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Computer Chronicles · Season 14
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On-location coverage of the 1996 annual MacWorld Expo in Boston.
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As the Internet continued to take hold, new hangouts called cyber cafes started opening up where you could surf the web and just pay by the minute.
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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?
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An early pre-Google look at search engine technology. Featured are DataQuest, Alta Vista, Zip 2, Autonomy, Pointcast, and The Angle.
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A review of the growing use of the internet and computers in political campaigns in 1996.
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A look at early online shopping sites in 1996 including Amazon, onsale.com, CyberCash, NetRadio, Verisign and Cybergold.
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On-location coverage of the 1996 annual European Technology Roundtable Exhibition conference in Berlin.
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Our 1996 annual review of the coolest new high-tech gadgets for the holiday season.
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Digital photography got its start in the mid 1990's. This program looks at early examples of digital photography hardware and software.
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A review of the best new computer games of the year 1996.
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After hearing about convergence for years, the television and the computer finally have started to merge, with video images moving on to the PC and web pages showing up on the TV.
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A look at the best new products introduced at the 1996 annual COMDEX computer trade show in Las Vegas.
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A review of new sports software that lets couch potatoes feel like athletes.
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One of the most popular early uses of the Internet was finding a date. This program looks at some of the first sites that offered to find that special someone.
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On-location coverage of the 1997 annual winter Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
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The computer revolution was great, but it presented real challenges to disabled people who found new barriers to accessing information. This program looks at several solutions to those challenges.
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A review of hardware and software that can turn your personal computer into a music studio.
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Coverage of the 1997 annual Codie Awards presented by the Software Publishers Association.
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With more and more computers becoming terminals on the internet, concerns were growing for internet security.
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