers offer‑
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back Ethernet data communications sig‑
nals on your home’s electrical wiring.
The products offer data transfer equal
to or better than WiFi, and standardize
tion has meant that company A's prod‑
ucts should work with Company B’s, as
is the case with Ethernet products in
general. I recently had a chance to test
Actiontec's MegaPlug AV products ‐ the
“AV" gives a hint that these are meant
to handle the big bandwidth that PC‑
based home theatre content generates.
The original HomePlug ran at around
14Mbps and later generations such as
Actiontec’s standard MegaPlugs run
85Mbps. The “AV” designation bumps
the bandwidth up considerably - these
devices will transfer data at up to
200Mbps. Bycomparison, WiFi's vari
ous versions come in at 11Mbps
(802.11b). 54Mbps (802.11g) and
lOOMbps (802.11n).
Setting up a HomePlug network practi‑
cally as simple as plugging in a toaster
- two toasters. actually, since the basic
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MegaPlug AV kit comes with two
adapters. These resemble ACadapters
with a twopronged plug for the electri‑
cal outlet and an RJ45 jack for
Ethernet. They also have three LED Sta
tus‘lights. You plug one MegaPlug into
any electrical outlet near a router. hub
or cable/DSL modem, and then connect
a length Ethernet cable between the
MegaPlug and your network connection.
Where you plug in the second MegaPlug
adapter really doesn‘t matter - and
that’s the essential beauty of HomePlug
technology. Any of your electrical out‑
lets are now also Ethernet ports once
you plug the adapter in. You can con
nect a computer, a network printer,
another hub or wireless access point to
the Ethernet port on the MegaPlug and
you are networked. My MegaPlug expe‑
rience was really as simple as that ‐ no
drivers to load, just plug and play. A
small “but” is that if you want to man‑
age the devices, such as changing the
lZBbit encryption key, you do need to
install software that comes on the
included CD.
In my house, the cable modem comes
into a room on the northeast corner,
but isn't it always the case that where l
sometimes want to compute is in a
spare room in the southwest corner. My
old 802.11b access point is barely
detectable across that distance and I’ve
been meaning to pull a network cable to
a more central location and relocate the
wireless access point there. Now I don’t
Actiontec MegaPlug AV
have to because I have the access point
plugged into the MegaPlug in the middle
of the house. I now get a full l l e p s
signal strength throughout the house,
which is more than enough for everyday
tasks like email and Internet access. If I
want to take advantage of the bigger
bandwidth that the AV product offers, I
can plug my laptop directly into the
Megaplug Ethernet port.
Actiontec‘s product conforms to the
alliance's HomePlug AV standard, which
is the next generation specification
designed to address high‐bandwidth
entertainment applications in the home.
It is backwardly compatible with the
existing HomePlug 1.0 standard. You
can use up to 16 HomePlug devices on
the same network.
Giving HomePlug an industrial strength
footprint is a technology called BPL, or
Broadband over Powerline, a potential
competitor to other high speed network
technologies. Just as cable networking
uses existing cableTV cabling and DSL
works over existing phone lines, BPL is
an attempt to exploit the electrical grid
itself for data communication. Victoria
based 30ne Networks Corp. is one
company working to commercialize
BPL. Earlier this year, 30ne developed
a BPL-based power grid management
system in China, which allows the
power company to monitor the grids
performance.
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how about an OSthat fits in your
browser cache? That's the promise
that's made and varyiigly kept by a
host of OSes that run entirely in your
browser window.
The potential benefits of an onlineonly
operating system are obvious. Forget
remote access, the promise is of an
entirety online desktop, whether you
own a desktop or not. In theory, any
where in the world that you're able to
get a reliable internet and reasonably
fat internet connection, you have
access to your desktop. Not a browser
window showing files on your home
computer but your own, password pro‑
tected and always available desktop.
At least. that‘s the idea.
With the current proliferation of online
OSes floating around. it stands to rea‑
son that only the strong shall sunlive.
In other words. if you pitch your tent in
a losing online 08's field, you stand to
lose your data along with it. Also bear
in mind that you'll be entrusting your
data to a third party, likely outside of
Canada and therefore not subject to
Canadian laws.
As it stands, online operating systems
are a neat novelty to play around with
and can prove a useful utility for some
users but a core desktop system where
business is conducted, sensitive infor‑
mation stored and as a system that
replaces your desktop or laptop's
operating system? Not quite yet.
Some online operating systems prove
a boon for managing online collabora
tion and serve as the ultimate gateway
homepage.
While it's true some of these web
based operating system aren't quite
ready for the big leagues just yet. That
said. these are powerful online tools;
whether ensuring you have access to
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important documents anywhere.
keeping your data in-sync no matter
where you access it and keeping
your most important information avail‑
able anywhere.
Goowy
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What's available: Email. calendar, lM,
games and Widget-/ Gadgetlike
“Webits' and more
Closest to: The bastard child of Windows
Vista and Mac OSX
Switch? Not yet but it‘s got some poten‑
b'al
Speed: Very good
Platforms tested and working: Firefox
2.0.0.7, lnternet Explorer 10.5370.”
Requirements: Adobe Flash
Space: 168 up to 5GB
Cost: Free (168) or $4.99/mo. (568)
At first glance, it looks like Goowy s got
it all; clever name? Check, Goowy is a
play on Graphical User Interface or GUl.
Email? Check, complete with beta cal‑
endaring option that looks remarkably
like a scaled down Outlook Express.
Games? Those too. Instant messaging?
It‘s in beta but present and accounted
for. Word processor... wait, no. That‘s
mysteriously missing. There is no docu‑
ment management system at all. Users
are offered 1GB of free online storage
for documents or whatever other files
don't violate the terms of service (T05).
which seems to be most
Storing files on Goowy is a simple
affair, functioning much like the attach
button on an online email service. In an
attempt to keep users honest, the file
upload window informs of a IOMB
upload limit for a single file. AnActions
toolbar allows for the batch uploading
of numerous files; just hold down CTRL
as you would when selecting multiple
files within your desktop OS.
In an attempt to get users to switch
DeskTopTwo
over fulltime, at least for things like
checking webbased email, Goowy
offers an incredibly simple and effective
utility for integrating an existing email
account with your Goowy desktop.
Selecting Gmail, for example. will popo
late Gmail specific port and security set~
tirgs leaving you to fill out the name.
email address, password and a few
other simple fields.
Goowy is entirely Flash based, which is
both a good and a bad thing. While it
limits the enduser customizability and in
this case, eliminates the possibility of
rightclicking (potentially a hard habit for
some OS users to break). it allows for a
flashier interface and some fancy graph‑
ic icing. Take, for example the decidedly
(and decidedly cheeky) andows Vista
looking default desktop wallpaper and
the decidedly Mac OSXlnspired task bar
across the bottom of the interface.
complete with icons that jump and
bounce when clicked.
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What's wailable: Web site editor,
notepad, IM, MP3 player. blog, email.
calendar. address book and more
Closest to: Windows NT. interface wise
Switch? There's a strong argument to
be made
Speed: Very good
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Requirements: Java, Adobe Flash and
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offering up for $185/yr. There is, of
course. a free version of the web GUI
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desktop available for those looking to
experiment.
It's laid out logically and immediately
brings to mind a cross“ between
andows XP and Vista and Ubuntu.
An advertising bar sits at the top cen‑
tre of the screen and is at about 30 per
cent transparency until you mouse over
it, at which points the ads become
clear. It's a creative solution to the ad
supported model and, assuming you‘re
running DeskTopTwo in fullscreen or as
a tullscreen browser window, it doesn't
get in the way of the icons on the desk‑
top. lt‘s called ‘Deals and Steals' and
actually does highlight some interesting,
often webonly deals.
On the desktop and in what looks a lot
like Window's Start menu are a calendar
application. RSS reader, message
boards, instant messenger. MP3 player,
web site editor and several other very‑
ingly useful apps including a “Hard
Drive‘ which functions as a file upload /
download utility. There doesn't seem to
be an upload can (we were able to
upload a chunk of the Ubuntu 7.04 disc
image file before tiring of the slow
upload speed.
The inclusion of a full OpenOffice 2.0
suite makes this a compelling offering.
However. the load time is bit much;
understandably so, perhaps. However.
the OpenOffice 2.0 components do
seem a bit buggy and sometimes crash
as soon as they finish loading. That
said, the Sapotek team admits it's still
working out a few issues... just in case
the word 'beta,' prominent in the bot‑
tom righl comer of the interface didn't
tip users off.
DeskTopTwo feels a lot more like a
cohesive desktop experience than some
other offerings we've tried; things like
the ability to move icons on the desk-y
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YouOS does an excellent job of incor‑
porating other online applications like
Google Docs and Spreadsheets for
working with, managing and sharing
word processing documents, spread‑
sheets and the latest addition to the
Google Docs online app. Also included
is an image editor called YouPhotoshop,
essentially a window displaying
Pixenate, an online photo editor. Within
this application, users can take care of
common photo editing tasks like resiz‑
ing, cropping and rotating images along
with buttons to level horizons in the
frame, manage colours, brightness and
contrast, autoenhance images (with
generally impressive results), sepia tone
images and apply other image effects.
Once finished editing, users can upload
directfy to Flickr or save to the desk‑
top... the actual desktop, that is, not
the online one.
Other applications that are of question
able worth productivity wise but that are
invaluable when looking for some enter‑
tainment online include a link to every
episode of South Park up to season 11
and a modified Super Mario World
game, both of which run within the
YouOS desktop environment.
Weather watch, audio
player, web cam browser. XML parser,
plain text editor and a little more
A shinier WebTV
No
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Right from the get-go, presented with
the option to launch either the ‘semista
ble' or the “unstable“ versions, you'll
know somethings up. This is essentially
a hobby project by Christopher Giffard
and an impressive one at that. However,
if users approach it as anything other
than a hobbyist project that's worth a
look from a pure interest standpoint,
they stand to be disappointed. Using
the unstable version allows users to get
a glimpse of features that may come
along in the future, including a
GameMachine and a simple chess
game. Good-tor a bit of novelty, it‘s
more an alpha than a beta; interesting
for its achievement but not in a truly
usable state.
From an pure hobbyist standpoint
though, it's interesting to poke around
and see one man's vision of what an
online OS could be. A quick word of
advice though; when creating a system
that is heavy on the graphic eye candy,
back it up with some usable and useful
applications. As a tech demo, it's worth
a look. As a usable online operating
system though, your time is better
spent elsewhere.
By Andrew MooreCrispin
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desktop applications and, once the ini‑
tial and somewhat slow initial load is
eyeOS
www.eyeos.org
What‘s available: File manager, word
processor. music player, calendar,
notepad, contacts manager, file Sharer,
group manager, group board
Closest to: Ubuntu
Switch? Maybe not switch but definitely
use
Speed: Reasonable with public servers,
great with eyeOS server and a decent
connection
Platforms tested and working: Firefox
2.0.0.7, internet Explorer 7.0.5370.11
Requrrements: Adobe Flash
Space: Unspecified
Cost: Donation driven, GNU Public
License (v.3)
Anyone familiar with navigating in graph‑
ic user interface Linux operating sys‑
tems will feel right at home with eyeOS;
not only does it carry over the commu
nitydriven design and open source soft‑
ware idea, it also brings a lot of the
same navigation principals that are
found in Linux installs.
At the time of testing, the load times
were painfully slow when using the
hosted system. However, during other
periods, the online 08 was snappy and
responsive, bringing up requested
programs with lust a few seconds
loading time.
Onthe clean and uncluttered desktop
sit 'home' and 'trash' folders; the
former is used for storing, sharing,
downloading and otherwise working
with saved files like documents, videos
and music, each of which have their
own dedicated folders within the
larger whole.
Uploading files is a simple affair; from
the home folder, users choose the
eyeOS folder they wish to upload to,
navigate to the file and hit upload. One
major issue here is the lack of a
progress bar; while there doesn't seem
to be a cap on the size of files to be
uploaded, you're never quite sure
whether the file you're trying to send up
is actually moving or not; it's not a big
deal with the near instant uploads of
smaller files (tested with a 198KB JPG
file) but it certainly is with larger files
(tested using the 697MB Ubuntu 7.04
disc image file, ubuntu7.04desktop
i386.isol
When opening folders within eyeOS, a
taskbar appears below the desktop for
easily switching between applications or
folders. At the top of the desktop sits a
launcher, broken down in to Office,
Network, Accessories, Games, System
and Places folders. Within these cate
gories, you'll find a simple word proces‑
sor (eyeDocs), a calendar ’
(eyeCalendar), simple chess game, RSS
reader, group message board and even
a Windows-esque task manager to kill
non-responsive programs.
Development seems to have slowed
somewhat but if the open source com
munity devotes some attention to
eyeOS, it's got a lot of potential. The
inclusion of a free server‐based eyeOS
that users can easily install on a server
and open upto internal collaboration
and workflow management makes
eyeOS a compelling, scalable and con‑
figurable option.
Glide
www.glidedigital.com
What‘s available: Contacts, email, calen BlackBerry or Windows Mobile operat‑ though it's not technically necessary, to
dar, photo editing, word processing, ing environment; big icons in the middle connect to their desktop remotely and
presentations, web publishing, music, of the screen that serve as application interact with the content on it. it works
video and more launchers and headings. like a charm and ensures always-avail‑
Titles like Write for word processing, able access to your content.
Switch? Switch? no. Augment? sure. Crunch for number crunching, Present A downloadable application that's avait
Speed: Quick for creating presentations, an email able in Mac, PC and Linux flavours
Platforms tested and working: Firefox inbox, contacts management, calendar allows for automatic or manual synchro
2.0.0.7, Internet Explorer 7.0.5370.11 and the like. Other apps such as chat, nization of files, minimizing version con
Requirements: Adobe Flash share and publish speak to the online trol headaches and ensuring that people
Space: ZGB, 1008+ group collaboration that is clearly with access to files are always seeing
Cost: 2GB and 4 users, free, 10GB and Glide‘s raison d'etre. Applications like and editing the latest version.
24 users, US$4.95/mo., the word processor, presentation
USS49.95/year creator and web site publisher have
When you first make it in to the Glide email, chat and share tabs running YouOS
interface, you may be struck with just down the left-hand side of the applica www.youos.com
how much it looks like a Palm, tion window to facilitate online collabo What‘s available: Chat, Flickr integra
ration between groups in the same tion, Google Docs, photo editor, RSS
office or around the globe.
Across the top of the Glide desktop and more
are miniapps that open within the desk‑ Closest to: Amiga
top environment as opposed to launch‑ Switch? No
ing in a new window. The internet radio, Speed: Fast
weather and RSS feeds are the most Platforms tested aid working: Firefox
interesting applets. There's also a func» 2.0.0.7, Intemet Explorer 7.0.5370.11
tional calculator for doing quick equa‑ Requirements: Java
tions. Space: 250MB
Perhaps the biggest draw here is being Cost: None
able to access the same desktop appli‑ YouOS seems a more entertainmentori
cations, communications and collabora‑ ented online operating systems. There‘s
tion whether at your desk or on the a word processor present and account‑
road; an impressive list of supported ed for but that's really about it from a
devices that can interact with a mobile productivity standpoint. Instead, there's
version of the Glide OS allows users, a fully fleshed out chat module, Flickr
ideally with a QWERTY keypad device integration (that, incidentally, starts off
October 2007 T0 29
There's nothing quite like the changing
colours of autumn leaves to inspire
beginning and seasoned photographers
alike. Photographing fall colours pro
vides an opportunity to use a wide vari‑
ety of techniques both in the field and in
your image editor.
Close-ups: that maple tree with its bril
Iiant red leaves is sure to make an
engaging photo, but consider alterna‑
tives to photographing the whole tree.
Individual leaves normally don’t hold too
much interest unless you are a botanist
or graphic artist, but leaves that have
changed colours make great general
subjects either individually or in small
groups. The function of a close up is to
isolate an object or detail, so keep your
eyes open for potential close up treat‑
ments. When most of the leaves have
fallen, you might take an interesting
shot of that single brave one still
clinging to the branch, or one that’s
blown onto a boardwalk. Even leaf
fragments can make interesting
studies in geometw.
Selective focus: another method to
isolate a subject is to use selective
focus. By using a long telephoto setting
and/or a large aperture, you can control
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the parts of your composition that are
in sharp focus. Your main subject - say
a cluster of red leaves ‐ will be in sharp
focus while the out of focus background
‐ maybe a grove of trees that is still
essentially green - will accentuate
your subject.
Backlight: if you’ve ever walked
beneath a canopy of trees you may
have noticed how much more saturated
and brilliant the colours are when they
are backlit by the sun. Capturing that
with your camera is a sure way to get
your colours to pop. It will also give the
leaves a translucent quality and help
reveal details of their intricate structure.
Figureground: plants are so common
that they often become invisible parts
of our surroundings. When the leaves
turn colour however, you can't help
but notice. You should be ready with
your camera when you encounter those
little surprises.
Most image editing software includes a
Levels tool and this is a good place to
start with most photos. When you open
the Levels tool, you'll see a histogram
that plots the distribution of the com‑
bined RGB brightness values (or you
can also select a distribution for red,
October 2007
green or blue individually). You’ll see
three sliders along the base of the his‑
togram. The leftmost one will have a 0
(zero) in the readout, the rightmost
one's readout will be 255 and the mid‑
dle slider will have a value of 1.0. The 0
and the 255 represent maximum dark‑
ness and maximum brightness, respec‑
tively. lf your distribution stops before it
reaches the 0 or the 255 extremes, it
means the darkest and lightest values in
your photo aren't as dark or as light as
they could be. By moving the sliders
toward the centre until they are near the
points where the distribution starts to
rise above the baseline you are making
the darkest and lightest areas in your
photo closer to true black and true
white ‐ which is a good thing. What
you've done in this procedure is to
increase the dynamic range in your
photo, and it will look snappier as
a result.
The middle slider has a value of 1.0,
which represents the midpoint of your
tonal distribution. Wherever you place
the middle slider, the image editing soft‑
ware will remap the distribution so that
evewthing to the left of the slider is
darker than middle grey and everything
to the right is lighter than middle grey.
As you move the slider to the left or
right, you'll be able to make the photo
look lighter or darker overall without
blowing out highlights or or losing
shadow detail.
The second useful tool is Hue /
Saturation. The Hue slider shifts the
colour spectrum towards its neighbour‑
ing hues. If you visualize an RGB colour
wheel, the primary and complementary
colours placed around the wheel would
be red, yellow, green, cyan, blue and
magenta. If you are trying to adjust the
reds in your photo, moving the Hue
slider one way will shift the reds
towards yellow, and moving the slider
the other way will shift the reds toward
magenta. You can control whether the
change happens globally, or you can
isolate just one part of the spectrum,
leaving the other parts untouched by
the Hue adjustment.
Saturation can increase the vibrancy of
colours. If you happen to shoot on a
dull cloudy day, you might find that your
colours are muted, but bumping up the
saturation will bring them back.
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evisions capable of displaying hundreds
of channels; laptops that have more
processing power than what Apollo 11
used to get to the moon; and a little ol'
thing called the Internet that offers a
world of information, entertainment and
communication at our fingertips.
But we still have not yet reached true
tech nirvana. After all, we're still toiling
over complicated computers, having
trouble copying music and video over to
portable media players, and, while our
phones seem to have everything but the
kitchen sink, we still struggle to place a
simple call because of teeny buttons.
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many are waiting for avoice-activated
operating system that lets you talk to
your PC in plain English and hear
responses in a pleasant (okay, sexy)
voice. How cool would it be to walk into
a room and ask your computer “What
time is it?“ while you leaf through a
newspaper? Or, "Computer, what is the
weather like outside?‘ as you roll out of
bed. Or, 'Tell me the highest-rated
Indian restaurant on Queen Street
West?‘ Imagine being able to play your
favourite music, TVshow or movie by
simply asking for it by name.
Where we're at: Products such as
Nuance's Dragon Naturally Speaking 9
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tradeoff when it comes to quality, mem‑
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How amazing would it be to have one
pocket-sized device that truly does it all,
and well? One day, and hopefully soon,
our phone will be our highdefinltion
camcorder, stereo system and high‑
speed Internet connection that lets you
use VoIP services, such as Skype, for
free calls over the Net.
Where we‘re at: Though it's not avail‑
able in Canada just yet, the muchhyped
iPhone (USS399; www.apple.com) does
a good job at organizing and playing
your media, but it offers only 8GB of
storage, which isn't much - especially
when you're talking about highquality,
two‐hour films.
Similarly, a small handful of phones
take decent photos, such as the Sony
Ericsson K7903 ($179.99 with 36
month Rogers Wireless plan; www.sony‑
ericsson.com) with its 3.2MP camera,
but when printed, photos could still look
grainy. Perhaps in time we'll have the
do-it‐all device with notradeoffs.
What would you like to see? A flying
car? Anelectronic newspaper you can
roll up (with video and WiFi)? A laptop
with enough battery power to last a few
days. like your cellphone? Email us at
letters@ppublishing.ca.
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Wireless ($6 a month;
www.rogers.com/nuance).
Wham spam
Spam is still the bane of our email exis
tence.
This unsolicited, unwanted junk mail
continues to pollute inboxes with every‑
thing from medical solutions for erectile
dysfunction to promises of large sums
of cash in an African bank.- In fact,
lronPort Systems, a division at U.S. tele
corn outfit Cisco Systems, has just con‑
firmed a whopping 83 percent of all
email is now spam, twice what it was
just a year ago. Junk mail now accounts
for between 60 billion and 150 billion
messages - per day - and contributes
to the growing problem of Internet con‑
gestion. Microsoft cofounder and chair‑
man Bill Gates once predicted spam
would be eradicated, but it's getting
worse instead of better.
Where we‘re at: While some companies
are getting better at filtering and segre
gating spam, such as the latest
Microsoft Outlook email program, oth
ers are designing ways of barring it Apple iPhone
from your inbox altogether. Software
such as DigiPortal Software's
ChoiceMail (Free to try, USS39.95 to
buy; www.digiportal.com) is one of the
growing "challengeresponse' solutions
that blocks everyone out of your inbox
unless: a) they're already in your
address book; or b) the sender is willing
to take the time to type in some num
bers and letters when the email
bounces back initially, in order to prove
they‘re a real person and not a spam‑
ming program.
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Sure, we’ve got so-called smart phones
that can take photos, but the pictures
are often so blurry they look like they
were taken underwater. And yes, many
phones can play music, but storage
remains an issue (expandable phone
memory tops ZGB, yet the latest iPods
are 160GB), not to mention the battery
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the product that stole the show was the
Blackbird 002‐a massive, 80pound
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The first official product borne out of
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company known for premium gear
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Iars‐Blackbird is a stunningly
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HP’s chief technology officer Phil
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machine, manufactured and assembled
in Alberta, like proud parents as they
showed it to journalists for the first time
just hours prior to its official unveiling.
The Blackbird's chassis is a single cast
piece of aluminium painted matte black
on its front and top grills and polished
to a mirror shine along its interior side
edges. The entire unit is suspended on
a metal pedestal, allowing air to enter
the box from beneath the tower to cool
its high powered innards‐what Sood
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industry first."
The machine is loaded with the sort of
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quick access ports and a swinging
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cooling system that keeps the machine
dead silent even while running the most
resource hungry software, and a mom
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trends is buying a"multifunction" printer
that handles all of these tasks.
Sometimes these inkiet or laser-based
printers are aptly referred to as “all-in
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small office or home office needs a
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networking capability; and professionai l
looking colour copies or prints l
(2400 x 600 dots per inch resolution)
at four pages per minute or 20 pages
per minute forblack. Scan documents
on.the flatbed and the bundled OCR
(optical character recognition) software
will transcribe the images into onscreen
text.
Widest, for cheap
Home office workers on a budget might
opt for the affordable Lexmark X6570
($199.99; www.lexmark.ca). which can
print, scan, copy and fax - wirelessly ‑
from any computer on the network (via
802.1lg technology). Plus, this all-in‑
one inkjet model offers many extras
sheet autodocument feeder for faxing
and copying; built-in editing tools
(before you create borderless prints):
and for added convenience. the ability
to print directly from a USB Flash drive,
memory card or PictBridgecompatible
digital camera.
Photo friendly
At-home workers who also need con‑
sumer features might opt for the
aggressively-priced Epson Stylus replace what you need) and high-speed touchscreen; builtin 802.1lg wireless
printing and copying (up to 27 and Bluetooth (so you can print wire
allinone printer/scanner/copier/fax pages/copies per minute for black and Iessly from your cell phone, PDA or
machine that delivers stunning images colour) be it from computer files, computer); fast 34 pages per minute
thanks to its DURABrite Ultra pigment scanned documents or photos or from printing for black and 33 pages per
ink for Iongiasting and smudgefree memory cards. Scanning options minute for colour; and built-in DVD burn‑
prints. In fact, this Epson model offers include OCR and photo restoration. er to archive your photos onto discs
individual ink cartridges (so you only (with LightScribe support so you can
Tending is also print onto the discs themselvesl).
SOHO workers in search of a middleof‑ Advanced sixcolour scanning at 9600
the-road allirione solution ‐ not an dots per inch, 3 negative and slide
entry‐level inkjet machine and not a adapter and built-in editing options are
pricey laser model - might consider the also ideal extras for photo lovers.
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 loading high‐speed DVD burners on the
front of the machine. All components,
including an ATX motherboard, are
industry standard, allowing for virtually
unlimited modifications.
Speaking of which, the Blackbird has a
stunningly innovative, tooHess design
that makes the process of swapping
parts so simple that even a techno‑
phobe grandmother could tackle it.
From graphics cards to hard drives,
everything simply snaps into place‐no
screws to twist out. no cables to plug
in. “It's basically like Lego," said Sood,
as he demonstrated the installation of a
standard, off-theshelt hard drive, which
involved little more than pulling out one
of the system’s five hard disk trays,
dropping the hardware into it, then shov‑
ing it back in and snapping up a plastic
lock. Sood also mentioned that there
would be no need to “mess around"
with driver installation, though didn't
demonstrate this point.
HP wants to get the message out that
the Blackbird is designed to be tam
pered with by its customers. “You won't
void your warranty by opening the
case," said McKinney. "We want people
to get inside these machines."
He also noted that, unlike the majority
of ready-built consumer PCs, Blackbird
will not ship widi any eyesore stickers
advertising interior thirdparty hardware
(think Intel Inside), nor will it have any
preloaded junk software. Indeed, much
like an exotic sports car. Blackbird will
be unblemished and tuned to deliver ”ll/INN"
maximum performance upon delivery.
So, even though the Blackbird is brand‑
ed by HP(at least on the outside;
there’s a giant Voodoo DNA logo visible
the second you crack open the case),
it’s essentially a Voodoo dream rig‐but
one with a surprisingly affordable stick‑
er price. HPwill offer several recom‑
mended models ranging from $2,500
for a basic build to about $7,000 for
a completely pimped out rig. Users
can also choose to order a wholly
tailored machine.
However, interested parties‐we won't
just say gamers, since, unexpectedly,
only 25 percent of people who buy
Voodoo machines use their iiber power‑
fui computers to play videogames‐‐-still
have a small wait ahead. While a limited
number of Blackbirds were made avail‑
able this month to a lucky few VIPs,
the general public will have to cool its
heels until November to place their
onlineonly orders.
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Camera phones can be used as a scanner, copier or
fax machine. There is free downloadable software that
lets a cell phone read certain kinds of barcodes and
lets the user download product and pricing informa
ognize photographed advertisements, products and
logos, then using visual recognition technology,
they can provide additional product or related
service information.
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Company staff members and customers can use digi‑
tal media to enjoy Iongclistance, faceto-face meetings
for both personal and business purposes. Audio, video
and teleconference technologies can be used to great
effect and impact, either in the company's wired board‑
room or from anlnternetconnected small office desk
top PC. Digital videoconferencing products and servic‑
es combine audio, video and telephony features into a
competitive advantage for business communications.
Even wireless conferencing is supported nowadays,
with several products that can turn a compatible note
book PCinto a digital media conferencing facility.
Of course, there are several thirdparty business com
munications solutions from which to choose, but of
course, the main computer operating system develop
ers also offer conferencing capabilities: Microsoft’s
Outlook, Live Messenger, instant Messaging and
Groove Meeting Space are among its integrated
solutions for business communicators; Apple, with its
iSight and iChat AV built into the latest OSX version,
also provides integrated communication and video
messaging support.
integrating business communications and digital
media does require use and knowledge of some corn
puterbased technology, but it is generally easy to use
and inexpensive to buy. There are numerous choices
for both hardware and software, in addition to those
mentioned above.
Video conversion to and from almost any format,
including HD and SD (standard definition) TV, DV,
QuickTime, MPEG, H.264, 3GP, Flash, WMV, ReaIMedia
and others is inexpensive and effective nowadays, so
your message can be delivered on anything from a
widescreen HDTV to a cell phone.
Easy-touse, wizardenabled software for PCs and
Macs provide the ability to capture audio and video
from a digital camcorder or VTR, often with one
simple click.
Conversion tools can turn digital video into
PowerPoint and Flash formatted files so it can be
seamlessly combined with text, graphics, animation
and sound.
Selectable distribution options mean that your busi
ness messages can be delivered as motion media on
the Internet, SOHO networks or corporate intranets;
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from VTRs, DVDs or CDs; as well as via PowerPoint,
PDF, HTML and plain old paper! _
But no matter what digital technology you use for
business communications, the benefits are often the
same: Better customer communications and enduser
support. Enhanced marketing and promotion. More
effective training and development. Engaging new
product launches and announcements. Increased
sales.
Podcasts and RSS feeds are great business communi‑
cation toois, too; flexible, functional, and fairty easy to
create. Both can be used on the computer or a
portable digital device, and because images, graphics
and digital video can be incorporated into a podcast,
businesspeople can become mediacasters.
The goal, of course, is to promote your product, build
awareness about your company or generally inform the
audience about you, your personality and vision. ,
Program content can be distributed to prospective cus‑
tomers via linked email, or it can be made available
“ondemand,” so that it can be enjoyed at the cus‑
tomer's choice of time and place.
RSS feeds are like customized headline or business
news subscription requests, so that a client can optin
or out of specific business communications as needed.
The headlines link back to more complete stories or
online media resources, RSS feeds can be highly tar‑
geted, sending very specific messages about your
business to very specific target groups. Freely avail‑
able software programs can help you create and main‑
tain an unlimited number of RSS feeds and podcasts,
thus letting you maintain and distribute multiple content
streams simultaneously.
No matter what line of work you really specialize in,
you must communicate with your customers at
some point. Digital technology provides a very
flexible platform for delivering an effective and
engaging message.
By Lee Rickwood
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The benefits of digital video in getting your business point across
It’s often been said that a picture is worth a thousand
words. The question, especially for business people,
is: "Which words?"
Defining your company‘s unique selling points in the
marketplace is crucial to continued growth and suc‑
cess. Being able to differentiate your product or serv
ice from that of your competitor is a matter of good
words ‐ and some good pictures, possibly video,
maybe with music, often posted to a website or
burned to a DVD.
g‘Phil’s Pits
Microsoft LifeCam NX6000 back portability of the video iPod with memory card
compatibility, a voice recorder and USB connectivity to
aninternal hard drive. They will have a useful, but
somewhat small LCD screen. Most can be connected
to a TVor stereo system, but some also come with
an incorporated audio speaker, which is very handy
for desktop presentations to small groups of clients or
coworkers.
Perhaps digital media players are not seen as critical
Even though watching high definition TVor listening to components of business operation, but how about the
an iPod is normally a lot of fun, digital media can be phone? There are not many companies that do not
much more than entertainment. Putting aside matters have mobile telephony capabilities, and that means
of quality for just one moment, we generally consume there's not many companies without video capability.
media for pleasure, not for business. Cell phones, as we all know, have been imbued with
But consumer products like cell phones, video iPods, any number of additional capabilities and functions
PDAs and other mediaenabled devices do allow for beyond simply sharing the spoken word. Photo-taking
easy delivery and distribution of a business message; and videomaking, in particular, have turned the phone
online tools like streaming video, RSS feeds and opt‐in into the Swiss Army Knife of the media world.
e-newsletters can also be very useful business commiir So phones are morphing into cameras, but they are
nication tools. also adding other business functions, such as the abili‑
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Digital video, for example, can be used to deliver a
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the customer. Video can also be used to present
detailed information and stepbystep instruction, and
so is a tremendous tool for product demonstration and
service support.
Portable digital media players that combine a liquid
crystal display (LCD) and a miniature storage device
the it hard drive, memory card or optical disk) make
carrying a screen just as easy as carrying the content.
Many traveling salespeople or corporate road warriors
are taking iPod remote docking stations with them.
The iPod is nice, but photos, videos and music can
be presented with much greater effect on larger
screens and bigger stereos using a docking station's
simple cable connections to an office TVor a home
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If you can deal with the advertising comeons, wading through a sea of crappy Space
Invaders clones and farreaching, laboured product placements and attempted tieins,
you may be able to eschew the traditional meaning of 'online gaming;‘ on the web
sits a game library that rivals that of even the geekiest game collector.
What makes free online games great is that generally speaking, they‘re created by
people with a passion for gaming. Flash games have become something of a proving
ground for independent game developers like Canadian Metanet Software. This stir
dio, with funding from Telefilms Canada, is working on a port and redesign of the
hugely popular game N, a physics-bending, platform gaming throwback. N+ is soon
to be launched on Xbox Live Arcade and there has been talk of PSP and Nintendo DS
versions too.
For our roundup of free games, we're focusing on online-only and downloadable
games with no installation required (assuming you have Adobe Flash installed, which
is a pretty safe bet). This list hardly scratches the surface of what's available and is
far from a comprehensive. Rather, it’s some of the games we‘ve found ourselves
going back to time and time again on lunch hours, after work and in that all too rare
and precious office downtime.

N Decompiled online versions of the game have been made available at Ebaum's
Developer; Metanet Software World and AddictingGames and while they don't reflect the most current version of
Official site. wwwharveycartelorg/metanet/downloadshtmi the game and often, don‘t give credit to its creators, they often serve as a first
Most akin to: Lode Rumor meets hypenealistic phySics platforming... with a ninja touch point for players.
Time sink: Extreme N was released in March 2004 and took on a life of its own thanks in large part to a
TCP rating: o n ” grassroots community that has assembled itself around the included level editor and
Flashbased games really don't get much better than this; N is a high water mark for high score boards, a fact that hasn't gone unnoticed by the commercial games
aspiring developers and proof positive of the fact that, while indy developers might industry. Created by Toronto, ON based developer Metanet Software Inc., the game
not get quite the attention they deserve in the days of 100 person development recently received funding for a new version from Telefilms Canada. N4» is deslined
teams and muiti-million dollar budgets, the industry is still hungry for fresh and for the Xbox Live Arcade section as a download on Xbox 360 and will feature a level
effective ideas. editor and the ability to upload and download user created levels; part of what solidi‑
fied the original N community. Nintendo DS and PSP versions are apparently also in
N the works.

Stackopolls
Developer: Bloc
Official site: www.stackopofis,com
Most akin to: Tetris and Klax with a dash of early SimCity
Time sink: 20 hours
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the former and you have a pretty good idea what Stackopolis is all about. it's one of
1......,...q1.0... those 'moment to learn, lifetime to master' types. Levels consist of a seemingly ran
dom smattering of square sidewalk sections dropped on a square board. Using a
blueprint in the bottom left of the screen, players have to rearrange the tiles by click‑
ing to select and clicking again to drop. A city plan may call for a one tile foundation
across the board stepped to two tiles one row in with a raised three tile section in
the middle, for example.
This is an act fast, think faster sort of game; a timer is steadily counting down the
seconds to your complete failure as a city planner and it doesn‘t afford much room
for mistakes.

Line Rider (Beta 2)

Developer: Bostian Cadez
Ofllcial site: www.official-linerider.com
Most akin to: Horrace goes Skiing meets MS Paint
Time sink: A few minutes up to several hours
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Not a game in the traditional sense, Line Rider sees players drawing out elaborate
Mouse Trap like scenarios for a hapless littie man in a red scarf to test out. The
game took on a life of its own and some of the more elaborate scenarios users have
created are available for viewing online through video services (type 'line rider' in the
YouTube search engine for a look at some of the more indepth experiments).
There's also a large collection of videos hosted on the official site.
it's a love it or couldn'tcareless-about‐it proposition; while it's interesting to see
what other people have spent time creating in the form of elaborate runs and fan

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Mastering PowerPoint masters
if you feel that it takes far too much
time to format your PowerPoint slides,
there are tools you can use to automate
this process. PowerPoint, in place of
styles which you might use in Word,
Publisher or Excel, has slide masters.
The PowerPoint slide master controls
the look of all the slides in your presen
tation. To change the title font for each
slide, instead of doing it one slide at a
time, change the title font on the slide
master and all the slides in the presen‑
tation will change accordingly. Getting
to know and understand the slide mas‑
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when working in PowerPoint.
Masters in PowerPoint 2003
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click a bullet point in the text placehold‑
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If you have the ruler visible (choose
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effects and apply a gradient, texture,
pattern or picture fill to the slide. When
you are done, click 0k and then Apply
To All.
When you have finished working in the
slide master view, click Close Master
View to return to your presentation. All
the slides in the presentation should
now share the format from the slide
master. If you add new slides, these will
beformatted in the same way.
lf a slide does not change to show the
newly altered slide master features,
chances are that this presentation slide
has been altered manually in the past.
To apply the changed slide master to
this slide, select the slide in the Slides
panel, right click and choose Slide
Layout. The currentfy applied slide lay‑
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task pane on the right of the window.
Click the down pointing arrow to the
right of this slide layout and click
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master to this slide overwriting any
changes applied specifically to it.
PowerPoint 2007 Masters
If you're using PowerPoint 2007, you
can access the slide master by choos‑
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2003 and earlier versions, there are no
title masters in PowerPoint 2007.
Instead, each slide master has a
series of slide layouts, which inherit the
look of the slide master but can be indi‑
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vidually edited if required. The basics of
slide masters are, however, the same in
both versions in that the slide master
affects the look and formatting of every
slide in a PowerPoint 2007 presenta
tion.
You can have multiple slide masters in
any version of PowerPoint. To create a
second slide master, right click the cur‑
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Slide Master. This second slide master
can be formatted differently to the first.
For example, in PowerPoint 2007 you
can apply a different theme to it.
PowerPoint has an unfortunate habit of
deleting any slide master not in use for
at least one slide in the presentation. To
protect your slide masters from being
deleted, right click each slide master in
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even if no slides use it. '
if you have a specific look you need or
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to creating it efficiently and effectively.
Create a new blank presentation and
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business needs, including adding your
company logo to the slide master. Save
the presentation as a PowerPoint tern
plate by choosing File > Save As and
from the save as type dropdown list,
choose Design Template (‘.pot) and
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recognize in future. Then, each time you
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