December 1996 / What's New

Graphics and Web-Page Production Suite More Power from Macromedia	Macromedia's FreeHand Graphics Studio 7 includes four integrated cross-platform graphics programs: FreeHand 7, Macromedia xRes 3, Extreme 3D 2, and Fontographer 4.1. - by Joy-Lyn Blake
Protect Documents from Macro Virus	Designed to detect and eliminate 130 Macro viruses, Virus Alert for Macro (US$29.95) integrates into Microsoft Word 6.0 and 7.0.
Manage Corporate Information First Floor: Data Catalogs	Consisting of a Windows 95 administrative client, Solaris and Windows NT server software, and Mac and Windows 3.1/95 client versions, InfoPilot (starter kit, $3375) helps you assemble catalogs of corporate data from a variety of sources, including World Wide Web and document-based information, which it automatically places or "publishes" on an intranet server for client access.
Use 3-D CAD Under Windows 95/NT	With FelixCAD's ($995) 32-bit MDI, you can simultaneously view and edit up to four drawings, with up to four views per drawing, in any combination of 2-D or 3-D.
Windows-Based Compression	ProZip ($39.95) allows you to open and use several archives at once, define when and how the program prompts you, transfer extra-large files by creating a multivolume archive, and create Windows-based self-extracting archives that can even contain encrypted files.
Access Unix Resources from Windows	With FacetWin's (single-user license, $195) all-in-one feature set, Windows 95 users and Windows NT clients can transparently access and use Unix-based network resources, such as files, disks, applications, and printers.
Network CD Recording Customized CD Storage	To create data, audio, video, or mixed-mode CDs over a network, you simply install SmartCD ($795) for recording on Windows NT or NetWare servers and attach a CD recorder.
Quality Control for Visual Basic Buggy Code Review	VB/CodeReview Professional Edition ($249.95) automatically reviews Visual Basic code against a database of bugs and conditions, including ActiveX, OCX, VBX, and DLL bugs; Visual Basic 3.0 and 4.0 bugs; DAO, Jet, and ODBC bugs; and Windows API bugs.
Physical Property Database for Chemistry	Now you can perform combination searches on a chemical's name, synonym, formula, structure, or CAS number to access compound information.
Encrypt Internet E-Mail	If you are concerned about transmitting e-mail, credit-car d payments, and sensitive data over the Internet, Cloaking Device ($49.95) may interest you.
Maintain Multiple Web Servers Report Suite from SiteSweeper	A Windows 95/NT Web-site maintenance tool, SiteSweeper 1.0 ($299) evaluates file types (text, image, audio, or video), their sizes, and dates of last modification; the number of images on a page; the total download size of the page; and the links to and from the page.
Custom Mapping for Web Publishers Map It Out	Etak's suite of Internet mapping products (call for prices) includes E-Map View, which contains Etak's nationwide digital map database, a map server, customization control of the map's "look and feel," and a CGI for the Web interface; E-Map Route, which adds routing capability to E-Map View and allows you to dynamically generat e directions between two points; and E-Map Locate, a geocoding server that assigns latitude and longitude coordinates to addresses, intersections, or cities.
Streaming Video and Audio In the Stream of Things	All-in-one video-file playback software for Windows 3.x, 95, and NT, Video Express Viewer 1.0 ($39.95) supports downloadable video-file formats and plays streaming-medium formats, such as ActiveMovie Streaming Format files.
Compress and Edit MPEG-1 Video Easy MPEG	If you want to incorporate MPEG video into your Web pages, the MPEG Toolbox CD-ROM ($125) lets you convert and compress video sequences (AVI or WAV format) or series of images (BMP, TIFF, TGA, GIF, or PCX format) into an MPEG-1 sequence in audio, video, system, or Video CD format; edit MPEG-1 sequences, adding special eff ects, such as titles and fade-in and fade-out; and run MPEG-1 and Video CD files full-screen at a rate of between 25 and 30 images per second on a Pentium 90 machine.
Project Scheduler 7	With Project Scheduler 7 for Windows 95/NT, you can customize the look of the interface; create and store an unlimited number of custom fields, formulas, and filters directly within the project database; and share project data with teams down the hall, across town, or around the world.
C++ Component Series	Version 2 of the C++ Component Series consists of the following 10 libraries in the <Too lkit> series: Standards, Helper, Thread, Time, Streaming, Network, Pipe, File, Platform, and Web.
SQL 4.2	Visual SQL 4.2 turns Microsoft Visual C++ Enterprise Edition and Visual C++ 4.x into C++ client/server development environments, extending Visual C++ with visual designers, intuitive w izards, and object-oriented data access.
3-D Product Combinations	Three multimedia packages include miroMedia 3D ($199), a stand-alone 2-D/3-D video graphics accelerator; miroMedia 3D with StereoGraphics' Simuleyes VR Stereo-Vision 3D Eyewear ($299); and miroMedia 3D with Simuleyes and miroMe dia's Surround sound card ($399).
Fax Modem to Share Voice and Data Merge Voice a nd Data	Incorporating a speakerphone, the SupraExpress 336 Sp with ASVD (internal, $149; external, $169) delivers transmission speeds of 33.6 Kbps and V.80 video-phone functionality for synchronous exchange of audio and video.
ISDN-to-PCI-Bus Connection	A Plug and Play COM port for connecting to external ISDN terminal adapters, the LavaLink-PCI Dual-Port Communications Accelerator Board (US$149.99) supports data transfer rates of up to 460.8 Kbps.
33.6-Kbps PC Card Data/Fax Modem	The DataLink PC Card 33.6 modem ($239), which is available for PC and Mac portable computers, features power management that saves battery life and supports the V.34+ standard and landline and cellular communications.
24-Floating-Port Ethernet Switch	The FreedomSwitch ($2199) dynamically assigns its 24 ports to one of four internal 10Base-T segments based on current network traffic.
An Office in Your Pocket Psion Does it Light	With the Siena, Psion has created a hand-held information management device that you can carry without a second thought. - by Dave Andrews
540-MB Re movable-Medium Drive	The APS M540 uses 3-1/2-inch 540-MB data cartridges, which format to 515 MB in a Mac OS environment.
Photo-Realistic Color Printer/Scanner Photo Realism from Alps	Using Alps Electric's patented Micro Dry inks, the MD-4000 (about $699) delivers 16.7 million colors at a resolution of 600 by 600 dpi or black-and-white text and graphics at 1200 by 600 dpi.
High-Capacity Hard Drives Simply Samsung	The 1.6-GB WNR-31601A ($268), 2.1-GB WNR-32100A ($342), and 2.4-GB WNR-32501A ($400) 3-1/2-inch hard drives feature a 16.6-MBps host transfer rate, PRML Read Channel technology, Fast ATA-2 performance via PIO mode 4 and multiword DMA mode 2, an 11-ms seek time, and a 5400-rpm rotational speed.
Flat-Screen Color Monitors Flat-Screen Monitors Feature Technical Depth	The CL15e, with a 15-inch diagonal screen ($379), and the CL17, with a 17-inch screen ($679), feature a dot pitch of 0.28 mm, a maximum noninterlaced resolution of 1280 by 1024 pixels, horizontal frequencies of up to 69 kHz, a vertical refresh rate of up to 120 Hz, and on-screen display digital controls.
Windows NT Servers	Designed for data-intensive, mission-critical applications, the InterServe 650 and 660 servers (from $50,200) come with up to four 200-MHz Pentium Pro processors with a 512-KB L2 cache; up to 4 GB of memory; 12 PCI and three ISA expansion slots; 9-GB hard drives, for up to 1 TB of storage; Ultra-SCSI RAID controllers; eight hot-swappable drive bays; RAID subsystems that support RAID 0, 1, 3, 5, and 0+1; and remote management.
Pentium Pro Server Pentium Processor Times Two	The ALR Revolution MP Pro (from $3995) lets you start with one 200-MHz Pentium Pro processor and easily a dd a second processor.
Multimedia Computer Acer's Aspiration a Winner	The Aspire Ultimate Solution (from $2499) includes a 166- or 200-MHz Pentium processor with 256 KB of pipeline burst cache memory, 24 to 32 MB of EDO RAM, 10- and 12-speed CD-ROM drives, a 3.5-GB hard drive, 3-D 64-bit graphics acceleration with 2 MB of EDO video memory, hardware wave-table sound, hardware MPEG video playback, a 33.6-Kbps fax modem, and a 10-W subwoofer and joystick.
Tablet PC Has Wireless LAN Radio Listen to the Wireless	A Windows 95-compatible tablet PC, the Stylistic 1000 RF features Proxim's RangeLAN2 2.4-GHz wireless radio with 15 independent channels, a 1.6-Mbps data transfer rate, and a 200- to 500-foot indoor wireless range to an Ethernet access point.
3-D Rendering Workstation Soar with 3D Graphist from Falcon	The 3D Graphist (from $7000) comes with dual 200-MHz Pentium processors with a 16-KB internal cache, 64 MB of EDO memory, a Plextor eight-speed SCSI CD-ROM drive, a Seagate Hawk 2.1-GB Ultra-Wide SCSI hard drive, a Teac 3-1/2-inch 1.44-MB floppy drive, a Diamond Stealth 64 PCI video card, a Creative Labs Sound Blaster 16 card, Labtec LCS-600 speakers, and a 17-inch Samsung Syncmaster GLSI SVGA monitor.
6.5-Pound Ruggedized Color Notebook Rugged on the Road	Encased in lightweight magnesium and resistant to shock, vibration, water, and dust, the CF-25 notebook (about $3329 to $3869) is available with a 100- or 133-MHz Pentium CPU; an 840-MB or 1.35-GB hard drive; 8 MB of RAM, expandable to 72 MB; a 32-bit PCI-bus architecture; a Card Bus and ZV port; 16-bit stereo sound; a DayBrite 10.4-inch active-matrix color LCD screen; three stacked PC Card Type II slots; and an optional six-speed CD-ROM drive that swaps with the floppy drive.
Pentium Pro PC for Less Than $2,000 Pentium Pro Preferred	Available with a 150-, 180-, or 200-MHz Intel Pentium Pro CPU, the Preferred 6200's (from $1950) desktop or tower configurations include five drive bays and seven drive bays, respectively; 256 to 512 KB of L2 pipelined burst cache memory; up to 768 MB of RAM; support for up to four IDE drives; four PCI and three ISA expansion slots; two serial ports; one parallel port; and two USB ports.
PCI-Bus Digital Video Card	With the WakeBoard Multimedia Pro (about $1000), you can capture and compress video as an AVI file for playback on a PC.

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