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============================================================ ********** Sponsored by Dell Small Business ********** Double Memory FREE! Select Dell Servers & Systems. http://eletters.pcmag.com/zd1/cts?d=81-1077-1-1-371668-99704-1 ************************************************************ ============================================================ Welcome to today's edition of Inside PCMag.com. With so many DVD+/- drives coming as standard equipment on PCs, we're wondering if you're putting those drives to good use. Are you editing and burning video? If so, what do you use, and how successful are you? Do all of your DVDs play on all of your set-top players? How do you feel about the video quality? Is it excellent, or just good enough? Let's talk DVD authoring in the forums. http://eletters.pcmag.com/zd1/cts?d=81-1077-1-1-371668-99707-1 IN THIS ISSUE: * Feature: Business Wireless: Your Time is Now * Dvorak Online: A Longhorn Alternative * Review: Phone Packs Features, Lacks Punch * Opinion: The Lowdown on Music Downloads * News: LEDs Light Up LCD TVs * Solutions: Online Safety at School * News: "MPAA-Supported" Raid Brings Down DVD Ring * Product News: Enhance Microsoft Outlook ============================================================ Feature: Business Wireless: Your Time is Now Businesses large and small have been frustrated as they watch employees set up home-based wireless networks while they sit on the sidelines, worried about costs, security, and IT readiness. The good news is that businesses don't have to worry anymore. Manufacturers and standards bodies are now addressing all of these concerns. We have the full outline to show you and your company how to go wireless without fear. Cut the cords and join us. http://eletters.pcmag.com/zd1/cts?d=81-1077-1-1-371668-99710-1 ============================================================ Dvorak Online: A Longhorn Alternative Microsoft's been making rather depressing announcements about its forthcoming OS, most of them having to do with lopping off major pieces of functionality. Columnist John C. Dvorak knows why Microsoft is doing this and has a suggestion for making Longhorn the OS we all want it to be, while still maintaining XP and DOS compatibility for all. Sounds fantastic and impossible, but Dvorak offers a technical outline and even a new OS name. Read, learn, and comment in the forums. URLTKTKTK ============================================================ Review: Phone Packs Features, Lacks Punch Here's a mobile-phone feature list to make your mouth water: 1.2-megapixel camera, Bluetooth, external color display, speaker-independent voice recognition, and MP3 player. Too bad all that doesn't mean the Motorola V710 adds up to a winning phone. It's a decent one, but perhaps not exactly the phone Verizon users have been waiting for. Read our full review for more details. http://eletters.pcmag.com/zd1/cts?d=81-1077-1-1-371668-99713-1 ============================================================ Opinion: The Lowdown on Music Downloads You've heard the pitches from Real, iTunes, and now MSN, but what's the reality of searching for and buying your favorite tunes on some of the biggest and newest music download services? PC Magazine editor-in-chief Michael J. Miller has taken a little survey of the field. You may be surprised at what he found. http://eletters.pcmag.com/zd1/cts?d=81-1077-1-1-371668-99716-1 ============================================================ News: LEDs Light Up LCD TVs Sony's new Qualia LCD TVs are the first to use LEDs (light-emitting diodes) instead of cathode fluorescent lamps (CCFLs) for backlights. This isn't just gee-whiz technology. LEDs promise more brilliant colors and are less damaging to the environment than the standard tubes. Get more details on what's likely to become a monitor trend in our analysis. http://eletters.pcmag.com/zd1/cts?d=81-1077-1-1-371668-99719-1 ============================================================ Solutions: Online Safety at School With the new school year in full swing, now's a good time to ask some pointed questions about the online safety programs (both virtual and real) in place at your child's grade-school and college libraries. Not sure what questions to ask? Not a problem. We have the short list. Print it out and take it with you on your next visit to the school. It could help protect your child from everything from pornography to online predators. http://eletters.pcmag.com/zd1/cts?d=81-1077-1-1-371668-99722-1 ============================================================ News: "MPAA-Supported" Raid Brings Down DVD Ring A routine traffic stop in Los Angeles results in a big DVD piracy bust and a glimpse into how the pirates do their work. http://eletters.pcmag.com/zd1/cts?d=81-1077-1-1-371668-99725-1 ============================================================ Product News: Enhance Microsoft Outlook Learn all about a collection of products that'll add features to the popular mail program. Plus, get details on an integrated project viewer, webcam manager, and more. http://eletters.pcmag.com/zd1/cts?d=81-1077-1-1-371668-99728-1 ============================================================ The PCMag.com Bookstore PC Magazine's Windows XP Solutions Ever wish they'd consulted you before they designed Windows XP? Sure, it's a great system, but there's this one feature that makes you crazy. Or that annoying problem that keeps occurring. Well, you can rely on Neil Randall and your friends at PC Magazine to correct that oversight. Here's the complete compendium of solutions to the things that bug you, threaten your security, slow you down, or other-wise prevent Windows XP from running like it should. http://eletters.pcmag.com/zd1/cts?d=81-1077-1-1-371668-99731-1 PC Magazine Guide to Home Networking Ready to plunge into creating your own home network? 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