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28 In the Lab: Online operating systems A Window to Web 2.0

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Homweotwork A few years ago, I moved from working in an office tower in the metropolis to working from my home in a little city. It’s somewhat humbling to realize that the magazine comes out like clock‑ work, month after month without me hovering around the office staff. And despite the fact that I generally don't like meetings, there are times when my not being in lhe thick of things, either for

an internal meeting or to attend a media event, is a definite disadvantage. For many situations, nothing can replace afaceto-face tete-atete.

On the plus side ‐ where do I begin. No commute, no gridlock - my gasoline fill up frequency has gone from once every three or four days to once every three or four weeks. Getting product loaners to review is slightly more inconvenient since I have to be my own shipper/receiver, but the courier companies have come to know me ‐ the house in the middle of the block. The Internet doesn't know my bungalow from a glass tower, so the steady info stream about new products and developments in the tech industry continues unabated.

In fact, the availability of highspeed Internet and highspeed cellular datacomm has made loca tion irrelevant to what a lot of people do to earn a living. Some companies have embraced the new technology, equipping certain parts of their workforce such as sales with multifunction devices to use at home and notebook computers to use anywhere. Others have implemented telework programmes, which allow some employees to work at home some of the time. And there's the legions of people who have chucked corporate life ‐ or were chucked - and have started their own businesses at home.

I worked from home as a freelancer once before in the early 19905. My state of the art road warrior setup consisted of a IOpound 386 laptop computer and a five-pound Cantel "luggable" cell phone. A triumph in 1991 was filing a story from a campground in Wctoria to the publisher's BBS site in Toronto using a special Radio Shack black box that allowed me to use the cell phone as a data modem. Yes, it was primitive and painful. And laughable, compared to what we can achieve today. The infrastructure is better, and the tools are better. Even my candy bar size Blackberry has more processing power, storage capacity and datacomm speed than that ancient technology.

80, what do you really need in the way of technology to earn a living from home in 2007? A computer? Most definitely. It might be intriguing to think that you could run your business from a Blackberry, but novelty can quickly turn to masochism, particularly if your work involves a lot of keyboarding. Like a computer, high-speed Internet access is an essential service for two rea‑ sons: so much business information is now available online plus so much business can now be conducted online.

A printer or multifunction? Maybe. But take a lesson from bigger companies and evaluate out‑ sourcing versus in‐house. For example, if you need a few printouts regularly, having your own printer at home is convenient, but there comes a point Miere it’s more efficient to take the job to a copy centre. For instance, if you need 10 copies of a 50page report, bound and with a cover, but perhaps only once a quarter, outsource it. if you need that volume once a week, it might be less expensive to buy the equipment. l’m presently going through an experiment in this regard. Earlier this year I bought a colour laser printer and a binding system for one large job I was involved in. Calculating only the dollars that went out of my pocket, I saved some money compared to what the job would have cost at a print shop. There is a lot of additional work involved in being your own printer and bindery, how ever, and when you assign a dollar value to those activities, the equation becomes less straight‑ forward. I also made an error in buying standard toner cartridges. Highryield cartridges for the printer cost about 15 percent more but offer at least double the page capacity, and this skewed the in‐house vs. outsource comparison.

Still, now that the job is over, I have ready access to a laser printer with colour capability. This is proving to be quite a convenience. My home office is feeling more like a workplace office.

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Reader Letters HUB: The Computer Paper readers have their say

Generally we like to run readers letters that speak to both sides of an issue in as close to an accurate ratio as possible. We didn't get any negative comments about our format and name change. Instead, what we received was an overwhelming affir‑ mation that it is the right move, perhaps too long in coming. We didn‘t even get any complaints about the newsprint coming off on your fingers. Perhaps next month?

Letter of the Month: Former Editor and Publisher of The Computer Paper has his say: it is funny that just the other morning, a friend asked me 'whatever happened to The Computer Paper?‘ I told her about the name change to HUB: Digital Living and howl hadn't really thought was such a great idea at the time. I understood about wanting to broaden the scope to include more tech gadgets, but it always seemed possible to do that under the heading The Computer Paper.

Then I mentioned to my friend the format change down to 8 1/2 x 11’ size and how I thought that had been a very bad idea, Sure the smaller size was easier to handle but the information content seemed to go way down. There was just so much less space to say anything. If The Computer Paper was about anything, it was about infor‑ mation, lots of it.

A few hours later, I am out on the street, and I see the fellow beside me reach in and pickup the latest copy of HUB from a street box. I follow suit, extracting a copy for myself. I had a warm and fuzzy feeling pulling out this brand new, large format, yet very familiar, four color newsprint magazine. Definitely deja vu all over again.

Great to see the new (old) format. I admit to being a little proprietary about the large format style, it was my baby for so long. Now with my aging eyes, I really value the larger ads. I am sure your advertisers will see the wisdom of this change.

All the best, and I hope you get great results from the changes. Welcome back.

W a s Alder Former Editor and Pubtisher of The Computer Paper (19881997)

I‘d just like to thank you for going back to the old format of HUB: The Computer Paper.

I have been a long time loyal reader of every issue for 14 yrs and have always loved and preferred this format.

Yes it is also true that everyone refers to this paper as The Computer Paper so good choice on going back to this name.

It‘s good to try new things and ways of presenting your info but if the old way was better then it's great to see that you're also willing to take a step back and make those changes. Both my and friends and l are glad this choice was made.

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Performing the same routines, day after day ‐ typing on a keyboard, star~ ing at a monitor, talking on the phone, clicking away on a mouse ‐ can cause injuries to your muscles, joints, ten‑ dons, cartilage, blood vessels, tendons and ligaments. And while our bodies have the natural ability to heal them‑ selves against these forms of soft tis‑ sue damage, with repeated and pro‑ longed exposure, sometimes they just

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Your afterhours activities are also important: make sure you get the prop er amount of sleep to allow your body time to heal, exercise to maintain a level of flexibility and eat well. Not only will these precautions protect you from physical damage, they will increase your comfort and productivity at work.

Your primary danger is repetition. So while it’s good to be focused, every now and then, you must snap out of it and take a break. When you get wrapped up in an activity on your com puter, your blink rate goes down. This puts additional strain on your eyes, says ODell, and eye fatigue is correlat‑ ed to muscle disorders. Rest your eyes every 20 minutes by covering them for 1015 seconds, or look away from your screen and focus on a distant object.

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Age also comes into play. For exam‑ ple, a 60year old worker requires up to 10 times more light than a 20year old worker, says UCLA. Full spectrum lluo rescent lights, which mimic natural sun light, are the best on the eyes. Stay away from bright white bulbs, which can cause headaches. Other little things you can do include keeping your monitor clean and adjusting settings such as brightness, contrast and font size to put the least amount of strain on your sight.

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screen is eye level and that the monitor is one arm’s length away from your face. If you use a laptop, your monitor will most likely fall below this measure ment, so pick up a notebook stand to raise the screen to the proper eye level.

These are priced between $45 and $100, with the more expensive units including features such as a built-in USB hub.

The height of your desk should be adjusted so that your keyboard and mouse sit at elbow height. Many desks are set too high, says ODell, designed for handwriting instead of computer use. Average desks are between 2930 inches high. For typing, they should be set a few inches lower, around 26 27 inches.

Shopping for a proper office chair may seem intimidating, with prices ranging from $140 to 5600. But more experr sive doesn't necessarily mean better where ergonomics are concerned. Aside from sitting down to determine whether or not a chair feels comfortable, there

are a few key features you need to look for: make sure it has an adjustable height, provides lower back support (with your hips placed securely against the back of the chair) and that the seat is the right width and depth for your body shape. A chair wifli five prongs at its base will be more stable than one with only four. Breathable fabrics are a plus, as are seats without deep seams or buttons that could cause localized pressure points.

Determine seat height by making sure it allows you to rest both of your feet flat on the floor, with your knees bent at a 90degree angle. Make sure the seat is the proper depth: you should be able to fit your fist between the back of your knee and the front of your seat. The seat should also be wide enough that there is at least one inch on either side of your hips. Men tend to need deeper seats to accommodate long legs, says UCLA, while women need wider seats to accommodate hips. The back of your seat should be positioned at a 100 to

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Some people find the split keyboard too difficult to adjust to. If this is the case, Microsf't also offers keyboards with the Comfort Curve design. While not as ben~ eficial as a l2degree split angle, the Comfort Curve fidegree curved design still provides a more natural wrist posture than regular straight models. The new Microsoft Wireless Entertainment Desktop 8000 ($349.95) is an elegant key‑ board and mouse set that features the Comfort Curve, as well as freedom from wires via Bluetooth, soft keys, Vista shortcuts, and backlighting with a proximity sensor that detects your fingers approaching the keys. (Mac users can use the lower centre button as the Apple key.)

Considering the average typist on a conventional QWERTY keyboard moves his or her fingers between 12 and 20 miles per day (says Microsoft), picking up an ergonomic keyboard is a good idea and costs about the same as a premium regular keyboard. Also try to utilize onetouch buttons and shortcut keys.

Shortcuts can eliminate common keystrokes by up to 40 percent (according to internal Microsoft research).

Mice are used three times more than the keyboard, says ODelI, who helped develop the Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000, Wireless Entertainment Desktop 8000 and the Natural Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 ($99.99 at Best Buy). With traditional mice, he explains, people tend to rest the heels of their palms on their desks, which places pressure over the carpal tunnel. The Natural Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 is designed to distribute even pressure by filling the gap that occurs when your hand is resting in a natural position The mouse slopes your wrist to a vertical, rather than horizontal, position, which removes that danger‑ ous lower carpal tunnel pressure. Slants and scoops support the natural curve in your fingers so you don't strain to keep mem straight: Only a righthanded version is available. due to supply-and‐demand. About 10 percent of users are lefthanded, explains ODeIl, and only 10 percent of these users actually use a left-handed mouse. Many lefties either adapt to a right-hand ed mouse or use a symmetrical mouse that works for both. Laptops users should also invest in a good mouse and ignore their trackpads for regular use.

The placement of objects on your desk is also important. Objects you often use, such as your phone, notepad and mouse, should be located within two to three feet of your body. Your monitor and keyboard should rest in the centre of your desk, directly in front of you. If you find yourself spending a lot of time on the phone and often crank your neck to hold the handset in between your shoul‑ der and cheek, you should consider switching to a wireless headset so you can free up your hands and prevent strain on your neck. A document holder (about $25) is handy for placing pages upright on your desk while typing or reading and should be spaced between your keyboard and monitor.

Clean up any clutter underneath your desk so there is adequate room for your legs to move. If you can’t adjust the height of your desk and need to raise your chair so your elbows are level with your keyboard and mouse, you can purchase a foot rest for about $25 to raise your feet to the appropriate height.

Remember, the key is to avoid prolonged repetition. So switch back and forth between typing and handwriting, interchange between your mouse and keyboard (such as scrolling vs. arrow keys, or menu bar selections vs. keyboard short‑ cuts), use shortcut buttons, communicate with email and then make some phone calls - mix it up, add some variety. Don't become a robot at your desk.

Every hour, take a five to 10 minute break from the activity you were perform ing and do something else. Try to enforce the 20/20/20 rule: every 20 minutes, look at a point 20 feet away from your monitor for 20 seconds. You should also take a one or twominute break to stretch.

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If saving money is your goal, few manufacturers build subSlOO, self-powered computer speakers as well as Logitech and Altec Lansing. You’ll need to drop at least $50 to rise above the bottom of the barrel stuff. At the high end of the spectrum ($200 and above) sits the

Klipsch entries. Great units all around, with bass that'll rattle the windows. For the truly well-healed, any of the Klipsch ProMedia series will iinpress both you and the neighbours. ‘i

Printers and rnultitunctions You'll clearly need a printer to output your data. The question is whether you need a standalone printer. The answer is: Probably not. Today's spacesaving multi function printers do it all (printing, faxing. scanning and copying), and many of them do it well. Canon's exten‑ sive PlXMA series scores high ratings all around in the inkjet category, as does the HPPhotosmart series.

You should remember, though, that although inkjets are great for photos, the page per penny printing cost of inkjet cartridges are generally quite a bit higher than that of lasers (at least the beefier lasers). and the text quality and speed are generally lower. Allinone lasers, such as Canon’s strictly black-and‐white imageCLASS series and Lexmark's x500n and x502n colour units, are good bets. Really, the only reason to be stuck on standalone is if you happen to do prodigious amounts of printing, and then you'd want to turn to something brawny such as the Brother HL-SZSODN or the HP LaserJet P2015d. Both are in the $300 to $500 range.

We've got to M To connect your computerls) and other devices to the outside world, you have two high‐speed options ‑

cable and DSL. But you'll need not only the modem your cable or phone company company likely provides, but also a router. Routers allow you to connect more devices (usually a total of four for entry-level routers) and they offer security in the form of a firewall. The prices of routers vary wildly, depending on speed and wireless capabilities. D-Link's expensive ($160) DIR‑ 655 Xtreme N Gigabit Router, based on the freshly cer‑ tified “Draft N' standard, delivers excellent range,

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world class speed via both its wired and wireless con‑ nections and super-slick good looks. Those who don't need wireless connectivity and can make do with stan‑ dard non‐gigabit wired speeds don‘t need to spend nearly asmuch‐models such as the sub$70 Linksys BEFSR41 or TP-Link’s TL-WR6416 should do just fine.

Email is good, but there‘s nothing like a good, old‑ fashioned conversation to cement relations. On that note, you're going to need a phone. But first, you‘ll have to decide if you want to utilize your traditional phone line or move on to Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services such as Vonage.

One day in the near future, VolP will likely kill off plain old telephone service (POTS) because it's simply a superior technology that saves most users money. In the meantime, it's a good alternative to traditional technology that's growing in popularity even though it's impacted by the same things that sporadically interrupt email or lntemet surfing. To get on the VolP bandwag‑ on, you either need to purchase an analog telephone adapter such as the sub$80 DLink VTA to use with your current analog phone, or go with a brand new VolPequipped phone like the VTech lP81002 (5200).

Another option exists in the form of hybrid phones that allow you to do both VolP and POTS. Panasonic‘s cord‑ less GLOBARANGE lineup, priced between $100 and $200, does just that.

Chances are, however, that most home office folk will stick with their current analog phone lines, at least for the time being. Reliable, corded phones with a couple of lines and a speakerphone feature make a great deal of sense in the business environment. Unless you see yourself moving around quite a bit when you're talking, check out corded business phones from well-regarded manufacturers such as AT&T and Panasonic. If you really feel the need to move while you talk, look into the Panasonic KXTG6700. This monster phone fea‑ tures high frequency 5.86Hz wireless technology, two independent lines, a handset LCD and an integrated answering machine. The $300 price is the only hiccup. lf you don‘t want to hand over a bunch of extra bucks to the phone company every month for a second line, be sure to check whether your local provider offers a 'smart ring' feature. Though it isn‘t a second line per se, smart ring does give your home a second phone number and a distinctive ring when that number is called, at a fraction of the cost of a true second line.

Moreover, you don't even need a twoiine phone to uti‑ lize the service.

Of course, there will be times when you can't make it to your phone to answer all those incoming calls. The question of an answering machine vs. voice mail is something every SOHO worker faces, and there are positives and negatives on both sides. In an answering machine. you have a solution you pay for up front. No other costs are involved, and the entire thing remains within the comfort of your home for immediate access.

Indeed, an answering machine may well be incorporat‑ ed into the telephone you purchase. However, depend~ ing on your phone setup, callers may encounter busy signals or long waits while you finish up with your cur‑ rent call. Moreover, many of the answering machines at the big box stores sound muffled and indistinct. The best idea is to try before you buy, or at least be pre‑ pared to audition more than one unit at home.

The big drawback in voice mail is ongoing charges.

Otherwise, it's arguably the better way to go. With voice mail, you don't need to worry about whether an answering machine is turned on or off. You don't need to worry about busy signals or audio clarity. Ultimately, the decision is very much subjective.

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that's integrated on the motherboard and shares the computer's main memory. Bluetooth capabilities, builtin cameras, memory card readers and bio‑ metric security measures such as fin gerprint readers are just some of the perks you should look for.

Conversely, if you‘ve decided you'll need a PC, your notebook doesn‘t need to be quite so large. In fact, you might want to look for portability factors like small size and light weight or lower cost. Capable models with 14.14nch and 15.4‐inch screens and powereffi cient AMD Turion and Intel Centrino processors are now commonplace, and many are priced under $1,000. You won‘t have the storage space, the power or the graphics-handling capabili ties of a desktop replacement, but it'll be easier to lug around and it'll cost you half as much.

There are a couple of other classes of notebook computers that you may also want to consider. The ultraportable is, as the name implies, designed mainly with portability as the key factor. This means the unit (including the screen) will be relatively small. Miniaturization has its price, so ultraportables also tend to be somewhat expensive. A road warrior class of notebook tries to bal ance a number of key factors‐per‑ formance, weight and battery life.

These are often the only computer that people like traveling executives or sales people have, so they are also used as desktop replacements, but without the weight penalty or battery hit imposed by 17-inch screens.

An alternative to Windows PCs are Apple’s iMac and Mac Mini desktop machines and iBook notebook machines. Macs have always had the reputation of being more expensive that PCs, but now that Apple has shifted to Intel Core 2 Duo processors in these

lines, there are more common points on which to base a comparison. If you compare Apple's line with other interna tional brandname computers, you might be surprised at how small the price dif‑ ference is. But house brand or white box computers are still significantly less expensive.

No computer discussion would be com‑ plete without a couple of words on mice. And those words are cordless and laser. Cordless, because losing that darn cable is truly a freeing experience.

Moreover, cordless mice now run com‑ fortably for several years before expir‑ ing. Laser, because laser mice not only weigh less, they're also more precise.

Cordless keyboards are pretty nifty too (because they don't have a cord, natch), especially if they're equipped with hotkeys across the top for instant, one touch access to your most utilized com mands. Logitech leads the way in both mice and keyboards, and for good rea‑ son‐the company makes good stuff at reasonable prices. Its entire Cordless Desktop line (one part mouse, one part keyboard) is great-it‘s upto you to decide what features you want and need. Early cordless mice and key‑

boards used to communicate with the computer via infrared signals. Later, radiofrequency (RF) offered a better communications method. Today, RFis being joined by products that use Bluetooth.

Whereas mice get a lot of attention, the lowly (it sits on the floor) uninterruptible power supply or its lesser cousin, the surge protected power bar, doesn't get nearly enough. Yet if a power spike has ever destroyed your data or fried an electronic component or if you’ve lost hours of work when the power suddenly goes out, you know AC power manage‑ ment can be your best friend. In a home office, it's a necessity, especially if you live in an area that regularly experiences power outages, brownouts, lightning storms, etc.

The uninterruptible power supply, or UPS, has four main parts: a battery, a battery charger, a power inverter and sophisticated circuitry to make these systems work together. The inverter converts the DC power from the battery into AC power for your computer, while the charger keeps the battery charged.

While there are a number of different types of UPS, a common one for home use is called the Standby UPS system.

Under normal conditions, the battery/inverter system is in standby mode. When you lose AC power (e.g., a power outage). a circuit detects this and instantly switches over to battery power. The battery has enough capacity

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Before WiFi, computing anywhere in the house meant installing Ethernet cabling and RJ45 jacks everywhere. Not a sim‑ ple task and best done as part of a major renovation - unless you are mak‑ ing a home decorating statement with exposed Cat5. A few solutions have appeared over the past decade, but as WiFi gained traction and publicity, these alternatives faded from the limelight.

One of these, called HomePlug, is alive and well and the solution is as appeal‑ ing as when the HomePlug Powerline Alliance introduced its first standard in 2001. HomePlug’s answer to “no new wires" is simple ‐ use the wires that already run to every room in your home.

That would be your household electrical wiring. It was a brilliant concept, and early attempts at this were partially suc‑ cessful, but problems like electrical interference noise and no standardiza‑ tion among manufacturers needed reso lution. Today, the technology has matured and is very usable.

There are several manufacturers offer‑

ing a few dozen products that piggy‑ back Ethernet data communications sig‑ nals on your home’s electrical wiring.

The products offer data transfer equal to or better than WiFi, and standardize tion has meant that company A's prod‑ ucts should work with Company B’s, as is the case with Ethernet products in general. I recently had a chance to test Actiontec's MegaPlug AV products ‐ the “AV" gives a hint that these are meant to handle the big bandwidth that PC‑ based home theatre content generates.

The original HomePlug ran at around 14Mbps and later generations such as Actiontec’s standard MegaPlugs run 85Mbps. The “AV” designation bumps the bandwidth up considerably - these devices will transfer data at up to

200Mbps. Bycomparison, WiFi's vari ous versions come in at 11Mbps (802.11b). 54Mbps (802.11g) and lOOMbps (802.11n).

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Where you plug in the second MegaPlug adapter really doesn‘t matter - and that’s the essential beauty of HomePlug technology. Any of your electrical out‑ lets are now also Ethernet ports once you plug the adapter in. You can con nect a computer, a network printer, another hub or wireless access point to the Ethernet port on the MegaPlug and you are networked. My MegaPlug expe‑ rience was really as simple as that ‐ no drivers to load, just plug and play. A small “but” is that if you want to man‑ age the devices, such as changing the lZBbit encryption key, you do need to install software that comes on the included CD. In my house, the cable modem comes into a room on the northeast corner, but isn't it always the case that where l sometimes want to compute is in a spare room in the southwest corner. My old 802.11b access point is barely detectable across that distance and I’ve been meaning to pull a network cable to a more central location and relocate the wireless access point there. Now I don’t

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Actiontec‘s product conforms to the alliance's HomePlug AV standard, which is the next generation specification designed to address high‐bandwidth entertainment applications in the home.

It is backwardly compatible with the existing HomePlug 1.0 standard. You can use up to 16 HomePlug devices on the same network.

Giving HomePlug an industrial strength footprint is a technology called BPL, or Broadband over Powerline, a potential competitor to other high speed network technologies. Just as cable networking uses existing cableTV cabling and DSL works over existing phone lines, BPL is an attempt to exploit the electrical grid itself for data communication. Victoria based 30ne Networks Corp. is one company working to commercialize BPL. Earlier this year, 30ne developed a BPL-based power grid management system in China, which allows the power company to monitor the grids performance.

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The potential benefits of an onlineonly operating system are obvious. Forget remote access, the promise is of an entirety online desktop, whether you own a desktop or not. In theory, any where in the world that you're able to get a reliable internet and reasonably fat internet connection, you have access to your desktop. Not a browser window showing files on your home computer but your own, password pro‑ tected and always available desktop.

At least. that‘s the idea.

With the current proliferation of online OSes floating around. it stands to rea‑ son that only the strong shall sunlive.

In other words. if you pitch your tent in a losing online 08's field, you stand to lose your data along with it. Also bear in mind that you'll be entrusting your data to a third party, likely outside of Canada and therefore not subject to Canadian laws.

As it stands, online operating systems are a neat novelty to play around with and can prove a useful utility for some users but a core desktop system where business is conducted, sensitive infor‑ mation stored and as a system that replaces your desktop or laptop's operating system? Not quite yet.

Some online operating systems prove a boon for managing online collabora tion and serve as the ultimate gateway homepage.

While it's true some of these web based operating system aren't quite ready for the big leagues just yet. That said. these are powerful online tools; whether ensuring you have access to

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Goowy wwwgoowycom What's available: Email. calendar, lM, games and Widget-/ Gadgetlike “Webits' and more Closest to: The bastard child of Windows Vista and Mac OSX Switch? Not yet but it‘s got some poten‑ b'al Speed: Very good

Platforms tested and working: Firefox 2.0.0.7, lnternet Explorer 10.5370.”

Requirements: Adobe Flash Space: 168 up to 5GB Cost: Free (168) or $4.99/mo. (568) At first glance, it looks like Goowy s got it all; clever name? Check, Goowy is a play on Graphical User Interface or GUl. Email? Check, complete with beta cal‑ endaring option that looks remarkably like a scaled down Outlook Express.

Games? Those too. Instant messaging?

It‘s in beta but present and accounted for. Word processor... wait, no. That‘s mysteriously missing. There is no docu‑ ment management system at all. Users are offered 1GB of free online storage for documents or whatever other files don't violate the terms of service (T05). which seems to be most Storing files on Goowy is a simple affair, functioning much like the attach button on an online email service. In an attempt to keep users honest, the file upload window informs of a IOMB upload limit for a single file. AnActions toolbar allows for the batch uploading of numerous files; just hold down CTRL as you would when selecting multiple files within your desktop OS. In an attempt to get users to switch

DeskTopTwo over fulltime, at least for things like checking webbased email, Goowy offers an incredibly simple and effective utility for integrating an existing email account with your Goowy desktop.

Selecting Gmail, for example. will popo late Gmail specific port and security set~ tirgs leaving you to fill out the name. email address, password and a few other simple fields.

Goowy is entirely Flash based, which is both a good and a bad thing. While it limits the enduser customizability and in this case, eliminates the possibility of rightclicking (potentially a hard habit for some OS users to break). it allows for a flashier interface and some fancy graph‑ ic icing. Take, for example the decidedly (and decidedly cheeky) andows Vista looking default desktop wallpaper and the decidedly Mac OSXlnspired task bar across the bottom of the interface. complete with icons that jump and bounce when clicked.

M To p T w o mpesktoptwocom What's wailable: Web site editor, notepad, IM, MP3 player. blog, email. calendar. address book and more Closest to: Windows NT. interface wise Switch? There's a strong argument to be made Speed: Very good Platforms tested and workhg: Firefox 2.0.0.7. Internet Explorer 7.0.5370.11 Requirements: Java, Adobe Flash and Acrobat Space: 1GB free up to SOGB Cost: Free, USSZS, USS45, US$95 and U85185 for 1GB, 5GB, 10GB, 2568 and 5068 of storage DeskTopTwo is pretty serious; so seri‑ ous, in fact. that they've got a premium offering up for $185/yr. There is, of course. a free version of the web GUI

desktop available for those looking to experiment.

It's laid out logically and immediately brings to mind a cross“ between andows XP and Vista and Ubuntu.

An advertising bar sits at the top cen‑ tre of the screen and is at about 30 per cent transparency until you mouse over it, at which points the ads become

clear. It's a creative solution to the ad supported model and, assuming you‘re running DeskTopTwo in fullscreen or as a tullscreen browser window, it doesn't get in the way of the icons on the desk‑ top. lt‘s called ‘Deals and Steals' and actually does highlight some interesting, often webonly deals.

On the desktop and in what looks a lot like Window's Start menu are a calendar application. RSS reader, message boards, instant messenger. MP3 player, web site editor and several other very‑ ingly useful apps including a “Hard Drive‘ which functions as a file upload / download utility. There doesn't seem to be an upload can (we were able to upload a chunk of the Ubuntu 7.04 disc image file before tiring of the slow upload speed.

The inclusion of a full OpenOffice 2.0 suite makes this a compelling offering.

However. the load time is bit much; understandably so, perhaps. However. the OpenOffice 2.0 components do seem a bit buggy and sometimes crash as soon as they finish loading. That said, the Sapotek team admits it's still working out a few issues... just in case the word 'beta,' prominent in the bot‑ tom righl comer of the interface didn't tip users off.

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YouOS does an excellent job of incor‑ porating other online applications like Google Docs and Spreadsheets for working with, managing and sharing word processing documents, spread‑ sheets and the latest addition to the Google Docs online app. Also included is an image editor called YouPhotoshop, essentially a window displaying Pixenate, an online photo editor. Within this application, users can take care of common photo editing tasks like resiz‑ ing, cropping and rotating images along with buttons to level horizons in the frame, manage colours, brightness and contrast, autoenhance images (with generally impressive results), sepia tone images and apply other image effects.

Once finished editing, users can upload

directfy to Flickr or save to the desk‑ top... the actual desktop, that is, not

the online one.

Other applications that are of question able worth productivity wise but that are invaluable when looking for some enter‑ tainment online include a link to every episode of South Park up to season 11 and a modified Super Mario World game, both of which run within the YouOS desktop environment.

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Firetox 2.0.0.7, Internet Explorer 7.0.5370.11 Adobe Flash None None Right from the get-go, presented with the option to launch either the ‘semista ble' or the “unstable“ versions, you'll know somethings up. This is essentially

for its achievement but not in a truly usable state.

From an pure hobbyist standpoint though, it's interesting to poke around and see one man's vision of what an online OS could be. A quick word of advice though; when creating a system that is heavy on the graphic eye candy, back it up with some usable and useful

a hobby project by Christopher Giffard and an impressive one at that. However,

applications. As a tech demo, it's worth a look. As a usable online operating

if users approach it as anything other than a hobbyist project that's worth a look from a pure interest standpoint, they stand to be disappointed. Using the unstable version allows users to get a glimpse of features that may come along in the future, including a GameMachine and a simple chess game. Good-tor a bit of novelty, it‘s more an alpha than a beta; interesting

system though, your time is better spent elsewhere.

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your online 'hard drive' from the various desktop applications and, once the ini‑ tial and somewhat slow initial load is

eyeOS www.eyeos.org What‘s available: File manager, word processor. music player, calendar, notepad, contacts manager, file Sharer,

group manager, group board Closest to: Ubuntu

Switch? Maybe not switch but definitely use Speed: Reasonable with public servers, great with eyeOS server and a decent connection Platforms tested and working: Firefox 2.0.0.7, internet Explorer 7.0.5370.11 Requrrements: Adobe Flash Space: Unspecified Cost: Donation driven, GNU Public

License (v.3) Anyone familiar with navigating in graph‑ ic user interface Linux operating sys‑ tems will feel right at home with eyeOS; not only does it carry over the commu nitydriven design and open source soft‑ ware idea, it also brings a lot of the same navigation principals that are found in Linux installs.

At the time of testing, the load times were painfully slow when using the hosted system. However, during other periods, the online 08 was snappy and responsive, bringing up requested programs with lust a few seconds loading time.

Onthe clean and uncluttered desktop sit 'home' and 'trash' folders; the former is used for storing, sharing, downloading and otherwise working with saved files like documents, videos and music, each of which have their own dedicated folders within the larger whole.

Uploading files is a simple affair; from the home folder, users choose the eyeOS folder they wish to upload to, navigate to the file and hit upload. One major issue here is the lack of a progress bar; while there doesn't seem

to be a cap on the size of files to be uploaded, you're never quite sure whether the file you're trying to send up is actually moving or not; it's not a big deal with the near instant uploads of smaller files (tested with a 198KB JPG file) but it certainly is with larger files (tested using the 697MB Ubuntu 7.04 disc image file, ubuntu7.04desktop

i386.isol When opening folders within eyeOS, a taskbar appears below the desktop for easily switching between applications or folders. At the top of the desktop sits a launcher, broken down in to Office, Network, Accessories, Games, System and Places folders. Within these cate gories, you'll find a simple word proces‑ sor (eyeDocs), a calendar ’ (eyeCalendar), simple chess game, RSS reader, group message board and even a Windows-esque task manager to kill

non-responsive programs.

Development seems to have slowed somewhat but if the open source com munity devotes some attention to eyeOS, it's got a lot of potential. The inclusion of a free server‐based eyeOS that users can easily install on a server and open upto internal collaboration and workflow management makes eyeOS a compelling, scalable and con‑ figurable option.

Glide www.glidedigital.com What‘s available: Contacts, email, calen dar, photo editing, word processing, presentations, web publishing, music, video and more Switch? Switch? no. Augment? sure.

Speed: Quick Platforms tested and working: Firefox 2.0.0.7, Internet Explorer 7.0.5370.11 Requirements: Adobe Flash Space: ZGB, 1008+ Cost: 2GB and 4 users, free, 10GB and 24 users, US$4.95/mo.,

USS49.95/year When you first make it in to the Glide interface, you may be struck with just

how much it looks like a Palm,

BlackBerry or Windows Mobile operat‑ ing environment; big icons in the middle of the screen that serve as application launchers and headings.

Titles like Write for word processing, Crunch for number crunching, Present for creating presentations, an email inbox, contacts management, calendar and the like. Other apps such as chat, share and publish speak to the online group collaboration that is clearly Glide‘s raison d'etre. Applications like the word processor, presentation creator and web site publisher have email, chat and share tabs running down the left-hand side of the applica tion window to facilitate online collabo ration between groups in the same office or around the globe.

Across the top of the Glide desktop are miniapps that open within the desk‑ top environment as opposed to launch‑ ing in a new window. The internet radio, weather and RSS feeds are the most interesting applets. There's also a func» tional calculator for doing quick equa‑

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Perhaps the biggest draw here is being able to access the same desktop appli‑ cations, communications and collabora‑ tion whether at your desk or on the road; an impressive list of supported devices that can interact with a mobile version of the Glide OS allows users, ideally with a QWERTY keypad device

though it's not technically necessary, to connect to their desktop remotely and interact with the content on it. it works like a charm and ensures always-avail‑ able access to your content.

A downloadable application that's avait able in Mac, PC and Linux flavours allows for automatic or manual synchro nization of files, minimizing version con trol headaches and ensuring that people with access to files are always seeing and editing the latest version.

YouOS www.youos.com What‘s available: Chat, Flickr integra tion, Google Docs, photo editor, RSS

and more Closest to: Amiga Switch? No Speed: Fast Platforms tested aid working: Firefox 2.0.0.7, Intemet Explorer 7.0.5370.11 Requirements: Java Space: 250MB Cost: None YouOS seems a more entertainmentori ented online operating systems. There‘s a word processor present and account‑ ed for but that's really about it from a productivity standpoint. Instead, there's a fully fleshed out chat module, Flickr integration (that, incidentally, starts off October 2007

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There's nothing quite like the changing colours of autumn leaves to inspire

vides an opportunity to use a wide vari‑ ety of techniques both in the field and in

the parts of your composition that are in sharp focus. Your main subject - say a cluster of red leaves ‐ will be in sharp focus while the out of focus background ‐ maybe a grove of trees that is still essentially green - will accentuate

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beginning and seasoned photographers alike. Photographing fall colours pro

Close-ups: that maple tree with its bril Iiant red leaves is sure to make an engaging photo, but consider alterna‑ tives to photographing the whole tree.

Individual leaves normally don’t hold too much interest unless you are a botanist or graphic artist, but leaves that have changed colours make great general subjects either individually or in small groups. The function of a close up is to isolate an object or detail, so keep your eyes open for potential close up treat‑ ments. When most of the leaves have fallen, you might take an interesting shot of that single brave one still clinging to the branch, or one that’s blown onto a boardwalk. Even leaf fragments can make interesting studies in geometw.

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Backlight: if you’ve ever walked beneath a canopy of trees you may have noticed how much more saturated and brilliant the colours are when they are backlit by the sun. Capturing that with your camera is a sure way to get your colours to pop. It will also give the leaves a translucent quality and help reveal details of their intricate structure.

Figureground: plants are so common that they often become invisible parts of our surroundings. When the leaves turn colour however, you can't help but notice. You should be ready with your camera when you encounter those little surprises.

Most image editing software includes a Levels tool and this is a good place to start with most photos. When you open the Levels tool, you'll see a histogram that plots the distribution of the com‑ bined RGB brightness values (or you can also select a distribution for red,

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green or blue individually). You’ll see three sliders along the base of the his‑ togram. The leftmost one will have a 0 (zero) in the readout, the rightmost one's readout will be 255 and the mid‑ dle slider will have a value of 1.0. The 0 and the 255 represent maximum dark‑ ness and maximum brightness, respec‑ tively. lf your distribution stops before it

reaches the 0 or the 255 extremes, it means the darkest and lightest values in your photo aren't as dark or as light as they could be. By moving the sliders toward the centre until they are near the points where the distribution starts to rise above the baseline you are making the darkest and lightest areas in your photo closer to true black and true white ‐ which is a good thing. What you've done in this procedure is to increase the dynamic range in your photo, and it will look snappier as a result.

The middle slider has a value of 1.0, which represents the midpoint of your tonal distribution. Wherever you place the middle slider, the image editing soft‑ ware will remap the distribution so that evewthing to the left of the slider is darker than middle grey and everything to the right is lighter than middle grey.

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right, you'll be able to make the photo look lighter or darker overall without blowing out highlights or or losing shadow detail.

The second useful tool is Hue / Saturation. The Hue slider shifts the colour spectrum towards its neighbour‑ ing hues. If you visualize an RGB colour wheel, the primary and complementary colours placed around the wheel would be red, yellow, green, cyan, blue and magenta. If you are trying to adjust the reds in your photo, moving the Hue slider one way will shift the reds towards yellow, and moving the slider the other way will shift the reds toward magenta. You can control whether the change happens globally, or you can isolate just one part of the spectrum, leaving the other parts untouched by the Hue adjustment.

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But we still have not yet reached true tech nirvana. After all, we're still toiling over complicated computers, having trouble copying music and video over to portable media players, and, while our phones seem to have everything but the kitchen sink, we still struggle to place a simple call because of teeny buttons.

And so here is a look at a few tech innovations that should hurry up and arrive already.

Computer keyboards and mice might do an okay job, but nothing is more natural to use than the human voice. And so

many are waiting for avoice-activated operating system that lets you talk to your PC in plain English and hear responses in a pleasant (okay, sexy)

voice. How cool would it be to walk into a room and ask your computer “What time is it?“ while you leaf through a newspaper? Or, "Computer, what is the weather like outside?‘ as you roll out of bed. Or, 'Tell me the highest-rated Indian restaurant on Queen Street West?‘ Imagine being able to play your favourite music, TVshow or movie by simply asking for it by name.

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Wham spam Spam is still the bane of our email exis tence.

This unsolicited, unwanted junk mail continues to pollute inboxes with every‑ thing from medical solutions for erectile dysfunction to promises of large sums of cash in an African bank.- In fact, lronPort Systems, a division at U.S. tele corn outfit Cisco Systems, has just con‑ firmed a whopping 83 percent of all email is now spam, twice what it was just a year ago. Junk mail now accounts for between 60 billion and 150 billion messages - per day - and contributes to the growing problem of Internet con‑ gestion. Microsoft cofounder and chair‑ man Bill Gates once predicted spam would be eradicated, but it's getting worse instead of better.

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Sometimes these inkiet or laser-based printers are aptly referred to as “all-in one" products. Companies may also incorporate this added functionality into the product name, such as the HP PSC 2510 ‐ the “PSC” stands for print, scan and copy. Similarly, Lexmark often uses the acronym “AIO” for their all‐iii-one product lines.

“A multifunction printer is a hub of effy ciency that saves time, space and money - three crucial elements to a successful business" explains Justin Joseph, spokesperson for Canon's print‑ ers. “Imagine the increased productivity when workers aren't racing from a copy center, to a printer, back to a scanner, only to find a separate fax machine to ‑ send it off." small office or home office needs a multifunction printer, bur rather, which one is for you?

Here we take a look at a few hot models.

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Widest, for cheap Home office workers on a budget might opt for the affordable Lexmark X6570 ($199.99; www.lexmark.ca). which can print, scan, copy and fax - wirelessly ‑ from any computer on the network (via 802.1lg technology). Plus, this all-in‑ one inkjet model offers many extras sheet autodocument feeder for faxing and copying; built-in editing tools (before you create borderless prints): and for added convenience. the ability to print directly from a USB Flash drive, memory card or PictBridgecompatible digital camera.

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touchscreen; builtin 802.1lg wireless and Bluetooth (so you can print wire Iessly from your cell phone, PDA or computer); fast 34 pages per minute printing for black and 33 pages per minute for colour; and built-in DVD burn‑ er to archive your photos onto discs (with LightScribe support so you can also print onto the discs themselvesl).

Advanced sixcolour scanning at 9600 dots per inch, 3 negative and slide adapter and built-in editing options are also ideal extras for photo lovers.

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loading high‐speed DVD burners on the front of the machine. All components, including an ATX motherboard, are industry standard, allowing for virtually unlimited modifications.

Speaking of which, the Blackbird has a stunningly innovative, tooHess design that makes the process of swapping parts so simple that even a techno‑ phobe grandmother could tackle it.

From graphics cards to hard drives, everything simply snaps into place‐no screws to twist out. no cables to plug in. “It's basically like Lego," said Sood, as he demonstrated the installation of a standard, off-theshelt hard drive, which involved little more than pulling out one of the system’s five hard disk trays, dropping the hardware into it, then shov‑ ing it back in and snapping up a plastic lock. Sood also mentioned that there would be no need to “mess around" with driver installation, though didn't demonstrate this point.

HP wants to get the message out that the Blackbird is designed to be tam pered with by its customers. “You won't void your warranty by opening the case," said McKinney. "We want people to get inside these machines."

He also noted that, unlike the majority of ready-built consumer PCs, Blackbird

will not ship widi any eyesore stickers advertising interior thirdparty hardware (think Intel Inside), nor will it have any preloaded junk software. Indeed, much like an exotic sports car. Blackbird will be unblemished and tuned to deliver maximum performance upon delivery.

So, even though the Blackbird is brand‑ ed by HP(at least on the outside; there’s a giant Voodoo DNA logo visible the second you crack open the case), it’s essentially a Voodoo dream rig‐but one with a surprisingly affordable stick‑ er price. HPwill offer several recom‑ mended models ranging from $2,500 for a basic build to about $7,000 for a completely pimped out rig. Users can also choose to order a wholly tailored machine.

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Company staff members and customers can use digi‑ tal media to enjoy Iongclistance, faceto-face meetings for both personal and business purposes. Audio, video and teleconference technologies can be used to great effect and impact, either in the company's wired board‑ room or from anlnternetconnected small office desk top PC. Digital videoconferencing products and servic‑ es combine audio, video and telephony features into a competitive advantage for business communications.

Even wireless conferencing is supported nowadays, with several products that can turn a compatible note book PCinto a digital media conferencing facility.

Of course, there are several thirdparty business com munications solutions from which to choose, but of course, the main computer operating system develop ers also offer conferencing capabilities: Microsoft’s Outlook, Live Messenger, instant Messaging and Groove Meeting Space are among its integrated solutions for business communicators; Apple, with its iSight and iChat AV built into the latest OSX version, also provides integrated communication and video messaging support. integrating business communications and digital media does require use and knowledge of some corn puterbased technology, but it is generally easy to use and inexpensive to buy. There are numerous choices for both hardware and software, in addition to those

Camera phones can be used as a scanner, copier or fax machine. There is free downloadable software that lets a cell phone read certain kinds of barcodes and lets the user download product and pricing informa ognize photographed advertisements, products and logos, then using visual recognition technology, they can provide additional product or related

service information.

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Video conversion to and from almost any format, including HD and SD (standard definition) TV, DV, QuickTime, MPEG, H.264, 3GP, Flash, WMV, ReaIMedia and others is inexpensive and effective nowadays, so your message can be delivered on anything from a widescreen HDTV to a cell phone.

Easy-touse, wizardenabled software for PCs and Macs provide the ability to capture audio and video from a digital camcorder or VTR, often with one simple click.

Conversion tools can turn digital video into PowerPoint and Flash formatted files so it can be seamlessly combined with text, graphics, animation and sound.

Selectable distribution options mean that your busi ness messages can be delivered as motion media on the Internet, SOHO networks or corporate intranets;

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Podcasts and RSS feeds are great business communi‑ cation toois, too; flexible, functional, and fairty easy to create. Both can be used on the computer or a portable digital device, and because images, graphics and digital video can be incorporated into a podcast, businesspeople can become mediacasters.

The goal, of course, is to promote your product, build awareness about your company or generally inform the audience about you, your personality and vision. , Program content can be distributed to prospective cus‑ tomers via linked email, or it can be made available “ondemand,” so that it can be enjoyed at the cus‑ tomer's choice of time and place.

RSS feeds are like customized headline or business news subscription requests, so that a client can optin or out of specific business communications as needed.

The headlines link back to more complete stories or online media resources, RSS feeds can be highly tar‑ geted, sending very specific messages about your business to very specific target groups. Freely avail‑ able software programs can help you create and main‑ tain an unlimited number of RSS feeds and podcasts, thus letting you maintain and distribute multiple content streams simultaneously.

No matter what line of work you really specialize in, you must communicate with your customers at some point. Digital technology provides a very flexible platform for delivering an effective and engaging message.

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Defining your company‘s unique selling points in the marketplace is crucial to continued growth and suc‑ cess. Being able to differentiate your product or serv ice from that of your competitor is a matter of good words ‐ and some good pictures, possibly video, maybe with music, often posted to a website or burned to a DVD.

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But consumer products like cell phones, video iPods, PDAs and other mediaenabled devices do allow for easy delivery and distribution of a business message; online tools like streaming video, RSS feeds and opt‐in e-newsletters can also be very useful business commiir nication tools.

SOHO (small or home office) operations and much larger corporations alike can use digital media tech niques and technologies to enhance business commu‑ nications, increase client awareness and build revenue.

Digital video, for example, can be used to deliver a message over and over again, with consistency and dependability. Video has great emotional impact, and so can be used to build meaningful relationships with the customer. Video can also be used to present detailed information and stepbystep instruction, and so is a tremendous tool for product demonstration and

back portability of the video iPod with memory card compatibility, a voice recorder and USB connectivity to aninternal hard drive. They will have a useful, but somewhat small LCD screen. Most can be connected to a TVor stereo system, but some also come with an incorporated audio speaker, which is very handy for desktop presentations to small groups of clients or coworkers.

Perhaps digital media players are not seen as critical components of business operation, but how about the phone? There are not many companies that do not have mobile telephony capabilities, and that means there's not many companies without video capability.

Cell phones, as we all know, have been imbued with any number of additional capabilities and functions beyond simply sharing the spoken word. Photo-taking and videomaking, in particular, have turned the phone into the Swiss Army Knife of the media world.

So phones are morphing into cameras, but they are also adding other business functions, such as the abili‑ ty to capture metadata from objects all around us.

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What makes free online games great is that generally speaking, they‘re created by people with a passion for gaming. Flash games have become something of a proving ground for independent game developers like Canadian Metanet Software. This stir dio, with funding from Telefilms Canada, is working on a port and redesign of the hugely popular game N, a physics-bending, platform gaming throwback. N+ is soon to be launched on Xbox Live Arcade and there has been talk of PSP and Nintendo DS

versions too.

For our roundup of free games, we're focusing on online-only and downloadable games with no installation required (assuming you have Adobe Flash installed, which is a pretty safe bet). This list hardly scratches the surface of what's available and is far from a comprehensive. Rather, it’s some of the games we‘ve found ourselves going back to time and time again on lunch hours, after work and in that all too rare and precious office downtime.

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Decompiled online versions of the game have been made available at Ebaum's World and AddictingGames and while they don't reflect the most current version of the game and often, don‘t give credit to its creators, they often serve as a first touch point for players.

N was released in March 2004 and took on a life of its own thanks in large part to a grassroots community that has assembled itself around the included level editor and high score boards, a fact that hasn't gone unnoticed by the commercial games industry. Created by Toronto, ON based developer Metanet Software Inc., the game recently received funding for a new version from Telefilms Canada. N4» is deslined for the Xbox Live Arcade section as a download on Xbox 360 and will feature a level editor and the ability to upload and download user created levels; part of what solidi‑ fied the original N community. Nintendo DS and PSP versions are apparently also in the works.

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This is an act fast, think faster sort of game; a timer is steadily counting down the seconds to your complete failure as a city planner and it doesn‘t afford much room for mistakes.

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Not a game in the traditional sense, Line Rider sees players drawing out elaborate Mouse Trap like scenarios for a hapless littie man in a red scarf to test out. The game took on a life of its own and some of the more elaborate scenarios users have created are available for viewing online through video services (type 'line rider' in the YouTube search engine for a look at some of the more indepth experiments).

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The PowerPoint slide master controls the look of all the slides in your presen tation. To change the title font for each slide, instead of doing it one slide at a time, change the title font on the slide master and all the slides in the presen‑ tation will change accordingly. Getting to know and understand the slide mas‑ ter is a way to increase productivity when working in PowerPoint.

Masters in PowerPoint 2003 To find the slide master in PowerPoint 2003 and earlier versions, choose View

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Click the down pointing arrow to the right of this slide layout and click Reapply Layout. This reapplies the slide master to this slide overwriting any changes applied specifically to it.

> Master > Slide Master. There- is a slide master for the current presenta‑ tion and, perhaps, also a title master, although this is not always the case.

The slide master displays the current formatting for the slides in the presenta tion. Click the title area and then right click and select Font to change the font used for the presentation title. Right click a bullet point in the text placehold‑ er and change the bullet used for that particular item. You can do this for each level of bullet as desired.

If you have the ruler visible (choose View > Ruler if it is hidden). you can change the position for each level of text in the placeholder by dragging the markers on the ruler. This way you can, for example, reduce the space between the text and the left margin of the placeholder.

PowerPoint 2007 Masters If you're using PowerPoint 2007, you can access the slide master by choos‑ ing the View tab on the ribbon and then choose Slide Master. Unlike PowerPoint 2003 and earlier versions, there are no title masters in PowerPoint 2007.

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You can have multiple slide masters in any version of PowerPoint. To create a second slide master, right click the cur‑ rent slide master and choose Insert Slide Master. This second slide master can be formatted differently to the first.

For example, in PowerPoint 2007 you can apply a different theme to it.

PowerPoint has an unfortunate habit of deleting any slide master not in use for at least one slide in the presentation. To protect your slide masters from being deleted, right click each slide master in your presentation and choose Preserve Master. This prevents it from deletion even if no slides use it. ' if you have a specific look you need or want to use for all your PowerPoint p r e sentations, the slide master is the key to creating it efficiently and effectively.

Create a new blank presentation and customize the slide master to suit your business needs, including adding your company logo to the slide master. Save the presentation as a PowerPoint tern plate by choosing File > Save As and from the save as type dropdown list, choose Design Template (‘.pot) and save the template with a name you will recognize in future. Then, each time you need to create a new presentation, cre‑ ate a new file based on that template.

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The Nabisco World portal has an excel‑ lent selection of games to choose from and if you can forgive the fairly hard sell, it‘s a good place to go when you‘ve got an hour to kill.

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