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Editor ia l
If you listened to
the hype of yesteryear, you may
be wondering
where
the
Ethernet port on
your refrigerator
is. Likewise the
oven, microwave
and p e rhaps
even the George
Foreman Lean
Mean Fat Reducing Grilling Machine(with plexiglass
dome for warming hamburger buns, if so equipped].
To update the hype for currency, the above would likely
be wirelessly connected to the home network. Meal
plans are created in advance and shared across the
network such that all the appliances run like a welloiled machine. Upon arriving home from work, the oven
has preheated and once-frozen meat has defrosted
and is ready for preparation. Meanwhile, the fridge has
ordered the ingredients for next week's meal plan from
an online grocery retailer.
While some such networked appliances exist, they' ve
hardly enjoyed wide-spread adoption as yet.
TMIO's Intelligent Oven was on display in the Microsoft
Digital Home, a concept home at CES
with all manner of
hidden and overt technology as a demonstration of
what's currently possible. The Intelligent Oven is at its
heart a refrigerator and oven hybdid. Hooked up to the
network via CAT-5cable or wirelessly, the oven will keep
food cool then turn itself on at a specified time so the
casserole is ready when you arrive home. If plans
change and you' re going to be later than originally
planned,you can change the oven-on time via the
Internet or a cellular phone. At about $9,000 (from
US$7,50O], it's likely too expensive for widespread
adoption but is proof positive of the fact that, despite
some false starts and over-excitement, we' re inching

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ever closer toward a truly networked home.

In the future, gettingappliance
s installed or delivered
could involve more than just a couple of delivery persons to lug the thing upstairs. Following close behind
might be a network technician perhaps even a member of Best Buy's Geek Squad making a tech support
house call to lead new appliance owners through the
"plug and pray" installation process.
And until technology reaches a point where it's completely reliable and literally plug and play, we' ll probably
all end up trying to figure out why the fridge just blue
screened.
Anddropped packets willhave as muchto do
with the Old El Paso TacoSeasoning Mix that spilled on
the floor as they will the fact that the oven can't preheat because it's showing a 404 "page not found" error.
The fully networked home of lore is still just a concept.
However, with more and more devices in the home finding their way onto the network starting in the living
room, perhaps it is only a matter of time before said
network connects with every room in the house.

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EDITORIAL

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Andrew Moore-Crispin
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Ray Richards, Lee Rickwood
Merc Saltzman, David Tanaka
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L etter of the Mo n t h
Our Letter of the Month comes from Graham Wilson
who writes:
After thinking of all the gadgets that I have in my life
and trying to decide which one I use most often, it suddenly came to me that the piece of technology I use by
far the most is: the battery charger. It seems all I do
today is concentrate on the current battery level of my
PDA [which I'm lucky to go 3 hours at work on without
AC], laptops, cell phones, cordless phone, shaver, beard
trimmer, drill, power screwdriver, flashlights, digital
cameras,and the AAA's in the MP3 player,mouse and
alarm clock. I' ve recently noticed the real meaning in
the term "connected" lifestyle. Thanks for this opportunity to rant. If I am fortunate enough to win the S+arck
mouse I have only one question; It isn't "cordless" is it?

For his letter, Graham wins a spiffy Microsoft 5+arck

mouse, which he' ll be happy to learn is not cordless.
Congratulations Graham.
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This month, in addition to general feedback on the

issue, we' re asking for your thoughts on our question of
the month: How networked is your home? Are you constantly bombarded with waves from your wireless network or do you live a luddite's life? Either way, we want
to hear from you. Send your thoughts to:
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Covering everything from adding mailboxes, disabling the Windows XP
firewall, configuring network adapters and routers, running cable
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March, it was CTIA(Cellular Telephone Industry Association), the
show for cell phones, wireless and related technologies held in New
Orleans, Louisiana.
Rich data and multimedia applications like TV broadcast delivery seem
to be the biggest points of pride as manufacturers released handsets
with these purposes in mind and software / services companies let
loose the appropriate applications. Similarly, camera phones with ever
increasing megapixel ratings were displayed on the floor, eclipsed perhaps by video recording phones and digital audio player phones.
Among some products at the show that will likely never make their way
to North America or if they do, they' ll be a while coming was
Samsung's
SCH-V7'70,a 7-megapixelcamera phone using the manufacturer's own MMC Micro memory card available in capacities up to only
128MB thusfar.The SCH-V770 is thefollow-upto Samsung's SPH-S2300
3.2-megapixel
camera phone (pictured). At a truly tiny 12 x 14 x 1.1mm,
MMC Micro is designed for applications in shrinking cellular phones with
expanding capabilities.
Sony Ericsson's first Walkman phone, the WBOO
was also on display, The
phone has a 2-megapixel camera on board and will ship with a 512MB
MemoryStick card. While the storage media used is a proprietary Sony
technology, the music formats it supports surprisingly aren' t. Sony has
bull-headedly stuck with
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Apple (www.apple.ca) recently rolled out the "second generation" of its

colourful iPod Mini, including a brand new GGB
unit for $319.99. Sitting
between the mammoth 20+ GB standard iPod and iPod Photo and the
tiny 512MB/1GB iPod Shuffle, the GGBiPod Mini can hold between 1200
and 1500 songs (depending on length and level of compression), and
has a much-improved battery life of approximately 18 hours per charge.
The new Minis have had some minor cosmetic surgery; the colours in
the trademark metallic shells have been tweaked so that they' re more
vibrant. The buttons on the scroll wheel now match the colour of the
body as well. Second generation colours are silver, blue, pink and green,
the gold model having been discontinued.
The GGB Mini comes packaged with the standard white bud headphones, belt clip, USB cable and install disc containing iTunes 4.7.1 and
iPod Updater software. Missing are the FireWire cable and power supply, the latter of which now has to be purchased separately for $49.99
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already decided upon the formats they use perhaps isn't such a great
idea. Instead, the phone plays AAC
and MP3 files.
Nokia used the Cellular tradeshow to announce a substantial price drop
for its second-iteration N-Gage the N-Gage 00. The drop applies to both
the handset itself as well as games in the much-maligned game deck's
library, existing and future. The unit itself can be had for US$99.99 without carrier discounts, and games for between US$14.99 and US$24.99
(Canadian pricing yet to be confirmed.).
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within the return that you may have missed based on how you responded to its questions. From there, you have the option of saving the return,
printing it, arranging a direct deposit for your refund, or filing your return
directly using NetFile or TeleFile.
The QuickTax license permits you to fill out six individual returns, or
unlimited returns if the tax payer's income is $25,000 or less. You can
also file directly online(quicktaxweb.ca] without using software. This
costs $19.95 per individual return or $24.95 for an individual plus
spouse's return.

UFile / Im pot Expert

$29.99
www.ufile.ca 25MB free disk space
Platforms: Win 95/98/NT4/Me/2000/XP (online version supports Mac
05 running the latest version of IE, though UFile says it hasn't fully tested the product on all versions.)
Not quite as elegant or user-friendly as QuickTax, UFile uses the interview method exclusively to fill out the tax return without actually giving
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back to the appropriate section of the return where the error is and suggestions on how to fix it.
Help icons after each line of the return link to a comprehensive built-in
help database.
At any point during the interview, the user can navigate using one of five
tabs across the top that lead to tutorial, interview, results, or a window
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The interview method doesn' t
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menu listing the various slips (T4,
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them out and essentially leaving you to wade through the forms yourself.
Processessuch asadding new taxdocuments such as T4s and toggling
between multiple documents are clearly marked and easy to navigate.
Another advantage to repiicating the paper forms is that you can see how
everything is being calculated on the fly, including what formulas the
program is using, and so on.
You can check the status of your refund at any time by clicking the "tax
forms" tab displayed at the top, and tabs along the bottom helpfully display ongoing calculations of taxable income, taxes due, total credits, and
refund/owing amounts.
TaxWiz includes notepad and calculator applications, and a calendar
drop-down menu for selecting dates
nice touches.

TaxTron
$29.99
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60MB free disk space(40MB on Mac)
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prepare tax returns as far back as 2000,
UFile can be installed on two computers and will prepare 10 returns, or
you start a new tax return, you re
unlimited returns for those with an income of $25,000 or less. Additional given a menu with five easily-navigable tabs of forms to fill out, organized

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results, and filing your return.
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pleting a return: the first basically provides an electronic version of the shows your refund as it is calculated in real time.
actual paper forms with boxes to enter numbers into, and the second is TaxTron is free for those with a net income of less than $30,000.
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Digital Imag ing

Oigital Pho t o g r a p h y T u t o r ial 16

Learning tosee as the camera "sees"
Part 3 Focal lengths end composition
Suppose you want the subject of your photo to be a particular size in the frame. You
have two options: move the camera closer or further away from the subject, or change
the focal length of your lens. Zoom lenses, which offer a range of focal lengths within
one unit, make it easy to do the latter, and because zoom lenses are now so common,
we often forget that the other option even exists. Rowever, moving the camera results
in quite different compositions compared to zooming.
Try the following: Set your zoom to maximum wide angle and then adjust the size of
a subject by moving the camera itself closer or further away until it is about half the
height of the frame. Once you take that shot, set the zoom to maximum telephoto and
then move camera back until the subject in your second shot is roughly the same size
as it was in the first.
One of the accompanying photos was taken at 28 mm wide angle and the other at
450 mm telephoto(in 35 mm camera terms], The photos don't look much alike in
spite of the fact that the main subject [Miss Bear) is roughly the same size
in both.
Telephotos offer a narrower angle of view, so you don't see much behind the bearin
the telephoto shot. Wide-angle lenses offer a wider angle of view so more of the background appears in the photo. That's quite obvious. What's less obvious is the change
in perspective. To make the bear the same relative size using a wide-angle lens, the
camera has to be much closer to it, so the perspective changes
perspective being a
function of camera-to-subject distance.
The perspective from a telephoto compresses the apparent distance between
objects. Thus, rush hour traffic taken with a telephoto accentuates congestion by
making the vehicles look even more jammed together than they actually are. Photo
essayists of the 1970s and 19BOs used telephotos in this manner to make strong
statements about mass culture and urban congestion.
The perspective from a wide-angle lens expands the apparent distance between
foreground and background. These lenses are often used to shoot interiors of homes
because they allow a photographer to take in more of a confined space, and at the
same time have the effect of making the space look bigger. The result can sometimes
be seen in brochures of 300 square foot condos that look elegant and expansive.
While not apparent in the sample photos, another significant difference between
wide angle and telephoto focal lengths is their differing depth of field[zone of sharp
focus). The bigger depth of field on a wide-angle lens makes them a good choice when
you want a lot of your scene, from foreground to background, to be in sharp focus. A
telephoto, with its relatively shallow depth of field, helps put emphasis on a single
subject by throwing the background out of focus.
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Below: Miss Bear's field trip, captured using a 45D mm

telephoto lens.
Below left: Miss Bear captured at 2B mm wide angle.

Questions and comments relating to the Digital imaging section of

HUB: Digital Living, including David Tanaka's monthly Digital
Photography Tutorial, can be sent to digitalimaginglppubgshing.ca.
David Tanaka has covered digital technology as a writer and editor for
more than a decade. Also an avid photographer, he became a digital
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NetworkedAttached Storage (NAS) solutions
Network attached storage(NAS] solutions are gaining some ground in
homes with a huge volume of data being stored and, in some cases,
shared across home networks. No one seems to want to make upfront
references to the NAS acronym for fear of scaring consumers off. The
manufacturers that submitted solutions for this installment of the Test
Lab each use their own descriptive buzz phrase: "Net Disk," "Shared
Storage Drive," "Network Storage Center," and so on. The fundamental
function remains the same.
NAS gained some popularity in small and home-based businesses; in
such office environments, email is often administrated off-site, as is Web
site hosting and, where applicable, FTP[file transfer protocol) site administration. Thus, the need for expensive server racks for network storage is
gone. Rather than drop several thousand dollars on rack-mounted
servers, a small or even medium-sized office could get similar benefit
from a much cheaper, smaller and more easily-administrated NAS drive.
In the home, the value proposition isn't quite as clear. However, as a
means of drive backup, sharing of large files(such as video] across the
network, and as an accessible repository for digital images, home NAS
(or
whatever
name you decideto use]hasa place in some networked homes
amidst a steadily growing repository of data.
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say industry experts. When users can download high-resolution even
high-definition video en masse and easily share it across the network
so that any computer or networked entertainment device can access it,
high-capacity network storage options will become all but a requirement.
While a hard disk drive installed in a PC and offered as a shared drive
across the network uses the resources of the computer it's installed in for
file sharing across the network, NAS devices store and share data independent of a computer and its resources.
NAS devices differ from external HDD-based backup solutions whose primary purpose is to archive a PC's contents should the unthinkable(read:
inevitable] happen. In most cases, NAS drives offer network printing and
other USB-connected device sharing across the network via USB ports.
While NAS solutions cost more per gigabyte than external drives, and
considerably more than internal HDDs, the fact that they operate independently and can share USBdevices across the network make the price
premium much easier to justify.

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Estimated price as tested: $469
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Estimated price per GB: $1.63
Dimensions: 271x140x41 mm
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was by far the easiest to navigate.
Even with little networking experience, most users should be able to finish the setup procedure in less than 1S minutes. All that's required under
Windows XP SP2 as tested is for users to plug an RJ-4S cable from the
drive to an open port on an existing router or hub, plug in the power supply, turn the drive on, insert the included CD into a computer running
Windows XP, 2000 or 98 on the network, and run the setup process. The
Shared Storage Drive shows up immediately after the software completes
basic configuration as a network drive behind the scenes under Windows.
The drive can then be used as an installed drive and users can navigate
and save files to it as they would an internal hard drive.
A neat touch is Maxtor's own Drag and Sort feature. With it, any files
dragged and dropped into the root folder will automatically be placed in
the appropriate pre-conhgured folder. An MP3 file is automatically routed
to "My Music" while an AVI or MPEG
file will be routed to "My Movies" where
it is accessible only to administrator account holders on the drive or those
who know the administrator password. Dragging files into the shared portion of the drive will drop them in "Our Music" or "Our Movies" and so on,
where they are accessible to anyone on the network. The Drag and Sort
option can be turned off by toggling a checkbox in the drive's user interface. In this interface, administrator account holders have access to more
advanced functions like setting access privileges for shared and private
folders. Unfortunately the drive doesn't support Mac OS.
Two USB 2.0 ports allow for network sharing of two printers, two USB
drives or one of each.
The drive is also fairly quiet when in standard operation. When idle, it
clocks in at about the level of a soft whisper, even with the rear-mounted
internal fan spinning.

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SimpleTech's SimpleShare drive is clearly aimed at small or home office
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Estimated pnce as tested: $450
tion utilities offer more adminisEstimated price per GB: $1.80
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creating pools, which make it a
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administrators.
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Running "NASFinder," the drive
was quickly discovered on the
Cons:
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network and reported no probusers
lems. However, the browserUSB parol too close together
based application i nitially
refused to move through its
next steps, which allow users to set an admin password and map the
SimpleShare to an available local drive letter for full integration with
Windows. Some trial and error later, disabling software firewalls, trying different browsers, swearing and turning the thing on and off several times,
the drive finally saw fit to cooperate. It's unclear what the problem was,
alas. The SimpleShare also integrates with Mac OS
X, but was only tested
on machinesrunningWindows XP and 2000.
Two USB2.0 ports mounted vertically and side-by-side allow printers and
USB disks to be shared across the network. However, the physical layout
of these ports is such that wider USBkeys have a hard time living beside
each other. SimpleShare is unremarkable to look at and is fairly quiet,
clocking in at around the level of a soft whisper.
For home use, the SimpleShare's deep and potentially confusing customizabiiity is overkill. However, for SOHO
applications where users have a
better than average knowledge of networking, the advanced functionality
of the SimpleShare make it a good bet.

Ximeta
Ximeta's NetDisk is a NAS of a different ilk as it can connect to and be
shared over a network via Ethernet or to a single PC via USB2.0 to act as
a direct drive on one system. Hence it is afforded a slightly different
acronym: NDAS
for network direct attached storage.
The Net Disk housing is attractive and its small footprint relative to other
NAS drives tested gives it a leg up if it is to rest on a desktop.
NetDisk's setup process is a little strange; rather than auto-detecting on
the network and guiding users through a simple setup, the install process
has users inputting a 20 character code and a five character "write key"
found on the bottom of the unit.
Once installed, the drive acts
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Model: NDU10-120
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Capacity as tested. 12DGB
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Net Disk uses its aluminum frame as a heatsink. The only moving parts in
the NetDisk are in the actual hard drive. As such, it's the quietest of all
drives tested so quiet in fact that whatever noise it might make while
idle is lost in the ambient sound of even a quiet room, making it impossible to get a proper dB reading.
Ximeta claims a transfer rate that is faster than any NAS solution and
speaks the truth. Transferring several test files most notably, a folder of
video clips just under 1GB in size took under 2:30. Transferring the
same folder to all the other NAS drives tested took just under 3:45
Since the Net Disk doesn't have USB
ports beyond its USB type B port for
direct PC connection, it can't share printers or other USB devices across
the network. By purchasing a second NDASdrive, users can set up RAID
for data safety in the form of redundancy or striping for faster
data access.

Buffalo LinkStation Network Storage Center

utility which in our best estimation is intended to find and/or assign an

IP address to the drive on the network when multiple LinkStations are
available on the network repeatedly failed and resulted in the following
strange and potentially amusingIif it weren't so frustrating] error message: "Firewall can be put into effect. If not being used correctly stop the
firewall and preform setup again."
Scanning through the 23-page PDF
manual, we find out that since in this
case the automated setup didn't work as intended and didn't launch the
browser-based administration page, this utility must be accessed
through a browser window using the address http//LinkStation name.
Once discovered, the LinkStation's administration page proved worth the
search. In this page, the LinkStation or a portion thereof can be set up as
an FTP server, accessible from outside to authoiized users. Also, a utility
called PCast allows the drive to be set up as a media server. Other options
include automated backup of the LinkStation's contents to an attached
USB drive and the standard options to set up shared folders, individual
users and, a decidedly business touch, user groups.
Two USB2.0 ports, one mounted on the front, one on the back, allow for
the sharing of USBprinters and drives across the network.
If users have some networking knowledge at the ready, Buffalo's
LinkStation has the most to offer behind the scenes. However, it's certainly not the most user-friendly option.

The bottom line

The NAS solutions in the lab were tested with an average home user in
mind a user without extensive networking knowledge who hopes for a
simple setup process and easy administration thereafter. Maxtor's
Shared Storage Drive is the clear winner when ease of use is the main criteria. Its overall good looks and intelligent network integration make it the
best choice for non-Network Administrator users. Other options offer buyers more control and access to deeper functions of the drive, but lack the
simple usability.
By Andrew Moore-Crispin

It's not the most elegant solution, either aesthetically or functionally, but

Buffalo's LinkStation is a highly capable NAS

device.
Another drive more at home in a small office environment preferably
one with a network admin with a penchant for broken English than in
the typical home network setup, the LinkStation packs in some useful features like an automatic or user initiated backup process and FTP server
setup and administration.

Info Box
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An ongoing look at digital video tips, tools and techniques upon several years ago bymany of the leading manufacturers, describes

very precisely how video signals will be processed digitally. DV, for examDV products are getting smaller every day, but they' re getting bigger, too, ple, moves from a video camera along a special cable to a dedicated comThat seemingly contradictory statement is my way of introducing this new puter at 25 megabits per second no more and no less,
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hobbyists and aspiring professionals.
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way to an exciting and creative new world. If you have some experience
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issues and opportunities
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Florida, which took place Feb 20 to 23.
That's not to say that a particular camera maker has broken a barrier
making it impossible for other manufacturers to follow suit. Rather, the
megapixel is no longer perceived as the all-telling factor in digital camera
purchase decision-making it was once was.
Entry-level cameras on the show Roor started at about 4MP while the
higher-end point-and-shoot digicams started off in the 7MP range.
However,
consensus seemed to be that many consumers, having
already purchased at least one digital camera, have since decided that

while the megapixel count is an important factor in overall image quality,

it's becoming second to a host of usability considerations especially
given the new defacto minimum megapixel count of four in even the lowend consumer cameras.
Since running into the limitations of earlier generation digital cameras,
consumers have realized the importance of factors like battery life, shutter lag/image processing and start up speed along with overall form factor and ease of use, says GregPoole, director of sales for FujiRilm Canada.
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chanceto speakto atPMA.
The shift from tech specs as the major influencing factor in digital camera purchasing can be attributed at least in part to the fact that women
control a large portion of household spending, especially on bigger ticket items like digital cameras. "She doesn't want to know about the underlying technologies," says Nancy Carr, director of worldwide strategic
brand alliances for Eastman Kodak Company, "she wants to take good
pictures with a good camera at a good price."
The loudest announcements on the show floor those that feature
hourly presentations with models, microphones and light shows are
for "lifestyle" or "wearable" cameras. While the "prosumer' contingent
with its very specific and advanced requirements for cameras is being
taken care of by Canon, Pentax, Nikon and Olympus, the SLRwasn't the
star of this show. The SLR manufacturers made their new product
announcements at Photokina in late 2004 and have little left to add
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where the retailer's margins are still reasonable and, says Rob
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and a rotating LCOscreen. Shipping in May, the five-megapixel camera should go for about $550 in Canada [from US$450].
Casio showed off its Exilim 3.2MP EX-S100 around the neck of a
female tether. The BBx57x16.7 mm camera incorporates clear
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device to include a 2.Bx optical zoom. One of few cameras that satisfy both the "wearable" or fashion market segment while incorporating mid-range camera features, the EX-S100 has a two-inch LCD
screen and goes for an estimated $310 [from US$250].
Casio also announced two new additions to its Exilim line, the EX1750 and EX-Z757, two thin format cameras with large LCD screens
at 2.5 and 2.7-inches respectively. Both are housed in slim brushed
aluminium cases, and feature Casio's own extended battery life in
the order of 325 shots on a single charge, measured to Camera and
Imaging Products Association [CIPA, www.cipa.jp/english] standards. Both of the 7,2MP cameras are expected on the market in
early April, prices to be determined.
Fuji showed off several cameras from each of its lines at the show,
including its newest addition, the "2" line of fashion cameras. Only
one entry strong thus far, the Z series breaks with Fuji's traditionof
sequentially alphabetizing its line with A being entry-level, E being
about mid-rand, F being the higher end of its line while the 5 sedies
tries to satisfy prosumers. The FinePix 21 is a 5.1MP "fashion camera" and features an impressive 2.5-inch LCD screen and a slick
outer shell in black or silver complete with sliding lens cover. The
camera has a 3x optical zoom and is the first Fuji camera without an
optical viewfinder. Fuji says it has compensated for this lack by
incorporating its own LCO anti-glare screen film a technology
commonly found in larger format LCD displays, according to Poole.
Set to release in June, it's expected to carry a retail sticker of around
$S50 [from US$450],
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is growing its presence in the point-and-shoot entry-level and midrange by making some additions to these lines with the Coolpix
4600,5600 and 7600. As the numbering scheme suggests,price,
performance and feature set increases accompany the higher
model numbers.
Coolpix cameras in the company's PMAline take a close look at ease
of use for consumers, Sturgess says, by offering features like incameracropping and red eye reduction,about15 scene modes and
a proprietary Nikon technology dubbed "D-Lighting" that evens out
dark or light areas of an image after capture, saving the original
image for future use in its higher end models. The 4600, 5600 and
7600 have1.B-inch LCD screens,feature Nikon's own ED [Extra Low
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services keep up with the growing demand for HDTVprogramming.'

Preiner says consumers would adopt HDTVeven faster if there was
more high-definition programming to entice them to upgrade their
set. Currently, Bell ExpressVUhas the most HDTVchannels at 25, fol
lowed by Rogers at 24 and Star Choice at nine. Some stations rotate
between movies, sports and prime-time programming.
In the US, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), has
already established such a timetable: By July 1, 2006, 50 per cent of
television receivers in the 25- to 36-inch screen size must include a
digital tuner capable of receiving HDTV signals. The CRTC, on the
other hand, is asking digital television broadcasters to ensure that
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A word on HDTV tt)pes

Confusing as it may be, consumers today have a range of options
when it comes to purchasing a new HDTV.
Here's a brief look at a few
of the technologies in the marketplace today, including pros and
cons for each,
Plasma televisions contain a mixture of neon and xenon gases that
fills the small space between two sheets of glass. When this mixture
is stimulated by an electrical current, the process creates a vibrant
picture. These flat-panel TYs are thin enough to hang on a wall,
though they should be mounted as they can weigh considerably
more than LCD displays. Plasma TVs can be pricey, and they suffer
from 'burn-in" should a static image be left on the screen too long,
but their lifelike picture makes them a preferred big-screen technology among many home theatre enthusiasts. Also, there is some concem over a plasma TV's lifespan, but current generation models may
last up to 30,000 hours(or between 13 and 20 years, depending on
usage).
While significantly smaller in screen size than plasma and projection
HDTVs, LCD
TVshave their advantages. They are extremely thin and
lightweight and can be hung on a wall like a picture frame, and they
are much more energy efficient compared to other TV technologies.
These televisions also enjoy a bright, crisp display, with deep blues
and rich reds, and do not suffer from burn-in, making them ideal for
garners. That said, LCO televisions may have problems displaying
fast motion(such as in games or sporting events), causing viewers
to see "ghosts or "trails" that follows a moving subject. Therefore,
look for a 1S ms (millisecond) response rate or lower (12 ms is
ideal).
Based on the Digital Light Processing technology from Texas
Instruments, rear-projection DLPTVsoffer a big and bright display in
a relatively lightweight cabinet (less than BS pounds). They' re still
not thin enough to hang on a wall like plasma or LCO
sets, but with
some DLPcabinets asnarrow as seven inchesdeep,theywon'ttake
up too much space in the family room either. DLP
televisions can be
50 per cent cheaper than plasma televisions, or about two-thirds the
cost of LCD.At the heart of every DLP projection TV is an optical semiconductor that can be considered the world's most sophisticated
light switch. This chip contains more than one million microscopic
mirrors [each one less than one-fifth the width of a huinan hair) that
moves back and forth to create the picture on the screen,
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Hom e theatre pr oject primer

Projectors are capable of making the largest images you can buy. They
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diagonally or bigger. Costing on average between $1,300 and $2,000,
projectors have come down in price to the point where even mere mortals
can afford one, but it's still a large amount of money to spend on something you may not know much about. Hopefully, this article can take
some of the voodoo out of buying a projector.
No matter what type of projector you' re considering, creating a 20-foot
image has its challenges. For instance, the light output from a projector
competes with the ambient light within a room. The image can look dim
and washed out or even disappear if the projector isn't bright enough.
Light output is measured in lumens and you should get as many as you
can afford, particularly if you use the projector for presentations.
However, for home theatre, a projector doesn't need to be incredibly
bright to do the job. Typically, home theatre units are no more than 1500
lumens since manufacturers assume they are used in a dark room.
The most important specification to a home theatre user is contrast ratio.
It is expressed as a ratio like 1000:1, where the brightest white is 1000
times brighter than the blackest black. The higher the ratio, the more greq
levels and colours you can put between those high and low points. Well,
theoretically anyway. More grey levels add detail to the picture so you
would see, for example, black curtains instead of a big, black,nonde
script
thingy. Above a certain point, B00:1 for me, contrast ratio differences are
hard to notice. Also, ambient light spilling onto a screen can quickly
reduce contrast ratio, because the darkest part of the image gets brighter
and this shrinks the ratio. Even a little ambient light can change an B00:1

contrast ratio to 80:1. This can be impossible to control if you' re on the

road making business presentations but it is imperative that you make
your home theatre as dark as you can. If you do have ambient light
issues, it is better to get a brighter projector than a higher contrast one.
The contrast you see will be nowhere near the capability of even the lowest contrast projector.
Another issue of concern to home theatre users is fan noise, which can be
distracting during the quiet moments of a movie. Fan noise is expressed
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the better. If you are using PowerPoint or watching 0VOs, SVGA
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uses a fixed-resolution imaging device. This means it must scale the
incoming image to fit its native resolution. If you feed an XGA
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The quality of that scaling is important, too. If a projector is good, it
smoothly scales the incoming video with no noticeable errors or jaggies.
Non-computer video is also decoded and de-interlaced, which can be an
additional source of error. This is something that you must inspect yourself and is more important for horne theatre projectors than business
ones, If the internal sealer isn't very good, you can always change the
output resolution of your computer to match the native resolution of the
projector,
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the video sources in a home theatre.
Finally, the last big issue for a projector buyer is lamp life. Replacement
lamps are surprisingly expensive, starting at $400, and are typically
rated to last 2000 hours. That works out to 20 cents per hour to run. Keep
in mind that if you watch a two.hour movie a day, your lamp will still last
you more than two-and-a-half years. It's still cheaper than going to the
theatre. No matter what imaging technology the projector you are considering uses, if it is bright, high contrast, quiet, high resolution, a good
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Last month I talked about how easy it is to record music into a PC by
plugging your instruments and/or microphones directly into the computer's soundcard and using an inexpensive software program to edit.
Now that you' ve got a barebones studio set up and have familiarized
yourself with the basics of how audio input and editing works, you can
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way your tracks sound is to invest in a preamplifier. This external box
acts as the middle-man between the instrument and the computer, and
can be used to filter, clean-up and boost the initial audio signal to make
for a better sounding recording,
To use a preamp, simply connect your instruments and/or microphones
to the device's inputs, and run a 1/4-inch cable from the box's output to
the line-in of your PC's soundcard,
Preamps typically have both an XLR
input [for connecting certain microphones), and a 1/4-inch input for connecting instruments [keyboards,
electric guitars, and so on). Microphones that have an 1/g-inch stereo
mini connection instead of XLR can also use the 1/4-inch input via an
inexpensive stereo mini-to- 1/4-inch adapter.
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you try to boost the level with your editing software, you' ll find that the
level of unwanted background noise will be boosted as well, resulting in
a dirtier signal. The louder and cleaner the audio is when recorded at the
source, the easier it will be to manipulate it later on.
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kind of parts your mobo will and will not accept. This The next item to upgrade is storage. If your older PC
information is vital because you don't want to buy doesn't have enough space, add an extra hard drive.
non-proprietary parts that won't work in your brand In some cases,you may only have the space inside
name PC, Meanwhile,newer brand name PCs your case to replace the older drive with a newer one.
{Pentium II and up) that don't have proprietary issues If so, be warned that you will have to install the operwill still have limits. For instance, the fact that my Dell ating system, drivers and all of your software on the
new disc, so make sure that you have all the program
Dimension 2100 only has PCI expansion slots and
only four at that! severely restricts my ability to add discs you need before pulling your old drive out.
a newer video card with its own onboard CPU. I' ve In the case of the 2100, it currently has a 19GB
been thinking of doing this because this extra pro- Maxtor hard drive onboard. I have got a newer 300GB
cessingpower would reduce the demand on my 1.1 Maxtor sitting on the shelf, ready to take its place.
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GHz CPU.
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Step Three: What can be upgraded
processing can help an older PC play some of the
Even with the limits of an older mobo, there are still newer, more system-intensive videogames being
an amazingnumber ofchanges that can be made to released,
In the same way,adding a new sound card
boost its performance.
can turn a stereo PC
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First and foremost is memory, If your brand name PC you add the right speakers).
isn't as loaded with memory as it could be, then now
A word of advice: Talk to the techs at your favourite
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only running 12BMB of SDRAMDIMM; surely adding older PC may not have the ability to accept newer
more would help my performance.
cards, or your system's inherent limitations {such as
To find out, I logged onto Corsair Memory{www.cor- having a Celeron chip with a small onboard cache)
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better video card onboard.
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special module that fits into an
older PC's CPU slot. Often this
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chips. A case in point is the
upgrade I made to a Den 350
MHz Pentium II by installing a
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here. With those inspirational words in mind, I figured the best way to
start would be with a greeting. So, hi!
Over the last few years, there's been an explosion of personal technology that is, gadgets designed to accompany you as you went from point
A to point B, whether that's traveling between cities, or just heading to
schooi or work for the day. Some of those gadgets are meant to keep you
in touch with the people you love, or the people you work with. Others are
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swallowed up into the corporate behemoth?
Though there were some adjustments to pricing, Fido still offers a
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a boon to people who like to surf the
net using their phone
and still has competitive pricing for its other
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coverage area all across the country. And Fido has also just rolled
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Hiptop's data security later.]
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using the Microcell network. As l write this, Primus has three hand.
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new service.
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Instead of dialing out to a modem somewhere else in the world, broadband
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the speed of that old dial-up monster.
With all of that bandwidth just ready to be used up, it's no wonder that
many people are setting up home networks to share their broadband connection
either DSL or cable with multiple computers in the same household. With a home network in place, you can also share your files between
computers and stream multimedia files to a multimedia adapter connected to a television or stereo.
For the neophyte, the idea of setting up a network is a bit intimidating,
especially since networking has long been considered the realm of tech
wizardry. No longer. While you can mess about with multiple network
cards and manually configure peer-to-peer networking connections
between your computers with nothing more than a few Ethernet cables,
it's really not worth the time, expense and effort, since the cost of broadband-sharing routers has dropped substantially. These routers, which
handle all of the networking for you, cost about $75 to $100, even with
802.11g wireless networking onboard.
Pick out the proper hardware
The first important step in setting up your home network is making sure
that your computers all have an Ethernet port onboard, or have a wireless
adapter.
For those not completely sure what an Ethernet port is, it's a jack on the
back of your computer or notebook that looks like a phone jack but a bit
wider, and with six pins instead of four. If your computer doesn't already
have one onboard, it costs $20 or less to add one, but you' ll need a free PCI
slot on your PC.[If you have no clue what any oF this means, ask a techie
you trust, or talk to your friendly neighbourhood computer shop.)For a bit
extra, you can install a wireless networking card into that PCI slot instead,
allowing you to connect to the wireless router without having to string any
cables.
If you don't have a slot Free, or if you have a notebook computer, you can
generally add wireless networking (also known as WiFi) with a USB
adapter. This has a side benefit: with a long USB cable, you can easily re-

position the wireless antenna for best reception, rather than leaving it
buried behind your PC under a desk somewhere. The third way to add WiFi
applies to notebook computers with a free PCCard slot. Most wireless networking companies also offer WiFi cards for the PC Card slot, at a slight
price premium over USB or internal versions.

The second part is hooking them all up together. This is where the broadband router comes in. The basic chain of connection:
Broadband Modem <-(wired)-> Router <-(wired/wireless)-> PC
Each broadband router comes with a number of Ethernet ports on the
back. The ports labeled "LAN" connect directly to your home computers.
One of these ports is labeled "WAN" for Wide-Area Network; this is the one
you connect
to yourbroadbandmodem.
If you live in a small apartment, you might be able to make do with a simple wired router and a few Ethernet cables. As the size of the apartment or
home increases, a wired router becomes less practical because the
entirety of your living space will start to resemble a cable farm. Wireless
networking definitely helps by creating a cable-free connection between
your broadband router and wireless-enabled computers. The downside is
that the maximum range for most wireless connections is a couple hundred feet, and any heavy building materials like concrete or steel will
reduce the range substantially.
BorG?
Wondering which wireless networking standard you should go with?

802.11b and 802.1ig are the most popular wireless choices for the
home, and they each have different capabilities.
The 802.11b standard offers up to 11 Mbps data transfer rates, which is
already faster than the fastest home broadband connections. You might
think that 802.11g's 54 Mbps data rate offers way more bandwidth than
you need, but remember that you can also use your home network for
streaming your media files from the PC to a TV.The slower 802.11b just
isn't fast enough to reliably transmit a video signal, but the faster 11g can
handle video without too much problem.
Because the price difference between 11b and 11g products tends to be
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The very first thing you should do once you get your broadband
router up and running is to change its default password, because anyone who has the password can change the router's settings.
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tion (if you can bear to type it] is good. A combination of numbers and
uppercase and lowercase letters is ideal, especially longer strings. A
four character password is more easily cracked than a ten-character
password. Twenty would be even better,
The second thing to do is configure your wireless connection. If you
only got the wireless router because the price was low, but aren't planning to use wireless networking component immediately, turn it completely OFF.
If you' ll be using wireless, turn your wireless encryption ON, or people with wireless "sniffing" programs will be able to intercept anything
you transmit, including usernames and passwords. There are two
types of wireless encryption found on consumer routers: WEP
and WPA.
WEP comes in either 64- or 128-bit "strengths" term
a that refers to
how long the alphanumeric key is. A 64-bit key translates to 10 hexadecimal characters, and 128-bit translates to 26 characters. You simply add your WEPkey into the appropriate location on the router and
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Newer wireless networking products allow you to create your key by using
a pass-phrase instead of a string of numbers and letters, which is more
user-friendly. But if you choosetoo easy or obvious a pass-phrase, it will lull
you into a false sense of security, since it can be easily guessed. Because
the newer WPA
encryption protocol only uses pass-phrases, you' ll definitely want to think up a good one if you use it. Once you have a good[i.e. suitably complex] pass-phrase in place, WPA will be even more secure
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Another way to be more secure is to disable SSIO broadcast on the router
itself. That way, your wireless router won't even appear in the list of available wireless networks. If you have the proper settings, you should be able
to connect, however. This is not for everyone, though. Some computers
may not be able to connect to networks they can't "see", and determined
hackers with the proper equipment will be able to find the wireless router
anyhow with a bit of work. At the very least, changing the default SSIOname
will make it less obvious what type of router you have, which will add a
touch more security against the hacker with less dedication.
Drilling a hole through that firewall
Once you' ve got your network secured, you' ll probably want to open up
tiny holes in the router to allow certain applications unfettered access in
both directions. This could include applications involving webcam conferencing, streaming media, or peer-to-peer file-sharing.
ln general, wireless broadband routers ship with Network Address
Translation [NAT] turned on. This feature acts like a firewall, blocking computers from outside your local network from walking right into your home
network, while still allowing your local computers to communicate with
each other. The NAT
feature typically keeps open ports traditionally regarded as safe, like email or web access ports. Many other ports tend to be
slammed shut; after all, why lock your doors to troublemakers, then allow
them to enter through a wide-open window'?
The problem is, some applications require specific ports in order to function properly. Many programs, such as AOL Instant Messenger and
Bittorrent, that use specific ports are configurable, allowing you to see the
port the program uses and change it to another one. Once you know which
port you' re using, you can open that port up on your router, either by opening it completely, or by forwarding incoming traffic on that port to a specific computer,
You may be asking, "Why not just use Universal Plug and Play (UPnP] to
set up these connections?" UPnP is designed to allow your computer to
make specific requests to your router to open up ports. This makes it very
easy for UPnP-enabled applications to open up the necessary ports, but it
also makes it very easy for unauthorized applications on your computer
ti.e. Trojans or spyware] to do exactly the same thing. Secuiity-conscious
computer users will want to disable UPnP altogether and open the
ports manually.

Share and share alike

One of the beautiful things about setting up a home network is the ability
to move your files from one computer to another. The only thing is that
before yourcomputers can see each other, you' ll need to set up sharing.
With Windows machines, you can share specific folders or entire hard
drives by right-clicking on them and selecting the "sharing and security"
option. After ticking a box to "share this folder on the network", you can give
it a special name to identify it to other users of the network, who will be able
to access the folder or drive through the "My Network Places" icon.
The great news about file-sharing is that you don't all have to be using
Windows-basedmachines you can also share files between Windows,
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Mac andLinuxmachines.
ForMac OS X machines, you'd go to the System Preferences menu and
choose "Sharing" from the Internet and Network sub-menu. With Linux, you
can set up Samba for file sharing between machines; Samba generally
comes standard with newer Linux distributions.
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WiFi Glossary
If you' re just starting to look at theworldofwireless networking,you have
to master a bunch of seemingly cryptic lingo, Here's a basic primer:
Willi:Short for "Wireless Fidelity," WiFi is often used inter changeably with
802.11x but refers specifically to an adherence to a set of standards for
those two wireless protocols, designed to allow wireless networking
devices to work seamlessly with each other.
SSS.11alh/S:"802.11" refers to the IEEE classification for wireless networking, and the letters at the end denote the flavour. 802.11b was the
first out of the gate, and featured 11 Megabits (Mbps) per second data
transmission speed. The 802.11a standard followed shortly thereafter,
offering data speeds up to 54 Mbps, but its different radio spectrum I5GHz
as comparedto the 2.4GHz)me antthe two standards weren'tinteroperable, and thus it's not widely used, The 802.11g wireless standard uses the
same spectrum as 11b to facilitate interoperabilty, but bumps the speed
up to
54Mbps. Withanyofthese standards,transmissionspeeds getslowerthefurtherawayyou go from the router.
Channel:Wireless networking data is transmitted on channels numbered
'I to 11 iin North America). This is to ensure your wireless router and computers are only listening for data intendedfor them in areas where more
than one wireless network is set up. The default channel is 6 or 11 in many
routers. You can change this on the router's configurationWeb page.
SSIQ:Service Set Identifier; this is the name for your router or network.
The SSID allows users to identify different wireless networks that may be
used for different things and different departments. These SSIDs can be
changed by the router administrator for easy custom identification or to
obscure easy identification... your choice.

SSEP/WPA
eacryptiaa: Bydefault, wireless networking signals are sent over
the airwaves without any protection... anyone that could listen in on the
data stream cauld reconstruct it. Encryption creates a secure encoded
channel between the wireless router and a wireless-enabled computer. The
first standard, Wireless Encryption Protocol IWEP), is available in 64- and
128-bit strengths and requires a predetermined hexadecimal "key" to be
set up at both ends. WiFi Pr
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broadband router with 802.11g or 11b wireless network
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Make sureyou change your router's default password,
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In this latest game, Fox and his squadron mates Falco, Slippy and Krystal
are called upon to stop the invasion of the bug-like Aperiods. Their quest
takes them to a few familiar places and they cross paths with a few old
friends and enemies along the way as well.
The graphics of the opening level are gorgeous, and Fox's arwing handles
smoothly as all the familiar Star Fox elements come together. blast enemies
with guns and bombs while spinning and rolling to avoid their fire, collect
shield
andweapon power ups,and help yoursquadronma teswhenthey get
into trouble.
Then Fox is dumped onto the ground to fulfill a lackluster ground mission,

D evil May Cr y S :
D ante's Aw a k e n i n g
Publisher / ffevefoper: Capcom

Platform: Pfnystation 2

Dante, the protagonist of

the Devil May Cry series,
has somethingofa checkered past. As a private
investigator, our hero operates for the greater good,
sometimes at the expense
of the law. Dh, and he was
sired by a reformed demon
warrior named Spa rda,
making him half-demon,

half man.
As garners progress through the largely hack-and-slash gameplay, a patchwork story reveals itself. The story, told with short but action-packed
cutscene sequences, gives fans of the series some insight into Dante's origins and the reason he's forced to eviscerate hordes of netherworld residents. Previous Devil May Cry games(named after our protagonist's private

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and the effect is like ice cold

water being splashed on the
face. Although Fox is eventually
able to get back into the arwing
gameplay from then on alternates between flying, running
on foot and piloting a tank-like
vehicle called the Landmasterthe game struggles to build and

maintain any kind of lasting momentum.

These ground missions are frustrating for a few reasons; one is the fetchquest nature of the goals(kill x number of enemies, disable x number of
generators, and so on], and another is the mission map. Mission goals are
represented by red dots on the map, which get smaller or larger according to
how close to them Fox gets in relation to their depth. Unfortunately the flat
map makes it impossible to gauge depth, so Fox might appear to be right on
top of one of the dots when in actual fact the goalis several levels above or
below him.
Star Fox Assault is proof positive that Fox McCloud belongs in the sky.
Here's hoping that the next franchise installment sticks to this instead of
trying to be all things to all people.
By Erin Bell

investigation agency )
satisfied themselves with
fast-paced gameplay,
slick visuals and imaginative monsters from the
netherworld. The first in
the series was heavy on
the action, receiving critical acclaim as a result,
but a true plot was hard

tofind.The second game

still forewent the plot and slowed down and simplified the action somewhat.
Bad idea.
The third installment, Dante's Awakening, maintains the frenetic pace and
high difficulty level of the first game and adds in an extensive story line. The
difficulty level, dumbed down for mass consumption in Devil May Cry 2, has
been raised by several degrees; too many degrees, some might argue. Even
on the easiest setting unlocked after dying twice in "normal" mode
inexperienced garners will find themselves routinely outnumbered, surrounded
and dispatched. However, if players take the time to overcome the intense
difficulty requiring a constantly evolving battle strategy, fast thumbs and a
little luck, they' ll find one of the more rewarding hack and slash-style games
with an interesting if occasionally cheesy
story.
Between epic battles, garners will have to solve fairly simple gameplay puzzles to progress, find new melee and ranged weapons, purchase new skills
and proficiencies and upgrade weapons like Dante's two pistols, shotguns
and even rocket launchers collected in the course of the game.
By Andrew Moore-Crispin
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S plinter C e l l 3 : U b i s o f t ' s a s c e n t i n t o c h a o s
Mathematically speaking, chaos theory refers to the concept that a
small action made in the present can have large repercussions in the
future "a butterfly flapping its wings in Brazil can cause a tornado in
Texas months later," goes the common description, Or, in the case of
Splinter Cell protagonist Sam Fisher, breaking a lock or leaving a grate
open early in the game can trigger a series of events that could have
lethal consequences.
It's fitting that Chaos Theory is the subtitle of the third game in the

Splinter Cell franchise, on store shelves this month for PlayStation 2,

Xbox, PC and GameCube after more than two years in development at
Ubisoft's Montreal studio. With it, game design has moved away from the
rigidly linear structure of past games to create a playground that allows
garnersto complete tasks in more than one way; to experiment and
make mistakes and
most importantly be able to stick around to see
what long-term repercussions their actions may have.
Ubisoft Montreal began developing Chaos Theory right after finishing
the First Splinter Cell. [The second title in the series, subtitled Pandora
Tomorrow, was developed in China by Ubisoft Shanghai]. While the first
game was hailed for its technical innovations, particularly in the areas of
light and shadow, it also had a reputation For doling out harsh consequences for garners whotried to deviate from the way the scenarios
were "meant to be played." The game meted out swift retribution for mistakes, usually in the form of an abrupt Game Over that dumped the player back to the beginning of the scenario.
It's an issue that Ubisoft acknowledges."There was a bit of trial and
error in Splinter Cell One, and a lot of frustration and weird game over situations," said Chaos Theory producer Mathieu Ferland, who took the time
to chat with us despite his hectic schedule; it was Feb, 25 and Ubisoft
was in the process of submitting the Xbox version of Chaos Theory to
Microsoft for their final approval. "At one point," he continued, referring to

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little details. Ferland is especially proud of what he calls the "organic"
feel of the environment. When it rains, for example, you can see the
water glistening off the rocks and walls. Sam's hair will become matted
down and rain will start to soak his clothing. Puddles will slowly form on
the ground.
Sound effects like thunder occur in real-time and are generated within
the 30 environment. In other words, when you go through a door you
won't suddenly hear the ambiences of the next room because you' ve
triggered them by stepping into the new area. Instead, from the moment
Sam begins to open the door you' ll be able to hear the sounds from the
other room, and they' ll get louder the closer Sam gets to them.
"If you' re in a building and there's a helicopter on the roof, you' re going
to hearthe bass;assoon as you open the door,you're gonna hearhigherfrequencies,and then as soon as you go outside you're gonna hear
the whole sound," Ferland explained.
The innovations in audio are especially interesting given the addition

the first game, "Sam Fisher is going to enter numbers on a keypadhe

misses
one,and it's gam eover.This doesn'tm ake sense."
The goal with Chaos Theory was therefore to create a more flexible nonlinear structure that would encourage garnersto experiment, Players
are now given primary and secondary objectives that they can complete
in any order they choose by using a variety of different methods.
In order to fully support the non-linear structure, Chaos Theory allows
the gamer to save anywhere at any time, and load anywhere at any
time. "Originally it was just to give more freedom to the player, but what
we realized is that there's a lot of tension in this game, so instead of
fighting to stay alive and reach the next checkpoint,[players] can save
and then experiment with things they wouldn't otherwise do, and then
they will learn more and experiment more, and they will enjoy the game
much more."
Another major decision was to get rid of traditional cutscenes. Rather
than pulling players out of the action and forcing them to passively
watch mini-movies to advance the plot, the goal was to develop some
key dialogue situations that would appear inside the view of the character, leaving Sam free to move around as he watches the action unfold in of an ambient noise gauge, which works in the same way as the nowfront of him. If he wants to disrupt the action and shoot everyone, the familiar light gauge. Just as Sam could go undetected by using the natural shadows in a room to his advantage, now he must act below a certain
game supports that as well. But again, there will be consequences...
Sam alsohas a beefed up arsenal ofweapons he's now more than threshold of noise as well. Various things can increase the noise gauge
capable of shooting his way out of a tight spot using a rifle or shotgun. and work to Sam's advantage. Switching on a generator, for example,
He hasa few neat new gadgets as well,such as a tweaked sticky cam adds more ambient noise to the area and might allow Sam to run undethat allows him to shoot multiple sticky cams and toggle between them, tected. Sam can also synchronize loud actions with loud noises that will
creating his own personal surveillance system to monitor a specific mask the sound gun
a shot with a thunderclap, for example.
zone. Ferland stressed that the experience is still much better if stealth Chaos Theory certainly represents some ambitious strides forward
is used. You can hear the funny conversations of the guards and experi- technically and conceptually. It is, as Ferland explained, meant to serve
ence the excitement created by the tension of sneaking up right behind as a bridge between the current and next generation of videogame consomeone.Nevertheless,"some garnerslike to shoot, so the game sup- soles, some of which are expected to come out as early as Christmas
ports that too," he explained.
2005. It has also prepared Ubisoft Montreal for the demands of working
At the same time, Ubisoft on a next-generation title. To put things in perspective, around 60 people
wanted to continue to push worked on the first Splinter Cell; by contrast, 120 people worked on the
the envelope technically, This Xbox and PC
versions of Chaos Theory alone, with another 120 responsiinvolved scrapping large ble for the PS2 and GameCube versions. Ferland estimates that developparts of the existing architec- ing a next-generation game will require a team of 300 people.
tures and developing more AII told, Chaos Theory looks to be for the Splinter Cell franchise what
advanced t e c hnologicalResident Evil 4 was to the Resident Evil franchise an attempt to
structures that would carry address and remedy all the things arners
g
found frustrating about previover into the next generation. ous games, while continuing to push the series forward at the
The end result is a game that same time.
By Erin Bell
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S hadow o f R o m e
PuhlisherI Developer: Capcom

Platform: Playetation 2

Picture it as Ridley Scott's

Gladiator: The Game. Aswarrior Agrippa or candy-ass
courtier Dctavianus, players must solve Caesar's
murder through brute force
and subterfuge, respectively. Divided into lengthy
vignettes, play comes in
two varieties: either you' re
tearing through enemies
and lopping off limbs using one of the finest combat systems ever seen, or
slowly skulking around the Senate wishing the misery would end. Easily
the most schizophrenic outing we' ve encountered, the title's all the more
impressive as no matter how much you want to like it, the designers appear
dead-set on defying even open-minded enthusiasts.

T he M o m e n t o f
Silence
Publisher. The Adventure CompanyI Digital festers Developer. House of Tales
Platform: PC

The year is 2044. Ad executive Peter Wright is trying to get his life back
together after losing his wife and son in an airplane accident
and not doing
a very good job of it. His life takes an intriguing turn however when he gets
drawn into the plight of his neighbour and her son after witnessing a dramatic scene through his apartment peep hole of a fully-armed SWAT
team
breaking down her door during the night and dragging her husband off without an explanation.
Peter offers to make some inquiries on the wife's behalf as to her husband' s
whereabouts, and soon gets caught up in a bigger conspiracy involving noncooperative cops, skid row gangs, freedom of speech laws, extraterrestrials,
and the crazy homeless guy who lives in the nearby park.
The game is standard point-and-click stuff that involves exploring the environment, talking to people to find out more information and clicking on

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Let's back up and get a few

things straight first, however:
Audio and visuals are sound, battles brilliant and the wealth of
background settings satisfying.
You' ll have a superb time slaughtering legionnaires and barbarians by the dozen, especially considering enemies go down in a
hail of blood and gore. Using axes,
swords and even severed arms as
weapons, armchair assassins can't help but have a good time cleaving
semi-intelligent foot soldiers and gargantuan bosses in twain. Where
things fall apart, though, is during verbose storysegments,throughout
which the title's cliched script and tepid voice-overs prove almost as
painful as a glaive to the groin. And just when you think the agony is over,
guess again... tedious and lengthy stealth sequences await.
The situation's almost criminal; an amazing brawler is betrayed by its creators' need to offer items of interest for potential purchasers of all stripes.
Rather than focus on one thing
specificaily, fighting and doing it well,
the development team instead presents pointless concessions for sake of
adventure buffs, when all audiences really want is a good braining. Let' s
hope someone gets its straight in the obligatory sequel... a little less talk
and lot more action would put a lot more bounce into its sandaled step.
By Scott Steinberg

objects to interact with them or occasionally add them to Peter's inventory.

And with standard point-and-click comes the standard point-and-click complaint: that you can only interact with certain items in the environment and
not others, which requires a degree of "pixel hunting" to figure out what
Peter is supposed to do next.
There's quite a bit ofbacktracking in the game, and the gameplay itself has
its fair share of little glitches and quirks. For example, Peter seldom walks in
a straight line to move anywhere; instead, he follows illogical, pre-mapped
routes that can take far longer.
The voice-acting is generally good, but the dialogue itself is hit and miss.
There are some inspired moments, such as the comically waspish sniping
that goes on between two of Peter's co-workers, however some of the lines
are downright sketchy. My personal favourite: "No... better leave Brenda
alone. She can get really crappy."
The game is set in gritty downtown New York, and offers an interesting take
on the near-future. Instead of going sensationally "sci-fi" or post-apocalyptic, The Moment of Silence opts for a more realistic portrayal that, while it
does showcase some neat new gadgets and ideas, still gives the impression
that it could all logically happen in real-life should our society continue to
progress the way it currently is.
The story is pretty intriguing as well, making The Moment of Silence a quite
playable diversion for point-and-click fans it likely isn't a strong enough
game to be able to win over many non-fans of the genre, however.
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Star rating: 4,5
WarioWare's unique approach to gaming
hasfound a new place to happen on the
Nintendo DS. It's a home-coming of sorts;
while other WarioWare titles were an
excell
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games'ontoa cartridge or disc,the DS's
unique play inter face is perfectly matched
to War ioWare's unique style.
Using the touch-screen interface, garners
rub, chop, tap, rotate and drag their way
to the top, unlocking special timed game
modes, new characters and "souvenirs" in
the form of extra games or cool widgets
likea harmonica.One character's games
and several
souvenirs (the harmonica
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m
icrophone input; blowing into the mic will,
forexample,make an on-screen character
blow abubble gum bubble.Blow too hard
and the bubble will pop.
With the possible exception of the microphone-basedgames, WarioWare travels
well. Players can get a quick gaming fix
while
on the bus.or sit down for an
extended play session to run through the
laborious and un-skippabla story, The only
real problem, aside from the fact that
garners are forced to watch as an insipid
and lar gely pointless story unfolds, is that
blowing into your DS is sure to garner
stares if played in a public place.
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Historically, handheld versions of console titles mountain divided into three peaks with racing,
slopestyle (trick) and super pipe courses.
have been drastically scaled-down 2D sideThe 3D works well for the simplistic super pipe
scrolling or isometric affairs that share very litrun, but can start to break down in the other
tle with their console big brothers except the
same logo on the box.(Compare the handheld
more free-wheeling modes. Basically, control
gets sluggish, and it's unfortunately a fairly freand console versions of The Lord of the Rings
quent occurrence to get "stuck" on pieces of
and Prince of Persia, for example.)
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in relation to where he or
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Publisher / Oeveiepeicnomen Platform: Game noy Advance

Following on the heels of the brilliant

puzzle/action hybrid Klonoa: Empire of Dreams,
Klonoa 2 thankfully sticks to the formula that
made the first game so enjoyable. The series'
hallmark is its simple yet ingenious level
design. Although the levels masquerade as typical 2D platformer fare complete with enemies, crates and collectible gems
they' re
actually sophisticated puzzles that require the
long-eared protagonist to jump, float, and
manipulate the environment in various ways
that require a mixture of reflexes and brainpower on the part of the player.
Forexample,Klonoa can catch enemies and
either toss them at other things(to activate
switches or break crates) or use them to vault
to greater heights and overcome his deliberately
limited jumping ability.
New level elements include flower pots that

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Klonoa can plant enemies in to cause vines to

grow, a special wet suit for navigating new
underwater environments, and a couple of new
enemies;
one Klonoa can use tojump superhigh, and another, when thrown at another
enemy, absorbs it and changes colour before
returning to Klonoa like a boomerang.
Although Klonoa 2 is actually more than two
years old [it came out in 2002 in Japan], the
immaculate gameplay is
more than enough to
compensate for its slightly dated audio and visual
aesthetic.
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