Adding Objects
To get to grips with the modelling interface, we need to create a simple object. Make sure the Object tool (the icon that looks like a mouse pointer) is selected, then click on the Add Cube icon just
At the Click of a button, MAUS Stockmarket Plus will provide you, the investor, with;
*A list of all investment portfolios you have listed in the software
*The ability to generate professional quality reports
* A sophisticated, yet simple to use charting tool that allows y
Buying Online
Jacinta Thomler shows, you the ins and outs of buying almost anything online.
Realising that your old computer is in serious need of an upgrade, you surf the
Web to find the model
Client, conflict and the battle for the OS
On the client side theres been a war raging between the Symbian alliance, comprising Psion, Nokia and Motorola among others, and Microsoft. Overall, this will probably turn out to be less important th
Conclusions
If you have a small business (three employees or less) and you really want to limit what you spend on software and implementation, and you havent bought software yet, look at Quickbooks first. It is t
Consumer Tips
Decided to join the Internet shopping revolution? Weve put together a set of hints and tips.
* Look for sites that compare prices like http://www.ecompare.com and shop around because prices vary
Day-to-day use
Too many high-level features to list. Report writer, asset register, more than a dozen invoice layouts ready to go, and sophisticated stock control. In general it is also easy to use. The user interfa
Deep Space Network
The newest antennae are beam waveguide structures. These dont use a centrally mounted feed-horn system like the older antennae (known as high efficiency) they are replacing; instead, their most sensit
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Exclusive trueSpace 3/SE tutorial
Caligari's trueSpace 3/SE is a complete 3D modelling and rendering package, which combines an exceptionally intuitive modelling interface with a high-quality rendering engine. TrueSpace is the ideal t
First Steps
When you load trueSpace for the first time, youll be presented with a window containing a perspective view of your main work area, and several rows of tool icons. Youll notice that trueSpace is unusua
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Get listed on the Net
You've put in the effort and designed a Web site and now you want everyone to know about it as quickly as possible, but youve got no idea how to do it. Fear not, for there are ways of making your new
GST on the net
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has the job of policing the introduction of the tax reform and ensuring people are not exploiting the situation. The ACCC has launched a GST Web site
IBM WorkPad c3
IBMs WorkPad c3 is pitched as an integral part of IBMs business solutions rather than a stand-alone device
Illegal Goods
To keep Australia safe, there are certain restrictions on goods that you can bring into the country. If you want to buy any of the following products, you should check out the relevant authorities.
Internet in your pocket
There are three proposed near-term fixes for this: GPRS, WAP and XML. GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) isnt a cure-all, but it will be of importance to the early adopters - people using mobile data
Internet life on Mars
However, three possible solutions are emerging. The first is the logical reduction of repetitive data transmission, with mission project managers being a lot more thoughtful when it comes to deciding
Link Exchange
Links are the bread and butter of the Web and remain one of the best ways for people to find your site. Exchanges seem simple enough, 'you link to my site and I'll link to yours'. Fine in theory, but
Maus Stockmarket Plus - Inventment Management - Made Easy!
MAUS Stockmarket Plus makes monitoring and managing your investments easy.
It will generate 'Profit & Loss' Reports, allowing you to test the profitability of different investment opport
MYOB Premier V3.1 - Setting up
MYOB looks uncluttered. Its easy to find and change the list of tax codes and to see how the system works. However, the manual still doesnt offer enough step-by-step instructions.
You ca
Palmtop Paradise
While PDAs began their life as the same kind of techno-curiosities that mobile phones once were, their popularity is now rocketing.
In researching this Labs it struck us that nothing cou
Pastel Partner V5 - Setting Up
Pastel will change the tax defaults for your entire inventory to GST in one fell swoop. You can also set a future tax price on your entire inventory as far in advance of July 1st as you like, and then
Photoshop for the Web
My main reaction to the first 1998 edition of Photoshop for the Web was surprise. After all, Photoshop 5 was a print-based photo editor with no dedicated Web features and little to offer apart from the ability to save to JPEG and GIF...
Playing with textures
So far, so uninteresting: now we can do something slightly more exciting by giving our objects some surface textures that will show up when rendering. Before we do that, make sure the sphere is the cu
Putting your plan in action
When you're satisfied with your text, keywords, and meta tags, it's time to submit your site to the big five. These search engines and directories are the most likely to boost your traffic. The proces
Quickbooks PRO V7 - Setting up
Much like MYOB. It handles combination taxes but you need to change customer and supplier tax information manually. You can, however, make expense accounts automatically subject to GST. So every time
Ready to Render
Now you can try a test render: from the bottom right set of tools, click and hold Render Current Object, and select Render Scene from the list. After the scene has rendered (figure 3), youll notice a
Reporting and the BAS
Sage Line 50 can produce what it calls a Tax Return. This has some of the figures you need for the BAS. Sage guarantees, as the others do, that by July 1st the report will be complete. For working wit
Sage Line 50 Finacial Controller - Setting Up
To my surprise the most powerful program of this group looked very simple, and without referring to help files I was able to set up inventory items and produce invoices. There are quite a number of wi
Search engies & directories
The idea of anybody finding your single site among the 12 million or so on the Net sounds like a modern day version of the proverbial hunt for a needle in a haystack. However, some clever technology a
Sercurity in Cyberspace
Its widely known that the Internet itself does not provide a secure environment to trade goods upon. This is because the TCP/IP protocol that defines communication among different computers is subject
Shop till you drop
The sites we used in the price comparisons are great places to start your online shopping experience:
Books:
Amazon - http://www.amazon.com
Dymocks - http://www.dymocks.com.au
Short message solution?
Todays more promising short-term solutions dont use WAP or the Internet at all. Some users need to keep track of news minute by minute; for example, city brokers. Certain mobile phone companies are th
Space age protocols
The Internet, and to a degree wireless networking developments, are an attractive source of inspiration for NASA engineers. After all, with budget constraints on everyones minds, if lessons can be lea
Tax and Import Duties
The other consideration in the above figures is tax. The Internet is not exempt. Transactions that take place on the Internet are subject to sales tax, customs, duties and excise. The issue is: how do
Telescopes in space
The HST (Hubble Space Telescope) was first conceived back in the 1940s, designed and built during the 1970s and 1980s, and finally launched into orbit by the
Space Shuttle Discovery on 25 April
The BAS
A software vendor recently accused all its competitors of not being GST-compliant in a national newspaper. If the same lines of reason were applied to the ATO, it wouldnt be GST compliant either. You
The Entertainer
Back in 1997 Intel CEO Andy Grove made it clear that in order to boost personal computer sales and usage, Intel was specifically targeting the television as its direct competition in the home. To quot
The hunt for GST software
There are plenty of GST accounting packages to choose from, but which is right for your business? Clem Roberts takes a look at four of the best.
The new tax system will mean huge changes
trueSpace 4
TrueSpace has always led the pack in terms of features as far as Windows 3D animation packages under $2,000 are concerned. Recently, however, the market has become rather crowded, with a powerful upgrade to Ray Dream (reviewed issue 9, p100) and the cut-down version of LightWave 3D (Inspire 3D) both challenging it on features and price.
Watch the skies!
Space may be the final frontier, but forget sci-fi for a moment because, as Davey Winder explains, the science fact is far more impressive.
If you think youve got it bad trying to keep yo
Web Rings
A Web Ring is a group of sites sharing a similar theme all linked together in a virtual circle. It is doubtful that they will dramatically increase traffic, but they do attract surfers with a genuine
What the future holds
Assuming that all goes to plan, well see the first of the Mars Network communications satellites hitching a ride on the 2003 mission spacecraft. By 2005 the technologies should be mature enough to all
Where to next
3D modelling and rendering is a huge topic, and this walkthrough has barely scratched the surface of trueSpace 3/SEs abilities. We havent even touched the proper modelling facilities: in particular ch
Who should use MAUS Stockmarket Plus
If you consider yourself to be in the following categories, MAUS Stockmarket Plus will benefit you:
- Novice Investors
- Stock Market Investors (shares, warrants, options)
- H
Wireless Web
Everyones talking about it but what does handheld wireless Internet access mean for you? John Lettice finds out.
Its the market that everyones talking about. In Australia, mobile phone pe
Wireless World
Internet-enabled wireless clients are just one part of the picture. For mobile Internet to succeed, companies will need a strategy that also encompasses the network, infrastructure and content. In Feb