Cover Story

• Beyond Browsing! -- New browsers from Netscape and Microsoft, and a bevy of browser utilities, will change the way you use the Web.
  • A New Breed of Browsers
  • Browser Boosters
  • Notes From The Lab -- Site Retrievers
  • Web Utilities Reviews

Analysis

• Start / Fred Langa
  Binary Bloat And Digital Dust Bunnies --Here's a radical, no-reformat way to clear the digital debris that's probably wasting a huge hunk of your hard drive.
• The Explorer / Mike Elgan
  Over 130 Million Served -- With Windows, Microsoft is the McDonald's of operating systems.
• Windows at Work / Cheryl Currid
  Put a Price On Your Workers' Heads -- What's inside your employees' brains is more valuable than what's on their desks.
• Dialog Box / Jeff Byers
  It's Okay To Steal Software -- Software vendors see today's pirates as tomorrow's customers.

WinLab Reviews

What's Hot!


• Gateway 2000 P5-200 Family PC with MMX
• Head To Head: Terminal Adapters
• Visual Basic 5 Control Creation Edition

  Systems
  

• Intergraph TD-200
• WinBook FX
• Kingdom 6X86 P166+ and Kingdom P200
• Sharp PC-9080
• Panasonic CF-25
• American Multisystems InfoGOLD PP200 RAID Server
• MidWest Micro MMX 200 Home PC
• MidWest Micro Office Pro 180
• Samsung SENS Pro 500

  Software
  

• Adobe Acrobat 3.0
• PhotoStudio 2.0
• Aerial 1.1 and Remark 2.0
• WebTrends 2.1
• Corel Ventura 7
• Tripmate and Street Atlas USA 4.0
• Macromedia FreeHand Graphics Studio 7
• VirusScan Deluxe 1.0
• PowerDesk Utilities 2.0
• EMail Connection 3.1
• HTML Transit 2.0
• IconHideIt 1.0
• CardScan Plus 300
• Diskeeper 2.0 for Windows NT 4.0
• HyperAccess for Windows 95 and Windows NT
• ShortKeys 1.0b
• FlexFilter 1.0
• Living Trust
• American Greetings CreataCard Plus

  Hardware
  

• Toray Phasewriter Dual
• Head to Head: 3-D Video Cards
• Iomega Zip unleashed and Iomega Zip card
• HP Colorado T3000
• Pinnacle Micro Apex 4.6 GB MO Drive
• Global Village TelePort
• Diamond 12X Multimedia Kit
• 3D Xpression+ PC2TV
• WYSEvision WY-17PS
• MAG InnoVision DJ702e
• QMS 2060 EX
• Interactive Efx PS Efx i Personal Scanning Kit
• Xircom CreditCard Ethernet+Modem 33.6
• Hayes Accura 288 Internal Fax Modem with Voice
• Amquest Commando
• Hercules Dynamite 128/Video
• Ricoh RDC-2 Digital Camera
• PORT Defcon 1
• Logitech PageScan Color Pro
• Best Data Smart One 336F

  Recommended List -- A fast route to the best in hardware, software and system choices among all the products we've test.
  

Features

• Sneak Peek: NT 5.0 -- Hard on the heels of the recent introduction of NT 4.0, We sneak a peek at NT 5.0,the next NT. Also known as Cairo, NT 5.0 adds key networking features.
  • Distributed Programming: The Next Generation
  • Using Domain Trees
  • NT 5.0: More to Come

  
  

• The Ultimate Guide to Super Sound -- Whether you're looking to buy some new equipment or just want to make the most out of what you've got, lend an ear and we'll present all the tips, tricks and tweaks you need to make your system sing. ...So listen up!
  • Sound Cards Revealed
  • The Skinny on Speakers
  • You're Surrounded
  • Testing, 1, 2, 3 ...
  • Woof, Woof

  
  

• Be A Master of Finance -- These business accounting software tips will help keep your books in order and make April 15th a lot less taxing.
  • Peachtree Complete Accounting
  • QuickBooks Pro 4.0
  • TurboTax for Business

NT Newstrends


• IBM Amasses NT Arsenal -- Now that NT is outselling OS/2, IBM-bolstered by Notes, Domino and DB2 for NT-is focused on beating Microsoft at its own game.
• Tidbits
• Chasing the Domino Express
• Scanner Matters
• Digital Alpha: NT RISC's Last Hope
• Compaq Halts NT Server Bundle
• Serving Up the Internet

  NT Product Pipeline
  

• NEC ProServa V Plus -- Mips Alternative Arrives
• AST Manhattan D and Manhattan Presence Pro -- Teeming Twin Towers
• NeTpower SpartaRaq -- Rack Joins NT Pack
• Dell/3Com Server/Hub Bundle -- One-Stop Network Shopping
• Intergraph TDZ-410 RAX and TDZ-610 RAX -- Virtual Reality Finally Gets Real
• Qualstar TLS-2000 Automated Tape Library -- Brisk NT Backup
• Interceptor 2.0 -- Net Defense for NT
• Vision Builder Release 2.5 -- Ensure Perfect NT Transactions
• Netscape Directory Server 1.0 -- Network Roadmap
• BindView NOSadmin -- Inspector Gadget
• NTrigue 3.0 -- NT on NC
• Sybase SQL Server Professional -- Sybase Ups the Database Ante
• NT Product Pipeline

  NT Feature
  

• Inside Systems Management Server -- Can Microsoft's SMS give you the ultimate view of your enterprise? We reviewed the latest version to find out.
• Ask the SMS Experts...
• SMS Alternatives
• Embracing SMS: Options and Add-Ons that Support SMS

  NT Administrator
  

• The Bandwidth Bottleneck -- Plan accordingly, or your new intranet and multimedia applications will bring your network to its knees.

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How To Buy

• How To Buy An ...ISDN Terminal Adapter
• Get Connected
• ISDN at the Ready
• Sites to Be Seen

How To

• Optimizing Windows / John Woram
  A Peek at Tweak UI -- This little applet can teach you about Windows 95's Registry.
• Applications / Jim Boyce
  Swinging Spreadsheets -- Pivot tables are the perfect way to organize, analyze and track data.
• Power Windows / Karen Kenworthy
  It's Alive! -- Bring your Web site to life with ActiveX controls.
• Windows NT Workstation / John D. Ruley
  NT in the Palm Of Your Hand? -- Just about, thanks to Windows CE.
• Programming Windows / Martin Heller
  Going Once, Going Twice ... -- A charity auction taught me a thing or two about database programming.

New Products

Internet


• Build and Manage Your Web Sites

  
  

• In Brief -- Notebooks/Systems
• In Brief -- Systems
• In Brief -- Monitors

  Monitors
  

• ViewSonic VP140 ViewPanel -- Flat Is Where It's At
• Wysevision WY-9307 -- Monitors Beware: Thin Is In
• Sampo PD-50F and PD-50N -- Take Your Pick Of Pixel Pitch

  
  

• In Brief -- Storage
• In Brief -- Multifunction Devices

  Printers/Multifunction Devices
  

• Xerox Document WorkCentre Pro 535 -- One Pro Can Do It All
• HP LaserJet 5Si NX -- No Gain in Net Work
• Kyocera FS-1700 -- Rev It Up

  
  

• In Brief -- Business Productivity

  Business Productivity
  

• Netopia Virtual Office -- The Virtual Office Is Now Open
• Visual AccountMate Contact Manager 3.1 -- Keeping in Touch Isn't Tough
• Avail -- Make Yourself 'Avail'able

  
  

• In Brief -- Utilities
• In Brief -- Business Software

  Utilities
  

• AltaVista Search -- A Desktop with Two Vistas
• QuikMenu -- Quik-ly Customize Your Desktop
• e-ttachment Opener -- A Healthy Attachment

  
  

• In Brief -- Multimedia

  Tablet PCs
  

• Ricoh G-1200S -- A Tablet to Cure Multimedia Ills
• Antec TeleViewer -- What's on TV?

  Multimedia
  

• Labtec LCS-2408 Universal Subwoofer -- Pump Up the Volume
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• In Brief -- Image Management
• In Brief -- Input Devices

  Document Management
  

• Info Peripherals ImageReader Elite -- Get Connected, Not Complicated
• IMAGinE Suite -- ActiveX Marks the Spot
• Minolta QuickScan 3Plus -- Desktop Developments
• fyi

  
  

• In Brief -- Technical Drawing

  Graphic Arts/Design
  

• RIO Designer and RIO Designer Professional -- Raise the Temperature on Your Designs
• Palette Express -- More Palette-able Creations
• Compadre Vol.1 -- A Pal for Your Presentations
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• In Brief -- UPS
• In Brief -- CD-ROM

  Conferencing
  

• Enhanced TeamTalk Turnkey Package -- Work Together, Even When Miles Apart

  UPS
  

• MGE ES4 ValuePack -- Power Protection in a ValuePack

  
  

• In Brief -- Remote Access

  Messaging
  

• IBM FaxCentral, ComCentral and ComCentral 33.6 -- Hit the PC, Fax and Phone Trifecta

  Networking
  

• NetTalk -- Track How You Talk
• WebEtc -- One Modem, Multiple Users
• fyi

  
  

• In Brief -- Application Development

  Data Security
  

• DataSAFE -- Play It Safe with Your Data
• FaceIt PC -- PC Mug Shots
• WinKrypt -- Tales from the WinKrypt
• fyi

News

Trends


• Climb Aboard Faster Video Bus
• Windows NT: Apple's 'NeXT' Big Thing
• Top Ten Best-Selling Windows Business Software
• Recap
• NT Service Pack In Need of Repair
• Cable Modems Seek a Connection
• Java: Set to Cross All Platforms
• Still a Lot of DOS
• Windows on TV
• MMX Ships-Finally
• Crystal-Clear Monitor Market
• News Over the Transom

  Notes from the Lab
  

• Sofa Excel Virus
• 'Magic' Bug Fix
• Fine-Tune Wintune
• Jaz Drive Backup Tip
• WinModem Workaround

WinTips

• WinTips -- Win95 Tips of the Month

Letters

• Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down?
• Time for a tune-up
• End users, revolt!
• A tip o' the hat
• You get what you pay for
• Don't fence me in
• Correction

R & R: Resources and Recreation

• What's Cookin'
• Just the Facts
• Encyclopedia Multimedia
• Hit the Road, Jacques
• Game of the Month -- Pinball Blizzard

Windows Online

• New on the Net -- A Wider Web
• Here's How -- Digital Directories
• Web Watch -- Excel and 1-2-3 Tips
• Superior Shareware

Recycle Bin

• Recycle Bin