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Computer Chronicles

Season 14

1996 · 28 episodes

  1. 1. MacWorld Boston 1996

    1996-10-24

    On-location coverage of the 1996 annual MacWorld Expo in Boston.

  2. 2. Cyber Cafes

    1996-10-01

    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.

  3. 3. Internet Telephony

    1996-10-08

    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?

  4. 4. Search Engines

    1996-10-15

    An early pre-Google look at search engine technology. Featured are DataQuest, Alta Vista, Zip 2, Autonomy, Pointcast, and The Angle.

  5. 5. IT Forum, Paris

    1996-10-22

  6. 6. Cyber Politics

    1996-10-29

    A review of the growing use of the internet and computers in political campaigns in 1996.

  7. 7. Online Shopping

    1996-11-05

    A look at early online shopping sites in 1996 including Amazon, onsale.com, CyberCash, NetRadio, Verisign and Cybergold.

  8. 8. ETRE Conference Berlin

    1996-11-12

    On-location coverage of the 1996 annual European Technology Roundtable Exhibition conference in Berlin.

  9. 9. Consumer's Buying Guide

    1996-12-03

    Our 1996 annual review of the coolest new high-tech gadgets for the holiday season.

  10. 10. Digital Photography

    1996-12-10

    Digital photography got its start in the mid 1990's. This program looks at early examples of digital photography hardware and software.

  11. 11. Computer Games

    1996-12-31

    A review of the best new computer games of the year 1996.

  12. 12. Internet TV

    1997-01-07

    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.

  13. 13. Comdex Special 1996

    1997-01-14

    A look at the best new products introduced at the 1996 annual COMDEX computer trade show in Las Vegas.

  14. 14. Wireless Computing

    1997-01-27

  15. 15. Sports Simulation Software

    1997-01-28

    A review of new sports software that lets couch potatoes feel like athletes.

  16. 16. Cyber Dating

    1997-02-04

    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.

  17. 17. Consumer Electronics Show 1997

    1997-02-11

    On-location coverage of the 1997 annual winter Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

  18. 18. Airline Magazine Software

    1997-02-18

  19. 19. E-Mail

    1997-02-25

  20. 20. Computers and the Disabled

    1997-03-04

    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.

  21. 21. Cyber Music

    1997-03-11

    A review of hardware and software that can turn your personal computer into a music studio.

  22. 22. SPA Codie Awards 1997

    1997-03-25

    Coverage of the 1997 annual Codie Awards presented by the Software Publishers Association.

  23. 23. Cyber Art

    1997-04-15

  24. 24. Cyber Security

    1997-04-22

    With more and more computers becoming terminals on the internet, concerns were growing for internet security.

  25. 25. Website Creation

    1997-05-06

  26. 26. Computer Bowl IX: Part 1

    1997-06-03

  27. 27. Computer Bowl IX: Part 2

    1997-06-10

  28. 28. Internet Showcase Special

    1997-06-24

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