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Low End PC Archive. March 2003

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• Review: Quill gripless ergonomic mouse, Charles W. Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings, Low End Mac, 03.31. Uniquely designed mouse reorients hand, greatly reduces stress on wrist and fingers.
• Analysis: The definitive desktop environment comparison, Eugenia Loli-Queru, OSNews, 03.17. WinXP, BeOS 6, OS X, KDE, and Gnome compared for look and feel, usability, stability, and much more.
• Tech: Verizon to unveil ultra-fast wireless, Christopher Stern, Washington Post, 03.17. G3 technology enables 2.4 Mbps wireless networking.
• Advice: Safe and secure online ordering, Steve Watkins, The Practical Mac, Low End Mac, 03.18. "By employing a few safeguards, you can greatly reduce the chances that you will fall victim to Internet fraud."
• Opinion: Fuel cells: Better batteries mean better portables, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive, Low End Mac, 03.14. Fuel cells could provide power for a full day of computing and reduce the weight of laptops. Are there any drawbacks?
• Web: Another one BYTEs the dust, BYTE, 03.13. BYTE.com has moved to 100% subscription-based access. Thank goodness we have free alternatives.
• Tech: An introduction to 64-bit computing and x86-64, Jon 'Hannibal' Stokes, ars technica, 03.11. "he present article outlines what AMD hopes is the next step in x86's evolution: x86-64. "
• News: McDonald's to offer wireless Internet, AOL.com, 03.11. "...McDonald's restaurants in three U.S. cities will offer one hour of free high-speed access to anyone who buys a combination meal."
• Virus: Network worm uses weak Windows passwords, John Leyden, The Register, 03.10. "Say hello to a network worm which attempts to compromise and spread through Windows machines with weak, default passwords."
• Humor: Apple-Microsoft cold war turns hot, Jeff Adkins, The Lite Side, Low End Mac, 03.11. Situation quickly escalates as one-time partners take off the gloves and go for the jugular.
• Tech: Neah Power gives charge to laptops, Paul Andrews, E-conomy, Seattle Times, 03.10. "Here's what the company foresees: eight-plus hours on a fuel cell that weighs a third as much as a conventional lithium-ion battery...."
• Analysis: With Pentium M, Intel embraces the relativity theory, Rob Pegoraro, Fast Forward, Washington Post, 03.09. Intel's new Centrino processor for portables runs quickly, but will have to overcome the MHz Myth to find acceptance.
• News: Paypal customers target of apparent scam, Paul Roberts, MacCentral, 03.08. "The e-mail appears to come from 'info@paypal.com' and has a subject line that reads 'Your PayPal account is Limited.'"
• Advice: 9 free POP3 email services and 2 low cost ones, Charles W. Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings, 03.10. Nine no cost email sources that work with your email software - and two low-cost alternatives.
• Tech: Will your next laptop have an OLED display and be powered by a fuel cell?, Charles W. Moore, Applelinks, 03.06. Kodak announces first digicam with optical LED (OLED). Toshiba shows prototype fuel-cell powered latptop computer.
• News: Kodak unveils world's first digital camera with OLED display, Digital Photography Review, 03.02. We've been waiting years for OLEDs to come to market. Benefits: low cost and no need for a backlight, which should improve battery life.
• Humor: The Borg vs. Microsoft, iGeek, 03.03. "Apparently the Borg have found the internal 'Windows' module named 'Solitaire' and it has used up all the CPU capacity."
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