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good that comes from all this? You know, concepts like
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but in fact head out across the desert to the Hoover Oam
and you' ll see why some locals are paying attention.
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consumption,
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because a cell phone or MP3 player or notebook computer
that works for 20 hours on a charge is going to have more
sales appeal than one that lasts only three hours, other
things being equal. What comes out of this are products
that are more energy efficient. It may be an inadvertent
consequence because manufacturers aren't necessarily
thinking green, they just want to sell more products; and
consumers may not be thinking green either, they just
want better experiences.
This inadvertent greening has happened in a number of
digital product sectors. Take displays, which are common
to a wide range of consumer products computer
monitors, TV sets, cell phone displays and portable media
player screens. Replacing your old cathode ray tube PC
monitor or TV set with a LCO-based one could cut energy
consumption by about half while giving better picture
quality. And many of the smaller handheld devices

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wouldn't be nearly as usable were it not for OLEO

displays, which are even more energy efficient.
I was at a computer bdefing last fall, and during lunch
one of the product engineers quipped that had Intel
proceeded in a linear fashion with its processor
development i,e., ever more transistors and faster clock
cycles the chip would eventually be as hot as the
surface of the sun. Joking aside, Intel's Core and Core2
multicore chips address that by throttling back on the
cycles, so the chips run much cooler, while still delivering
performance. That means the associated support
systems like fans, power supplies etc. can be smaller
too. So now it's possible to have tidy, fanless yet
powerful computers without having to pay a premium
for a notebook design or pay an extra tithe to the
utility company.
As PCs become integrated into a home entertainment
environment, such characteristics like quiet operation
and appliance-like instant on and off will become as
critical as raw performance. And the road there often
means greater measures of energy efficiency.
In 200S, the US department of energy commissioned a
study to look at ways to improve energy efficiency in
ofgces, and the study author(a firm called TIAX
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with a list of 60 emerging office equipment technologies
that could reduce power consumption in oFfices by as
much as 70 percent. Among these technologies are
advanced display technologies like OLEO and more
effective sleep modes for PCs.
Whether it's through a direct motivation or not, digital is
potentially greening, At an ideological level, some would
argue that it's consumption per se that's the root of the
problem. But I would argue that choosing how we
consume - whether it's energy-saving light bulbs or low
power processors - is better than doing nothing at all.

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Exploririg Multimedia
I worked out my sound card problem with Ubuntu Linux by swapping out
the existing card and replacing it with Creative Labs'Audigy Z. Bingo - instant
sound as Linux detected a card it supported and poured forth system
sounds. Now to listen to my MP3s - or so I thought. When I double-clicked
on a Ben Webster Duintet tune, I received a message that the format was
no't supported.
Linux distributions such as Ubuntu try, as much as possible, to use only
open-source, non-restricted formats that have no licensing or patent issues,
A Linux purist could convert all his or her MP3 files to the patent-free ogg
vorbis format, but for many of us this is impractical. Fortunately, the Ubuntu
IJnux documentation provides dear instructions on how to install restricted
support software.
Once the required support files are installed, Linux will play MP3, Divx

commercial DVO,
Quicktime, Realmedia files or view Flashand Java. Formost
of us, it's a no-brainer to go this route. After I added the easily installed
support, I was able to listen to MP3s and watch commercial DVDs.
Audio Players
In Ubuntu Linux, the Totem Movie Player is the default multimedia
application, Anyone using Windows Media Player will feel very comfortable
with Totem. When you'insert a music CD or movie OVD, Totem starts up
automatically. It's a good general-purpose player,

For my large collection of MP3 files, I prefer Rhythmbox to Totem.

Rhythmbox is an application that is a little more like iTunes. It will build an
index of artists and albums on media, and it can be used to listen to Internet
radio and subscribe to podcasts, You can also create and use custom
playlists. It also offers generic support for portable MP3 players, but nothing
iPod-specific. Unfortunately for iTunes fans, iTunes itself is not available
for Linux.
I don't yet have an iPod, so I couldn't test them out, but there are three
Linux applications that offer full iPod support, including synchronizing files:
Amarok, Banshee and Listen. There is also an application called gtkpod that
can manage songs and playlists on an iPod. If I get an iPod for my next
birthday, I' ll report back on these apps.
DYD Players
Not surprisingly, Totem Movie Player is Ubuntu's default application for
viewing DVDs. Designed with movies in mind, it provides the usual controls
for stopping, starting, pausing and changing screen sizes and aspect ratios.
What it doesn't provide yet is menu support, so you can only watch a
commercial DVD straight through with no c hapter titles. The
forward/backward buttons do not respond when a DVD is playing.
Because I found Totem too limited for my DVD
viewing tastes, I installed and
tried Ogle, another OVD viewer, and it has some advantages. The default
viewing size is larger, there are more controls available, and it can go to

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chapters. The downsides are that movies cannot be resized, and the
chapters are generically titled, e.g., Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Title 1, Title 2 etc.
Qn the plus side, however, it plays the entire DVD including the trailers at
the front,and goes to the DVD menu where you can use a mouse to
select what you want to watch. The forward/backward and other controls
work as expected,
Given that most of my previous experience with Linux had been on the
server side of things, I was amazed at how far Linux has progressed on the
desktop. It may not provide all the features and polish of Windows and Mac
multimedia applications, but what it offers is more than adequate and being

improved daily. It's a tribute to the dedicated open-source programmers

worldwide that you can now use Linux comfortably as a solid, enjoyable and
very modern workstation.
By Gene Wilburn
Gene Wiiburn is a writer/photographer living in Port Credit, Ontario, He can be
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How can you control photographic exposure? You have three ways
adjust
the shutter speed, the aperture or the light sensitivity. With film
photography, you have just two degrees of freedom within the camera
settings: aperture and shutter speed. The third variable, sensitivity, is a
characteristic of the film, not the camera, Phe light sensitivity of film is
rated as an ISO number, with higher numbers indicating more light
sensitivity.j Once you' ve made your choice to use film of a given sensitivity
say ISO1OO- this variable is locked down until you change to a different
film. There are workarounds, such as push processing, but the results aren' t
always satisfactory.
One of the characteristics distinguishing the digital image sensor from film
is its variable sensitivity to light. Thus, with digital photography, sensitivity
becomes a camera controllable variable, alongside aperture and shutter
speed. This means that when you shoot digital, you have a third degree of
freedom to play with in deciding the best exposure,
This won't matter much to you if you always set your camera to Auto, but it
might explain why more of your pictures are keepers since you started
shooting digitai. On Auto, the camera will pick the best combination of
exposure variables to ensure the best possible picture, With a film'camera,
that means setting the best shutter speed and aperture combination. Often
though, the limitation is the film speed
you have slow daylight film in the
camera but you want to take some indoor shots, for example. Since the film
camera has no way of altering film speed, it does the best it can, but the
results are often photos that are underexposed because the camera was
pushed beyond the limits of its maximum aperture setting or blurred
because the shutter speed it picked was set too slow for hand-held
shots. The third degree of freedom available to a digital camera means that
the camera can also boost
ISO sensitivity, so a proper
exposure can be calculated
under more lighting conditions
dark or light.
If you are an advanced
shooter, you probably know
about the aperture-priority
and shutter-priority settings
on your camera, and when it' s
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priority is the mode to use,
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setting to match the depth of

aperture setting for a proper exposure. Both of theke scenarios can be

enhanced riow that you can also vary the ISO setting - shot by shot if
needbe.
Landscape photographers often want a photograph that's razor sharp from
foreground grass to distant horizon, and thus choose very small aperture
settings to maximize depth of field. Nature photographers using extreme
telephoto lenses will choose small aperture settings for a similar reasonto maximize depth of field(which tends to be quite shallow at high telephoto
settingsj. Because less light comes through the lens set to a small
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roving animals. By setting the digital camera to a higher ISO, you can have
your small aperture and a faster shutter speed.
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daughter's volleyball game, and in order to stop the action, you need to use
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shallow. Boost the ISO,and you can stop down the aperture, to keep more of
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High ISO used to be synonymous with increased digital noise, and while
that can still be an issue, camera makers have made great progress in either
taming the noise, or making it look less objectionabie, more like the visible
film grain of high ISO film stocks. It's a variable worth exploring.

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will expand to include this new data. This is something that wasn't possible
in earlier versions of Excel unless you created some very complicated
workaround formulae.
To make a list in Excel 2003, open a new worksheet and type the column
headings and one or two rows of data. Format these rows the way that you
want the list to look
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Create List. Confirm that the range specified is the area containing your list
data, enable the My list has headings checkbox and click Ok.
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asterisk; this is where you click to add a new row when you need to add a
new item to your list. There is also a farm attached to the list that you can
use to enter data and you can see this by choosing List, Form from the
special List toolbar.[IF the toolbar is net visible, choose View, Toalbars, List.)
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the Toggle Total Row button on the List toolbar. When you do this, the
rightmost column of the list is summed. If you want a Formula other than
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from the dropdown list [which includes Average, Maximum, Minimum and
Count). You can also click in any other cell in the total row and choose a
calculation to be performed on that column of data.
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particular state. Any totals in the totals row automatically recalculate to

choose Data, Filter, Show All.

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charts. To make a chart based on data you have stored in a list, click
somewhere inside the list and then click the Chart Wizard button on the List
toolbar, You can now step through the process of creating the chart to your
desired specifications just as you would create any new chart in Excel. Later,
whenever you add a new item to your list, it will be automatically added to
the chart without you having to do anything at all to make this happen.
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order. To do this, choose List, Sort, choose the column to sort by and choose
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list data is sorted, but the data in cells to the dght or left of the list area won't
be rearranged as a result. This is because the list is treated as a separate
area for sorting purposes this isn't the case when you filter the list
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Online videos. have jerky pictures: Is that a
technical or aesthetic problem?
0. Whenever I watch Internet videos or movie clips on my computer, the
picture skips and stutters. Is there a way to correct these jerky pictures?

Regardless of the size, streaming audio or video sends small portions of

the data to your PC, which are held in a buffer [the PC's temporary stash
of incoming media]. There can be a short waiting period before anything
plays, and you may see the dread "buffering" message as the PC lines up
the bits of data. Once the first chunk begins playing, all should go well and
the entire stream plays to the end without interruption. But any
connection problem or other hiccup will stop playback, and the buffering
and line-up of media chunks must begin again.
Freeing up internal PC resources by closing unused programs can help.
So check the Preferences or Options set for your media player and
connection speeds. Setting a connection speed somewhat slower than is
actually available can help maintain smooth playback. In OuickTime
player, for example, streaming preferences can be adjusted to cope with
network congestion and improve playback. Increasing the size of
available cache can help. In Windows, there's a video acceleration feature
[found in the Tools menu) that can be turned on or off as required. With
Windows Media Player especially, it's important to have the latest
compatible hardware (graphics cards, etc.) and software (Windows
update, Oirect X) for proper playback.
Progressive download is quite suitable for low traffic situations and the
delivery of short videos, Streaming video gives creators more control over
the viewing experience, and is most appropriate for getting video to large
audiences (for example, several hundred simultaneous viewers).
Streaming also enables tracking and reporting of video viewing statistics.
For the creator, one potential drawback with streaming video is the
requirement for special server software and media delivery applications,
in addition to the Web server itself. For streaming Flash Video, a dedicated
server and software is required.
Video on the Web[despite my open door silliness) has great potential,
whether you are a viewer or a creator today, most of us are both. Next
time, we' ll talk more about uploading videos so as to eliminate unwanted
jerks uhh, jerkiness.
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Ha, ha ha - could someone please open the door a little wider for me?!?
With names like Alldumb.corn, Bored.corn, Stupidvideos.corn,
Stupidity.corn and Oumpalink.corn, is there any wonder there's jerky stuff
online? When the perfectly-innocent question first appeared, a stream of
silly answers clogged my cranial inbox.
But as user-generated material continues to appear on the Web, we
might anticipate a reconfiguring of technical - and aesthetic standards.
It's a double-edged sword, as the promise of socialized media networking
comes face to face with emerging techniques and technologies.
The two main ways of playing video on a PC (pre-loaded with an
appropriate media player, such as OuickTime, Real or Windows among
others) right now are streaming and downloading. Since the introduction
of Flash MX and Flash Video Player, video can also be embedded within
Flashmovies and HTML pages (audio-only MP3 files can be delivered in
the same way).
Normally, streaming media plays once it reaches across the Internet to
your computer, which is nice if you are unsure if you want the content or
not, as you can begin to watch it right away. It does mean that playback
can be interrupted or become "jerky" due to internet traffic jams,
bottlenecks inside the PC and other technical or transmission issues that
can interrupt smooth playback. Streaming files are not stored locally.
Oownloading a media file means the clip is stored locally on your
computer; usually you must wait for the full download before viewing. But
because the file is downloaded, and now resides on your computer, you
can search your browser caches or temporary Internet files to access the
content again and again. If there are no copyright or rights management
issues with the clip, that's fine and dandy. It's certainly an advantage if
you want to watch the same clip over and over.
Of course, the size of the video can also affect its playback performance, Lee Ilickwood is a freelance writer and independent video producer. He operates
especially if the video file is too large for a connection to handle properly. Word On A Wire, an independent company providing editorial, media production
Tips for reducing the size of an Internet video may seem superfiuous if and consulting services to individuals and companies across North America. He
you' re only watching short cell phone videos, but there can be good can bereached atvideodazeNigoodmedia.cern
reason to consider one or more of the following:
Start with the best quality video possible.
(Poorly shot, poorly lit, noisy or shaky video
jerky, as it were takes
more resources.to compress, deliver and playback well.)
Lower the frame rate.
[Video is normally 30 frames per second; i5 frames or so can be a
reasonable Internet option.]
Crop the frame.
(Standard video is noimally 640 x 480; 320 x 240 is a common
compromisebetween size and space,)
Setting the bitrate.
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dial-up is not extinct. Bitrates from less than 100 Kbps to over 5 Mbps
can be encountered on the Web, so adjust your videos and your
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Tech fans can count on two things at the beginning of January; CES inVegas,
and Macworld in San Francisco. Qften, the two events are staggered enough
that keen tech reporters can hit both shows, but this year they directly
overlapped. This year, you saw a whole group of journalists hunched over
their computers in the press room at CES, waiting for the news from Steve
Jobs' keynote at Macworld, So for a short period, CESwas forgotten...at CES
no less.
Apple made two signigcant announcements at this year's keynote. Not
only did the company announce the proper launch of the previously
previewed Apple TV, but the company also finally announced the longrumoured iPhone.

tasking manner...and of course, it will play audio and video content

purchased from the iTunes store on its built-in widescreen display.
The phone uses a touch-screen interface for almost all interaction with
the phone [there is one button that takes you to the main menu). Dialing,
text entry and navigation are done with a series of taps and gestures,
bat the phone is smart enough to distinguish between deliberate and
accidental touches.
TheiPhoneis a GSM/EDGE phone [with WiFi onboard), and is scheduled to
launch in the United States in June on the Cingular network. Current pricing
is set at US $499 for the model with 4 GB of internal memory, and US $599
for the 8 GB model.
While the announcement was greeted with stark raving techno-lust from a
whole legion of Apple fans, there's at least one campany that's not quite so
thrilled: Cisco Systems, which owns the rights to the iPhone name,
immediately filed suit against Apple for trademark infr
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Apple TV wasn't a huge surprise to anyone who's been following Apple news:
previously dubbed iTV when it was previewed at last year's Worldwide ongoing negotiations between the two companies aimed at allowing Apple to
Developers Conference, the product is Apple's very own multimedia use the iPhone name. What that means is unclear at this point, but it could
streaming device. Sure, there are already a number of other media-streaming simply mean a new name for the product when it launches in June.
By Sean Carruthers
devices on the market, but Apple TV not only sports a more attractive
industrial design, it's also designed to sync with your computer's iTunes '
application. The product incorporates 802.11b/g/n wireless networking, and
you can also connect it to your network using 10/100 Ethernet.
The fact that Apple TVsyncs with iTunes is a huge selling. point, as it goes a
long way to simplifying setup. Just as other computers running iTunes will
appear as shared drives in your own computer's iTunes, so will Apple TV - in
other words, no special client installation followed by a manual search of the
network for your new hardware. In other words: YAY!
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five machines in the house, either Mac or Windows, so long as they' re
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including copy-protected items purchased from the iTunes online store.
Connections to the television are also impressive. Apple TV is designed ta
deliver a high definition signal to the television, either via HDMI [both audio
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and video) or component connectors [supplemented by analogue or optical

audio connectors). It's compatible with both 220p and 1080i connections,'
but it will work with a 480p display as well, for those who haven't made the
move to high def just yet.
The Apple TV scheduled to launch this
month and will cost $349.

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This sleek, LG flip phone from Bell Mobility is the first in Canada to feature
a built-in wireless transmitter, which means you can beam your favourite
songs to a nearby FM radio, such as when you' re in the car.
That's right instead of listening to music through a cell phone's external
speaker, and rather than wearing earbuds which can be a safety hazard
when behind the wheel, daily commuters or road-trippers can enjoy their
MP3 collection through a decent stereo without the need for a pricey iPod
and external FM transmitter.
Here's how it works: the "Fusic"- which combines "fun" and "music," says
LG (ahem) - first requires you find a spot on the FM dial unused by a radio
station(and very little hiss, if you can find it). Then, on the phone, while
music is playing, you can select Music Transmitter from your list of options
and press the up and down buttons to match the frequency on your radio's
FM dial. You can then save this preset on your phone in one of 12 spots. It
works fairly well about as good as any other FM transmitter, such as the
Griffin iTrip - but it really does depend on the city you' re in.
Music is stored on tiny MicroSO memory cards. A 64MB card is included
with the phone(which translates to roughly 18 songs), but you can pick
up a 2GB MicroSDcard (about 550 songs) for as low as $100. Alternativel,

you can purchase music via Bell's wireless music store the largest
selection in Canada - which offers more than 750,000 songs from
labelssuch as Universal,Sony/BMG, Warner and others.
You need not open the flip phone to play music; simply hald down the
Play/Pause button on the front of the phone and yau'll be able to launch
music from internal memory or via the memory card. Without apening
the handset, you can also select tracks, skip forward or back and
adjust volume.
But what good is playing music on your cell phone if the battery life is
poor? Not a problem with the Fusic, as it can last up ta 9.2 hours for
music playback.
Earbuds are included, but because the I.G Fusic supports Bluetooth
2,0, you can even use wireless stereo headphones [something your
iPod can't do). Some stereo headphones, such as the Plantronics
Pulsar a590 [$200), have a tiny built-in microphone, so when the
phone rings, you press a small button on the headphones to take the
call and mute the music.
Other features of the pearl white LG Fusic include: four
interchangeable colour faceplates(graphite, black, green and brown]
to match your mood or clothes; streaming TV broadcasts; integrated
1.3 megapixel camera (with flash, zoom and camcorder); GPS
functionality; and text, photo and video messaging,
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consider replacing this card with one that can store a lot more music. A
2GB MicroSD card, for example, which you should be able to pick up for
under $100, can store well over 500 songs rivaling the entry-level
iPod nano.
And getting your music onto the phone is a simple process, You can do
this in one of two ways. With the memory card inserted into the phone,
you can attach the handset to your computer via its USB (Universal
Serial Bus] cable and then drag and drop music onto the player in a
program such as Windows Explorer. An even easier way is to pop the
memory card out af the phone, fit it into the bundled adaptor (which
resembles a slightly larger SecureDigital card) and then insert it into
your PC or printer if it has a memory card slot that fits this type. Similar
to option No 1, you then simply drag and dropthe music onto the player,
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Developedby a French company called Com One [www.corn-one.biz],the
Phoenix is a portable radio with tuner dial, volume knob and stereo
speakers. But the airwaves it responds to are not AM or FM,but WiFi. Thus, if
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Internet. radio on the Phoenix anywhere you can pick up the WiFi signal.
The radio features include an alarm clock, eight preset buttons and a
Belkin TuneStudio for iPod
This is an audio mixer with inputs for four audio sources such as search mode. It's portable, powered by rechargeable batteries. The
microphones and instruments. Each channel has a three-band equalizer and suggested retail price is US $249.
pan and level controls. It records the mixed signal onto an iPod at CDquality
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Bonica suits up digital cameras
Vancouver-based Bonica Precision[Canada) Inc. [www.bonicadive.corn) has resolution. The HD7 has many high-end features including three CCDs, a
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called Snapper-XP,
with an extra measure of protection called a Snapper Suit. jack for external microphones. Pricing will be somewhere on the good side
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control the various camera functions. Snapper Suits are flexible silicon skins Hitachi announces first Terabyte drive
molded to fit a select number of digital point and shoot cameras from Canon, Other companies have achieved terabytes of storage by ganging up multiple
Nikon and Sony. When the camera is not in the XP housing, the Snapper Skin drives into a single enclosure, but Hitachi Global Storage Technologies has
still provides some measure of weatherproofing. The Snapper-XP
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company's
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for digital video recording applications such as hard-drive based personal

Doing CES A-to-Z is a hopeless proposition. There are simply too many
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football fields, according to CES). But products are what the show is all
about, and the good side to all those exhibitors is that it's hard not to run into
more than a few interesting new products set to arrive sooner or later this
year. These are just some of the ones that caught my eye.

video recorders. It says the terabyte drive will be able to store around 250

hours of high-definition programming.

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RfkD in Ottawa, went back to the drawing board and developed a fully audio and video entertainment playback,
wireless earphone technologg that uses the 2.4 GHz radio frequency, not
Bluetooth. Kleer claims its technology has lower noise levels for better audio LaCie burns Blu-rag
quality and uses one-tenth the power of Bluetooth, so earphones can be Among content developers, video artists and photographers, LaCie is a
made smaller because the battery can be smaller. Using 2.4GHz also allowed preferred brand because its products seem to push begond the ordinarg.
the company to develop a completelg wireless system, not just eliminating Given this, the company's claim to be first to market an external Blu.ray
the wire from player to headset but also the physical connection between burner won't be surprising. The LaCie d2 Blu.ray Drive handles 25GB or 50GB
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DLand CD~ RWmedia. Consumers who want to be first in line
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HD DVD by introducing an internal PC drive that does both
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H10N, more affectionately known as the Super Multi Blue Blu.ray Disc long after it was available in the US, A Microsoft Canada spokesman said
Rewriter and HD DVO-ROM Drive will read both next-generation optical Zune wouldbecome available in Canada as soon as these content issues
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started sewing.)
But Sharp's pavilion had more than monstrous monitors; it was an oasis of
innovation. In a secluded room at the back of the exhibit was a nine millionpixel panel. To put that number in perspective, the screen has more than four
times the resolution of today's high-end 1080p sets.
The room next door played host to a stunning 6S-inch 1,l)00,000:1
contrast ratio LCD. The blacks were so deep as to put plasma to shame;
darkened areas of the screen generated no visible light at all.
But these technologies are so prohibitively expensive that they may never
filter down to the consumer,
The most impressive advancement in LCD technology that will actually be
appearing in 2007 models is an increase in display response time from

60Hz to 120Hz. A variety of demonstrations showed that this bumpin

frequency delivers a dramatic improvement in the rendering oF fast moving
images. Manufacturers of the new 120Hz displays include Sony, Sharp,
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question before the show was
whether or not t hi s l eading
manufacturer oF plasma tele.
visions would be able to produce a
cost effective 1080p display
(current 1080p plasmas only
come inmassive sizes and have
five. digit price tags).
The answer was not really.
Panasonic did reveal a couple oF
smailer 1080p plasmas, including
an impressive 50.inch model, but
price wasn't discussed, leading to
speculation that the Japanese
company won't be able to bring it
to market in a price range that
would be competitive with the
many [slightly smaller) 1080p
LCDs that are now selling for as
little as $3,500.
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completely new and costlymanufacturing process, making it
an unlikely candidate for mass
consumption, at least in the near
future.
While DEMs were busy trying to
innovate on the hardware front,
value-added plasma and LCD
reseller HP drew attention for its

reworked MediaSmart LCD

televisions.
Introduced at last year's show,
MediaSmart sets can wirelessly
access music,video and photo
files located on any PC connected
to your home network. This year' s
lineup, led by a beautiful 47 inch
1 080p model, has a m u c h
improved user interface, Plus,
rumours are r a mpant t h at
MediaSmart sets may have the
ability to act as Vista Media Center
Extenders once released.
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new displays at CES. Now all ~e
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Ever since consumer electronics collided

with digital technology, the personal
computer has taken an essential place in
the exhibition halls of the Consumer
Electronics Show, PC luminaries like
Michael Dell and Bill Gates are regular
keynote speakers at the trade show, and
the likes of Intel and Microsoft cozy up
beside Sony and Samsung, The old PC
dazzle is still there faster performance,
smaller form factors, more capacity in all
subsystems etc. but now it's about
how all that technology fits inta your
digitallifestyle.

WIFi [a, b, g) and BlueTooth 2.0, An optional docking station includes a OVD
burner in the base and more ports ta allow you to connect a full size monitor
and keyboard. Weighing in at around halF a kilo (1 Ib], Model 02 runs for
about three hours on the standard Li-lon battery, but an optional battery
gives twice that. Expect to pay around $Z,OOD for the premium model
outfitted with a few accessories.
VIA was also part of the popular Lunch I Piero's event and was showcasing
a number oF UMPCs developed by its manufacturing partners. The
chipmaker has been promoting things like "quiet" computing and energy
efficiency for a few years, and in a sense VIA's strategy has been vindicated
because the PC biz is increasingly embracing these green concepts.
Having a full-blown Windows computer in a small form opens up a number
of application possibilities, and one of the neatest I saw was the G4 from
Korean tech company lnfilL The G4 takes aftermarket car audio to an
entirely new level. It's designed to drop into the audio system bay and
integrates nicely into the dashbaard with an 800 x 480 pixel 6.5-inch touch
screen display forming the main faceplate. Behind the screen is a PC
poweredby a 1.5GHz VIA C7 processor runningWindows XP.Ithas a 40 GB
hard drive, a DVO player, GPS unit, FM tuner and a four-channel audio
amplifier [you can also get a 5.1 channel pre-amp model).'There are also
three USB ports, one an the front and two on the back
Infill says the unit supports dual displays, so that the driver can have the
in-dash panel set to a GPS mapping programme while the rear seat
passengers watch a DVD
movie. It can be integrated with a rear-view camera
and tied into your car's existing steering wheel radio controls. At this point,
you' ll have to go to Korea ta get one, where it sells for around $2,000.

Computing gets smaller

On the small end of things is the 000 Model 02, biged as the world's smallest
Windows Vista computer. It's the UMPC(or Ultra Mobile PC) that Bill Gates
highlighted during his CES keynote address. Holding it, yau'd be inclined ta
think it was a Windows CEhandheld device, but this one includes the goods
to run a full version of Windows XP[and it's Vista-ready). Both the processor
and graphics chip are from VIA, a chip maker that abandoned the CPUspeed
cycles race a few years ago and turned to other important factors like
battery lif'e, noise reduction and heat performance.
The premiummodelofthe 000 uses VIA's C7M ULV (for ultra.low voltage]
processor
running at1.5 GHz,and comes with 1GB ofRAM and a 60 GB hard
drive. The five-inch 800 x 480 pixel display (supports up to 1280 x 800 on, a
bigger monitor) slides Forward to expose a small qwerty keyboard and a Two cores and beyond
pointing device called a track stick. The machine includes an HDMI port and At the big end of things, chip giant Intel announced three new quad-core
VGA/Ethernet adapter, a USBport and audio line in/out port. It also handles processors at the show: two in its Xeon server-oriented CPU famgy and the
first to bear the name CoreZOuad. Intel set the price of the Core20uad at U5
000 Model 02
$851 in quantities of 1000 to manufacturers, so yau can expect systems
built around this processor wig be aimed at the high-end enthusiast market
and command a premium price.
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ofthatsegment,Calgary-based Voodoo,w hich was acquired
by HP last year, found a comfortable comer in the HP booth ta show off its
extreme gaming rigs along with an experimental wraparound display
system.It also announced a new gaming laptop,the Envy HW:201. The
numerical designation refers no doubt to the 20.1-inch screen. Other
performance goodies include an AMO
Turion 64X2 dual core processor plus
suppart for SLI. Dual nVidia graphics cards in a laptop? Why not. And, of
course, you can order the $6,000 unit in a range of colours.
AMD announced its AMD Live! notebook platform design based around the
Turion 64 XZ dual core mobile CPU.
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initiative AMO began last year on the desktop. Live! is a set of technologies
that allows the PC to better fit into a home entertainment environment.
Basedaround AMD's Athlon 64 X2 dual-core processors and Windows XP
Media Center Editian or Vista Premium and Ultimate, it includes usability
aspects like Coal'n'Ouiet [which reduces PC noise) and rapid-on/rapid off
(for more appliance-like start up and shut down of the PC
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utilities, such as: "Dn Demand," which helps stream TV and audio to a media
player, "Network Magic," which is a home network management utility;
"Media Vault," which performs automatic backups to an online server; and
"LogMeln," which allows users to securely access their home computer from
a remote location.
A number of tech companies have signed up with the Live! logo program;
including most of the motherboard makers, and other peripheral and
software companies like Creative, Logitech, AverMedia, D-Link and
Western Digital.

Users connected to the server each have a Control Center interface on their
individual computers that allows them to navigate the folders on the server
or other connected PCs or other resources;,for example, you could set up
network printers with the MediaSmart Server. The administrator can set
privileges at the folder level, allowing full read. write, read-only or no access.
Mobile users with notebooks supporting remote accessIW!ndows XP Pro,
MCE 2005 or Vista UltimateI will also be able to remotely access their horne
computers through the server, or backup travel documents, digital photos,
etc. to the server.
A common safety net with enterprise servers automatic backup of data
on PCs is also a feature of the Home Server software, including full
Vista and Home Server
restoration of a hard drive image, should a PC
hard drive fail. The MediaSmart
With the general launch of Windows Vista set for the end of January, much Server will also stream media to home entertainment players through a
of Microsoft's booth was devoted to this next-gen operating system. The digital media adapter.
computers in the media room were running Vista too, so this provided many
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real work under the DS,
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announcement came
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Voodoo Envy HW:201
keynote address:Windows Home
Server, which will become available
later this year. The name says it all: it
is server software for the home. In
Microsoft's booth was a nice example
of hardware being developed to run
the software HP's MediaSmart
Server. This is an AMD Sempronpowered server based on AMD's Live!
Home Media Server platform design
spec. It has four drive bays. Populated
with 7SDGB drives, you could have
three terabytes of storage without
going outside the box.
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Over the course of 2006, the release of Blu-ray and HD DVD,
two competing
, high-definition formats, was met with little fanFare. While videophiles and
movie buffshave praised the advantages of Btu-ray and HD DVD over
standard definition DVDs, the mainstream consumer has been very hesitant
to adopt either format because of its hefty initial investment and the fact
that either one could fail,
Fast-forward to CES 2007,' where many of the major HD format announcements dealt directly with alleviating the problems associated with two
different formats. From a consumer perspective, the new technologies
effectively eliminate the burden of having to choose one format or the other.

While this is an interesting announcement, Ritek suggested that it could

create HO DVDsand Blu-ray discs with as many as ten layers. The problem
with these multi-lager discs, however, is whether or not current generation
HD DVO
and Blu-ray players can read the additional data, If they can' t, it may
not be as big of a deal from a HDmovie disc perspective. Toshiba expects to
have the format approved by the DVO
forum sometime in 2007, meaning we
could possibly see triple-layer HO l3YDs by the end of the year.
LG's
HD DVO/Blu-ray Combo Drives
Arguably the star of CES, LG's multi-format HQ players and burners were a
huge hit at the convention. The Super Multi Blue BH100 is the world's first
Blu-rayand HD DVDcompatible player oFfering the ability to playback Bluray, HD OVD
and standard DVDdiscs. The BH100 is the functional opposite to
Warner's Total HD hybrid disc, in that by supporting both formats, it doesn' t
matter which kind of HD disc you get. What makes this ideal is that, unlike
Warner's solution, it doesn't matter what HD format the movie studias decide
to support as the BH1DD
can play both. Furthermore, consumers can simply
purchase the cheapest version of movies that are released on both formats,
LG said the BH100 would be on store shelves the first week of February!
Rounding out their Super Multi Blue product line, LG also showed off the
GGW-H10N,a combo drive thatcan play both HD OVD and Blu-Ray discs,as
well as record dual layer Blu-ray discs at up to 4x. For the sake of
compatibility, the GGW-H10N can also burn DVDs and COs.
The launch price for both the BH100 Super Multi Blue Player and GGW-H10N
burner will be a whopping US $1,199, but the prices will undoubtedly fall as
other manufacturers release similar products throughout the year.

Warner's HO DVO/Blu-ray Hybrid Disc

This past summer, a patent was filed by Warner Bros. in which they proposed
a combination disc that housed both Blu-ray and HD OVD
movie data. While
the original patent suggested that Blu-ray and HD DVO
information could be
burned on to different layers of the same side of a disc(since Blu-ray is
burned0.1mm deep,while HD OVD data goes on a layer0.6mm deep],what
was shownatCES simply had HD DVD data on one side and Blu-ray on the
other. While this eliminates HO DVD/DVD-based hybrids(with HD DVO
on one
side and regular QVO on the other], it allows for both HD formats to use
multiple layers, which wouldn't have been the case if Warner decided to
house both types of information on the same side.
l3uring CES, Warner announced that the hybrid discs, named Total HD,
would be available in the latter half of 2002 Currently, Warner is in talks with
the other major movie studios in the hopes that, by removing the needfor
exclusivity, studios will no longer have to be Blu-ray or HD DVQ only, For
movie studios, it's equivalent to having your cake and eating it too (produce
one disc, sell to both markets], while consumers will benefit from not having Theend offormat wa rs?
to worry about which type of player they have.
If any of these new developments pan out, we could see an end to the format
wars before they' ve even really begun. Although unconventional, this type
Ti!pie-layerHO-DVDDisc
of convergence is further proof that the industry's third parties (nonTo further blur the line between HD DYD
and Blu-ray, Toshiba announced that partisan hardware manufacturers and especially the customers) really
it has created triple-lager HI3 DVDs,whose storage capacity of 51 gigabytes don't want their movies segregated into two formats. Because of this, these
surpasses that of even dual-layer Blu-ray discs (50 GB]. Not only was it abie hybrid, dual-format products should eventually achieve a decent amount of
to add an extra layer, but it alsa managed to cram in two extra gigabytes per success. It will be interesting to see if these combo drives and discs get the
layer, going from 15 GB to 17GB.Because the discs use the same production acceptance they deserve over the next year, and now more than ever I
procedure as single and dual-layer HD OVD discs, the cost of adding the suspect that both formats can co-exist with these hybrid solutions available,
additional layer will be negligible.
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was hard not to think, "Get outa here! That's gotta be a person in a robot
costume!" because the motions were convincingly human-like. In one clip,
the robot walks up to a couple seated at a table, serves them a tray of drinks,
Honda ASIMO
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Okay, this one isn't for the average consumer - yet - but nonetheless kitchen cart, looking left or right before heading off in that direction. If you
arguably the most impressive humanoid robot on the planet. One of the cruise YouTube, you' ll find videos of the ASIMO
demo at CES.
demos we were sorry to have missed seeing was ASIMO,
which finally made
its North American debut this year at the Honda booth. ASIMO is Honda's fherapy Robots
child-size humanoid robot[ASIMO stands for Advanced Step in Innovative Robotsin the service of humans was a common theme withsome ofthe
Mobility), which has been under development for more than two decades. vendors set up in the robotics area at the show. Research on the use of robot
ASIMO's predecessor, the P2 the world's first bipedal robot -was pets as a therapeutic tool has been going on for more thana decade in Japan
introduced in 1996 andlthe first ASIMO
followed in 2000. The current "new" and Europe. Living pets have known therapeutic benefits in improving the
ASIMOwas introduced in 2006.
well-being of some patients, but come with their own set of problems, such
It weighs 54 kg(120 Ib) and stands 130 cm tail[4 ft 3 in). It walks at 2.7 as allergies, extra burdens for their care and sanitation issues.
km/hr [about 1,6 mph) but can also run at up to 6 km/hr or 3,7 mph. Pet-mimicking robots don't have those problems.
According to Honda, the ASIMO
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One of the therapy robots on display was of a white seal called PARO,which
that "allows it to look directly at an adult sitting in a chair or sitting up in bed looks up, twists its body this way and that, and performs other endearing
for easy and natural communication."
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The robot has sensors that help it understand not only where it is, but what Institute(ISRI) of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and
types of objects and terrain are around it, allowing it to interact with the Technology [ISRI-AIST) in Japan, starting in 1993. PARO is now in its eighth
We have to admit to being robot fans - who can resist sarcastic beer-guzzling
robots, after al!? But until recently, it seemed like there weren't any "real"
robots available to the average consumer, If this year's show is any
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few people have much direct contact with them, so there would be less of a
credibility gap between the actions of a robot and a real seal- a significant
problem to overcome had it tried to mimic the behaviour of a dog or cat. PARD
was awarded a Guinness World Record certificate for "the most therapeutic
robot" in 2002.
Not your father's Meccano set
Meccano, best known for its do-it-yourself toys made out of various
mechanical parts, has introduced Spyke, a do-it-yourself robot with a built-in
camera and WiFi that allows you to spy on your pet, roommate or significant
other from anywhere you are in the world - all you need is an Internet The new computer club
connection. Spyke is expected in September, at a cost of US $269.
In speaking with some of the exhibitors in the robotics area, we drew an
interesting parallel between the state of robotics today and the state of
WowWee
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even in tight spaces. Later in the year, the company will release the daily life. We' re witnessing that same process today with robotics: the
RoboPanda [US $229], which surprisingly features more natural computer clubs of yesteryear are the robot clubs of today.
conversational skills than our Neanderthal pal RoboSapien. And for those It's a sure sign that the age of androids is dawning. Maybe now is the time
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Resolution Realities in the Home Theatre
How many of you bought or received a new high definition television
recently? According to industry statistics andretail reports, a lot, Millions of
HDTV units were sold during the North American gift giving season just psst.
Congrats; you' re on the way to a bigger, better television viewing
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than anein 10 households now own an HD set,only 300.000 or so are
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signals, but you' ll need an HD receiver, antenna and clear line of sight.
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It's confusing, for sure, and it's probably one reason why committees
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home theatre variables. They will need to be.
In case you didn't know, the Federal Communications Commission
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Canadian consumers will have little option but to get a digital set-top
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PC port adds little to Xbox shooter

Unfortunately, I kept getting kicked from garnes, lobbies and sometimes even
the game search screen. Assuming other players run into similar glitches, it
seems online play for the PC edition of Vegas is doomed.
Bugs aside, Rainbow Six Vegas for PC is every bit as good a game as its
console-based cousin. The problem is that PC players expect their games to be
designed to suit their specific tastes, and Vegas is simply a console game in
Windows clothing.
The industry's collective decision to focus its efforts on developing expensive
shooters for the much larger console market represents a smart business
move, butthat doesn't keep PC garners from feeling the sting of what
essentially amounts to being dumped for a prettier date. For better or worse, the
bringing it to the Wii, Xbox 360 and PlayStation3. The same goes for Far glory days of the PC shooter seem to swiftly be drawing to a close.
By Chad Sapieha
Cry; all of the sequels to the much-lauded PC original have been
developed solely for Sony, Mintendo and Microsoft's living room boxes.
Thankfully, Ubisoft designed to release its newest Rainbow Six
game avisually spectacular affair set in Sin City that sees players
hunting hundreds of terrorists amid dazzling casinos
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adding nor subtracting any content from the Xbox 360 edition. Played
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shooter, thanks partially to the general dearth of serious tactical
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