May 1996 / News & Views

New PCs Improve Your Image The New Dream PCs	Thanks to new storage options, PCs can now satisfy the voracious memory appetites of the latest multimedia, graphics, and document-imaging applications - by Jon Pepper
Inside the Ultimate Web Site 24-Hours in Cyberspace Mission-Control Network Configuration A Mann of Vision	Rick Smolan's ambitious 24 Hours in Cyberspace project revealed the technical and creative diffic ulties of large-scale publishing on the Internet's World Wide Web - by Tom R. Halfhill
On-Line Information Services Deliver Disaster Recovery for Small Business On-Line-Backup Pros and Cons	A new hands-off approach to backing up your PC promises to make it easier and less expensive to safeguard your important data, while giving new meaning to the term on-line storage. - by M. G. Stevens
Compleme nt the Splash, Reinforce the Ad	Developers evaluating the latest tools for adding flashy advertising and multimedia capabilities to their Web sites may want to consider this sobering statistic: About 20 percent of users surf without graphics.
Ja va's Busting Out All Over Java Programmers Get RADical	Activity surrounding Sun Microsystems' Java programming language borders on the frenetic. - by Michael Shoffner
Better Replication Coming for Databases Replication Snapshot, Present and Future	Replication technology delivers numerous benefits, but it's not a panacea for all your distributed-data needs. - by Rick Dobson
Write Windows 95 Virtual Device Drivers on Higher Ground VxD's Blast Off	If any branch of Windows programming might rightly be called rocket science, surely virtual-device-driver (VxD) programming is it. - by Rick Grehan
WordPerfect Losing Ground to Microsoft	WordPerfect and PerfectOffice users are both relieved and apprehensive following recent changes at parent company Novell. - by Jon Pepper
Watch Out: 500-MHz PowerPCs Planned for 1997 Bipolar Pros and Cons Bipolar vs. CMOS	In a bid to create the world's fastest microproce ssor, a Silicon Valley start-up company is developing a PowerPC chip that combines fast-switching bipolar transistors with conventional CMOS technology. - by Tom R. Halfhill

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