March 1996 / News & Views

Virtual Reality Goes to Work We Have Seen the Future, and it's VR VR's Not Just for Games Manipulation At Your Fingertips	Virtual reality is not for games and entertainment software only. Here's how it will influence mainstream business and Internet applications. - by Chris Chinnock
New Batteries Will Keep You Running	New battery technologies that let notebook PCs run longer w ithout a recharge might make the transition from the laboratory to commercial products this year. - by Dave Andrews
Multimedia Tools Animate the Web Web Sites are Not Just for Browsers	Vendors of multimedia development toolkits are preparing a variety of tools that can make your World Wide Web site come alive with music, animation, and video. - by Dave Andrews
Simple Color Matching for Everybody Color Wheel	Purchasers of low-cost color ink-jet printers are learning something that graphics professionals have known for years: What you see on the computer screen isn't always what you get from the printer. - by Wayne Kawamoto
I'll Talk to You Soon Battle of the Dictation APIs	By the year 2000, the mouse and the keybo ard might be obsolete for text input. - by Rob Dieterich
Dive! Dive! Walk Softly, but Shout Commands	Games Get Voice Recognition - by Wayne Kawamoto
On-Line Shoppers: "Just Looking, Thanks" Information Gatherers vs. Product Purchasers	Security concerns, clunky interfaces, and other factors continue to stymie Internet commerce. - by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
10 Reasons Why You Need a Windows 95 Uninstaller	Although Windows 95 applications must have a deinstall routine to qualify for Microsoft's Windows 95 logo, companies such as MicroHelp (Marietta, GA, (770) 516-0899), Quarterdeck (Marina del Rey, CA, (310) 309-3700), and others have released their own Windows 95 uninstallers.
Get Smart--Wear a PC Wearable Art? No, Just a Computer Let's Get Smaller	In the old TV series Get Smart, good guy Maxwell Smart occasionally communicated using his shoe phone. - by Nick Baran
Symantec Pours Java into Its Development Environment Have Java at the Symantec Cafe	From the outside, Symantec Cafe (called Espresso in its formative stages) appears indistinguishable from the company's C++ 7.2 IDDE (integrated development and debugging environment). - by Rick Grehan
Users Like SmartSuite's Team Computing SmartSuite	Although Microsoft's 32-bit version of Office was the first integrated business suite to ship for Windows 95, Lotus's SmartSuite 96, which is now available, leapfro gs the competition with impressive team-computing capabilities. - by Dave Andrews
Finally, Push-Button PDA-to-PC Integration Palm Computing One-Button Piloting	Vendors of personal hand-held devices (aka personal digital assistants, or PDAs) are constantly improving the links between these small portable wonders and desktop PCs and Macs. - by Dave Andrews

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