What You Need to Know about All Things PC
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The Naked PC - http://www.TheNakedPC.com What You Need to Know about All Things PC Publisher: Lee Hudspeth and T.J. Lee Editor in Chief: Dan Butler Contributing Editor: Al Gordon This issue is for Thursday, January 25, 2001 - Vol. 4 No. 2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Table of Contents ** 01. Letter from the Publisher ** 02. Affordable All-in-one Print, Scanner, Fax Machines (by Al Gordon) ** 03. Search Engines - From Payments to Penalties (by T.J. Lee) ** 04. Information in the Right Hands - Revisited (by Dan Butler) ** 05. Electricity, Rolling Blackouts, and Computers (by T.J. Lee) ** 06. Featured Book - "Dynamic HTML: The Definitive Reference" by Danny Goodman ** 07. Featured Product - Tellme (new features) ** 08. Featured FAQ - Almost Every file format in the world ** 09. Newsworthy - a potpourri of current events and interesting stuff ** 10. We Get Mail ** 01. Letter from the Publisher We'd like to welcome all our new subscribers who joined the Naked Horde after TNPC was mentioned in Lockergnome last week. We hope you enjoy TNPC and please feel free to visit our Web site: http://www.TheNakedPC.com/index2.html We'd like to let all our readers know that the Lockergnome himself, our good friend and fellow publisher, Chris Pirillo, is launching a new e-zine called "Digital Media." This newsletter covers MP3s, streaming audio and video destinations, online radio stations, interesting multimedia hardware and software, Webcam pages, DVD reviews and specials, and anything digitally entertaining. Be sure to check it out: http://www.lockergnome.com/ Meanwhile, back at the ranch... in this issue Al tackles a topic that's been near and dear to Jim's heart ever since he read a piece by Lincoln Specter about a mythical machine (at the time, laser printers went for about $3,000.00) that combined a laser printer with a fax machine and scanner. He called it a "Skippy" and Jim followed the development of this multifunction beastie with great interest over the years. Al has some great news about the technology and the pricing of these machines in this issue. Dan follows up on his article about having critical personal information in the right hands in this issue (his article last issue generated a whopping amount of email). Jim checks in with more on search engines and profitability on the Web as well as some timely tips for anyone expecting power problems (like the entire state of California!). Our Web site's Hot Hardware box--that appears towards the bottom left area of each page--has switched from a list of hot handhelds to hot broadband Internet connection gateways/routers so stop by the TNPC Web site and check it out. As always, reader support is what keeps TNPC free, so PLEASE help us and pass a copy of TNPC on to co-workers and friends (no spam please!) and remember to always say "I saw it in TNPC!" http://www.TheNakedPC.com/refer/ So now you know. +++------------------------- sponsor -------------------------+++ DIGITAL MEDIA E-mail Newsletter: FREE from Lockergnome! http://www.lockergnome.com/ * MP3s * Streaming Audio & Video * Internet Radio * * Webcams * DVD reviews * Top Multimedia Software * mailto:joinmedia@lockergnome.com +++------------------------- sponsor -------------------------+++ ** 02. Affordable All-in-one Print, Scanner, Fax Machines (by Al Gordon) All-in-one machines--printer-scanner-fax copier-fax combinations- -always used to strike me as proof of the principle, "Don't put all your eggs in one basket." While all-in-ones have space-saving virtues, the danger is that if one of the components has to be repaired, then they all are out of commission. And the combos never used to offer the quality of good individual units. The print, scan, or fax capabilities typically had low-end specs. But Hewlett Packard seems to be trying to change that; most especially with its new "G" series, which is aimed at business and power users. Specs have become more attractive and pricing has become a virtue. The price of the top model aimed at individual users, the G85, has just been cut to under $600--a reduction of 200 bucks. Hewlett Packard OfficeJet G85 All In One http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/402/tr.cgi?al1 That pushes it into "Best Buy"--with two capital "B's" -- territory. The price gets you: * A flatbed scanner-copier-fax with an automatic document feeder; * 600 x 3600 dpi optical, (up to 9600 dpi enhanced), 36-bit color scan resolution; * 600x600 dpi black text printing, up to 2400x1200 dpi color printing, at 12 pages per minute black, a claimed 10 ppm color. (As with all printer speed claims, remember that is supposedly based on printing the same page multiple times--and 10 ppm for color is, shall we say, highly optimistic.) * Fax memory rated at 125 pages and 125 speed dials. * A software bundle that includes "Director" software to link the unit to your PC. This allows you to fax an electronic document from the PC without having to print it first, or to use your Outlook address book to send a fax. The software bundle is helpful for those getting started, but the serious user will want better graphics programs and OCR programs than the included items. The G series has bi-directional USB connections, a first for HP, which simplifies the setup task. However, no USB cable is supplied--which is silly at this price point. It does come with a special proprietary cable for parallel port hookups. The unit supports all flavors of Windows and also the Mac OS. One oddity of the new price is that the $1,000, top-line G95 intended for networked workgroups, has become a worst buy. Hewlett Packard G95 OfficeJet http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/402/tr.cgi?al2 The G95 has the specs of the G85 and adds a JetDirect print server ($100 when purchased separately) plus a duplex attachment for automatic two-sided copying (a $79 add-on). The G95 is intended for corporate budgets and lottery winners. But a little arithmetic tells us that you can buy a G85, add the print server and duplex "a la carte" and still save 220 bucks. Hewlett Packard JetDirect 70X Print Server http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/402/tr.cgi?al3 At a lower price point, the K series has similar functions and software to the G series, but forgoes the flatbed in favor of a fax-type sheet feeder. The K60 is a $400 item aimed at home user, and has lower resolution than either the G85 or the G95. Hewlett Packard K60 OfficeJet http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/402/tr.cgi?al4 The K80 has G85/95-level image quality. But its $500 price is less attractive than it used to be since the G85's price cut. Hewlett Packard K80 OfficeJet http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/402/tr.cgi?al5 You can reach Al Gordon at: mailto:al@TheNakedPC.com +++------------------------- sponsor -------------------------+++ PHOTON MICRO-LIGHTS! Our Photon Micro-Lights continue to be a best seller beyond our wildest expectations! Reader comments pour in: "I bought 3 [and] am now ordering 4 more and the Accessory Kit to give away as gifts" "Liked the first 2, and decided to get 6 more" "very bright - they're GREAT!" Micro-Lights are the BRIGHTEST flashlights for their size in the WORLD. Reliable, incredibly bright light for any situation. These LED marvels produce light in your choice of Red, Orange, or Yellow; superbrights: Green, Turquoise, Blue, or White. Order today! http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/402/tr.cgi?sponsor2 +++------------------------- sponsor -------------------------+++ ** 03. Search Engines - From Payments to Penalties (by T.J. Lee) Back in TNPC #3.25 I wrote about how the Internet was slowly moving from an "everything is free" to an "everything for a fee" model (and I caught some serious flack over the improper use of the word "model," but I digress). This trend will affect every computer user who surfs the Internet. That just about covers everyone whether you pay directly or not as I'll explain, all because of what's happening with the search engines we use to find things on the Web. As I said in that prior article the major player Web search engines are offering a pay for placement plan (where Web page creators pay money to have their site show up higher in a list of returned hits, regardless of whether their site has more relevant content). Furthermore, many engines now allow folks to pay a fee to get their site "considered" for listing in its page database ahead of other sites that do not pay the consideration fee. I believe Yahoo! was the first to come up with this idea. Yahoo! has always been a very difficult engine to get pages listed in. You'd submit your pages, you'd check back, you'd submit again, you'd check back, it could takes weeks or months before you could actually find your pages by searching in Yahoo!, if they showed up at all. Not being blind to the concept of supply and demand the geeks at Yahoo! came up the idea of making the masses pay just to be "considered." For a fee Yahoo! promises to review pages and consider them for inclusion in their database. This fee doesn't guarantee the pages are actually listed, but it gets them to the top of the stack for sites to be looked at. And it paid off for Yahoo!. Now most of the main search engines have a consideration fee program and more Webmasters are shelling out the bucks to ensure that their pages at least get looked at. Considering the sheer volume of Web pages out there, this approach makes some sense. If someone is willing to pay to be considered, the theory goes, then their site must have some sort of valid content worthy of consideration. This theory would, hopefully, let the search engines pay a bit more attention to sites that are more relevant. If you create Web sites you've no doubt wrestled with whether or not to pay for consideration or just stick with the "submit URL" free method and hope for the best. But things have gotten a lot more interesting in the search engine listing game. Inktomi has recently stated that pages submitted via their free "submit URL" link will actually be penalized in search result listings, that is they'll appear farther down the list than pages listed via the paid consideration method or that are found by their Web-crawling spider. This time the theory goes that the pages submitted via the free submit URL link only encourages low quality pages getting into the listings. Danny Sullivan who runs the Search Engine Watch site clued me in to what was happening at Inktomi and how this can impact the listing of pages. Danny is one of the Web's foremost authorities on what the search engines are doing at any given time. He expects that search engines will eventually stop accepting free submissions of Web pages altogether and I agree with him. He thinks that the best way to get a Web site listed and prominently placed is via the various link crawling spiders that the search engines have running around the Web. The spider program goes to a page and follows the links on that page to find other pages. The more links leading to a page the more relevant the spider ranks that page. This is, I believe, the most reasonable theory yet... a page that has good content will have more links pointing to it from other pages than do pages that no one links to. This means that the more sites that link to a page, the better that page will fare in the search engines. This is known as getting a good "popularity" rating. This is the reason that Webmasters are more aggressive about requesting links to their pages. Which reminds me, if you have a Web site of your own please link to our newsletter page and proclaim your proud membership in the Naked Horde! Hey, we even have some suitable graphics you can use: http://www.TheNakedPC.com/horde.html Shameless self-promotion aside, the search engines and the results they provide affect all of us. This trend to get everything on a paying business basis will have a significant impact on how the Web works. If you want to find out more about search engines and what they're up to, check out Danny's Search Engine Watch site. http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/402/tr.cgi?sew You can reach T.J. Lee at: mailto:tj_lee@TheNakedPC.com ** 04. Information in the Right Hands - Revisited (by Dan Butler) Last issue's article (TNPC #4.01) on being prepared for emergencies with the information you need struck a chord with many of you. There were two basic responses. The vast majority of you agreed that gathering and sharing the key information that would be needed by your neighbors in the event of a serious emergency is a good idea. However, some of you expressed concern over even approaching your neighbors and were especially leery of sharing any of your personal information with them for various reasons. This is an unfortunate sign of our troubled times perhaps. You can read the previous article here: http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/402/tr.cgi?dan1 If you are uncomfortable sharing information with your neighbors consider this as an alternative. TNPCer Jeff K., an EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) with the Glen Cove, New York, Emergency Medical Services, has a form with all the information that could help emergency personnel save valuable time when treating you, your neighbor, or a loved one. Jeff says, "Properly filled out, it contains name, address, birth date, medical histories of surgeries, chronic illness, emergency contacts, physician contacts and medications being taken. It is invaluable for those who are elderly, chronically ill, and live alone. When they can't communicate, it helps the emergency worker in providing proper care." Find the form in PDF format here: http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/402/tr.cgi?dan2 (Note this is a PDF file and requires Adobe Acrobat to view.) Fill the form out for each member of the household and have it available should an emergency arise. I would also put your local emergency services phone numbers in place of the Glen Cove information at the top and bottom of the form. Make sure each member of your family knows where this information is kept in the event that emergency service personnel need it. You might have a copy in an envelope plainly labeled EMERGENCY MEDICAL INFO stuck on your refrigerator to it is readily accessible. If warranted you might consider having this information on the person of anyone in your family that has a medical condition that could complicate treatment in an emergency. In every case it's good to be prepared. You never know what will happen. Last issue I told the tale of what happened to my neighbor and how not having any contact information greatly complicated what turned out to be an extremely grave situation. I personally have been in a car fire, hail storms (tennis ball size), and a tall building hit by a tornado (less than 50 feet from me) all within the last couple of years. You just never know. When emergencies strike you have plenty to think about. Have your information ready, it could save your life. Dan Butler can be reached at: mailto:danbutler@thenakedpc.com ** 05. Electricity, Rolling Blackouts, and Computers (by T.J. Lee) California is in the grip of record power shortages and Stage Three crisis warnings. Lee Hudspeth and I are both carrying extra Micro-Lights around with us and have insisted our kids and spouses have one handy at all times in case the lights suddenly go out! Usually we talk about electrical problems and computers in the spring here in the Northern Hemisphere since that is when we experience electrical storms around the U.S., but since the rolling blackouts have us all thinking about power let's cover the basics in this issue. You have to protect your system from three power conditions. The first is too much power coming out of the wall (i.e., power surges). The second is too little power, known as a "sag." We don't often think about low power but a sag can make your computer suddenly reboot itself, making you think there's a ghost in the machine. The lights may not flicker and the radio keeps playing but a sag can cause a spontaneous reboot. Last is line noise. The solution to these three power condition risks is: the right hardware. For most home users the first line of electrical defense is a "surge protector." This is usually a power strip into which you plug a CPU, monitor, printer, speakers, and maybe a desk lamp. Someone in this scenario typically sets up the system, plugs everything in, and promptly forgets about it until an electrical problem arises. Two problems right off the bat with this approach. First is the practice of plugging in as many pieces of equipment as there are outlets on the strip. This almost always places too much load on the wattage rating of the strip, which is drawing all its power from a single outlet, which means a single circuit in your house. The second problem is that surge strips use metal-oxide varistors (MOVs) to connect the hot side of the circuit to the ground side. At normal voltages MOVs don't conduct electricity but when a surge of power hits them they conduct and shunt the load to the ground. This method of protection assumes your outlet is properly grounded. It's not a bad idea to examine the plugs you use for your electronic equipment--computers, stereo, big screen TV, etc.--and make sure they're properly grounded. The problem with MOV technology is that not only are they only good against relatively low power spikes (in the 5-6 kiloamp range), MOVs deteriorate over time due to the minor fluctuations in day to day power coming out of the wall. There's no way to look at a surge suppressor and tell if the MOVs are working. Even if the MOVs are working they won't do anything to protect you from sags or line noise. Your best bet to deal with surges, sags, and line noise is to hook your equipment up to an uninterruptible power supply (UPS). Most people think that a UPS is primarily used as a power backup to keep your computer running when the lights go out. That's a nice feature but really secondary to its power conditioning abilities. The battery will only run your system for a short time, usually measured in minutes, just enough time to save your files and shut down your system. A UPS takes the power coming out of your wall and uses it to keep an internal battery charged. The battery provides the electricity that actually powers your computer. This ensures a steady, even flow of electricity filtering out line noise and providing protection from surges and sags. UPS devices can protect against surges in the 50-500 kiloamp range (which is what you can get if lightning strikes a power pole near you). A nice benefit of the higher end models is that they come with software that will monitor your Windows computer and in the event that the power goes out and no one is at the keyboard it tells Windows to Shut Down. Lee reviewed several UPS models in TNPC #2.24: http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/402/tr.cgi?roll1 Like the power strip it's important to get a UPS with enough umph to power the equipment you'll be plugging into it. If you have our book "T.J. Lee and Lee Hudspeth's Absolute Beginner's Guide to PC Upgrades" check chapter 10, "Adding Power Protection," for a discussion on how to calculate your requirements and the steps for installing a UPS on your system. If you're concerned about the power going out due to electrical storms, planned rolling blackouts as we're having in California, or other causes don't just rely on your UPS and go merrily on your way. If there's a good possibility that your power will go out be sure to shut down your computer and turn it off. Shut the UPS down as well and as an added precaution unplug the UPS from the wall outlet. If you're working on your computer and the power suddenly goes out an alarm on the UPS will sound and you should close your programs, shut down your computer, shut down the UPS, then unplug the UPS from the outlet. Unplugging is important because when power is restored the power company boosts the amperage because of the load on the grid caused by all the appliances that were left on when the power stopped. It takes a boost to get them all running again so they spike the power. While your UPS can protect your equipment from a surge, the spike will not do your UPS any good and since you know it's coming so you should unplug it. Research any UPS you may purchase carefully. A UPS may have seven outlets but it's better than even money that some of those outlets will not be conditioned power from the battery but only protected via MOVs. For example, on my main UPS there are 7 outlets but only 4 offer battery power. The other 3 are MOV surge protected only. Finally, be aware of all the entry points into your computer. You can unplug your computer from the wall only to have your motherboard get fried because of a lightning strike to your telephone line, right into your modem and into your motherboard. You can get surge suppressors for your phone lines as well and it's well worth considering (many UPS models include this as a built-in feature). If you have more than one computer connected by a network be mindful that a surge hitting one unprotected machine can conceivably run through your network and affect other systems. Be wary of any entry point where a conductive cable is plugged into your computer. You can reach T.J. Lee at: mailto:tj_lee@TheNakedPC.com +++------------------------- sponsor -------------------------+++ FREE PREMIUM multi-follow up/multi-response AUTORESPONDERS! 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However, keep in mind that there is no panacea for the problems inherent in working with dynamic HTML--we, like everyone else, have been running in circles getting cascading style sheets to behave and our JavaScript code running smoothly. This book is a solid resource that every Web site developer should have. http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/402/tr.cgi?fbook ** 07. Featured Product - Tellme (new features) Last July (TNPC #3.15) we featured an unusual service called Tellme. Tellme works with your telephone not your computer, giving you access to Web-based information providers where you listen to requested information. You request any of Tellme's 20 plus services by simply speaking the name of the service. For example, Jim needed directions to get to a client's office in Fresno the other day. Calling Tellme he just said "Driving Directions" (a new Tellme service just added), was prompted for his starting point, his destination, then given detailed instructions on how to get where he was going. It was very detailed along the lines of "turn LEFT on Bullard and proceed 1 mile." Tellme's estimate on total distance and driving time was dead on as well. Since we last mentioned Tellme they've added Driving Directions, Ski Reports, expanded their Traffic reports to more cities, the ability to be instantly connected to a local taxi company, and a feature where you can program Tellme to give you a preset list of reports by saying "Tellme My Favorites." Their new Travel service will instantly connect you to any of 150 airlines, 50 hotels, or 11 car rental agencies. This is in addition to their Movies, Horoscope, Stock Quotes, Weather, Soap Opera recaps, Lottery number announcements, Sports, and Restaurants services. They've also continued their policy of two minutes free long distance calling to any number you want in the United States. You can find out more about Tellme at their Web site or by trying the service (it's FREE!) at 800-555-8355. Unfortunately, Tellme is still limited to U.S. residents at this time. http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/402/tr.cgi?fprod ** 08. Featured FAQ - Almost Every file format in the world Ever come across a file extension that made you scratch your head and ponder, "Now, what program could have created that?" Us too. It's very maddening when Windows offers no help at all (other than the lame Open With dialog). Well, ponder no more! Ace.net down in New Zealand has a tech page that contains an extensive list of file extensions and the program names of the applications most likely to have created them. A very handy site to have bookmarked. http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/402/tr.cgi?ffaq1 +++-----------------------------------------------------------+++ WANT TO GET YOUR WORD OUT? Classified ads in The Naked PC can be yours for ridiculously low prices. Get your message out to over 61,000 TNPC subscribers. http://www.TheNakedPC.com/tnpcadvertising.html?v4i2 +++-----------------------------------------------------------+++ ** 09. Newsworthy - a potpourri of current events and interesting stuff *-* Keybowl Inc. has a new keyboard gizmo called the orbiTouch Keyless Keyboard. The product is aimed at users suffering with repetitive strain injuries (RSI), arthritis, paralysis, missing fingers, and neuromuscular disorders. They claim users can type at 50% of their regular keyboard speed after only five hours of working on the new orbiTouch. http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/402/tr.cgi?news1 *-* There's new hysteria over the Melissa virus. Get the straight scoop from Rob Rosenberger on why the anti-virus vendors have declared this a new virus when the evidence shows that it's the same old virus from last year. http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/402/tr.cgi?news2 *-* Lots of hoopla over Microsoft's announced Visual Studio.Net that will be comprised of the .NET versions of MS's current suite of development languages. But all is not happy in the Visual Basic world. VB.Net is so different from Visual Basic that developers have said that trying to convert an existing VB application would take longer than just rewriting it from scratch. http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/402/tr.cgi?news3 *-* It's been called revolutionary, it's been said that cities will be built around it. Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it the next big thing for the high-tech industry? Code-named "Ginger" just what the heck is it? It's the brain child of inventor Dean Kamen, the guy who invented a wheelchair that can negotiate stairs, and Dean isn't saying what the heck it is. But we've received a hint from a well-connected TNPCer... think scooters. http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/402/tr.cgi?news4 Get more Newsworthy bits on the TNPC Web site: http://www.thenakedpc.com/newsworthy/ Have you come across something newsworthy? Drop us a line: mailto:hottips@TheNakedPC.com ** 10. We Get Mail TNPCer Tom K. read Jim's discussion of game consoles as DVD movie players last issue (TNPC #4.01) and wants to warn readers, "Sony is aware that there are many DVDs the PS2 can NOT playback! I tried 9 DVDs from different manufacturers, all new releases, and the PS2 was not able to play any of them without encountering skips or lockups! Two of the DVDs the PS2 could not play at all." Tom sent us a very in-depth report of his experience which you can read up on our Letters to the Editor page: http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/402/tr.cgi?letters1 TNPCer W.V.M. has experienced the problems we've been talking about with Hotmail and the links in TNPC. "The problem is that with Hotmail, links embedded in email 'time out' fairly quickly. It's not at all unusual that, during the time it took him to read the articles and decides to try the links, a reader will find that all of the embedded links will have timed out. [That's why] hitting the 'Refresh' button on the page displaying the newsletter before clicking on a link and all the links work correctly again--including redirections and automatic updates, until it times out again." Now that we know why Hotmail is choking on our links (a timeout problem), the refresh solution is more understandable. TNPCer Kristi D. had this to say about Micro-Lights, "First of all, let me say the lights were a hit at Christmas! 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