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Nikkei Personal Computing

January 24, 2005 Issue

Feature 1 Pitfalls of digitization Feature 2 LCD buying guide - with lower prices and higher performance, now is the time to buy Feature 3 Latest update on desktop search tools - this year will see a change in how people use their PCs

Practical Report on the Latest in IT Leverage

Protecting the client computer with Windows XP SP2: Part 2
Highly effective anti-spam measures you can start today

Special Report

Flash report on the spring 2005 models: Part 2

News

SnapShot
Signboards put up on streets to prevent software piracy


Trend
Competition heats up for dominance between next-generation optical discs

New 10,000 yen iPod model makes a stunning debut

Intel announces next-generation Centrino


NEWS
Microsoft provides free virus removal tool

Interview by Editor-in-Chief

"We will offer products that no one can offer, leveraging our LCD technology" - Hirohide Nakagawa (Group General Manager, Information and Communication Systems Group, Sharp Corporation)

Product Information

Notable New Product
New VAIO notebook with 15.4-inch horizontal LCD
Sony, VAIO type F VGN-FS30B

PC/TV with high brightness of 630 candela
Sharp, Mebius PC-XG70H

Broadband videophone terminal
NTT East/NTT West, Fletsphone VP1000

Software that not merely organizes name cards but offers more ways to make use of name card information
A.I. Soft, Scanner de!! Meishi Seiri Version 3


New Products
Fuji Xerox Printing Systems introduces color page printer priced at 104,790 yen

Lesson Series

We'll answer your questions
" How can I record my digital camera movies onto a DVD?

Re-introduction to e-mail
Can you find your mails easily?

Learn as you go - Word
Rules and regulations document - Part 2: Changing the style of the clauses in one operation

Learn as you go - Excel
Catalog with photo images - Part 2: Using forms to enter additional data

Using Excel functions
Formatting text strings

Understanding the mechanisms of Internet search engines
What actually goes on in a search

Deep understanding of the Control Panel
Examining the contents of the Control Panel