January 1997 / Reviews

Silicon Graphics' Wintel Killer Ratings 3-D Graphics Performance SGI's Little Blue O2	SGI beefs up the low end of its 3-D graphics workstation line with the power-packed O2. - by Dave Rowell
Local AltaVista Searching Ratings Private Extensions Rear-Ended by Performance Slow-Down	These "private" versions of AltaVista lack the heavy hardware that makes the Web tool such a screaming performer. - by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
Multiplatform CodeWarrior Ratings CodeWarrior develops a Pilot Plan	A popular Mac development tool steps out -- this time, ready to do battle with a variety of platforms. - by Raymond GA Côté
World's Fastest Disk Drive Ratings Speed Rules Cheetah Spearheads the Revolutions	Seagate's new Cheetah UltraSCSI hard disk is the first to hit 10,000 rpm. - by Stan Miastkowski
At Last: Pocket PCs That Run Windows Windows CE HPC Features LG HPC NEC MobilePro Compaq PC Companion More Better HPCs Developing for Windows CE	New hand-held Windows PCs truly synchronize with desktop systems. - by Peter Wayner
Dial 411 for Directory Assistance Ratings Drag It and Drop It Where You Need It Basic Service Included What's an Intranet OS?	With its newest NeWare upgrade, Novell confronts the intranet and the reality of TCP/IP. - by Steve Gillmor
Hot Sauce for Cooking Up Databases Ratings Salsa Spices Up Database Creation	Wall Data's Salsa lets nonexperts create database applications simply a nd quickly, and with minimal coding. - by Russell Kay

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