October 1997 / Bits

AGP: Who Needs It? Clear the Port for Incoming	Intel's new LX chip set with support for Accelerated Graphics Port relieves PC bottlenecks. But applications and OSes that exploit it aren't here yet. - by Robert L. Hummel
Geek Mystique What Home Surfers Do	Internet Killed the TV Star
File Server s Get Thinner, Cheaper A Lot of Server in a Little Package	You've heard of thin clients -- now look out for thin servers. - by Dave Andrews
Future Watch	New Design for Cheaper Digital Cameras
Ink-J ets: No Longer Just Low-End	Printer vendors are finding new high-end uses for ink-jet technology. - by Jason Krause
Bug of the Month No More to Go A'Rovin	Man Finds Bugs on Mars - by Jason Krause
Be tter Networks Through Accounting How Does Your Company Go	A new class of applications lets IS managers track who uses valuable network resources and helps them better plan for network usage and capacity. - by Curt Harler
Survey Under 500 and Over 500	Will You Implement Wolfpack?
Datapro Report Clustering Product Comparison	NT Clustering Solutions Compared - by Jane Wright
Book Review: New Media's Next Revolution	In the age of hypertext, cybersurfing, and interactive virtual environments, we sense our selves at the cusp of something revolutionary, and yet, at the same time, we feel somewhat underwhelmed. - by Stan Diehl
CD-ROM Review: Stock Shopping on CD Taking Stock of Your Investments	Not quite blue chip - by Stan Diehl
Blasts From The Past October 1992 October 1987 October 1982 October 1977	5 YEARS AGO IN BYTE A big shift in personal computer architecture for video devices and other peripherals was arriving with PCI, QuickRing, and VL-Bus.
Windows Wish List Jim Allchin, Sr. VP at Microsoft	Jim Allchin, Microsoft senior vice president of U.S. business systems management, discusses what he'd like to add to future versions of Win 95 and NT. - by John Montgomery and Mark Schlack

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