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Computer Chronicles

Season 14 · 28 episodes · Oct 24, 1996

  1. Episode 1

    MacWorld Boston 1996

    Oct 24, 1996

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

  2. Episode 2

    Cyber Cafes

    Oct 1, 1996

    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. Episode 3

    Internet Telephony

    Oct 8, 1996

    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. Episode 4

    Search Engines

    Oct 15, 1996

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

  5. Episode 5

    IT Forum, Paris

    Oct 22, 1996

  6. Episode 6

    Cyber Politics

    Oct 29, 1996

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

  7. Episode 7

    Online Shopping

    Nov 5, 1996

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

  8. Episode 8

    ETRE Conference Berlin

    Nov 12, 1996

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

  9. Episode 9

    Consumer's Buying Guide

    Dec 3, 1996

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

  10. Episode 10

    Digital Photography

    Dec 10, 1996

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

  11. Episode 11

    Computer Games

    Dec 31, 1996

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

  12. Episode 12

    Internet TV

    Jan 7, 1997

    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. Episode 13

    Comdex Special 1996

    Jan 14, 1997

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

  14. Episode 14

    Wireless Computing

    Jan 27, 1997

  15. Episode 15

    Sports Simulation Software

    Jan 28, 1997

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

  16. Episode 16

    Cyber Dating

    Feb 4, 1997

    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. Episode 17

    Consumer Electronics Show 1997

    Feb 11, 1997

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

  18. Episode 18

    Airline Magazine Software

    Feb 18, 1997

  19. Episode 19

    E-Mail

    Feb 25, 1997

  20. Episode 20

    Computers and the Disabled

    Mar 4, 1997

    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. Episode 21

    Cyber Music

    Mar 11, 1997

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

  22. Episode 22

    SPA Codie Awards 1997

    Mar 25, 1997

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

  23. Episode 23

    Cyber Art

    Apr 15, 1997

  24. Episode 24

    Cyber Security

    Apr 22, 1997

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

  25. Episode 25

    Website Creation

    May 6, 1997

  26. Episode 26

    Computer Bowl IX: Part 1

    Jun 3, 1997

  27. Episode 27

    Computer Bowl IX: Part 2

    Jun 10, 1997

  28. Episode 28

    Internet Showcase Special

    Jun 24, 1997