[author : Salvatore Salamone]

[author : Jeffrey Fritz]

Tying together telephones and computers is a great concept. New technologies, products, and standards are finally taking computer telephony beyond the concept stage and into your office.

[author : Russell Kay]

When there was just one phone company, standards and interoperability weren't even questions. Now we've got multiple answers.

[author : James Burton]

As more organizations use computer telephony, those that don't may be at a competitive disadvantage. Here's a guide to development tools you'll need to construct computer telephony systems.

[author : James Burton]

It's going to take unique software to make telephony a gotta-have-it resource. Here are some of the contenders that might be natural-born killers, including PhoneNotes, FastCall, and VoiceView.

[author : John P. Mello, Jr.]

Why wait for the Web equivalent of the Dewey decimal system? You can index your Web collection now. Here are a couple of ways to do it. Plus tips on naming, hot links, and the answer to the question, "What About WAIS?"

[author : Jon Udell]

People who buy the first computers based on Intel's P6 processor will be in for a surprise when they run 16-bit DOS and Windows applications. According to benchmarks, a Pentium runs 16-bit DOS/Windows programs faster than a P6 at the same clock speed, even though the next-generation P6 is supposed to be a "faster" CPU.

Texas Instruments plans to release a new calculator that's a whole lot smarter than its predecessors.

New versions of Borland's Delphi and Microsoft's Visual Basic have stronger client/server and OLE development capabilities for 32-bit programs.

The 486 might be reaching the end of its life, but it isn't dead yet. AMD has developed two new chips that shatter 486 speed barriers and offer Pentium-level performance at low-end prices. Meanwhile, Cyrix has developed an unusual new CPU that's a cross between a 486 and a 586-class chip.

[theme : PROCESSOR TRENDS]

New interactive CDs, such as Todd Rundgren's "multimedia album" The Individualist, will bring the humble audio CD into the era of interactive content delivery using desktop multimedia systems.

[theme : MULTIMEDIA]

Dell's new Latitude XPi P90T notebook combines low-voltage Pentium power with impressive battery life. Plus, Micro Energetics' Nightmare provides power management for printers; Horizons Technology's LANrecord meters software for NetWare LANs; and more.

[theme : NEW PRODUCTS]

A veteran Internet roamer finds that the Big Three on-line services offer adequate but pricey gateways to the Net.

[author : George Bond] [theme : ON-LINE SERVICES]

IBM's slick new screen technology turns the ThinkPad 755CV into a remote-control color presentation panel.

[author : Edmund X. DeJesus] [theme : NOTEBOOK COMPUTERS]

If OS/2's technical advantages don't wow you, maybe Warp Connect's networking goodies will. This 32-bit OS bundle includes peer services, LAN requesters, a slick approach to over-the-wire installation, and a passel of handy programs.

[author : Barry Nance] [theme : OPERATING SYSTEMS]

Second-generation color lasers from Apple and Tektronix set new standards for print quality, network connectivity, and ease of maintenance.

[author : Tom Thompson] [theme : COLOR PRINTERS]

Intergraph and Omnicomp offer two different routes to the land of glorious photo-realistic images - a workstation and a plug-in PC card.

[author : Greg Loveria] [theme : GRAPHICS ACCELERATORS]

We test a wide array of disk subsystems that minimize network downtime and maximize storage space, then pick the best RAIDs for database servers and audio/video applications.

[theme : DISK ARRAYS]

Different processors have incompatible memory-storage arrangements, but the PowerPC can handle them all.

[author : William Stallings] [theme : CPUS]

Successor to APL, the J language extends its ancestor's expressiveness and power. And you don't need a special keyboard.

[author : Dick Pountain] [theme : PROGRAMMING]

Many of the concepts in Sun's experimental Spring system will bloom in Solaris.

[author : Doug Tamasanis] [theme : OPERATING SYSTEMS]

Sattelite and radio technology are breaking the earthly limits to terrestrial ISDN.

[author : Jeffrey Fritz] [theme : NETWORKS]

Jerry explores painless dissection with Digital Frog, then settles down for more bloodless surgery as he tries to make communications software work under Windows 95.

[author : Jerry Pournelle]

Writing faster native code; plus, commerce on the Internet, and pool and nostalgia CD-ROMs.

[author : Rich Friedman]

Can digital technology make a better world? Improve our collective IQ? In the dreams of this visionary inventor it can.

[author : Douglas Engelbart]

[author : Raphael Needleman]

Reader's comments on the BYTE Network Project, Internet censorship, and the trouble with Microsoft.

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