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Nikkei Personal Computing

October 23, 2006 Issue

Feature 1 Close-up review of printers - surprising advances in image quality and speed compared with just two years ago Feature 2 Manage your health with the PC - goodbye, metabolic syndrome! Feature 3 Converting PDFs into Office documents - testing the capabilities of eight conversion tools on the market

Business skill enhancement workshop: Key points in security

Part 2: Be prepared against information leaks

PC skill enhancement workshops

Learn as you go - Word
Pamphlet - Part 2: Laying out text using text boxes

Learn as you go - Excel
Keeping track of blood pressure - Part 2: Adjusting the appearance of the chart

Excel emergency rescue
File no. 038: Only for advanced users! Web query that can deliver decisive results

Get down to work anywhere with USB memory
Part 2: Taking your favorites and address book with you

Advanced image organization with free software
Part 2: Organizing and backing up photos

Database for beginners with Access
Part 2: Entering data into the database

We’ll answer your questions
“What is so special about a digital SLR camera?”

Nikkei PC Online News

TREND: "Phony" software sold by threatening and pressuring users into buying

TREND: Next-generation DVDs and new communication technologies make their debut

TREND: PCs support number portability

LAB: USB tuners for "one-seg" broadcasting service appear on the market

Google buys video sharing site YouTube

Virus infected files discovered at software download sales site Vectorr

Editor-in-Chief's Interview

We will put our efforts into the improvement of speed and usability - Katsuichi Shimizu (Director and Chief Executive of Inkjet Products Operations, Canon Inc.)
We have redesigned the printer returning to the starting point - Katsuhiro Ono (general manager, IJP planning and promotion, Seiko Epson Corporation)

Product Information

Buyers

Three antivirus software products with enhanced anti-fraud features
Norton Internet Security 2007 (Symantec), Virus Buster 2007 Trend Flex Security (Trend Micro), McAfee Internet Security Suite 2007 (McAfee)


Notable New Product

Desktop computer adopting a "twin unit" system
VAIO type R master VGC-RM70DPL4 (Sony)

Compact tablet PC that can receive "one-seg" broadcasts
FMV-BIBLO LOOX P70T/V (Fujitsu)

Horizontal LCD notebook PC with battery that runs 13.5 hours
dynabook SS SX/495NK (Toshiba)

New products - Hardware/Software