March 1997 / International What's New

Better Media Integration for Your PC Scen ic MXB	Today's multimedia PCs feature sophisticated 3-D graphics boards, high-speed CD-ROM drives, and CD-quality 16-bit sound boards, but most don't include a full-featured TV tuner or video mixer. - by Rainer Mauth
New PCTV Extension Board miroMedia PCTV Extends TV Viewing	The miroMedia PCTV, a new PCI TV extension board, lets you watch TV or Super-VHS videos on your PC.
Digital Camera for Remote Uses	Targeted at remote video inspection and monitoring tasks, the Mv-Net digital networked camera transmits images of remote scenes via telephone, ISDN, Ethernet, or wireless networks, such as GSM and wireless LAN.
Four MPEG-1 Channels on One Board Imagine This	Aimed at public-information, video-on-demand, computer-based training, and point-of-sales applications, the 4-ReelTime/P four-channel MPEG-1 video-playback card features hardware audio/video synchronization and low heat dissipation, which are bo th crucial to industrial applications.
Colibri Links LANs to the Internet	Colibri, a new ISDN router for Basic Rate Interface (BRI), links corporate LANs to the Internet.
High-Speed Modem with Upgrade Path	The CommWave V.34 PnP offers a simple but efficient upgrade path to the new modem standards.
Network Computer System	If you're ready to throw away the Wintel paradigm, Funai's NC system may be for you.
A 16-port Ethernet Hub	KYE Systems manufactures and markets a 16-port 10Base-T Ethernet hub.
Internet Videconferencing	Videum is a high-performance audio/video capture and playback solution for Windows-based notebooks.
CD-ROM Duplicator	Greta Taiwan offers a series of CD-ROM duplicators for the noncommercial market.
Disk Arrays for Five SCSI Drives CD-Design 3500	A new family of disk arrays, the CI-Design 3500, provides slots for up to five 3.5-inch SCSI drives.
RAID System Supports Write-Back Xyratex's R9000 RAID system	The new version of Xyratex's R9000 RAID system includes such features as a write-back cache, UPS support, Global Hot Spare, and remote diagnostics via modem.
ParaStation Turns PCs into Supercomputers	With the ParaStation communications adapters, you can turn a network of standard PCs into a high-performance, cost-effective, parallel supercomputer.
More-Professional M ultimedia Publishing MultiMedia Publisher PB100	Producing good-looking, professional presentations can be a struggle, but nothing stands out more than a poor presentation. - by Rainer Mauth
Fax Software wth OCR Engine	Targeted at mastering the vast amount of faxes that companies receive every day, Trio Community 5.0 includes indexing and search-and-compression tools that make it easier to administrate and distribute incoming faxes in a LAN environment.
Check Software Use and Licenses WkLAN Protection	WkLAN enables the administration of licenses over the Internet or an intranet and pro tects software from illicit copying.
Anthropos Simulates Human Behavior Anth ropos 4	Anthropos 4 is a library of digital human mock-ups that helps designers and engineers simulate ergonomic behavior of machines while they are still in the virtual stage.
Test Network Quality	If you want to test your network's utilization and response times, NewTest 4.2 lets you quickly reveal the relevant figures.
Fax Server for Heterogeneous Networks	Providing fax, file, and voice- mail transfer to heterogeneous networks, FotoWin Network Fax is a comprehensive 32-bit fax-server solution for Windows NT 4.0.
Access SQLBase from Java SQLclass/Java	With SQLclass/Java, Visual J++ developers can access Centura SQLBase from any Java applet.
Innovator Supports VisualAge	Innovator 5.0 now supports the object model of IBM VisualAge 3.0.
New Animation Technology	Using polygon-based rendering techniques for the display of 3-D sprites in real time, the V oxel Sprite System (VSS) is a new animation technology that's optimized for small 3-D sprites with high levels of detail.
New Excel Add-In for Statistics Excellent Add-In	The xlStat package is an add-in for Microsoft Excel spreadsheets that enables you to calculate a wide variety of statistical analyses.
ClearCode Fills OutWeb Reqest Forms	ClearCode automatically enters your address details in any request form on the Web.

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