Letter from the Editor

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MOBILE COMPUTING

And I think to myself, what a portable world
With more individual consumers buying mobile PCs,
manufacturers are tailoring products for this market

TCP’s guide to notebook PCs in Canada

How to buy a handheld computer

How to buy a portable computer

Palm reading
Peanut press turns handheld devices into books

The shape of portable things to come

Ultraportables offer more computer in less space

RIM pager includes tiny keyboard

Business notebooks must support corporate preload

TCP TEST LAB

Power up!
TCP looks at high-end desktop systems

TECH ENTERPRISE

Layering your computer security

Data backup methods
High capacity alternatives replacing tape drives

Hardware to protect your hardware

The Melissa aftermath
Virus a fable for Age of Technological Nervousness

Personal encryption easier with Navaho Lock

Keeping your files from prying eyes

Microsoft Web commerce expands

Office ephemeralization
Digital advances mean doing more with less

LAN Line: NetWare has something for everyone

On The Go: Latest technology not always best

British researcher predicts most Y2K problems will occur this year

Canadian banks issue Y2K guarantee

Firms dumping data to avoid Y2K problems

In brief

NEWS

Jobs! Jobs! Jobs!
New Canadian career resources

Compaq’s wild ride
Resignations follow Innovate 99 showcase

Web site offers self-publishers sales

Lucent pushes MP3 alternative

IDC predicts expansion of online auctions

Letterpost.com turns email postal

Firm tracks mobile Internet market

RealNetworks launches PC jukebox

Web surfing in car goal of voice project

HARDWARE

Going digital with Advantix negs
Kodak’s APS scanner bridges film, digital imaging

SOFTWARE

Natural media imaging for the Net
Painter 5.5 a function-advanced pixel and object-based digital natural media simulator

Java and Visual Basic: programming’s new breed

MAC ARENA

QuickTime 4.0 streaming video beta released

ONLINE

10 Web sites to help you find a summer job

Weaving your own Web site: Part 45
An in-depth look at Cascading Style Sheets: Part 4

Phantom Menace clip a hit on the Web

TUCOWS

Messages in an instant

BOOKS

Guide written for network newbies

CDs

Gutenberg disc rich but raw resource

KIDS

Reader Rabbit remake remains strong

TRAINING

Make it fit
Techniques for trimming text

THE LAST BYTE

The fun we had
Associate editor Jeff Evans reminisces about the “personal” computer revolution