While still in its early stages, the new CHRP (Common Hardware Reference Platform) standard promises to let PowerPC systems freely use different operating systems.
[theme : POWERPC]
Software metering programs, which were originally designed to enforce concurrent licensing agreements and prevent liability for inappropriate use of software, are now being used to cut software costs.
[theme : SOFTWARE LICENSING]
The best World Wide Web publishing tool for you, whether it's a word processor add-on or a relational database/SGML hybrid publishing tool, depends in part on how often you'll need to update the information that you're publishing on the Internet.
[theme : ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING]
A future version of HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) could ensure that simple and complex Web documents can be read by any Web user. In this vision, the Web will use an object-oriented model: the core classes - basic headings, paragraphs, and links - will be understood by all browsers, but richer "subclass" distinctions would be allowed for use by more sophisticated browsers.
[theme : ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING]
For the last five years, computer users who demanded sophisticated 3-D graphics turned to high-end workstations. Now the computer industry is preparing to bring this level of performance to low-end desktop systems.
[theme : 3-D GRAPHICS]
The Doubleplay Series I doubles your PC storage; the JetEye ESI-9580A provides wireless printing; English Wizard translates English into SQL; Cruiser takes you down a virtual hallway; and more.
[theme : 3-D GRAPHICS]
As networking, multimedia, and better software converge, corporations and schools will be offering much-improved ways of learning.
[theme : EDUCATION AND TRAINING] [author : Andy Reinhardt]
The benchmark picture just got a whole lot brighter: BYTE has released new cross-platform benchmarks, the BYTE Native Mode suite, for testing CPUs and FPUs. And NSTL has released its InterMark suite for testing hardware under Windows.
[author : Rick Grehan]
A new, traffic-oriented network of multimedia, multiprocessor workstations with integrated telephony gives the U.S. Postal Service the ability to handle bad weather, deal with unforeseen operational contingencies, and manage the flow of mail based on real-time information.
[author : Randall D. Cronk]
Agents and smart software are still works in progress. Security and interoperability define the leading edge of development for these industries software tools.
[theme : SOFTWARE AGENTS]
They may not fulfill our dreams yet, but agents and smart software are beginning to help us find information and do our jobs more effectively.
[author : Kurt Indermaur]
A new generation of light-weight, multithreaded operating environments provide security and interoperability for agent developers.
[author : Peter Wayner]
Windows NT 3.5 opens up your options for choosing a high-end Windows system. BYTE reviews seven NT speed demons - comparing Alpha, Mips 4400, and Pentium workstations.
[author : Steve Apiki and Rick Grehan]
A look at two new groupware solutions for Windows: Collabra Share and Attachmate's OpenMind. Both products deliver an effective conferencing system to large and small workgroups. OpenMind also includes document management and OLE Automation features.
[author : Rex Baldazo and Stanford Diehl]
IBM's latest ThinkPad with CD-ROM, motion-video support, and Mwave DSP brings multimedia to the road warrior. This new machine also moves laptops a step closer to desktops.
[author : Rex Baldazo]
Behind all the hype about OS/2 Warp, we found a stable, fast operating system that sports an updated GUI, improved hardware support, and a Bonus Pack loaded with useful OS/2 applications. But is it good enough to displace Windows?
[author : Barry Nance]
If your LANtastic peer-to-peer network is running out of steam, Artisoft's CorStream adds a NetWare 4.01 server wrapped in a familiar interface.
[author : Stan Miastkowski]
Previously available only on minicomputers and mainframes, HSM (hierarchical storage management) is an increasingly popular way to economize on network storage. We took a look at three HSM products for PC LANs.
[author : Barry Nance]
BYTE/NSTL selects the best single-medium tape drives for backing up midrange networks. We tested tape subsystems in a range of environments, including server-based, workstation-based, and Windows NT configurations.
How often do the five empty cells in the Pentium's FPU lookup table spell miscalculation?
[theme : CPUS] [author : Tom R. Halfhill]
IBM says Warp is for end users. Wrong. It's an integrator's dream.
[theme : OPERATING SYSTEMS] [author : Jon Udell]
OLE Controls are the technology of choice for lightweight software components under Windows. Building one is easy using the Control Development Kit, but starting from scratch provides an inside look at the underlying technology.
[author : Steve Apiki]
Forget the CPU and clock speed; network I/O capacity may be the new measure of a desktop system's performance.
[author : Peter Wayner]
The simplest things can be an adventure
[author : Jerry Pournelle]
An AI model from Douglas Hofstadter, a Star Trek technical manual, and an unauthorized look at Windows 95.
[author : Jon Udell and Tom Thompson]
The Internet is becoming populated with enclaves of xenophobic, crabby egotists.
[author : Raphael Needleman]
Highlights from two decades of covering the PC revolution.
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