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azine, co-founder and director of the MIT Media Lab (the interdisciplinary, experimental research centre that focuses exclusively on future forms of human communication — see "Hanging around God's Office" in Sept, '97 issue of CP! online, or check out the lab online at http: //www.media.rnit.edu), and author of Being Digital. Much of his speech was spent covering the saine ground as his bestselling book, but he expanded on the spread of computers and Internet access in ter nationally.The "digital landscape," as he calls it, is very bumpy now, with teledensities (the number of phone lines per soci people) varying from about 8o in North America, to less than one in subSaharan Africa, and computer use figures ranging just as widely. He expects this to smooth out, and in its aftermath, for the economic landscape to change dramatically. The "have"countries have been successfulin the atom-based economy (the manufacture, movement and sales of raw resources, finished goods, etc), but, Negroponte notes, in the digital, bit-based economy the goal posts move and the little guys can compete with the multinationals. Negroponte predicts that once things even out in the areas of teledensity and computer access, poorer countries, such as the Mediterranean nations, will do well because of the "healthy disrespect for authority" they developed as "have nots." This attitude is in keeping with a "digital sensibility" — something not shared by countries like France and Germany, which he predicts will fare less well in the Digital Age.

lhe "inner" Net In addition to his global predictions, Negroponte described how computers will not only surround us, but will eventually become part of us. He predicts that we will sport wearable computer and communication components on various parts of our body — in shoes, rings, and cuff links — which will transmit data to each other through our body. This "inner" Net may sound fanciful, but it is not only already on the drawing board, prototypes are being tested. IBM demonstrated transmission of data through the human body more than a year ago. At FBR Comdex '96, the data contained on a business card was transferred at z.4 Kbps from one person to another with a handshake. The possible and very practical applications of this would be cardless access to bank machines, buildings, or instead of a video store card, or credit card signature. Negroponte, looking further, suggested that we could eventually

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A computer in the hand... While we don't cover anything quite as futuristic as human data trans-

Negroponte is a senior columnist for Wiredmag- fer this month, we do take a look at the latest crop of palmtop com-

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transmit "cybercash" from an automated teller (or via Internet access to our bank from our own PCs) to our bodies, changing the oft heard question"got any cash on you" to "got any cash in you?"

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And the Net debate goes on One issue that kinda grinded against me was the price thing David (Rosen) mentioned (in "Reason to complain," November t997). The Internet is not expensive if you know what to get. Unfortunately, if you' re constantty bombarded by salespeople who constantly spout about their nifty P5-zoos and MMX and zf GB and don't even know what all that means, it

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puters, complete with new operating systems, functions, and advanced connectivity. Lynn Greiner put several of these exciting handheld PCs through their paces and came up with some winners (see page u). Lu!ht: uvhv1F

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PLIIY9i The winners of the palmtop survey are among the first a(it>ER! fIVEPi recipients of our new Editor's Choice award. The logo was designed by Graeme Bennett, a talented artist and senior editor at Canada Computer Paper Inc.

Keep your PC safe and healthy This month we also focus on several areas of computer security. Tim Bingham-Wallis looks at email encryption software technology and products (see page t3), Lynn Greiner tells you how to keep your PC virus-free, and S.J. Ross delves into the proud history of hackers and crackers and offers some tips on keeping these virtual vandals away from your valuable data.

Comdex PacRim '98 Comdex PacRim '98, one of the first high-technology events of the New Year, comes to the Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre Jan.20-22, and we giveyou a peek at some of the keynote speakers,technology areas and exhibitors in our preview article (see page xo), where you can also find details on registration. The Computer Player! staff, along with representatives of other Canada Computer Paper Inc. publications will be manning the company's booths, so drop by to say hello, ask questions or pick up copies of our newest issues.

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can get difficult to keep from being swept into the nullsville of information reality. The Internet is largely a resource and a tool. There's information available that, as pointed out by Cafyn {Mladen), would be difficult to retrieve without the Internet. It' s slow, it's bulky, and it's beautiful. Complain about it and you won't get anywhere. Learn to use it, and it' ll open up to you like noth-

ing else. Nikolas Trevor I love the Net because it's like having the keys to virtually every library in the world, as well as access to every company or product that you are interested in. Well, maybe not quite yet, but it will be. Besides, I can always find what I'm looking for. It's also environ-

mentally friendly; there's less regular mail, files, and cabinets to keep. Therefore, less office space utilized. Besides, who wants all that paper around? Marko Koskenoja

Hying btjnd I'm really ticked of with all the praise in various papersand mags about how wonderful

Microsoft's Flight Simulator 98 is (December issue). I' ve always heard how realistic the program is and how such care is given to

detaiL Well, I j umped in and plopped down my $8o (can't believe I spent that much on a game) and therewas no manual? Do people actually learn to fly jets and helicopters without the aid of a Right manual? I think not! Software companies are charging more and giving less to the consumer. Brian Sellers

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"" ™ functionality, that can exchange m essages, and s e veral e x t r a The stylus lives in a groove at data with their desktop equivacolumns of spreadthe to p o f th e Ients. C o n tact m a n agement, s heets. I t ' s s t i l l screen; you scheduling, and tasks are compatmonochrome (the r emove i t by • ible with a tweaked version of 3 20LX r un s C E pressing one end icrosoft Schedule+; there's a : i , y 1 .0 ) , and is backlit, so the other pops up. The keys version on th e C D -ROM t h at but glare is still a are well spaced, and audible omes with CE systems. But CE 1.0 doesn't p r o blem in some lighting. feedback tells you if y ou' ve ~know how to print. and its infrared interface B ec a use it's a slightly larger made contact, so you can actui is only good for exchanging appointments m a chine, its hard, plastic keys ally type on the thing. Tapping upwith another CE device. are spaced far enough apart to allow touch with the stylus was less effective. Although Windows CE 2.0 i n cludes support fo r ty p i ng by the small-fingered user with we)1- feedback clicks suggested the machine had colour displays. improved connectivity, and t r i m med nails. sensed the taps, programs refused to launch also has Pocket PowerPoint presentation A ppl i c ations are standard CE fare, with a reliably and other double-click functions took software. And, (ta-da!) it knows how to print, c o u ple of exceptions. The 320LX can print, several tries. and it has a backup utility that works with which isa major enhancement. Now let's look at the collection of new o p t i onal CompactFlash memory cards. NK NobilePro 7oo machines we' ve gathered since our l as t The p r i ce includes a cradle, A/C adapter, NEC, 888-8NEC-NOW, roundup. and serial cable. http://www.nec-computers.corn '

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Boot to the head Boot viruses insert their code into the area of a disk (either hard disk or floppy) whose contents are automatically run when the computer is started. They run first, then load the original boot code to start the machine, While it *s running, a boot virus is lurking in memory, either doing its damage, or waiting until its trigger event occurs. For example, thePliche)angelo virus busily and

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