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June

WINdows usERS

2005

Tech News

By Sue Crane

Vice President / Editor, Big Bear

Computer Club, CA

http://www.bigbearcc.org

sue.crane@char ter.net

Traditional 911 Services

not available from VOIPs

The Texas attorney general filed a

lawsuit against Internet telephone

service Vonage, saying the company

fails to clearly tell consumers about

the limits of 911 emergency calling

over its service. The suit stems from a

incident last month in Houston where

a husband and wife were shot by

burglars while their daughter tried to

call 911 on a Vonage line and reached

a recording. Independent VOIP

providers typically do not have

access to the traditional 911 system

which carries calls to emergency

dispatchers and transmits data about

the caller’s location. As a

work-around, Vonage tells customers

they need to activate a 911 service,

but that service directs calls to

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In This Is sue

CES 2005 Part 3........1

Tech News ...........1

CRABBY LADY .......8

Review: Plextor .......11

Winners WebPage ......12

Review: Lucid Link.....13

President’s Message .....14

ADS Tech Instant Music ..15

General Meeting ......16

CES2005

Navigation & GPS

By Terry Currier

Autocom

http://www.autocomonline.com

Their EZPlayer can play DVD,

MP3, audio CDs, do wireless

Internet, and give navigation with

turn by turn voice guidance. It has a

7”-8” touch screen for display.

Castle Tek

http://www.castletek.com

More than just a GPS navigation

unit it has a 80GB hard drive with

512MB of RAM. You can play

MP3’s, DVD movies, wireless

Internet, XM radio, web camera and,

yes, serve as a GPS. Installed by their

own networking engineers it can

provide HVAC control for lighting,

camera monitoring, or any device

you wish to control. Security tie-ins,

remote monitoring, and automated

backup systems. Controlled using a

wireless touchpad, a wall-mounted

touch screen, or through the

computer.

Cobra

http://www.co bra.com

GPS 500 comes programmed with

continental U.S. state boundaries,

Canadian political boundaries and

European country boundaries. With

optional computer software and

interface

cable, the user

can exchange

data with

computer

mapping

programs.

Also optional

is POI (points

of interest) to

use in

navigation or

as map

references.

The user can

choose from 18 position formats to

display the location coordinates.

Choice of display fields position or

navigation include: Accuracy,

Average Speed, Bearing, Date,

Destination, Elevation, ETA,

Location, Maximum Speed,

Odometer, Power, Speed, Time, Trip

Odometer, and Trip Time. Store up to

500 waypoints with names and

symbols. Create up to 20 routes with

up to 50 points (waypoints and/or

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Page 1 - Navigation & GPS

JuneWINdows usERS2005Tech NewsBy Sue CraneVice President / Editor, Big BearComputer Club, CAhttp://www.bigbearcc.orgsue.crane@char ter.netTraditional

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Page 10drag the edge of the box to change its width. Add, change, or deletesounds used with buttons or menu commandsSome Office programs (Excel,Micros

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Page 11 REVIEWPlextor PX-716UFDVD Dual Layer driveBy Terry CurrierPlextor has always been knownfor high quality products and thePX-716UF drive is no

Page 4 - Gizmondo

Page 12I hooked it up and tested it onboth of my computers. My maincomputer (clone) is a 3.0GHz with1GB of RAM, the eMachines is a2.66GHz Intel Celero

Page 5 - Mobile Crossing

Page 13 REVIEW LucidLink from InterlinkBy Terry CurrierIf you want to find out how tomake your wireless network secure,you could go to Google and pu

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Page 14have a wireless network at homeyou really should get the freedownload.Testing was done on a Linksysrouter connected to a D-LinkDWL-2100 AP (Acc

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Page 15 REVIEWADS Tech Instant MusicBy Terry CurrierThe ADS Instant Music is ahardware/software setup that makes it easy to import your old vinyl rec

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Page 13 - LucidLink from Interlink

Page 6100 and the Bluetooth-enabledWayPoint 200. The 200 is capableof connecting to the internet on theroad via available Bluetooth cellular phones. O

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