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> ITNS/INT
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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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