New technology, fragmenting standards, and a revolt against rapid obsolescence will radically change the PC landscape over the next two years. Are you ready?
[author : Tom R. Halfhill]
We check out the hundreds of new products at the big show in Vegas and pick the best.
Changing the way researchers work and collaborate, newly minted high-speed networks will also benefit the Internet.
[author : Daniel P. Dern and Scott Mace] [theme : Network Integration]
A key to integrated solutions across multiple platforms.
[author : David S. Renshaw] [theme : Building Network Apps]
Platter clatter: We test gigabyte disk drives for workstations and servers.
[author : Russell Kay] [theme : Storage]
Holograms, molecules, and atoms will be the components of tomorrow's storage technology.
[author : Edmund X. DeJesus] [theme : Storage]
Multiple applications will soon be running on one little card.
This new breed of server will compete with Unix machines.
Product data management is most efficient when combined with enterprise-wide applications.
Lotus' eSuite uses JavaBeans.
[theme : Productivity Software]
Alpha-powered PCs from Aspen, Polywell, and Tri-Star.
[theme : High-Speed Desktops]
NuMega's TrueTime and Rational's Visual Quantify find bottlenecks in Windows code.
[theme : Performance Analyzers]
New forms of persistent queries are necessary to handle live data as it speeds through a network.
[author : Dale Skeen] [theme : Databases]
The next generation of Java components adds hierarchical structure, transparent data handling, and drag and drop.
[author : Piroz Mohseni] [theme : Operating Systems]
Remote method invocation is a powerful mechanism that enables flexible and scalable distributed communications among Java programs.
[author : Paul Clip] [theme : Networks]
Motorola's MCore embedded RISC processor has low-power modes that enable battery-juiced products to run for longer time.
[author : Bill Moyer and John Arends] [theme : CPUs]
Some tricks for building useful applications, and some ways to get around this language's limitations.
[author : Bob Friesenhahn] [theme : Programming]
We test "teamware" — programs for building fast little workgroups across the Internet and across organizational boundaries
[author : William Wong] [theme : Software]
Platter clatter: We test gigabyte disk drives for workstations and servers.
[author : Russell Kay] [theme : Hardware]
Building tools that fetch and process secure pages teaches some painful lessons.
[author : Jon Udell]
Objectivity/DB, a Java-based OODBMS Plus, Powersoft's component transaction server.
[author : Rick Grehan]
Jerry's unending quest for more storage space and RAM leads him into the thicket of disk and memory optimization.
Pull out the old and push in the new with scalable publish/subscribe middleware for WANs and the Web.
[theme : Middleware]
The new LaserJet 4000 delivers 1200 dpi, lets you manage more of the print process from your desk, and bring new communications technology.
[theme : Workgroup Printer]
We test Visio's IntelliCAD, a heavy-duty but low-cost alternative to AutoCAD.
[theme : CAD Software]
Readers respond to the big question: Besides Civilization, what is the Net the end of?
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