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Your digital legacy after death
Editor Andrew Moore-Crispin
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12 Pimping Your Ride, Geek Style
A computer in every car? The concept suddenly Editor-at-Large David Tanaka
david@ppublishing.ca
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Contributing Editors Gord Goble
Mike Palermo
14 Wii Fitness Wave Marc Saltzman
Nintendo's latest gets garners off the couch Chad Sapieha
Ray Richards
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Years of pious preaching came to a head for me last week.
Since I started doing this ("this," of course, being this
whole tech journalism lark) my cohorts and I have been
extolling the need for creating computer back ups. To
create them regularly, to deal with them predictably (e.g.
every evening before shutting down and a full back up once
aweek), to store them safely and securely and to tell all
your friends to do the same.
Well, dear reader, I have sinned. I have been hypocritical
in my backup routine' for my laptop. More specifically,
my complete lack of any sort of back up routine for
said laptop.
My car was stolen recently. In the back, a bunch of stuff of an encrypted USB key and / or work straight from folders
varying importance. One of my guitars, a hiking daypack I
particularly liked, my electric razor and, of course, a laptop; hands, one of my first thoughts was that I needed to get
theASUS Eee PC that we reviewed last month. The car was
recovered by Hamilton, ON's finest and as I write this, we're
waiting for the (long string of colourful expletives) insurance manager. While I doubt they would have been cracked (or if
company to go appraise the damage before we can go pick
it up. I'm hopeful that some of my clothes and-such will still
be in there, but I'm not holding out a lot of hope for the
laptop. Or the guitar, for that matter.
The laptop wasn't actually mine; it was due to be sent
back to the company that loaned it to me this week. That
said, it had become an important part of my "digital
lifestyle" and, owing to its tiny footprint and low weight, it
accompanied me just about everywhere. The laptop can be
replaced without much of an issue; it's not overly expensive can't be easily and quickly replaced and also, there's
and, once I pay out for the loaner that was lost, I intend to
buy a new one. However, the data on that laptop would
theoretically hold more value than the thing itself. Without a
back up — other than the 1GB SD card that was inserted in
to the card slot for-off-saving work and which, along with
the laptop, is now gone — I might have been out a lot of
personal and professional data of varying import.
The laptop gave me access to all my documents both
personal and professional. Pictures, music, videos, email
addresses, phone numbers and so on.
While I'm sorry to see the laptop go, I'm not too worried
about the data it held. In fact, there wasn't really much in
the way of data on the laptop...
It's an emerging concept that's been dubbed 'cloud
computing.' Rather than storing files locally on your PC,
everything is stored online and accessed via any PC you
use. Instead of navigating to the familiar "My Documents"
folder to email the latest sales figures or going to "My
Pictures" to browse through photos from last month's
vacation, everything happens within the data 'cloud." You
boot up a PC, open a Web browser, navigate to your online
workspace and go. I use a Firefox extension called Speed
Dial that gives me one-click access to the sites I use every
day. It's modeled after the like-titled feature in the Opera
browser and I find it to be an incredibly useful way of
keeping'all my oft-used online resources close at hand. I
also use Google Gears to give me access to my documents
when no Internet connection is available.
The theft, of course, does open up some security
concerns. Few of the documents I work with are sensitive
and when they are, I don't keep them on my PC. Instead
when working with documents of a sensitive nature, I use
on the office network. When the laptop fell in to the wrong
onlineASAP to change all my passwords. I had a couple of
them saved in the (password-protected) Firefox password
they were, that whoever cracked them would particularly
care to read about the minutae that goes in to putting
together HUB: The Computer Paper), I created an entirely
new string of passwords — easy to remember but tough to
crack phoenetic, phrase-based ones substituting numbers
and characters for letters and words with a few leading and
trailing characters to be safe.
Like I said, I'm sad to see the little lappy go, but I'm
secure in the knowledge that there's nothing on there that
nothing particularly incriminating, sensitive or otherwise
dangerous now being passed from hand to hand in
Harfilton's seedy criminal underbelly.
So, while we're still waiting to find out just what (if
anything) remains in the trunk of our once errant auto, at
least my data is safe and still accessible. With all the stuff
that has to be endured when dealing with an insurance
company that seems hell bent on making the whole affair
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Your digital legacy after death
correspondence is stored on the servers of an email
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very question was court tested in 2005 in the United
Would you wish your entire history of email correspondence be exposed to States after the parents of KIA Marine, Justin Ellsworth
sued Yahoo! in an effort to gain access to the contents
your family? If this data resides on your personal computer, there isn't much of his email account. Yahoo! resisted, citing provisions
question as to their being able to view it, save in the event you have made in its terms and conditions, but ultimately complied with
a court order to provide the family with what they
provisions for limiting access or its destruction or with your executor. sought. Many privacy advocates were horrified by this
decision, stating that had the Marine wished to share
the contents of his email with others, he would have
carbon copied them at the time of transmission.
In these days of heightened environmental all things digital, this scenario has become significantly Of course, these exact same issues are raised in
consciousness, you probably have some notion of more complex. connection with PDAs, cell phones, and IM clients. SMS
what your 'carbon footprint' is; however, few people messages, contacts, and calendar entries are all easily
consider their ever-expanding 'digital footprint' or its Privacy disclosed on portable devices, while instant message
ramifications in the event of their inevitable demise. The first and most obvious digital asset that almost sessions from clients like Google Talk are recorded in
Not so many years ago, when a loved one passed everyone possesses, yet few consider in this context their entirety and are even searchable by keyword on a
away, it was a relatively easy matter to determine the is email. Would you wish your entire history of email user's Gmail account. Surely this is something one
extent of their assets, given their inherent tangibility. correspondence be exposed to your family? If this data ought consider when engaged in estate planning.
An old shoebox or two full of photos, some letters, resides on your personal computer, there isn't much
personal articles and major assets including real question as to their being able to view it, save in the Value
property, insurance, and bank account balances were event you have made provisions for limiting access or By contrast, what if you wish your correspondence to
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rendering them monetarily valuable. Letters have
certainly sold at auction for significant sums; the fairly
recent example of John Wilkes Booth's (Lincoln's
assassin) message to a friend selling for $68,000
definitely proves this fact... though it is unclear as to
how this would translate in the electronic medium.
Would your relatives know how to gain access to
these materials? Would they have to go to court to do
so?Are they aware of all the different email accounts
you might have? Would they even be cognizant of the
fact that many email service providers permanently
delete the contents of inactive accounts — some in as
few as 60 days?
What about other digital assets?
Blogs are often monetized by way of advertising, and
their content is by no means secure after extended
periods of inactivity. How do your relatives take control
of this revenue stream or ensure the preservation of
your digital legacy when it comes to this medium?
Have you thought about your content on social
networks? Does this indefinitely survive you for
purposes of posterity? Most likely not.
What about Web sites owned by the deceased that
deliver products or services? These will happily hum
along, oblivious to the demise of the creator until the
hosting ISP terminates them for non-payment,
potentially leaving customers in the lurch. What
happens when PayPal accounts are inaccessible to
relatives endeavouring to provide recompense or draw
on existing balances? The domain names themselves
are certainly valuable, exclusive of any content they
may contain. Is your estate going to lose these as a
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result of your inattention to the renewal process after
you are gone? I own 60 myself — are they in my will?
Nope.
Digital memories
Digital photographs are yet another asset that demand
special attention. Millions of people now store
thousands of images each — generally on hard drives,
removable media or online. Embedded EXIF data in
these photographs is invaluable in terms of
establishing the exact timeline of events in a loved
one's life and often provide other priceless details
about the scenes depicted for future generations.
Do your relatives know where all these photos are
located? Are they technically savvy enough to handle
them appropriately? Do you have private snapshots
you'd sooner they not stumble across?
Digital assets
Have you any photographs listed with stock agencies
such as iStockPhoto.com7Your stock photos will
continue to make money indefinitely — will your loved
ones benefit?
How about music? The iPod classic holds 160GB or
about 40,000 songs. Assuming you filled one with
purchases from iTunes over your lifetime, that's
$40,000 worth of digital music at today's prices. This
certainly isn't unrealistic — I have an 80GB iPod which
is almost completely full of legal music after only 1
year. Will you take this into account when planning your
estate? What about the fact that this music is only
licensed to you? Does this seem right? Should you be
paying more attention to copyright law?
Another digital asset I am sure most have not
In e v e n t o f d e a t h p l e a s e d o n a t e all
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games. For a time I sold virtual cash for real dollars,
certainly for the profit — but mostly because I found it
hilarious. However, some people have a less well
developed sense of humor... In 2005, 41 year old Qiu
Chengwei stabbed an acquaintance to death after he
discovered he had stolen and subsequently sold his
'Dragon Sabre' from the online game 'The Legend of
Mir' for $871. This underscores the fact that virtual
property is taken very seriously and has real-world
value which must be accounted for.
So, what to do?
_Give something back
While there are few resources or legal precedents
upon which you may draw when considering these
issues, more are becoming available all the time.
There is even a small grass roots effort being
undertaken to create a system similar to organ
donation in which you bequeath your intellectual
property to the public domain
(http://ni9e.com/public_domain_donor.php).
In short, for most, digital assets are rapidly amassing,
becoming something that must be seriously reflected
on when considering posterity. Don't let the control of
these be wrested from you due to poor planning or
inattention. Include provision for alYthings digital within
your will or as a written supplementary for your
executor to ensure your digital legacy is one of happy
memories — not headaches, embarrassment and legal
battles.
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A computer in .every car? The concept suddenly doesn't seem so out there.
Don't you just hate it when you see some driver pull a
bonehead move, only to realize he's been too busy •
playing with his audio system to fully comprehend the
magnitude of his boneheadedness? Well just imagine if
instead of a mere audio system, he had an entire
computer in the dash. Imagine if she was composing
a document while sorting through photographs.Or
maybe, horror of horrors, playing some sort of
demented driving game. All the time while piloting
two tons of speeding, metallic doom. How bad would
that be?
Such a possibility isn't nearly as far-fetched as it may
seem. With DVD players and GPS systems becoming
de rigueur, and many of today's audio systems already
sporting more controls than the entire interior of a Kia
and ample facilities for iPods and USB drives, can full-
blown computers be that far behind?
Actually, they're already here. And we're not talking
glorified calculators either.
Power to bum
Take a gander at the soon-to-be-released Atlas CPC-
1200 on our cover. Hailing from Michigan-based
Azentek (www.azentek.com) and winner of the "Best of
CES" award in the Car Tech and GPS category at the
2008 Consumer Electronics Association show in Las
Vegas, the CPC-1200 promises to handle virtually
anything your home PC can.
Certainly the current parts list is nothing to laugh
about. At its heart is a reasonable 1.66GHz Intel Core
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Duo processor with a 667MHz front side bus, along
with 1GB DDR2 memory, (upgradable to 2GB), a
120GB hard disk, and a DVD-ROM/CD-RW drive. The
system, is about twice the height of a regular car
stereo (called "double-din") and features a 6.5-inch
touch screen/display, hybrid flash/hard drive
technology for instant-on capability, 5.1 sound, and
Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system.
What can you do with it? You can listen to music and
watch movies stored on the hard drive, hammer out
documents, archive and organize photos, connect to
the Internet, download navigation information, connect
Bluetooth devices, play games, listen to and create
emails via built-in voice recognition, watch what's going
on behind you with an optional rear bumper cam, and,
with other optional hardware, monitor critical vehicle
diagnostics. You can even compute in the front seat
while the kids watch a movie in the back.
The question is then: What can't you do with it?
Stay safe
Fortunately for you — not to mention the other
motorists on the road — the CPC-1200 will limit your
access to music and GPS anytime your vehicle is
moving, thus rendering the potentially unpleasant
scenario at the opening of this article far less likely.
But shift your car into Park and you'll have a .
shockingly potent computer at your diSposal, all
housed within your dash.
Still; there's a big hitch to this and any of the other
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ready-made, all-in-one "carputers" just now appearing
on the horizon. And that hitch is the price of
admission. The CPC-1200, for example, will set you
back US$2,799 when it appears in the winter of 2008.
But what do you do if you're feeling psyched on the
idea of a dashboard. PC — and we believe the
technology is advancing and gaining acceptance
quickly enough to warrant at least some consideration
— but can't stand the thought of waiting until winter or
dropping nearly three grand in one fell swoop?
Slow your roll
Suggestion Number One: Wait. There are a number of
substantially less expensive DIY and piecemeal
alternatives that we'll get into in a moment, but they
are just that — DIY and piecemeal. If you're handy and
you have a burning desire to take the plunge, by all
means go for it. But we're at the birth of what
promises to one day be an automotive mainstay, and it
won't be long until all-in-one, mass-produced carputers
are as common as in-dash DVD players. And •
remember — mass production always reduces cost.
Suggestion Number Two: Look into alternative all-in-on
systems. Azentek may currently be at the forefront,
but it isn't the only manufacturer out there. Korea's
Infill (www.infill.co.kr/english/product/g4Jeature.asp),
for example, was one of the first firms to ever
manufacture ready-made carputers, and its all-in-one
G4 is a less potent but also less pricey option.
Suggestion Number Three: Build your own. This whole
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car computer idea is not new. It's been around since
the 1990s and there are thousands of carputers
already on the road. Moreover, its almost exclusively
been the stomping ground of hobbyists and home-brew
geeks until the middle of this decade. Thusly, there's a
huge and very visible community out there, with no
shortage of good-natured folk ready to help other
enthusiasts, budding or established.
Where to turn first? For starters, there are several
good books on the subject, including Damien Stolarz'
Car PC Hacks: Tips & Tools for Geeking Your Ride, and
Gavin D J Hopper's Build Your Own Car PC. Both are
currently in wide distribution.
Books? What are those?
The Web, of course, is an even better source for
information. Though sites such as InDashPC.org
(http://indashpc.org/new/) and Dashboard Monkey
(dashboardmonkey.com) are decent enough, by far the
most recognized and recommended site is that of
Maryland's Mp3Car (www.mp3car.com). Mp3Car sells
virtually anything and everything in the carputer field,
mostly on a component basis but also as assembled
systems that are substantially cheaper than the all-in-
one solutions mentioned.
But arguably the most important part of the website
for anyone who wants to concoct their own pH setup
is the Mp3Car.com discussion forum. Extremely
current, exceptionally busy, and overflowing with
information for both newbie and old hand, the
Mp3Car.com forum may well be the only place you'll
ever need to turn for online advice and assistance.
Yes, its that good.
So what do you need for a carputer? That depends
very much on what you want to do with it, how much
available space you have and, of course, your own
budgetary restrictions and level of electronic/install
competence. At the very least, you'll need a CPU (low
power, low heat models such as those found in laptops
are arguably the best for the job), a motherboard (mini-
ITX form factor motherboards are certainly compact
enough), a hard drive (solid state drives are more
shockproof than traditional spinning disk drives and are
plunging in price), a display (seven-inch touch screen
VGA displays are the current norm), and a power
supply (a straight-up DC-DC power supply should
suffice). Of course, there's much more to it than we
can describe within the context of this article.
I'm not cheap, I'm just thrifty
Nevertheless, if you play your cards right and aren't
overly demanding, you should be able to put together
a workable system that'll allow you to do just about
everything you need to do for less than $1,000. But
remember, if you also want a premium audio setup,
GPS, reversing cameras and all that other cool stuff,
and if you crave a gorgeously appointed product that
stays entirely behind and within the dash, both your
end cost and your time spent on the project will
escalate rapidly from there. Ultimately, from both a
practical and financial perspective, a home-brewed
carputer is not something to be entered into lightly.
Indeed, car PCs of any sort will cost you one way or
another. Whether you want to jump right in now or hold
off for a bit is up to you, but just imagine all the nifty
things you can do the next time you're waiting outside
a shopping mall for your significant other.
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Nintendo's latest gets garners off the couch
The much-hyped Wii Fit hit retail stores late last month. Bundled with the highly
sensitive and technical Balance Board, Wii Fit will feature more than 40 different
activities all aimed at improving physical well-being.
The games, which range from Yoga moves and poses to ski slalom simulations, are
each designed with the Wii Balance Board in mind. These activities are designed to
help couch-bound gamers discover muscles they never knew existed. The board
will be able to measure weight across its surface while tracking shifts in balance
and posture.
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In the initial setup of the game users will choose a Mii — a virtual representation of
the player — and then go through a series of tests where the Balance Board will
gauge performance. The software will also find the user's centre of balance (while
politely commenting on whether or not it is off, and if so, how to fix it) and calculate
body mass index (BMI) for more targeted and productive exercise.
From that point users can jump right in or select a personal trainer to help with their
development. The personal trainer will be able to give advice on the proper way to
perform a particular exercise, such as a push-up, while showing how to do it on-
screen. At the same time the trainer may give helpful tips about how to maintain

WiiFit balance or, if the player's movements become shaky or uncoordinated, how to
breathe properly.
"Wii Fit will get you moving whether you've been playing video games for years or
this is your first time," said Ron Bertram, Nintendo of Canada's vice-president and
general manager.
The game has sold more than 2 million units in Japan since its release nearly six
months ago and will likely continue to see success worldwide. The Balance Board
unit itself is a unique device that could be utilized in new and exciting ways if game
developers can tap into its potential as they have the innovative Wii Remote
controller.
"Wii Fit is easy for anyone to try and is yet another example of how Nintendo
continues to expand the world of video games to new audiences," Bertram said.
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 In Touch in the Field
FRS / GMRS radios keep you connected outside of cell phone range
You've probably seen families at the
amusement park, out camping, skiing
or doing other outdoor activities
keeping in touch with portable
walkie-talkies. Family Radio Service
(FRS) and the devices that use it are a
little more sophisticated than simple
one-channel walkie-talkies. They have
numerous channels, privacy codes, call
functions and generally a much greater
range than toy walkie-talkies. That said,
under the Canadian Radio-television
Telecommunications Commission
(CRTC), they fall into the same
category as baby monitors and
cordless phones — "low-power radio
communication devices."
FRS radios have been around for quite
some time. At the low end, you can pick
up a pair that run on standard batteries
for as little as $40. These radios will be
limited in range, likely won't offer the
full spectrum of designated FRS
channels (there are 14 in all) and often
won't use privacy codes which lessen
the odds of someone listening in on
your communications.
This raises a good point: FRS is a
license-free radio band. Treat all
communications on FRS as inherently
not secure... because they're not.
Anyone on the same channel or, on a
radio equipped with privacy settings,
using the same privacy code (from
one-38 in each band) can hear your
communications. In fact, privacy
(codes would perhaps be better
described as traffic managing codes;
their real purpose is to allow different
people to communicate across the
same band without stepping on each
other's transmissions.
New standard
A fairly recent standard (relative to FRS
which has been around for some time)
is General Mobile Radio Service (GMRS),
approved in Canada in 2004. While a
license is required by law in the United
States, GMRS is open for public use in
Canada though the allowed wattage of
transmitters (two watts) is less than the
five watts allowed in the US for
handheld radios with integrated
antennas. That said, in the US there's
an $85 licensing fee to use the service.
GMRS shares seven channels with
existing FRS radio and includes eight
GMRS-only bands.
FRS / GMRS radios are an ideal way to
keep connected with family and friends
while camping, hiking, visiting the fair or
just about anywhere. They're especially
useful in outdoor situations; they allow
kids freedom to explore around camp
while affording parents a little peace
of mind.
Word to the wise
Be advised that manufacturers often
make bloated claims as to the range of
their radios. As with all FRS or GMRS
radios, your mileage will differ when
used in the field; cut the range by about
a quarter to get a more accurate idea...
and even then, that calculation is for a
real world best-case scenario. The best-
case scenario in this case is a line-of-
sight communication. Anything in the
way of the line-of-sight will impact
reception, sometimes significantly.
There are also radios that are
incorporated with handheld GPS units
— again, perfect for the outdoors —
that allow users to not only maintain a
voice link but that can also transmit
location data between units and allow
users to navigate toward each other
using the on-screen map.
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Garmin
www.garmin.com
Battery life (manufacturer supplied): 16h
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$385/ea.
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Rino 120
turn directions including addresses and points of
interest for when your explorations are in town as
opposed to on the trail. 500 series radios also include
56MB of internal memory and the 530HCx also offers
expandable memory for maps, points of interest and
user data via a MicroSD card slot. They offer five watts
of transmission power in the US but would be limited
to two watts to meet CRTC requirements. This
translates to a claimed 14 miles using GMRS in the US
(five watts) and up to eight miles in Canada (two
watts). The radio can also transmit small amounts of
data over the radio band to send and receive location
coordinates. This allows two Rino GPS / radio devices
to "find° each other in the field.
Radios in the 500 series are also waterproof to IPX7
standard which translates to "accidental immersion in
one meter of water for up to 30 minutes."
The radios use rechargeable lithium ion batteries and
promise a battery life up to 16 hours. The internal
memory affords track logging of 500 waypoints /
favourites, 50 routes, 10,000 points and 20 saved
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tracks in addition to map data. We'd like to see an
option to use standard cell batteries in addition to the
battery pack to give the radio / GPS combo a bit
more flexibility.
Rino 120
Garmin
www.garmin.com
Battery life (manufacturer supplied): 15h
Dimensions: 5.8 x 17.6 x 1.6 cm
$160/ea.
The Rino 100 series eschews the colour screen in
favour of monochrome (160 x 160, four-level
grayscale LCD) and offers 14 channels on the FRS
band and eight on the GMRS along with 38 sub bands
for more private communications. The series claims a
range of two miles on the FRS range and five on
GMRS. The 100 series uses three AA batteries and
promise a battery life up to 15 hours. The 8MB of
internal memory (not expandable) affords storage for
500 waypoints / favourites, 2,048 points, 20 routes
and 20 saved tracks.
T7100R
Motorola
www.motorola.ca
Battery life (manufacturer supplied): not specified
Dimensions: 5.6 x 16 x 5 cm
$90/pair.
Motorola has long been a name in FRS / GMRS radios.
Its Talkabout series reached ubiquity in what is
admittedly a small product category with a small
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The T7100R is among the latest in Moto's line of
radios and it's designed with outdoor enthusiasts in
mind. It features 22 channels (seven FRS, seven
FRS/GMRS and eight GMRS) along with 38
'interference" (previously known as privacy) subsets to
secure a slightly more private channel.
As with many of Motorola's radios, the T7100R
features a drop-in recharging dock to charge the NiMh
battery pack that ships with the units. They promise a
range of up to seven miles and feature a backlit
display for easy viewing and clips to attach the radio
to a belt, bag, backpack or piece of clothing. However,
negative end user reports of build issues and a range
of about a mile abound online.
microTALK LI 6500 (aka GMRS 35-km Bundle)
Cobra
www.cobra.com
Battery life (manufacturer supplied): not specified
Dimensions: 3.8 x 14 x 5.1 cm
$80/pair
Cobra made a name for itself in the 1960s as a
citizen band (CB) radio maker and hit boom times in
the 1980s and 1990s with its radar detectors. It has
since evolved to create FRS and GMRS radios for
personal use as well as in-car GPS navigation
systems and marine electronics. The company
continues to make CB radios as well as radar
detectors the latter of which are, as you probably
know, illegal in most provinces.
The microTALK LI 6500 GMRS / FRS radio bundle
includes two radios and a desktop cradle charger.
The radios use Li-ion battery packs and include
earbud headphones for partially hands-free operation.
22 channels across FRS and GMRS bands include
38 privacy codes. As previously mentioned, these
codes make your conversations less likely to be
overheard but are not at all secure in the traditional
sense of the word.
Canadian Tire, the exclusive retailer of this particular
Cobra bundle, suggests a 35km range for the radios
based on Cobra's likely bloated 20 mile range claim.
Expect significantly less that that as with all handheld
radios, however.
By Andrew Moore-Crispin
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 Game Gear pt. 2:
Gaming Mice and Surfaces
Take aim with these high resolution rodents
Welcome to summer, and welcome also to the second
installment of our look at gaming gear. Under the
proverbial microscope last issue were keyboards —
not just any keyboards, mind you, but keyboards
designed with extra perks and conveniences that make
gamers jump for joy. Ultimately, Microsoft's Reclusa
proved to be a superb unit for casual gamers, while
Saitek's do-all Cyborg topped the charts for the
hardcore crowd. For this issue, we trapped a few of
today's hottest gaming mice and didn't let them go
until we found out what they're all about.
So, how do gaming mice differ from good of run-of-
the-mill general mice? In the lower dollar bracket, the
only real difference is likely the word 'gaming" on the
packaging. But in the $50-plus arena, where the
heavyweights hang out and where the focus of this Ikari Laser Mouse
article lies, the distinctions can be quite palpable. This
is the domain of adjustable weighting, customizable on-
the-fly resolution switching, programmable buttons, potential deterrent to those who've experienced the
game-friendly ergonomics, loaded software packages, freedom of a cord-free environment, the top
and more. Manufacturers tell us there's good reason for retaining
Yet the most obvious physical difference, particularly that hardwired link.
now that wireless mice have become so darned Microsoft, for example, says its research proves
popular, is that today's premier gaming mice are garners prefer the speed and responsiveness of a
generally corded. While that may be a surprise and a wired mouse and that they don't enjoy interrupting
gaming sessions to change batteries. Preeminent
game peripheral designer Razer elaborates further:
Lachesis High Precision "With the amount of wireless devices currently in use
Laser Gaming Mouse
today, there are many sources that can cause
interference and create noise that disrupts the wireless
signals a mouse uses. This may not be noticeable in
day-to-day office tasks, but our validation tests have
proven that in the heat of a gun fight or a serious RTS
skirmish, not having full control of your mouse is very
frustrating. Our engineers are watching and
experimenting with wireless technologies... but we will
not release such a product until we feel it can deal with
the busy wireless households and LAN situations
garners face."
But while we commend high-end mice-makers for
sticking to their guns in the corded versus cordless
debate, the truth is that many garners do quite nicely
with the latter. This writer, for instance, has survived
many a deathmatch during the past few years with his
trusty, yet wireless, Logitech MX1000 Laser Mouse.
Another similarity between the top contenders is their
method of tracking. Today, entry-level and midrange
mice utilize "optical' sensors and tiny LEDs that capture
images hundreds or thousands of times every second.
High-end mice, on the other hand, substitute those
LEDs with laser-produced light.
Why?Logitech tells us that "the superiority of a laser
mouse comes from the highly concentrated light it
produces. The-shorter wavelength of laser light
illuminates surfaces in far greater detail, revealing
featureS that don't show up in LED light. Compared to
optical, a laser engine sees much greater surface
detail, which gives laser mice greater accuracy and
allows them to track better on more kinds of surfaces."
We'll look at five mice in total. And for dessert, we'll
take a quick gander at what might be considered a
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gaming mouse's best buddy, the gaming surface. Like
mouse pads to the next power, gaming surfaces
purportedly offer better tracking and more fluid
movement than raw desktops.
Let's begin with the mice, from worst to first.
Lachesis High Precision Laser Gamidg Mouse
Razer
www.razerzone.com
Street Price: $90
Hotly anticipated by an eager gaming public familiar
with the respected Razer name, the Lachesis certainly
talks a good game. It looks way cool when plugged in
- - its blue backlit scroll wheel and slowly pulsating
logo glowing in the dark and its sleek, symmetrical
shape keep both righties and lefties in the game. And
its nine programmable buttons are certainly the most
of any mouse in this roundup.
Moreover, the Lachesis raises the bar in the "my-DPI-
is-bigger-than-your-DPI" department. DPI (dots per inch)
or, more correctly, CPI (counts per inch) are
interchangeable terms alluding to the sensitivity of a
mouse. The greater the sensitivity, the more steps a
mouse will report when it moves one inch. Essentially,
amouse with high sensitivity DPI / CPI will move the
cursor or character much faster than a mouse with a
low number. Just as importantly, players can be that
much more precise — a key capability when trying to
pick off a distant enemy with a sniper rifle.
The Lachesis maxes out at an incredible 4,000 CPI, a
notably higher figure than the 2,000 and 3,200 DPI
maximum of other gaming mice. But does that really
mean anything in the real world? In our experience, no.
Even 3,200. CPI is overkill. Anything greater than
2,000 causes the cursor to move so quickly that its
barely controllable.
However, -it's important to note that the Lachesis,
like eyery mouse in our roundup, features on-the-fly,
scalable DPI. Indeed, the Lachesis offers five default
settings (500, 1,000, 1,500, 2,000, and 4,000),
though we do wish there were some visual
indicatiorfon the mouse to display which setting
is currently active. -
 But the most disconcerting bit of news is that the
Lachesis was the least comfortable mouse of any we
auditioned. Though it's the only ambidextrous mouse in
the roundup and therefore the only model left-handed
folk can even consider, it simply doesn't fit the hand
well. It's surprisingly skinny, with a ridge
circumnavigating its sides that could conceivably
cause irritation after a few hours of gaming. It's
curiously lightweight too — so much so in fact that we
bet most players will crave something more
substantial. Ultimately, given its comparatively high
Microsoft SideWinder
Performance Gaming Mouse
price (and given that it doesn't offer adjustable
weighting or some of the other perks of today's most
expensive models) we cannot fully recommend it.
Ikari Laser Mouse
SteelSeries
www.steelseries.com
Street Price: S90
Apart from the Lachesis, which comes up a bit short in
several areas, all the other mice in this roundup hit the
finish line within sight of one another. Hailing from
veteran European game
peripheral designer Steelseries,
the Ikari, for example, is a fine
example of mousedom even
though it narrowly misses our
top three. It's comfortably
lightweight and sports a
rounded, low-slung profile that
feels great in small- and
medium-sized hands. We did
have some trouble lifting the
Ikari from the desktop. Not
because it's too heavy — it's
actually extremely lightweight
— but because its tough to .
get a good grip when trying to
do so.
The Ikari features five
programmable buttons and on-
the-fly DPI switching via an
easily accessible top-mounted
control. This cannot be stressed enough — if you're a
serious gamer and find yourself in a variety of different
situations, on-the-fly DPI switching is a wonderful tool.
Furthermore, users have full customization of the DPI
— all the way from one to 3,200, in single unit
increments — without ever resorting to software. A
nifty LCD on the underside displays the DPI setting as
you change it, and a backlit indicator on the side of the
mouse shows your current setting. Sadly, only two
settings are available at any one time.
Though the Ikari is not weight-adjustable and is
moderately troublesome when being lifted, its
otherwise an impressive unit that's perhaps a bit too
pricey for its own good.
SideWinder Performance Gaming Mouse System
Microsoft
www.microsoft.com/hardware/gaming
Street Price: S80
It is admittedly a subjective call to relegate the
boldest, most thoroughly-equipped mouse on the
market to a third-place finish, but we had just enough
quibbles to do it — though we can certainly see how
some players could rate the SideWinder higher.
Unlike the Microsoft Habu (below), the SideWinder is
not co-developed by Razer. This is Microsoft all the
way, and Bill and the boys must have had their
imagination on overdrive for this one. The SideWinder
does it all — on-the-fly DPI switching to a maximum of
2,000, adjustable weighting (by opening a little
cartridge within the mouse and plopping tiny lOg
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different surfaces) and onboard macro recording. An
LCD on the top displays your current DPI setting, and
the box containing the weights doubles as a cord
anchor — keeping the cable directed just where you
want it. What a great idea.
The SideWinder feels good when you first grip it. But
its a big unit — really big — and if your hands aren't
abnormally large, the scroll wheel feels distant and too
slippery to properly manipulate. Similarly, the dual side-
mounted thumb buttons feel small and a bit clumsy.
Though the SideWinder boasts a killer array of
amenities, its ergonomics definitely won't suit everyone.
Habu Laser Gaming Mouse
Microsoft
www.microsoft.com/hardware/gaming
Street Price: $60
Microsft's Habu, co-designed by Razer, makers of the
Lachesis mentioned previously, doesn't sport the
features of the Sidewinder or the G9. Yet it does what
Logitech G9 Laser Mouse
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it's capable of doing with such aplomb, feels so rock
solid while doing it and is so comparatively affordable
that it must be rewarded with a place in our top two.
Ridiculously comfortable whether on the desk or when
being lifted from it, the Habu looks good too with a
Razer-inspired blue backlit scroll wheel and even more
blue lighting winding its way around the edges of the
housing. Arguably the Habu's most impressive aspect
is the feel of its buttons, particularly the two central
index and middle-finger buttons, both of which deliver
a level of response and build quality that's superior to
that of any of the other models. That you can remove
the side panel and its two button-tops and replace it
with a slightly re-jigged secondary panel is a way
cool bonus.
The scroll wheel is easy to reach and firm in its
movement, and the two mini-buttons just behind it
allow you to instantly adjust the DPI between 400,
800, 1,600, and 2,000. Is it a big deal that the Habu
tops out at 2,000? We don't think so, and we'd heartily
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recommend this mouse to those who don't need
esoteric perks such as adjustable weighting.
G9 Laser Mouse
Logitech
Street Price: $90
Like Microsoft's SideWinder, the Logitech G9 is
absolutely loaded with goodies — on-the-fly DPI
switching (four settings available at any one time, from
200 to 3,200 DPI) with a series of LEDs to show
what's currently selected, adjustable weighting via a
series of four- and seven-gram weights that are
inserted via a trap door in the rear, and a nifty little
tool that allows you to switch the mode of the scroll
wheel from click-to-click to frictionless.
More than that, the G9 offers not one but two grips.
And by 'grips," we mean the entire mouse housing.
One grip is wide and rounded, the other is slim, and
they're each directed at a certain type of mouser.
Swapping grips takes all of ten seconds, and we think
it's a pretty neat idea.
The G9 is not the prettiest mouse in the bunch. Nor is
it the biggest — even with the wide grip attached —
so garners with massive mitts may want to steer clear.
But it feels good even after hours of use, lifts easily
from the desktop, and slides smoothly on its large
Teflon feet. Though several of our test mice could have
made it to the top of the list, we chose the G9 simply
because we had no negative issues with it.
On the surface
Destructor Professional Gaming Mat
Razer
www.razerzone.com
Street Price $40
Certainly the nicest mouse pad we've ever used,
Razer's Destructor comes with a protective, zippered
case that looks and feels as sophisticated as some
laptop cases we've seeh and undoubtedly contributes
extensively to the steep cost. Nevertheless, the
Destructor eliminates the flaws of tables and desks,
looks like black granite, and purportedly coaxes 25%
better tracking from laser mice. We can't vouch for
that figure, but we can tell you that we encountered
nary a skip or hitch during all our time testing it.
Considerably bigger than a traditional mouse pad at
34.5cm x 27.2cm and obviously pricier, the
Destructor is a slick option for garners with excess
money to burn.
QcK Heavy Pro Gaming Mousepad
SteelSeries
www.steelseries.corn
Street Price: $20
At 44.5cm x 39.5cm, the QcK is an absolute monster.
Thankfully, it's not nearly as rigid as the Destructor, so
it rolls up for easy transportation. And it uncurls almost
immediately too. Regardless, the QcK feels like a
traditional foam mouse pad; we prefer the harder,
seemingly more durable surface texture and material
of the Destructor. In the end, the QcK makes sense
only if you have oodles of space and a hankering for
those mouse pad tingles that optical and laser mice
were supposed to have made obsolete.
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 In the Lab: Standalone GPS Devices
Navigating the physical world in the digital age
Our children will wonder how we ever managed to find
our way around town using just our heads and scraps
of paper filled with squiggly lines.
Global Positioning System (GPS) devices have now
entered the mainstream and will soon be as ubiquitous
as cell phones. In fact, most of the time, they will be
cell phones — Gartner research suggests that in two
years more than 500 million mobile handsets sold
each year will by GPS-enabled.
Of course, a market will still exist for other types of
GPSdevices. Most car manufacturers offer luxury
navigation systems as add-ons, and as prices continue
to fall these systems will eventually become a standard
feature even in mid-tier vehicles.
And there will always be those who prefer simply to
have a dedicated portable GPS device, either because
they want the ability to take their navigation systems
with them when they leave the car, or because they
want more robust GPS functionality than what can be
offered by a cell phone. Indeed, nearly 100 million
discrete GPS units will be sold annually by 2010,
according to Gartner.
In the Lab this month are five GPS units designed to
alternate between personal and vehicle usage. They
range from bare bones devices that can do little more
than help you on your way from point A to point B
(Mio's Moov C200) to wunderkind gizmos that do
almost everything except pay for your gas and meals
along the way (TomTom's Go 920).
Of course, the difference between the functionality
offered by these units is reflected in their price tags,
which range from $199 to $499.
In our tests, they all did a respectable job of
discerning a smart route from one location to another,
and guiding us on our way. The question, really, is how
much more you want your GPS to do apart from
simple navigation?
Garmin nUvi 680
$499 www.garmin.com
Weight: 188 grams Screen: 4.3-inches, 480 x 272
Voice command: No Traffic monitoring: Yes
Preloaded maps: North America
Points of interest: Approximately 6 million
Longest time to fix current location: 45 seconds
Bluetooth pairing with cell phones: Yes
Battery: 7 hours
Multimedia: MP3 and JPG playback, FM transmitter,
audio book player
The heavy hitter in our testing pool, this luxury GPS
device has all the features you'd expect of a high-end
standalone GPS — as well as a few you might not.
The nevi 680 has a wonderfully bright and glare-
resistant screen, terrific battery longevity and, as one
might expect, excellent navigation features. We found
entering and storing addresses to be fast, simple, and
highly intuitive. And once a destination was selected,
we appreciated having the ability to plot and select
routes best suited for travelling by foot, bicycle, bui,
or car.
It also has a massive collection of points of interest
— the largest of any device we tested — and even
allows you to create your own so that you can, say,
mark the exact location of that wonderful little diner
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Sony nav-u NV-U837
S449 www.sonystyle.ca
vVeight: 244 grams Screen: 4.8-inches, 480 x 272
Voice command: No Traffic monitoring: Optional
Preloaded maps: North America
Points of interest: Approximately 5 million
Longest time to fix current location: 2 minutes
Bluetooth pairing with cell phones: Yes
Battery: 2 hours Multimedia: None
The biggest and heaviest of all the GPS units we
evaluated, Sony's nav-u NV-U83T looks like it means
Garmin nevi 680 business. It veers away from the many of the
standards set by the bigger players in the GPS arena,
offering a larger than average screen and several novel
you accidentally stumbled upon just off the highway. features, such as "Gesture Control."
And if you're travelling to areas unknown, you can buy Gesture Control allows users to bypass the unit's
and download additional software, including Garmin's menu system for a variety of commands, providing
own SaversGuide — a list of 30,000 restaurants and one-touch inputs in the form of finger swipes and
retailers in North America that offer significant swirls. Moving your finger in clockwise and counter-
discounts and specials to Garmin users. clockwise motions, for example, sets the map to
But the primary draw for savvy GPS consumers will preset scales. Also, drawing a circumflex (an upside-
be the nevi 680's support for MSN Direct, a service down V) sets your destination to home, while making
from Microsoft that provides a wealth of helpful quick, L-shaped swipes can reroute you to two
information for folks on the road, including traffic preset locations.
reports, which the device can then use to plan routes Neat feature. But another Sony exclusive called
that bypass areas of congestion. Other MSN Direct :Position Plus is even better.
traveller information includes local gas prices, weather GPSdevices rely on line-of-sight with orbiting
reports, and even movie show times. satellites, and often lose signal when driving through
However, there are a couple of downsides to MSN 1:unnels, among tall buildings, or near steep inclines.
Direct. Position Plus uses motion sensitive sensors inside the
For starters, Microsoft's network of FM transmitters NV-U83T to detect changes in your speed and
— the means by which information is sent to MSN direction during times when the device loses contact
Direct devices — is currently limited in Canada to its with satellites, estimating your current position and
most densely populated areas — less than a dozen keeping you on route. It worked splendidly in our tests,
major cities. We had no problem picking up the service seamlessly and accurately tracking our car as we sped
in Toronto and surrounding area, but we can't vouch through several tunnels.
for its availability elsewhere in the country. However, while we like the new features that the NV-
Also, MSN Direct isn't free. A one-year subscription is 1183T's brings to the table, we're a little baffled by
included in the price of the nevi 680, but after that some of the functionality it's missing. It does have
you're looking at US$50 per year to keep it going. Bluetooth for pairing one's cell phone for hands-free
However, even if MSN Direct doesn't work in your calling and optional NAVTEQ service for traffic
location or fit your navigation budget, the niivi 680's updates, but it lacks other features that one might
excellent navigation abilities combined with piles of expect of a GPS in its price category.
extra perks (including Bluetooth/cell phone pairing and Like MP3 and JPG playback. This omission is
anFM-transmitter to play music through your car particularly surprising given that this is device made by
stereo) make it an undeniably desirable gadget. Sony, an industry leader in portable media playback.
It's also missing predictive text entry, a relatively
common feature that suggests possible ways to
complete the names of streets and cities as you spell
Sony nav-u NV-U83T
them out. Without it, inputting new addresses becomes
a tiresome chore.
And, perhaps the most annoying quirk, it took longer
than any other unit we tested to establish a satellite
link from a cold start and get a fix on our position.
Usually it found itself in 30 or 40 seconds, but there
were times when it took more than two minutes to
identify its location in open areas with clear skies.
These aren't deal breaking issues, but they are
problems that we hope to see remedied in the
product's next generation.
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TomTom Go 920
$449 www.tomtom.com
Weight: 218 grams Screen: 4.3-inches, 480 x 272,
ambient light sensor
Voice command: Yes Traffic monitoring: Optional
Preloaded maps: North America and Europe
Points of interest: Approximately 5 million
Longest time to fix current location: 45 seconds
Bluetooth pairing with cell phones: Yes
Battery: 5 hours
Multimedia: MP3 and JPG playback, FM transmitter,
audio book player
The best all-around unit we tested, TomTom's top-of-
the-line Go 920 impressed from the moment we lifted
it out of the box. The build quality of this luxury
standalone GPS is terrific; we couldn't get any
plasticky creaks or squeaks out of it no matter how
hard we twisted its solid frame. And with its gently
TomTom Go 920
curving back, matte grey case and silver accents, the
Go 920 is the sort of gadget that chic geeks would be
proud to show off to their friends.
Things got even better once we turned it on.
The unit comes preloaded with a massive amount of
travel and navigation software, including a surprisingly
comprehensive roadside first aid guide and country-
specific tourist information for accommodations, local
bank hours, and shopping guides. It also has a feature
called Help Me that summons the quickest routes
available to drive or walk to several emergency
locations, including hospitals, pharmacies, dentists,
and veterinarians.
Sign up for TomTom Plus and you can get even more
features, including traffic, weather, and fuel prices, via
your Bluetooth-paired cell phone, as well as the
TomTom Buddies service, a GPS community that
allows TomTom users to share their own personal
points of interest.
Another of the Go 920's software advantages is that it
comes preloaded with maps not only for North
America, but also Western and Central Europe — a
significant bonus, as maps rank among the most post
purchase expenses for GPS owners.
To navigate these maps, all you have to do is tell the
Go 920 where you want to go. Thanks to the device's
impressive speech recognition software, there's no
more need to stop driving and tap in the address of a
new location if you need to change your route on the
fly. It's not perfect, but the voice software does take
into account regional accents, and it made relatively
few mistakes in our tests. If you prefer to type your
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addresses, the Go 920 offers a traditional address
entry system instead.
We have yet to even mention the device's remote, its
Enhanced Positioning System for tracking your position
when out of satellite range (which operates much the
same way as Sony's Position Plus), or it's elegant and
easy-to-use media player.
Simply put, there's little not to recommend with
TomTom's flagship GPS.
Mio Moov C200
$199 www.mio.com/ca/en Weight: 136 grams
Screen: 3.5-inch, 320 x 240 pixels
Voice command: No Traffic monitoring: No
Preloaded maps: North America
Points of interest: Approximately 3.5 million
Longest time to fix current location: 1 minute
Bluetooth pairing with cell phones: No
Battery: 2.5 hours Multimedia: None
Small, light, and wonderfully inexpensive, Mio's brand
new Moov C200 is a no-frills GPS designed to do just
one thing: Get your butt from here to there. It was
designed with the thought that there are people who
don't need a GPS device loaded with features they will
never use and indeed, if all you're looking for is a little
help finding your way in your car or on foot, then the
Moov C200 offers a very capable solution.
Its design is as simple as its purpose. A plain,
squarish, black plastic case surrounds a small but
clear screen, with no external buttons save a power
switch. Roughly the same size and weight as a man's
wallet, we hardly noticed it in our pocket.
However, the reduction in screen real estate means
many of the Moov C200's touch buttons are smaller
than those of larger GPS devices, and that fewer menu
items are shown on screen at any one time, though
that's not much of a problem, since, without extras like
a multimedia player, Bluetooth functionality, and travel
guides, there aren't many menu options through which
to scroll.
While the Moov C200 scrimps on luxuries, it delivers
some good solid necessities in the form of excellent
map and navigation functionality. Like its more
expensive competitors, it does a fine job of blurting
out directions and street names on cue. Also, it's a
piece of cake to zoom in and out on the map, switch
between 3D and top-down views, and call up and sort
through points of interest.
Dig into the options, and you can use a slider to alter
routes for shortest driving distance or fastest time, set
your preference for driving on highways, and select
whether or not you'd like to avoid toll roads and
ferries. It even provides driving speed alerts. All
Mio Moov C200
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features found on fancier units, but it's nice to see
them on a less expensive model.
To top it all off, the Moov C200 comes with one of
the simplest and most practical dashboard mounts
we've seen. It's small, sturdy, easy to detach, and
provides good 360 degree tilt and rotation action.
Indeed, it's enough to make a consumer wonder just
how much he needs all of the extra perks of more
expensive devices.
l.G LN735
$329 www.lg.com
Weight: 166 grams Screen: 3.5-inch, 320 x 240
pixels Voice command: No
Traffic monitoring: No
Preloaded maps: North America
F'oints of interest: Unspecified millions
Longest time to fix current location: 1 minute
Elluetooth pairing with cell phones: No
Battery: 4 hours Multimedia: MP3 and JPG playback
At first glance, LG's LN735 looks as though it's an
overly expensive competitor to Mio's similarly sized
budget GPS. In truth, it's got a bit more going on,
thanks to features like a picture viewer, an MP3 player
and some handy external controls for calling up menus
and adjusting system volume.
Unfortunately, it suffers from a heaping helping of
niggling issues.
One of the LN735's most noticeable problems is its
screen, which, though adequately bright, performs
poorly when viewed from an angle. This makes it
difficult for two people to view it in or out of a car, and
reduces the value of its photo viewing functionality.
The unit's poor sound is even more vexing. The built-in
speaker is weak and tinny, making it difficult to hear
spoken directions. What's more, the computer voice is
grating and sometime can sound garbled. With no
microphone jack or FM transmitter, there's no way to
listen to MP3s save through the device's speaker,
making the MP3 player functionality all but useless.
—he final nail in the coffin for the LN735's multimedia
features is that they can't be accessed without shutting
down the navigation mode. In other words, you can't
listen to music or view a photo without negating the
device's primary purpose.
On the bright side, the LN735 is a capable little
navigator. It has a simple and intuitive interface that
makes entering addresses and calling up favourites a
breeze. It doesn't offer any unique options in the way
of avoidances and route customization, but the routes
it found were generally quick and reliable.
Still, the same sort of performance is found in
devices that cost a lot less — like the Mio in our test
pool. The LN735 doesn't do enough to justify its price.
By Chad Sapieha
 Photo Geotagging as Easy as di
di-GPS connects directly to Nikon, Canon SLRs
Nice picture, where was it taken? The more photos I
accumulate, the less often I can say for certain. When I
first heard about photo-geotagging, I thought it was a
neat idea, if for no other reason than to reduce the
number of lame excuses I'd have to give for not
remembering.
Within the EXIF (Exchangeable Image File Format)
portion of each digital image file is a wealth of
information including tags to identify location. Few
cameras natively exploit the location tags, but you can
fill them with the correct location information after the
fact. The early solutions were somewhat homebrew —
if you had a handheld GPS unit, you could take it with
you to record location data, then use special software
and a PC or Mac to add the correct GPS data to
each photo.
Then I learned that some higher-end Nikon SLRs can
write GPS data directly to a JPEG or even an NEF RAW
file. You still need a handheld GPS unit plus a special
Nikon MC-35 cable that connects to the camera's
communications port, but no post-processing is
required because the location is recorded in the
camera original.
AHong Kong-based company called Dawn Technology
Ltd. (www.dawntech.hk) has a more refined solution
called the di-GPS. This GPS unit was originally
designed only for the Nikons that had GPS support,
but recently the company added a USB model that is
compatible with higher-end Canon SLRs. The USB
model requires the cameras be equipped with Canon's
WFT-E3 or WFT-E2 (depending on the camera model)
wireless transmitter module, however.
In to the fray
The unit I purchased in late February was a second-
generation model for Nikon cameras, and that's the
unit on which this report is based. It cost just over
$300 including shipping, but the company has since
come up with two third-generation models for Nikon (in
di-GPS on Nikon D300
addition to the USB model for Canon) that are
somewhat less expensive. Compared to a handheld
GPS unit plus MC-35 cable, the di-GPS advances
usability in three ways. First, it is much smaller than
your typical hobbyist GPS unit. Second, it has a shoe
mount so it attaches directly to the camera's hot shoe
(you can also attach it to a camera strap). Third, the
short cable attaches directly to the camera's MC-35
port. The net of those three features is a tidy and
compact unit that does its job but stays out of your
way. My unit has a 2.5 mm mini socket that will
accommodate a (shades of sacrilege) Canon or Pentax
remote control unit (or other camera remotes with a
2.5 mm connector), but the third-generation Pro model
has the correct 10-pin connector for a Nikon remote.
The di-GPS unit draws its power from the camera and
there were apparently some power drain issues with
the first-generation unit. The second generation unit
has a three-way switch that allows you turn the unit off,
leave it always on (to maintain a satellite fix) or set it to
be turned on and off in sync with the camera's state. It
also provides better compatibility with the
improvements Nikon made to the GPS feature in the
D3 and D300 models. The unit has a single red LED
light that glows if the unit has a fix and blinks if it's
searching. I've used the unit on a Nikon D300
recording just shy of 2,500 GPS-tagged images over
two months. Following are some observations.
Battery hit: modest. The battery that comes with the
D300 is rated for around 1,000 exposures per charge.
Since the di-GPS draws its power from the camera,
you would expect to see a reduction in shot capacity.
However, I did not find it a serious hit. On a recent trip
overseas, I shot around 150-300 images per day, and
even with the GPS unit on, the battery meter was still
showing at least two bars (50 per cent) at the end of
most days.
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ned by Google). I've uploaded a handful of
ages to Panoramio. The site automatically maps
eimages if it finds data in the location tags, so
no more difficult than uploading images to any
er online site. Click on your image (or any image
ufind on the site) and the photo will come up
ongside a Google Map pinpointing the camera
cation. Flickr also has a large geotagged photo
area, although I haven't uploaded anything to it yet.
Signal acquisition and tracking: very good. Even on
overcast days I found the GPS unit was as quick to
lock onto the GPS satellites as other GPS units I've
used — typically a minute or less. On buses and
trains, especially if they were moving, locking on took
longer. The unit stopped working if I went underground
into a subway station or ventured into a multi-story
building, as you would predict. But I was surprised to
find that the GPS unit stopped picking up any signals
at the top of the CN Tower — maybe some kind of
interference or shielding?
Accuracy: how close do you need to be? Consumer
GPSunits are supposed to be accurate to within
several metres, and I found that when I mapped the
GPS-tagged photos using Google Earth maps, they
were pretty close. For example, when I mapped an
image I took of the radical (architecturally) expansion
to the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, the Google
Map correctly placed the map pin on Bloor Street. On
another shot I took from a ferry as we approached an
island, the map pin showed me in the water.
Overall: The di-GPS has a permanent place in my
camera bag. It is small and light, attaches quickly to
the camera via the hot shoe mount and has a short but
sturdy connection cable. It does draw power from the
camera's battery, but with the Nikon D300's battery
rated at 1,000 exposures, I found I could do a typical
day of shooting with the GPS unit attached on a single
battery charge. And the fact that the camera writes the
location data to the original file means there's no post-
processing step. One minor irony: When I map photos I
took in Japan, the maps that come up in Google Maps
are labelled in Japanese, so I still can't answer the
question "where was that taken?
By David Tanaka
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How do you share documents when
you're working collaboratively on a
project? If you shunt documents
backwards and forwards via email, then
perhaps it's time to investigate
Microsoft Office Live Workspace.
Microsoft Office Live Workspace is an
online collaborative tool that lets you
share documents and workspaces with
other users. It interfaces direct into
Office applications and it even retains a
short version history of your
documents. When you share documents
using Office Live Workspace you'll have
one storage place for all your
documents, you'll know which is the
most recent version and you can track
when others make changes.
If you are familiar with SharePoint you
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special server or go to any great
expense because Microsoft Office Live
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likes of Zoho Office or Google Docs.
Office Live Workspace can't be used to
create anything more than simple lists
and notes, so you need to have Office
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Workspace can be integrated with
Microsoft Office so that you can save
documents direct from applications
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Microsoft Office Live Workspace online
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your local hard drive. When you do this,
your documents are stored securely
online, and you can access them from
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you could, for example, save a
document on Microsoft Office Live
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http://workspace.officelive.com and
sign in with your Windows Live ID. If you
do not have the required ID, the site
provides links for you to obtain one
before continuing.
When you sign in, the left side of the
screen shows the workspaces. Located
under your My Workspaces area is
Documents. Documents stored in this
folder can be shared on an individual
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Workspace option. Workspaces can be
created as blank workspaces which are
much like Windows folders or you can
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preconfigured for completing 'particular
tasks such as organising a meeting or
making travel arrangements.
You cannot share individual documents
from a workspace. Instead, you must
share the entire workspace. You can
upload documents from your PC into
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Document button. Once uploaded, you
you will see options to create a Note or
a List — both of which can be created
online using the program's editors. Lists
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columns to contain certain elements
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a number, a yes/no entry or a date. You
can sort your list data by selecting the
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order. In addition to creating and editing
your lists online, you can also export
them to Excel by clicking the
appropriately named Export to Excel
button. Notes are simple rich text
documents which are useful for short
documents. They can be formatted
using different fonts, font color,
highlighting, and bullets and numbering.
Task lists, Contact Lists and Event
Lists are items that can be created
online too, and these can be synced
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task list which can be linked to your
local version of Outlook. To do this,
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versions by selecting your Task List and
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 Building the Ultimate Game PC pt. 2
Last month, we extolled the virtues of assembling your
own PC from "component parts. We alluded to the fact
that its not that difficult. That with a little research, all
the pieces will fit together into a nice, neat, powerful
and top performing PC. While it's not time to eat our
words just yet, the build out has proven itself to be a
little less simple than originally anticipated. That's
code for I've been swearing quite a lot in the process
of building the behemoth. All things considered
though, it has been an enjoyable experience and not
overly difficult.
Step 1: Unpacking the goods
The sheer number of boxes we've acquired is nothing
short of amazing. From the massive and well padded
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Assembling the beast
box for the Thermaltake Armor+ case to the way
larger than you'd think necessary boxes for the two
ASUS EN9800GTX video cards, we feel like a study in
consumer waste generation. Our boardroom table is
littered with anti-static packaging and sundry blister
packs, discarded twist ties, extra instruction booklets
in French, Spanish and in some cases, Chinese,
German, Japanese and other languages. There's also a
bunch of styrofoam packing peanuts, bubble wrap,
high density polyethylene carriers, a little bit of
recyclable packing paper and more.
As an aside to the PC building process, I think it's
high time that companies who do a lot of mailing of
sensitive equipment take a good long look at how they
go about packaging. A lot of this waste could be
diverted by opting for water soluable cornstarch
packing peanuts, recyclable plastic air blisters or
recyclable packing paper. But I digress.
Sitting before us (on a section of the table designated
as a work area and hence, not cluttered with consumer
detritus) sits the ASUS Striker II Extreme motherboard,
the DuOrb cooler, the Corsair RAM (with a higher than
normal profile and it's own dedicated cooling fan
array... more on that later), the LG Blu ray read /
writer, the Intel Core 2 Duo 3.16GHz CPU and
assorted other component parts.
Step 2: RTM
First real step in to building a PC is to read the manual.
It's not fun, but it is necessary. Pay special attention to
anything that says "ATTENTION!" or 'Read this before
you even think about starting" or "CAUTION" or similar.
They don't just say that stuff for fun; there really is
some pretty pertinent information to be found here and
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you'd do well to give it at least a cursive glance. We'll
read more in-depth as we continue along the build
process. Right now, we're just trying to get the key
and step-by-step plan of attack.
Step 3: Stay grounded
Computer components are pretty amazing. The
:3.16Ghz, 6MB L2 Cache and 1333MHz bus Intel Core
2 Duo Desktop Processor we're using (E8500, $300,
www.intel.ca), for example, is built on an incredible
45nm process. It incorporates in the order of 410
million transistors into an area of 110mm square. It's
etched using a laser process in a static-free clean
room free of any dust particles at all. Generally, this
stuff is of no concern for the end user of a PC.
However, think about the nano scale of this processor
land of the other sundry components that make up a
PC) and then think about what would happen if you
zapped one of them with static electricity. Short
answer: it wouldn't be good. In our long-winded way,
what we're saying is grab a grounding strap or a
grounding pad from your friendly neighbourhood PC
retailer or, at the very least, be ritualistic about
touching the power supply or chassis of your PC to
ground yourself before you touch anything else.
Step 4: We Have the Power
High-end PC cases like our Thermaltake Armor+ Full-
Tower ATX Case (V1-16000BWS, $280,
www.thermaltake.com) — perhaps counterintuitively —
don't include a power supply unit (PSU). The logic here
is that the PC tweaker wants to be able to choose
from the wealth of PSU options available and would
probably pull the stock PSU out of the case and

replace it with a better one anyway.,
Installing the PSU is simple; the power cord
receptacle and power switch part point out and the
cables point in. Four screws later and its mission
accomplished. The Thermaltake ToughPower 1000-
Watt ($365, www.thermaltake.com) that we have for
our build comes with a silicon end cap to ensure there
is no noise created from vibration between the chassis
and the PSU. This makes it somewhat more difficult to
install as it's a tight fit to begin with.
Step 5: Making the case
Before we install anything else, it seems like a good
idea to install optical drives and hard drives. Repeated
jostling and moving of the case in later steps suggests
it probably wasn't such a great idea, however.
The Armor+ case features tool-less modification and
has ample room to work within. On the front of the
case, a series of grilles run top to bottom. Opening
these grilles unlocks them and gives easy access to
the drive bay that lays behind. Sliding in the Internal LG
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Super Multi Blue Blu-ray Disc Rewriter and HD DVD-
ROM(LG GGW-H2OL, $299, www.lge.ca) is easy and it
clicks home securely. There are screw mount points
too, but the easy release locking mechanism of the
Armor+ case seems to negate the need for .these.
We'll put them in anyway. Better safe than sorry.
The Western Digital VelociRaptor HDD (WD3000GLFS,
—$300, www.westerndigital.com) was the last
component to get shipped out for the Ultimate Game
PCand the build began in earnest before it arrived:
However, it should slot it in to one of the numerous
drive bays that run down the front of the case or in to
one of the four bottom-mounted quick access rack
style drive bays easily so we're not too worried about
it just yet. •
Step 6: pre-fab
The instructions of the ASUS Striker II Extreme
motherboard ($415, ca.asus.com) suggest fitting all
the core components to the motherboard before
bolting the board into the case. Some of this stuff gets
a bit fiddly and in some cases, requires force be
carefully (operative word) meted out, such as with
locking the processor in to the appropriate slot on the
mobo, clicking the RAM home in the RAM slots and
affixing the cooling fan to the board, seated on the
procesor. This is much better done with the
motherboard on a flat surface than with the
motherboard mounted to nine posts — posts that
could be potential pressure points.
CPU Mounting the CPU is a simple affair. It has
notches cut into it that correspond with slots in the
processor mount. Place it in, close the pressure
connector and click it home and you're done.
CPU cooler: Here's where things become a little more
complicated. The DuOrb CPU cooler ($70,
www.thermaltake.com) comes with mounting hardware
and the mobo has holes that are ready to accept said
hardware. These brackets will be used to pressure
mount the cooling fan array to the CPU with a little
thermal compound in between to create as close to a
perfect thermal transfer from CPU to cooler as "
possible. The CPU fan's power cable has to be routed
to the appropriate (labelled) port on the motherboard.
Not too difficult, all told.
RAM:This would normally be one of the simpler steps.
Open the pinch points on the colour-coded RAM slots,
click the RAM stick home and that's all there is to it.
However, since the DuOrb cooler has what is
supposed to be a RAM cooling fan and given that the
RAMwe're using (Corsair XMS3 DHX TWIN3X2048-
1800C7DF 2GB DDR3 (2X1GB), $350,
www.corsair.com) has a higher than usual profile owing
to cooling fins that jut above the normal RAM profile. It
even has its own cooling fan array. This becomes the
first in a series of small but somewhat irritating
problems. The RAM cooling fan of the DuOrb cooler
doesn't afford enough clearance for our taller than
normal RAM to fit into the RAM slots.
CPUcooler: Mounting brackets and the cooler itself
turned 90 degrees, re-greased with thermal compound
and locked in. It's now covering. one. of the PCIe slots
that we may need for installing the sundry cards (video
and audio) that we still have to install but we'll cross
that bridge when we get to it.
RAM: Installed this time without issue.
Motherboard: Before attaching the video cards that will
be the muscle powering our gaming rig, it's time to
install the mobo into the case. The Thermaltake
Armor+ case (and indeed, most cases that are
designed to fit several different motherboard
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configurations from ATX to Micro ATX) has screw holes
on the chassis that are labelled for each different
mobo configuratign. We're using the nine holes marked
A(for full ATX). The brass stand mounts go in without
issue, the mounting holes in the motherboard line up
and we screw the thing down — tight but not
excessively so; about 1/4 turn past hand tight. There
are a few fiddly moments trying to get some of the
corner screws in but nothing too frustrating.
Step 7: Muscle in the muscle
With the motherboard mounted and the core
components in place, we move on to installing the
video cards and sound card. Here, we're confronted
With another problem. The DuOrb cooler, instead of
covering the RAM slots, now covers one of the PCIe
slots. Thanks to an on-board cooling system for the
ASUSEN9800GTX cards ($350, ca.asus.com), the
video cards themselves are double wide; they take up
two of the rear-mounted PCI ports on the back of the
Armor+ case each. They also cover up several of the
connection ports on the motherboard, including the six
serial ATA connection points for hard drives and optical
drives. The cables will still fit without issue under the
video cards, but it means a little pre-planning, making
connections before the video cards are seated. Tool-
less access for removing the PCI slot covers turns out
to be welcome here as we can remove a few extra PCI
covers and then easily replace them later, after
everything is in place. This is useful because cards
never seem to line up with the PCI slots the way you
think they will (or at least, the way we think they will).
TheASUS Striker II Extreme motherboard ($415,
ca.asus.com) comes with its own soundcard. It fits
neatly in to a PCI Express slot. Originally, we opted not
to use the bundled audio riser solution, choosing a
dedicated solution from Creative, the Sound Blaster X-
Fi XtremeGamer Fatality Professional Series ($170,
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www.creative.com). Much to our chagrin, the slot that
is being blocked by the DuOrb CPU cooler is the one
we'd need to mount the Creative sound card. While it
would undoubtedly offer us better performance than
the stock sound card, we're faced with a difficult
decision. Either we source new RAM, choose a
different CPU fan or forego the add-on sound card.
We're opting to do the latter as we're excited to get
around to testing the gaming rig out rather than
searching for new component parts... and its not like
we'll have no sound, we just won't have quite such
high-fidelity sound. Alas. Sacrifices must be made.
Step 8: Making the connection
Wealready have the SATA connections between
motherboard and drives in place. Now, we'll make all
the appropriate power point connections. The 1,000
watt MaxPower Thermaltake PSU comes with a ton of
extra plug in cables for extra drives, power drawing
cards an so on. All the standard connections are hard
wired. We connect the main power supply cable to the
motherboard, attach the appropriate connector to the
video cards, plug in the drives and while we're not
ready to power up just yet, were certainly getting
close.
With every PC case comes a bundle of twisted wires
with in some cases cryptic labels. "RRT SW' and 'PW
SW"are pretty simple to deduce (reset and power
switches respectively), others aren't. These wires don't
lock neatly in to place with a like-size, shape and
pin-configuration connector point. Rather, they attach
to a small grid of connecting pins whose individual
purposes are written on the printed circuit board
(PCB) of the mobo. They don't use quite the same
naming convention as the cables, but it's not tough to
figure out.
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Step 9: Cleaning up
Assuming the detritus packaging, twist ties et al has
already been cleared up (in our case, it hadn't), it's
time to clean up the inside of the case. There are a lot
of wires snaking around the inside. While the power
cabling that comes with the Thermaltake case is
bundled into much neater packages and wrapped with
a black mesh sleeve, there's still plenty of of it. Left as
is, it makes the PC look like a mess. Some PC cases
— especially those with a look-in window like our
Armor+ case — will include a variety of zip ties, cable
ties and stick-on cable tunnels to keep the mess to a
minimum. A few strategically placed ties and
ratcheting cable clamps and the inside of our PC looks
apurdy as the outside... at least, the part that can be
seen through the window does. Behind the PSU, it's a
bit of a rat's nest of wiring. Out of sight, out of mind.
Cable clutter within the main body of the PC can
adversely affect airflow and as such, the ability of an
air cooling system to do its job effectively.
Step 10: Get prepped
Weinstalled the swiveling, piano black base to our
colossal 24" LG HD monitor (LG L246WH-BH, $499,
www.lge.ca), plugged the CPU's PSU in to the wall,
hooked up the various cables to the Logitech G51
Surround Sound Speaker System ($200,
www.logitech.com), hooked up the Microsoft Recluse
keyboard and SideWinder mouse ($75 and $80,
www.microsoft.com/hardware) and powered up.
We'll be running Windows Vista Ultimate Edition
($330, www.microsoft.com/windowsvista) as newer
games are increasingly being developed to run
optimized on the OS (by means fair or foul, as one
recent reader letter wonders).
Some of the hardware — most notably (and
appropriately) the video card comes with gaming
software. We'll be loading it up, along with critically
acclaimed titles Crysis ($60, EA Games,
vvww.ea.com/crysis), Assassin's Creed ($60, Ubisoft,
www.assassinscreed.com), Gears of War ($60,
Microsoft Game Studios, www.gearsofwar.com) and a
few others.
Step 11: Plug and pray
All the internal connections made, drives seated, cards
in place and ducks (at least theoretically) in a row, it's
time to plug it all in, power it up and see what
happens.
Hitting the top-mounted power switch of the case,
we're rewarded with fans spinning up, lights coming on
and the LCD poster display that is designed to alert to
any motherboard issues displaying 'CPU INIT." No
beeps and no POST (Power On Self Test) though.
I initially theorized this to be a video card problem; I
wasn't sure whether each of the two video cards,
chained together in SLI, needed their own power
connections. It looks more likely that it's either the
motherboard of the CPU though.
TheWD VelociRaptor drive has yet to show up and
officially, the powering on phase of the Ultimate Game
PC is not until next month's issue. In other words, I've
got a bit of time to get to the bottom of this problem.
More on that later.
By Andrew Moore-Crispin
Next month: Plug in, power up, game on: We'll be
booting up the Ultimate Game PC for the first time,
loading up software for some extended play testing.
We'll run some benchmarks and report the results too.
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 Power Pellets: To the Podium
Video games step into the Olympic spotlight
Avideo game tournament will be an official Welcome
Event of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games this
summer. Is the world ready for virtual and physical
sport to share the same stage?
The Beijing 2008 Olympic Games are going to be
remembered for a lot of things, many of them
negative. There have been protests during the
ceremonial torch run by Students for a Free Tibet.
Many teams have expressed concern about the effects
that China's air pollution will have on their athletes'
health and performance. And some politicians and
activist organizations .have called for an outright
boycott of the event.
However, the world's gaming community may end up
having more flattering memories of Beijing 2008
thanks to the fact that, for the first time in the' history considered timeless tests of a player's skill at gaming.
of the world's most prestigious celebration of sport, a
video game competition is being included as an official
part of the proceedings.
GGLGlobal Gaming, an international social community And that's to say nothing of the debate over whether
for competitive gamers, has been working with the
Chinese government for more than two years to create matter how far they have come, games are still
the 2008 Digital Games, a four-day pre-Olympic
competition with the status of "Official Welcome Event"
that will see not only professional and amateur players
competing for medals in a dozen popular games, but
also Olympic athletes and global celebrities trying their
hands at a variety of virtual sports (games being
featured at the event hadn't been announced at
press time).
Why now?
In a word, China. Countries hosting the Games are
encouraged to showcase aspects of their culture that
are unique in the world and, as Ted Owen, CEO and
Chairman of GGLGlobal Gaming points out, "China is
the only country to officially recognize gaming as a
national sport," which makes it the ideal nation to
introduce video games to the Olympics.
And Owen does indeed believe that the 2008 Digital
Games are just an introduction, not just a one-off stunt. Gateway P-6860FX
His goal is to make video games a permanent facet of
the Olympics, perhaps even as an official event.
'We've already talked to the International Olympic
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Committee at the 30,000 feet level," he
says„ adding that he was encouraged by the
direction the discussion went. A key
consideration for any activity with aspirations
Ofbecoming an official part of the world's
most international sporting event is its
ubiquity within countries and cultures across
the globe, and video games are undeniably
among the most pervasive leisure activities
in the world.
"We're going to bring 76 countries together
at the 2008 Digital Games," said Owen.
"With all due respect, there are many existing
events that don't do this. Curling, for
example, isn't played in Jamaica."
Still, video games will face a long uphill
battle in their bid to become an official
Olympic event.
First off, competitive garners would need to
settle upon a single organization that has the
power to act as an international governing body for
video games as a sport — and be recognized as such
by the International Olympic Committee. There would
be plenty of existing organizations aside from GGL
Global Gaming that would likely vie for this status,
including, among others, the World Cyber Games,
Major League Gaming, and The World Series of
Video Games.
Then a country hosting an upcoming Olympic Games
would need to propose video games as an official
demonstration sport. It's hard to imagine any country
— even China — taking such a bold step.
Also, what would the events be? Unlike individual
sports, video games are manifold, and none yet are so
enduring and universal that they could be conceivably
Would the proposal be that the games played from one
Olympics to the next change according to the titles
currently in vogue?
video games ought_ to be considered a sport. No
entertainment created and owned by industry. Should
Parker Bros.' Monopoly board game be considered for
Olympic status as well?
Still, video games are a fiercely competitive activity,
and one that requires an exceptional physical
adroitness of fingers and thumbs (appreciated by
those who play, if no one else).
And that's why, when the 2008 Digital Games are
telecast this August — Owen confirmed that CCTV,
China's biggest television network, will be broadcasting
them live, and that GGL is in the final stages of
negotiations to telecast the event on prominent
networks in the United States and Europe as well — I
will be there watching with no small amount of interest.
"It's a seminal moment in the culture of gaming," says
Owen. Indeed, it is hard to deny him that.
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Thanks to an nVidia GeForce Go 8800M GTS with
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every game we threw at it — even Crysis, a notorious
hardware-humbling shooter (though we did have to run
it using medium graphics settings, middling resolution,
and on DirectX 9).
It staggered a little during the most action packed
sequences of a benchmark test using the resource
intensive strategy game World in Conflict, but we were
able to coax out a solid 30 frames per second with
mostly medium visual settings. Other recent games,
including Activision's Call of Duty 4 and BioShock,
were essentially stutter-free running at the highest
visual settings.
Simply put, it plays games good.
So why the rock-bottom price tag? A weak (relative to
other portable gaming rigs) Intel T5550 Core 2 Duo
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while big and bright, tops out at a resolution of 1440 x
900, whereas higher-end gaming laptops typically hit a
full 1920 x 1200.
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Mac clones? Not likely
As soon as Apple switched to Intel processors, it was inevitable that more of the curious would try to
figure out how to run the Mac OS on non-Apple hardware. After all, with most of the hardware
components now cominon to Mac and PC and the fact that Mac hardware can run Windows, why should
the reverse not be true?
So that OSX won't hay t o dance with just any old PC creep, Apple has implemented software, firmware
and legal chastity belt , but that hasn't stopped people from trying to circumvent them — and
succeeding. This Hac intosh activity has been going on for years so it may .be just coincidental that in
the last month I've rec ived a cluster of news releases or reports about successful ports of OSX to non-
Mac hardware, includi g one to theASUSEeePC and a company called Psystar announcing its Open
Computer that will run Windows, Linux or Mac OS.
The clone factor isn't anything new to Apple. In fact, it may have had as much to do with the design
envelope of the original Macintosh as the graphical interface and mouse. Apple's fortunes with the Apple
II would have risen muh higher were it not for the Apple II knock-off industry that swelled around the
platform. Apple successfully sued a couple of them for copyright infringement (and in the process
established for the first time in the US that operating systems, ROMs and software could be
copyrighted). However the damage to Apple's bottom line had been done.
It's a lesson not learned by IBM, which saw its creation, the IBM-PC, devolve into the generic PC. The
IBMbrand became one of many, and not necessarily the dominant or most influential one. Of course
that gave rise the the golden age of personal computing we witnessed in the last two decades of the
past century. But that's another story...
Amid the folklore surrounding the Mac is a story of Steve Jobs directing the developers to hide a "stolen
from Apple" message deep within the MacintoshROM code, which cou d be revealed should any cloner
try to rip off the ROM design and claim it as their own original work. In the mid-90s Apple officially
sanctioned a Mac clone industry by licensing ROMs and the operating system to third party developers.
However that programme ended when Steve Jobs returned to Apple.
WillApple once again officially license its code to hardware vendors? In the tech business, we know to
never say never, but I don't see it happening. Is there a good reason to do so from Apple's position?
There's the inevitable argument that it would drive up OSX's market share. There are plenty of PC
hardware companies that could build a quality box and sell it for a-few dollars less. However Apple is
managing to snatch around four per cent of'the global personal computer market all by itself. Growth of
the OS side through third-party involvement would also mean competition for Apple's hardware cash
cow.
There's also the issue of quality control and its impact on user experience. Apple needs to choreograph
the work of relatively few hardware and software suppliers, so the chances of big and little things
undermining the user experience is smaller. Compare that to Windows, which has to run on systems
made by quality manufacturers as well as those cooked up in basements by hobbyists with varying
levels of competence. When something doesn't work, the gnarly finger of blame gets pointed at
innocent and guilty alike. Apple's chain of blame is easier to manage.
Then, there's that thing called cache. Macs have it. A Mac clone has anti-cache. On the PC side, it
doesn't really matter because the major players all have skeletons of c oners in their closets, and the
PCindustry grew so big because of clones. Besides, "PC clone" itself is an anachronistic term —
standardized PC is wh fit has come to mean. Only IBM can say it made the original IBM-PC, but it's not
even in the biz any more.
But from the day Macintosh was launched, its identity was tied to the notion that it was different, cool.
And that message plays as strongly today as when Mac was new. Driving up market share by loosing
the clones would only undermine that message.

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