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What last week's attack teaches us is that if we want to become a connected society, it is not enough to defend our own backyard (i.e., our own PC). We have to clean up the streets and build an Internet in which it is safe for us to stay as intimately linked as we clearly want...
...card yet? Not to worry--in the computer age, filial devotion is easier than it used to be. Sierra Online and Hallmark have just released a new program called Hallmark Card Studio Deluxe ($49.99) with which you can print Hallmark Cards at home on your PC. Still too much work? Then drag your lazy self to a website called getacard.com where you can personalize, order and send actual paper Mother's Day cards without leaving your desk chair. And would it kill you to call once in a while...
...tipping point. Well over 6 million people now own a Palm--the personal digital assistant that accounts for 79% of the market--and use it for everything from managing their calendars to playing infrared Pong. While there are some advantages to having a PDA that runs Microsoft's Pocket PC operating system--most new Pocket PC-running machines feature color, digital music players, handwriting recognition and ClearType, a way to make pages more readable on small screens--Palm remains the standard in the handheld world. There are something like 3,000 programs written for the Palm OS and only...
Given the amount of bloodshed, lawlessness and internecine intrigue associated with 16th century Japan, it's a wonder no one ever turned the era into a successful computer game. Until now. Shogun: Total War, available later this month from Electronic Arts, is about to do for your PC what the mini-series did for television. Shogun is a grand strategic epic that has been crafted with so much loving attention to detail that it overshot its release date by about 12 months. It was worth the wait...
...ideal for commanding battalions of archers, ashigaru (foot soldiers) and samurai. Up to 7,000 soldiers can appear at the same time, each one moving independently, each one so detailed you see the color of his sandals. This is nothing less than interactive Kurosawa. Shame they don't make PC monitors in widescreen...