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Memory Glut Continues Through 1998 Despite some short-term volatility last summer, memory prices, which have fallen steadily for the past three years, will continue to drop through the end of […]

Multiple Efforts Focus on Using Existing Internet Standards Creating a common set of standards for enhanced-television programming, including interactive TV, should come another step closer by the end of the […]

The much-publicized war of words between Microsoft Corp. and RealNetworks that broke out in July has helped to refocus attention on the high-profit potential of the quickly evolving streaming-media market. […]

In the expanding world of multimedia upgrades, options abound. The upgrade options for multimedia have crossed the PC boundary. An array of new digital technologies at affordable consumer prices is […]

Two-Way Satellite Communications Become Reality in '98 The age of satellite-based, two-way business communications has begun in earnest, with low-earth-orbit (LEO) satellites set to provide service before the end of […]

The dramatic transformation of the World Wide Web from a page-oriented, browser-based environment to a multimedia-oriented broadcast desktop setting is confronting users with a dizzying array of competing products. Leading […]

New OS Sparks Surge in Palmtop Application Development Handheld PCs (HPCs) featuring Microsoft's Windows CE are starting to be shipped in volume, as are a growing number of compatible software […]

Are Hardware Modems an Endangered Species? Though it's not yet in the fast lane, software-based PC communications is picking up speed--so much so that proponents say traditional modem hardware will […]

NEC's Portable Presenter is designed, as the name implies, for those who have to take their presentations on the road--or at least away from their desks. Part of NEC's new […]

Since its creation in 1991, Linux, a freeware clone of the Unix OS, has garnered a fiercely loyal and growing worldwide band of supporters. Linux is viewed by many today […]

NCD Rolls out a CE Thin-Client Solution The recent marriage of thin-client computers and the Windows CE operating system will be a union that legitimizes them both as high-volume technology […]

BioAPI Consortium Launched To Set Standards for Industry Conducting business in the digital age means having better, more secure means of identifying the customers, companies, and employees with whom you […]

Flash Drives and Optical Drives Gain Momentum The ideal storage system for ultraportable electronics should be fast and high-capacity, and use removable media. Iomega Corp., SanDisk Corp., and newcomer Ioptics […]

Antivirus software vendors are launching a variety of preemptive strikes against computer infections, ranging from digital immune systems and intelligent Web crawlers to hourly virus-definition updates. What could justify such […]

The course of digital television (DTV) shifted last December when Intel Corp. announced that it would promote the Hitachi-invented All-Format Decoder (AFD) specification, which will allow PCs to decode digital […]

Refurbished, Rewarranted PCs Popular With Consumers as Well as for Corporate Trade-Ins While powerful new PCs are cheaper than they've ever been, they're still far from commodity items. The quest […]

More Robust, Integrated Help Functions on the Way Used to seeing the index and search tabs of a Windows help screen when you press F1? New help systems based on […]

Advocates Predict Every PC Will Work Like an ATM A flurry of technology initiatives may well usher in a new crop of microprocessor-based smart cards--and many will be aimed at […]

For 1997, LCD Screens Will Get Bigger and Better New display technologies that may someday replace liquid-crystal display (LCD) screens in notebook computers are slowly emerging, but don't look for […]

PC 97 and SIPC Strategies Continue to Advance Anyone who thinks that Microsoft Corp. isn't in the hardware business doesn't understand the ramifications of the software titan's PC 97 and […]

Simplified product lines and more-aggressive OEM licensing deals for the Macintosh operating system are at the core of Apple Computer's strategy to rebuild lost market share while returning to profitability. […]

A slowdown in the growth rate of first-time PC buyers and a shakeout among multimedia software publishers are helping to create a transition year for the software industry. Both the […]

Voice-modem-equipped PCs are doing more than dialing voice and data calls, thanks to a broad-based licensing agreement between Microsoft Corp. and communications-software provider Centigram Communications Corp. The latter's TruVoice 32-bit […]

Intel Corp. believes it has found the answer to premature PC aging--at least for users who may not have the latest CPU, but whose systems are otherwise up-to-date. The chip […]

Computer makers won't have to wait for Microsoft's Simply Interactive PC specification to take another step toward plug-and-play computing. Intel Corp. has added support for Universal Serial Bus (USB) technology, […]

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Despite regulatory delays caused by the partial shutdown of the federal government, debate continues over the future of digital television and its impact on existing broadcast TV and the PC […]

You may not have heard much about eWorld lately. However, Apple Computer is redeeming its reputation for online innovation by offering its 3-D Metafile (3DMF) graphics format as a standard […]

Advances in wireless-messaging technology and the convergence of data, fax, voice, and paging capabilities for PCs are transforming and expanding the paging market. The Personal Communications Industry Association in Washington, […]

Prices for CD-Recordable devices bundled with adapters and software will drop to $500 by the third quarter, predicts Akyra Pagoulatos, director of CD products for Philips Electronics. The CD-R industry […]

Advances in battery technology can't come quickly enough for most notebook computer users, especially in an age of power-draining CD-ROM drives and multimedia audio and video. While research into battery […]

It looks like a quad-speed fourth quarter for CD-ROM drive buyers. While some drive and multimedia-upgrade-kit vendors are pushing faster 6x drives, most industry observers expect quad-speed CD-ROM drives to […]

A new consumer-oriented voice-mail era is under way. Whether businesses and end users seek standalone telephony products, or new multifunction modem and sound cards, they can expect a flood of […]

As document management continues to move from corporate libraries into everyday office computing, it is adapting to the demands of mobile PC users and E-mail addicts. Though complete remote access--customers' […]