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Published in Prague by IntelliTech
Year 2, Number 23, Friday 22. 3. 1996 (ii960322)
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EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW
Story count: 95
 
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COMPUTERS/SYSTEMS (<CS>)
 
SGI responds to growing Intranet trend
//In response to a growing trend of large corporations using
the Web for internal use, Silicon Graphics has announced
a new strategy combining hardware and software for
enterprise clients. Called WebForce Intranet, the turn-key
product highlights Netscape's recently announced
SuiteSpot server software, single and multiple processor
SGI servers and SGI workstations.//
(ii960322-001) (433 words)
 
CeBIT -- Multi-Pentium desktops on show at CeBIT
//Confirming prototype systems shown at the Comdex Fall
computer show in the US last November, IBM, Digital
Equipment, and Hewlett-Packard were busy showing off
multi- processor Pentium systems at this year's CeBIT
Computer Faire in Germany.//
(ii960322-002) (428 words)
 
DEC introduces midrange AlphaStation workstations
//The new AlphaStation 255 is targeted at the "low
midrange," whereas the AlphaStation 500 is geared to the
"high midrange" market.//
(ii960322-003) (491 words)
 
IBM crowing over System/390 server strategy
//Mainframes aren't dying, they're just turning into big
servers. Claiming to have shipped more mainframe
processing power in 1995 than in any previous year, IBM
is patting itself on the back over the success of its large
server technology strategy.//
(ii960322-004) (758 words)
 
Fujitsu's ICL losses, new European PC company
//Fujitsu and ICL, its UK computing operation, have
announced the creation of Fujitsu Personal Systems
Business Group, a European company that will handle
both companies' PC sales operations in Europe.
Meanwhile, Fujitsu has lowered its income forecast by
28% after ICL posted losses of US$297 million loss and
said it was reorganizing.//
(ii960322-005) (438 words)
 
Home PC market growth slows through 1990s -- Dataquest
//According to Dataquest's latest study, the home PC
market, which witnessed 42% growth in 1994, will taper to
7.6% in 1996, and continue to slow through 1999. The
number of homes with PCs will grow by 4% this year over
a 29% figure in 1995.//
(ii960322-006) (326 words)
 
DEC launches new HiNote Notebook Line
//Digital Equipment Corp. has done over its HiNote line of
notebook computers. The new HiNote lineup is entirely
based on Intel's Pentium processors.//
(ii960322-007) (363 words)
 
CeBIT -- IBM unveils ThinkPad 465E series
//IBM has taken the wraps off a budget range of
ThinkPads. According to officials with Big Blue, the new
ThinkPads offer the company's trademark style, innovation
and reliability at the most affordable prices ever. The
ThinkPad 365E series starts at just UKP 1670 ($2,500),
with CD-ROM versions starting from around UKP 210
($370) extra.//
(ii960322-008) (373 words)
 
CeBIT -- Apple introduces new MessagePad 130
//Apple Computer introduced the MessagePad 130 with
Newton 2.0 as its operating system at Germany's CeBit
computer show. The new model represents a high-end,
feature-rich version of MessagePad 120 and is not
intended as a replacement.//
(ii960322-009) (366 words)
 
Sharp teams up with Alcatel for mobile multimedia
//Japan's Sharp and Alcatel of France have announced an
agreement to work together on mobile telecommunications
and multimedia applications and products. The two
companies will initially work to produce a next- generation
personal communicator.//
(ii960322-010) (417 words)
 
 
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COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY: CHIPS, COMPONENTS,
PERIPHERALS (<CT>)
 
DEC Storage Products to adopt fiber channel
//Digital Equipment Corp. will now join the growing ranks
of vendors that are starting to support fiber channel in their
storage products. The products, to be provided "in parallel"
with ultra SCSI, will start shipping to OEMs late this year,
with systems to become commercially available in early
1997.//
(ii960322-011) (706 words)
 
DEC unveils PowerStorm 2-D, 3-D, & "4-D" graphics
//Digital Equipment Corp.'s newly announced series of
PowerStorm graphics options for Alpha workstations
brings together 2-D and 3-D graphics capabilities, together
with 4-D features that "add motion," into one "branded
family," according to Digital's Keith LeFebre.//
(ii960322-012) (436 words)
 
Texas Instruments chip doubles answering recording time
//Texas Instruments says it has introduced a new family of
microprocessors for use in digital telephone answering
devices (TADs) that double the message recording time,
and adds several new features.//
(ii960322-013) (387 words)
 
Virtual Reality comes to TV
//Virtual I-O has introduced new versions of its virtual
reality headsets for television watchers, video gamers, and
PC users.//
(ii960322-014) (474 words)
 
CeBIT -- Boxlight's personal PC projector
//Boxlight Corporation, the Poulsbo, Washington-based
company is previewing, what it claims is, a "revolutionary"
personal projector at the CeBIT Computer Faire, which
runs over the next week in Hannover, Germany.//
(ii960322-015) (452 words)
 
External hard drive add-0n for PC
//Adaptec has announced a new hard drive with an
external connection, and a SCSI host adapter for the PC.
The new Power Storage Hard Drive Kit has a 1 GB
external hard drive, and a kit that requires less than 30
minutes installation time, according to the company.//
(ii960322-016) (518 words)
 
Exabyte introduces large-capacity tape drive
//The Eagle Division of Exabyte has introduced its first
product, a large-capacity, high-performance tape backup
system. The TR-3 system is based on the TraVan
technology and is compatible with a number of different
minicartridges and QIC industry standards.//
(ii960322-017) (366 words)
 
Sony introduces digital camera
//Sony Electronics has announced its entry into the digital
still camera market with the DKC-ID1 which stores images
at a resolution of 768 by 576 pixels.//
(ii960322-018) (447 words)
 
Review -- NEC PC-DC401 digital still camera
//Review of NEC's PC-DC401 digital still camera featuring
a CCD pickup and the ability to store images on a memory
card for instant viewing on a PC.//
(ii960322-019) (900 words)
 
Apple colors input and output with new devices
//Apple Computer says its new Color OneScanner 600/27
is designed to meet a new world of users in schools, small
offices and homes. Expanding on its color for everyone
marketing plan, the company also announced two new
color inkjet printers, Color StyleWriter 1500 and Color
StyleWriter 2500.//
(ii960322-020) (472 words)
 
Taiwan's Umax forms new US subsidiary
//Umax Data Systems Inc. (UDS), has announced the
formation of a new US subsidiary, called NewSoft Inc. The
new company will develop, market, and distribute software
applications, with initial focus on scanning and image
processing, multimedia, communications, and Internet-
related technologies.//
(ii960322-021) (565 words)
 
 
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SOFTWARE, APPLICATIONS DEVELOPMENT
(<SWAD>)
 
Bankers hear Microsoft's Money strategy
//Two hundred bankers and banking application software
developers convened at Microsoft headquarters earlier this
week to hear the software company's strategy for Money,
its personal finance software.//
(ii960322-022) (470 words)
 
Java much more than a "lightweight browser"
//"Java is not just a lightweight browser," contends Sun
Microsystems' John De Armon. To the contrary, Java is
now being tested by the R.R. Donnelley & Sons printing
company and a number of other large users for
"enterprise-class" Intranet and Internet applications that
will "change the way business is done," according to De
Armon.//
(ii960322-023) (803 words)
 
Avid introduces MCXpress for "media entrepreneurs"
//Avid's newly announced MCXpress is aimed at a new
class of users, known as "media entrepreneurs," who have
learned to perform professional video editing on the Mac
or Windows platforms, and who have now "gone off on
their own" to produce video for the Web, CD-ROM,
broadcasting, and other media.//
(ii960322-024) (686 words)
 
Digital, SAP unveil 1st R/3 for Windows NT on RISC
//A newly unveiled deal to port SAP's R/3 to Digital
Equipment Corp.'s AlphaServer running Windows NT,
billed as bringing the first Windows NT implementation of
R/3 for RISC, is targeted at the high end of the Windows
NT market.//
(ii960322-025) (545 words)
 
10,000 "screened" shareware titles from ZD-Net on Web
//Ziff- Davis Interactive (ZDI) has announced a new
searchable library on the Web contains 10,000 carefully
selected shareware titles.//
(ii960322-026) (499 words)
 
Java news and applets
//Java-related news from online news services
(http://blueridge.infomkt.ibm.com/knudsen/javanews.html),
applets and programs (http://www.new-home.com/jr/),
Java Counter -- a page access counter that uses an
animated odometer-like display
(http://www.chamisplace.com/dev/java/counter.html).//
(ii960322-027) (139 words)
 
Java-Based Web paging service, market report
//Betting on Java's advancement as a Web technology,
the company BulletProof.com says it is introducing two
products based on Sun Microsystems' Java. One is a
wireless alphanumeric and e-mail paging interface, while
the other is a stock tracker.//
(ii960322-028) (359 words)
 
Apple upgrades system 7.5 OS to 2.0
//Apple Computer has announced the availability of
System 7.5 update 2.0 at no cost. Designed to deliver
increased system performance, better network
communications, and a "richer multimedia experience,"
Update 2.0 also includes Open Transport 1.1.//
(ii960322-029) (200 words)
 
Correction -- 3M unveils Post-It Notes in software format
(ii960322-030) (160 words)
 
SPA puts pressure on software pirates
//The SPA is getting fewer reports of piracy at large
organizations, a fact which he said indicates that larger
outfits at least have got the message about piracy. Now
the SPA is putting more emphasis on nabbing smaller
pirates. Those who previously thought they were small
enough that they wouldn't be pursued are beginning to
learn that they can no longer get away with piracy.//
(ii960322-031) (414 words)
 
Bentley to combine GIS & CAD for "geoengineering"
//Bentley Systems' upcoming MicroStation GeoGraphics
software, set to ship at the end of this month, will combine
capabilities from CAD and the fast growing arena of GIS
for the emerging market of "geoengineering".//
(ii960322-032) (718 words)
 
 
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NETWORKING & COMMUNICATIONS HARDWARE
(<NCHW>)
 
CeBIT -- Nokia unveils Communicator 9000
//Nokia Mobile Phones of Finland managed to scoop its
rivals with the launch of not one, but four different mobile
phone products. Company President Pekka Ala-Pieti La
explained that the company was launching the full range
at CeBIT '96 to alert networks, distributors and customers
that Nokia would be offering the "future shock" products
this year, not at some distant date in the future.//
(ii960322-033) (467 words)
 
CeBIT -- Next-generation cellphones unveiled
//While Nokia's 80386-based Communicator 9000
cellphone drew a lot of attention at the CeBIT Computer
Faire in Germany earlier this week, Ericsson was quietly
talking about -- and showing -- the next generation of
cellphones.//
(ii960322-034) (416 words)
 
VLSI & Dialogic chip quadruples switching capacity
//VLSI Technology has announced it will market a new
timeslot interchange IC, called the SC4000. The chip was
designed in cooperation with Dialogic.//
(ii960322-035) (465 words)
 
CeBIT -- Zoom Telephonics' CTI
//Zoom Telephonics is a name normally associated with
asynchronous modems, so it comes as something of a
surprise to discover that the company launched its first
CTI (computer telephony integration) unit, the ComStar
speakerphone faxmodem PC card, at the Cebit Computer
Faire.//
(ii960322-036) (400 words)
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