It can cause numerous events that require time and attention, so this is not an. Previous versions of the Etherlink Server had support for up to I6 virtual local area networks. That n u mber has now been bumped up to In addition to its excellent performance and feature set, this card wdl operate in 3. One top feature consists of R esilient. This means that the server link i s constantly monitored for error conditions that could lead to performance degradation or failure.
If SHD software detects such conditions, it diagnostic utilities, and offers a lifetime limtakes appropriate corrective action. This ited warranty. The price is surpnsintegrity of Ihe link and driver interactions, i ugly low for aU of this. Sewer Links RSLs. NIC with no downtime. This happens without users being inconvenienced or even aware of the event. The Vectra VL consumers as well. American Express is now starting to mll out smart card technology in some of its credit «ards.
As anyoneknows, a skilled artist or forger can The advantage issuch a system would reduce repmduce a signature that, to the naked eye, the incidenm of credit card fraud and help an is indistinguishable from the original. What a. This would be someone tries to tmnper with or access the strokesused. And just in caseanyone hasany ideas, most recognizeshow someone actually produces comfortable usingcomputers.
The algorithm can then be incorbanking is what Safiink Corp. The Vectra VL also comes with a master. A common problem many companies have had is theft of internal computer components such as RAM or processors.
In Europe,smart cards are popular whh both consumers and corporations. In North America, they have taken a bit longer to catch. Marlton, N. Much like a fingerprint. Biometrics unique —a fact recogtuzed as far back as the essentially rely on a unique physical trait that ls.
The physical traits canindude fin- them access to a system or data. Sharp usm Irigcan worked with Bank United in Houston, on but they arebeginning to make headway in gerprints,voiceprints, retinal scans, or scansof the Cyber-Sign systemto provide pre-OS secuTex.
To ac«essan account,a ture in order to boot the system. Because of the resistance tem that would allow for secure Internet bank- has a picture taken of his or her iris. Quiggle says that in the future, Sharp wants matchesone the bank has on record, the perto have its PDAsconnect to the Internet or a son is allow«d to ac«esstheir account. Bill Voltmer, senior vice-president of sales network When that happens, the Cyber-Sign and marketingforIrigcan,sayssuch iris-scan- system «ould be used for such things aselectronic transactions, since a person could then.
And for the Internet. Voltmer adds. You iris code could be matched by somegy from Se«uGen. If the cus- to a particular machine or network While it tomers like it, ING plans to offer it to afi of its may work in a corporate environment where.
In order to operate a machine, a person must insert their token into the reader, then input the necessary accesscode,. The token isalso Hashupgradable, allowing a company to manage passwords. For example, the company could implement a policy that requirespeople changetheir passwords weekly banking customersas an option for additional to add ao extra levd of security to systems.
The security when theybank online. Biometric technology will become more cards can also be used to authorize ac«ess to common in consumer devices and systems certain kinds o information or servers. No matter where a person might go in a company, according to Dan Reio, vice-president of salm that token would only allow them to access and marketing for Simple Technology in what the company wants them to, whether they Mississauga, Ont.
Biomctric portability is also an issue IBM is looking dosely at. Last year, it launched its Client Security Solution that used an embedded chip on a motherboard that would perform key encryption and produce digital signatures for authentication of users and.
With biometrics as it is now, one is industry standard. The TCPA hopes to have tied to either one machine with the biometric such a standard available for review by various technology or to places where biometric tech- standards bodies later this year, and by l the first products wifi begin rolling out with nology isalready in place.
In recognizing this issue, San Jose, Calif. Any business security that private information such as cred- thinking of going online should seek outside, it cards are safe on e-commerce sites. The professional help in sening up their systems.
Most businessessimply with managers and executives in l4 countries do not have the expertise to either put the necand induded additional respon ses fromexecu- essary systems into place, or to make sure they are set up properly. Still, the scale of recent security breaches. And after it goes live, have someone check again to see if anything was missed in order to protect information.
The main thing is to make sure your server is set up. According to some analysts, part of the security problem is that in the mad dash to get by security experts.
Sendoee available One company that makes a point of keeping credit card information secure is TorontobasedVain-net Corp. Its Cpac Secure Universal Payment System is a multi-platform payment gateway that allows credit card transactions to be conducted in a real-time bank-endorsed.
One common error is to store credit card numbers on the same server that hosts the Web site, or on anotherserver that can be accessed easily through the Internet. But he also understands why a. So when we move it you are pretty sure that is the site you are suposine and we get an authorization from the posed to be at.
The banks see this as a stays resident on any part of the Internet. Citibank Canada has been offering businesses secure means of transmitting credit useless to them. Va u-net stipulates that a merchant must cardinformation forsome time and hasbeen have a valid merchant account in order to certifying merchants so consumers can feel comfortable doing business with them.
Even if anyone were to get accessto. Entrust helps a company manage and securely transmit the digital certificates that businesses use to identify themselves to a potential buyer online. These certificates also are necessary in creat-. A customer can know if such a secure session is taking place because the little lock symbol on their Web browser will damp shut. Users can dick on that lock to confirm whose site they are on. And once an SSL session is activated, it is very difficul for someone to break into it to steal private information.
They say the fees banks require to securely take credit card transactions online are prohibitive to many smaller businesses or onlioe startups. These fees may cause some businesses to compmmise on the security as they look for less expensive solutions. He 4smv 40 percent of the handhdJ market share by suspects that many will Thornhill, Ont.
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Devices that incorpamte useralso wants to have personal diver- add additional memory through CF II devices the Pocket PC operating syssions like listening to music, playing such as the IBM microdrive, a mini-digital tem will offer improved verSy mholPPT ga mes or reading a book. It comes in tive colours Excel, as well as a Foci et Internet Explorer.
Darwin 1. Named Darwin t. Apple announced the release of Darwin 1. In a statement at the event. Apple vice-president of marketing, Phil Schiller, said. The new Darwin 1. Expected for release in May, Darwin Streaming Server is aimed at attracting developer support on a vanety of computer platforms. In other words. I learned a lot. I found that the active matrix colour screen on the new Palm lllc is more than a frill. Although few applications for the Palm use colour e nensively asyet, the ones I have used seem to benefit from it.
My scores usinr the brighter, more colourful screen of the Palm I llc average about 30 percent higher. Quite the contrary. The shipping version running on a new generation of sleeker and more powerful. The Pocket PC is a more powerful platform than Palm. It leads to devices that are more like very small computers than enhanced organizers. Although Microsofi hss done a lot of work to make the interface easier to understand and navigate, it still falls short of what the Palm hasaccomplished.
After dozens of hours with two Pocket PC computers, I still find myself annoyed by the long sequence of steps requiredto do some basic tasks. The wdeo-editing software.
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But Palm is certainly not taking the challenge of the Pocket PC lightly. Soon after the Pocket PC made its debut, Palm executives met in. For the foreseeable future, the Pocket PC will continue to be much more powerful than the Palm.
It will be a better email and Internet dient, via Ethernet or dia up link, is more compatible with applications on the desktop. Over 40, items on our Web site.
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I recently noticed an unexpected difFerence between the two systems. I have made it a ritu-. IBM PuiaMouse Bg Pmmvode ez4z32 IDEoem My recent experiencehas convinced me thata PocketPC with an active-matrix screen and 32 MB of memory is the way to go. I appreciate the benents of greater battery life as much as anyone, but I would trade it for the superior display offered by active-matrix tech-.
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Munster Along with product simplification. IBM showed an UltraPort video camera, and saysa hopes to accomplish a few other goals with the Bluetooth module is also under development. The A and T lines wifl which was first introduced on the i series. It is sharecommon features including power sup- a small and energy eflicient, IBM assuresus ply, memory, docking station and expansion light built into the top portion of the lid above the screen, that casts a pale light on the keyperipherals.
Models in both lines will use a common boarcL It is intended to make it easier to take UltraBay expansion bay, along with a notes or do work in a darkened lecture hall or new device connector called the UltraPort. In fact, the only less susceptible to flexing a common cause of removable component that differs between damage to components like the screen.
It weighs 2. It is a twousers how to install extra memory. The ThinkPad button that invokes the Access two models in the line are differentiated by ThinkPad main help srreen at any time.
For example, if and display size Within the line, there are four models with datastore. Archtve photos digitally reprinted NB —Some 75 archive photographs, ranging from a line ol model airplane enthusiasts in Central Park, to a foggy street in London, have been digitally restored from glass plates and plastic into laser negatives at Coibis.
These photos. The actual photos are on display at Meireon in San Francisco. The 75 pictures hara represent the best from among I 7 million images in the Betunann archive, its creators say. The dictionary also offers audio pronunciations, and includes definitions, word origins and essays on usage from the CD-ROM version ol Encarta World English Dictionary, which was released in August.
Microsoft says the dictionary features thousands of global English references. You have to stop and take note of what it is doing,because its software is never dufiand sometimes quite excellent. This is indicated by poor ratings on the first two aspects we looked at — installation and overall perform-. And a more recent Play product, Amorphium, has shaken the PC 3D video world with its innovations in that arena.
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When installed and configured, it proceeds to write everything to a second disk for disk mirroring. A number of our clients are starting to operate on the Internet and, thus, want to make sure their Web sites and services are.
It is sure to be a major step up from the mouse they currently use. The IntelliEye optical tracking technology was introduced almost a year ago and has really caught on. It replaces the mechanical mouse ball with an optical sensor and onboard digital signal processor that tracks movement on most surfaces without requiring a mouse pad. The only surfacesthat need to be avoided are glassand mirrors although some mouse pads also seem to confuse the. Inshdlauon and ovevauperfonnance - Gizmos Mega-Pak 98 made Windows 95 OSR2 slightly unstable while writing this review it made Word 97 lock up or run so slowly that it became impossible to continue and forced a reboot.
For mirroring IDE disks —a task that is normally the domain of much more expensive and sometimes more complex to install and operate SCSI disk drives. And with hard disk prices plunging faster than an out-of-favour Internet stock, using DupliDisk as a backup system has some real auractions with some caveats.
I found performance was excellent on any hard; flat surface. Continued on page That same basic technology has been refined to the point where text is even finer than the laserprinted text it was originally trying to emulate.
The addition of colour ink to the technology, originaUy or basic graphics,now allows even the lowest-priced models to print photographic images. On standard bond paper, the ink will hit the page and soal in, causing it to spread out abit. This can cause text to appear fuzzy and images to lose much of their fine detail. Special grades of paper designed specifically for inkiet printers are available to combat this bleeding. The papers are similar in weight to standard bond, but have a special coatmg that allows ink to soak in only so far.
Resist the temptation to upscale every photograph to full letter size. Many will just look fuzz! An ink tank is coupled with a printhead mended brand and type of paper. In general, expect o dots to form text or images. Yes, hnt at what Gast? Inside the printing that photo printing goes through car- ink cartridges for each colour. Instead of havprinthead. This is less wasteful. However, through a Bne nozzle towards the page.
They are also physand special ink to achieve the same effect. Most text looks perfectly tne at a dots ically larger, and more expensive than inkjets perin«h! Business inkjet printIs eh your paper properly many inkjets is perfeixly presentable for ers come in models that range all the way from When the ink hits the paper, a few things can many applications. Conlirrocd frost page 6 small-business to those suited for a graphicdesign shop. Networking capabilities are available for many of these models.
In the world of business, in kjet printers are not designed to replace laser printers, but rather to supplement them. At present, laser printers still have a big advantage over inkjets in terms of cost per page, and output speed. Where the inkjet does excel in a business environment is wherever full-colour output is not only nice, but necessary.
This indudes design shops, publishing houses, and other business that require full-size on-site colour proofing. One disappointment many people express with inkjet printers is that they never seem to live up to the speed expectations. Part of the blame or this lays squarely on the shoulders of the manufacturers, becauseof the way speed is rated. On laser printers, the quality of the print has very little impact on the output speed. With inkjets, on the other hand, the higher the quality, the longer it takes to print out.
L nfortunately, inkjet speed is typically rated using drafi mode prints, and minimal pagecoverage. Because inkiet printers spool from the host PC, an older P. Your speeds will vary, but this should give you a basic idea of the relative cpeedc. We can acsist you with yow database coluiioas or build You a web dmahase from scratch. Our friendly, knowledgeable staff can help set you slewed. Ieains yoa coaceanme on what youdo best Lccch,Sicnu Sicluca nice Steacc,Inc. This month we tested two batches of printers.
We looked primarily at photographic print quality in this group. These printers were evaluated for networking capability and large-format prints where applicable. Xsrtuen tzstuPC. Locuien ca l l Mhuocofirofmlnn sonw cus nuwcvimo siieumlns c ell. Kpson announced lightfast papers and inks with its series printers earlier this year. Prints on its special matte finish photo paper will last more than 20 years. Meanwhile, thirdparty ink and paper manufacturers have already developed ink and paper combinationsthat are addressing the need for faderesistant prints.
A recognized authority on i nkjet print longevity is Wilhelm Image Research Inc. If you are interested in this issue, this site is worth bookmarking. Most inkjet manufacturers are constantly researching methods for making inkjet prints last longer, but only now is inkjet print longevity approaching what is taken for granted with traditional photographic prints. In the interim, save the original Iiles — you can.
Iitkikw aaroeiilxl rltr! IAwesl 8 le. This category of sofiware AUows you to find, view and file images on your PC. Again, Play had some nice design touches for its album but the. Spend just six months with us and come out as a red hot I. Leam to develop robust e-commerce web sites. Moreover, the games Ivere fun to play snd not just for kids. One problem — as soon as we started a picture puzzle, it could he minutes or it could be hours.
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Something I always select as part of my standard settings is Snap To, which can be found under Pointer Options. This automaticagy moves the mouse pointer to the default button in dialogues boxes, which can be a big time and motion saver once you get used to it.
The package includes the USB mouse. One reason for this is the generic nature of the InteUiPoint software and booklet. Both are shipped unmodified for the various pointing devices that the IntegiEye optical technology. This is a. For example, when installing the Integi point software, you have to pick your mouse out. Worse, the instructions for connecting to a USB port say to turn on your computer, plug into the USB port and answer the questions posed by the wizard.
The instructions. For a successful installation. Windows will sense the mouse immediately and ask you where it should get the driver. You will also have to navigate a dialogue box designed for mouse use with only your keyboard. Most users will need some assistance at this point. The driver you need is probably already on your system, so you should indicate the Windows directory as the place to look.
Once I had passed this sticky stage, everything was fine. I installed the InteUiPoint software and customized my settings. The operation of the mouse is exemplary.
The t racking i s s m o ot h a n d p r ecise, t h e InteUiPoint s oftware has m any u seful options, and the red glow in the dark is a bonus. However, now that I have a state-of-the-art mouse I can use with my left hand without. Ceil Ifiuf95nrn DupliDisk is certainly mbust. Arco recommends matching drive types, and suggests the secondary drive at least match the primary in disk capacity.
DupliDisk supports a wide range of PC operating systems, including Windows 3. You can attach up to two pairs of drives on one DupliDisk card. Once set up the mirrored PC ran without a. Equafly important, it means there is no performance or speed penalty for using DupliDisk.
After installing the card and connecting the primary and secondary drive s , you need to run a setup program from a floppy, which. Depending on the size and speed of the drive,and the speed of the bus and CPU, this can take between three and 10 minutes per gigabyte. DOS 7. To simulate a drive failure Nathan manually disconnected the power to the primary hard drive, which caused a problem during bootup as the drive and the DupliDisk controller were not recognized.
Very smooth, and as fast as 9 soft reboot. Backup soushlsrapous Our failure simulation, however, did raise some issues. The f irst concern i s t h at DupliDisk does not have automatic failover,. The second issue is that after the reboot the restored operating system runs. In effect, the PC systemwill Iions of a Iile or database table. Unless oper-. This essentially means doing the setup again to copy the new primary drive to the new secondary backup— an operation that cantake 0 nlinutes or several hours depending on the size of the drives.
SoDupliDisk only delivers aboutone-half of round-the-clo«k, uninterrupted availability. For the most conunon disk outages head crashes and bad sectors , DupliDisk will take over instantly with no drop in service. But to restore disk-mirroring pmtection, the system hao to be taken down during a light-usage periodto setup anew secondary backup drive. DupliDiek cannot replace all backup tapes or systems for another reason.
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SM AGP Receive 3 months for an average monthly cost of S The trade o0? Printing standard text is a bit slow —but is only an issue if you print out a lot of text. The high-quality output and scanner cartridge option make this an attractive choice, and the ink setup makes it even more. Epson hasalso lone,sported Mac-compatibility, and although the drops the Serial 8 connection, the inclusion of a USB interface. The print-.
The Stylus t. One tiny complaint about the higherquality mode, however: to get access to 2,xl,dpi printing, users have to go through a few steps, including turning PhotoREt lll off, which is a countcr-intuitive procedure. It would have been nicer to just have a clearly labeled option on the Brat page of the print driver. That said, even the x dpi print quality that can be obtained with PhotoREt III turned on is outstanding, and easily rivals 1, dpi mode on other printers.
INote: we used PhotoREtill instead of 2. All the trademarks are the property of their owners. The product may diller from illustration. From intranets to the Internet. Iet us help you make your mark on a global scale. IPC BusinessSolutions provides the tools to enhance customer relanons and increase your productivity, which in turn equals profit for your business. Connect your team to the world with one high speed Internet link. Manage private email addresses, connect printers and other devices, share files across dlHerent platforms, and do much, much, more.
Considering business online? The Newmega server functions as an in-house Internet server, serving both local network and the internet. Sywenamsynoi haawwlyasshmm. VWSemi, nmkreN t? Darn - 7:Dnnm Mnn. Id rect. Canon 5. Cartridges are also available in higheryield versions which are moreexpennve. Although a few other manufacturers have introduced inkiet printers that accept digital camera media directly rather than having to access it through a PC , Lexmark was the lirst out of the gate with this model.
Based on the older model, the offers excellent photographic output as well as crisp and speedy text printing. We did have a few quibbles with this unit. Secondly, the LCD m enu on thefront of the printer forces the user to do quite a bit of scrolling end button. H owever, those issues were more than offset by the benefits the offers: the ability to print digdtal camera images without the need for a PC, the ability to upload and oftload. It holds up beautifully despite the same minor concerns we had about 2,x , dpi mode with the C.
The photographic output is exec lani, and presentation text is crisp and fast. What really sells this model, however, is the full automatic page-duplexing ability with the included duplex attachment. Combined with the high-quality output, the duplexing feature makes the Deskjet Cse the ideal machine. VCR Composite or S-video , game screens or camcorder signals directly. Draft text spent is rated at up to 8 ppm. The Z5I was at the highest end of that line Name shown publicly.
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