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CONTENTS BY PLATFORM
IND EX

WINDOWS UNIX mobile unit is truly a thin ATM . . ............ ...... 47

client.
ActiveX . .. .. .. . .. 37, 56, Sl

More Power, Bigger Screens
Unix or Windows NT?

to Go . . . .... . ............ lS
Both!. ... ..... . ... .. .. ... 26
Mixed-Media Maven ... . 116
Application sharing 104, 116

Now with PC endpoints and

New high-end notebooks will
Sofrway's OpenNT 2.0­ COM, DCOM . ...... ...... 56

new ITU standards compatibil­

have 14-inch screens and 233­ which puts a native Unix sub­

ity, Lucent's MMCX Server
CPUs .. .... .. . 1 S, 33, 51, 94

MHz Pentium power.
system on top of an NT ker
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shoots voice, data, and video
Cameras (digital)... 117, 143

nel-bridges the two operating

The Pentium Soars to 300
across nerwork boundaries.

systems.
Client/server .. . . 53, 56, 114

MHz.... . . . . ..... . ....... 33

Burn, baby, burn.
Oracles: Worth the Wait? 111
INTERNET/WEB Components ... .... ... . .. 56

The much-delayed Oraclc8
Conferencing.. . S5, 104, 116

The Pentium II Revealed .. 51

L-irger caches, MMX instruc­
adds performance enhance­
Developers Like DHTML
Database technology . .. . 43,

tions give the Pentium II an
ments and new support for
but Many Wait.. .... .. ... 23
53,Sl , 111

large data types.
Microsoft's and Netscape's

edge over the Pentium Pro.
incompatible Dynamic HTML
Desktop PCs .... .. . .. 33, 94,

And its new housing simplifies
NETWORKING implcmentarions let developers
117, 143

board design.

add inreracrivity to their sites.
Display technology . . .. . .. 1 S

Using ODBCDirect's Advanced
Managing Mission-Critical

llS 4.0 Scales New Heights Dynamic HTML .... .. . .. . 23

Features..... . ... ........ 53
Text........... .. .. . ..... 43

A more flexible client/server
By enabling text to be stored as
... ..... . . .. ......... .... 37
E-mail .. ........ 75, S5, 143

interface works with a variety
a relational data type, and thus
Microsofr adds scalability,
Embedded technology.... 45

of databases. Connections to
usable by SQL applications,
robustness, and security
Groupware .. .... 75, S5, 104

Excel and batched server
Oracle's ConText helps search
feanires for e-commerce.
H.323 .. ........ .. ..... . 104

updates are demonstrated.
through tons of information.
The Webtop Rolls Out
HTML. ... ... ..... .. .. 23, S5

ActiveX Demystified ...... 56
Routing and Switching
on Netcaster.. ... .. .. ... . 3S
If you plan to keep working in
in ATM Networks... . . .. .. 47
Push, pull, and browse with Internet/Web .. .. 23, 37, 3S,

Windows, you need to under­
Here's how a hierarchy can
Netscape's snappy desktop. 45, 56, 75,S1,S5, 104, 143

stand Microsoft's core
speed up your network.
Managing Devices
Java .... .. .. .. 30, 56, Sl, S9

technologies.
Using ODBCDirect's Advanced
with the Web .. ..... ... .. 45
LAN emulation...... ..... 47

Power Platforms: 233­ Features.. .. ........ .... . 53
New imerface technology lets
MMX ...... .. .. .. lS, 51,94

and 266-MHz Pentium lls
A flexible client/server inter
­ you control and monitor
Mobile computing ....... 1 S,

Compared ... . . .. . . . ..... 94
face works with a variety of
devices with a Web browser.
115, 143

We test the speeding bleeding
databases.
ActiveX Demystified ... .. . 56

Monikers................ 56

edge of the Wintel platform.
ActiveX Demystified...... 56
ActivcX is an umbrella label

Networking .. 47, 56, 65, 75,

See and Be Seen Over IP . . 104
How Microsoft's core tech­
that covers many things, but

We check out rwo Windows 95
nologies could change the
some of the technology defi­
104, 115, 116, 143

videoconferencing programs:
world ofclients, servers,
nitely has to do with the Net.
News servers............ . S5

White Pine's CU-SeeMe and
objects, and componenrs.
The Universal lnbox .. . ... 75
Objects... ....... 45, 56, 111

Microsoft's NetMeeting.
Publish or Perish .. . . . .... 65
Someday you might be able to
OLAP...... ...... . .. ... .. Sl

Oracles: Worth the Wait? 111
Solutions to overworked net­
use just your browser t0 get at
Operating systems .. . 1 O, 1 S,

Oracle8 adds support for large
works and unruly sofovare dis­
all your e-mail, voice mail, and
45, 56, 114

objects and new data types, and
tribution are just part of Pub­
fa.xcs.
Programming . . .. 18, 53, 56,

the new NT version supports
lish and Subscribe.
OLAP by Web ....... . . ... Sl
89, 111, 143

clustering.
The Universal lnbox .. . . . . 75
Using Web applications tO
Publish and Subscribe ... . 65

Software-Only Routing
Your dream can come true: all
access OLAP data uses the
e-mail, faxes, and phone mes­
strengths of both technologies. Remote access .. . .. .. ... 114

forNT .. ..... .. .. ... . .. . 114

Microsoft's Routing and
sages with only one interface.
HTML+ NNTP = Groupware Routing............ . 47, 114

Remote Access Service brings
Software-Only Routing
... ......... .... .......... S5 SEC cartridge . ..... .. .... 94

sofrwarc-only routing to
for NT .. .. ... .. ... ...... 114
The Web has changed the
Security... . .. ... 56, S9, 143

Windows NT.
RRAS ("Steelhead") turns NT
world. But here comes another
Telephony.... .. .... . 75, 116

Server into a dial-up server or
big change.
Wireless Wonder........ 115

an Internet router.
Text searching. . . . ... . 43, SS

Wyse's Winrerm mobile com­
See and Be Seen Over IP.. 104

puter uses radio links and Cit­
Wireless Wonder.... .... 115
We check out two programs
Universal inbox .. . . . . .... 75

rix Win Frame to !er Windows
With its radio link and Citrix
that deliver voice and face
Videoconferencing .. .... 19,

users roam yet stay connected.
\'V'inFrame, Wyse's Winterm
across the Internet.
104. 116, 143

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