December 1995 / News & Views

Groupware Taps the Internet Business Flocks to the Net	New groupware products that run on the World Wide Web enable businesses to maximize their Internet investment - by Peter Jerram
BYTEmark Bug Bashed	A problem with the BYTEmark benchmarks has been located and corrected. - by Rick Grehan
New Suites Embrace the Web	Windows communications software developers are preparing new communications suites that integrate data communications, fax, and Internet connectivity.
Tools Cover Big and Little Iron An Easy Dynasty Enterprise Client/Server Tools At A Glance	Enterprise client/server tools are expanding their coverage to all platforms found in an organization, from mainframes to PCs. - by Cate T. Corcoran
Multimedia x86 CPUs Coming in 1996 Likely Multimedia x86 Road Map AMD Acquires NexGen's Nx686	Look for new x86 microprocessors that integrate digital signal processor (DSP) functionality to arrive next year. - by Tom R. Halfhill
Wavelets Challenge MPEG, Fractals High-Quality Compression	New compression products based on wavelet technologies will soon challenge MPEG- and JPEG-based products. - by Chris Chinnock
Memory Price Relief to Come in Late 1996 Memory Price Relief	Strong demand for DRAM memory, driven in part by users upgrading for Windows 95, will keep DRAM prices high until the second half of 1996, according to Semico Research (Phoenix, AZ, (602) 942-8020).
New Micro Focus Tool Converts COBOL into Components Micro Focus Has Broad View	I am now convinced that my great-grandchildren, should they choose to become programmers, will at least encounter -- and may possibly use -- some recognizable descendant of COBOL. - by Rick Grehan
Swiss Army Knife for Data Replication Heterogeneous Database Support	Replication is becoming a popular technology among database vendors. - by Dave Andrews
Whatever Happened To...? Computers Go to War	The Soldier's PC? - by Dave Andrews
DVD May Eventually Threaten VCRs Proposed High-Density Optical Disc Structure	Two opposing industry factions have reached a compromise on the standard for future Digital Videodisc (DVD) devices, which are expected to replace today's CD-ROM drives. - by Michael Nadeau
Cable TV Meets the Internet High-Speed Data over Cable	Cable-TV providers, hoping to make money on something besides TV programming, are looking at ways to offer users 10-Mbps access rates into on-line databases or the Internet. - by Salvatore Salamone
Coming: More-Powerful Notebooks	The performance gap between Pentium desktops and mobile Pentium notebooks should shrink this fall, thanks to Intel's new 120-MHz Pentium for mobile computers.

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