March 1995 / News & Views

New PowerPC Standard Supports Macs Common Hardware Reference Platform	Although still in its early stages, the new Common Hardware Reference Platform standard promises to let PowerPC systems freely use various operating systems - by Tom Thompson
You're Saving Money When the Meter's Running Total Software Costs Flowcharts that Simulate Real Processes Scitor's Process Charter	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. - by Salvatore Salamone
Internet Publishing Tools Proliferate Dialects of the Web A Vision For A More Sophisticated HTML	Businesses wanting to publish information on World Wide Web servers will soon have at their disposal a variety of commercial products that let you generate documents in HTML (Hypertext Markup Language). - by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
Developers Catch the 3-D Wave 3-D DDI 3-D Hardware Vendors Anticipate Microsoft's 3-D DDI	The computer industry is preparing to bring 3-D graphics capabilities that are usually associated with high-end workstations to desktop PCs by standardizing on new 3-D-enhanced video hardware, software APIs, and operating-system enhancements. - by Peter Wayner
Forth Powers the Mac Power MacForth	First, let me confess that I have a soft spot in my heart for Forth. - by Rick Grehan
Multimedia Goes Native	To improve the performance of the Pentium for hosting software-based real-time communications and multimedia applications, I ntel includes a new PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) controller chip set and a 16-bit audio chip set on motherboards that the company makes for PC manufacturers. - by Dave Andrews
Project Xanadu?	The World Wide Web and hypertext are receiving attention these days, but the concept of distr ibuted hypertext has existed for some time. - by Nick Baran
The Ultimate Portable Computer? CPSI's Body-Worn Computer	While users debate the merits and trade-offs of notebooks versus small notebooks and PDAs (personal digital assistants), information and systems integrator CPSI (Fairfax, VA) is finishing its first computer that represents the ultimate in portability: You wear it. - by Chris Chinnock
Stronger, Smaller Notebooks DEC's HiNote Ultra	Recent introductions by vendors such as Gateway 2000, DEC, and Hewlett-Packard of ultraportable notebooks have reduced feature discrepancy between notebooks that weigh about 4 pounds and their slightly heavier 7-pound cousins. - by Dave Andrews

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