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In as much as the "take-over" fever that seems to be running like a wildfire through the computing community making good companies disappear with alarming regularity is still in vogue. Perhaps.. it is time the users made themselves heard relative to the grabbing, leaching and ingesting of each other these "money barons" are so greedily popularizing. What they are doing is atrocious. So far, how many readers can honestly say they've seen good come from these "happenings"?? All I see is a purposeful elimination of "the competition". not an enhancement of choice for the users. A number of victims .er ah.. I mean acquisitions and mergers immediately come to mind. ú Take Central Point Software (PC Tools & CP Backup) for example. Where are they now?? Its a fact they had just about the very best Tape Backup Software available. It was affordable, reliable and its now ..gone. Thanks to Symantec inhaling Central Point. ú Then comes Word Perfect. and all its nuances. It may have had warts but its the puppy most of us matured using. It has been bounced around like an old "Pensy Pinkie" Why? So somebody could to do a bux grab?? Sure looks that way. Now its being re-released by another firm. The sad part is ..its so far behind the pack (16 bit) it'll more than likely never catch up. ú Then there is Delrina. Inhaled by a company that really had nothing of real substance to offer other than a disk formatter and a few copy-cat utilities. After all, they killed the "gems" they grabbed from CPS. Now its a fair bet that Delrina's picture will change dramatically in the next year or so. Its wild! ú This thing between Cheyenne and McAfee is an outrage. Two fine upstanding well trusted firms duking it out in public slinging everything but yesterday's dinner at each other. Why?? Again, for the almighty buck! Unfortunately it'll, as always, be at the user's ultimate expense. 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As reported, anti-virus software specialist McAfee announced earlier this week it planned a hostile takeover of storage management software publisher Cheyenne Software in a stock swap deal that would create the world's fifth largest software publisher. In a statement, Cheyenne Chairman ReiJane Huai accuses Larson of making false and misleading statements about Cheyenne in order to promote McAfee's takeover bid and influence the trading of Cheyenne stock. The Associated Press reports Huai alleges McAfee falsely told Cheyenne stockholders that Huai agreed to a merger and the only discussions left would be about price. Cheyenne's claim also said McAfee fraudulently stated Cheyenne had put itself up for sale. Cheyenne has asked the court to stop McAfee from making such statements and seeks to reclaim its legal costs and any other damages the court sees it. Meanwhile, Larson contends the suit, filed in federal court in Delaware, is meant to divert attention from the merger proposal, saying, "The lawsuit is a frivolous nitpicking of public statements. We are convinced that our conduct and statements have been well within the bounds of the law." He also said several Cheyenne shareholders have filed suit, claiming Cheyenne's board of directors have breached their fiduciary responsibility. Apple to Offer Windows Products In what is being characterized as a bold move to revive its business, Apple Computer Inc. is set to launch a number of new products offering greater compatibility with rival Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating systems. Dave Daetz, who oversees Apple's line of Windows-compatible computers, told Samuel Perry of the Reuter News Service, "Customers can frankly now run more software on Apple than any other PC. It's really that we're standing out by fitting in." Reporting from Apple's Cupertino, California, headquarters, Perry says two of the new computers represent Apple's "most concentrated effort yet to appeal directly to the market for Windows machines, which outnumber those based on Apple's Mac operating system by more than 10 to one." These units enable Apple customers to: ú Use software written for either an Apple or Windows-compatible systems at the same time. ú Switch back and forth between these programs. Also for the first time, one of the two Power Macintosh PC Compatible machines will include an Intel Corp. Pentium chip that can run Windows 95, Windows 3.1, Windows for Workgroups 3.11 and MS-DOS 1.22 in addition tothe Mac OS system. Reuters says prices for these range from $2,599 for a machine with a '586 PC- compatible card to $2,799 for the Power Mac 7200/120 with a Pentium 100 megahertz card, with availability starting in June. Besides the Power Macintosh PC Compatibles, Apple also is introducing wide-ranging upgrades of its Power PC models. Users of other Apple computers also will be offered PC Compatibility Cards at $799 for the Cyrix 586 100MHz card and $1,049 for the Pentium card. Both have eight megabytes of random access memory, or RAM. As Perry notes, the timing of the new models is especially important as Apple struggles back from a record $740 million quarterly loss announced last week. HP to Offer Disney Software A new color home printer featuring a built-in Disney Interactive CD-ROM and home-craft software for family entertainment is to be unveiled this week by Hewlett-Packard Co. United Press International reports from HP's Palo Alto, California, headquarters that the new printer is part of the DeskJet 680 series, priced starting at $300, and should be available at retail stores and computer resellers on July 1. The DeskJet 682C lets users create invitations, greeting cards, coloring pages and banners with the Disney trademark through the Mickey and Friends Print Studio CD-ROM, featuring some 200 images of Mickey, Donald, Goofy and other Disney characters, with a variety of print projects and page layouts. The printer also comes with software featuring 50 specially designed images and a craft kit for creating magnets, window art and banners. A media kit is also included, with greeting card stock, envelopes and banner paper, UPI says. Microsoft to Incorporate Java A new deal with Sun Microsystems Inc. reportedly calls for embedding Java, Sun's computer language for interactive network computing, into the operating systems of Microsoft Corp. and its competitors. One of the companies and industry executives have told The Wall Street Journal that Microsoft will put Java capability in its best-selling Windows 95 and that Apple Computer Inc. is considering bundling Java with its Macintosh operating system. Also, an IBM spokeswoman said the company is in the "planning stages" of embedding Java in OS/2 and possibly other operating systems. Reporter Joan E. Rigdon comments in today's Journal that the news is "ironic" because "until now, Sun has positioned Java as a potential killer of today's desktop computer operating systems, a market Microsoft dominates with a more than 80 percent share." Besides that, Microsoft has its own technology -- ActiveX -- that the software giant says does many of the same things Java does, only better. Java has gained acclaim as the first major programming language designed to run on the Internet and other computing networks. "With it," notes Rigdon, "users can theoretically download bits of programs from the Internet as needed -- a spelling checker, for instance -- instead of buying today's hugely popular operating systems and multi-featured applications, such as word processors. With that in mind, companies including Sun and Oracle Corp. have announced plans to build network computers that use Java instead of traditional operating systems." So far, Sun has aimed Java mostly at makers of Internet Web browsers, who are adding several new features and are positioning their browsers as alternatives to conventional operating systems. "But," says the paper, "by getting companies to embed Java into their operating systems, Sun is supplying both sides in the war between makers of browsers and operating systems." No timetable has been announced, but the Journal says the process of embedding Java into the operating system is expected to take "at least several months." Result could change desktop computing in a dramatic way. "People using a word processor, for instance," Rigdon comments, "could use Java to go out on the Internet, process data through a spreadsheet and download the data directly into the word-processor document." IBM Updates ThinkPad Line IBM Corp. has updated its ThinkPad notebook PC line with several new models. The new mid-range ThinkPad 760 series is equipped with Pentium microprocessors ranging up to 133MHz in speed and PCI support, including PCI- based video graphics, a PC CardBus and PCI-based docking. Other features include high-resolution 11.3- and 12.1-inch color displays, 16MB of RAM, a variety of hard disk capacity choices and numerous standard and optional multimedia features. System prices start at $3,399. The line is also compatible with IBM's SelectaDock, a new desktop docking system that offers a choice of PCI, PC CardBus and ISA expansion capabilities. IBM has also expanded its entry-level ThinkPad 365 series to include a choice of Intel 120MHz or 100MHz Pentium microprocessors or IBM's own 586-class processor. The systems also include a high-resolution 11.3-inch or 10.4-inch color screen, 8MB of RAM and a choice of hard disk capacities. Prices start at $1,999. "The ThinkPad brand has successfully penetrated the mainstream market with these additions to the 365 and 760 series," says Steve Ward, general manager of IBM's mobile computing unit. "These announcements offer the ultimate in mobile capabilities and protect our customers' current investment. Several new models are designed for fleet buyers and small business owners looking for reliable and affordable mobile computingsolutions." Computer Makers Agree on UNIX Seven major computer makers have agreed to use Santa Cruz Operation Inc.'s version of the UNIX operating system for server computers based on Intel Corp. chips. Saying the decision means a fragmented segment of the computer industry is moving closer together, reporter Don Clark writes in The Wall Street Journal this morning, "Consequently, programs written for one UNIX machine often won't run on another, a drawback that has slowed wider adoption of those computers." Clark notes efforts to unify UNIX have foundered before, "but competition from Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating system has lent a new sense of urgency." The Santa Cruz, California, SCO bought Novell Inc.'s UNIX business in December and reportedly plans to merge that technology with another UNIX product line SCO has been selling. The Journal says SCO also is working with Hewlett- Packard Co. on a future version of the technology that will work on a new line of microchips, known by the code name Merced. The seven in the new UNIX pact -- Compaq Computer Corp., Data General Corp., ICL PLC, NCR Corp., ING. C. Olivetti & Co. SpA, Siemens Nixdorf Information Systems AG, and Unisys Corp. -- not only plan to use SCO's forthcoming UNIX product line, but also are contributing cash and engineering resources to help other software makers make products for the operating system, SCO CEO Alok Mohan told the paper. Analyst Philip Johnson of International Data Corp. told Clark the latest effort seems more promising than past UNIX alliances, though SCO faces major technical hurdles in combining the two UNIX variants. "SCO also faces continuing competition from Sun Microsystems Inc., which is also trying to market a version of UNIX for Intel-based servers," Clark observes. Sypglass Eyes SurfWatch Purchase Word around Wall Street is Internet software firm Spyglass Inc. will buy closely held SurfWatch Software Inc., a company that makes software to block Net users from accessing adult fare on the Net. The Wall Street Journal reports this morning quotes unidentified executives familiar with the deal as saying the Naperville, Ill., Spyglass -- which licenses its Web browser software to 72 other high-tech firms, including Microsoft Corp., Computer Associates Inc. and Oracle Corp. -- will purchase SurfWatch in a stock swap valued at about $12.5 million. The Journal notes SurfWatch, based in Los Altos, Calif., was one of the first companies to offer filtering software to enable parents to shield their children from adult-oriented Internet material. Cable Companies Face Net Challenge Cable companies will have to do more than just peddle cable modems if they hope to become significant Internet access providers, reports market researcher SIMBA Information Inc. of Wilton, Connecticut. The company notes that cable modems can deliver information up to 1,000 times faster than today's telephone modems, but the limitations of PCs and the Internet diminish that advantage. For example, the performance of cable modems, which are capable of transmitting data at a rate of 10M bps, was reduced to only 3Mbps or less during a focus group conducted by SIMBA. "The bottlenecks (in the demonstation) hurting performance weren't in the cable system or the modem, but in remote content servers and in the comparatively sluggish graphics processing speeds of the PC at the end of the pipeline," says Robert Wells, a SIMBA researcher. To be viable players in the Internet access business, cable companies must take complete responsibility for service provision, notes Wells. "They must create islands of peak performance within the generally sluggish Internet." One viable solution, according to Wells, is "Internet overbuilds," in which a cable operator creates a "mini-Internet" within its own system. Content from the most popular Internet sites, as well the cable operator's own content, would be stored locally. This technique eliminates the need for users to access the Internet, where speed is limited by remote servers and congestion. According to Wells, cable operators have the opportunity to solve the ease-of- use problems that have plagued Internet access providers. "Unless users have a CompuServe or America Online, Internet access has been burdensome, and for some, prohibitively so," he says. "Cable companies are in a position to make ease-of-use a major element in the comparative advantage of their system and service," says Wells. Nearly every top cable operator is developing a strategy to roll out cable modem service within the next several years. "High-speed Internet access is a major part of the strategies of cable companies to develop revenue beyond traditional pay television," says Wells. "With the correct approach, cable modems are among the biggest new revenue opportunities for the cable industry in the next decade." Corel Launches WordPerfect Contest Corel Corp. is inviting users of its WordPerfect applications to put their creative abilities to the test as the company launches its 1st Annual Corel WordPerfect $1,000,000 World Contest. The contest, which runs until May 20, features 10 different categories. Winners will be flown to Salt Lake City, Utah, for a black-tie awards presentation on May 29, to coincide with the launch of Corel Office Professional and Corel WordPerfect Suite for Windows 95. "The Corel WordPerfect $1,000,000 World Contest will showcase some of the best macros, templates, third-party solutions, applications and creative writing of WordPerfect users worldwide," says Michael Cowpland, Corel's president and CEO. Registered WordPerfect users may enter the contest as often as they wish. Each entrant will receive one prize package of a specially boxed set of 10 jewel-cased CD-ROMS containing recently released Corel multimedia software. Entries can be created in any version or platform of WordPerfect, Presentations, Quattro Pro or Paradox. Graphic elements from any version of CorelDRAW, the Corel Gallery clipart collection and/or Corel Professional Photos on CD- ROM may also be included. OS/2 Has Speech Recognition IBM Corp. is working on a new version of its O2/2 Warp operating system featuring built-in voice recognition. IBM notes that the product -- code- named "Merlin" -- will be the first major Intel-based operating system with built- in speech recognition. At the IBM Technical Interchange developer's conference in Nashville, the company today unveiled an early copy of Merlin, which features IBM's VoiceType speech technology. The product also includes an improved user interface with an enhanced version of the Lotus SmartCenter, as well as simplified Internet access. IBM notes that Merlin's built-in speech navigation and dictation capabilities will allow users simply to tell their computers what they normally would have to type or execute with a mouse. The navigation portion will allow people to vocally navigate through menu bars and objects on the desktop in order to do things such as open files and launch applications. "We believe that speech recognition in computers will be the next major industry breakthrough when it comes to ease- of- use," says Wally Casey, vice president of client product management in IBM's software group. "Just as the Macintosh changed the industry when it introduced a graphical user interface, OS/2 Merlin will alter the way people interact withcomputers -- from new computer users to business professionals to anyone who wants quick and easy Internet access." IBM says Merlin will go into beta test later this quarter and become generally available in the second half of 1996. Microsoft E-Zine Gets a Name Microsoft Corp. says "Slate" will be the name of its new online publication. Slate, with former CNN "Crossfire" co-host Michael Kinsley as editor, will feature editorial contributions from leading journalists, political and cultural figures and policy makers. "I chose the name Slate, as in the blank variety, because we could pour meaning into it," says Kinsley. "It's short and crisp, and it suggests a hard reality to counterbalance the amorphousness of cyberspace." According to Microsoft, Slate plans to deliver high- caliber journalism to the Internet, providing thoughtful commentary on public policy and culture. "Slate's editorial features, interactive forums and reviews will offer a decisive, nonpartisan atmosphere for the culturally and politically engaged reader," notes a statement issued by the company. Home PC Use Up Slightly A new survey conducted by the Software Publishers Association finds that PCs are now used in 33.9 million U.S. households, up slightly from 32.6 million a year ago. The trade group notes that 34 percent of U.S. households now use a PC. Word processing is the most popular home software application, used in 89 percent of homes. Respondents reported using an average of nearly nine different types of software, with online and Internet users reporting more than 11 types. Of all PCs purchased in 1995, 83 percent were equipped with CD-ROM drives, compared with 55 percent in 1994. Seventy percent of PC households reported owning a modem. Of modem owners, 46 percent subscribe to an online service, and an additional 26 percent use the Internet through another type of gateway, such as an office, educational institution or gateway provider. Seventy-seven percent of Internet users report accessing the Web. Once there, research/reference, entertainment and education sites are visited by the greatest number of respondents. Seventy-nine percent of respondents reported that their primary computer is an IBM or compatible system; 16 percent said they own an Apple II, Macintosh or Power Mac. Of households with Intel-based machines, only 15 percent don't run Windows or Windows 95 on their primary computer. Eighteen percent of home users reported running Windows 95, and 35 percent of the nonusers planned to upgrade within the next six months. Twenty-four percent of PC households reported owning a Pentium as their primary computer, with processors slower than a '286 down to less than 15 percent of the most-used computers. Last year, only 4 percent of primary PCs held a Pentium chip, notes the SPA. Year 2000 'Meltdown' Still Looms Despite numerous media reports alerting organizations to the problem, Gartner Group reports that 30 percent of computer applications will not be year 2000 compliant by the end of 1999. The market research firm notes that the problem dates back to the 1960s, when programmers wrote applications using a standard date format of DD/MM/YY to conserve then expensive storage space. When the year 2000 arrives, "2000" will be read by affected computer systems as "00," potentially causing a complete system failure or producing incorrect calculations in time-sensitive programs. At risk are all applications, mainframe systems, PCs, networks and peripherals. Gartner Group estimates that avoiding the potential system meltdown will cost enterprises between $300 billion and $600 billion worldwide through 1999. "The year 2000 date change poses one of the most significant challenges ever faced by the IT industry and will have enormous impact on business applications, package solutions and system software, even putting some companies at risk in their business," says Kevin Schick, Gartner Group's research director, who earlier this month before a Congressional panel investigating the problem. "The bottom line is the year 2000 virus is the most devastating virus ever to infect the world's business and IT systems." "This is not a problem for 2000, this is a problem for today," adds Darlene Brown, vice president and research director of Gartner Group. "The most critical considerations in addressing the year 2000 date change are time horizons, cost and risk. The time horizon is the projection period of when applications will fail because of the 2000 specification. Cost is the price tag for the solution, including the cost of initiatives delayed while the year 2000 resolution effort is prioritized. Risk is not having a complete inventory of the systems and environment, and not relating this information to pertinent business values." Man 'Imprisons' Himself Online South African computer consultant Richard Weideman has made himself the first prisoner in a cyberspace jail. He sentenced himself to 88 days in a glass cubicle in Cape Town with only a computer linked to the Internet's World Wide Web. "My only contact with society is an Internet connection and a glass observation door," Weideman wrote in his homepage (reached at Web address http:/www.woza.co.za/woza). Writing from Johannesburg, Marius Bosch of the Reuter News Service says Weideman, locked up in his "prison," Weideman has no access to radio, newspapers, telephones or television and can communicate only through electronic mail. Since the Jan. 31 start of the project, named "Woza" for World Online South Africa, Weideman has received more than 2,400 electronic mail messages. School children and businesspeople are among those who have communicated with him. In a recent electronic mail interview with a newspaper, Weideman commented, "The profound bit is dealing with the rest of the world through a binary umbilical cord. ..... I've exchanged e-mail views and anecdotes with people from Alaska to Australia and 18 other countries in between. The exciting aspect is realizing just how similar we all are in this growing global village. How much I share in common with ordinary people in Ohio, or Honolulu." Saying many people see the Internet only as an "information distribution mechanism," ignoring the Net's communication potential, he noted, "This results in a false belief that information flows in one direction only." He said better use of the global communication facilities available on the Internet could aid the development of many rural communities, particularly poor black communities in South Africa. "I aim to shatter that misconception by illustrating how we can use these tools to collect vital demographic information at a grass-roots community level," he said. Weideman plans to stay in the glass cubicle, an exhibit at a telecommunications show at the Cape Town waterfront, until next Saturday, South Africa's Freedom Day, marking the second anniversary of the country's historic all-race elections. The living and working space Weideman calls home measures 26 feet by 16 feet and includes an exercise bicycle, bed, couch and chemical toilet (hidden behind a curtain). Meals and laundry are delivered without communications and contact to the cubicle's back door to which he has the only key. But he noted that even if he wanted to break free from his imprisonment in cyberspace, he could not. "For those (with) visions of me roaming free at night," he wrote, "there are infrared alarm sensors outside both of my doors." Mitnick Enters Guilty Plea As part of a plea bargain, one-time underground computerist Kevin Mitnick -- subject of a three-year nationwide manhunt -- has pleaded guilty to charges of illegally using stolen mobile phone numbers. Reporting from Los Angeles, The Associated Press says the plea, entered late yesterday, was part of an agreement Mitnick arranged with federal prosecutors in North Carolina, where he was arrested last year after being tracked down by a San Diego computer security specialist. The 32-year-old Mitnick also has pleaded guilty to violating probation for a 1988 break-in of Digital Equipment Corp. computers in California. Mitnick was finally tracked him down by computer specialist Tsutomu Shimomura, who made catching the system intruder his crusade after Mitnick allegedly broke into Shimomura's own home computer and stole security programs he had written. He traced him to Raleigh, North Carolina, where he was arrested in February 1995. AP says Mitnick, who had been charged with 23 counts of computer fraud, agreed to plead guilty to one count of illegally using 15 stolen phone numbers to dial into computer databases. Mitnick consented to having the case moved to his home state of California. U.S. District Judge Mariana Pfaelzer set sentencing for July 15. Mitnick could be sententenced to up 20 years on the stolen phone number charge, but will likely impose a substantially shorter sentence, prosecutor Chris Painter told the wire service. As reported, Mitnick served a year in prison in California for illegally tapping computers at Digital Equipment Corp., and served six months at a youth facility at age 17 for stealing computer manuals from a Pacific Bell switching center. In 1992, he disappeared while on probation. CANON UNVEILS CANOSCAN LINE OF COLOR FLATBED SCANNERS TO PERSONALIZE COMMUNICATIONS AT HOME AND OFFICE CanoScanT 600 Provides "Reproduction-Quality" Scanning for Professionals; CanoScan 300 Offers Affordable, Fun Scanning for the Entire Family COSTA MESA, Calif. (April 15, 1996) -- Canon Computer Systems Inc. (CCSI) today introduced a new line of color flatbed scanners: the CanoScan 300 and the CanoScan 600. The CanoScan 300 is the first scanner to combine high quality, ease-of-use and Canon Creative software specifically designed for the home user. Equipped with software-enabled automatic scanning and advanced image manipulation features, the CanoScan 600 combines compact size with "reproduction-quality" capabilities for professional imaging applications. "1996 is the year we'll see imaging and input devices come into their own," says the vice president of marketing and customer care for CCSI. "The ability to customize documents or create personalized items such as scanning in a photo and printing on Canon's T-shirt transfer paper will help educate customers on 'What you can do with a Canon printer?' and bridge the gap between input and output." CanoScan 300 The affordable CanoScan 300 is the first scanner of its kind to meet the expectations of small office/home (SOHOME) users by providing Canon Creative, a suite of five Windows-compatible software titles on one CD-ROM including Hallmark ConnectionsT Everyday GreetingsT for personalized greeting cards and Crayolar Art drawing and coloring program. Coupled with Canon's exclusive specialty papers such as T-shirt transfers and fabric sheets, the CanoScan 300 allows users to input any color image and photo to create personalized gifts and crafts. Also, home users will find the CanoScan 300 invaluable for inputting images such as photos for delivery via the Internet. Ease-of-use is enhanced by ScanCraft software. Developed by Canon Information Systems, the software arm of Canon, ScanCraft permits even novice users to produce brilliant artwork by scanning in detailed color graphics quickly and easily. ScanCraft includes a TWAIN driver, allowing any TWAIN compliant imaging application to directly scan images with the CanoScan. In addition, ScanCraft includes a color copier utility allowing users to immediately make color prints from any Bubble JetT printer by simply pressing the "copy" button. SOHOME users will appreciate the new scanner's 300 x 600 dpi (dots per inch) resolution that can deliver 1200 dpi enhanced resolution, ideal for business graphics as well as detailed line art. The CanoScan 300's 27-bit input provides optimum 24-bit scanning, with improved shadow and contour detailing. Replacing Canon's current IX-4025 scanner, the CanoScan 300 is expected to have an estimated street price of $449* when it becomes available in June/July. CanoScan 600 The CanoScan 600 is CCSI's first color flatbed scanner designed for the professional user. The new scanner combines a compact "footprint" with 600 x 1200 dpi resolution that can deliver 2400 dpi enhanced resolution; and 30-bit input to provide the best 24-bit image possible. ScanCraft software gives CanoScan 600 users both automatic scanning features and advanced image manipulation functions. The addition of the optional film adapter unit gives the CanoScan 600 a single solution for scanning prints and artwork, as well as film negatives and slides up to eight by 10 inches in size, an ideal feature for the graphic designer or desktop publisher. Estimated street price for the adapter is $479*. For "after-hours" activities or customizing applications such as stationery and business cards, small business users will appreciate the inclusion of the Canon Creative. The estimated street price for the CanoScan 600, with anticipated availability in June, is $899*. Possessing the smallest footprints in their class, the CanoScan 300 and CanoScan 600 take up practically the same desk space as the Sunday newspaper. Each model features a flicker-free Xenon light source, ensuring a lifetime of consistent scanning. CCSI also offers an optional automatic document feeder (estimated street price $329*) that facilitates scanning of large volume jobs. Visual Communications Strategy The CanoScan line is integral to CanonOs Visual Communications strategy dedicated to providing all the tools for people to enhance communications for business or pleasure, whether that communication is displayed, printed or transmitted. The essence of CCSI's Visual Communications strategy is to help customers become more productive, personalize their communications, look more professional and be more successful. Canon Imaging Technologies Since introducing its first camera more than 50 years ago, Canon's accumulated technologies in imaging have led to the creation of many sophisticated, high-technology products that enhance communication, including analog copiers, digital monochrome and color copiers, facsimiles, laser and Bubble Jet printers and scanners. As the world's largest manufacturer of optical lenses, Canon's precision-molded aspherical glass lenses are used on more than 60 percent of the world's professional television cameras as well as Canon brand cameras, camcorders and office machines. About CCSI Since 1992, Canon Computer Systems Inc. has led Canon's activities in the U.S. computing market with the following product lines: Bubble Jet and laser printers, CanoScan scanners, Innovar multimedia desktop and notebook computers, as well as the integrated computer/printer product, the NoteJetr. Small office/home office (SOHO) and small office/home (SOHOME) customers are reached via the mass market channel -- a network of computer dealers, superstores and mass merchants who represent more than 7,000 storefronts nationwide. CCSI also offers Innova ProT advanced systems based on Windows NT and Intel technologies targeted for medium to large corporate customers. Canon is recognized as the world's largest computer printer manufacturer, a leader in imaging technology and a top worldwide patent holder. For more information, customers can call 800-848-4123 or visit the CCSI web site at http://www.ccsi.canon.com. # # # # * Street prices are estimates only. Actual prices are determined by individual dealers and may vary. Canon, Innova, NoteJet, BJC, FAXPHONE and BJ are registered trademarks. Bubble Jet, Innova Media, Innova Pro, PowerShot, CanoScan, MultiPASS and Canon Convertible are trademarks of Canon Inc. All other trademarks are properties of their respective owners. EDUPAGE STR Focus Keeping the users informed Edupage Contents Bell Atlantic And Nynex Merger Actions Compuserve Opens Bidding At $30 A Share Cheyenne-McAfee Feud Gets Nasty Gov't Technology Acquisition Plan Criticized True Plug And Play Is On The Way Bell Launches New Business Data Service Spectrum Of Opinion 100,000,000 Mice Served Bank Backs Internet Credit Card Purchases Voter Registration On The Web Leary Talks Of Suicide On The Net Cisco Buys StrataCom For $4 Billion Job Cuts Expected From Bell Atlantic/Nynex Merger Random House Looks To New Media Free E-Mail FCC Gears Up For Telecom Act Implementation Call-Waiting Screening Grateful Med On The Internet Internet Shopping Appliance When The Clock Strikes 2000 Unix Users Unite "I'd Rather Have A PC" Microsoft Puts Java Into Windows 95 Shrinking Flash Chips Digital, Computer Associates Team Up On Software Speed Is Of The Essence Advertising Vs. Subscription Fees For Info On The Web FCC Boosts Prospect For Supernets Internet Sales Undermine Sales Taxes Microsoft, Casio To Build Consumer Products Hardware Solution To E-Commerce Security Adobe, Apple And Scitex Target On-Demand Printing Internet Phone Faces Regulatory Fight Mitnick Guilty Plea BELL ATLANTIC AND NYNEX MERGER ACTIONS Bell Atlantic's board has approved a merger with Nynex, and Nynex's okay is expected today, for a Monday announcement of plans for a combined corporation that would be the second-largest phone company in the U.S. (after AT&T). After the one-year merger process, Bell Atlantic's Ray Smith will be CEO of the new corporation for one year, and will then step down to be replaced by Nynex Chairman Ivan G. Seidenberg. (New York Times 20 Apr 96 p19; 21 Apr 96 p12) COMPUSERVE OPENS BIDDING AT $30 A SHARE CompuServe, the second largest commercial online service, is going public, hoping to capitalize on the Internet frenzy that's characterized IPOs such as Netscape's and Yahoo!'s. It's priced its initial offering at $30 a share for 16 million shares, which will raise $454 million for CompuServe's parent company, H&R Block. Some analysts doubt that CompuServe's offering will generate the same excitement as some of the purely Internet offerings, however. "The climate is certainly not optimal. CompuServe blew it by a few months on the timing," says one investment analyst. High-tech investors will be watching the stock market's reaction closely, looking for a benchmark by which the value of competitors America Online and Prodigy can be judged. (Wall Street Journal 19 Apr 96 B6) CHEYENNE-MCAFEE FEUD GETS NASTY Cheyenne Software, the target of what has turned into a hostile takeover attempt by McAfee Associates, has filed suit against McAfee and its chairman William Lawson. The suit accuses Lawson of making false and misleading statements about Cheyenne in order to influence the trading of Cheyenne stock. The companies have been feuding since last Monday, when Cheyenne rejected McAfee's buyout offer of $27.50 a share. McAfee said it had no immediate comment on the suit. (Investor's Business Daily 19 Apr 96 A19) GOV'T TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION PLAN CRITICIZED After repealing in February the discredited 1965 Brooks Act, which dictated that all computer purchases must be made through the General Services Administration via a lengthy competitive process, President Clinton's new plan for government technology acquisition goes too far in the other direction, say some critics. The new rules require big systems to be dissected into small independent chunks, allowing easier upgrades to the latest technology. In addition, under the new rules agencies must analyze and redesign operations before they invest in systems to automate them. Senator William Cohen (Maine-D), who sponsored the legislation, estimates the new system could save up to $175 billion over five years, but a former CIO for Xerox, Kraft and General Foods disagrees: "Treating each systems acquisition as a separate solution has resulted in thousands of unintegrated, hard-to-maintain, impossible-to-manage, contractor-dependent islands of automation.... This act may succeed in eliminating much of the existing regulatory chaos of acquisition only to become saddled with a more costly chaos of operations." (Scientific American May 96 p30) TRUE PLUG AND PLAY IS ON THE WAY The Universal Serial Bus, which is being promoted by a group of companies led by Intel, theoretically will allow simple connections to as many as 127 computer peripheral devices using a single type of connector. Beginning later this year, Intel will incorporate USB connectors into many of its motherboards, providing a de facto standard for about half of all PCs sold. The new format will enable much faster performance and will allow add-ons to hook into each other, eliminating the snarl of cables and wires that lurks behind most PCs today. Of course the computer industry never agrees unanimously on anything, so a competing standard, called IEEE 1394, is being developed to perform similar functions, and is likely to be available in PCs sometime next year. Hewlett-Packard and Compaq have demonstrated "sealed- box" prototypes that sport both types of connections. (Business Week 22 Apr 96 p22) BELL LAUNCHES NEW BUSINESS DATA SERVICE Ball Canada launched an electronic service that will allow businesses to set up private networks between customers and suppliers to order goods on the Internet. The service, dubbed "Tactik," is based on the electronic data interchange (EDI) standard that allows businesses around the world to use the same set of electronic forms for computer-based transactions. (Toronto Financial Post 19 Apr 96 p6) SPECTRUM OF OPINION Technology pundits George Gilder, Nicholas Negroponte, and Peter Huber told a Senate Commerce Subcommittee on spectrum policy that broadcasters have contributed to a shortage of spectrum space, with Gilder and Negroponte maintaining that spectrum should be used for mobile technologies, because analog broadcasting is obsolete.. Gilder is opposed to auctioning (which he sees as "a tax on innovation") whereas Huber thinks auctions are the most efficient means of spectrum allocation. Janice Obuchowski, a former NTIA administrator, told the subcommittee that eliminating entrenched interests in occupying spectrum is as much a political as a technical one. (Communications Daily 19 Apr 96) 100,000,000 MICE SERVED The mouse has made its mark -- since its invention in 1963 by Douglas Engelbart, the computer mouse has transformed the way that most people interact with their machines. Logitech, which claims 40% of the worldwide mouse market, has just rolled the 100-millionth mouse off its SuzHou, China production line. Engelbart, who also pioneered the ideas of windows and hypertext, says, "For one company to reach such a milestone means that users have understood the benefits of interacting with their computers using a tool that matches the way their sensory and motion machinery work." (Information Week 15 Apr 96 p12) BANK BACKS INTERNET CREDIT CARD PURCHASES The Bank of Montreal has become the first major Canadian bank to fully support Visa and MasterCard purchases over the Internet. An Internet-based business, Internet Liquidators, has met the bank's criteria for providing the necessary security to facilitate the transaction, but there's no one else in line. The bank requires online vendors to adhere to the Netscape's transaction protocol, Secure Socket Layer (SSL), and to have "firewall" software to block Internet surfers from gaining access to an organization's internal computer system through its Internet connection. (Toronto Globe & Mail 19 Apr 96 B13) VOTER REGISTRATION ON THE WEB MCI and Rock The Vote are making it possible for people to use the World Wide Web to submit voter registrations for their home state and receive back a pre-stamped, addressed and completed voter registration form for mailing. Site is < http://netvote96.mci.com/ >. (Atlanta Journal Constitution 19 Apr 96) LEARY TALKS OF SUICIDE ON THE NET Cancer-stricken Timothy Leary, the Harvard psychologist who became famous in the 1960s for advocate the use of LSD and other psychedelic drugs, says he is "very involved in the high tech of dying" and is "actively exploring" the idea of committing suicide in front of a camera that would transmit the event over the Internet. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution 19 Apr 96 A4) CISCO BUYS STRATACOM FOR $4 BILLION Cisco Systems, already the leading supplier of routers and other local-area networking products, has agreed to purchase StrataCom Inc. for $4 billion in stock. Strategically, the move positions Cisco to take advantage of StrataCom's expertise in the fast-growing wide-area switching market, allowing Cisco to expand its offerings to phone carriers. "Cisco needed a switch maker," says a Forrester Research analyst. "They rule the carriers in the router market. And StrataCom is hot in Frame Relay and Asynchronous Transfer Mode, two switching technologies." (Investor's Business Daily 23 Apr 96 A8) JOB CUTS EXPECTED FROM BELL ATLANTIC/NYNEX MERGER The merger of Bell Atlantic and Nynex, which will take about a year to complete, is expected to result in a loss of 1,000 to 2,000 corporate executive jobs, and some analysts are predicting that cost-streamlining by the merged company will cause additional job cuts in areas such as marketing, billing, and repair operations. Worried about such developments, the Communications Workers of America, which represents 70,000 Bell Atlantic and Nynex employees, is opposing the merger. (New York Times 22 Apr 96 C3) RANDOM HOUSE LOOKS TO NEW MEDIA Book publisher Random House will make an equity investment in Interactive Imaginations Inc. as part of an agreement to develop interactive puzzles for the Internet. Interactive Imagination is the creator of riddle.com, a popular interactive games Web site. Some Random House crossword puzzles will begin appearing on the site this month, and new, original puzzles are slated for later this year. (Wall Street Journal 22 Apr 96 B5) FREE E-MAIL Juno Online Services LB is starting a free Internet e-mail service for cost- conscious users who don't mind wading through a little advertising while they're reading their messages. So far, Juno has lined up 16 advertisers, including Quaker Oats, Okidata, and Miramax Films. Advertisers will pay 10 cents for every PC reached. Juno is working on deals with PC makers to bundle its software into the pre-installation package they offer computer buyers. Next month, Freemark Communications plans to start its own free e- mail service. (Investor's Business Daily 22 Apr 96 A6) FCC GEARS UP FOR TELECOM ACT IMPLEMENTATION The FCC April 19 issued a notice of proposed rulemaking on interconnection provisions related to the Telecommunications Act, providing initial guidelines for how new entrants into the local service markets will gain access to existing local exchange carriers in order to provide seamless service. The proposed rulemaking is short on specifics, but hints at the FCC's position on whether the it plans to maintain the role of chief regulator, or will delegate that authority to the states: "Given the forward-looking focus of the 1996 Act, the nationwide character of development and deployment of underlying telecommunications technology, and the nationwide nature of competitive markets and entry strategies in the dynamic telecommunications sector, we believe we should take a pro-active role in implementing Congress' objectives." Long distance companies prefer that the FCC impose uniformity, while the local phone companies have said the federal agency should defer to the states. (BNA Daily Report for Executives 22 Apr 96 A20) CALL-WAITING SCREENING If you've ever interrupted an important phone call for a solicitation from a carpet salesman, this product's for you. Starting this summer, a new service called call-waiting identification (CWID) will be offered by local phone companies. The service will send the phone number of the incoming call along with the characteristic beep to let you know someone is trying to reach you. CWID will require new equipment, and companies such as Casio Phonemate, Sony, Panasonic and others planning to have their new CWID units available in the next few months. (Popular Science Apr 96 p43) GRATEFUL MED ON THE INTERNET The National Library of Medicine's Grateful Med electronic retrieval service is moving to the Internet, making the vast storehouse of electronic databases available via the Web. The service, dubbed Internet Grateful Med, does not require users to have any special software, and will be priced per character shipped, with a typical physician's search costing about $1.25. Would-be users need to sign up for the service and receive a user-ID code and a password. < http://igm.nlm.nih.gov/ > or 800-638-8480. (Chronicle of Higher Education 26 Apr 96 A25) INTERNET SHOPPING APPLIANCE TransPhone, a U.S.- and Canadian-based start-up company, has come up with a low-cost interactive appliance, which combines the functions of a full Web browser, two-line phone, fax machine and answering machine into one unit. The company also plans to offer an interactive TV version that can plug into a TV equipped with a cable modem. "One of the targets is the (large) percentage of people who do not have computers," says TransPhone's president. The appliance will be available in June and subscriptions will run about $20 a month. (Broadcasting & Cable 15 Apr 96 p81) WHEN THE CLOCK STRIKES 2000 The Gartner Group in Stamford, Connecticut, says the federal government will spend about $30 billion to modify a massive number of computer programs in which years were coded simply as two-digit numbers (without identifying the century) and which will have to be fixed so that they can correctly calculate things like benefits payments. It is also estimated that by the time the year 2000 comes around only 70% of government computer programs will have been modified to deal with the problem. (Computerworld 22 Apr 96 p1) UNIX USERS UNITE Seven computer makers -- Compaq, Data General, ICL PLC, NCR Corp., Olivetti, Siemens Nixdorf Information Systems, and Unisys -- have agreed to use Santa Cruz Operation's version of Unix in their Intel-based servers. Santa Cruz, which bought Novell Inc.'s Unix business last December, plans to integrate that technology with another existing Unix product line. (Wall Street Journal 23 Apr 96 B5) "I'D RATHER HAVE A PC" A Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Association survey of teens and adults in households that own both PCs and video game machines shows that 54% of the teens polled spend more time with the PC. And if forced to choose between the two, 88% said they'd rather have the PC. About a quarter of the parents would allow their children "some influence" in selecting a computer. (Investor's Business Daily 23 Apr 96 A8) MICROSOFT PUTS JAVA INTO WINDOWS 95 Microsoft's best-selling Windows 95 operating system will soon include Sun's Java programming language, which software designers can use to create tiny "applet" programs that can be sent over the Internet for immediate use on a personal computer. This development is expected to give Java a good push toward becoming an industry standard. (New York Times 25 Apr 96 C1) SHRINKING FLASH CHIPS Intel and Sharp Corp. have developed tiny 0.4-micron processing for 8-megabit flash memory chips, shrinking their size by almost half, and paving the way for even smaller cellular phones, digital cameras and laptop computers. Intel says it will begin sending out sample chips immediately, and plans call for mass production in September. Sharp will begin sending sample shipments next month, but has not disclosed when it will begin mass production. Meanwhile, Hitachi and Mitsubishi Electric Corp. are developing 16-megabit and even 64-megabit flash memory technology. "Flash memory chips may eventually be used in the place of hard disks on computers," says an Hitachi spokeswoman. (Investor's Business Daily 24 Apr A9) DIGITAL, COMPUTER ASSOCIATES TEAM UP ON SOFTWARE Digital Equipment Corp. has formed a strategic alliance with Computer Associates International that will target the corporate market for high-end computer network management solutions. Although details weren't available, industry observers say the agreement likely will involve Digital selling or licensing some of its software to CA, and providing installation, support and other services for CA's products. (Wall Street Journal 24 Apr 96 B11) SPEED IS OF THE ESSENCE Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico is building $46-million Intel supercomputer that will be touted as the world's fastest computer, capable of cracking the long-time goal of 1 teraflops -- a trillion calculations per second. "It's never been done before -- like the first moon shot," says the head of Intel's supercomputer division. In fact, researchers say the computer's peak speed could be almost double that -- 1.8 teraflops. Energy Dept. plans call for investing $940 million in its Accelerated Strategic Computing Initiative between now and 2002, with a 100-teraflops system possible by 2002 or 2003. (Business Week 29 Apr 96 p90) ADVERTISING VS. SUBSCRIPTION FEES FOR INFO ON THE WEB Content companies are still trying to figure out how to make money on their Internet ventures, and many are turning away from advertising to subscription fees to cover their costs. "The ad model didn't support the cost of creating content," says Time's senior VP of new media. "The only free medium fully supported by advertising is broadcast TV, but that's a different model. TV is broadcast, and the Net is narrowcast. It's totally one-to-one communication." Time Warner's repackaged Pathfinder Personal Edition will be a subscription-based product, offering personalized news and information from Time and People magazines. Meanwhile, Simba Media Daily estimates that U.S. companies spent $9.3 billion for online information last year, and predicts rising expenditures of $10.6 billion this year and $12 billion in 1997. (Investor's Business Daily 25 Apr 96 A10) FCC BOOSTS PROSPECT FOR SUPERNETS The Federal Communications Commission may reserve a band of radio frequencies to allow free and unlicensed transmissions at 25 megabit speeds of large volumes of data within a group of buildings. These so-called "supernet" wireless services, which would operate at no more than one watt of power in order to avoid interfering with neighboring supernets, could then be connected by high-speed phone lines to the Internet, thus largely bypassing local phone companies to get Net access. (New York Times 25 Apr 96 C1) INTERNET SALES UNDERMINE SALES TAXES As commerce over the Internet increases, city and state governments are looking for ways to collect sales taxes on these transactions. But a 1992 court case (Quill Corp. vs. North Dakota) held that for a state to collect taxes on sales, the vendor must have significant sales operations -- personnel, inventory, showrooms, etc. -- within the state. Because many Internet operations have extremely dispersed personnel, little inventory and no showrooms, states have no legal right to collect taxes on their sales. Author Nathan Newman suggests the problem should be addressed by state or federal government: "The best way to make up for the revenue lost by lowered sales taxes would be through a state income tax... An even better option is to use federal income taxes to substitute for lost revenue at both the local and state level. Although not politically likely right now, this option seems only fair -- it was federal cutbacks in aid to states that led states to rely so heavily on sales taxes to begin with." (Technology Review May/June p24) MICROSOFT, CASIO TO BUILD CONSUMER ELECTRONICS PRODUCTS Microsoft and Japan's Casio Corp. will work together to develop hand-held computer devices that can exchange data with PCs running Windows. Microsoft's latest venture into the hand-held device market, the Winpad, suffered from software that took too much memory and was slow -- it was withdrawn before it hit the market. The company is counting on Casio's expertise to move beyond PCs into the consumer products market. (Wall Street Journal 25 Apr 96 B2) HARDWARE SOLUTION TO E-COMMERCE SECURITY VLSI Technology and Tandem Computer's Atalla are developing chip-level security products to protect electronic transactions over the Internet and intranets. The products will incorporate DES, RSA and other encryption technology, and the companies hope their joint venture will establish a hardware-based security standard for electronic commerce. (Information Week 15 Apr 96 p34) ADOBE, APPLE AND SCITEX TARGET ON-DEMAND PRINTING Adobe Systems is collaborating with Apple Computer and Israeli firm Scitex to jointly market hardware and software for on-demand printing. On-demand printing enables businesses to print small runs of documents or brochures at more reasonable per-piece cost than if they used a traditional printing company. (Wall Street Journal 24 Apr 96 B11) INTERNET PHONE FACES REGULATORY FIGHT The Canadian communications regulatory agency says companies offering online phone services must pay a fee to local phone companies to help keep local phone rates low. ShadowTel, the small Ontario company which recently announced it planned to offer telephone service on the Internet, appears headed toward a fight with federal regulators over whether it must pay a special fee to Canada's phone companies. (Toronto Globe & Mail 25 Apr 96 B10) MITNICK GUILTY PLEA Kevin Mitnick, the object of a national manhunt last year on charges of computer-related crimes, has reached an agreement with federal prosecutors to plead guilty to counts of possessing stolen cellular phone devices and violating probation terms. One count calls for a maximum penalty of 20 years in jail. 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