Article archive for 1999 – Page 8

Sunday, August 1, 1999

The dinky dozen: 12 helpful utilities in the bUSEFUL bundle

Seventy-nine bucks may seem like a lot of green for Windows CE utility software. But the bUSEFUL pack contains a heck of a lot of useful utility in one bundle. Is it worth the price of admission? Read this review by senior technical editor Jason Perlow to find out.

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Sunday, August 1, 1999

A survey of resources for Auto PC owners

Wow! Bet you had no idea there were so many cool goodies for the Auto PC. One of our favorite is the program that adjusts the volume of your radio automatically based on the speed (and thereby ambient noise level) of your car. For a complete overview of some of the coolest of the cool resources for Auto PC owners, read this article by contributing editor and Auto PC guru Mark Moeller. If you don’t own an Auto PC, by the time you’re done reading, you’ll have a "Jones" for one of your own.

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Sunday, August 1, 1999

E is for

This review is brought to you by the letter "e" and the number "III", as in the Palm IIIe, the latest Palm device to hit the streets this year. Senior Technical Editor Claire Pieterek takes a look at the newest Palm devices and lets you know the real story about whether you should hustle out and buy one of these things.

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Sunday, August 1, 1999

Seagate Software distributes business intelligence software to millions – for free

This month, Seagate Software makes available special "business intelligence" software that you can download and use for free. This software is intended primarily for corporate customers, so if you’re one of our many readers managing corporate information systems, this article will be something you’ll want to read.

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Sunday, August 1, 1999

The Internet, legality, and you

This month, managing editor Denise Amrich takes a stab at some interesting mail we’ve been getting. One fellow who lives in France was quite disturbed that PalmPower wasn’t written in French. Mon dieu! Seriously, though, Denise provides some interesting resources that’ll help you separate fact from fiction in the strange new world of Internet law.

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Sunday, August 1, 1999

A veritable Geek bonanza

What can we say? Geeks must stick together and the UGeek.com site is an ideal place for Geeks to gather and, well, do Geek things. Seriously, UGeek has loads of great information on gadgets, goodies, and things to tinker with and that’s why it’s our PalmPower Site of the Month.

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Sunday, August 1, 1999

Get your SF fix from Peanut Press downloadable books

You may have heard of Peanut Press. This company is "reprinting" books in a form that’s downloadable to your Palm device. For a few bucks, give or take a little, you can download classic and first run editions to your Palm organizer. This month, Judith Tabron takes us inside Robert Silverberg’s The World Within, a great classic SF story she downloaded from Peanut Press.

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Sunday, August 1, 1999

The story of customer service at Palm Computing, Inc.

Last month, we ran a Letter to the Editor entitled "Will success spoil Palm Computing?" In it, a reader questioned Palm’s customer service and support. It sparked a lot of reader postings to the PowerBoards. This month, in a PalmPower Exclusive, representatives from Palm Computing directly address the customer service questions you raised. This is how it’s supposed to happen: manufacturers and users in a direct dialog. If you care about your Palm device, you owe it to yourself to read this important article.

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Sunday, August 1, 1999

Using your Palm device with Linux

The Linux operating system user base has been growing by leaps and bounds over the last year. In this article, contributing editor Jason Perlow helps you set up Linux to work with your Palm device, show you how to get HotSync operations working, and explore some tasty desktop solutions.

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Sunday, August 1, 1999

Fredlet’s on the case

Fredlet’s back on the case with some great cases for your Palm V (and some fine additions for Palm III and PalmPilot protection as well). If you want to keep your Palm all snuggly and safe, read this article.

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