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============================================================ ********** Sponsored by Dell Home Systems ********** Up to 15% off new Dell Home systems. Offer ends 1/5. Click for details. http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1379-1-53-371668-137183-0-0-0-1 ************************************************************ ============================================================ Welcome to today's edition of Inside PCMag.com. Everyone knows what RAM, DOS, XP, RFID, and other abbreviations mean. But what if these and other technology shorthand phrases-turned-common-abbreviations meant something else? Let's have a bit of fun in the forum and come up with new meanings for our favorite high-tech abbreviations. Nothing that wouldn't pass muster with the FCC, please. If we get enough of them, we'll choose our favorite and send a PCMag T-shirt to the lucky author. Here's one to help you get started: RFID: Really Fun Incandescent Device. http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1379-1-53-371668-137186-0-0-0-1 IN THIS ISSUE: * Special Report: 21st Annual Technical Excellence Awards * Column: Crazy Predictions for 2005 * Special Report: What You Must Do with Your New PC * Review Roundup: Gaming for (Almost) Every Budget ============================================================ Special Report: 21st Annual Technical Excellence Awards Here they are! These technologies (and the products that feature them) may not be the best-selling or most well-known products, but they're the ones that inspire and impress us the most. They're the technological marvels that help consumers and technologists like us see things in different ways. Many of the lauded technologies touch on products we use every day, like MP3 players, digital cameras, and search tools. Others, like those in our enterprise and telecom categories, may not be transparent to most people but most certainly will have an indirect impact on us all. And, as usual, we name our person of the year and lifetime achievement awards as well. Without them, there'd be nothing to list in our yearly technical excellent awards. Read it all and the big tech accomplishments of 2004. http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1379-1-53-371668-137189-0-0-0-1 Personal Computers http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1379-1-53-371668-137192-0-0-0-1 PC Components http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1379-1-53-371668-137195-0-0-0-1 Mass Storage http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1379-1-53-371668-137198-0-0-0-1 Digital Imaging http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1379-1-53-371668-137201-0-0-0-1 Mobile Devices http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1379-1-53-371668-137204-0-0-0-1 Mobile Components http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1379-1-53-371668-137207-0-0-0-1 Multimedia Software http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1379-1-53-371668-137210-0-0-0-1 Search Tools http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1379-1-53-371668-137213-0-0-0-1 Enterprise Software http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1379-1-53-371668-137216-0-0-0-1 Telecom Standards http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1379-1-53-371668-137219-0-0-0-1 Games http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1379-1-53-371668-137222-0-0-0-1 People of the Year http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1379-1-53-371668-137225-0-0-0-1 Lifetime Achievement http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1379-1-53-371668-137228-0-0-0-1 ============================================================ Column: Crazy Predictions for 2005 Executive editor Lance Ulanoff put on his Karnak cap and, well, we think it fried his brain. You have to read his wacky predictions to believe them. They're all completely--actually, wait. Perhaps they're not so implausible. What if his musings come true? You'd better read the list and then decide for yourself, because you never know. http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1379-1-53-371668-137231-0-0-0-1 ============================================================ Special Report: What You Must Do with Your New PC You got it! You got it! You got a new PC for the holidays. Congrats. Now what? Just put it on your desk or counter and go, right? Nope. There's a list of things you ought to do first with your new PC, and we cover them all in our special New Year story. Learn how to set up the system, migrate data from the old PC to a new one, protect it from spyware, viruses, and other malware, get it on your network, back up and protect your data, and maintain the health of your system. This really is the first must-read of 2005. http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1379-1-53-371668-137234-0-0-0-1 ============================================================ Review Roundup: Gaming for (Almost) Every Budget Let's face it. You have to really love gaming to consider buying one of the rather expensive gaming portables on the market today. Or do you? The secret of these systems is that all that power has other uses, too--like high-end image and video editing. So if you're a gamer, read the reviews of these notebooks from Alienware, Dell, Falcon Northwest, and VoodooPC. If you're not, read them anyway. You may find the portable workstation of your dreams. http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1379-1-53-371668-137237-0-0-0-1 ============================================================ The PCMag.com Bookstore PC Magazine's Windows XP Solutions Ever wish they'd consulted you before they designed Windows XP? 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