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Week of 10/26/97:
Exclusive!
I spent a couple days this week holed
up in Idaho with Micron, Microsoft, Oracle, and Intel executives
getting sneak peeks at new technology, including Micron's new
"Samurai" core logic that will result, a year from now, in a tiny, cheap,
lightweight brick-sized PC with just three major silicon components:
cpu, memory, Samurai chip. All the "glue" logic plus 3D graphics, wave
table sound, and more goes into the VLSI Samurai chip: the low parts
count and tight integration means the PC is easy to build, and that
translates into very low retail prices. The first pieces of Samurai will soon
ship in a high-end P2 box that Micron says is the fastest PC on the planet. I'm
actually writing this note on the plane flying back to New York from Sun Valley.
When I'm back on the ground, we'll develop the full story and you'll get the
early word! Remember: you heard it first in the LangaLetter!
The $18,000 Personal Phone
Bill:
Think modems are dull? A
coworker of mine didn't pay enough attention to the differences between internal
and external modems and ended up running up an $18,000 phone bill! (Imagine what
happened when he submitted his expense report...) Know the score before you buy
your next modem: Check out my weekly online
column at http://content.techweb.com/winmag//bbs/columns/
(10/27; the column stays up all week). I'll open a discussion on the pros and
cons of these modem types, and you can register your preferences, too!
BTW, last week's discussion was great, with some
super input from readers. You can still see that discussion here.
BrowserTune Updates:
This week, I'll be finishing the latest
(maybe last?) maintenance release of BrowserTune97;
some pages have been causing trouble with Nav4/Comm4, for example, and some
offsite links have gone bad. If you've recently had trouble with a BrowserTune97
test, try it again later this week.
I'm also collecting suggestions and ideas for Browsertune98 and I hope to start building pages very soon. I'll make the interim builds available to the exclusive group reading this newsletter---to you!---so stay tuned. Many of you already have emailed me with suggestions; thanks! You're also welcome to join the free discussion at http://www.langa.com/browsertalk/Welcome.html and tell me what you want to see in BT98!
The address above also serves as the
launching-pad for free, general discussion (or flame wars! 8-) ) of browsers.
If you feel strongly about IE, Nav, Communicator, or another browsers, or want
to hear from people like yourself who have learned the ins and outs of one of
another browser, join in!
LangaLetter Changes:
To make the text more readable, I've sent
subscribers this week's edition two ways---as universally-readable (but not very
attractive) ASCII and as this basic HTML attachment. If your email gateway gods
allowed the attachment to reach you, I recommend you read that version: The
content is the same in both copies, but the formatted HTML version is a
lot easier on the eyes. Please let me know what you think of the
changes!
BTW: the newsletter mailing list is growing
phenomenally---over 20% per week! Welcome (and thanks!) to all the new
readers this week. And if you think a friend or coworker might be interested in
the newsletter, why not forward this copy to them? They can sign up for free
too! The
signup link is at the top of the page.
Name That Newsletter:
OK, I admit it: "LangaLetter" may
not be the most inspired name ever to grace a newsletter. Can you help?
I'm open to any and all suggestions. Let those creative juices flow and send me
your suggestions. I'll print the best ones here in future weeks, and the winning
entry (if there is one!) will go on to fame and glory here and on Langa.Com. 8-)
Langa.Com:
Lots of visitors here at Langa.Com
as the November issue of Windows Magazine (which discusses the site) gets
distributed. Lots of great comments, questions, and observations by email, too. I'm
gathering the most interesting exchanges for a future newsletter---
stay tuned! Meanwhile, this week I changed the site map; changed the opening and
what's new pages (I'm experimenting with "timed includes" to keep the
top pages fresh each day); revised the navigation bar to better serve users who
can't run Java applets; and changed the timestamping so you can see exactly when
each page of Langa.Com was last updated.
Great New HotSpots Lineup:
Lots of behind-the-scenes tweaking of the
HotSpots pages this week to fix some Nav4/Comm4 bugs. Some great Hotspots (http://content.techweb.com/winmag//flanga/hotspots.htm
) in this week's lineup:
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Last week, we had a rich lineup of funny and
practical sites. Those and all past HotSpots are available at: http://content.techweb.com/winmag//flanga/phs.htm
.