Coming soon to a screen near you: low-cost 3-D graphics. But first, some technical difficulties.
[author : Udo Flohr]
Embedded-systems developers can now add Windows NT to their list of real-time OSes.
[author : Rick Grehan]
HTML converters for five-year-old applications: Is this the best we can hope for?
[author : Mark Schlack]
Thanks to DVD technology, next-generation optical discs will hold 25 times more data than current CD-ROMs.
[author : Tom R. Halfhill]
It's easier when you use intelligent design, simulation, and maintenance tools.
[author : Edmund X. DeJesus]
Intelligent tools can validate your network design and gauge its performance before you buy a single piece of equipment.
[author : Nathan J. Muller]
Modeling and simulation provide a cure for pain.
[author : Charles D. Knutson]
Software that helps manage mega-size networks.
[author : Tim Wilson]
Lotus Domino delivers Notes databases to Web clients and powerful tools to Notes developers.
[author : Steve Gillmor]
HDS's @workStation is a lowcost box for Web access, Java applets, and Windows.
[author : Peter Wayner]
Proxima's Desktop Projector 4100Z sets a new standard for direct digital projection.
[author : G. Armour Van Horn]
Digital's clever technology lets you run 32-bit x86 code on an Alpha machine.
[author : Selinda Chiquoine]
The current crop of Pentium notebooks are expensive, but testing shows they're worth it.
[author : Maggi Bender, Jim Kane and John McDonough] [theme : LAB Report: hardware]
NT 4.0's Win 95 interface and leading-edge connectivity features make for a valuable upgrade—but beware those nasty installation glitches.
[author : Robert L. Hummel]
With properly designed forms, the Web becomes a valuable resource for data collection.
[author : Jon Udell]
Two backup products take very different approaches to saving network data.
[author : Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols]
Computer users with disabilities need support from their OS to accomplish tasks independently.
[author : Joseph J. Lazzaro] [theme : Operating Systems]
HTTP 1.1 is a much-needed standard for the growing Internet. Here's what it does and how it works.
[author : William Stallings] [theme : Networks]
Intel's new i960 RP intelligent I/O processor simplifies a server's architecture while also improving performance.
[author : Tom Thompson]
How to use Microsoft Access and ODBC drivers to produce interactive Web pages and on-line databases.
[author : Rick Dobson] [theme : Programming]
ComUnity OT Framework, Siemens Nixdorf's software for augmenting Visual Basic with business logic and client/server tools, falls short of its goal.
[author : Volker Weber and Hans-Jochen Schmitt]
Drag-and-drop C++ programming doesn't get any better than Powersoft's slick Optima++.
[author : Rick Grehan]
You can reconfigure Compaq's Armada from a 5-pound notebook to a full-featured multimedia machine.
[author : Dave Rowell]
Jerry finds uses that go beyond backup for Iomega's Zip drives and takes a first look at the Windows NT 4.0 beta version.
[author : Jerry Pournelle]
A preview of Matrox's Mystique PCI graphics board, plus a look at Microsoft's Outlook 97.
Rogue Wave's JFactory can get you started building Java applications quickly.
[author : Rick Grehan]
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