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Is this about achieving efficiencies or about truly trying to use the companies' powerful positions in the business world to make real social change? Let's dissect this one in the forums. http://eletters.pcmag.com/zd1/cts?d=81-1212-1-1-371668-114596-1 IN THIS ISSUE: * Special Report: 101 Reasons to Love the Web * Review: Road-Testing Google Desktop * Review Roundup: AMD's Latest Special FX * Product News: AMD Chases Emerging Markets * Review: Personal Printing, Without the Wait * News: Robot Growth Set to Surge * Solutions: Do-It-Yourself DVR * Review: ACT!: All Your Sales Force May Need ============================================================ Special Report: 101 Reasons to Love the Web We've done it again--spent hundreds of hours on the Web to find the best sites in over a dozen categories, from politics to entertainment and information to computing--for experts and everyone else. It's all in our list, and not only can you read all the reviews, you can take the whole list with you, thanks to our Favorites Download file. http://eletters.pcmag.com/zd1/cts?d=81-1212-1-1-371668-114599-1 ============================================================ Review: Road-Testing Google Desktop Google's become one very busy technology company. We don't know if it's all the free food and coffee they get over there or post-IPO mania. Whatever it is, it seems like we cannot turn on the PC without stumbling into a new Google beta product. The latest, Google Desktop, takes Google's searching prowess to plumb not only the depths of the Web, but your own overstuffed hard drive. Does it work? Are there privacy concerns? We installed the beta on some test machines and put it through its paces to see how well it lets you find everything from chat messages to e-mail, documents, images, and more. http://eletters.pcmag.com/zd1/cts?d=81-1212-1-1-371668-114602-1 ============================================================ Review Roundup: AMD's Latest Special FX AMD's given its Athlon 64 FX CPUs a 200-MHz speed bump. What does this mean for desktop performance? We gathered four systems from ABS, Falcon, Polywell, and Velocity to find out. We have all the results and benchmark-test numbers in our reviews. http://eletters.pcmag.com/zd1/cts?d=81-1212-1-1-371668-114605-1 ============================================================ Product News: AMD Chases Emerging Markets AMD thinks it can bring the Internet to millions of people around the world who have yet to experience it through its new, low-end, non-upgradeable Internet Communicator devices. The chip manufacturer revealed its grand vision last week. We have the details. http://eletters.pcmag.com/zd1/cts?d=81-1212-1-1-371668-114734-1 ============================================================ Review: Personal Printing, Without the Wait If you run a small business or a home office, or just do a lot of black-and-white printing, this very affordable ($230) Samsung ML-2250 laser printer could be the output device for you. Not only was performance top-notch, but our analysts found the output quality to be a cut above the competition too. Get more details in the full review. http://eletters.pcmag.com/zd1/cts?d=81-1212-1-1-371668-114611-1 Plus: Go Printer Hunting Use our new Printer Product Guide to find the printer that's right for you. http://eletters.pcmag.com/zd1/cts?d=81-1212-1-1-371668-114614-1 ============================================================ News: Robot Growth Set to Surge The United Nations just released its annual report on the robotics industry and, if you like robots, the news is good, very good. They're predicting double-digit growth and the consumer robotics industry eventually serving a multibillion-dollar market. http://eletters.pcmag.com/zd1/cts?d=81-1212-1-1-371668-114617-1 Plus: Robonexus Rolls Out the Automatons As if on cue, the U.S.'s largest robot conference opened last week in Santa Clara, California. There were remarkable, never-before-seen robots, including a man-sized humanoid that can actually lie down and get back up to a standing position. We have the report and a raft of photos. http://eletters.pcmag.com/zd1/cts?d=81-1212-1-1-371668-114620-1 ============================================================ Solutions: Do-It-Yourself DVR Don't want to buy a TiVo? Or perhaps you demand more flexibility and expansion options in your digital video- recording device. You can get the benefit of television time-shifting without being locked into one company's idea of the DVR. Build your own, if you dare. We'll tell you how to do it and which product to use. http://eletters.pcmag.com/zd1/cts?d=81-1212-1-1-371668-114623-1 ============================================================ Review: ACT!: All Your Sales Force May Need ACT! 2005 Premium for Workgroups combines the leading contact manager with balanced, lightweight CRM features. http://eletters.pcmag.com/zd1/cts?d=81-1212-1-1-371668-114626-1 ============================================================ 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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