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23 Episodes 1998 - 1999
Episode 3
Sat, Jan 24, 1998
The launch of Windows 98 was a major upgrade for Windows users, solving some of the problems of Windows 95.
Episode 4
Tue, Oct 13, 199826 mins
A look at Apple's turnaround with the return of Steve Jobs and the launches of the sleek new iMac, PowerMac G3, and Mac OS 8.1.
Episode 5
Sat, Jan 24, 1998
Most software users only take advantage of a small percentage of the features in software packages. This program looks at some of the hidden powers of popular applications including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Photoshop, Tomb Raider II, and Rainbow Six. Also a look at "Easter Eggs", little surprises hidden inside software by the programmers.
Episode 6
Sat, Jan 24, 1998
After the Internet was around for a few years, people figured out that it was also a phone system and you could use your web connection to do voice and video communications. This program looks at several early examples including PowWow from Tribal Voice, White Pine's ClassPoint, Windows 95 video conferencing, Connectix Web Cam, ClearPhone, stefcam, C-U-SeeMe, camgirl.com, and QuickClip.
Episode 7
Sat, Jan 24, 1998
Coverage of the 1998 annual European Technology Roundtable Exhibition in Lisbon, Portugal. Featured guests include Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, Yong The Lee of EMachines, John Gage of Sun, Michael Rogers of Newsweek Interactive, Tony Perkins of the Red Herring, Mitchell Kertzman of Sybase, NASDAQ President Al Berkeley, Nortel's Dave House, and Roel Pieper of Philips Electronics.
Episode 8
Sat, Jan 24, 1998
Coverage of the 1998 annual European Technology Roundtable Exhibition in Lisbon, Portugal. Featured guests include Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, Janet Baker of Dragon Systems, John Gage of Sun, David Kirkpatrick of Fortune, Mitchell Kertzman of Sybase, Tony Perkins of Red Herring, Andreas Barth of Compaq, NASDAQ President Al Berkeley, and Yong The Lee of EMachines. Included are demonstrations of the latest technology for speech recognition and handwriting recognition.
Episode 9
Sat, Jan 24, 1998
The Internet is changing the world of radio as thousands of radio stations around the world go online.
Episode 11
Sat, Jan 24, 1998
The Palm Pilot launched a successful generation of handheld devices and personal digital assistants or PDAs. This program looks at the Palm III, Qualcomm's pdQ CDMA phone, the Nino 300 and the Velo 500 from Philips, Hitachi's Traveler 600, HP's CapShare 910, the GoType keyboard, WINCE 2.0, a Palm application called TriCorder, and Franklin's REX PRO. Guests include David Pogue, New York Times writer and author of "Palm Pilot: The Ultimate Guide".
Episode 12
Sat, Jan 24, 1998
An up-close and personal profile of Microsoft chairman Bill Gates. Includes comments by John Gage, Sun Microsystems; David Kirkpatrick, Fortune Magazine; Tony Perkins, Red Herring; Mitchell Kertzman, Liberate Technologies; Alex Vieux, Dasar.
Episode 13
Sat, Jan 24, 1998
A look at some of the best new products introduced at the 1998 annual COMDEX show in Las Vegas. Demonstrations include the Cyrix WebPAD, Instant Language 2000 from LanguageForce, the C Pen from C Technologies, and Avid Cinema for Windows. Also includes highlights of the keynote speeches at COMDEX including those of Microsoft's Bill Gates, Compaq CEO Eckhard Pfieffer, and Xerox Chief Scientist John Seely Brown.
Episode 14
Sat, Jan 24, 1998
A look at the growing field of electronic commerce. Shot on location at the Peoplesoft ecommerce conference in Florida. Includes coverage of ecommerce initiatives by such companies as Borders, TWA, DLJ Direct, and Peapod. Guests include syndicated investment columnists, the Motley Fool.
Episode 17
Sun, Jan 24, 199928 mins
A review of the state of the art in three dimensional graphics technology in 1999. Demonstrations include the Voodoo Banshee 3D card, the 3Dfx graphics accelerator, LiveArt 98 software, MetaCreations Poser 3, and Lightwave 3D. Featured is a visit to Pacific Data Images (PDI) and their work on the computer generated animation movie ANTZ.
Episode 18
Sun, Jan 24, 1999
Episode 19
Sun, Jan 24, 1999
For parents, computers are a blessing and a threat. They're great for learning and entertainment but potentially a gateway to bad stuff. This program looks at a variety of resources for parents including parentsplus.com, thecybermom.com, Encarta, American Greeting Crafts, Clue Finders from The Learning Company, abcparenting.com, Math Heads, French Now!, and Maurice Ashley Teaches Chess. Guests include Roberta Furger, author of "Does Jane Compute? Preserving Our Daughter's Place in the Cyber Revolution" and Pam Dixon, author of "Take Charge Computing for Parents and Teens".
Episode 20
Sun, Jan 24, 1999
Episode 21
Sun, Jan 24, 1999
A user's going to doing basic repairs on your computer hardware and software. Featured guests include Ron White, author of How Computers Work, Peter Coffee, author of Peter Coffee Teaches PCs, John Ruley of Windows Magazine, and Owen Linderholm of Windows Magazine. Also includes a review of useful online troubleshooting sites.
Episode 22
Sun, Jan 24, 1999
Demonstrations of the latest in speech recognition technology in 1999. Included are Philips SpeechMike Pro and Philips FreeSpeech 98, Dragon Naturally Speaking and Dragon Naturally Speaking Mobile Recorder, TeLL me More language training software, and Webley, a speech enabled personal assistant.
Episode 23
Sun, Jan 24, 1999
On-location coverage of Upside's Internet Showcase conference in San Diego, one of the first trade shows focusing only on internet related products and services. Guests include Bill Joy of Sun Microsystems, Eric Schmidt of Novell (now Chairman of Google), Mark Eppley of Traveling Software, Phillipe Kahn, David Coursey, and Larry Magid. Products introduced here included the TIVO and digital televisions.
Episode 26
Sun, Jan 24, 1999
As I-T people across the country geared up for potential Y2K problems at the end of the year, we reviewed several consumer approaches to being prepared for possible Y2K problems.
Episode 27
Sun, Jan 24, 1999
Coverage of the 1999 annual Codie Awards presentations from the Software and Information Industry Association, recognizing the outstanding new software programs of the year. Hosted by Robert Urich and Stewart Cheifet. Nominees for best new software program of the year were ACID, National Geographic Maps, Fireworks, Cybermaster, and MetaFrame.
Episode 30
Sun, Jan 24, 1999
A look at a variety of interesting programming languages being used for personal computers in 1999. Included are demonstrations of Microsoft's Office 2000 Developer, LEGO Mindstorms RCX Code Developer, Macromedia Flash 3.0, and Metrowerks CodeWarrior. Also a special look inside Electronic Arts to see what they use to program their newest game WWII Fighters.
Episode 31
Sun, Jan 24, 1999
Computers have evolved from number crunching machines to word processors to creativity tools. This program looks at several creative applications including Art Dabbler 2.0 from Metacreations, Music Maker V2000 from Magix Entertainment, Adobe PhotoDeluxe 3.0, 3d Digital Photo Gallery 1.1 from Etalon, Dance Studio, and Writers Blocks.
Episode 32
Sun, Jan 24, 1999
A user's guide to new email tools. Demonstrations include Eudora Pro 4.1, Attachment Opener 2.0, Conversions Plus 4.6, Master Clips Email Animator, and Intel Create and Share. Guests include John Noerenberg of QUALCOMM and teachers and students of Hawes Elementary School.