Computer Chronicles Season 14, Episode 9: Consumer's Buying Guide

MacWorld Boston 1996

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

Cyber 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.

Internet 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?

Search Engines

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

IT Forum, Paris

Cyber Politics

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

Online Shopping

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

ETRE Conference Berlin

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

Digital Photography

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

Computer Games

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

Internet 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.

Comdex Special 1996

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

Wireless Computing

Sports Simulation Software

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

Cyber 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.

Consumer Electronics Show 1997

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

Airline Magazine Software

E-Mail

Computers 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.

Cyber Music

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

SPA Codie Awards 1997

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

Cyber Art

Cyber Security

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

Website Creation

Computer Bowl IX: Part 1

Computer Bowl IX: Part 2

Internet Showcase Special