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CONTENTS
My Notes:
1=> CompuNotes Notes, None this Issue,
mailto:pgrote@i1.net
2=> This Issue's Winner!
News:
3=> News of the Week, mailto:pgrote@i1.net
Reviews:
4=> Product: Civilization: Call to Power, game
Reviewed By: Doug Reed, mailto:dr2web@sprynet.com
5=> Product: Cool 3D(tm) v2.5, graphics
Reviewed By: Howard Carson, mailto:howardcarson@home.com
6=> Product: The Complete Small Business Internet Guide, book
Reviewed By: Bev Walton-Porter, mailto:scrybr8@enid.com
7=> Product: Webster Browser (IE4/5 add-on), utility
Reviewed By: Howard Carson, mailto:howardcarson@home.com
8=> Product: Winfax Pro Version 9.0, business
Reviewed By: Don Hughes, mailto:dhughes@home.com
1=> CompuNotes Notes, None this Issue,
mailto:pgrote@i1.net
2=> Winner!
This week's winner: esrubin@PACBELL.NET.
3=> News and Game Bits, mailto:pgrote@i1.net or
mailto:dr2web@sprynet.com
The Amiga is Coming Back ... Really . . .
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Back Orifice 2000 is Released ... Beware . . .
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Hackers Hack ... Themselves . . .
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Ask Jeeves Flunks his Test . . .
http://www.businessweek.com/cgi-bin/ebiz/ebiz_frame.pl?url=/ebiz/9907/
el0709.htm
Ebay Starts a Magazine ... I Wonder if it will Crash . . .
http://www.cnnfn.com/news/technology/newsbytes/133220.html
Another Ebay Outage . . .
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2291755,00.html
Everyone has an "E-pinion" . . .
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/filters/bursts/0,3422,2291766,00.html
Student Loans Online . . .
http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/20656.html
4=> Product: Civilization: Call to Power, game
Reviewed By: Doug Reed, mailto:dr2web@sprynet.com
Requirements: Win 95/98, P-133, 32 MB RAM, 320 MB hard drive space
(+80 MB for swap space), 16-bit high color video card, 4x CDROM, sound
card
Reviewed on: Pentium-166, 16x CDROM, Win 98, 48 MB RAM, Intense 3D
Voodoo
Recommended: modem, Internet connection
MSRP: $34.99
If you read the box for Civilization: Call to Power (hereafter
CCTP) you will seen the proclamation that this is the newest version
of Civilization, the popular all-time classic strategy game originally
designed by Sid Meier. Don't let appearances fool you, however, CCTP
is related to the original Civilization (and its sequel, Civ II)
primarily by name only; CCTP is almost an entirely new beast. CCTP is
the brainchild of Activision, which gained access to the name after a
court battle which saw Microprose (publisher of Civ and Civ II) and
Avalon Hill (publisher of board games using the Civ name) each
claiming that one or the other of the three parties was infringing on
the copyright. The lawsuits were settled with the agreement that
Microprose has the rights to the name but would license the
Civilization name to Activision. I wanted to get that out in the open
because if you are expecting a "new" version of the original Civ or
Civ II, you will be in for quite a surprise. CCTP borrows several
elements from Civ/Civ II, but adds entirely new ones and mixes the
whole thing up to produce an entirely new experience.
CCTP is a hog of hard drive real estate - eating up some 320 MB of
hard drive space. With that all that real estate comes some pretty
looking graphics, easily the best of this genre of turn-based strategy
games (also called 4 X games, for eXpand, eXplore, eXploit, and
eXterminate). If you have sufficient hardware, the game defaults to a
1024x768 mode, although I found the resulting units to be pretty tiny
on my 15-inch monitor and reset it to 800x600 instead. Unfortunately,
the game requires that you exit the game and restart it in order for
the new mode to work (which is a little odd - most games allow you to
switching graphics modes "on-the-fly").
Playing the tutorial is highly recommended, especially for veteran
Civ/Civ II players. Why? Because CCTP employs some very different
concepts in comparison, and simply jumping right in will quickly put
you over your head. Strategies I have employed in Civ/Civ II don't
appear to work very well in this game, which came as quite a shock to
me.
Some of the more interesting innovations include more control over
trade routes and caravans, including the visual display of trade
routes. You can even set units to raid trade routes, which adds an
entirely new dimension to combat with an adversary. Another new
dimension is the use of production units for "public works" instead of
delegating settler units to building farms, mines, & roads. This is a
nice touch, since the terrain does not end up littered with units
trying to improve your empire. There are a slew of previously
unheard-of units, including (but not limited too) the lawyer, cleric,
ecoterrorist, bioterrorist, the corporate branch, and televangelist -
all of which offer new options for bringing opposing empires to their
knees. One bug did crop up however - when one of my cities was
"converted" by a cleric (which means that it gives 20% of its
gold/turn to an enemy player) I was unable to convert it back. Another
bug came in the way the game displays information on the map - roads
had an odd way of "disappearing" from the map if not in site by one of
your units. Once a unit came into site of the particular map point,
the road "reappears". What makes this a pain is when you are trying to
build a road between two distant cities - I was designating projects
to build roads but no roads were appearing, so then I would try again,
and again, and suddenly I had networks of roads running everywhere! I
also noticed an unusual bug where sometimes the graphics in the game
seemed to waver - kind of like looking through the heat coming off the
asphalt roads in the summer, if you know what I mean. An odd &
disconcerting effect, however the game did not crash during all of my
testing.
The interface does take a little getting used too, mainly because
although well conceived it can be hard to locate the appropriate
command some times. It takes about an hour to get used too, then you
actually get to where you can appreciate some of the new elements the
designers have added.
Selection of race is an area where things could have gotten
interesting - you can choose from any one of dozens of ancient
civilization, including my beloved Scots. Unfortunately, these race
names are cosmetic only - there are no benefits (or detractions) for
choosing one over another. Sadly, the enemy opponents are also bland,
lacking much of the charisma of previous versions of Civ/Civ II and
none of the distinctive, unique qualities that made each of the
factions in Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri (SMAC) different. Many elements
have been grafted onto the game from the original Civ/Civ II -
including the Wonders of the World. Most of the units and technologies
are the same, although the technology tree is much broader than in
Civ/Civ II (but not as much fun - gain a new technology and there is
very little in the way of celebration). City micromanagement in the
game is similar to that of Civ II, but does not even approach the
degree of automation that can be achieved with SMAC. That is not
necessarily a bad thing (it didn't bother me when playing Civ II), but
once you've played SMAC you get a little spoiled! Combat has been
totally redone, allowing stacked units and de-emphasizing technology,
thereby allowing (for example) a group of pikemen to defeat a single
tank by virtue of their numbers.
CCTP is difficult to win even on the easier levels; this seems to
be primarily achieved by giving advantages to computer opponents as
well as placement. In the first game I played, I found that I was
placed on a small oasis between the ocean and a huge desert - while my
opponents were all located in the grasslands! Needless to say, the
growth of my cities lagged seriously behind that of my opponents, and
it made the game much tougher to win. The design of the random maps
does seem more 'realistic' than Civ or Civ II - while I didn't really
appreciate being stuck in the desert, I liked the fact that it was
such a prominent feature on the world I was playing on. The only
really detractions to CCTP are the inability to design your own units,
the lack of distinction between the various races, and the awful
soundtrack that comes with the game - while interesting at first, it
rapidly becomes very annoying.
I'd like to say that CCTP is a wonderful game deserving of
everyone's attention. However, while the game adds a lot of new units,
new Wonders, and an expanded technology tree it ultimately comes off
seeming shallow and lacking in depth. The new units and visual trade
routes do add some interesting innovations to warfare in 4x games, an
innovation that I can only hope future 4x games will incorporate. The
game is hampered by the fact that computer opponents are bland and
lacking in character, not just in comparison to opponents in SMAC but
even to those in the original Civ & Civ II. This is an egregious sin,
because the interaction with the computer opponents and their
different personalities is what makes Civ, Civ II, and SMAC something
special. The graphics in CCTP are gorgeous, that is to be certain -
but 4x games are about gameplay, not graphics. If conquering Earth
sounds like more fun than conquering Alpha Centauri, this is the game
for you. I am not totally against buying CCTP as there are some strong
points and strategy twists that I liked, and I wouldn't hesitate to
recommend it to someone new to the genre of turn-based strategy games.
But as for me, well I'm still a SMACer (and my wife is beginning to
think I always will be).
Activision http://www.activision.com
Civilization: Call to Power
5=> Product: Cool 3D(tm) v2.5, graphics
Reviewed By: Howard Carson, mailto:howardcarson@home.com
Requires: Pentium 166MMX recommended, DirectX 5.0 or higher, 16MB RAM
(32 recommended), 800x600xHi-Color minimum resolution, Windows 95, 98,
or NT4
MSRP: US$49.95 (US$44.995 for download)
Ulead COOL 3D is used to create animated titles, logos, and
special effects to add impact to Web pages, home videos, and business
presentations. Ulead COOL 3D supports Web standard GIF, GIF
animations, JPEG, and AVI files with all quality, compression,
transparency, and blending options. Ulead COOL 3D offers Microsoft
Office integration (via Object Linking & Embedding - OLE), and
extensive creative features that let you create terrific 3D titles for
videos, presentations, and documents. You can use Ulead COOL 3D to
create full-frame, full-motion video with amazing special effects
ideal for the opening or ending credits of any multimedia show.
We tested Cool 3D on two machines: a PII/350MHz running Windows 98
with 128MB RAM and an ATI All-in-Wonder video card; a Pentium 233MMX
machine running Windows 95 with 64MB RAM and a Matrox G200 video card.
Both installations were flawless.
We put together three small video projects: a short intro clip for
an existing digital video of Formula One racing footage from last
year's Montreal Grand Prix; a short intro to a business presentation
(a flashy opening for a product advertising pitch); the production of
an animated logo (in GIF format) for a corporate Web site.
The interface is easy to use. The drag & drop Easy Palette
selections for each effect and movement category are stuffed with
canned effects, moves, color overlays and texture maps. Text handling
is also easy, with full access to the Windows font directory, and a
character table display for selecting all the extended and special
ANSI characters in any typeface. We couldn't determine if Cool 3D has
support for Unicode character encoding.
We created a small storyboard for each project (literally, a
blow-by-blow list which helps to visualize each project before you
start). After launching Cool 3D and opening a text window, we selected
a font, chose a size, typed our text and moved into the main
interface. We adjusted the length of the animation by adding frames -
all you have to do is increase the number in the frames list box. We
also adjusted the frame rate (the number of frames per second).
After creating text, selections were made from the Easy Palette.
Cool 3D provides 5 different kinds of movement: texture animation (the
animation is confined to the surfaces of the text), 3D animation (the
text moves in place in 3 virtual dimensions, revealing different
faces), light & color shifts, screen animation (the text moves in and
out of view, or along a preset path), and view animation (where the
camera angle appears to shift smoothly across the text). You can
combine any number of different types of movement, dragging & dropping
anything you like into the active window.
According to our rough count, there are 447 individual selections
in the Ulead Easy Palette, distributed among 26 distinct texture,
motion, and effects categories. The software therefore provides
literally thousands of distinct, combinations of effects. That's a lot
of combinations, and the creative possibilities are fantastic. Ulead
Cool 3D works extremely well, and even provides finer, manual
adjustments of your creations put together with Easy Palette.
After creating about 3 dozen AVIs with Cool 3D, we launched
Ulead's VideoStudio and loaded the individual AVIs as clips. After
that, we got a little bit lost for several hours, cranking out video
after video, using the Cool 3D clips as titles, intros, transition
elements, and extros. We had an absolute blast. But the most amazing
thing about the whole process was that after showing the results to
several video production people, they all asked when we'd started
testing Adobe Premier(tm)! It took some time to convince them that the
finished AVIs had been produced with Cool 3D and VideoStudio. We also
used a number of animated GIFs created with Cool 3D in a test area on
our Intranet. We had a lot of fun with the software.
Cons: Both test machines had plenty of horsepower, but combining
several effects tended to slow on-screen rendering quite a bit. The
interface needs better icons - without tooltips you'd never figure
them out just by looking at them.
Pros: Final output quality is excellent. Ulead's choices for Easy
Palette are great and we hope they add more. The combinations of Cool
3D & Ulead VideoStudio, or Cool 3D & MGI VideoWave II are unbeatable.
Adding Cool 3D titles and effects to clips grabbed from your
camcorder, digital video camera, or VCR (using VideoStudio or
VideoWave II) is a terrific way to create great videos and Web GIF
animations. Ulead Cool 3D is definitely cool, useful, and a lot of
fun. We recommend it.
Ulead Systems
Cool 3D v2.5
Product Web site: http://www.ulead.com/cool3d/forme.htm
6=> Product: The Complete Small Business Internet Guide, book
Reviewed By: Bev Walton-Porter, mailto:scrybr8@enid.com
MSRP: $24.95
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Internet and you know you want to put your business on-line - now
what? If you need to know how to get from here to there, but you're a
small business owner and not a techno-genius, THE COMPLETE SMALL
BUSINESS INTERNET GUIDE is for you.
What you won't find in this book is a lot of unnecessary hype,
confusing terms or language. What you will find is 272
easy-to-understand pages covering all-important subjects for the small
business owner, such as how to use the Internet to manage your
business, whether e-commerce fits small business needs and how 'Net
marketing differs from traditional marketing.
But that's just the tip of the proverbial iceberg. Business owners
will also learn the finer points of Web site creation, how to register
your own domain name (with an explanation of what exactly a "domain"
is) and how to unlock success with strategic search engine placement.
Still not sure your business should even be on the 'Net? Before
readers tackle the finer points of setting up a cyber shop, the
authors familiarize their audience with facts that will make even the
hardened e-commerce skeptic take notice, such as the fact that
commercial Websites are doubling at LEAST every six months.
An earnest discussion is undertaken regarding whether the 'Net
should be considered a serious tool for conducting business, Internet
security digital IDs, how to know if your transactions on the 'Net are
really secure ones.
In chapter three, there's an extremely handy section which covers
business productivity links, and it's a fair bet this section will
quickly become dog-eared from frequent use. Divided into sections
covering books and magazines, communications, electronic news (or
e-news), human resources, insurance, Internet and legal help, taxes
and more, you'll find a full 11 pages of must-have links.
Ready to tackle the facets of savvy marketing, eye-catching public
relations, audio and video Web communication, not to mention Internet
law and intellectual property issues? This book will sail you
seamlessly through all of these waters - with answers laid out in very
down-to-earth layman's terms.
Finally, chapter 12 discusses why smart positioning on the Web is
the key to your business's success. Readers get a brief overview of
strategic Web positioning, META tags, phantom Web pages, no-no's to
avoid when submitting to search engines, and how to verify your Web
site's listing on a regular basis.
As a bonus, purchasers of this book receive a free CD-ROM which
includes a 45-day trial version of Microsoft FrontPage '98 and 30 days
of Netcom hosting/access service. To assist in learning the elements
of FrontPage '98, readers need only to flip over to chapter 9, which
devotes itself solely to the usage of the program.
If you're ready to stake your claim on the endless frontier of the
Internet, THE COMPLETE SMALL BUSINESS INTERNET GUIDE will provide you
with everything you need to get your business up and running without
trial and error, wasted resources and needless confusion. If you're
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7=> Product: Webster Browser, utility
Reviewed By: Howard Carson, mailto:howardcarson@home.com
Requires: Any computer running Windows 95, 98 or NT4 and Microsoft
Windows IE 4 or 5
MSRP: AUS$19.95, US$15.00 (on-line purchase)
Webster Browser is a Microsoft Internet Explorer 4 or 5 (IE4/5)
add-on. Webster Browser provides a replacement interface for IE4/5, as
well as some interesting features not found in IE4/5. As a general
browser it functions quite well, rivaling the speed of IE5. Webster
Browser boasts a host of features and functions not found in IE4/5,
and is marketed as a one-stop shop for incurable Web surfers looking
for the ultimate surfing tool.
In 1986, Webster Publishing, based in Sydney Australia, began
authoring and publishing a wide range of computer books aimed at
teaching people how to use popular PC software. Webster then expanded
into developing interactive, computer-based training software. CD-ROM
development started in January 1993, with the first multimedia CD
released in September 1993 - a product which taught people how to use
Microsoft Windows and DOS, and which included extensive audio as well
as text and pictures. Webster Publishing released its first two
reference multimedia CD-ROM titles in October 1994, with additional
titles released through 1998. By mid-1998, Webster Publishing had over
30 multimedia titles selling in the retail channels in Oceania, North
America, Asia and western Europe. Webster Browser is the latest in a
long line of interesting titles.
We tested Webster Browser on a PII/400 running Windows 98 and
IE5.01 accessing the 'net through a LANCity LCPET-3 cable modem on a
500Kbps connection. Installation was quick and easy, and no preset IE5
settings were altered. The existing Favorites list was fully
accessible, although the Webster installer added a Webster Browser
Search Engine item.
Webster Browser provides access to every feature normally
associated with IE4/5 and adds some interesting features of its own.
If you're into amateur Web design, your installation of IE should have
included FrontPage Express. Webster Browser will automatically send
pages to FrontPage for editing and management. You can even save pages
as projects, with the option of running them offline in a slide show
(a very nice touch for amateurs wishing to get an idea about how good
or bad their site is). Saving on-line sources to disk also allows
images to be copied locally, and URLs rewritten to reference the
images locally. If you want to teach yourself Web page design, this is
an ideal tool.
Webster Browser also provides lots of on-line information about
individual pages and sites including META tag data (key words made
available to search engines), script, frame, object, and form counts,
image lists, total download sizes for HTML pages, and a host of image
control functions. If poking around is more to your liking, the nifty
Spy feature lets you run your mouse over any page objects and find out
how the page was put together, the image names, and specific
dimensions. You can add notes to any page for later reference.
Two of the niftiest features you'll find anywhere are the Zoom
function (which lets you zoom in on any image in any increment), and
the multiple Favorites feature which allows you to access your normal
Favorites list as well as any others that happen to be accessible
(such as on a network or Intranet).
The most intriguing feature is the Administrator mode which allows
surfing to be restricted to only selected URLS or alternatively,
restricted from selected URLS. This also allows ads to be turned off.
For example, restricting access to ad.doubleclick.net will prevent any
ads from appearing in AltaVista. There's nothing new here, but it does
represent another parental control option alongside such things as
NetNanny(tm) and CyberSitter(tm)
The browser is preconfigured with lots of commercial links to
Webster Publishing's mini-empire in Australia, which appears to be a
great resource for anyone looking for information about Oz and New
Zealand.
Cons: With all the inexpensive development tools available for
modern interface design, the Webster Browser interface could look a
lot better. As a work of visual design it leaves a lot to be desired.
The Webster Publishing Web site is poorly designed too, presenting
difficult navigation, key pages buried too deeply, and requiring far
too many mouse clicks to get at the e-commerce area (in order to
register Webster Browser for example).
Pros: Webster Browser is functional enough for any inveterate Web
surfer. The multiple Favorites directories, Spy, and Web page project
management features are particularly nice, and the combination is
unique. The unique Zoom feature is also useful. Webster Browser is
rock solid in operation. It is available via download as a fully
operational 30-day, trial version. Give it a whirl - it might be just
what you're looking for.
Webster Publishing (Australia)
Webster Browser
Product Web site: http://www.websterworld.com/webbrowser/index.shtml
8=> Product: Winfax Pro Version 9.0, business
Reviewed By: Don Hughes, mailto:dhughes@home.com
System Requirements: Pentium processor, 16MB RAM (32 recommended), 57
MB free hard disk space (for full install), VGA Video 256 color,
minimum, CD ROM drive, Fax Modem required: Class 1, Class 2, Class
2.0, CAS compatible or fax capable CAPI 2.0 ISDN board, Windows 98, 95
or Windows NT
MSRP: $119.95 US
I have been a big fan of Winfax since the early days when Delrina
first produced the product. Symantec later purchased the fax rights
from Delrina and consistently worked to upgrade and improve WinFax.
Symantec's WinFax Pro is an industrial strength business fax program,
and a little overkill for the average home user who only occasionally
wants to send a fax.
The computer system used in the WinFax test consisted of: Intel
Pentium 233 MMX CPU, ASUS Motherboard, 64MB SDRAM, ATI 3D Xpression
with 4 MB ram on the video card, Aopen FM56-P voice/data modem, and
Windows NT 4.0 operating system, ViewSonic SVGA monitor. The program
arrived on a single CD-ROM disk making the installation set-up an easy
task, which took less then ten minutes to complete including the
on-line registration. I am happy to report not one single error or
glitch encountered during the installation process. Additionally, no
problems with the program occurred during testing and the daily
sending and receiving of faxes.
Symantec has added many improvements and a host of new features in
WinFax 9.0 includes: ...Laser-quality fax transmission and a preview
window with thumbnails...A new send screen that allows you to preview
your faxes in the Message Manager, and when faxing documents from
multiple applications, WinFax's send screen allows you to preview your
entire fax transmission...Backup your faxes, address books and
settings... Small businesses may now take advantage of WinFax's Fax
Sharing, allowing several users to send faxes from their desk to a
single modem equipped computer...Quick and easy set-up from a single
window...Automatically adjusts advanced features on its modem
drivers... Heuristic retry for superior reliability.
The WinFax Pro program is the Swiss army knife of computer fax
utilities, and offers good value for the money. The program is
extremely easy to set-up and requires no long-term learning curve.
The user guide is written in plain easy to comprehend English,
containing eight chapters and two appendixes ranging in size from five
to twenty pages. The guide contains numerous screen shots to quickly
assist the novice user in better understanding the operation of Winfax
Pro.
It is not necessary for new users to read the manual before
setting up WinFax as the built in wizards take you by the hand and
guide you every step of the way. However, the manual is the key to
unlock the power of WinFax and well worth a read for new and
experienced users. After the program has installed the computer will
reboot and as the desktop appears, so does the WinFax controller on
the status bar.
The only complaint I have with WinFax (plus several other
programs) is that they automatically stick themselves into the
start-up without prompting the user. This can lead to conflicts and
other problems for an end user--but I digress. However, in spite of
my pet peeves the folks at programmer at Symantec left enough
flexibility to keep any end user happy.
The user can customize the Message center's views, toolbars, and
make new folders to suit their needs or personality. One of the
powerhouse features of WinFax is the cover page designer. The designer
allows a user totally flexibility to customize a fax cover page to
suit their needs. The user can create his or her signature stamp and
electronically sign any fax that requires you to sign it before faxing
it back.
WinFax has built in functions allowing the end user to forward a
fax, or send notification to a pager or call another telephone number
alerting you a fax has been received. The program has a built-in OCR
function and you can save a fax in ASCII text, WordPerfect, Microsoft
Write, Word, Excel, Lotus 123, rich text format (RTF), and postscript.
Faxing a multiple page document in WinFax is easy and fast.
Anything that can be printed can be faxed (exception being color
document) from a word processor, spreadsheet, or desktop publisher.
In Microsoft Word to fax a document for example, you just click on
file, print, and select Winfax as the printer, and click on the OK
button.
In seconds, the "Send Fax Wizard" appears and prompts the user to
input the recipient's name and phone number. The next screen prompts
the user for a cover page, subject of the fax, and any text you wish.
The next screen prompts the user to "Add Document" to fax as an
attachment. If you are printing from a Word Processor, Spreadsheet,
Desktop Publisher, and have selected "Print to Winfax" from with-in
the program you will see under the Files to Print Box, a listing
showing "Item To Print."
The next screen prompts you for the delivery time or you can click
on the "Finish" and you fax will then be sent to the recipient. If you
are sending out many faxes or you must fax a document long distances,
the "Delivery" button can save you money. Utilizing the delivery
button a user can select: Send Now, Send During Off Peak Periods, Hold
in out Box or Schedule the time to send.
Winfax Pro comes with a variety of pre-designed cover pages in
five categories: General, Business, Cartoon, Fax Broadcast, and
Personal. There is also a quick fax cover page for those in a hurry.
The program offers full design flexibility as the user can customize
any of the supplied fax cover sheets or design your own personalized
cover sheet.
Symantec's Winfax Pro is a complete fax communication center
designed to suit the needs of any business. The program is extremely
powerful, easy to use, and efficiently documented. Looking for a
superb fax utility for your business or personal use, then surf on
over to Symantec's Web site and download a 30 day trail version of
Winfax Pro. However, I must warn you this program is habit forming,
and you will soon find yourself in a computer store purchasing a copy
of WinFax Pro.
Symantec Corporation
10201 Torre Avenue Cupertino, CA 95014
General product inquires call: 800-441-7234
Web Site: www.symantec.com
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