Cover Story

Rrrrrriiip into the Web! -- Today's new high-speed modems, ISDN and comm technologies break the bottleneck that keeps you from tapping into Internet and intranet information. Get the lowdown on new ISDN terminal adapters and routers, find out what's coming down the pike in wireless data communications and get a sampling of ISDN rates around the country.
• Get Fluent in ISDN
• POTS Gets Panned
• Cut the Cord
• What Price ISDN?
• Test-Drive Some TAs
• Quick Route To ISDN Connections

Analysis

• Start by Fred Langa
  The Year of the Browser

• The Explorer by Mike Elgan
  Justice Department: Hands Off Microsoft!

• Windows at Work by Cheryl Currid
  Are You Ready to Take The Giant Step to NT?

• Dialog Box by Jeffrey S. Rose
  How to Talk Funny And Influence People

WinLab Reviews

What's Hot!


• Toshiba Infinia 7200
• Multimedia Styling Hits the Space Age
• PCs Head for the Boardroom ... and Living Room
• Austin Edge Duet
• NT Goes Portable

  Hardware
  

• Jetstream Front Desk
• Head To Head: CD-ROM drives
• Hewlett-Packard LaserJet 6P
• Head To Head: Magneto-Optical Drives
• Head To Head: 21-Inch Monitors
• Head To Head: 17-Inch Monitors
• Utobia XP400
• Bose Acoustimass Multimedia Speaker System
• Microsoft IntelliMouse
• Quantum Fireball TM 3.2GB Ultra SCSI-3
• Global Village NewsCatcher
• Cirque Input Center
• Head To Head: Scanners
• UMAX PageOffice Color Scanner
• Plasmon Afterburner CDR4240e
• ActionTec DataLink 33.6 and ComNet 33.6
• Diamond SupraExpress 336i Sp
• Cardinal MVPV34XSP
• Wacom ArtZ II 6x8 Tablet with DuoSwitch Erasing UltraPen
• Janesway Folding Keyboard

  Software
  

• Microsoft Visual J++
• IntraBuilder 1.0
• Photoshop 4.0
• UnInstaller 4
• Astound 4.0
• Agent .99
• DayTimer Organizer 2.1
• Turbo Browser 5.2a
• PaperPort Deluxe Software 1.0
• PC MacLAN
• MediaAgent for CDs 1.0
• Schedule Insight

  Systems
  

• AcerNote Nuovo 971
• Digital Celebris GL 6200
• IBM ThinkPad 365XD
• Everex Explora 995
• HP Pavilion 7285
• Samsung SENS 810
• Sharp WideNote W-100T
• Micro Express NP8133A

  Recommended List -- A fast route to the best in hardware, software and system choices among all the products we've test. This month: New desktops, notebooks and software utilities update our lists.
  

Features

Pocket Rockets -- The introduction of a new Windows operating system just might jump-start the PDA market.
• WinCE Alternatives
• Synchronization on a Shoestring


The Multimedia Revolution -- A new breed of multimedia PCs is taking the market by storm. Should you buy one?

• Mobile MMX
• AMD & Cyrix Counter MMX
• Pound for Pound a Powerful PC


Virtual Meetings -- New software and hardware are bringing businesses together with Internet-based conferencing.

• Hands-0n Net Conferencing

Enterprise Windows

NT Backup Arrives -- Protect your NT data--before it disappears--with the latest backup software.

• CA and Cheyenne Chart NT Strategy

Windows NT -- Prized Possessions

Enterprise Administrator -- Singing the Backup Blues

Product Pipeline

• Microsoft Proxy Server
• Remote Access Manager
• Tun Plus 8.5
• Castelle OfficeConnect CD-ROM Server
• ALR Revolution Dual6
• Luminous Media Manager, TrapWise 2.3 and Color Central 3.0
• Meterware 5.0
• FirstWatch for Windows NT
• DiskAccess 3.0
• AFS for Windows NT
• Distinct Intranet Suite

How To Buy

• How To Buy A ...Video Card
• Looking for the Third Dimension
• Sites to Be Seen
• 3-D: The Big Picture

News

Trends


• Java: Hypermedia or Still Hype?
• Top Ten
• Recap
• MS Targets Network Computer
• Windows NT at Apple's Core
• ISDN Speed Without the Hassle
• The Cable (Modem) Guy
• NT, Pentium Pro: Waves of the Future
• E-Mail Takes to the Skies
• Born to Be Old

Notes from the Lab


• From WinMag Central -- Is your MIME too silent?
• From WinMag Central -- Two steps forward ...
• From WinMag Central -- Update on updates
• Heads Up -- Don't pop your kernel

New Products

Document Management


• Scanners/Document Management
• Power Printing
• Printers
• In Brief -- Printers

  Financial Software
  

• Kiplinger TaxCut
• Personal Tax Edge 1996
• One-Write Plus 6.0
• fyi

  Notebooks/Systems
  

• Fujitsu LifeBook 635T
• Monorail
• HP Vectra VE 5/133
• In Brief -- Notebooks
• fyi

  Graphics Software
  

• DeBabelizer Pro
• Fractal Design Poser 2
• AutoManager WorkFlow 5
• In Brief -- Graphics Cards

  Business Software
  

• SureFire Decisions
• Compare2
• BizPlanBuilder Interactive 1.0
• In Brief -- Business Software

  Web Site Design
  

• WebSuite2
• PlanetFX
• VideoCraft 3.6
• In Brief -- Web Site Design

  Web Mastering
  

• Astra
• HTML Transit 2.0
• StarTeam 2.0
• In Brief -- Web Publishing

  Connectivity
  

• WinFax PRO 7.5
• Best Data Smart One
• Xircom CreditCard Ethernet
• In Brief -- Connectivity
• In Brief -- Telephony
• fyi

  E-mail
  

• Rumba Mail Featuring 3M's Post-it Software Notes
• Internet Voice Mail 3.0
• HT Mail
• In Brief -- E-Mail

  Digital Cameras
  

• Epson PhotoPC 500

  Storage
  

• Tandberg MLR1
• Maxtor CrystalMax
• In Brief -- Storage
• fyi

  Mapping
  

• DeLorme Tripmate Hyperformance GPS Navigation
• Select Street Atlas 2.0
• Mountain High Maps 2.1

  
  

• In Brief -- CD-ROM
• In Brief -- Speakers
• In Brief -- PIMs
• In Brief -- Project Managers

How To

• Optimizing Windows by John Woram
  Help for Help

• Applications by Jim Boyce
  Write the Perfect Script

• Power Windows by Karen Kenworthy
  When multiple copies of a program launch, don't get frustrated--get even.

• Programming Windows by Martin Heller
  The NT Domain Dilemma

WinTips

• Win95 Tips of the Month

Letters

• Teach Your Children Well
• A clean slate
• Caught in the NT net
• Tick, tick, tick ...
• Java leak
• Shifting gears

R & R: Resources and Recreation

• Hot Picks -- Jazz It Up
• Hot Picks -- You'll Play All Knight
• Game of the Month -- Out of Toon
• Hot Picks -- Royal Chat
• Hot Picks -- Shaken, Not Stirred

Windows Online

• Here's How -- Read Your Daily News
• Windows Watch -- Online Services Share Their Wares
• Superior Shareware
• New on the Net -- Cool Beans

Recycle Bin

• Recycle Bin