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ICANN's Uniform Domain Name Dispute UDRP. the domain was transferred to a
operating travel companies and city "por- for local governments eager to cash in onResolution P o l i cy (UDRP). WI P O's
company operated by Riera and her hustals" around the world, an arbitrator offici-thedot-corn frenzy and aheadache forownArbitration and Mediation Center is one of band, Juan Nogueras Coho, which they
ating over rights to the Internet addressers of numerous Web sites many multi-f our o r ganizations around t h e w o r l d
called Barcelona Inc.
Barcelona.com has derided it should be million-dollar productions that have been authorized to sort out complaints under the Currently, the address points to a Web sit
taken away from its current owners andnamed after weU-known locations.
UDRP.
that serves as a source of news and touris
handed to the Spanish city with the sound- The ruling came in August from arbitra- According to Porzio's written decision, information related to Barcelona.
alike name.
tor Marino Porzio, who was assigned by theBarcelona.corn was originally registered in
In order for a complainant to succeed in
The decision, issued under a dispute reso-United Nation's World Intellectual Property early 1996 by Concepcio Riera of Barcelona.domain-oabbing attempt under the UDRP,
lution procedure adopted by the Internet Organization (WIPO) to settle the dispute In May of this year, at about the same time
the rules say the current bolder must hav
no legitimate claim to the address and tha
they must have registered the address
or
are using it in "bad faith."
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sites with geographic names was that Porzio
didn't consider the operation of a Barcelona
"portal" to constitute evidence of a legitimate nght to the address.
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one of the UDRP's "bad faith" deffnitions,
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confusion with complainant's mark as to the
lic service."
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address Barcelona.corn "would normagy
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books, with electronic versions of new releases
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auto setbng lets users capture live shots in two
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Carel Corp. has unveiled Carel tinux OS Second
in Canada. We me looking forward to a pmduct
for video calls, Intel I-mail Postcard, Video Epeoplethat am using CPUs (central processing
Edition and Comtgraw Graphics Suite for Linux,thatbnngs the thnlloftrains and railroading to
maiL Auto Snapshot, Mo vie Bui
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who
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and micmphone,12 NB RAM, and Internet
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Standard
CRT displays
levels o f RF a n d E MF e m issions. slower the refresh rate, the more noticebased CRT monitor when you could moveAlthough CRTs have come an awfuflyable this phenomenon is. Flicker diminto the shiny new world of LCD flat-panellong way in terms of emissions control, ishesor vanishes ataround 60 cycles per
displays, which are both compact and there still are some concerns. MPR-II second, so generally this is a minimum
and TCO95 are two of the most strin-refresh rate for acceptable image stabililight. In a word: money.
By standard
Most CRT displays still provide a gent standards for emissions, and ruoni-ty.
CRTs we' ve
caine
high-quality image at a fraction of the tors that carry these stickers have met The blame for flicker is two-foldi your
with the genzii
monitor,
and
your
video
card.
Older
cost of a TFT display with a similar
these standards. TCO99 i s the more
creates tbe mo.
viewable size (compare a 19-inh CRT atstringent of t h e t wo, requiring that video cards with less onboard memory
because ofih:
around $800 with an 18-inch TFT dis-monitors have higher levels of shielding.required a trade-ofpi you bad to settle
it hits thegl,m
For a higher refresh rate or a higher res-
ing issues n.
he edge of the screen.
ence).
perfect shielding against all radiation. olution, but yo u couldn't get both.
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today,
to
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extent,
Further, it's easy to argue that the CRTMore information on these standards
though the increase in the memory on there are stui,ume issues.
still often provides a more flexible solu-can be found at the site for The Swedish
Confederation
of
Prof essional the graphics cards has made it an irreletion,since you can change the resoluvant dichotomy. for the most part. On Oayteb Vista VIS
tion of the display without a degrada-Employees (hnp://www.tcu.se/eng/index htm).
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often leads to dithering. And if you workOne of the things that has plagued CRTto settle For a refresh rate of 60 Hz. Now,
in graphics production you' ll probablymonitors in t h e past is fl icker. Tbe you still lose some refresh capability by
agree that TFT displays still can't matchinside of each CRT tube is covered withupping the screen resolution to even
tri-coloured phosphor patches that get 1,600x1,024, but you can often still run
the smooth image you get from a highbit by beams. causing them to glow. in that resolution with a refresh rate of
quality tube display.
75 or 85 Hz. Of course, this
still depends
Tbe impact on health of radio fre-Each patch of phosphor is refreshed
on
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capabilities
of
both
your video
many
times
per
second;
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is
measured
quency (RF) and electric-magnetic field
card and monitor most 32 MB cards
(EMF) emissions continue to be a con-in Hz if each patch is refreshed 100
cern for some users, however, and CRTtimes a second, we say that the refreshare capable ofthis, and you can check
monitors have higher emission levels rate is 100 Hz. Flicker occurs when theout this review to see a sampling of
that TFT displays. One of the sellingphosphor loses some or afl of its glowwhich 19-inch monitors can handle it.
Many have placed the flicker-free
threshold at 7 5 H z , although this is
debatable. Some monitors look better
than others at this resolution, and some
people have eyes that can still detect
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higher. Most of th e monitors in our Shadow mask
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roundup will easily handle 1.280x1,024 26mm duf pitch.
resolution at that refresh rate, and you' ll Geumeuy
adjustment includes pimushinn, pinbafonly run into potential problems if you ame, trapezoid, parallelogram, and rotation.
routinely run your monitor beyond that. 1,600x1,280
msnmum susen resolution (at 75 Hz).
The tests:
gbe tests
Geumeuy
wxs4 little bituff in the comes, with
be straightMonitor testing this month was con- slightdefnnnstmni that muldn't quue
ducted with the help of DisplayMate eneduuk
MultiMedia Edition 2.0, available from Screen iegulsuun wss excellent, wkfi nn jumping
DisplayMate Technologies (http;//wwwdis- noted snd very litffe colourintensity shifting.
wss at
plsymate.com). This suite has a series of Minimal monk inteifeience detected
tests to show a monitor's strengths and 1,024x768,mth more introduced at higher
iesufuweaknesses, from moird patterns to cor- tlulli.
wasvery good, with small textleginer focus, from geometrical integrity to General focus
colour reproduction. We ran each moni- ble even at
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in
t hr e e di f f erent res olutions: Though it doesn't have
asmany controls as some
and
other monitors, the un.screen display (DSD) is
1,024x768,
1,28 0 x1.024,
1,600x1,200. The refresh rate for each quffe easy
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Intel-Coppermine. Katmai, CELERON, PENTIUM
Note: AB prices were obtained from V19 is nonetheless a very good monitor
the vendors or their representatives, and overall: moird is minimal at lower resolu AMD-Athlon, IC611
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Estimated street prices and suggested coarse side for demanding users, but
retail prices are just that: estimated andthose looking to get a larger display fo
suggested. Prices are subject to fluctua-less money may find this unit a good
tion from store to store and from regionchoice.
to region.
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enhancements. One surprising change is the dor'sWeb sit
e to see if there are any new
centralized multimedia cataloguing system.
removal of Windows Explorer &om the Start updates to the application. Microsoft has aLso The image utility works well, doing what it
menu root. It's still there, but is now found
removed Real Mode DOS from this version ofwas intended to, but if you work with a lot of
one menu deeper in the Accessories group,
Windows, running DOS applications in an multimedia hles, you will want to invest in a
which is also where it is located on Windows
environment called Protect Mode. Microsoft separate media cataloguing utility.
2000. (If you want it back to its original place,
says this allows the system to boot faster, and The Windows Movie Maker allows you to
y ou can j ust d rag and d rop i t f r o m
also improves the stability of Windows.
capture and digitize video from an external
Accessories.)
source such as a video camera (video capture
Along with gaining a new name, My Dlganl enterhtinment
card is also needed) and assemble digital video
Network Places has been r eorganized. The second area in which Microsoft says it has
clips into a short movie while adding a single
Opening this screen reveaL~ two new iconsimproved Windows Me is in support for digisoundtrack (in addition to the audio that may
alongside the Entire Network icon found in tal media. Microsoft has developed the already be on the video cfip) for narration or a
previous Windows versions. One is called Windows Image Acquisition specification that musical score.
Home Networking '(Vizard and the name isallows Windows to automatically recognize
Compared to the digital video movie maksaf-explanatory:itsetsup a home network by
digital cameras and scanners that are (VIA ing capabilities that are found within a iMac
asking you a series of qumtions about yourc ompliant. Also new is af older i n M y
DV, the Windows Movie Maker is limited. The
network work group, type of minnection, etc. Documents called My Pictures, which embeds iMovie software, which ships with iMac DVs
The second icon is caged Add Network a smag image-editing and -viewing utiTity and some G4 models, uses a similar drag-andPlace. It too is a step-by-step wizard thatwith basic features like zoom, rotate and adrop shot assembly interface, but has better
works very similarly to the Add Printer andlarger image preview. But you can also viewtransition tools including titling, and supports
Add Dialup Connection wizards found in pre-iniage thumbnails in any folder if you selectmore output formats, including writing back
vious versions of Windows. The Add Network the new "thumbnails" option in the Viewto a DV camcorder (which you can subsePlace wizard accomplishes the same thing asdropdown menu.
quently transfer to a standard VHS tape), so
the "map network drive" selection that comes Some third-party image cataloguing packContinued oii page 82
up when you right-click on the network icon,
but you can also map other sources, such as
FTP sites. I had been using a LapLink FTP
utility to acets an editorial server in another
v aas
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changes by checking or unchecking options
that appear in a scrolling window.
Windows Me implements the smart menu
system we first saw in Microsoft Office 2000.
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unique. not just because it inte- V5$3.85 billion on ASP services by 2003.
grates a variety of seemingly dis- Mickey Freeman, senior vice-president of
t used to be that aa needed
you to equip a
parate communications and marketing an d s ales f o r Ho t Office
smaU business was a desk, a phone, a
Internet tools, but because it Teclmologies Inc. in Boca Raton, Fla., says th
computer,a printer,and a fax machine.
combines them into at ele- greatest advantage to using an ASP is that
After that, you simply needed the patience
phone.-like mterface that is sim- removes one of the greatest barriers preventand stamina to make the business a surcess.
ple to understand. That interface ing small businesses from getting onto the
While the patience and stamina requirecuts the learning curve for using Internet and using it to conduct businessnient hasn't changed, what has is the technolthe product, allowing users to cost.
ogy needed to connect today's small business
get the most out of Internet- In most cases, small companies do not
to the growing Net economy.
based conununications.
have the hdl-time or even temporary IT staf
And this is where problems begin for many
"We like to say that AT&T haswith the expertise required to set up and
small businesses. Simply connecting to the
maintain the equipment and networks. At the
spent 50 years teaching people
Internet is not enough, especially if the goal is
how to use a Bell telephone," same time, they can ia at'ford to maintain
to use the internet as a tool to both make
McEiwain says. "So when people their systems' sofnvare with regular upgrades
money and to communicate more eAectively
see our interface. right away it isand additional licences as the business
grows.
with employees and customers. But many
"Having your own company intranet can
famiTiar to them."
small businesses believe that the technology
cost you up to $15,000 to $20,000 just on t
needed to do so is both expensive and diffiinitial startup costs and equipment," Freeman
esp smg
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cult to use. Because of those concerns, their
Putting together a variety of adds. "And we have not even started talkin
lirst steps into the Internet-based economy
applications in a simple-to- about the licensing fees, and the ongoing
are often hesitant.
understand suite is not a radical- maintenance."
"A lot of small businesses
and home offices
ly new strategy in the computing What an ASP like HotOfftce does is remov
are just now starting to use email. fax, and
these costs. HotOlrtce will host the networks
industry.
answering systems," says Brian McElwain,
For some time, software and necessary to run the Internet-based applicavice-president of sales and marketing for 01
productivity application ven- tions and services, while at the same time tak
Communique La boratory In c . in
make
its
communications
and
massaging
ing on the costs of maintaining them with
dors
have
created
suites of their various prodMississauga, Ont. "We have done some focus
suite
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only
easy
to
hook
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Internet,
regular updates. To access the applications
ucts.
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classic
example.
groups and tome 90 percent of small business
However, a growing trend is to offer many of
and servi
ces,aa a smallbusiness requires isa
say while they need something like fax, emailbut also easy to use.
and voice mail they also know they need to The Communicate! i2000 brings together these same kind productivity and application system with a Web browser and an Interne
Internet video, phone, fax, email, voice andsuites directly to small businesses over theconnection.
get onto the Internet because it is something
HotOflice has
two packagesfor small busitheir customers and cgents are expecting." paging capabilities. It comes with video capa-Internet.
bilities
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bling blocks is that much of the technology
analogue modem line tor standard telephony but has been steadily growing. By 2004 theaccess to the same combination of applicaneeded for using the Internet as a business
functions and an optional dedicated Internet ASP market will have grown to nearly VS$44tions, but without the ads.
tool takes too long to learn. Small business
owners and their employees are too busyconnection via a second analogue modem, billion, predicts Boston. Mass.-based inde- "What wehave done ispackaged together a
modem, broadband cablemodeni and
pendent research Iirm, Ovum. Forrester productivity suite, including email, a group
running the business to learn how to make ISDN
a
calendar.a group contact and management
piece of technology or an application work. x!3SL modem, or a T I / T 3 connection Research,which is based in Cambridge,
Mass., estimates that small businesses with
Conriuued on page 86
That is why 01 Communique decided tothrough a proxy server.
Thesenew businessdesktops are a step closcompletely convinced yet. However, if you You can choose standard configurations
don't need to connect older peripherals tothat offer CPVs ranging from a 500 MHz
er to appliances, but they are still computers,
the computer, definitely choose the legacy-Celeron to a 733 MHr Pentium III proces
he iPaq looks verym uch l i ke
Whether lega- sor, disks that range from 4.3 GB to 10 G
Compaq's answer to the Hewlett- Compaq makec two kinds of iPaqs: lega-free niodel since it is
and 64 MB or 128 MB of RAM. As much
Packard e-Vectra. Naturally, that cy-free and legacy-light. Neither has any ISAcy-freemodels are more stable and more
trouble-free in the long run remains to be
wouldn't be how Compaq describes this or PCI slot, which reduces size and cost. The
Conriiined oii page 88
established.
differences are in the ports. Both offer
new range of computers. It prefers the sloThc iPaq I tested was a legacy-light 500
gan "simplitied business computing for thc microphone, headphone, line-in, line-out,
Internet age," which would suit the e-VGA, and Rf-45 !Ethernet). The legacy-free hiHz Pentium ill version with 128 MB o(
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The bedrock of the e-Vectra is a compadpower block, instead of the usual powerthe dosed nature of the system makes itoffers kee for one
year,which addsconsiderIntel 810E motherboard, running either a transformer box inside the case. The box itselfalmost impossible for users to monkey with able value to the UGate 3000.
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ultra-compact configuration, compared to a tantly, the smaller size of the machine is the
ic or a dynamic IP address. A static address
SDRAM. Standard equipment includes an 8.4 standard PC setup. It is not as easy to upgrade
perfect Ibr a cluttered desktop. When paired much more desirable, but even that isn'
GB hard drive pre-loaded with either as a standard desktop box. With both thewith a TFT monitor which can be placed on
enough. Ideally,you should have DNS
Windows 98 or 2000, depending on yourvideo and audio built into the board and no
top of the e-Vectra boxthecombined size is (domain name service) but adding it is eithe
needs. And although the ntachine comes withupgradeslots whatsoever, you're stuck with
less than that of a conventional CRT monitor.expensive or not possible at all on some ser
tces.
no fioppy drive, a slim-line CD-ROM drivethose components. If you' re adventurous, you
Continued onpage 88
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businesses, we often make the assumption foothold among small businesses, IBM bas access it via a common name. Would you
that every business will find a benefit frombegun shipping its IBM Small Business Packr ather enter h t tp: //www.yahoo.corn o r
database,a hatroom, and a document manit," says John Hillis, small bus)oem marketingfor Linux, which is designed for businesses204.71.200.74? Even if you prefer the latter,
agement centre," Freeman says.
which is unlikely, how would you feel if th
Small businesses with stafi' that travel or manager for Microsoft Canada in Toronto. with up to 100 employees. It covers most critnumbers changed kom day to day?
such as
telecommute frequently will espedagy wel- "But with smafi business, what we often findical business functions and processes
Regardless of whether your IP address is
is
that
it
is
a
very
kagmented
market
and
email,
building
and
maintaining
a
Web
site,
come the document management centre. it
static
or dynamic, UMax will host a DNS fo
there
are
many
different
kinds
of
solutions
storing
important
business
data
and
content
agows companiesto securdy archive docuan
It comes with IBM's DB2 data-you, free of charge, for 12 months (this
ments and personal files for remote access,they ran take on. for some, all they need is management.
assumes that you have purchased a UGate
revision and searching. HotOffice also has aemail apphcation, while others actually want base, Domino Application server. and
3000, of course). To do this, you apply t
to
sell
pmducts
online,
and
others
want
to
WebSphere
Apphcation
server.
document viewer that can open 150 different
UMax for a domain name, which we wi
Ottawa-based
Coral
Corp.
also
o(fetv
many
use
the
Internet
to
change
their
business
document, spreadsheet, presentation, and
referto as"youmame."
o
f
i
t
s
p
opular
a
pplications,
like
i
t
s
processes.
graphicformats which means users don't
If it is available on the ugateatet domain
have to download additional software to their Hillis recommends that before any small WordPerfect Office and CorelDraw graphics
you wil
lreceiveyourname.ugate.netasa W eb
businessdecides to start using the Internet as suite, for Linux.
desktop or aptop
l
PCs.
address.
The world will be able to visit yo
a
business
tool,
they
ask
themselves
how
the
Knowing
that
the
Internet
is
becoming
The HotOIlice Business Center also offers
Web
site
by e ntering http://www.yowcentral
to
how
many
small
businesses
either
Internet
can
best
fit
into
their
business
model
accessto suchservices as a package tracker,
operate now or will in the future
some
name.ugatemet. That's pretty good, although
travel p)armer, Internet-based faxing, Web and long-term goals. After that, he says they
site creation, e-commerce hosting, credit card need to find applications that not only meetvendors are starting to make their olficehttp: //www.yourname.corn would probably
their current needs, but fit their futureproduds and tools more Web ready. Printersbe even bener. On the other hand, you'
checks, and a resmrcb desk
area good example of this phenomenon.
m ore likely t o get "yourname" ont h e
Since December, Regina-based Olson requirements as welL
Goldsmitbs bas been using the HotOffice In order to help them get their businesses "Some people say that the Internet takesugate.net domain than on the Internet.
service to run its custom jewelry business. Internet-ready, Microsoft has started inte- away a lot of the need for printing," says Ted Since I wrote the previous column, UMax
Mitch Olson, head o f c orporate and grating Internet tools and applications into Schnarr, areas sales director for the olficehas introduced a new, bigger version of the
UGate 3000 called the 3200. It is similar t
some of its popular applications. Windows p rinting business for X erox C orp. i n
Internet sales for the company, says he originally planned to use HotOffice for remote2000 is already Internet-ready and Office Markham, Ont. "But we say the exact oppo-the UGate 3000, but incorporates a sevensite. The amount of data and information port autosensing switch. If the ides of an
email and messaglng in order to keep in2000 now comes with an Internet kit. allowing
a
small
business
to
set
up
a
simple
oflice
being spun on the Internet is driving print integrated switch in your router is attractive
touch with remote workers and dients, some
intranet for sharing information within the volumes, everything from people printing but you don't need dynamic DNS support,
of whom indude casinos,corporatebusinesso(I)ce.
their email to downloading and printing PDF there's another less expensive option to cones. and theovernm
g ent.
sider: Linksys Etherfast Cable/DSL Router.
"HotOffice allows us to use our traditional Recently, Microsoft released its Small files."
The origlna) Linksys product has a built-in
Business
Server
2000,
a
networking
solution
Taking
this
into
account,
Xerox
hss
started
PCs that we have at home and in the ofilce,
embedding Web servers into many of its net-four-port autosensing switch that sells for as
for small businesses. It provides in a single
and take advantage of all the services they
little as $250 in Canada. That's switch and
ofier," Olsen adds."We could try to do it integrated package a variety of tools thatwork printers.
not hub. which means this unit represents
"So
right
out
of
the
box,
each
printer
has
internally, or we an work with such virtualbusinessescan use to set up email. fax, dataprice breakthrough. It wasn't that long ago
base
and
secure
Internet
connections.
its
own
homepage,"
Schnarr
adds.
"You
have
office providers as HotOffice and have them
when thepurchase ofa four-port switch and
Hillis
says
Microsoft
is
also
working
with
a
an
assigned
IP
address.
thereby
making
(the
maintain everything for us. They will maintain the servers, the updates to applications,Canadian partner to develop a self-installing printer) accessible to anyone on the network, a router would set you back at least $2,000
There'
s a newer one-portversion that hasor even those who are travehng."
and maintain the connectivity. It would justintranet solution for small business.
n't
crowed
the border yet, but it should se
Earlie
r
t
hi
s
year
,
Xerox
announced
a
l
i
ne
of
be silly for a small business like ourselves to More small businesses are starting to look
for
under
$150.
It's used in am)unction with
Internet-ready
laser
printers
for
smaU
and
toward
Linux
as
a
solution
as
well.
While
this
try and do it all."
OS continues to draw its greatest supportmedium-sized workgmups and businesses. yow existing hub or switch. The fow-port
Olson says he is also considering using
as aservThe DocuPrint N212, DocuPrint N2025 and versionhas a WAN port, which is where I
HotOIEe'sother serviceslike NetMeeting to from large enterprise users and Web
connmt my cable modem. There are fi
ve
the DocuPrintN3225 and N4025 ag come
er operating system, many Linux vendors are
conduct virtual sales meetings.
other
ports,
one
of
which
is
an
uplink
port.
with
such
standard
features
as
Adobe
seeing a growing market for Linux with small
it
is
used,
as
it
would
be
on
a
network
w
PostScript3
and
PCL6
emulation,
Ethernet
businesses
that
want
to
leverage
the
Internet
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tooL Linux is popular because of 10/100gase-T, USB connoctivity and 32 MB more than four compuwrs, only three of th
But if small businesses do decide to go itas a business
of memory. CI
remaining ports can be usotL It has a We
alone, there are several things they need toits low cost (the OS and many applications
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somewhat bigger and less flexible in how itoption. since they make a difference in per- The system is also quite competent in t
fonnance and don't add that much to theperfonnance department. We had the chanc
added, and DVD. CD. and Super Disk drives
can be positioned. The iPaq is designed to
to benchmark a model of the e-Vectra with
(but no floppy drive option) can be hotsit upright, like the mini-tower that it is.price.
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swapped in the black MultiBay housingprefer the e-Vectra in this respect, since it Speaking of price, this
is another attrac- 667 MHz Pentium III and 128 MB of RA
tive aspect of the iPaq line. An iPaq with 500
running Windows 2000. The system achieve
(whih also functions as the computer offers more options for placement.
MHz Celeron CPU, a 4 GB hard drive, 64an overal
l Sysmark 2000 score of 124, with
stand) that surrounds the silver iPaq.
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without a CD drive.
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management software: asset tracking and is adequate for business audio. The integratThe legacy-light model I tested costs $1,488.Even with everything Stted into a tiny ms
security, fault notilication and recovery, ed Intel graphics card isn't for graphics proremote ROM Bash, and software deploy- fessionals, but it manages 1,024x768 resolu- S ee Compaq Canada's Web s i te
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tion at 24-bit colour depth. The intelgap//wwwmmpaq,ca) for other models and speed with this system.
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Ethernet adapter is a no-compromise com-pricing. Currently, Compaq Canada doesn' t Suggested retail prices for the e-Vectr
The iPaq proved very easy to install, and
required minimal consguration before it ponent, and the scrolling mouse and full-oSer models faster than 500 MHz. If you start $899, and work up to around $139
was on my network, accessing the Internetfeatured keyboard will satisfy most users. have higher power requirements, faster The street price of the system we tested w
iPaq's can be purchased from the main about $1,499. Warranty period for all mod
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workgroup.
decide
whether
to
share
your My
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to
implement
in
Windows
Millennium
interface. as does the UGate 3000. You enter
Documents
folder,
insert
a
formatted
blank
Edition.
192.168.1.1 in your Web browser, log in with
Microsoft
must
have
received
feedback
diskette
to
create
a
setup
disk
for
other
com
the default password, and go through some
basic configuration to get it up and running.from some users that Internet Connection puters on the network running Windows 95
The default installation provides even better Sharing was too dfificult to install, becauseor 98.
security than the UGate 3000. The Linksysthey' ve done a better job in Windows Me. It' sAB that is required to allow one of thes
router isn't ideal for ag internet connectivitynot quite foolproof to install, especially on acomputers to use the shared connection on
problems, but for basic Internet connection computer that has already been conligured to the Windows Me computer is to run the
sharing of a high-speed connection, it is anconnect to the Internet via other means, butsetup.exe p r ogram on the di skette.
it's pretty dose to it.
Computers running Vfmdows Me
don't use
excellent solution.
the
setup
disk
A
Home
Networking
Wizard
guides
the
As I' ve mentioned in previous columns, it
is possible to achieve Internet connection user through a series of easy and mostly non- Instead they run the Home Networking
sharing via software. Microsoft introduced technical questions. There's nothing harder Wizard and answer a few simple questions
this feature in Windows 98 Second Edition, than "Do you want to share your Internetappropriately.
Once this is done, everyone on the network
can use theInternetatthe same time, regardless of whether the Internet connection is
through a p hone line, ADSL, orcable
modem. Without any additional configuration of the client software, each computer can
use any of the Internet services it would nor
magy use if connected directly to the Web
Security is good, in that just one computer i
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exposed directly to the Internet. The situation
with a router is better, since only the router
IP address is exposed. I wasn't able to chec
whether Windows Me supports the sharing
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of a Bell Sympatico High Speed Edition
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That's because for all mtents and purposes,
you
could
borrow the cradle fmm someone' s
forXMNS that do coolstuff.
world,Linux has what I believe to be the best
the Visor is a Palm IHe (the Visor Deluxe is a
NP3 player available. Unlike it's main competi- To list atl the ptugins here would take forever.Palm fixe) lurking at the low end with Palm
the HI, don't bother the connector shape
is different. However, the ml00 does come
tor in Windows, the beauty of this MP3 player Sufl
is ice it to say,when you download XMMS, you
same ease of use that makes the Palm series
with a serial cable that allows you
commuto
slmutd
wally
iavesbgate
the
ptugins.
They
are
thatitis open source.
so popular, but o(fering a bit more to sweetnicate
with
a
PC.
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en the deaL
input.output.Some of the ptugias I fi
nd most
above,you can download eitherthe source code
"A bit more" means improved Calculator We think the ml00 is more attractive than
the Palm HI or Visor. and with the inter
inteuutiag are lacatml in the Visualization catego-and Date Book
for XMMS or the standard Redhat Package
uilt-in microry.
My
favourite
is
the
GDaacer
ptugia.
Dy
default
Manager firrmat, a self contained archive of the
phone, a shade less width and weight. and-changeable colour fiont plates. also betters
applications,ab
compiled program.
InstaUationisasnapio both casesbut,obviously,
ifyou have the means aad run a Redhat
system.I recommend the RPM. If for uo other
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Considering it bas pretty much the sametion than the Palm IH's cover.
Overall, the ml00 has few
a attractive
specs (8MB of memory, approximately two
styling tweaks, although it doesn't break
months of battery life from two AAA batter-
SSREET
monochrome unit like the Handspring could only find a handful of colour
Visor, the Palm Hlc's flip-top and applications on the Internet most of
slightly more advanced operating sys-them games.
So where'sthe practicality I' ve always
tem (PalmOS 3.5 ) n o twithstanding.
loved
about the Palm?
Simply put, the colour offends my sense
It's still there, it's
just buried under
of what the Palm is all about.
Although the icons are more attrac-the Technicolor and the bigger price
tive, colour doesn't make the Palm Hlctag. By adding colour, Palm was able t
knock one more item off the list of fe
any easier to use; quite the opposite, in
fact, since the two-month battery lifetures the Pocket PCs could claim as
their own,and I supposethat at some
has now been cut down to a mere two
point developers will make better
use
weeks. (That'sactually not as bad
as it
sounds. The Palm Hlcuses alithium- of it.
ion rechargeable battery, which doesn' t But for now, there doesn't seem to be
have to be completely exhausted beforeany advantage to the Palm Hlc except
charging. Leave the Palm in its cradlebragging rights. For those of us who
like to get things done, other models in
for a little while every day and
you'H
havenothing toworry about. I'd like to the Palm family or the Visor, Hit the bill
see this become standard issue on afl nicely.
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process for meting out I nternet domain roots in such bastions of early Internet develmore difficult for some current popular include it in whatever ISP services they pr
names under the Canadian country-code opment as universities.
vide... so that's entirely up to the individu
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addresseswere allowed to apply as registrars. ed or doing business in more than onetrars start providing .a domains to the pubchoice and choose whatever registrar they
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order to deal with ivhat could be tradema
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which has resulted i n s ome Canadian
process was opened up Aug. 15.
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panies in Canada eager to own .ca addresses
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Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).
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looked at it to see of there are any details
trar of their choiceeffectively
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it easier to work with shading turned on at
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the
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insertion point inside the table and choose
least for now.
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dates and dick OK. There's no need for arry
Table, Select, then Table. Now set the back- To addthe next form element,move down
Type Your Own option. In the text area type
help nnn for this Geld as the entry will b
ground colour of the table by choosing
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made automatically each time without
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message" and select OK. then OK again.requiring operator input.
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area is set to Table, then lick OK.
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this, add a Text Form Field to the table and
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display its Options dialogue. From the Type
From the Type dropdown list, selectdisplay the Options dialogue. From the Typedropdown list select Current time and &om
dropdown list select Current date and from
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reasonably extensive with this model. do) with the fact that the VSB ports are
et-oziented selections, and it has a nic
Demanding users who want to focus onall located on therear of the monitor, setof features...but a few problems. The
detail-oriented work will Bnd this
moniwhich means you have to pull everything.26mm dot pitch is the biggest problem
toz unsuitable, but it's perfectly good for out from the wall when you want toall, causing general graininess and moire
general-purpose work, especially when
attach a VSB device (which defeats theproblems, even at l ower resolutions.
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Tbe specs:
18-inch viewable area.
.26mmdot pitch.
Shadow mask,
Geometry controls include: pucushion, pin balance, corner pin, parallelogram, trapezaid, rotation, Tbe spam:
18-inch viewable area.
zoom, and moirE redo<goo.
1,600x1,200 maamum resolution (at 75 Hz).
Shadow mask.
Tbe tests:
.26mmdot pitch
Geometry integnty was
very good, with any minor Short-depth design saves
spaceon the desktop.
distortionscouenible.
Geometry controls indude: pincushion, pinbalan<e,
OSD control has an interesbngusable
and layout,
trapezoid, parallelogram, rotation, several different
The specs:
though sometimes
Ihe buttons are touchy: you
129.inch
viewable area.
types of edge pin correction, zoom, moire mncega Shadow mask.
press one of the buttons to adjust, and it shoots tion, and convergence.
The space<
past the setting you want.
1,600x1,200
maximum resolution (at85 Hz).
IS-inch viewable area.
Built-in microphone and
speaker compatibility (not
The 26mm dot pitch be
may
on the grainy side,
As vxth some
other LG monnors, a four. port USB Shadow mask.
induded on our test model).
hub is built into the rear of this rnonhor,
.26mmdot pitch.
Geometry adjustment includes: pincushion, pinbalespedagy for more detailed work.
Some maim interference
wasnoted, evenat
The tash:
Geametnc correction indudes pincushion, pinbal- ance, trape
zoid, parallelogram,androtation.
1,024x768.
OSD <ontrols are somewhat
non-intuitwe.
.25mmdat pitch.
ance, trapezoid, parallelogram, and rotation,well
as
Focus was
generally very good up to 1,600xt,200, During regulation testing, some
definite colouras both horizontal and vertical moirn cancellation. 1,600x1200 maximum supponed resolution60(at
though the corners
were blurrier, and bottom <orintensity shihing was
noted, but there was
next to
1,920x1,440 maximum
screen resolution (at 60 Hz).
Hz).
ners on our test model had a bit of discolouration. no piuure jumping.
Tbe SesS:
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Only minimal moire interleren<e
appeared at reso- Screen regulation was
problem
a
on the AccuSyn< A single button controls Ihe whi
OSD,
ch is elegant
At 1,600xl,zOO
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bluny.
lutions up to 1,280x1,024, but some
was introduced
90. Thaughcolour intensity shifting wasn'
too
t bad,
but makes it harder to change
basic settings: any
Regulation on the monitor was very good to excel. at 1,600x1,200.
the screen jumped nogceably, which could be a
changes involve lot
a of pushing and spinning; seplent, with next to no jumping noted, and only Small text is readabl
upeto 1,280x
1,024, and is a
serious issue if you work with rapidly changing
arating brightness
and contrast would have been
minor shifting of colour intensity.
bn indistinct at I,SOO
xL2OObut can still be made
images.
more convenienL
We found the colour of the monitorbitwas
bluea
The .26mm dot pitch is a bit grainy, and leadstoColour
a
accuracy
wasvery good.
out it necessary.
listed for this monitor on the
Test
madel had some
vertical stripe disruptions that
shifted, but 0 is minor enough that most
I won' Some of the specs
fmvproblems; moire was
very noticeable at
notice.
Web site say it is capable of 1,880xL440 resolution, 1,024x768, though il lessenwf somewhat at
are noticeable whh
solid colours but not so much
but we could not achieve that. The 1,600xt,200 res- 1,280x1,024, appearing again at 1,600xt,zOO
.
with mhed graphica
At lower resolutions, the Future Power olution is listed maxi
as mum in the manual, and it Small text was quite legible 1,280x1,024,
up to
and
There was some
imagedistortion along the sides.
19DB02 offers a really good picture with is accurate.
more indistinct at higher resolutions.
Geometry correction fixed most but not ag of th
Generally, 1,600xt,200 is hard on Ihe eyes becauseAt resolutions higher than 1,024x768, however,
solid regulation, although the refresh
rates are a bit puzzling: the monitor is One of the three short-depth monitors of the dot pitch; 1,920x1,440 resolution is almost
items defocusand distort.
Some jumping was
noted during tesungol screen
capable of75 Hx refresh at its highest res-w e had a c h ance t o l o o k a t . t h e
unusable for most things,most
as of the detail
olution, but only 85 Hx at 1,024x768 (weStudioworks 912V is a really nice solution tends to disappear into the grams.
regulation, aswell as black-level shifting.
would have expected lower refresh at
if you have limited space on the desktop, OSD ontrol uses only three buttons, which is a Slight defocusing around the edges
of the screen at
1,600xl,200, or higher at 1,024x768, but offering reasonable performance and the
rather elegant solution, and quite easy to use.
1,024x768, but readability is still good wnh
even
not such a narrow band between two
the
bonus of a built-in VSB hub. One could
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DVir Stands for digital video irrterface, whichScreen regulation: This refers to how stable
isset to become the new standard.It provides
thepiture is when dramatic changes happen
a purely digital signal for TFT flat-panel dison-ss
een.One ofthe testsin ourdisplay suite
plays, but is also being incorporated on some
features a flashing white square on a black
new CRT displays.We received no DVI-capable
background, with a thin white line running
monit
orsthismonth,butkeepyoureyesopen,
aroundthe edge ofthe screen.On a weU-regas the/m bound to start trickiing into stores
ulated display, this thin line should amain
inthe very nearfutum.
rock-s
olid, though it often jumps around.
Armther regulation test involved colour intenVimvable area: When we refer to a 10-inch sity:when a white square flashes next to a
CRT display, we' re actually mferring to thenumber ofdiff
erent shades of grey approachdiagonalmeasurement of the front of the
ing black, often the colouration of the grey
entire tube. There is a certain section of this
squareschanges quite notieably, either fmm
space that is unsuitabte for display, and a cerbad regulation or internal glare.
tain amount that is covered by the plastic casing (you have to hold the monitor in somePowerconsumption: Measured in watts, this
how). What's left is the viewabte area of the
isan indication of how much power the monmonitor
.In generaL the difference is aboutan
itor draws when tumed on. The higher the ratinch,meaning aU 10-inch CRT monitors have a
ing, the more power it will suck back.
viewable area of approximately 18 inches.
Moireinterfemncer When you try to display
Dot pitch: This is a measurement, usually invery fine graphics on a row of phosphor>.
mifi
imeters,ofthe distance between two likesometimes the numbers won't add up, and
colouredphosphor dots of the CRT tube.The
you' ll get dropouts (if you' re trying to display
lower the number is, the closer the dots are 100
to discrete graphic items across 84 phosphoeach other and the smoother the display
rs, some will go missing). These appear on the
should look. Often, manufacturers provide dot screen as a series of curved lines, but generalpitch measurements for vertical, horizontal ly only in finely detailed items. Moire patterns
and diagonal; we have chosen the diagonai
are more common on monitors with higher dot
measurement for each monitor, as it is thepitch.
standard measurement.
Comer focus: This is just what it sounds
Shadow mesio This is one of the two main
like
how weil the monitor can focus in the
vwthods of getting the electron beams for
comersofthe screen.Thisisan issue because
each colour to hit the correct phosphor dots
colourbeams are shot from the centm of the
>n the inside ofthe sreen.With this type of
backofthe tube. Because they have to travel
urbe. beams shine through a perforated plate,farther to reach the corners of the screen, the
>ftenmade ofa materi
alcalled Invar,towards
beams are consequently more susceptible to
:he phosphor pathes.Shadow mask pictures
defocusing or deformation in these
and tobe very risp, but the colours not as
extremeties.
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information, giving way to the five Cascading Style Sheets, as the phrase maximum individual benefit. Second, the
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three styling or formaning HTML andOverview, which describes CSS and how it now includes such strange bedfellows as
authorized, anytime. anywhere, on any
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excefient geometrical integrity and next of tweaking to get it into shape, tbe bo
to no moire in any of the resolutions.tom line is that this monitor provided
Continued on page133
Anyone who feels most comfortable at
The DragonEye D98A is a quirky beast:
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even when Windows indicated a higher
value, and display size maxed out at only
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different manufacturer'sGeForce2 card,
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though we were able to get the screen up
to 1.280xl,024, the picture quality was
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