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Published in Prague by IntelliTech
Year 2, Number 25, Friday 29. 3. 1996 (ii960329)
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EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW
Story count: 29
 
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COMPUTERS/SYSTEMS (<CS>)
 
UK -- Husky Computers' GSM data cards an internal
option
//Husky Computers, which claims to be the world's leading
rugged computer system supplier, has announced it is
offering a GSM data facility on its notebook PCs.//
(ii960329-001) (324 words)
 
Canon adds 6X-drive, 133Mhz chip to notebooks
//Canon Computer Systems has announced four new
multimedia-centered notebooks under its Innova Book line
of portable PCs.//
(ii960329-002) (449 words)
 
 
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COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY: CHIPS, COMPONENTS,
PERIPHERALS (<CT>)
 
Microtek mid-range scanner for $599
//Microtek Lab Inc., is unveiling a new 30-bit scanner that
offers high resolution at a "mid-range price." The new
ScanMaker E6 joins the ScanMaker E3, a single-pass 24-
bit scanner released earlier this year, as the newest
members of the Microtek ScanMaker scanners.//
(ii960329-003) (565 words)
 
Diamond Multimedia bundles Microsoft's Web browser
//The battle of the Internet browsers continues as Diamond
Multimedia and Microsoft agreed to bundle Microsoft's
Internet Explorer 2.0 with selected Diamond multimedia
accelerators, modems, and ISDN products. Facing
Netscape's more than 80% share of the browser market,
Microsoft is on a campaign to capture a larger percentage
of the Internet browser market as part of its Internet
strategy.//
(ii960329-004) (407 words)
 
Check fraud and what steps can be taken to protect your
institutions against it - Printech
//The advent and availability of electronic publishing,
advanced scanning and color copiers available in the
market today are providing enormous alteration and
duplication capabilities for fraud artists so it has become
imperative for companies to be aware of the techniques
available to protect themselves against check fraud.//
(ii960329-005) (796 words)
 
Adaptec introduces PCI-to-UltraSCSI single-chip solution
//Adaptec has introduced its first PCI-to-8-bit UltraSCSI
controller chip targeted at low-end servers, desktops,
docking stations and laptops.//
(ii960329-006) (383 words) (PR)
 
 
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SOFTWARE, APPLICATIONS DEVELOPMENT
(<SWAD>)
 
More than 60 new products to be unveiled at DB/EXPO '96
in San Francisco
//The world's leading database, client/server, data
warehouse and internet conference and exposition
promises to be even bigger this year with the introduction
of more than 60 new products and services from a wide
range of high profile vendors. DB/EXPO '96, which will be
held at San Francisco's Moscone Center on April 16-18.
Internet and Intranet conference debuts at DB/EXPO "96
with special exposition attractions -- Web Center and
Internet Village.//
(ii960329-007) (4,278 words) (PR)
 
Database World -- Sybase IQ, Web.sql for "quick" queries
//In a press and customers' event at Database &
Client/Server World in Boston, Sybase unveiled Sybase
IQ, a layer of middleware aimed at dramatically cutting the
time it takes to query and analyze complex data. Officials
also demo'd the use of Sybase IQ with Sybase Web.sql, a
Web server-based software product, now in beta, for
accessing either Sybase IQ or Sybase SQL Server over
an Internet or the Internet.//
(ii960329-008) (1,045 words)
 
DB World -- APT introduces Orchestrate for parallel
RDBMS
//Two or three years from now, "data mining" applications
based on parallel databases and neural networking will be
commonplace, but development tools must first become
easier to use, maintained Applied Parallel Technologies'
(APT) Robert Utzschneider, in a meeting about the
company's newly unveiled Orchestrate in the IBM suite at
Database & Client/Server World.//
(ii960329-009) (470 words)
 
Quarterdeck's CD-ROM accelerator
//Quarterdeck says it is shipping a 32-bit turbocharger
which improves CD-ROM performance and speed for
Windows 95. Using a special caching technology,
SpeedyROM is able to determine which data is most
frequently accessed and readies that data for subsequent
searches.//
(ii960329-010) (200 words)
 
SunSoft announces strategic relationship with ILOG to
deliver component gateway between java and C++
//SunSoft has announced a joint development project,
TwinPeaks, with ILOG, Inc., a leading provider of high-
performance and easy-to-use business application
components, to build a component gateway between Java
and C++ objects. The agreement will deliver the first Java
to C++ business application component gateway to
developers.//
(ii960329-011) (591 words) (PR)
 
SunSoft adopts GUI builder for Java from Active Software
for SunSoft Java Workshop
//SunSoft has announced a technology alliance with Active
Software that provides software for distributed Internet and
Intranet applications. As part of this agreement, Active
Software's GUI builder for Java will be incorporated into
SunSoft's Java WorkShop, an integrated Web-centric
development tool for new media and client/server
developers.//
(ii960329-012) (439 words) (PR)
 
SCO broadens customer service and support in North
America with new Authorized Support Centers
//SCO has announced the certification and signing of two
new Authorized Support Centers (ASCs), Multi-User
Solutions and Enterprise Support Services Inc. (ESS).//
(ii960329-013) (652 words)
 
Adaptec ships LAN Emulation software
//Adaptec is now shipping LAN Emulation software that
enables customers to deploy ATM clients and servers into
their existing networks.//
(ii960329-014) (518 words) (PR)
 
 
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NETWORKING & COMMUNICATIONS HARDWARE
(<NCHW>)
 
Gandalf launches strategic direction through innovative
technologies
//Gandalf Technologies has announced its statement of
direction towards establishing market leadership in the
teleworking and Internet service provider marketplaces.
This strategic direction is being launched with the
unveiling of new services, products and technology
enhancements that address the specific needs of
teleworkers and mobile users who require complete end-
to-end solutions for accessing corporate resources and the
Internet. The new additions include RemoteConnect,
technology enhancements, encryption, expanded product
family.//
(ii960329-015) (1,951 words) (PR)
 
HP & Stanford Telecom in wireless technology deal
//Hewlett-Packard and Stanford Telecommunications have
signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to work
together to develop local multipoint distribution service
(LMDS) technology. LMDS is a digital wireless, two-way
broadband technology designed to allow network
integrators and communication service providers to
inexpensively bring a range of high-value, quality services
to homes and businesses.//
(ii960329-016) (583 words)
 
 
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NETWORKING & COMMUNICATIONS SOFTWARE
(<NCSW>)
 
Novell & Quarterdeck team on NetWare IPX Web
technology
//Novell has teamed up with Quarterdeck to develop a
package to allow NetWare users to access their internal
Web servers via Novell's IPX protocol.//
(ii960329-017) (439 words)
 
M.I.S. Europe Ltd. launches its PC security products to
help combat computer crime
//M.I.S. Europe Limited announced on 27. 3. 96 the
release of Windows versions of its FortressOE computer
security products.//
(ii960329-018) (451 words)
 
Wall Data ships Rumba Office for Windows 95/NT
//Wall Data is now shipping its Rumba Office 95/NT
version 5.0.//
(ii960329-019) (398 words)
 
 
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NETWORKING & COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES,
BUSINESS (<NCSB>)
 
Netcom to "redefine" Internet service provider role
//National Internet provider Netcom On-Line
Communications says it will redefine the definition of an
Internet service provider (ISP) with the introduction of
Personal Services. Starting with a customized, daily news
service, called PersonalNews, Netcom's Personal
Services will be developed over the coming months as a
value-added service to an existing $19.95 per month
unlimited usage service.//
(ii960329-020) (417 words)
 
 
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ONLINE BUSINESS (<OB>)
 
The robot exclusion standard - how to keep robots
(crawlers, spiders, worms, etc.) from accessing your Web
site
//A robot exclusion standard has been proposed to assist
you in keeping robots (crawlers, spiders, worms, etc.) from
accessing your Web site. Most robots are respecting the
proposed standard which can prevent access by
EVERYONE in the networked world to ALL of your Web
documents - which may in some cases by highly
UNDESIREABLE.//
(ii960401-021) (1,815 words)
 
America Online's private networks to rival Lotus Notes?
//America Online Inc. is getting serious about the business
of creating internal networks for businesses. The online
service company has set up a new division called America
Online Enterprise to provide packages of Internet access,
electronic-mail, and other services on private business
networks.//
(ii960329-022) (382 words)
 
Internet update
//This is today's roundup of new and updated resources
and services available via the global Internet, including:
international telecommunications information; Modified
presents online music mixing; resources for Windows NT
users; virtual hologram museum; writers, designers,
photographers Web site; Planet Science daily science
news; updated special Internet connections; HTML book in
German; new on Usenet; online today.//
(ii960329-023) (884 words)
 
Telecom execs foresee rapid shift to online sales
//In overwhelming numbers, top telecommunications
executives say their industry is being revolutionized by
interactive multimedia, although their employees may
have different thoughts, according to a survey by the
Alliance for Converging Technologies.//
(ii960329-024) (657 words)
 
Microsoft Network reaches one million subscribers
//Microsoft's Microsoft Network (MSN) is the fastest
starting Internet online service in history, Microsoft officials
claim, with more than one million members signing on via
the company's Windows 95 OS. Now, MSN officials say
they are looking towards the future, where MSN will be
rooted in the architecture of the Web.//
(ii960329-025) (476 words)
 
E-Span opens access to "ResumePro Database"
//E-Span, an online career service provider, has opened
posting access to its "ResumePro Database." The service
will give consumers the ability to display their business
credentials before E-Span's nearly 2,000 corporate clients
connected to the Internet.//
(ii960329-026) (409 words)
 
 
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GENERAL & MISCELLANEOUS (<GM>)
 
Virtual reality medical training
//Doctors attending this week's American College of
Cardiology (ACC) conference in Orlando, Florida, can
experience first-hand how to open up blocked arteries that
cause heart attacks. Wearing state-of-the-art virtual reality
helmets, physicians can reportedly feel as if they are being
miniaturized and injected into the heart's left atrium.//
(ii960329-027) (438 words)
 
Multimedia training for office networks
//Anderson Soft-Teach has announced the network version
of their SmartTrainer line of multimedia training products
for Windows and the Microsoft Office. Employing
"scalable" multimedia technology, the new version allows
the customer to tailor the level of multimedia delivered in
a network environment.//
(ii960329-028) (495 words)
 
Softbank continues US buying spree, more to come
//Softbank has signed a letter of intent to make a
substantial investment in Interactive Marketing (IMI), a US
company with interests in many of the areas that Softbank
and its subsidiaries already operate. The news comes as
the latest in a string of US purchases the company, led by
Masayoshi Son, a man described as "Japan's Bill Gates,"
has made.//
(ii960329-029) (694 words)
 
 
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