The launch of Windows 98 was a major upgrade for Windows users, solving some of the problems of Windows 95. This program previewed the new functionality of Windows 98 and also featured Win98 add-ons including Microsoft's Plus! 98, the Windows utility Tweak UI, and Gizmos 98 from Play. Guests include Linus Torvalds, developer of Linux, Mike Elgan of Windows magazine, and Kiki Stockhammer of Play. Originally broadcast in 1998. http://archive.org/details/Windows9_2

Steve Jobs returns to Apple and the turnaround is underway with the launch of the sleek iMac. A look at what's new at Apple. Included are a review of the new iMac, the new Macintosh Power G3, the new Mac OS 8.1, and a powerful graphics and animation demonstration using ElectricImage software. Featured guests include Steve Jobs, Ellen Hancock, Tim Draper, and editors from MacAddict magazine. Originally broadcast in 1998. http://archive.org/details/Macupdat98

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.com, C-U-SeeMe, camgirl.com, and QuickClip. Originally broadcast in 1998. http://archive.org/details/Internet99 https://archive.org/details/CC1635TELEPHONY

Coverage of the annual European Technology Roundtable Exhibition in Lisbon, Portugal. Featured guests include Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, Yong Teh 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. Originally broadcast in 1998. http://archive.org/details/ETRE1999_2

Coverage of the 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 Teh Lee of EMachines. Included are demonstrations of the latest technology for speech recognition and handwriting recognition. Originally broadcast in 1998. http://archive.org/details/ETRE1999

The Internet is changing the world of radio as thousands of radio stations around the world go on line. This program reviews the latest in web radio, including web only stations. Demonstrations include Imagine Radio, Spinner.com, and GEEK Radio. Guests include DJ "Davey D" and his "HipHop Corner". Originally broadcast in May 1999. http://archive.org/details/WebRadio99

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". Originally broadcast in 1998. http://archive.org/details/CC1638PDAS

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. http://archive.org/details/BillGate99

A look at some of the best new products introduced at the 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. Originally broadcast in 1998. http://archive.org/details/CC1634COMDEX https://archive.org/details/BestofCo99

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. Originally broadcast in 1998. http://archive.org/details/CC1639ECOMMERCE

A review of the state of the art in three dimensional graphics technology. 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. Originally broadcast in 1999. http://archive.org/details/3DGraphi

A look at the growing field of digital photography. Products reviewed include the Epson PhotoPC 750Z camera, the Epson Stylus Photo 700 color ink jet printer, Polaroid's ColorShot Digital Photo Printer, MGI's Photosuite II imaging software, Instant Photo Artist, PhotoRecall Deluxe 2.0, and web sites photoloft.com, digitaldog.net, and evercolor.com. Originally broadcast in 1999. http://archive.org/details/DigtalPh

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 & Teens". Originally broadcast in 1998. http://archive.org/details/Parentin99

A review of current tax and personal finance software including Microsoft Money, Money.com, Kiplinger TaxCut, TurboTax, and MacInTax. Originally broadcast in 1999. http://archive.org/details/Taxprepa99

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. Originally broadcast in 1999. http://archive.org/details/FixingYo99

Demonstrations of the latest in speech recognition technology. 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. Originally broadcast in 1999. http://archive.org/details/SpeechTe99

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. Originally broadcast in 1999. http://archive.org/details/CC1623SHOWCASE

Just about everyone has heard about the Y2K problem by now. While many understand that very big and very old computing systems might be in trouble, many are unaware that even your relatively new hardware, operating system, software applications and data files can be affected. We take a look at how your PC may very likely have its own compliance problems to deal with in the year 2000. [Episode #1703, First broadcast: 3/16/1999] PCfix 2000 Mike Johnston from the About Time Group, helps us understand the hardware side of the Year 2000 problem. From the CMOS on your mother board, to the BIOS in the operation system, he shows us what these chips look like and where they are in the computer. Mike also introduces us to PCFix 2000, a program that will run a check to see if your CMOS and BIOS (both must be problem free) are 100% Y2K ready. Symantec Dana Prussoff demonstrates Symantec's Norton 2000 product. This software is particularly helpful in determining what Y2K problems you might have with your software applications and data files. Microsoft Don Jones, with Y2K Readiness at Microsoft, gives us the perspective of the world's leading PC operating system and software vendor. Don shows us an example of a problem with Windows 98 and where to find the fix at the MS Web site. He also talks about fixes for MS application software (also available at the MS Web site). Windows Magazine Mike Elgan, Editor of Windows Magazine, shows us what resources are available on the Web for anyone concerned about the Y2K problem. He points out what Windows Magazine has been saying and what its readers have been saying in their Y2K discussion area. He also shows us what information the US Government is offering (also for the general consumer) and the information available at a general interest Y2K Web site. Finally he takes us to a "survivalist" Web site, one that assumes the coming of the millennium is going to cause worldwide havoc. Y2K in the Wider World Come January 1

Coverage of the 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. Originally broadcast in 1999. http://archive.org/details/CC1649CODIES

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. http://archive.org/details/Programm99

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. Originally broadcast in 1999. http://archive.org/details/Creating_2

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 & Share. Originally broadcast in 1999. http://archive.org/details/1652

A look at the best new products introduced at Spring Comdex. Demonstrations include the Cyrix WebPad, Instant Language 2000, the C-Pen, Avid Cinema for Windows, and Cult 3D. Also includes highlight from the keynote speeches of Microsoft's Bill Gates and Eckhard Pfeiffer of Compaq. Originally broadcast in 1999. Copyright 1999 Stewart Cheifet Productions. https://archive.org/details/CC1634COMDEX https://archive.org/details/BestofCo99

If you can send data over the internet, why not voice, and if voice, why not phone calls, and if phone calls, why not video phone calls. This program looks at the new technology of internet telephony or voice over IP (VOIP) and video telephony. Demonstrations include PowWow 3.7, Tribal.com, ClassPoint 1.02, Connectix QuickCam 1.0, Logitech's QuickClip, Best Data Smart One, and ClearPhone. Originally broadcast in 1999. https://archive.org/details/Internet99 https://archive.org/details/CC1635TELEPHONY

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. http://archive.org/details/Software99