Operating system drives choice of handheld device. (Memory a Limitation).
ATLANTA -- The two main choices of handheld computer operating systems each have tradeoffs for physicians, according to experts. Those that use the Palm operating system--PalmPiots, Handspring Visors, and similar devices--tend to be relatively inexpensive and easy to use. The operating system is like "a finely tailored...

Assessment profiles. .
Sunburst Technology, www.sunburst.com, Software, $399 for Learner Profile 3.0; $199 for Learner Profile To Go Learner Profile 3.0 and Learner Profile To Go assessment software titles have been redesigned for performance on the newest computer operating systems and on all Palm OS-compatible PDAs. Easier navigation and a...

Computers for Librarians: an Introduction to the Electronic Library.
Computers for Librarians: An Introduction to the Electronic Library Stuart Ferguson with Rodney Hebeis 3rd ed Wagga Wagga NSW Centre for Information Studies Charles Sturt University 2003 316pp ISBN 1 876938 60 9 $A71.50 'If only I'd had this book when I did my library training!' I...

Jon Ippolito.
Although Jon Ippolito's work includes computer- and Internet-based projects, it takes inspiration less from the history of electronic media than from conceptual and process art of the 1960s and 1970s, whose dematerialized objects and decentralized practices prefigured many of the innovations of the "digital revolution." Accordingly, the focus for Ippolito's...

Network Drama.
Winners, Losers, and Microsoft: Competition and Antitrust in High Technology, by Stan J. Liebowitz and Stephen E. Margolis, Oakland, Calif.: The Independent Institute, 288 pages, $29.95 Any truthful history of the intersection between scholarship and public policy must resemble a tragicomedy. Usually, the scholars and their government...

Profile: PCM Networking; servicing today's information technology. (Headquarters 2003: Advertising Feature).
For executives too busy concentrating on their business to become computer-networking experts themselves, PCM Networking is the solution. The certified specialists at PCM Networking can design, install and support computer network solutions from simple Internet connectivity solutions to multi-site networks using private high-speed digital circuits to fully...

Outstanding engineering students.
When a student decides to major in engineering, he or she accepts the challenge of becoming one of tomorrow's scientific planners, designers, managers, or builders. No matter the discipline, engineers perform a great service for humanity through vital research and the crafting of structural plans and machinery that increase the...

Security in process migration systems.
ABSTRACT A loosely coupled distributed system is composed by nodes, usually heterogenous, connected by a network. These systems have enormous aggregate computing potential. However most of this potential is not realized unless the underlying software is able to implement the concept of single system image (SSI) on...

THE QUEST CORNER; What's your OS?
Byline: Timmy Magalang I am sure you frequently encounter the terms Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000,Windows XP and the like. What are these terms about? They are all operating systems for your personal computer. What is an operating system or OS? This week let us try...

A hardware and software primer for librarians: what your vendor forgot to tell you.
Scarecrow scores again Paling, S A hardware and software primer for librarians: what your vendor forgot to tell you. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 1999. 181p US$35.00 hard ISBN 081083572X (available from James Bennett Pty Ltd) THERE ARE MANY ADVANTAGES IN HOW-TO BOOKS written by practising...