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You've browsed your brains out on the Net. Now isn't it time you got something done? No doubt about it -- the World Wide Web is full of thrills, chills, […]

Windows running on an Intel-standard PC now offers many of the same multimedia software tools found on the Macintosh plus a faster available bus and a wider assortment of video […]

Balloning software increases overhead San Francisco -- Like the balooning federal budget, the size of major Macintosh applications if fast exploding, and not all users believe they can afford the […]

Macs are increasingly linked to other desktop platforms to create commercial and corporate multimedia. While the benefits to producers are great, so are the challenges. By Steve Rosenthal Developers working […]

By Steve Rosenthal and Stephen Howard While several companies offer ways to swap complex, compound documents between Macs and a multitude of other systems through sets of file translators, some […]

By Steve Rosenthal Extra hardware alone won't guarantee memorable and effective presentations, but it's a big help if you can also afford the time and learn the necessary skills. But […]

Mac and Windows: Different Singers of the Same Tune With Windows 3.0, DOS and the Macintosh are now variations on a single theme rather than opposite extremes in user-interface design. […]

Messengers and their messages After sitting through two hours of a user-group meeting last month, I knew with certainty not one of the presenters had ever designed an amplifier, cooked […]

TITLE: NEW MEDIA Multiple platforms for multimedia Steve Rosenthal Back in the early days of communism, one of the key arguments among adherents was whether it was possible to build […]

MIDI still searching for Mac niche Steve Rosenthal In the world at large, Musical Instrument Digital Interface probably can match the PostScript page-description language for fame and fortune. But when […]

By Steve Rosenthal Script-driven HyperCard stacks have been successful as front ends for host databases, as the basis for on-line references and as the engine behind a wide range of […]

Time to swap paper for CD-ROMs Enough talk. It's time to begin the transition from paper to CD-ROM. One key step could be a regular on-the-spot "expo CD" containing all […]

While most Mac users think of the IBM PC running DOS or Windows as the obvious Macintosh counterpart in a cross-platform strategy, an increasing number of developers are also looking […]

By Steve Rosenthal Cooperation and customization are the key words for graphics this year. And if several developers have their way, it also should mark the arrival of the common […]

Multimedia, for so long not much more than an industry buzzword, has blossomed. Used for creating everything from simple black-and-white HyperCard presentations to complex, interactive video extravaganzas, multimedia has become […]

Getting shut out of multimedia It might not surprise you that my Macintosh couldn't read the official show CD-ROM from the Microsoft International Multimedia and CD-ROM Conference. Even running the […]

Dancing to the tune of those old standards I'm not sure who originated the joke that standards are nice because there are so many to choose from, but it's certainly […]

What CD-ROM lacks, videodiscs have now For about the cost of a CD-ROM drive or even less, you can get a Mac-controllable videodisc player -- yet the statistics show that […]

Users Now Have More To Choose from As New Tape-Backup Strategies Emerge As PC-based data collections play an increasingly larger role in organizations, the importance of effective backup rises correspondingly. […]

Choosing Optical Fiber: Not Always a Straightforward Task When it comes to choosing the right optical fiber for a point-to-point link or local area network, the choice is usually fairly […]

Desktop Color Output Tops Many Wish Lists Charts look better in color. Reports are more effective with color highlights. Computer-aided design (CAD) drawings are clearer with color. Desktop publishing requires […]

SCSI Enters the Ranks as a Popular Solution to Users' Tape Backup Needs The SCSI (small computer systems interface) is gaining in popularity for higher performance, tape-backup systems for PCs, […]

Color Dot-Matrix Printers Still Wooing Users Impact dot-matrix printers are still pounding out a large number of the pages produced on the desktop, both in color and black and white. […]

Graphical First Aid Sought for Presentations Do presentation-graphics users need help from graphics specialists to design and assemble their presentation? The answer, according to presentation experts, is definitely yes and […]

File-Server Performance Depends on Disk I/O When it comes to performance, 'The key issue for a file server is the speed of the disk I/O [input/ouput],' according to Edward Turner, […]

Microsoft in Position To Shape Future Hardware With the recent announcement that the Microsoft-IBM alliance in operating systems will extend to the next generation of IBM PC network software as […]

Despite the increasing similarity between operating systems for major personal computers, developers and system makers agree that significant barriers to a complete merger will persist for many years to come. […]

By Steve Rosenthal Buying a monitor locked into a single video format and adapter card may not always be the best course when video standards are evolving rapidly -- which […]