Season 14
28 episodes · 1996
1MacWorld Boston 1996
On-location coverage of the 1996 annual MacWorld Expo in Boston.
2Cyber Cafes
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.
3Internet Telephony
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?
4Search Engines
An early pre-Google look at search engine technology. Featured are DataQuest, Alta Vista, Zip 2, Autonomy, Pointcast, and The Angle.
6Cyber Politics
A review of the growing use of the internet and computers in political campaigns in 1996.
7Online Shopping
A look at early online shopping sites in 1996 including Amazon, onsale.com, CyberCash, NetRadio, Verisign and Cybergold.
8ETRE Conference Berlin
On-location coverage of the 1996 annual European Technology Roundtable Exhibition conference in Berlin.
9Consumer's Buying Guide
Our 1996 annual review of the coolest new high-tech gadgets for the holiday season.
10Digital Photography
Digital photography got its start in the mid 1990's. This program looks at early examples of digital photography hardware and software.
11Computer Games
A review of the best new computer games of the year 1996.
12Internet TV
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.
13Comdex Special 1996
A look at the best new products introduced at the 1996 annual COMDEX computer trade show in Las Vegas.
15Sports Simulation Software
A review of new sports software that lets couch potatoes feel like athletes.
16Cyber Dating
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.
17Consumer Electronics Show 1997
On-location coverage of the 1997 annual winter Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
19E-Mail
20Computers and the Disabled
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.
21Cyber Music
A review of hardware and software that can turn your personal computer into a music studio.
22SPA Codie Awards 1997
Coverage of the 1997 annual Codie Awards presented by the Software Publishers Association.
24Cyber Security
With more and more computers becoming terminals on the internet, concerns were growing for internet security.