![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | Parallel Processing
Are there limits on the speed of computers and their CPUs? A review of new processor architectures to increase computing speed.Guests: Dr. Howard Resnikoff, MIT; Eugene Brooks, Lawrence Livermore; David Rodgers, Sequent; Dr. H.T. Kung, Carnegie Mellon Univ; Craig Mundie, Alliant; Jeff Canin, Hambrecht & Quist; Gary Kildall, Digital Research; Peter Appleton-Jones, ELXSIProducts/Demos:
Keywords: Episode year: 1986
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| Parenting
People are turning to their computers and the internet for advice on every conceivable topic, including how to be a parent. This program looks at several resources for parenting. Demonstrations include parentsplus.com, parenting-qa.com, thecybermom.com, abcparenting.com, French Now!, Math Heads, Maurice Ashley Teaches Chess, and EN-parent.com. Guests include Roberta Furger, author of "Does Jane Compute: Preserving Our Daughter's Place in the Cyber Revolution" and Pam Dixon, author of "Take Charg...
Keywords: parent; children; daughter
Downloads: 532 |  |
| PC Expo
On location coverage of the 1994 PC Expo trade show in New York. Companies featured include Symantec, IBM, Apple, Motorola, Borland, Toshiba, Sony, Hewlett Packard, and Epson. Guests include Tim Bajarin, Stewart Alsop, Larry Magid, and Phillipe Kahn. Originally broadcast in 1994.
Keywords: pc expo; trade show; new york
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| PC Expo 1994
On location coverage of the annual PC Expo trade show in New York. Featured guests include Stewart Alsop, Larry Magid, Tim Bajarin, and Phillipe Kahn. Originally broadcast in 1994.
Keywords: pc expo; trade show; new york
Downloads: 1,246 |  |
| PC Gaming
It's a great time to be a gamer. As new hardware and games continue to dominate the market, gamers now have more choices when it comes to using the PC for more than just work. This week we'll look at new hardware and games for your PC.
Keywords: Episode year: 2001; Gaming; Companies: Intel,Microprocessors: Pentium
Downloads: 3,205
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| PC Sports
Computers enable couch potatoes to get the feeling of competitive sports and help real athletes improve their skills. This program looks at several sports applications including Picture Perfect Golf, ESPN Baseball Tonight, UltraCoach for Windows, Mountain Biking, Winning Hoops with Coack K, and Touch 'n' Go. Originally broadcast in 1995.
Keywords: sports; golf; baseball
Downloads: 1,531 |  |
| PC Sports
Computers and videogames have allowed couch potatoes to play sports and athletes to get better at their game. This program looked at several PC sports applications including Picture Perfect Golf, ESPN Baseball Tonight, UltraCoach for Windows, Mountain Biking, and Winning Hoops with Coack K. Also featured are an online golf tournament and Home Team Advantage, a computer based program to help coaches...
Keywords: sports; baseball; coaching
Downloads: 583 |  |
| PC Sports - Arabic - Sara O'Brien
Arabic subtitled version of this program. Computers and videogames have allowed couch potatoes to play sports and athletes to get better at their game. This program looked at several PC sports applications including Picture Perfect Golf, ESPN Baseball Tonight, UltraCoach for Windows, Mountain Biking, and Winning Hoops with Coack K. Also featured are an online golf tournament and Home Team Advantage, a computer based program to help coaches...
Keywords: sports; biking; basketball; golf; coaching
Downloads: 485 |  |
| PC Trouble Shooting
Tricks and techniques for fixing your own PC. Originally broadcast in 1996.
Downloads: 3,479 |  |
| PC Video
The digital video revolution started to take hold in the mid nineties. This program looks at early examples of desktop video products. Demonstrations include QuickTime VR, Sigma Designs MPEG video, Video Director, Avid Video Shop, Video Machine Lite, Radius Edit, Video Vision, SGI's Set Top Box, CyberLab7, and QuickTime Conferencing. Originally broadcast in 1995.
Keywords: Gold Disk; DV Magazine; Avid; Fast Electronic; Silicon Graphics
Downloads: 2,832
Average rating: (3 reviews) |  |
| PC Video - Arabic
Arabic subtitled version of this program. The digital video revolution started to take hold in the mid nineties. This program looks at early examples of desktop video products. Demonstrations include QuickTime VR, Sigma Designs MPEG video, Video Director, Avid Video Shop, Video Machine Lite, Radius Edit, Video Vision, SGI's Set Top Box, CyberLab7, and QuickTime Conferencing. Originally broadcast in 1995.
Keywords: arabic; quicktime; digital video; mpeg; avid; sgi
Downloads: 3,658 |  |
| PC Video - French
French language version of this program. The digital video revolution started to take hold in the mid nineties. This program looks at early examples of desktop video products. Demonstrations include QuickTime VR, Sigma Designs MPEG video, Video Director, Avid Video Shop, Video Machine Lite, Radius Edit, Video Vision, SGI's Set Top Box, CyberLab7, and QuickTime Conferencing. Originally broadcast in 1995.
Keywords: avid; quicktime; mpeg; sgi; radius
Downloads: 429 |  |
| PDAs
A look at the state of the art in personal digital assistants. Products demonstrated include the Apple Newton Message Pad, Casio's Zoomer, AT&T's EO 440 Personal Communicator, Sharp's PI-7000 Expert Pad, and the HP 100LX. Originally broadcast in 1993.
Downloads: 1,307 |  |
| PDAs
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"...
Keywords: pda; personal digital assistant; handhelds
Downloads: 1,256 |  |
| Pentium PCs
A look at the first generation of Pentium based personal computers. Included are demonstrations of new Pentium PCs from Gateway, Compaq, and ALR (Advanced Logic Research). Also a visit to Intel Labs to see how Pentium chips are made and a visit to PC Week Labs to see their evaluation process for new Pentium PCs. Guests include Ken Lowe of Dataquest and Jim Louderback of PC Week. Originally broadcast in 1993.
Downloads: 2,259 |  |
| Personal CAD
Computer Aided Design (CAD) programs are used by engineers and architects, but new simplified CAD programs have come out for personal computers that let individual consumers use the power of CAD software. This program looks at several examples including Generic CADD, FastCAD, Dimensions, VersaCAD, Dream House, and Car Builder. Also a look at the standard for high end CAD programs, AutoCAD. Originally broadcast in 1988.
Keywords: CAD; computer aided design; architecture
Downloads: 3,366 |  |
| Personal Finance Software
Whether it's managing your personal budget or your investments, computer software has become a critical tool for financial management. This program looks at several leading software packages including Quicken, TurboTax, TaxCut, Window on Wall Street, and e.schwab. Also includes a visit to the IRS and a look at Citibank's new online banking service. Originally broadcast in 1996.
Keywords: taxes; finance; investing
Downloads: 671 |  |
| Personal Finance Software
A look at a variety of personal financial tools for your personal computer. Products covered include Intuit's Quicken and TurboTax, Block Financial's TaxCut, Window on Wall Street from MarketArts, and eschwab from Charles Scdhwab & Co. Also featured is a look at Citibank's new online banking service. Originally broadcast in 1996.
Keywords: personal finance; tax; accounting
Downloads: 1,318 |  |
| Personal Finance Software
A review of tax return software, financial management software and investment programs.Guests: John Reese, Monogram; Kevin Randolph, Bank of America; Jay Levine, Price Waterhouse; James Howard, Howardsoft; Ellen Ramsey, IRS; Gary Kildall, DRIProducts/Demos: Dollars and Sense, BA Home Banking, HowardsoftTax Preparer
Keywords: Episode year: 1985
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| PIMs
A new breed of software offers sophisticated management and organization tools for personal information.Guests: Denise Crisci, Micro; Logic; M. H. Mc; Kinney, ask; SAMJohn Friend, Symantec; Andrew Hammond, Lotus; Gary Kildall, DRIProducts/Demos: Tornadoask; SAMGrand; View; Agenda; Info-XLPersoft IZE
Keywords: Episode year: 1989
Downloads: 1,481 |  |
| Plug & Play - Mimi Riley
Adding peripherals used to be a nightmare with a PC, having to manually figure out all kinds of settings and switches. Windows 95 promised to end all that with Plug and Play, though many users called it Plug and Pray. This program looks at the early efforts to simplify adding peripherals. Covered are sound cards, SCSI controllers, video cards, mice, CDROM drives, and PCMCIA cards. Also covered is Plug and Tell, which helped you figure out what settings had to be changed, and Compaq's Hot Docking...
Keywords: plug; play; peripherals; add-ons
Downloads: 1,670 |  |
| Plug and Play - Arabic
Arabic subtitled version of this program. Adding peripherals used to be a nightmare with a PC, having to manually figure out all kinds of settings and switches. Windows 95 promised to end all that with Plug and Play, though many users called it Plug and Pray. This program looks at the early efforts to simplify adding peripherals. Covered are sound cards, SCSI controllers, video cards, mice, CDROM drives, and PCMCIA cards...
Keywords: arabic; plug and play; peripherals; add-ins; add-ons
Downloads: 597 |  |
| Plug and Play - French
French language version of this program. Adding peripherals used to be a nightmare with a PC, having to manually figure out all kinds of settings and switches. Windows 95 promised to end all that with Plug and Play, though many users called it Plug and Pray. This program looks at the early efforts to simplify adding peripherals. Covered are sound cards, SCSI controllers, video cards, mice, CDROM drives, and PCMCIA cards...
Keywords: french; france; peripherals; windows; compaq; pcmcia
Downloads: 311 |  |
| Plug and Play - Spanish
Spanish language version of this program. Adding peripherals used to be a nightmare with a PC, having to manually figure out all kinds of settings and switches. Windows 95 promised to end all that with Plug and Play, though many users called it Plug and Pray. This program looks at the early efforts to simplify adding peripherals. Covered are sound cards, SCSI controllers, video cards, mice, CDROM drives, and PCMCIA cards...
Keywords: plug; play; peripheral; add-on; configure; spanish
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| Portable Computers
A review of the latest laptop computers, new display screen technology and common applications..Guests: Bob Wade, Tany/Radio Shack; James Barlett, NEC; Andrew Czernek, Zenith Data Systems; Thomas Sherrard, Toshiba; Britt Blaser, Dynamac; Gary Kildall, Digital ResearchProducts/Demos: Workslate, Tandy Model 100 & 200, NEC Multispeed, Zenith Z-181, Toshiba T-1100 & T-3100, Grid Laptop, Mac Portable
Keywords: Episode year: 1987
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| Portable Computers
The state of the art in portable computers in the mid 1980's. Products featured include the Morrow Pivot Portable, the Hewlett Packard HP110, the Texas Instrument Pro-Lite, and the Data General DG-1. Originally broadcast in 1984.
Keywords: portables; laptops; notebooks
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| Portable Computers
A look at the first generation of portable computers. Featured are the Morrow Pivot Portable, the HP 110 Portable, Texas Instruments ProLite Portable, and the Data General DG-1 Portable. Guests include George Morrow, Srini Nageswar, Farris Gaffrey, and Roland Archer. Originally broadcast in 1985.
Keywords: portables; laptops; notebooks
Downloads: 2,579 |  |
| Power PC & PowerMac
Motorola's new PowerPC microprocessor launched a whole new generation of computers including the PowerMac. This program looks at the increased speed and functionality of computers using the new Motorola CPU. Demonstrations include various benchmark tests on the PowerMac, the PowerMac 7100 and the PowerMac 8100, applications such as Excel 5.0 for the Mac, and PhotoShop 3.0. Also a look at SoftWindows, a utility that lets you run Windows apps on a PowerMac...
Keywords: powerpc; powermac; apple; motorola; adobe; microsoft
Downloads: 5,517
Average rating:  (1 review) |  |
| Preventing Spam
In this episode of Computer Chronicles, we show you how to protect yourself against spam, your email's most notorious enemy.
Keywords: Episode year: 2002; Spam; Security; Virus; Wireless: Wireless Network
Downloads: 3,851 |  |
| Printers
Printer technology from daisy wheel to dot matrix to laser.Guests: Herb Lechner, SRI; Steve Ray, Diablo; Paul Shapiro, Diablo; John Ebach, PARC; Doug Curry, Xerox; Tibor Fischally, XeroxProducts/Demos: Diablo Daisy Wheel Printer, Diablo Thermal Printer, Diablo Series C Ink Jet Printer, Xerox Color Laser Printer
Keywords: Episode year: 1984
Downloads: 3,071
Average rating:  (1 review) |  |
| Printers & Business Graphics
A survey of the new hardware and software visualization tools for business.Guests: Gary Kildall, Digital Research; John Dickinson, PC Magazine; Bob Lamvik, Okidata; Chuck Ulfers, Hewlett Packard; John Warnock, Adobe SystemsProducts/Demos: IBM QuietWriter, Okimate 20 Color Thermal Transfer, Hewlett Packard LaserJet Plus, Apple LaserWriter
Keywords: Episode year: 1985
Downloads: 1,806 |  |
| Privacy Online
This week we're going to help you preserve your privacy in the wired world. We cover the topic of cookies and we look at ways to browse the Web anonymously. We even look at proper conduct in a chatroom. [Episode #1817, First broadcast: 1/9/2001]
Keywords: Episode year: 2001; Legal Issues
Downloads: 1,053 |  |
| Profile of Big Blue - IBM
An in-depth look at IBM, the IBM standard and the impact of its dominant role in the PC marketplace.Guests: Norm DeWitt, Dataquest; Tom Rolander, Intel; Stewart Alsop, InfoWorld; John Doerr, Kleiner Perkins Caufield; Gary Kildall, DRIProducts/Demos: IBM PC ATIBM TopView, CompuPro
Keywords: Episode year: 1985
Downloads: 2,944 |  |
| Programming
A review of current popular programming languages.Guests: Gary Kildall, DRI; Paul Grady, Microfocus; Dave Eisenberg, Apple; Elizabeth Rather, ForthProducts/Demos: COBOLFORTHFORTH Graphics, PASCAL, Apple's Personal COBOL
Keywords: Episode year: 1984
Downloads: 14,022
Average rating: (1 review) |  |
| Programming Languages
A look at the state of the art in programming languages and tools circa 1990. Demonstrations include Smalltalk V/PM, Actor 2.0, Zortech C++, Objective C, EngLan, TurboPascal, Turbo C, and Prograph. Originally broadcast in February 1990.
Keywords: Gentry Software; Digitalk; Whitewater Group; Borland; Phillipe Kahn; Frame Technology; NeXT
Downloads: 4,235
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| Programming Languages
A look at a variety of interesting programming languages being used for personal computers. 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. Originally broadcast in 1999.
Keywords: Episode year: 1999
Downloads: 10,691
Average rating: (1 review) |  |
| Project Management Software
A user's guide to project management programs, strategies, and approaches.Guests: Jim Dunnigan, Microsoft; David Bryan, Breakthrough Software; Nancy Ann Twomey, Computer Assoc; Glenn Katz, Stanford; Gary Kildall, Digital ResearchProducts/Demos: MacProjectTimeline, Microsoft Project, MicroPlanner Plus, Superproject Plus 2.0
Keywords: Episode year: 1986
Downloads: 2,158 |  |
| Psychological Software
The use of computers to analyze personality and diagnose problems of human relations.Guests: Gary Kildall, Digital Research; Dr. Jim Johnson, Human Edge SW; Dr. James Gardner, Fairview Dev; Dr. Roger Gould, Interactive Health; Dr. Bernie Zilbergeld; George Morrow, Morrow ComputingProducts/Demos: Intracourse, Mind Over Minors, Biofeedback, Psychotherapy on a Disk, Therapeutic Learning Program
Keywords: Episode year: 1986
Downloads: 1,527 |  |
| Push Technology
As the Internet evolved, the big buzzword became "push", as in push information down to you and not wait for you pull it up. This program looks at several approaches to push technology including Castanet, PointCast, BackWeb, Netscape Netcaster, and Incisa. Guests include Marimba President and CEO Kim Polese. Originally broadcast in 1997.
Keywords: push; marimba; polese
Downloads: 2,595 |  |
| Putting Your Business Online
The internet enabled just about anyone to open up an online business. But how do you do it? This program looks at several tools and options. Demonstrations include Claris Home Page, Web Site Garage, and Progress Software's WebSpeed. Model online businesses reviewed include reel.com, the proshop.com, and portabote.com. Featured guest is Rhonda Abrams, small business consultant. Originally broadcast in 1997.
Keywords: ecommerce; online business; web site
Downloads: 614 |  |
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