Power User: Who needs a Linux PDA? Sharp users, that's who
The fight for market share among makers of personal digital assistants mostly involves Handspring Inc., Hewlett-Packard Corp. and Palm Inc., but Sharp Electronics Corp. has a good claim to creating the first PDA. It's Zaurus even predates the Apple Newton.
Reporting for duty
Laser printers were amazing devices when Hewlett-Packard Co. first introduced them in 1984'about the same time PCs were getting hard drives.
Dynamic content
Static Web pages have been the focus of most agency Web projects, but dynamic content and interactivity are now on the agenda.
Power User: Stay up-to-date on archives, e-mail traces and bugs
Ever want to turn back Internet time and see what your agency's Web home page looked like a few years ago? Check out <a href="http://www.archive.org">www.archive.org</a>. The site is attempting to store all Web pages. That's a pretty tall order, but take a look at how well it's done so far.
Power User: Search, drag, back up. Organize your favorites
If you do online research, your Favorites list is probably as long and disorganized as mine. Microsoft Internet Explorer has no good way to manage favorite links or find specific ones.
Keys to access
A key phrase in the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 orders employers to 'make reasonable accommodations' for disabled employees and others.
POWER USER
Despite security concerns about Microsoft Corp.'s Passport authentication initiative, the chances are good that many Windows users will find themselves dealing with the company's .Net computing paradigm'not next year but soon.
Power User: You can get a commanding view in Windows 2000
Power users who miss the convenience of MS-DOS commands can still find them under Microsoft Windows 2000.
Power User: Less could be more
Remember the BeOS operating system? It's fast, stable and a multimedia user's dream. Unfortunately, it never became much more than a dream because its low sales limited the development of hardware drivers.
Rated XP
Microsoft Corp.'s newest operating system is an evolutionary, rather than revolutionary, development. Although it lacks a lot of startling new tools or features, Windows XP does integrate existing Windows features more tightly and adds some enhancements in the multimedia area. XP also greatly enhances workgroup capabilities, especially over the Web.
POWER USER
OK, I'm cheap, I won't deny it. Except for a good chair and up-to-date computer hardware, my office looks like a war surplus discard pile. Maybe your government office does, too.
POWER USER
By next month, Microsoft Windows XP will be the only operating system shipped on most new PCs. It works better with legacy software than Windows 2000 did, and it is every bit as stable.
POWER USER
Early this year, a witchy combination of backup utilities completely ruined one of my PC hard drives [<a href=http://www.gcn.com/vol20_no4/tech-report/3669-1.html>GCN, Feb. 19, Page 24</a>]. Not wanting to risk anything like that again when I upgraded a 500-MHz Compaq Presario PC to accept interchangeable operating systems, I turned to Dirt Cheap Drives Inc. of Dickinson, Texas.
POWER USER
As prices plunge for personal digital assistant devices, agencies are starting to buy in. PDAs can be fantastic tools, and I myself carry one everywhere, but I'm acutely aware that they're a first-class security headache.
POWER USER
Microsoft Windows XP will be the only operating system shipped on most PCs by January. It works better with legacy software than Windows 2000 was, and it is every bit as stable.
POWER USER
Anyone can use a fire extinguisher, but only trained personnel should use medical equipment. True?
POWER USER
You wouldn't think I'd have trouble finding weather information.
POWER USER
As prices plunge for personal digital assistant devices, agencies are starting to buy in. PDAs can be fantastic tools, and I myself carry one everywhere, but I'm acutely aware that they're a first-class security headache.
Invite IM in or it could take a back door
If you haven't used instant messaging, you have no idea how useful it is.
Portable PCs that do what PDAs do not
Lightweight, low-cost notebook PCs hold the middle ground of mobile computing. At one end, they're an attractive alternative to bigger notebooks because they save money and weight while packing enough computing power to get most jobs done.
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