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Show CONSUMER Standard-Examiner Sunday, July 12, 1992 3B AT&T to market new device that combines phone,fax Important data should be on backup Q. What is a backup program? A. All of your important information should be backed up or saved to a separate set of disks, tape or some other type of magnetic media. Most computers have hard drives that contain the programs we use and the data created by them. Programs are purchased on floppy disks and then transferred to the hard disk. If anything bad happens to your hard disk, you can always reload the program from the floppies. Whatis in danger of beinglost are the precious data files you create using these programs. Because these files are typically scattered all over the hard drive, trying to remember and keep track of them for backup purposes becomesnext to impossible. Backup programs are designed computer is the latest. But compound this scenario with many COMPUTE-IT files copied back and forth on a Craig Crossman daily basis and it becomes easy to lose track of which file is the Knught-Ridder Newspapers wasted effort because you already er and make morerevisions. You d any own the applications on floppy disks. As backup programs evolved, they allowed you to now have three different versions of “myletter.” In this one instance,it’s easy to know that the copy in your home to transfer data from your hard disk to other magnetic media. application programs. This wasa Special to the Standard-Examiner MURRAY — KeyCorp Mortgage Inc., a subsidiary of KeyCorp, has introduced a bi-weekly mortgage loan that potentially saves borrowers thousands of dollars in interest. Curtis claims theycut glare up to 99 percent, control flicker and improve contrast. I can’t confirm the percentage, but the Plus model made my screen mucheasier to look at and significantly reduced eye strain. By adding a grounding bar built into the frame and an exter- and ensures that you are working on the latest version. Instead of blindly copying files from one computer to another, use File Runner.It will keep track of any file changes automatically and makesureall of the files in your different computers are synchronized. nal grounding cord, Curtis claims its Glass Filter Plus eliminates up to 98 percent of the electrical component of VLF and ELFradiation, forms of emitted radiation that are not now knownto be harmful. It also has an anti-static environment that eliminates the dust buildup caused bystatic electricity. Both models attach to the top Using incremental backups, File Runner ensures that you won't overwrite newerfiles with older ones. File Runnersells for $99.95 and is available for IBM and compatible PCs only. MBSTechnologies Inc. (800) 860-8700 or (412) 9419076 Q. I'm looking for an anti-glare filter for my computer. The only ones I can find are made of a__ top version to the home comput- specify the types or groupsoffiles Bi-weekly payments can save you money an incremental file transfer program that keeps track of yourfiles know that a file you are working st of health MBShascreated File Runner, When you first run the backup program, it copies all of the data files you specify. The next time you run the program, it backs up only newfiles that have been added, and any files that have been altered. This makes the backup process quick and easy. But many people use more than one computer. The typical scenario is a desk-top computerat the office, one at home anda portable on the road. How do you Early backup programs blindly copied everything, taking a long time and many floppydisks to complete. They also backed up all of the ucing Filter ($59.95) and Curtis Glass Filter Plus ($99.95) are made of a special distortion-free glass. most current. to copy. on is, in fact, the latest version? For example, you are working on a file called “myletter” at the office and decide to take a copy of it home to work on. You copyit to a disk and load it into your portable. On your trip home, your thoughts inspire you to make some changesin the lap-top copy. At home, you copy the lap- ercise tive,” pany r emons. rams A. Several manufacturers are coming out with glass anti-glare and anti-radiation filters. Curtis has two newly designed glass versions available. The Curtis Glass a spray bottle of cleaning solution 363-5294 of glass, but I can’t find any. Can you tell me where I might find A p.m. Monday through Saturday. Call 544-7262 for information. SMARTC IF RATES GO UP year at half of what the monthly payments would be, and thuscre- Ourrate is lowest. Stability is why. resulting in a shortened term and interest savings. 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So far, only Apple Computer Inc. has demonstrated a prototype of a personal digital assistant, which it dubbed Newton. Apple says its machine, which also recognizes handwriting, will be on the market next year. Effective Speaking - Human Relations - Self Co-7 XY ONEnor Training - Selling Your Ideas Re# EER. Toq¥on OS course® CLASSES NOW FORMING “Os! ~ F une } e and 4S v anaes GOR, ecognizestoxCoege Forinformation call: and a Velcro strip to optionally secure the bottom ofthefilter to the monitor. The shop carries night and day lingerie in sizes ranging from small Users could send and receive faxes, of any monitor on a hinge thatallows you to flip up the filter for : a distorting pattern. I have been told that the best filters are made ries a variety of lotions and other “Wehaveprototypes of these devices in the labs and they work well,” he said. These devices, which will carry the AT&T label, will combine the power of a personal computer with wireless communications. The devices will be controlled by writing on their screen with a special pen. DALE CARNEGIE COURSE’ easy cleaning. They even throw in _meshcloth that sometimes causes A Touch of Romance,a lingerie and adult novelty store, has opened in the Layton Mini-Mall at 300 E. Gentile Street in Layton. Borrowers make 26 payments a NEW YORK (AP) — Within the next year, AT&T will start selling wireless portable communications devices that will allow users to send and receive hand-written and typed messages as well as make phone calls, an AT&Texecutive said. The comments last week from Robert Kavner, an AT&T group executive in charge of communications products, are the first firm indications of the phonegiant’s plans in the emerging market for these portable devices, which some have dubbed personal digital assistants “There will be a variety of devices,” Kavner said in an interview. “There will be devices the size of a steno pad within six months,” with pocket-sized versions to follow later, he said home‘equity credit line. 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