News Archives for Fourth Quarter 1998
DSL Dictionary-Thursday, December 17, 1998
ADSL - Asymmetric DSL can provide 6Mbps downstream and 640K upstream. Often used synonymously with DSL. DSL - Digital subscriber line service; a family of communication standards for POTS copper-pair wiring.
McAfee Virus Info Library: W97/X97M Shiver virus-December 14, 1998
Shiver is the first Macro virus, which is truly able to infect both Word documents and Excel spreadsheets created under Word 97 and Excel 97.
Wearable PCs-November 25, 1998
Wearable PC pioneers Xybernaut Corp. and ViA Inc. in recent months have introduced slimmer, trimmer and more powerful systems that promise to appeal to a broader range of user. Need proof? Engineers at Ford Motor Corp. and runners on the New York Stock Exchange are now using ViA's ViA II. By the end of next year, IBM could endorse the trend when it is expected to deliver a wearable PC, tentatively dubbed Visionpad, based on its ThinkPad 560 notebook. The new systems overcome two major shortcomings of first-generation wearable PCs -- power and size. IBM's prototype, for example, uses an Intel Corp. 233MHz Pentium with MMX Technology and includes 64MB RAM and an IBM microdrive, which can squeeze 340MB of data on a drive the size of a CompactFlash Type II card. IBM plans to rely upon a head-mounted display supporting 800-by-600 resolution and 16-bit color, although the current display is still in development. For input, IBM is forgoing a keyboard in favor of its ViaVoice voice-dictation software, though a USB (Universal Serial Bus) keyboard will be available as an accessory. With a mandate for light computing, the device should slip in weighing only 10.5 ounces.
The New USB Zip® Drive-November 24, 1998
Universal Serial Bus (USB) technology is the emerging standard for connections to your computer. Finally, with the major players of the computer industry building USB ports into nearly all new computer systems, this state-of-the-art interface makes good on the long-touted promise of simple plug-and-play capability. Meanwhile, Apple and Microsoft have engineered support for USB into the recent release of Mac OS 8.1 for the iMac and Windows 98. USB-equipped PCs running Windows 98 and iMac systems can now move beyond traditional SCSI or parallel port interfaces and begin utilizing USB advantages available from the USB Zip drive.
USB Zip drive benefits:
*Easy to connect. Plug it in, connect the USB cable to the computer, and install the IomegaWare software. Done!
*Hot swappable. Once the IomegaWare software has been loaded, remove and swap the Zip® drive with other USB devices without rebooting your computer. When you need to reconnect your USB Zip drive, just plug the USB cable back into the computer and it's ready to go.
*Simple, lightweight cable. The USB Zip drive's translucent blue cable is thin, light weight and connects easily to your computer.
*Connect Multiple USB devices. Using USB hubs, you can daisy chain up to 127 devices, including the USB Zip drive, on a single USB port.
Broadband Initiative-November 9, 1998
The Broadband Initiative's mission is to increase the content capacity to the PC. That means cultivating technologies and specifications for networks to significantly increase their ability to deliver to computer users, such as: Full-motion video, High-quality video conferencing, Animated 3D images, & High-fidelity audio.
