New fabrication techniques for creating screens based on the polysilicon technology could result in bigger, higher-resolution LCD displays than currently found on laptop computers.
[theme : DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY]
A combination of strong competition and new technology should force prices for CD-ROM readers to drop this fall.
[theme : CD-ROM TRENDS]
The Internet's popularity is booming, and it's being partly driven by the World Wide Web's red-hot popularity.
[theme : THE INTERNET]
The number of bytes transferred on the Internet has doubled. Many Internet observers are busy working to prevent network overloads in the future.
[theme : THE INTERNET]
With their newest C++ products, Borland and Microsoft have taken fundamentally different focuses: Microsoft emphasizes cross-platform coverage and the ability to create OLE Custom Controls, and Borland introduces a highly modular set of OLE 2.0 tools.
[theme : C++ PROGRAMMING]
Apple Computer is embarking on a two-to three-year project to redefine the Mac's proprietary hardware/software architecture to accommodate industry standards and eventually merge with IBM's PReP (PowerPC Reference Platform).
[theme : MAC OS TRENDS]
Scan color graphics in a single pass; converse and hold interactive conferences from a distance; turn workgroup objects into networked discussion forums; and more.
[theme : NEW PRODUCTS]
[author : Jon Udell]
[author : Andrew W. Davis]
[author : Tom Sheldon]
[author : Dean Abramson]
[author : Peter Wayner]
[author : Keith Pleas]
[author : Barry Nance]
[author : Tom R. Halfhill]
With Chicago on the horizon and adherence to standards improving, PCMCIA promises peripherals that truly let you plug and play.
[theme : PCMCIA STANDARDS] [author : John Bryan]
Objects are the future of programming, and the CleanSheet spreadsheet construction set gives you a picture of what that future holds.
[theme : APPLICATIONS DEVELOPMENT] [author : Dick Pountain]
Microsoft and Novell believe that peripherals and PDAs need their own operating system.
[theme : PERIPHERALS] [author : Andy Reinhardt]
As competition heats up both in the PC and the workstation marketplaces, many of the industry's leading companies stake their futures on new ground-breaking CPUs.
[theme : MICROPROCESSORS]
The AMD K5 is an innovative marriage of RISC and CISC technology that will challenge Intel's strangehold on the high end of the PC market.
[author : Tom R. Halfhill]
The latest incarnation of SPARC can perform with the big boys and is a multimedia screamer to boot.
[author : Peter Wayner]
The newest member of the PowerPC family targets the workstation market with fast throughput and speedy floating-point performance.
[author : Tom Thompson and Bob Ryan]
Using aggressive superscalar techniques, the T5 gives a big boost to the Mips architecture as it battles Windows NT competitors Alpha and Pentium.
[author : Tom R. Halfhill]
Lotus Improv gained exposure and praise as a tool for viewing strategic data in a variety of useful ways. Although Improv has been discontinued, other programs deliver similar functionality, slicing and dicing data to create analytical models. NSTL evaluates Microsoft Excel, Quattro Pro, and TM/1 Perspectives.
[theme : SPREADSHEETS] [author : Bobby Joe Reff]
BYTE takes an in-depth look at a sampling of desktop videoconferencing systems.
[theme : VIDEOCONFERENCING] [author : Eric Garland and Dave Rowell]
Similarly priced but miles apart in the features they offer, CorelDraw 5 and FreeHand 4 for Windows both hold their own in the competitive Windows design and graphics illustration arena.
[theme : WINDOWS GRAPHICS] [author : G. Armour Van Horn]
Fluke's LANMeter 675 tests and analyzes protocols, networking hardware, and cables. This tool can quickly isolate problems on both Ethernet and Token Ring LANs;
[author : Ben Smith]
Symplex Communications' DirectRoute is a flexible and powerful tool for remote LAN access. It provides aggregate bandwidth on multiple ISDN channels, data compression, and connection-oriented switching.
[theme : COMMUNICATIONS] [author : Jeffrey Fritz]
Ninety-two laser, color, ink-jet, and fast dot-matrix printers go head-to-head in our latest round of real-world tests. Our rankings identify the best models for six important business uses, ranging from general business to high-end color applications.
[author : J. Kane and J. McDonough]
Does the Intel/HP alliance spell the beginning of the end for RISC?
[theme : CPUS] [author : Peter Wayner]
Concepts of the NextStep operating system are finding new life in OpenStep.
[author : Bruce F. Webster]
Avoid performance pitfalls in Mac OS
[theme : PROGRAMMING] [author : Tom Thompson]
Frame relay is an affordable way to get your LANs talking to each other.
[author : Michael McParland and Ethan Wilansky]
Jerry highlights some major trends he sees in the computer industry.
[author : Jerry Pournelle]
A look at 10 guides to the Internet and a CD-ROM on morphing.
[author : Craig Nova]
Too many schools are buying computers and stinting on the training.
[author : Hughes Pack]
[author : Dennis Allen]
Highlights from two decades of covering the PC revolution.
Plug and Play new and old, split routing, Linux sources, OS/2 with Win32, and Ghost Busters.
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