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============================================================ ********** Sponsored by Xerox ********** Enter to win a 40GB Apple iPod package and learn more about the Xerox WorkCentre M20 Copier-Printer. Power, price and performance are within your reach, only $1,649. Enter at office.xerox.com. http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1227-1-53-371668-116102-0-0-0-1 ************************************************************ ============================================================ Welcome to today's edition of Inside PCMag.com. Now that the U.S. presidential election is done and we're all finished counting votes from the largest turnout in the nation's history, we were wondering what you folks who used electronic voting devices thought of the experience. Was it better than the old punch-card or other analog system you're used to? Tell us about your e-voting experiences in the forum. http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1227-1-53-371668-116105-0-0-0-1 IN THIS ISSUE: * Review: A Terrific Little Personal Media Player * Security Watch: Too Many Google Results * Review Roundup: Portable GPS--Stop Getting Lost * Product News: SpamNet Becomes SafetyBar 4.0 and Goes Anti-Phishing * Review: An Entry-Level Image Editor * Review Roundup: Intel Bumps up P4 Extreme Edition * Dvorak: A Google-Microsoft War ============================================================ Review: A Terrific Little Personal Media Player Microsoft Portable Media Centers are not the only game in town for on-the-go television, movies, and music. Archo's new Gmini 400 does not run Microsoft OS software, but it does a good job with all the aforementioned media and is remarkable easy to use. Now if only that screen could be a little bit bigger. We have more details and photos in our full review. http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1227-1-53-371668-116108-0-0-0-1 ============================================================ Security Watch: Too Many Google Results Is Google Desktop, the new desktop file-indexing and searching tool from the Web-search giant, going too far and accessing encrypted files? It looks that way. We talk about the implications in the latest Security Watch. We also look at the fast moving and dangerous Bagle.BC virus. http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1227-1-53-371668-116111-0-0-0-1 Plus: Words or alphanumeric codes for passwords are passe. You can now use phrases like "I love cottage cheese, but not lowfat or with fruit" as memorable passwords. We tell you why and show you how. http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1227-1-53-371668-116114-0-0-0-1 ============================================================ Review Roundup: Portable GPS--Stop Getting Lost People who say they have an excellent sense of direction are usually lying or seriously deluded. Ignore them and get yourself one of these nifty portable global positioning devices. Not all are created equal, but one of them is certainly good enough for you to start ignoring those lost folks and start getting to where you want to go on your own. Read all our review and find yourself. http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1227-1-53-371668-116117-0-0-0-1 ============================================================ Product News: SpamNet Becomes SafetyBar 4.0 and Goes Anti-Phishing The new battleground in online privacy and protection is phishing--or anti-phishing, to be more precise. Companies that were focused primarily on catching spam are now expanding their scope to encompass phish e-mails. Cloudmark's effective spam-blocking app, SpamNet, is following this soon-to-be-familiar pattern. The company has renamed it SafetyBar and added e-mail fraud protection. We have a preview of this apparently impressive product. http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1227-1-53-371668-116120-0-0-0-1 ============================================================ Review: An Entry-Level Image Editor For every person who loves PaintShop Pro and its myriad image-editing controls, there are a dozen users who just want a handful of simple tools for making their digital photos look better. Now Corel (the company that bought Jasc) has introduced PaintShop Pro Studio. It's affordable and keeps the tools--and, apparently the confusion--to a bare minimum. We have the full review and a visual tour of the interface. http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1227-1-53-371668-116123-0-0-0-1 ============================================================ Review Roundup: Intel Bumps up P4 Extreme Edition Why is it always the gamers that have all the fun? We get run-of-the-mill Pentium 4s in our PCs, but gamers can look forward to Extreme Edition--and now Intel has edged up the speed on these hot CPUs to a zippy 3.466 GHz. Considering that the speed was 3.4 GHz before, this does not seem like much of a change, but apparently the CPUs and systems from Velocity and Falcon that feature them have quite a bit more going on. We have the full reviews and benchmark-test results. http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1227-1-53-371668-116126-0-0-0-1 ============================================================ Dvorak: A Google-Microsoft War Columnist John C. Dvorak take a look at all the components in the sure-to-be-upcoming war between Microsoft and Google, and handicaps each company's moves for victory in the fields of search engines, browsers, and freemail. http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1227-1-53-371668-116129-0-0-0-1 ============================================================ The PCMag.com Bookstore PC Magazine's Windows XP Solutions Ever wish they'd consulted you before they designed Windows XP? Sure, it's a great system, but there's this one feature that makes you crazy. Or that annoying problem that keeps occurring. Well, you can rely on Neil Randall and your friends at PC Magazine to correct that oversight. 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