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A Nu shotfor your computer

The medicos are reminding us to get our shots to boost
our immune systems for the coming flu season. Those
concerned about the health of computers' may soon be
prescribing similar action for our machines. During the
past few years, IBM researchers have been using a biological model of immune response to design an automatic virus protection mechanism for computers.
IBM refers to this as a digital immune system, and
says it is "the flrst company to develop an immune system that can detect previously unknown viruses, analyze them, and distribute a cure worldwide, all
automatically and within minutes of first discovering
new viruses."
In a paper entitledBlueprint for a Computer Immune
System, which was presented to the Virus Bulletin
International Conference in San- Francisco in October
1997, IBM researchers Jeffrey Kephart, Gregory Sorkin,
Morton Swimmer, and Steve White explain that we
humans (and other vertebrates) have both a general,
non-adaptive immune response as well as an adaptive
response to spedfic pathogens. They say the key to
developing an immune system for computers is to create comparable digital mechanisms.
A general immune response in computers would
allow them to detect and dealwith viruses. This is the
type of capability existing anti-virus programs provide.
But it's the work being done- on the adaptive
response mechanism that I find most fascinating. In an
earlier article written for Scientific American,(entitled
"Fighting Computer Viruses" ) the same authors
described IBM's prototype active immune system,
which comprises a small computer network.
When a PC on the network encounters a program
that might be infected, it sends it to a special virus
analysis computer, which then sends it to a "petri dish"
computer containing decoy programs. The system tries
to induce the potential virus to infect the decoy programs. If and when it does, the characteristics and structure of the virus can be analyzed, and a prescription
formulated. The prescription can then be sent to the
infected computer, as well as to others on the network
to become a permanent addition to their anti-virus
databases.
IBM says this immune system will typically recognize a virus and create a prescription in less than five
minutes. Because the prescription can be sent out over
the network and because it can be incorporated into the
anti-virus databases of uninfected computers, this
mechanism works as a kind of immunization shot to
prevent the virus from spreading.
From
The
Editor
will use these in its future anti-virus products, which

will be marketed under the Norton AntiVirus brand.
IBM, meanwhile, has tumed its anti-virus customer base
over to Symantec, and will be promoting or including
Norton AntiVirus in IBM products and services.
Both Symantecand IBM have been engaging in
major anti-virus research activities, Symantec through
its Symantec AntiVirus Research Center (SARC) and IBM
through its Thomas J. Watson Research Centre. As computers become increasingly connected, the need for a
more systemic and automatic response to viruses will
also grow. The authors of the papers cited earlier conclude that computer viruses and anti-viruses will continue to evolve together in tit-for-tat pattern, just as our
own immune systems must continually adapt to new
strains of flu.
Applying a biological model to the workings of
computer systems seems to be an ongoing preoccupation. Recently the term "self-healing application" has
crept into the vernacular. This refers to the ability of
some software programs to repair themselves
for
if the computer operator happens to delete
crucial files or components.
And during the past year or so, Microsoft chairman
Bill Gates has been referring to a "digital nervous system." A system that, according to Microsoft's vision,
includes components such as ubiquitous connectivity,
universal email, and all-digital information. The person-
exam
ple,
al computer itself is acornerstone of the digital nervous

system because its price, performance and flexibility
allow all sorts of people to use it for all sorts of purposes.
In general systems analysis there is a constantcross-
fertilization of paradigms. Biology, ecology, engineering, sociology, economics, political science and
management science all contribute to each of the other
disciplines' conceptualization of the way systems
behave and operate. Looking at a computer as a biological system seems to offer more insights than looking at
it as, say, a political system. In the case of anti-virus
research, it has provided an intriguing approach to virus
protection.
There's another side to this paradigm borrowing
too. When we compare ourselves to our various tools
and inventions, we often find ourselves lacking. We are
not as strong or as fast asour mechanical tools and can' t
see as well as our optical tools. Even where we thought
we reigned supreme
in our intellectual and information processing abilities
computers have slowly eroded
our self confidence by trouncing us in math, memory '
recall and even chess.
It comes assomething of a comfort, then, that when
computer sdence wants to make some real breakComputer heal thyself
throughs in understanding the way computer systems
In mid-May, IBM and Symantec announced that they work, it turns to us humble biological units for inspirawould be joining forces to develop digital immune sys- tion.
tems. Under the agreement, Symantec has licensed
IBM's immune system technology and its patents (IBM
Enjoy the issue
has a half-dozen or so patents in this area). Symantec
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Cold star for TCP trio

I must let you know how much I
appreciated the a r ticles in
September issue: "Staging the
jump to higher education," "The
virtues of virtual ed," "So you
wanna bea techie?" and "Wobum
a leader in technology."
Education [articles] were
exactly what I was searching for.
Thank you very much Jean AllenIkeson, Rob Lamirand and Ross
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The first floppy, which was eight
inches in diameter, was used by
IBM computers to load microcode
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in July 1976. In fact, floppy drives
were even mentioned in the first
issue ofBytemagazine, Vol. 1 I,
code is in the public domain."

That is equivalent to saying that
it is an uncopyrighted work,
which is blatantly false.
The code in Linux is copyrighted by the many people who
have contributed to it, [andj may
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Sept. 197S, in a SphereCorp. ad. was invented by free software
What Sony did invent, was the guru Richard Stallman together in
3.5-inch hard case floppy disk consultation with a team of
MacDonald. Congratulation on package, which is now common- lawyers. In a nutshell, this licence
the job well done.
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in exchange for any fee the disRewriting history
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not iinpossible tochange the b(cilt-in screen or the

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this somids attractive, if you inte>id to carry the
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The price of portability
I am presently looking for a dstn/hpa-typo notebook with around 233/266 MHz ( PU, 32 MB
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At the New Media conference in Toronto in May, I gave a presentation on the state of the art in Web development
tools with an emphasis on database integration. The talk was reasonably well received; but it was evidentfrom the
question and answer period that emphasis on Web graphics sofhvare and tools would have been more popular than
the database approach I had taken. I was bombarded with questions on GIF animations, color optimization, and
making graphics work better on the Net. As a result, this review addressesmany of those queries.
By Jacques Surveyor
The tools of the fat-free photo trade are those that crop
images to their essentials elements, reduce the number of colors to an optimized palette and carefully use the variety of GIF,
JPEG, and Wavelet formats that combine pleasing viewing at
minimum file size.
All of the applications mentioned above help do these
tasksbut the best are Adobe ImageReady, Macromedia
Fireworks, and Corel PhotoPaint. The first two have the broadest range of color depth versus image fidelity versus compression choices. Fireworks and Corel provide useful before and
When saving, these images are converted to optimized GIF,

JPEG, or PNG files for use on the Web. So clearly, no one type
e Web and digital cameras have revitalized the market
of tool dominates the Web graphics scene.
for bitmap graphics and photo manipulation tools. All of
However, the fact remains that being able to precisely
the major graphics vendors have one or more tools
mask, then color correct, then layer images are tasks that
directed at the Web.
would either be a mission impossible in the darkroom or
Two offerings Macromedia Fireworks and Corel Xara are
excruciating, time-consuming tasks in vector drawing mode.
hybrid programs that mix vector graphics functions (Bezier
Add to this the wonders of being able to apply brushes, papers,
curves, tweening shapes, text along curves, etc.) with bitmap
textures, lighting, 3D views, manipulated text and the limit of
photo manipulation (color corrections, special filter effects,
good Web design becomes only imagination and file downimage manipulation under masks, etc.). Both are very exciting after previews for different options. All three supply precise load size. Thus, without further ado, we detail all the goodies
and fun programs to wbrk with.
control of GIF and JPEG files and some help for the new PNG to be found aplenty in our roundup of graphics software.
Two other vendors
JASC and Micrografx offer bundles
and FPX formats. Finally, Fireworks has an auto-splitter rouof programs that add GI F animations, 3D r endering tine that helps slice large graphics into smaller chunks for Adobe ImageReady
(Micrografx Simply 3D) plus gobs of pictures, clip art and fonts download convenience. But a lot of fat-free graphics come out Unique and favorite effeete or tools:
(primarily Micrografx again).
of good graphics design.
Animation control is the way to display frames and properties of an aniFinally, the top of the line photo manipulation programsmation.
Adobe Photoshop, Corel PhotoPaint and MetaCreations Cood Web design
Download time estimates are conveniently displayed at the bottom of
Painter show why they are at the top of the heap for photo When cable and/or high-speed modems become the norm,
every image as apulldown with 14.4, 28.8, 56.6 Kbps transmission valediting.
Web graphic designers' obsession with file size will diminish.
ues.
At that point, the other three areas of good design image Layer interlock toggle allows effects made to one frame/layer to be
There are graphics
enhancement, GUI control emulation (menus, buttons, drop
made to several in lock step
and there are Web graphics
down images, etc.) and graphic page elements (backgrounds,
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the severe size restrictions associated with Web images. In and interaction spaces, avatars, etc.) will be the deserved
addition creation of backgrounds, banner ad animations, but- focus of attention. Fortunately, the arsenal of photo maniputon and pull-down menu emulation and other special effects lation tools is really quite rich.
-'fkeep Web graphic designers rather busy.
For photo retouching and enhancement, the critical tools
Most of the work is done in bitmap graphic formats GIF are cropping, color adjustments, and masking tools. Here the
and JPEG. Technologies such as Corel's Barista, Macromedia's bitmap programs really shine and earn their keep. Photos that
Flash or Shockwave plugins, and wavelet compression all offer are underexposed or slightly grainy can be corrected very
relief in some form. However, their greater functionality quickly with the RGB (red-green-blue) balance and HSL (hueand/or better image compression has not been enough to saturation-lightness) shift controls.
make. these technologies "must-includes" in Microsoft's or
Picture Publisher and PhotoPaint have very useful tools
Netscape's browsers. Hence, Web graphic designers are left that show before and after adjustments. For sharpening or
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with thankless image "thinning" chores.
smoothing, PhotoPaint and Photoshop have the broadest
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Traditional computer graphic artists and illustrators are range of sharpen and smoothing/blur tools.
used to working with files several megabytes (if not tens of
.tee% t~,
All of the bitmap tools allow several modes of masking for
MB) in size. However, a 75KB graphic file takes a full minute to precise color corrections and removal of dust and defects. But In order to see the difference between Adobe Photoshop and
download at 14.4Kbps, about 28 seconds at 28.8Kbps, and 15 what many photographers will really appreciate is the lighting Adobe ImageReady, one has to bring up both programs side by
seconds at 56.6Kbps.
effects possible with Photoshop, PhotoPaint or Picture side and check the menus. Image Ready can be thought of as,
Publisher. Having the ability to place three or four different Photoshop Jr. with GIF animations and other Web goodies.
types of lights, change their angle, brightness and diffusion
Image Ready is distinctly junior to Photoshop; yet I found
and do so in seconds not minutes or hours is reniarkable. And most of the tools for masking, layer control, plus brushes and
these same bitmap programs help to create Web graphic good- fills such that I rarely had to move back to PhotoShop Sr.
ies.
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Because all the tools, dialog controls and palettes are being
.
Eye-catching graphics help attract

and retain users at Web sites, but
Web graphic goodies are things like background textures, borrowed from PhotoShop, users of Macromedia XRes, and
graphics are the number-one cul- buttons, menus, page banners all the graphics that help run other PhotoShop-like program will get up to speed quickly.
a site. Many of these goodies are also bitmap graphics and the
However, other users may find the interaction between the
prits for the long download times object layering, merging and stitching tools available in layer and animation frame controls a bit disconcerting. Also
PhotoPaint, Picture Publisher and Photoshop really are ti me ImageReady was the "slushiest" of all the programs for speed
savers. Sure you can do these things in specialty programs but of basic operations. But there are a lot of winning features in
that scare away users.
the precise transparerrcy, merging and color touch up control
Since it has been shown that Web page downloads longer

than a minute have about a 25 percent chance of being inter-
available in bitmap programs add the professional spit and
attract and retain users at Web sites; but graphics are the number-one culprits for the long download times that scare away
heavy images, the hybrid programs really shine. The ability of

applications like Xara and Fireworks to create vector captions,
ImageReady, not the least of which'is the price, that will attract
Photoshop devotees to this well balanced tool.
polish in no time. With Fractal Painter, users can create a natrupted (and much worse with escalating delays), Web graphic ural painted look of uncanny fidelity.
Adobe Photoshop
designers are caught in a bind. Eye-catching graphics help
However, in the creation of buttons, banner ads and text- Unique and
favorite elects or tools:
Layer interlocking allows many (but not all) graphic tasks to be done on
linked layers all at once.
users. So trimming the fat in Web images is a major preoccu- arrows, crisp text for over illustrations or buttons and menus Fresco and
Spatter effects rescue alot of grainy imagesandgives them
pation.
with special bevels, drop shadows, and fill effects is stunning.
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Unique audfavorite eNeclc or tools:
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Even better, it now supports Adobe Plugins, so by pointing it to
programs.
the Adobe, Corel or Fractal plugin directories PaintShop Pro can do
Speed of operation makes getting things done so much more fun.
filters and effects like the pros. Finally, PaintShop Pro indudes
Positioning and sizing is on the too!bar for precise nudging ot e!emenis.
Animation Shop for creating GIF animations what a bonus!
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MetaCreations/Fractal Design Painter
Unique andfavorite effects or tools:

Tracing paper allows sketching over an image, which can later be
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and palettes.
Fractal Design Painter betrays its Mac origins; you will rightclick the mouse button to no avail. This is symptomatic of
Painter's sometimes flaky and quirky nature (it bombed four
times in the three to five hours of working with it at least three
more times than every other program). To draw any brush
stroke as a straight line just switch the brush into straight-line
mode by toggling a checkbox. Easy. But to terminate a series of
straight line strokes, you have to either turn off the straight-line
mode or enter a lower-case "v." And how do you know to use a
lower-case "v"? Well, you have to look on the third of four pages
on using brushes in one of the tutorials. Likewise, do not expect
to hover over an object with a tool and get either a status bar or
floating hint on how the tool and object interact but do
expect to get copious help and tutorials on the subject from
both online help and well-designed manuals.
Yet with its cloners and tracing screens, Painter is very conduc'ive to dabbling and experimenting. This is quite useful
when trying to get t h e r i ght sequence of animation
cells/frames for a Web banner ad or special effect. Because of its
copious supply of brushes, special effects and "polishing"
scriptlets, many Web designers move to Painter to apply the
finishing touches.
Micrograf x Webtricity
Unique and favorite effects ur tools:
Tile creation wizard for Web page
background images with blends
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Pastel artistic effect creates best smooth-brush image.
Bevel factory: whew, what bevels and borders!
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Illustrators and artists steeped in papers, brushes, pattern tools,
color blends and palettes will find Painter to be not only a
familiar but also a very friendly environ to work with.
I was a bit leery about looking at Webtricity because one of

my all time favorite paint/photo enhancement programs,
Picture Publisher, might be found to be on its last legs. Not to
worry, Micrografx has crammed so much into Picture
Publisher 8.0 and Webtricity (which includes Simply 3D for
powerful 3D rendering, Windows Draw 6.0 for vector draw

and GIF animations, and Media Manager plus gobs of images
and clip art).
This is a bargain for the neophyte who needs to stock up
on images, fonts, texture, and clip art while working with a
thoroughly Web-ized program in Picture Publisher. Its preview
o ptions are better t han Photoshop's but no t u p t o
PhotoPaint's; however, all of the masking, object layers,
brush/fill tools, plus special effects are handy and fully functional. Some of Picture Publisher's wizards/effects are simply
the best in our roundup and I have yet to scratch the convenience and features of Simply 3D (very good for creating 3D
text, buttons and object animations) and Windows Draw for a
lot more than GIF animations.
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Recommendations
Speaking with graphic artist/designer friends about this review,
I was amazed at the diversity of programs being used. Almost
like text editors used by Web programmers, everybody had a
favorite and simply would not give it up for the world. And at
these prices and broad feature sets, who can argue?
Just as craftsmen keep a set of well chosen tools they overlap in functionality, but have unique features and functionswe recommend you likewise choose not one but a cluster of
tools that meets your working needs.
Photo manipulation is at the heart of Web graphics. The
top end tools really add flare while saving big chunks of time
by allowing precise control while getting things done faster.
Clearly, Corel Photopaint leads an excellent group of tools
because of its ease of use and previewing plus rich feature set.
But each of the bitmap tools has a special set of features that
will attract devotees: Painter's wonderful brushes, papers and
natural media look; Photoshop's color mastery and thirdparty add-ons; Picture Publisher's versatility with a bevy of
new wizards and special effects. If you are just starting out,
the Micrografx Webtricity package with Picture Publisher is a
bargain.
Include either Corel Xara or Macromedia Fireworks in your
tookit for adding text and smooth graphics elements to your
bitmaps. Choose Xara for speed and text manipulation versatility. Choose Fireworks for more Web graphic goodies.
Finally, if you are doing a lot of banner ads and GIF animations, JASC's Animation Shop has time-saving tweening
and other features that quickly earn their keep, with a copy of
PaintShop Pro as a bonus.
Another point to keep in mind: the plummeting cost of
top-of-the-line desktop computers and digital cameras
ensures that the Web graphics designer will have all the
hardware and images needed for a feast of great image processing software. 0
Jacques Surveyor is a consultant who loves photography and its new
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time to scan the photos in. You can literalenlargement to some extent because the
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utes of clicking the shutter.
pictures are constrained by the number of
pixels, and can only take so much enlargeEven with all of the advantages of digital phoment before blocky chunks become
tography, there are still some aspects of the
noticeable. In other words, don't expect to
experience that aren't perfect:
send out high-quality, Bxl0-inch shots
Digital cameras are notorious battery
taken with a digital camera not yet.
vampires: Although most digital cameras
use standard AA batteries, they tend to Those problems aside, it's still an exciting
drain them fairly quickly, because the entire time for digital cameras. They are getting betprocess uses battery juice. Standard cameras ter and better all the time, and battery life is
are mostly mechanical, and use batteries for improving. Furthermore, with the growing
just a few components, but digital cameras availability of universal serial bus (USB) conuse the batteries for zoom motors, digital nectivity (i.e., support in new PCs using
processing, and most importantly, the LCD Windows 98, and on Apple's iMac), users can
display. Cameras that only have an LCD connect their computers to their digital camviewfinder are even worse on batteries than eras quickly, easily, and with high speed. (USB
cameras that use the LCD for playback or compatibility is currently spotty, but promises
visual confirmation only. Some cameras to grow over the next year). With dropping
attempt to get around this by having dedi- prices, they' re bound to gain popularity with
cated r e chargeable b a ttery
p a c ks. a wide variety of users.
Unfortunately, this causes a different probThis month, we asked manufacturers to
lem: unless the user invests in more than send us digital cameras for review, and
one proprietary battery pack (sometimes requested megapixel cameras where possible.
costing $100 each!), the day of photography Of those we received, a couple had resolutions
is over as soon as the battery pack runs out that were less than megapixel, but the manuof power. Users who plan to take a lot of pic- facturers either had megapixel versions availtures before heading home would do well to able or on the horizon. Field-testing was
invest in extra battery packs, or. in a good done...well, in the field, literally. We took off
battery charger with a seemingly absurd the lab coats this month and took a walk
number of batteries, The standard camera around the neighborhood, cameras in hand,
takes four batteries at a time, so bringing 12 and testedeach camera forease ofuse and picor 16 extra wouldn't be unreasonable for ture quality, in varying conditions. Some of
extended shoots.
the results are printed in this issue.
Delay time between shots: With convenA quick note about the storage media: curtional cameras, you can take pictures as rently, there are two primary methods for
quickly as it takes you or the film advance storing-pictures: Flash card, and SmartMedia.
motor to wind the film to the next frame. At present, Flash appears to have the jump on
Digital'cameras need time to write the capacity, offering cards with up to 48 MB of
image to memory, and this can cause a storage, compared to SmartMedia's 16 MB.
delay sometimes quite a lengthy one. SmartMedia, on the other hand, seems to
This makes most digital cameras quite have the advantage in price and versatility.
poor choices for "action" sequences.
Most offer no manual focus option: Just A+o ePhoto 16$0
as some drivers consider driving a car with Suggested retail price: $1,349
an automatic transmission to be little
more than steering, many photographers
find little joy in simply pointing and
shooting. Most digital cameras have autofocus, which can be very limiting. If you
want to take a picture of something in the
mid-distance, but there are items in the
foreground, the auto-focus will likely set
the focus for the items in the foreground,
ruining the sense of depth. It can be
argued that most of the consumerwrient- A Iot of entrants in the digital camera market are longed digital cameras aregeared more to func- time manufacturers OI conventional photography
tion than artistic expression.
equipment orsupplies.While Agfa isprobably best
Auto-focus tends to be quite slow: The known for film and paper, it also has a long history in
auto-focus for many of the digital cameras developing equipment and imaging technology. Its
is far from speedy, and sometimes doesn' t digital line draws on that history and the BPhoto1680
even accomplish the goal, Where conven- shows Agfa is serious about digital cameras.
tional cameras seem to make an attempt at Pros:
auto-focus and then go with something With a true resolution of 1.3 megapixels
close (all in the blink of an eye), the same
(1,343x972), the quality is already great.
processon many digitalcameras appears
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it may be five to 10 seconds (worst-case
scenario), and the moment is gone.
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Additionally, thespecssay this canbe enhancedto
1.9 megapixels (1,600x1,200) without jaggies.

The lens section swivels, allowing the user to angle
yields photos of high quality, it is makes
the lens Up or down without having to do the same
taking spontaneous shots a problem: by
with the LCOviewfinder.
the time the auto-focus has done its thing, SmartMedia storage allows use of a floppy disk
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adapter (not included) to retrieve files more quickly

than with the serial connection.
The lens casing has a groove for attaching adapters
and filters over the existing lens.
The package comes
with four rechargeable NiMH
battenes and a charger, which cuts down on
replacement battery purchases. The16&0also takes
standard alkaline AAbatteries.
Street price: $999
Images taken indoors with flash occasionally look

washed-out .
When an image is captured, it would be a nice
touch to have a preview appear briefly on the LCD
display. As it stands, it requires a brief flick af the
mode dial to see the photo just taken.
Running a small
business can be
tough work...
Despite its small size, the MX-700 certainly

has a lot to offer, with great resolution and an
Cons:
The LCD-only viewfinder, burns through battery
power mare quickly than cameraswith an optional
optical viewfinder. Despite this, battery life seems
quite good.
The push-and-rotate control wheel on the side of
the camera works just fine, but the on-screen
menus aren't very intuitive.
T CP TEST l A B S
easy-to-use display/mode control. The propriA big name in the printer business, Epsonhas
designed its PhotoPC700 so that it can print directly
to an Epson printer. Df course, the cameraoutput can
be sent to a PCas well.
Pros:
This cameracomeswith 4 MBof internal flash
etary battery may be inconvenient to the

heavy user, but less demanding users will find
this camera to have a great set of features for a
reasonable price. For the price of another battery and a quickcharger, even heavier users
should be satisfied.
memory for quick writing of pictures. It also supHewlett-Packard PlaotoSmart C20

ports a Flash card, for additional storage.
The top of the AGFA digital camera line, the
1680 is impressive. Because the on-screen infor- Record mode turns on and off by spinning the lens Street price: $699
cover.
mation is so minimal, more time is required to
canbe hooked directlyto an Epson
learn how to use it than some of the other cam- The camera
printer, bypassing the PC.
eras. The versatility of the swivel-mounted lens,
and the ability to add lens attachments makes It comes with four NiMH rechargeable batteries and
a recharger, and also takes standard AAs.
this a camera to be taken seriously.
The display and controls are user-friendly,
Comes with adapter for Tiffen lenses.
I:aslo QV-S000SX
Suggested retail price: $800
Cans:
The internal memory is only good for about tive pictures at top resolution, and additional Flash cards
One of the biggest players in the printer business,
have to be purchasedseparately.
Hewlett-Packard is supplementing its photo-oriented
The PhotoPC 700 makesa good companion PhotoSmart line of printers and scanners with the C20
for an Epson printer, but is also a nice camera digital camera.
on its own. Serious users will probably want to Pres:
pick up an additional Flash card to expand the The camera is ready to take shots by opening the
cameras limited storage capacity. The
sliding lens cover, and is powered down when the
cover is flipped shut. You don't have to worry a lot
PhotoPC 7DD is an easy-to-use camera that
takes high-quality shots.
about settings when you' re in a hurry
just open
When you think of Casio, you maythink af calculators
the cover and shoot.
or sampling keyboards, but the companyalso has a
For a one megapixel camera, the price point is quite
line of digital cameras for the consumer market. One Fujifllm INX-700
of its megapixel cameras, the QV-5000SXhas afew
Street price: $949
good.
Picture quality for landscape and
portrait shots is
features that make it stand aut.
With a big name in both
good.
Pros:
The Flash memory for the DV-5000SX
is built into
cameras and film, it' s
Cons:
Patches af solid calar come in a bit blotchy at
inevitable that Fujifilm
the camera. Because it doesn't have to write images
would
participate
in
the
times.
to removable media, there isn't the samedelay
- It doesn't handle closeups very well.
digital revolution.
between shots that makesmany other cameras
Although Fujifilm has a The on-screen interface is a bit strange: choosing
unsuitable for action sequences.
It features a panorama
modefor creating landseveral cameras in its
the next item on the menuscrolls the items instead
digital line, the MX-700
of the "cursor."
scapes larger than the lens's field of view, and
"mini-movie" mode for creating short action
is notable for its quality, The slightly recessed arrow buttons are a bit awkward to use.
sequences.
usability, and "shirt At over 1.2 megapixels {1,280x960), image quality
pocket" size.
The VhotoSmart C20 camera is a good entry
is quite good,
Pros:
Picture quality is excellent, with 1,280x1,024 reso- into the digital field. Although it doesn't han It has a nice, compact design.
dle close work as well as some of the other
Cans:
lutian.
Because the memory is internal, users are limited to The MX-700 is very compact, enabling the user to cameras, it's a fine for general use. The $699
the 8 MB on board. But this should be enough for
tuck it away into places other cameraswon't comstreet price is nice too, as the camera is a dismost users.
fortably go
like a shirt pocket.
tinct improvement over lower resolution cam The camera seems
fairly battery-hungry,
The control device is well-placed and easy
to use,
eras is priced a couple hundred dollars less
The 4x zoom is digital only, and does not appear in
resting within easy reach of the thumb, whenholdthan the cameras with better resolution. All in
ing the camera. Thecontrol uses an outer rotating
the optical viewfinder, only in the LCD.
all, a good balance.
The on-screen display isn't overly intuitive. Instead
ring to determine the mode(play, record, timer,
delete, etc.) and an inner tilt-panel for scrolling
Koalak Digital Science 220
of specific menu controi buttons, the QV-5000SX
around the menu. It has easily one of the bestSuggested retail price: $999
uses other buttons (like the shutter), so users have
to look at the screenwhile using thesebuttons.
designed on-screen display andmodecontrol conKodak Oloital Science 260
figurations.
Suggested retail price: $1,349
the FlashPath floppy
The Casio QV-SDDDSX is a nice, compact unit SmartMedia storage means
with a good chunk of memory built right in,
disk adapter (not included j can beused to downOne of the best known photography companies in the
eliminating the frustrating write-delay that
load pictures faster than with a serial connection,
worid, and already well-established in the digital camera market, Kodak offers the Digital Science 220 and
plagues cameras with removable storage. Both The rechargeable Lithium lon battery pack lasts
the panorama and mini-movie modes add good
longer than most AAbatteries.
260 models. Both are armedwith impressive new feavalue to the camera. The lack of intuitiveness of Considering the features on the unit, the $949 street tures. The major difference between the two seemsta
the interface will become less of a problem as
price is quite nice.
be the resolution and the zoom.
the user becomes familiar with the camera. Cons:
Pros:
What will be an ongoing problems with, Since the battery pack is a proprietary format, users Both cameras haveLISB
a connection in addition to
though, is the battery-life, since it seems to go
will need to purchaseadditional packs (at a sugthe serial connection and video out. One of the
through batteries more quickly than most of
biggest annoyances af digital cameras is the long
gested retail price of $79 each) for longer shoots.
An optional quick-charger is available, but the
transfer time whenconnecting via serial port. When
the other cameras. The extra features and
inability to pop in standard and less-costly AA batconnected via USB,the time is substantIally faster
between-shot speed may be worth the investment in a recharger and a bundle of batteries.
teries during adead-battery emergencycouldbea
than by serial connection. (Kodak reports its USB
Epsoaa PhotoPC 700
big drawback.
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he focus of this month's lab report is on

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Under the "cons" for all of these units
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Ilinolta Dimage V
Street price: $599
into areas that the whole cameracan't go. (It also

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the flash.)
Use of SmartMedia for storage allows for quicker
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Cons:
There is no optical viewfinder on this camera, so
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through batteries fairly quickly.
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come in handy, most notably for closeup work
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Mustek VDC-200
Street price: $409
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The on-screen display is relatively intuitive.
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to adjust the aperture for low-light conditions.
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the camera.
The control software for the PC is a bit convoluted, forcing users to jump through a number of
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each picture.
Although more demanding users not consider
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better resolution, but many will find it hard to
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The need for Web quality images demands
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other editing. Other photography work
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Adapters are also available that use your
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having your camera attached to your auto
when taking pictures? Don't laugh, this
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power his digital video camera.

So figure out when and how you are planning to use your digital camera and then plan
for powering it up.

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image-taking capability. One can quickly see images from slides or negatives for $500 to
why film photographers often look with disdain $700, which is roughly half the cost of a
at all but the most expensive digital cameras.
megapixel camera. (With this option, howEven new pocket 35 mm cameras have ever, you don't have the advantage of viewbetter lenses, shutters and aperture control
ing and editing images immediately, and of
than most of the megapixel digital cameras course, there remains the cost and time
that easily sell for three to five times as involved in processing film.)
much.
While not yet up to the standards of
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their 35 mm peers, the construction of

megapixel camerasis improving. In particular, the quality of lenses is much improved,
and the bodies have more ergonomic forms.
The Kodak DC220, for example, has a 29-58
mm zoom, and the DC260 has 38.4-115mm
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As well, some manual control of the images
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Exposure compensation: two- to threestop under or over exposure options.
Mu l tiple exposures: still, burst mode and
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Pi xel quality options: from 640x480 to
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Focus modes: auto, manual, single spot
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Wh i te balance: settings for auto, daylight,
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Ma nual settings: both aperture and shutter speeds settings.
The Kodak cameras supply all of the above
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Most of these exposure controls are also available with the Nikon and Agfa digital cameras which both have more extensive manual controls.
ln addition to functionality, cameras like
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tougher materials and have better body construction and are much more durable than
early digital cameras.
Risit 4: Archival quality of images

A test I conducted recently used two nearly
identical prints: a 3S mm photo print and an
Epson Photo Stylus )nkjet print. Both were
exposed to the same bright sunlight for two
months. And while both show fading, it is
. more marked on the inkjet print where the
color actually shifted. Admittedly, exposure to
direct sunlight is an exceptional condition;
but the results show one of the major archival
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With all these risks one might wonder why
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lo wer operating costs, despite price of high
battery use;
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and greater flexibility in image processing.
Typically, purchasing and processing a roll
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In contrast, the cost of a digital i mage
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camera). As one ran quickly see, the more pictures you take, the more attractive digital
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are very fast.
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USB, serial, and infrared connections, but

not the PC Card connection which is $30
extra. Given the convenience of PC Card
the following methods:
connection, one can only presume it was
serial bus connector, with Twain or Kodak not bundled with the DC220/260 because
Access software;
of the rarity of desktop computers with PC
USB connector, with Twain or K odak Card slots.
Access software;
While failure to provide this fell into the
tr ansfer through Infrared ports, with "cons" column in m y d ecision making,
Kodak Access software;
Kodak included a fifth connection option
or by sliding a memory card into the PC that I felt was a definite "'pro": a video out
Card slot on a laptop, or a PC Card adapter connection and cable for viewing images on
attached to a desktop PC.
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any TV with a yellow video-in jack. This gives

users three choices of v i ewing images:
thumbnails in the LCD screen on the back of
the camera; viewing on a PC with image display software; or viewing on a TV screen
using the cable and camera to provide links
and controls, This is true viewing versatility
and convenience.
Kodak provides a number of other features as well. Images can be recorded in
burst mode as movies, and stored in AVI
f ormat. Sound ca n b e r e c orded a n d
attached to either still o r m ovie images

(this, however, is a two-step process: taking
the picture, then adding the sound clip in
review mode no sound is recorded directly
with the image).
Perhaps the most intriguing aspect of
the Kodak DC220/260 series is the ability to
add scripts to the camera. The documentation in the manual is minimal, so users
have to go t o t h e K o dak Web site at
http: //www.kodak.corn, but they' ll be well

rewarded for doing so. C)
The PC Card connection is probably the

simplest, because once inserted, the card looks
like any other drive. The JVEG images

can
then be opened directly from the PC Card

with any image editing software, without having to use any special/proprietary access software. (With the other transfer methods this
special downloading or transfer software has
to be used, which adds another step in handling digital images.)
Finally, not only do digital cameras simplify and speed up accessto your images, they
usually come bundled with a number of editing and processing applications. In fact, postimage processing is clearly a digital photography advantage. Effects and processing in the
dank, dark wet world of film becomes an
unbelievable kaleidoscope of possibilities in
the digital world.
Creating the Sabatier effect, solarization,
or balancing color which could take hours
in a color darkroom can be done in seconds
on a computer. And, if you don't like the
results, they can easily be undone. There is no
equivalent in the chemical wet world of
Undo.
True, photo film still provides higher resolution, broader tonal range and gamut, but
the new high-resolution digital sensors are fast
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Addendum
Why I chose the camera I did
The Kodak DC220/260 provides some convenient extras. First, it comes with an AC
adapter, which many other vendors consider
an extra. Given the amount of time spent
viewing and uploading images and the
amount of battery power that requires, an AC
adapter is essentiai.
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Conclusion
Deciding to go digital is a matter of weighing
the trade-offs: digital means speed and flexibility of image processing; film means image
quality with better image-taking equipment
and image-preserving methods. (Of course
owners of the new Nikon/Kodak $20,000 DC2
digital camera may beg to differ on the imagetaking comparison.)
Buying a digital camera, like buying a
computer, is an exercise in minim
izing disappointment. The possibility of a cheaper or
more versatile camera appearing six to eight
months after you' ve jumped in and purchased
a digital camera is a certainty.
For the next three to five years, digital
cameras will be leap frogging in price and performance a couple of times a year just prior
to the summer photo-taking season and just
before Christmas.
So come to terms with this and decide to
get in when the features image resolution,
lens quality and zoom capability, battery life,
and convenience tneet your needs. For me,
the Kodak DC220 plunked itself firmly in my
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company needs from legal and ethical
The Society of C o mpetitive Intelligence
sources. And, there are many great sources
Professionals (SCIP) is a V i r g inia-based
of competitive information online.
organization dedicated to promoting CI as
an ethical and legal business practice. With Refining the findings
an international membership of over 6,000,
Gathering information is only one compoand over 40 chapters around the world,
nent of CI. Experts suggest that only 25 perSCIP's 44 p ercent annual growth r ate
cent of a practitioner's time should be spent
reflects the growing awareness of the impor- gathering data. True CI adds value to infortance of CI to businesses around the world. mation-gathering and strategic planning by
Members subscribe to S C IP's Code of
introducing a disciplined system to perform
Ethics, which includes disclosing one's iden- analysis and dissemination of findings taitity, avoiding illegal or unethical practices, lored to the .needs of decision-makers.
and respecting requests for confidentiality of'
It is no surprise that technology rates
information.
highest in people's minds as making good
Not only is it important for advanced CI use of CI, according to a recent survey From
practitioners to adhere to s t rict ethical SCIP. In 1997, Microsoft was perceived as
behavior, it's just as important for the small the top user of CI, followed by Motorola
business person to be aware of the difference and IBM.
between legal and illegal ways of gathering
Perhaps it is because technology compainformation because the penalties for break- nies are familiar with t h e f ast pace of
ing laws in this area are tough.
change one of the reasons why CI has
The Internet makes that especially true. grown in the first place.
Now, it's easier than ever to gather informaThe pace of technological development
tion on companies worldwide, including and the growth oF global trade mean that
American competitors. Yet, iHegal informa- today's business environment changes more
tion-gathering about American companies quickly than ever. Executives can no longer
puts you at r i sk o f v i o lating th e U . S. afFord to rely solely on instinct or intuition
Economic Espionage Acrof It)96, where theft
when making strategic business decisions. In
of trade secrets is a serious criminal ofFence. many industries, especially high-tech, the
And, iF you hire someone who practices consequence of making one wrong decision
espionage or uses questionable techniques, may be that a company goes out of business.
you can still be tried under that act,
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tunities online. While you want potential candidates For the job to see the posting, you don't want it to be done in a
manner that provides competitors with
information of, for example, your expans'ion plans or new market strategy. This is
part i c ularly true if you' re posting several
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sures, particularly when it comes to your
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ment in their businesses. Other methods
Keep in mind when you post informaof delivering these confidential docucion on your Web site that not only will
~ents are preferable
your customers or clients read it, your competitors will to. And, they' ll know what' s
going on at your business almost as quickly
as you post it. Here are some things to
avoid:
So you want to start collecting information
i. Never post media releases before the date about your competitors and you' re wonderon the release. For example, if you' re i n g .where to begin. This list gives you some
working on developing a new product,
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here has always been a competitive conditions For your products and services.
This is just one example of a new kind oi'
advantage to having the best information before anyone else. Throughout information management service sector that
the history of civiiimtion, setting up a data is arising in response to the data glut we wade
communications system was a central pre- though each day. We need these new tools to
occupation
o f help us reset our perceptual frameworks, and
many s o c i eties. tell us what is important and what is not.
Getting
ear l y
reports o n
t he
activities of your
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Think oF perception as a process we usc to

separate the meaningful signal from the hackground noise. As the signals increase in Frequency and density, they reach a point where
they blend into a barely perceptible hum. A
single neon sign on a dark street is noticed,
but on a lively downtown boulevard, it fails
to catch your eye, The advances in data communication have put us on the information
equivalent to the lively downtown boulevard.
Technologies like CI act like filters, to reveal
new patterns that were previously unseen. CI
David Tanaka
Editor
progress of your
fleet o f c l i ppers
could ensure your
prosperity
and
your very survival.
Today, w e' ve
replaced semaphore, signal fires and the telegraph with the global Internet and satellite
networks. Our technologies make time and
distance largely irrelevant. And therein lies a
problem. We have a flood of information at
our fi ngertip the conduit is no longer a
constraint. Assessing thc quality of the content is now our larger challenge.
You need only search the Internet using a
broad kcyword or term like "Year 2000"
(Y2K) to realize how much information is
available and how much of it needs critical
assessmcnr. You can find doomsday and surv ivalist content r i gh t a l on g s i d e t h e
"Problem! What problem?" points of view.
Can you build a corporate Y2K strategy based
in the information you find on the Internet!
You might be able to, hut you would be well
advised to seek expert advice to help you evaluate the data.
So it is with intelligence gathering in general in the information agc. Thc priority is
shifting from finding information to assessing
the information we do find. In this month's
Tech Enterprise, we look at a relatively new
spin on business intelligence gathering called
Compctitivc Intelligence or CI. CI harnesses
the power of the computer to help you keep
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data on my desktop computer.
handheld computer).
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Each of the handhelds I have tested will do a machine because it ofFers a betrer keyboard. nicer
few of those things wdl, but fall down in impor- screen and better software. It does not, however,
tant areas. The Palm Pilots are compact, ofFer great appear to be as robust as the Series 3c. I have manbattery life and integrate well with the diary, email aged to go through three Series 5 machines before
and address book data on my deskrop. But they are getting one that appears to be resistant to breaking
a real pain to write stories on, cannot easily be used or losing the "ribbon cable" connection between
to browse the Web or send email wirelessly {at least screen and handhdd.
not with the equipment I currenrly have to hand).
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The Rex is disqualified because you can't enter a modest and efficient Web browser and better
data into it without first typing it into a desktop or spreadsheer and word-processing software than the
notebook computer. And, even after a brief trial, I Sharp Mobilon. It also ofFers battery life measured
can assure you that the same problem plagues the in days and not minutes using standard AA baneries (which I can obtain anywhere).
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ARCnet (anached resource computer netEthernet networks can be built with variwork) and Token Ring were the other con- ous kinds of cable, including thin and thick
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Insrirute o f E l e ctrical an d E l ectronics brief mention. The computers are connected
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mits data at speeds up to 10 million bits per type your cable company connects to your
second (10 Mbps). Since that time, newer, television, UnFortunately, such a LAN sufFers
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duced: Fast Ethernet (up to 100 Mbps) and goes bad, or a single NIC fails, the entire netGigabit Ethernet (up to 1000 Mbps). The lat- work grinds to a halt. For that reason alone, a
ter is still a very expensive, specialty itetn.
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For I Q-Base T, hubs and twisted-pair
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representing a step. The first tab contains
instructions.
Under Step 5.2, Value Propositions, for
example,Tab 1 begins "Value-based marketing is another conceptual framework, like the
pyramid in the previous topic." The instruction continues to explain what is being
requested in that area of the plan.
The other three tabs give an example of
what is required, oFFer tips about how to
make the information look, and contain tools
For formatting text, charts and graphics. The
purpose, and effect, of this structure is to give
the aspiring entrepreneur every help in proceeding through the plan.
As you would expect (and hope), sample
business plans are included. There are 20 plans
for businessessuch as insurance agency, fitness
club, ice cream shop, publishing company, golf
pro shop,
and computer store.Theseare useful
as a way to generate ideas but that is all. The
only way you are going to benefit from this
program is by sweating through it and doing
all the leg work for your own business.
As well as a glossary, tutorial, and tips section, the program also has a Plan Wizard that
uses a question and answer format to choose the
steps to include or exclude from your plan. For
example, steps dealing with inventory would
not be as vital in developing a service business as
they would be for a product-based endeavor.
I noticed upon installing this program
that aside from the expected program hard
drive space (20 MB) about 200 MB of audio
files were installed. The program is littered
with sound files to help the user understand
what is required in charts and graphs. The
more I used this feature the more I liked it.
When you get to a required field and are a little unsure of w hat t o p u t u n d er, say,
Inventory Turnover, it's nice to have a voice
explain it to you at the click of a button.
All in all, Business Plan Pro is real must
for someone starting a new business. But if
you are shy of getting down to business and
really working on all the details this program
would like you to, then maybe you haven' t
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the more reason you should be considering a
program like Business Plan Pro.
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three-cell by four-cell table. The words,
C riterion, W eight, A l t ernative I , a n d
Alternative 2 are l isted along the t o p;
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of factors and then list sub-categories. Each
section must be given a weight and its subsections weighted as well.
For example, let's consider hiring a new
employee, which just happens to be one of
the eight included business templates.
Think of' all the important factors you
need to consider: Salary Requirements,
Experience, Education and Training, Skills,
and Personality. Those are the generic categories included in the sample file. But each of
these has its own sections. For example,
Personality contains th e s ub-categories:
Energetic and Motivated, Learns on the Job,
Team Player, Good Fit, Analytical, and
Creative. You can add and delete these sections or their parent categories, or you can go
into even more detail and Further sub-sections.Creative,for example could be broken
down Further into Graphical and Conceptual.
Once defined, you must give all sections a

weighting. This forces you to try and come
up with the importance that you place on any
given attribute.
When you are looking for employees, the
program allows you to weight each candidate.
You could compare three, or even 33, potential employees if'you wanted.
. When completed, the corresponding
scores of a given option can be displayed
numerically or graphically. Graphic representations, like a pie chart, can be manipulated
either by altering numerical weights or by
dragging bar buttons representing the various
categories under consideration.
The program allows What-If' scenarios,
which means you can display two versions of
thsame data but with one circumstance
altered. The program's output can be printed
by itself' or pasted inro other Windows programs for inclusion in a report or letter.
In addition to the business templates,
there are eight templates f' or personal decision making, such as buying a car, choosing
a college, and insurance (which is better,
whole life or termh).
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the role of the program is simply to help you
clariFy what you already know. If you want to
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In use, FoncSync is said to work with
mainstream PC sof'tware applications, including Microsolt Outlook, Lotus Organizer and
Symantcc ACT, to allow cellular phone users
to accessup to 250 names and phone numbers.
A drag-and-drop function allows elearonic business cards F'rom emails, the Internet
and PC desktops to be placed directly into the
cellular phone's memory effectively turning
digital handsets into electronic address books.
Paragon saysthat its sofnvare has been
designed to interface using a serial cable link
with most major digital handsets. including
those from N o kia, E ricsson, Sony and
Mitsubishi.
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HPC and Palm III product announcements

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (NB) Several firms
recently announced products to increase the
efficiency of' handhcld PCs (HPCs). Also,
3Com Corp. has joined.SAP Labs to launch
an enterprise resource planning (ERP) initiative tii promote H PCs as major rorporatc
protluctlvl tv tools.
3Com anilouilccd that a Spanish-language version nl'thc Palm III organizer is no'v
availablc for about US$3')i). It is to be distributed in Spanish-speaking regions of
Europe and Latin America.
From C o r c x T e c hnologies C o r p .:
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soltwarc io make adding new or editing existing information easy in H PCs, notebook
PCs, and desktop PC prsonal information
managers (PIMs), The product is designed to
help users sharc contact inforination across a
network.
CardScan Executive sells for US$2')9 and
users can purchase a version of ihc product to
work with any TWAIN-rompliant flatbed or
sheet-led scanner for US$7'). Upgrades are
available for previous CardScan users and
Corrx also has cut 20 percent oFI the software-only pnce.
Prctec Elearonics Corp. has introduced
second-generations of a Type I PC Card
56Kpbs
Co m p actModem and
a
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of R]45 or BN C connectors on the card
extender for wireless networking or Bluetooth
capabilities.
Pretec claims its CompactLAN card is the
smallest Ethernet LAN that uses a Type I
CompactFlash Format. The card offers 10
megabitsper second data transfer, more than
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connection.
The 56K CompartModem card will be
video conferencing ready and will support the
Y.80 application interface for synchronous
H.324 streaming. It supports both the ITU
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will work with Windows 95, ')8, NT and CE.
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Windows NT Web servers, and can allow
simultaneous multipoint audio conferencing,
and data collaboration over the Internet.
The ISP can then deliver this value-added
service for small to medium-sized businesses,
and/or can host real-time interactive events
Intel launches 300 MHz mobile CPU
for individual subscribers.
SANTA CLARA, CaliF. (NB) Intel Corp.
Nortel Internet Conferencing can be
continues to expand its market-oriented
accessedover any 133 Mhz PC, with 32 MB
microprocessor strategy with the release of a
RAM, 5 MB Free hard drive space, and a
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puting sector. The mobile Pentium II procesMacintosh computers can also share data
sor 300 MHz is the most powerful rhip thar
files, using version 4.x browsers, but are not
Intel has released specifically for the mobile
yet c o m patible w i t h the Inte r n et
market.
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options, on-demand or private conference
nine percent integer performance improverooms. email scheduling and conference notiment over thc Pcntium I I p r ocessor2CiCi
I'ication, online voting and minutes logging,
MHz, Intel's previous high-end product for
and real-time speaker idcntiliication.
ill obiles.
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A number ol leading mobile computer
manufacturers have already released models
OnTrack offers free Y2K audit app
which utilize the new processor.
MINNEAPOLIS,
Minn. (NB) Qn Track
http: //www.intel.corn/mobile/pentiumii/latest.htm
Data Recovery announced it is offering PC
users a frcc Year 2000 (Y2K) evaluation and
ISS unveils enterprise security decision
ATLANTA (N B) Internet Security Systems audit program, downloadable From the com(ISS) has unveiled what its says is the infor- pany's Wcb site.
T he OnTrack Y2K Advisor utility i s
mation technology industry's flrst enterprise
aimed
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security decision support application.
determine
if their PCs are Y2K compliant. If
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tion (such as from lirewalls), and so automate with thc specilic Year 2000 issue discovered.
According to the company, the software
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Labrador sics E-Retriever on intranets
BOSTON (NB) Labrador SoFtware, Inc., rollover again, the software checks For this
has introduced E-Retriever 1.0, software potential problem.
http: //www.ontrack.com .
designed to simplify Finding inFnrmarion on
intranets. What the company terms the First
MacAdministrator site launched
Intranet Get Engine is being evaluated on
corporate intranets at b ot h P arametrics Thc MacAdministrator Web site ofliicially
T echnology Corporation. and th e j o i nt launched in September. Thc site features conOlgivy 8r Mather Worldwide/IBM Intranet, tent aimed at Macintosh support proFessionals and includes: news, education, software
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E-Retriever maps selected E-Word aliases reviews, employment resources, and more.
http: //www.macadministrator.corn .
to aaual URLs (uniform resource locators)
on the intranet, the company says, Instead of
searching a lull-text index, and then determining the correct selection returned, the EWord provides a single one-to-one retrieval
option. This is what Labrador terms Direct
Intelligent Retrieval (DIR). Companies have
the ability to choose the URL that will be
associated with any E-Word.
E-Retriever is i n l i m i ted evaluation
release, with a commercial release planned for
later this year.
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Nortel brings Net conferencing to ISPs
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Voice verification for the Web

ENGLEWOOD, C o lo. (NB) Sentry
Systems, Inc. is building a higher level of
security for password-proteaed Web sites on
the Internet. Sentry's Internet voice verification software is based on T-NETIX Inc.'s
SpeakEZ Voice Print speaker verification
technology.
Voice verification is a type of biometric
technology that attempts to determine user
identin through physical, or other means.
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other lorms of biometrics.
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Rex organizer adds data entry

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Starfish Software subsidiary announced a
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access by employees during work hours.
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access to Internet sites.
SurfControl s ays p o sitive f i l t ering,
unlike blocking technologies that maintain a
database of restricted Web sites, allows corporations to rate th business relevance of
Web sites to determine whether access by
their employees should be permittd.
"Our packet-sniffing software does not
scan contnt, but rather source and dstination, based on the Rules Engine," says Kvin
Blakeman, SurlControl's vice-prsidnt of
strategic partners. "We can permit access
based on either th IP address, or the host
name Forsites that have dynamic addresses."
Blakeman notes, "While much has been
made of employeesaccessing pornographic
sites during work hours, we rend to find
greater unauthorized use of stock trading
and news service sits. We also advise companies that iF they don't have a published
policy regarding Internet access, they can' t
really complain about worker infractions."
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more than 200 ISVs (independent soFtwar
developers), set to result in database applications for the Palm Computing platform
such as an SFA (sales force automation)
application from E-Z Data and a medical
offering f'rom Born Information Systems.
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Palm Computing platform, Sybase and
3Com will provide a convenient and relatively low-cost alternative to the notebook
PC edition of th product for companies
interested in deploying mobile database
applications.
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orders From a Palm Computer.
Born will use the database software in a
medical application designed to lt physicians download medical records through
replication with the big Sybase database, and
work with the records locally on the hand-
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an incorporated non-profit organization.
Whn it was first formed in 1996, the
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moderator for the entire Inlernet Protocol
(IP) telphony indusrry. According ro officials wirh the newly incorporared coalition,
it i now rciving overwhelming support
from computer an d t e lecommunication
industry leadrs.
The rvised target for the coalition, officials say, is to educate regulators, legislators,
media and consumers worldwide about VON
technologies, products, benefits, and practices.
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Software, Pulver.corn, USA Global Link, and
VocalTec. New members also include Clarent,
Dynamicsoft. Lucent Technologies, PakNetX,
Poprel, Tele Danmark R8rD. Vienna Systems
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According to officials with the group, the
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existence that educares policymakers about
rhe effects oF governmental regulation on the
tory and accss fees that currntly burden traditional switched telephone servics.
The Coalition says it inrndh to take this
message to the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC), the Whit House, and
State Public Utiliry Commissions (PUCs),
"IP Telephony is the first Intmet application to benefit those who don't have computers," said Larry Fromm, th Coalition's chairman and vice president at Dialogic.
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the view that the IP Telephony industry
should remain as free of govcrnmntal regulations as possible. It is our hope that all VON
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the VON Show in Washington, D.C., to discuss the organization's focus, iniuatives, activities, and to hear legislative plus regulatory
updates concerning the voice over Net industry.
At thar meeting, it was agred that rhe
VON Coalition should continue to focus on
the devefopment and promotion of IP telephony as a horizontal technology spanning a
wide range of applications that extend beyond
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chairman of' ITXC, said, is crucial to th
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to grow and thrive without the rsrrictions
rhat legislation may impose.
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world leader in preventing regulation and
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is no benrxarnple of Internet commerce
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Express and Microsoft), Safer BTS (Business
t has been a Few years now since banks recognized the profit potential of getting customers to do their own banking over the
Internet while at the same time charging them
for the privilege. Airlines have more recently
cottoned on to online selfbooking, although, at
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between the airlines and the customer.
Online travel booking isn't exactly new, but
it's becoming more refined and sophisticated as
Travel Solutions) and New England based E-
technology, the Internet and, more importantly,

users evolve. Where airlines have readily implemented proprietary online hooking for seats
(and are already venturing into hotel and carrental reservations too), several online travel
agencies have raced Further ahead to ofFer
increased options, advantages and flexibility to
both the business and casual traveler.
Airlines jump in
Airlines are enthusiastic about their proprietary
online booking sites, primarily because they circumvent having to pay sales commissions to
ticket agents, Online booking also Facilitates the
accumulation of marketing tools like email lists
and client information. Subsidiary benefits to
the airlines include savings on printing and
postage costs when electronic ticketing (e-ticketing) is used.
Of course, the benefit to the traveler is greater command over
travel options and, occasionally, cheaper fares.
Sarah Fowles, manager of interactive marketing and customer technology for Canadian Airlines International (CAI) is
very enthusiastic about her company's Web
si te. " As Far as our
online bookings go, we' ve exceeded our business objectives
considerably,"Fowles says of CAI's experience. "Our major
motivation behind setting up a Web site was that the Internet
is growing and it's a trend that our customers have voiced they
want access this way. They now have access to the airline, the
timetable and the booking tool seven days a week and 24
hours a day."
According to Fowles, customers not only like having the
ability to book tickets online, but the Fact that theii bookings'
can be put on hold. They can then transfer that held booking
to their regular travel agent and confirm the hooking through
them if they want.
From the airline's point of view. increased business isn't the
' only benefit. CAI has noted a decline in the number of calls
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after other customer service issues, In addition, when people
do call the reservations number, staff are Finding the callers
better prepared and often require less time to make a bookmg.
Booking systems
Essentially, direct proprietary access is the name of the online
game where airlines are concerned (although one industry
insider confirms that the proportion of people using online
booking is currently very small but growing steadily every
year).
There are even more advantages to using an online travel
agency instead of a proprietary airline site, the most salient of
which is that ul/ flights available from ull airlines will be listed.
Online agency sites tap into the Computer Reservation
Services (CRS, which are also referred to as GDS-Global
Distribution Systems). These are the same systems travd
agents peruse while you watch and wait on the other side of
the desk. In the same fashion, but without the agent, the
online savvy traveller gets to choose the best dates, times and
Travel. The major consumer-oriented online

agencies are Expedia, Travelocity, Preview Travel
and Internet Travel Network (ITN).
However, where these agencies have become
relatively well established in the United States,
only ITN has so far had the foresight to venture
north of the 49th parallel through an arrangement with Just Vacations, By accessing the
Toronto-based Just Vacations site, you can now
book airline tickets, arrange rental cars and make
hotel reservations listed in Canadian doHars from
within Canada. In addition, this allows you the
choice of E-tickets (that is, arriving at the airport
with your booking ready and no physical ticket
being required) or, For the less trusting, a printed
ticket heing shipped to you from Just Vacations
ro anywhere in Canada.
You' ll find ITN's booking engine in the travel
section of CANOE (Canadian Online Explorer
at hnp://www.canoe.ca). But you won't find the
name Just Vacations or ITN when you get there,
you have to click on the Travel icon, which automatically leads you there.
Lois Shore, ITN's vice-president of marketing
explains: "There's been a lot of interest about 12 percent of
our customersare international so we realized we needed a
local fulfillment agency within Canada to take care of' those
customers."
Paul Murin marketing manager at Just Vacations explains
why this Canadian connection is important to Canadian travellers: "It's a matter of where the booking originates from.
With ITN and Just Vacations you have Canadian associations
and companies involved, Canadian content on the Web sites
and it's easier for us, for regulatory reasons, to help the
Canadian consumer making the booking. Plus, being licensed
in Canada, we have the legal coverage to provide the service."
This may be how ITN operates, but how does it actually
work?
Like this: log on your name and pick a password, go to the
home page, choose the reservations tab for air or car or hotel
or any combination. IF you select air, for example, you are
asked For your departure city, arrival city, dates of travel and
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TECH ENTERPRISE g
Be yo88r o88rn travel agent
with other office software products designed Chevron case history

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company's online booking activities and gen- the advantages of online travel booking is then reviewed the system and caine up with a
time of day you'd like to go. If you have pref- erate a multitude of reports for the travel California-based Chevron Corporation. I t
Four-yearplan that shaved 35 steps from the
erences for specific airlines (or anything else) manager. In addirion to major summaries and recently initiated a re-engineering effort, part
process and automated several things, includyou simply press the "submit" button and the reports, these software packages make it pos- of which involved looking at the existing traving booking.
booking engine finds the flight within the sible to generate ad hocreports as well as inte- el system and doculnenting every(hing f'roln
The company launched an online process
parameters that meet your sctections. It also ' gratedata from traditional bookings. In the the time a person decided to take a trip to
as a pilot project involving 100 employees,
gives you options for alternative outbound end you can have a completeaccount of their return and filing of an expense report.
Chevron quickly recognized other advanand return legs of the trip.
"What we ended up discovering was that tages From online booking: generating reports;
employee travel activities organized and
If you don't like what comes back, you selected to suit any criteria.
there were over 100 steps in that travel
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currently developing what is called in the corporate world a "totally integrated management information system." Read: the reportgenerating side of things. "We' ll have captured all the transactioti data from the online
booking, as well as data from the credit card
side all the expense data and we' ll be able
to piece all the information together to generate al) kinds of reports" Chu explains.
Cost-wise, Chevron anticipates that
online booking will cost around $7.50 per
hooking versus $50 per booking when made
over thetelephone. Everyone elsecontinues
to make bookings via the telephone.
According to a recent survey of the pilot
project group, a majority Found the system
to be very intuitive and required only a
short reference seminar to efFectively use the
system.
The only drawback to online booking
that Chu anticipates is getting the entire
Chevron "population" to use the system: oA
{ot of people are already saying that their
time is too valuable for them to be on the system booking their own traveh But our tests
have shown that even novices need only
about 30 minutes to make a booking while
experienced users can book an entire tripincluding car rental and hotel in less than
)0 minutes.
HOW agenCieS are faring

In general terms, these technological inroads
have had considrable impact on the travel
agency business itself.
In the past, a travel agency would share
the commission it received from the carrier
with its corporate client. In other words,
booking with a panicular agency would actually bring money to the corporation. Now,
largely because of recent reductions in commission rates paid by the airlines, travel agencies have had to switch to a fee structuremaybe $50per booking, forexample which
means money now Hows in the other direction. Internet travel booking, of course, eliminates that cost to the company.
o
%hat the technology is doing in terms
of travel agencies is actually opening up a
new distribution channel f' or travel agents,"
says Shore. o A{l tickets booked on t h e
Internet system are still issued by a certified
travel agent, but now their clients can reach
them 24 hours a day. The resulting shift in
the whole travel agent business model has
had to be away from earning commissions
on ticket safes toward branching out into all
different types of other services in order to
stay viable."
"t think online booking is actually going
to open up the travel industry," says Murin,
othe Internet is a great information resource.
It's not something to fear.
"What we' re working on For consumers,
for example, is being able to provide complete online vacation hooking packages," he
THE COMPUTERPAPER CREATERTORONTO EDITION www.tcp.ca NOVEMBER 'I998
TECH E N 7 E R P RI SK
III
Global fiber optic networks studied

PARSIPPANY, N.J. (NB) Projecting that global data traflic will grow 250 percent for the next
four years, Insight Research has rdeased a report
that details world fiber optic infrastructure.
High Speed' International Fiber Optic
Cornsnunicati ons: SDH/SO/YET (synchronosrs
digi tal heirarchylsynchronous
networki>rg) or WDM /998-2003 is a 250-page study
of existing fiber, and projections for growth.
Highlighting the advances of WDM (wavelength division multiplexing) and DWDM
(dense wavelength division multiplexing) over
TDM (time division multiplcxing), the Insight
rcport predicts expected bandwidth demands,
and capabilities, of 25 terabits per second on
fiber optic backbones by 2002.
A company spokesperson said, "Insight
researches thc telecommunications industry
only. In this report we have provided an economic snapshot of each country, including
their gross domestic product, tclccom density, telecom investment, and expected fiber
optic deploymcnts."
Forecasting that China will install three
time the voluine ol fiber as the next largest
market, and that total world fiber installation
will reach 45 million kilomctrc.s by 2000, the
rcport of'f'ers what Insight calls a Photonic
Moore Curve. This analogy to Moore's Law,
regarding increasing computer processor
spcds versus the decreasing price of memory,
describes the rising capacity of' fiber optic
bandwidth, which parallels the decreasing
cost of data transmission.
The spokesperson continued, "Australia,
notably has thsecond largest Asian fiber installation. after Japan. We have a rundown chart
which details the entire Asian inf'rastructurc."
S ome o f
the co in p a nies u s i n g
WDM/DWDM technologies that the report

profiles include: Lucent Technologies, Ciena,
Cambrian, Pirelli, Nortel, Alcatel, Fujitsu,
NEC, Ericsson, Siemens, and Hitachi.
Looking ahead, the report predicts advances
in optical technology such as advanced swirch-
ing technologies, optical switching for recovery

f'rom Failures, expansion of'add-drop multiplexing, optical crossconnects, and the ability to
oprically move a particular bit stream f'rom one
wavelength to another.
An excerpt of the study, which includes its
optical
table of contents, is at the Insight Web site.

The printed report is available from Insight
ResearchFor $3,495. Electronic versions are
also available. 0
Contact: Insight Reseach,
http://www.insight-corp.corn/lntlfo.html
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savs. "I'm talking about being able to book
things like cruises and adventure vacations
and, eventually, travel insurance too. OF
course, there will have to bsome counselor
intervention because of all th e alternatives

involved and that's what's going to make this
Internet technology a boon to the travel business. All the information thconsumer can
get off the Internet only improves their relationship with their travel agent."
As the Internet and users gct more sophisticated, travcllrs can look forward to heing
able to preview th amenities of the hotels in
their destination city, for example, including
restaurants, barspools, views and perhaps
even the different room layouts. Expanding
that technology, travellers might also anticipate video-on-demand travelogues of destination cities or virtual previews that will give us
an immediate idea of just what a particular
vacation package will be like. In fact, Just

Vacations is already developing a Web TY
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video, and other computer files.
Kyvik said, "We are the experts in power
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that a third party could offer."
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world. There are a number of possibilities that
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can't always be made to work, and new home
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power lines is an option that will appeal to a
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THE COMPUTERPAPER CREATERTORONTO EDITION www.tcp.ca NOVEMBER 1998
Canadian banks'
technology spending
surveyed
By Martin Stone
TORONTO ( NB) A report released in
mid September shows that 92 percent oF
Canadian financial institutions find that ecommerce is forcing them to change the way
they interact with their customers.
According to Toronto-based business consultants Ernst 8c Young's Seventh Annual
Special Report on Banking and Technology,
Canadian financial institutions spent nine
percent of total information technology (IT)
budgets on e-commerce, in contrast to the
three percent indicated by global respondent
to the study.
By 2001, this gap will narrow, as global
participants spend 14 percent and Canadian
respondents project spending 15 percent of
their total IT budget on e-commerce, the
study shows.
"It appears that the Canadian respondents
are out oF the gates faster when it comes to
spending on e-commerce, as they believe it
will have significant benefits to the customer
and financial institutions. However, along
with their global counterparts, Canadian
financial institutions are unclear of how to
clearly articulate and capture those financial
benefits," says Ali Hamza, partner with Ernst
8t: Young's Financial Services practice.
Hamza said the study is not audited for
error factor, but is instead intended to show
trends.
The report surveyed more than 100 financial institutions including banks, mutual
funds, brokerage firms and insurance companies in 26 countries including the United
States, Canada, Europe, South Africa, Latin
America, and Asia Pacific. A total oF 15
Canadian financial institutions were surveyed.
The survey indicates that seamless links to
the customer will continue to expand as
demonstrated by growing emphasis on the
Internet, ATMs (automatic teller machines)
institutions say, adding they hope e-commerce will make banking more convenient.
Hamza said that Europe leads the trend in
retention, while Canada and the U.S. are
adopting a slightly more aggressive approach to
developing new customers and new markets.
Other survey highlights include a 71 percent increase in point of sale, specifically
debit card, transactions and indications that
75 percent oF respondems intend to provide
customer accessto products and services of
other institutions through their channels.
A full 70 percent of respondents plan to use
e-commerce to support bill presentment, opening ofaccounts and creditcard services by
2001 in addition to loans, brokerage functions,
mortgages, account administration, statement
review, money transfer and bill payments.
The study states that Canadians will have
increased access to ATMs as the proportion
of "non-branch" ATMs increases from 26
percent to 32 percent and the total overall

number of ATMs grows.
One interesting survey result notes 80
percent of respondents will adopt ATM
strategies that will include execution of more
sophisticated transactions and more use/integration with slnart card technologies over the
next three years.
Hamza said, "Smart cards are heing
looked at right now but are in the early
stages. Significant penetration in the U.S.
and Canada is still a Few years away. The U.S.
is lagging behind Europe and Canada in
smart card start-up."
Canadian respondents said they intend
to establish more i n formation k i osks,
machines from which custome'rs can read
such details as account balances, while 38
percent in th e U .S. and 47 percent in
Canada will remodel branches.
Sixty-two percent of the institutions sampled cited customer-relationship managernent as one of their top three goals.
.and telephone service centers.
One of thekey.challenges of e-commerce
Expected transaction volume changes dur- is to provide consistent information to the
ing the next three years in Canada include a customer through all delivery channels.
significant 374 percent increase in telephone Eighty-five percent of Canadian participants
service centre transactions, a 292 percent believe that they can do this whereas, only 44
increase in transactions through PC/Internet, percent in the U.S. believe that they can proand a 19 percent increase in ATM transac- vide this service, the survey reveals.
tions, the report contends. Hamza pointed
In an attempt to retain the customer, data
out that presently the branch office is the warehousing a technology to capture all
dominantchannel of customer service.
information about customers and their transThe study also shows that in Canada, 78 actions is moving to the front office where
percent of report participants indicated that it can be actively used by 77 percent of
' products delivered through electronic chan- respondents to keep customers' business.
nels will be less expensive for the consumer
"Canadian banks recognize that today' s
than through other channels. In contrast, 70 time-starved customer d emands easier
percent of the U.S. respondents did not have access," says Hamza.
a pricing strategy for e-commerce.
The report is being distributed to finanCustomer retention remains the number cial institutions but is not generally available
one goal of e-commerce globally, financial to the public, Hamza said. 0
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Veridicom scans
fingerprints on a chip
By Ron Gustavson
sensor to be very small, about the size of a logins, Internet transactions, and database
postage stamp, and 100 times stronger than security, the company adds. Using CDSA
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (NB) Touting glass, the company adds.
also makes the FPS100 chip compatible
security that can't be stolen, and which
Ed Murrer, Veridicom director of busi- with consumer products like doors, car
affords privacy to the user, Veridicom, Inc., ness development, said, ".The technology doors, and retail point of sale devices, such
has introduced the FPS100 (Finger Print comes out of 10 years of Bell Labs research. as smart cards.
Scanner) device.
The Bell Labs srientists solved the process
Adding to security is the fact that the
Veridicom is also offering reference for allowing the silicon to be hardened and FPS100 saves only a vector file description
designs for USB (Universal Serial Bus) and resistant to chemicals and abrasion. Our
of the fingerprint, not a bit map image of
parallel. port peripheral devices, which use touch tests approached three m i l l i on
the fingerprint itself. Murrer explains, "We
the FPS-100.
touches, with no signs of wear, before we don't save the fingerprint, only its descripThe key technology behind the FPS 100 gave up.".
tion. FPS only authenticates fingerprints
is a L u cent T echnologies' Bell L a bs"Because the silicon technology is one scans, it doesn't produce them at will."
designed, solid-stare sensor chip. This chip or two generations old, FPS can be proVeridicom i s a lso p r oviding i m age
measures the difference in capacitance duced very cheaply," Murrer adds.
enhancement and verification software to
between the ridges and valleys of the finAlso, because the FPS100 technology is accompany the sensor.
gerprint. These measurements are captured designed to integrate with Intel's CDSA
Pricing for one to 10 FPS-100 devices
to an 8-bit, 90,000-pixel image file at 500
(common data security architecture) speci- begins at US$125. The FPS100 OEM
dpi (dots per inch), the company says. fication, it can be used For many common Developers kits is priced at US$4.900. 0
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(megabits per second). USB devices may or unplug various peripherals.
may not be hubs. As hubs, they can support
With USB, you can connect a hub to the
other USB devices. USB devices may be self- back of the computer and place it in a more
powered or draw power from the USB bus. The accessible position. This means when you
maximum number of devices that can be con- want to connect a USB peripheral to the cornnected to one USB host (computer) is 127. The puter you simply plug into the hub. USB is
real number of devices you can connect to one hot-swappable. In other words, you don' t
USB host is likely a dozen or so, as long as need to power down or reboot the system
there is sufficient power along the chain for each time you connect or disconnect a USB
devices that are not self powered. Any more device. USB devices are can be arranged in a
and you would run out of bandwidth and
daisy chain, which means that conceivably
have one long pile of cables and devices.
you could plug a USB mouse into a USB keyboard, which in turn could be plugged into a
Why would you want USB?
USB monitor, which would be plugged into
There are a number of reasons why you might
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of the case. You will recognize them by their
unique shape. USB ports are small and rectangular, slightly wider than and about half
the height of an RJ-11 phone jack.
If you do not have such plugs on your
computer you may still have a motherboard
capable of supporting USB. In late 1996 and
most of 1997 many motherboards needed
only the external connector to be added to
make them USB operational.
You can check this by looking in your
BIOS for a USB option. If it is supported a
computer retailer can probably sell you the
connector. If it isn't supported, you may
need to upgrade the BIOS to gain this ability. This could mean downloading a small
consumeis to use Windows 98 or the iMac.

Our three systems were a PC clone with
a 200 MHz Pentium MMX processor with an
Entrega two-port USB card; a Dell XPS with
a 233 MHz Pentium II processor; and a Cyrix

233 MHz MediaGX-powered notebook, the
Compaq Presario 1230. The Dell and the
Compaq came pre-configured with USB
ports. We installed and operated the following peripherals: the ColorShot Photo Printer
from Polaroid; the SideWinder Precision Pro
(USB compatible) from Microsoft; and a
P ageScan USB s c anner f r o m S t o r m
Technology.
The results? Very few problems. In most
cases the products plugged into the ports

or hub without difficulties. When you plug
in a USB device for the first time Windows
98 displays a dialogue box naming the

product. It t hen asks you to i nsert the
Windows 98 CD-ROM. You click "Okay"
and the screen returns to normal. No fuss,
no problems, no reboot. It is true that you
may want, or need, to install software for
the devices and that software may, or may
not, need to reboot the machine, but it is
still a great feeling to just plug it in and go.
When youunplug the device nothing happens. When you plug it back in, the cursor
turns to an hourglass for a few seconds and
that's it. Simple. This is how computing
should be.
.We plugged the scanner, the joystick and
the photo printer into the USB plug on the
back of each machine as wellas into an
Entrega hub attached to each machine. On
the Dell, everything was rock solid. It didn' t
matter what order we plugged the devices in,
there were no problems. On the Compaq
BIOS chip. To find out, visit the Web page of

your motherboard maker and look to see if
Presario laptop everything was fine if we first

connectedthe hub and then each device.
However, if we connected all three products to the hub and then plugged it in, we
encountered a
va r i et y o f p ro b l ems.
Sometimes the pointing device (a touchpad)
yours can be upgraded to support USB.
became jumpy. The cursor would leap all
Putting USB to the test

To test the stability of the current iteration
of USB we took three computers and connecteddisconnected and reconnected three
USB devices. Although some USB products
will work w it h t h e second version of
W indows 95 ( OSR 2, a lso k n own a s
Windows 9SB) most manufacturers require
over the screen until we rebooted. At other

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system so completely that we had to remove
the battery, then re-insert it before we could
reboot.
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Storm Technologies scanner and only when
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when the hub was connected to the scanner
NOVEMBER 1998
UPCeRADIMC g ag
machines is near critical mass, and the prod-
ucts are now amving. Everything is in place

before being connected to the laptop. The for a relatively smooth transition. You won' t
problem was averted by plugging in the hub be buying a new computer without the old
first and then the scanner.
A similar situation arose on the desktop
computer. Everything worked fine except time cussing behind a tangle of cords.
when we used the scanner through the
Our experience indicates that there are
Entrega hub. When the scanner passed still some problems to be ironed out. It may
through the hub, the scanner software would
either freeze or fail to recognize that some-
be that non-USB PCI computers have more
problems than newer machines when it

thing was in the scanner, ready to be scanned. comes to USB devices. It is interesting to note
When the hub was attached to the computer that our problems on two completely differwith the scanner already connected, it hung ent machines both affected the mouse.
the computer completely, Even in the best
Overall, the benefits of USB far outweigh
case the scanner would cause the computer's some small inconsistencies. In fact, the transtandard serial mouse to intermittently get
stuck It is unclear whether the problems were
caused by the computer, the scanner, its software, the PCI-USB card or the hub.
Where it stands
Sohmet 1997
ports for a few years, but those ports will be

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Win95 system. We have a 233 MHz Pentium

machine with 64 MB of memory and 4.5 GB
y brother Nathan and I work together of disk space. We use System
on various computing projects, shar- Commander to load copies
ing equipment and a small network, of different operating
but most importantly, sharing insights on how systems into separate
to get the beasts that computers can sometimes disk partitions:
700 MB Windows
be to behave according to the manual.
95 test OS
As it happens, Nathan and I set off roughly
at the same time on the same journey to 800 MB Windows 95
real working OS
upgrade from Windows 95 to Windows 98.
1,000 MB Win NT 4
Our reasons roughly coincided:
1,000MB RedHat
to get the savings in disk storage of FAT32
Linux 5.0
over FAT16;
to get faster start up times for Windows programs; 1,000 MB DOS 6.0
to get support for the USB (universal serial
The first partition was used
bus) since we attach a lot of peripherals to
by Nathan to do his test instalL He reinstalled
our systems.
a clean copy of Win95 into the partition. The
We had some surprises, both unpleasant following emails were received (note: Nathan
and pleasant. On the unpleasant side, some of refers to me asJack):
the upgrades took much longer than we expected. Windows 98, unlike the new Microsoft
July9, 11:45p.m.:
Office 98 for Mac, is not a simple one+lick Jack,
upgrade/install. Be prepared for some possible Win98 will NOT install over a brand new (perextra hours of work, particularly if you are fectly fine) Win95 install! It keeps giving me a
upgrading over an existing Windows 95 system. stupid error message ... something to do with 8
On the pleasant side we are happy to report and 3 file names with numbering.... So how do
that with some extra effort we achieved both we get support fiom Microsoft on how to fix the
the disk space savings and speed-up of program problem? I' ll send you more details on the message
load times that were as promised by Microsoft. and wait for your advice on how to proceed.
After waiting on
hold to the point
of frustration I
emailed Nathan
to say Microsoft
would n o t be
offering advice any
t ime soo n a n d
asked how things
Sy Jacques and Nathan Surveyer
Nathan's upgrade tale

Nathan would be actually doing two Win98
installs. One would be a test upgrade prior to
doing a real upgrade to our critical shared
were proceeding.
The reply was quick.
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Well it installed... but I had to do it fmm DOS

mode on my new Win95 partition. And after it
completeditgave an errorm essage (which I was
unable to save) something to do with a missing IE
or OE"exe' file.
Afterward when I tried to nin OE (Outlook
Express, which was installed in the Win95 mode)
it refiisedto nm the program.
And when I tried to reinstall just OE from the
Win98 CD I got the dreaded turn on the8 and 3
support message.
And also I have Device Conflicts under the

. July 10 1:05a.m.:
Advanced Power Management device.Another
curious thing is that MS-Paint '.bmp files never
Jack,
show that they belong to MS-Paint (this started
Here is the error message.
Now if I try to install from my existing when I did the Win95 test install).
PVindows] 95 drive (which has IEv4) it works Nathan
fine. However on a new [Windows] 95 drive
I advised Nathan that the new Win95
(without FEv4)this message comes up. So, I'm
install may have removed the Registry associgoing to try installing IEv4 and then seeif the
messagegoes away.
ation of .bmp files with Paintbrush. I also
Nathan
asked if he felt ready to do the "real" Win95 to
Win98 upgrade. To which I received this
Which was followed by:
somewhat elliptic email:
July 10, 11:43 a.m.:
July 10, 2:45a.m.:

Jack,
Jack,
Still no dice... IEv4 is not the key... will check

some other ideas.
Nathan
The other ideas showed up:

In the meantime, I have gotten around the probIefn by doing a clean install.
But this is NOT reasonablefor everyone to do!
July 10, 9:49 a.m.:
Nathan
Jack,
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$199
First quick report on fWindows] 98 networking
(deta
ils later):
* network card works fine... sees 233 ]MHz
Pentium] MMX server just fine.
* modem connects to my ISP but I can't get anywhere.
* ping does not see my ISP's primary or secondary
DNS.
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Next morning, the buzzer went off ...

BZZKi2T. My old DOS programs did reload;
they just failed to work in FAT32. Ugghhly. A
quick call t o t h e DOS software vendor
brought th e f o l l owing solution reload
Win98 but choose the FAT16 rather than
default FAT32 option on install.
Well, 200 MB worth of disk space later
(reverting to FAT16 chews up disk space with
extra plump sector sizes, especially when
your disk drives exceed 1 GB in capacity),

WordPerfect, Netscape, Visual'Basic and others still loaded just as fast as ever as the second install of Win98 proceeded as smoothly
as thefirst.
Conclusion
So Microsoft again delivers on its Windows
promises. If it would clean up the registry
maintenance and .DLL conflict problems,
this version would move from a being a $90
ing files 0io progress bar). I assmne it had to do

with a lack of sufficient disk space.
It required 100 MB and liad approx. 130 MB
available (I can't recall the precise nuinber now).
Anyway, I removed some old prograius before
restarting the ]Windows] 98 upgrade aiid had
305 MB free before the install and 226 MB afterwards.
Now the ouly reinaining glitches (so far) are:
* [Windows] 9S to 98 upgrade does not fix
modem problem; modem works but does not
show correctcoimection speed (same problem
Win 95 had).
' TlieAPM devicedrivershows an error,haven't
yet tried playing with the BIOS settings for APM
(Arlvanced Power Manageinent).
That is all for now... this is comiiig to you from
the newly upgraded [Windows] 95 98 drive.
Win98 connects to the Internet will test iietwork card later toiiight.
Nathan
"it depends" upgrade to a must have. But

being able to use the USB (universal serial jack,
bus) may have me chirping a happier tune in Probleiu-with modem was due to old Win95
the near future.
modem driver still in the system. I deleted the old
In the meantime, potential upgraders are m odem andtheWin98 modern driver workspercautioned: if you get Wln98 pre-installed fectly and shows the actual connection speed
you will have smooth sailing, but if you need properly.
to upgrade from Wln95 or Wln3,x, be pre- I don't know why Win98 didn't deiete the other
pared to spend more than a half hour getting modein... but heck ifI knew tliat I'd be working
all the bells and whistles working.
for Microsloth.
Nathan
Nathan's email:
director's cut
jack,
OK, so this time the upgrade finished. The first
time the upgrade stopped at the first stage of copy-
jack,
just not'iced that the USB driver for Win98 has
not loaded correctly on the[Windows] 95 to 98
Anyway, I will tiy deleting the USB device and

reinstalling the driver off tlie [Windows] 98 CD.
Nathan
sounds, have a different pitch to them.

Rather curious.
Nathaii
jack,
The VSB driver problem has been fixed on the
[Windows] 95 to 98 drive. It was a simple matter of deleting the existing driver aml asking
Win98 to look for new hardware.
It detected the USB device and installed the nec-
I fixed the APM drive error by siinply turning

back on the APM (Advanced Power Management)
setting in the BIOS. I had disabled it a couple of
months ago.
Nathan
essary drivers off the CD.
Well that's all for now!

Nathan
jack,
This is to confirm that the sounil card definite)y
is louder when I boot in NT thaii in 98. Some
how the new yainaha drivers in 98 iruist cut the
sound level... seems bizane to ine.
Natliail
jack,
upgmde (see below), The[Windows] 95 clean A minor thiiig I noticed... is that the sound card
install liad no probleui with this device driver.SO sounds di fferent iiow with Win98 (both installs).
I think it iuaybe due the to Wi n95 device driver It is quieter (requi res iiiore vohune at the speaker
gettingin the way of the Win98 driver.
to make the same ainomit of noise) and the
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jack,
There are several ways in which the Win98
upgradedoes not work as well as the clean
install, here are a couple:
* the Win95 registry is copied and of course if
yoir installed and uniristalled software, the
Win98 registry ends up finding soine of your old
entries.
"for exainple, when using Win95 I had installed
IE v4 active desktop, made soiue customizations
and then de-installed IE v4 and reinstalled it
witiiout the active desktop. Well when Win98
installed it used the (imknown to me) still preseiit
customizations froui the de-installed active desktop! Which meant it had icons on the Active
Desktop mini Taskbar that pointed to items that
. no longer existed! Not a luige pain in the butt,
however, it would confuse the average user. I si iuply deleted the outdated icons (no big deal).
I will send other examples of the di ffereiices as I
note thein,
Nathan
jack,
So the Fat32 conversion is not possible right now,
here are tlie facts:
' ran Fat32 converter anrl it reboots the PC into
DOS mode to start tlie conversion process.
' tlie first attempt failed (fmze) at the exit from
Win98 blank screen (I left it there. overnight).
Rebooted aiid tried again.
' 2nd attempt at conversion rebooted into DOS
mode without auy probleiu but upon restarting
Win98 it gave a waniing notice (see below) that
indicated that you shoiild not install Fat32
unless you have SC (Systein Comiuander) version
3.09 (we have SC v3.07). So I figiire it is a no
go... either way it seems to imply that you are to
iiniiistall SC. Do the conversion and then reinstall SC (not something I want to do as I'm not
sure I will regain control of all tlie other partitions; ie: NT, Limix, [Windows] 98 clean, etc).
Nathan
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ideally suited to both the gaming and workstation markets. In fact, ATI says it will market several products based on the chips,
including:
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RageFury: Selling for $445, and with the
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in cases where OEMs elect to not include
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Xp e rt 128: Priced at $295, this card provides 16 MB SDRAM memory and, like the
others, uses the Rage 128 Gl. chip,
Why did ATI elect to use SDRAM instead

of faster SGRAM? The dual-ported nature of
more-expensive SGRAM didn't pay off, says

the company, when twice as much memory
could be written to using the chip's bi-directional DME (direct memory execution) capability to produce a similar result.
Thanks to the Rage 128 chip design, says
All, it can offer SDRAM memory on-board
instead of SGRAM without losing performance. And, because the Rage 128 uses AGP
and DME to store information in system
textured objects, but can cause text to become

fuzzy.
The company, however does not agree
that the lack of anisotropic filtering is significant. Niles Burbank, product manager of ATI's
component marketing department, said, "it' s
a check-box on a list, not a feature that we
think users are going to miss. Some of our
competitors say they' re providing the feature,
but at what quality? We' re focusing on the
features that pay off in performance." Tom
Pabst, of the popular Tom's Hardware Web
site, agreed. "The performance hit is too
great," said Pabst. "I don't think many people
want to pay that kind of penalty."
The Rage 128's lack of support for texture
compression is less of a problem, with plenty
of memory on-board and the ability to pull
from system memory at any time, allowing
virtually unlimited textures anyway. In fact,
ATI says no games exist that won't display
correctly due to this limitation. And, says the
in Trnainator2.
Also impressive was a demo of a graphics
engine called Any World that depicted realtime lighting effects such as specular effects,
laser lights, explosions, lend flares and environmental light mapping in a real-time walkthrough of a 3D room.
Later,
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Chromeffects and DirectX, and a number of
games, including Quake 2, were shown zipping along at frame rates sure to make
Voodoo2 fans jealous,
Composite video and SVHS out are standard features on the two consumer cards. As
well, the cards offer VFC/AMC connectors for
adding optional multimedia enhancements
such as TV tuner and video capture capabilities. ATl says OEM manufacturers using the
powered by a Q u adrant-supplied MPEG

encoder and Microsoft's DirectShow software
running on a host. The MPEG stream, he said,
can be delivered by antenna, cable, or disk.
The Rage 128, ATI claims, is the first chip to
fully support digital TV. The Microsoft rep
explained it handles video at the so-called
HDO decode quality level. As ADSL, satellite,
ATM, MDS and other high-bandwidth pipes
become widely available, digital TV is likely to
become a viable alternative to traditional analog broadcasting. And, of course, Microsoft
wants a piece of that. 0
Rage Magnum may elect to skip or include the

TV/video out connector as appropriate to
the world" ? Look at these numbers, supplied by ATI:
their audience.
As for the multimedia capabilities of the
onboard memory provides enhancement to company, the full-scene, order-independent forthcoming cards, ATI has not announced
2D, 3D and DVD applications (i.e., it is not anti-aliasing, single-pass multi-texturing, any new capture or TV tuner options yet, nor
mathematically correct per-pixel MIP map- is there an All in Wonder-type product yet
just texture memory).
ping and deep (32-bit) Z-buffer, powered by based on the Rage 128. Butsays the company,
the card's superscalar design will provide an "you can count on us releasing a product in
Grabbing the eyeballs
ATI says the chip's line and edge anti-aliasing unsurpassed gaming experience by allowing this category." And ATI says its existing ISAmake it ideally suited to the needs of ZD and lighting effects, fog and environment map- based ATI-TV tuner add-on card will work.
ATI also demonstrated the impressive
3D CAD and design workers. Certainly, the ping effects to be applied with no slowdown
DVD playback capabilities of the Rage 128. It
company's aggressive pursuit of both the gam- in frame rates.
showed the hardware decoder's superior pering and workstation markets, where it has not
formance and compared it to the often jerky
traditionally been strong, speaks well of its Impressive demos
marketing chutzpa. Indeed, ATI reps predict Certainly, some of the demos we saw at the motion of competitors' software decoders.
that, with the help of Microsoft initiatives like launch were i m pressive. Finland-based Overall, ATI says it put 200 man-years of
Chromeffects and the company's work with Futuremark (hitp:iiwww.3dforge.corn/) showed engineering development into the chip and
SGI and Hewlett-Packard on the API (applica- off a demo called Rage Dawning that was the has over 50 patents issued or pending on its
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and the
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Fahrenheit, 1999 will be "the year of 3D on first to depict real-time character morphing of
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the desktop."
a metallic, reflective humanoid, a la the T2000 demonstrated a real-time digital TV broadcast,
Already, business titles such as Computer
Associates' Enterprise Management system
and Intervista's VR Charts make a strong case
for 3D visualization as a next-generation business tool for scientific visualization and datamining tasks. And, as Microsoft's Ty Graham
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means you don't waste ink because each color
cartridge is replaced only. when empty. The
retails for approximately $1,149. The compa-
evolved. The business class inkjet printer tar- ny also makes the HP 2000CN (the N indigets businesses that want a color printer that
will last, but don't want to pay an arm and a
leg for it.
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Canadian pr o duct m a n ager f o r HP ' s
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color-laser market."
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comparison, these reviews point out some of
the features and functions that this new class
of printer brings to the market.
At 9.75 kg (21.5 lb.) and 50 cm (19.7 in,) wide,
the HP 2000C can't be confused with a regular inkjet printer, although the attractive gray
cating it is a network printer), which has a

250-sheet paper bin and network software
for an estimated price of $1,699.
When the HP unit showed up, we wanted to see how it fared against its competitors,
so we asked Canon, Epson, and Lexmark

what they had in their lines that came close
to the HP 2000C,
Canon said it did not have a competing
product. Epson Canada has two: the $579
Epson 850 and $800 850N. The latter
includes an internal Ethernet card and network p r i n te r m a n agement p r o gram.
Unfortunately, Epson was unable to send us
a test unit on such short notice.
Lexmark Canada sent its Optra Color 45 for
review. This model is one of two business class
inkjets Lexmark Canada released this year. The
other, the Optra Color 40, is an entry-level
inkjet that costs in the neighborhood of $695.
The Color 45 is a fair competitor for the HP
2000C as it costs an estimated $1,389.
print heads have an expected life of 24,000

pages; 12,000 for the black print head.
One of the things HP is proud of with this
line of printers is its ink efficiency. The tech-
nology, which HP calls PhotoREt II, delivers

the smallest ink drops of any inkjet (eight
picolitres). This accounts for the printer's great

photo-quality images even on plain paper. We
used standard photocopy paper to print the
2000C's test page, which included a picture of
a skier going over a jump. The image was the
best plain paper photo we have ever seen.
The small size of the ink drops, in addition to
the individual cartridges, also accounts for this
printer's reasonable cost per page. It doesn' t
match the low cost per page of laser printers

no
inkjets do but it comes closer than ever before.
You can look at the results of two independent
tests comparing HP printers to others on a cost
per page basis by visiting HP's Webpage.
The company claims the printing speed of

the new models are 60 percent faster than previous HP inkjets. The new inkjets are even
faster than laser printers when printing color
images, Part of the reason for this increased
speed is the built-in 33 MHz Intel processor.
The other part is the 2 MB of RAM. But the
Both the Lexmark and HP units are larg- 2000C does not have a flash memory option,
er, heftier versions of their consumer-level which the Lexmark does. For black text on
inkjet cousins. Both support a variety of
normal mode the 2000C prints 8 ppm (pages
network operating systems and functions. per minute) and has an expected duty cycle of
Both accept wider media than regular 5,000 pages per month.
The 2000C is really more of a heavy duty,
inkjets and have optional trays to increase
small or home office printer than an outright
paper bin size.
These machines have built-in processors network machine. The m ore expensive
and RAM. They use bi-directional printer 2000CN offers built-in network support.
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Archive. There are 277 wrappers in his online
collection, and more waiting to be scanned in.
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quirky netizens whose response to the eternal a beige pay phone hanging on Bryant's baseM
content question is to "only collect." Thankfully, ment wall? The phone is working," he says,
"though coins are not required to place a
they also display what they collect.
call something I choose n ot to t ell m y
friends and other visitors."
Old telephones
Bryant also owns three princess phones,
http: //www.moonworks.corn/-abryant/phones.html
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The Lexmark Optra Color 45 weighs in at 9 kg

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Optra Color 4$
The Optra Color 45 has an LCD information

panel like those often found on laser printers.
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From: Lexmark CanadaInc.

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files from a PC to the Optra Color 45 while

fairly slow from a single machine via the parallel port to the printer. is very fast when
both are part of a network. (This is because
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Windows-based printing system, "We have
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the photo. Another is a box done in what he Zit from 1935, while the newest is the 1967 They can't keep their hands off firecracker
describes as the most disgusting shade of Red Leaf. During this time period, all fire- label collectors. It's a well known fact."
green he has ever seen in his life. He says it is crackers were produced in Portuguese Macau.
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http: //rampages.onramp.net/-stevebo/airsick.html
scan and include.
box is picture I/2 on his Web site.)
Steve Silberberg, an Internet collector with a
On the Web site, lan does not feel the need
Ian is also fond of a bo x t hat says
similarly silly sense of humor, also told me he
to explain or justify his interest, simply allow- "gourmet version." It has the same ingredistarted collecting, "to pick up chicks."
ing the collection to speak for itself. But in. an ents as any other box, but the recipe instructs
Furthermore, Steve feels his' particular collecemail exchange, Golder revealed to me that, users to add more butter.
tion reveals that he is "a brilliant, yet sensitive
"My two favorite collections are actually of
hunk of a man who loves animals." This is odd,
things that I did NOT get to eat as a childRanch boxes
since Steve owns one of the Internet's many
cereal boxes and boxed macaroni R cheese. httpi/www.echo
nyc.corn/-steven/lunchbox.html
collections of air sickness bags. His collection is
My parents raised me on a healthy diet, which
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nalist, c o l lects
back in 1981 when he flew from Boston to
Once you get him going, Ian really gets into
steel lunchboxes
The mystery collector is very specific about San Francisco on United Airlines, has about
an analysis of his collection. At first, he says he
from the 1960s. the collection: in the accompanying FAQ, the 200 bags from airlines all over the world in his
was drawn to packaged macaroni and cheese
He explains that collector declares no interested in "full packs, c ollection. His says his favorite is t h e
because he immediately saw what he calls its
he started to col- sparkler boxes, cap pistols, Uncle Sam piggy McDonald's bag "because it's so appropriate."
cultural value. "It's as close to being a purely
lect them as "a
banks, and newer
"I also like a 1982 Continental that says,
American food product as you can get," says
way to hold 3.5%%@
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(DOT) labels." And 'Bowser' on it. Bowser is ostensibly the dog
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Golder, "and doesn't resemble the home-made
inch floppies but
this i s e x p ressed you take your meal home to, but it is also
version of macaroni and cheese in the slightest."
just got to l i ke
defensively: "If you the sound you make when throwing up."
Golder is also intrigued by the different ways them." His Web site displays a photo of his
think the scope of
When asked if he takes more pleasure in
the box designers have chosen to display a bowl Man frorrr U.N.C.L.E. Iunchbox, one of his
my collection is nar- tracking down the bags or displaying them,
of macaroni and a spoon. "They' re sort of like favorites. On his Web site I learned that Levy's
row, I know a guy in Silberberg quipped, "Mostly, I just like the
snowflakes, no two are exactly alike, but they all main claim to fame as a journalist is that he
New Jersey who attention." Steve often receives donations
adhere to basic structural rules. Rule number found Einstein's brain, I'm not sure what this
only collects varia- from Web surfers, and he tells me he'd be
one, the ideal cover portrays a bowl of macaroni means in relation to his lunchbox collection,
tions of
LION eternally grateful to anyone who'd send him
and cheese but never any human body part or but it's very cool.
GLOBE brand." In
an airsickness bag from the Space Shuttle.
people, just a spoon stuck in the bowl, usually
response to the question, "Why do you collect
That'd make his collection right out of
from the right. Rule number two, the words Firecracker labels
labels?" the collector says, "To pick up chicks. this world. 0
'Serving Suggestion' appear even when nothing http://www.sky.nel/-redzone/labels/
at all has been done to the macaroni."
At this site, a nameless mystery collector' s
One of Golder's favorite items is a box beautiful antique firecracker labels are tastewith a solid wall of macaroni and cheese, as if fully and sensibly displayed on a page with
someone had been buried alive in it, with the frames that allow you to load one scanned
words "serving suggestion" superimposed on image at a time. The oldest label is the General
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Anfy Java is a useful collection of Java
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Long popular with Mac users, FileMaker is,
according to Epling, now also the fastest growing database on the Windows platform. Epling
used the term "hunter-gatherer" to describe
FileMaker's dual strategy. Because FileMaker
Pro is the de facto standard for the Mac environment, the company merely has to gather
its percentage of new purchasers brought in by
Apple's recently launched iMac computer. But
for the Windows platform FileMaker has to
take a more aggressive approach and hunt to
improve its market share.
Sales of Borland's Paradox and Lotus
Approach database programs have been plummeting in the last two years, while FileMaker
sales have been on th e rise. Still, with
Microsoft Access eating up over 80 percent of
database sales, Goupil's claim of being "the
number two database vendor on Windows"
seems a little strained.
FileMaker's management says Microsoft's
huge market share comes through bundling
the database with Microsoft's Office suite.
The company claims FileMaker beats Access
in retail sales of standalone databases.
Certainly FileMaker Pro has done well,
harvesting more than a dozen industry
awards, including a recent CNET pick and a
Codie Award from the Software Publishing
Association (SPA) 'a
- "jury of their peers" as
Goupil puts it. The SPA voted FileMaker Pro
as the Best Business Software and Best
Numeric or Data Business Software. In winning the award, FileMaker Pro defeated
Microsoft Excel 97, Microsoft FrontPage 98,
Microsoft Word 97 and two other nominees.
FileMaker Pro also defeated a competing
database program, Microsoft Access 97, in
winning the Best Numeric or Data Business
Software Codie Award.
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widely. This year the conference may have
suffered somewhat from its own success. In
ClarisWorks, Claris Organizer and Emailer. the past most attendees were developersFileMaker is obviously looking for its growth one report said they made up 85 percent of
to continue and most of it will come from participants last year. This year only about
Windows.
45 percent were full-time development conAgain despite the boom in site licence sultants. The swell in a ttendance figures
sales, FileMaker still derives over
overall meant many attendees
50 percent of its income from
were there for the first time.
companies with fewer than 25
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veterans reported feeling that
of companies have between 25
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return next year.
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Bill Epling,FileMaker chief come away with four or five
critical areas, such as process and
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of having its chief financial officer present have paid for my trip. One good idea can be
an overview of the numbers to developers worth thousands of dollars."
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inspired a lively market for third-party ven- The Computer Paper.Since leaving the publication in
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zines, books, and other related products. A and pursuing his interest in computers.
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on a varietyof issues, old and new. Hot
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ODBC/SQL links, which will show up in
version 4.1 scheduled to ship within a couple of weeks; designing plug-ins; putting
databases on the Web: and java. The breadand-butter topics, such as small business
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yet ready to commit resources.
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temble! Your first thought may be "what did I do
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cases) the same HTML (hypertext markup language) code.
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) sets
Browser 'gotchas'
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facturers like Microsoft and Netscape try to follow.
But these standards only tell the companies how
HTML tags should behave under general circumstances, and not in every conceivable situation. In
some cases the W3C only sets rough guidelines for
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browser (and even different versions of the same
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if you are not careful.
A table in a table
may not be a table after all
Woe betide the Web author who does not end a
table properly, as viewers using a Netscape browser
may find themselves looking at a blank Web page!
A basic table in HTML is made up of three sets of
tags: the <TABLE>
tag, the <TR> (table row) tag, and
the individual <TD> (table data) fags. With these
three tags you can create a basic table, much like
this:
<TABLE>
<TR>
<TD>cel 1</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
As you can see, each of these tags have a beginning (<TD>) and end tag (</TD>). Both internet
Explorer and Netscape Navigator are pretty forgiving if you leave out an end-tag or two. For example,
the following code will display a complete table in
Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator (versions
3.0 and higher):
<TABLE>
<TR>
<TD>cel1
</TABLE>
When the browsers find the end <fl'ABLE>
tag, it
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tags should bethere, and acts as though they were.
Problem is, if you take off the final </TABLE>
tag as
well, you will get a blank page when viewed
through Netscape Navigator.
This may not seem a serious issue simply
make sure you "close" all of your tables off properly. But where it is not so simple is on sites that use
a lot of tables
especially imbedded tables in
order to arrange things. As an example of this, take
a look at the following code:
<TABLE>
<TR>
<TD>
<TABLE>
<TR>
<TD>cell 1</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
</TD>
<TD>
<TABLE>
<TR>
<TD>cell 2</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
This code will display properly in Internet
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seen in Netscape. What's happening here is that
there are in fact three tables started, but only two
(the ones containing "cell I" and "cell 2") are
closed, leaving one table dangling. The result: a
blank page.
Chances are if you always check your code in
Netscape you will catch this mistake before you put
it up on the Web site. But if you only use internet
Explorer, which is more forgiving, you may not
notice the problem until someone viewing your
page in Netscape points out the problem to you.
I' ve seen this basic problem happen time and time
again on both amateur and professional Web sites.
Gotcha!
Spaces in code do count

The following is more of an "HTML gotcha" than a
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in HTML.
For the most part, adding inultiple horizontal
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Not necessarily. Let's say you are using what is fore this broken image is easy to miss in Internet be found in the generally half-hearted implemencalled an "image spacer," which consists of a trans- Explorer. If you look at it in Netscape, you will still tation of Cascading Style Sheets in the most recent
a
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sentence.
parent GIF file that has a size of Ixl, Using the get the broken image Icon. Gotcha!
goes on and on.
When displayed, you get "This is a
sentence." not
WIDTH and HEIGHTattributes of <IMG>, you can
All of these quirks only emphasize that any
"Thisisasentence." Each carriage-return is treated as a stretch this transparent GIF file to add spacing look osrt for other browser gotchas!
regular space. Browsers cancel out additional spac- effects to your pages. The problem arises in Internet This article really just touches on some of the many good Web master should always check their code in
ing information, so a carriage return and a space Explorer when you make the height or width of the known browser quirks. There's the three-pixel bor- multiple browsers, before publishing code on the
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row 4. This formula can be copied down column D to calculate the shipping for ai1 orders:
is month we continue our look at

spreadsheet functions and introduce
some functions that make choices for
you. We' ll also show you how to create a custom function for your own calculations.
uIF(C4<100, 10,'I 5)
The formula tests to see if the value in cell
C4 is less than 100, if it is then the number 10
will appear in cell D4, if not then the number
15 will appear. Test this formula by typing it
into cell D4 and then place different numbers
in cell C4 and see how the value in cell D4
changes depending on the value in cell C4.
Using a formula like this allows you to create a worksheet that completes tasks and autornatically lessens the possibility of errors. If
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order would require you to check the shipping
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IHalting choices
Sometimes you need to make a calculation for
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charges $10 for shipping items valued at under
$100 and $15 for shipping all items over that
amount. You could calculate each manually or
let the IF function do ail the work.
The syntax of an IF function is:
=IF(logical test, value orcalculation to useif test is

true, value orcalculation to use iftest is false)
A logical test is one that can only be
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is either yes or no. However, "What day is it?"
is not as there are seven possible answers.
Our mail order company has a spreadsheet,
which stores the total value of an order in column C and has a function in column D to calculate the shipping. This is the formula in cell
lglultiple choice
If you only need to choose between two
options, then a simple IF function is your best
choice. Where there are more choices you can
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if you have a number of them. If it can't find a
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you are looking up that is smaller than it and
returns the value opposite that number.
This is the data table for the mail order
company which we' ll place in the cells F2:G4:
0
10
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500 0
The first line of orders will again be in row
4 with the order price in column C and the
shipping to go in column D. This is the formula for cell D4:
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This function works by taking the value of
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which is either equal to it (or is the largest
value that is smaller than the value in cell C4).
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second column of the table, i.e. the shipping
cost for this item. Notice that the data in the
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SMALL works the same way but returns
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function we' ll write is:
should be 125:
=SellingPrice(100,25%)
Step 6: Hide the file Personal. xls by making
the file active (select it) an d select
Window, Hide. When you exit Excel you' ll
be asked if you want to save the changes
you have made to Personal. xls. To save the
functions so they are available whenever
you open Excel, answer Yes.
How it worhs
The function SellingPrice takes two "arguments"
or values from the worksheet. The values are
those for the CostPrice and the MarkUp percentage. These are used to calculate the Sellingprice,
SeliingPrice= CoslPrice (1 + MarkUp)

So, if we have an item we buy for $100 and
want to calculate the selling price if we
mark it up by 25 percent the function will
need to make this calculation:
which is then returned to the worksheet.

When you employ any user-defined function you must provide the arguments in the
order in which they appear in the first line of
the function. So the syntax of your userdefined function is:
SeliingPrice= $100 ' (1 +.25)= $125

Step 2: Functions are similar to macros and
you create them on Module sheets in
Visual Basic. If you place your functions in
your Personal. xls workbook they will be
available any time you use Excel. To do
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less than $100 the markup percentage is 33
percent and if it is $100 or more then the
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then checks to see if the salesperson is one of

the three with special commission rates and, if
so, their commission is calculated and returned.
If the salesperson's number is not 101, 200 or
306 then they are paid a flat 10 percent rate.
The syntax of this function is =Commission(
Function SellingPrice
Two(CostPrice)
If CostPrice <100then
Salespersoncodenumber, Sales)
Markup= .33
else
Markup= .30
endif
SellingPriceTwo=CostPrice ' (1+MarkUp)
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In this case the function only takes one Lotus and tLuattroPro
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T he syntax o f
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=SellingPriceTwo(CostPrice)
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of the commission due to a salesperson. There
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smutty details of the American president's wretched secret life as
moral authority of the world's most
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people what they could see or say of. Robert Bork, a nominee for a
online,
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Congress belatedly joined the hun- Cary Grant movies they had to
dreds of private Web sites look elsewhere for grounds to peck
that have been laughing
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career in politics has to assume that
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word, or allegation associated with
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property, as ammunition to be used
against them. Combine that new
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Why would any

sane person go
into politics, in the
age of electronic
glass houses?
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of the Internet was demonstrated
with cruelest efficiency. No need to
wait for newspapers or magazines or
TV newscasts to filter the information. Just save the entire report to
your hard drive, and use the search

function in Microsoft Word to go
s traight to t h e p arts wit h t h e
naughty words.
Almost immediately, many technology commentators made the
point that the same Congress that
tried, and failed, to legislate "decency" on the Internet had, with indecent haste, plastered the most
degrading pile of dirty private laun-
carried on a secret affair for several

years, until Hyde's wife found out
about it. The fact that the events
d escribed happened back in t h e
1960s, and seemed to have no particular current political or legal significance, didn't seem to matter
Information wants t o
privacy begin? Apparently, there is

no longer any division between "job
related" and "private." In an age
when we increasingly leave electronic footprints everywhere we go,
the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal, the

private lives of public figures are no
longer off limits." The lowest standards of political hatchet job jour-
nalism, it seems, are now the norm

for online reporting.
Nice to know.
Punishingfree speech on the

Internet: pay hade, haclrer
style
story ran, as a mail-bomber working

through an Eastern European
address deposited thousands of rude
messages in a Salon mailbox.
b e f r ee. becomes something to avoid at aiI
But where does politics end, and
have changed the rules. In the brave

new world that has been created by
In a further twist to the tale, Salon

also claimed its Web site w as
"hacked" shortly after the Hyde
ate cry for transparency in American-style, attack-dog politics,

government
proceedings. and public service increasingly
recounted by Monica Lewinsky and Elected representatives must be costs.

other grand jury witnesses and com- accountable. The public has a right
piled by independent counsel Ken to know.
Starr were distributed direct from
the heart of the American democratic system for the amusement and
titillation of m i llions across the
entire wired world.
revealed as an adulterer and home

wrecker by the online magazine
Salon (http//www.saloomagazlne.corn).
According to the betrayed husband
of Hyde's former mistress, Hyde had
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personally revealed as a hollow

politician's "indiscretions," whenev- man, a terrible friend, a betrayer, a
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enemies, but rather just doing its
job, according to the new rules of
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pathetic, obsessive creature hiding

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