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Newsbytes News Network - May 9, 1995

PENN VALLEY, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A., 1995 MAY 9 (NB) -- These are capsules of all today's news stories:

1) Thorn Sues Intel, AMD Over Patent 05/09/95 Thorn EMI has sued Intel and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) alleging infringement of a patent relating to DRAM technology.

2) Digital Video Disk Battle Heats Up 05/09/95 In the digital video disk (DVD) HDCD (high density compact disk) market, Sony and Philips are battling it out against Toshiba, Samsung, and Matsushita.

3) Atari In Jaguar European Distribution Deals 05/09/95 After taking the UK leisure machine marketplace by storm, Atari has signed a series of European country agreements to take its new generation Jaguar game console into new markets.

4) UK - Vodapage Unveils New Radiopaging Technology 05/09/95 Vodapage, the radiopaging subsidiary of the Vodafone Group, has unveiled two new direct input systems for alphanumeric radiopagers.

5) UK Online Announces Pricing Structure 05/09/95 UK Online, the Olivetti-backed UK online mass market service scheduled for launch this summer, has released details of its pricing structure, prior to a press launch later this week.

6) CorelDraw Launch Delayed, Conference Canceled 05/09/95 Corel Corp. has confirmed that the launch date for CorelDraw 6 and the annual Corel World Design Gala awards show has officially been set for August 10. The events were postponed from June 1 to coincide with the official release of Windows 95.

7) ****Compaq To Co-Develop 120MB Floppy Disk 05/09/95 Compaq Computer Corp. (NYSE: CPQ) has joined with 3M Corp. (NYSE: MMM) and Matsushita-Kotobuki Electronics Industries Ltd. to develop a 120 megabyte (MB) 3.5-inch diskette that will work in existing high density drives. Compaq will market a personal computer that is equipped with a 120MB drive that uses 3M diskettes.

8) 7 Million Use Microsoft Mail For PC LANs 05/09/95 Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) says more than seven million electronic mailboxes are installed worldwide that use Microsoft Mail for PC Networks, a LAN (local area network)-based electronic-mail system. The company said the figures were published in Electronic Mail and Messaging Systems, a bi-weekly report on messaging technology and market trends published by BRP Publications.

9) Netmanage Internet Address Book For Ecco 05/09/95 Netmanage has released the Ecco Internet Address Book (EIA), an add-on for their Ecco Information Management System software.

10) Jixxa Windows CD-ROM Jigsaw Puzzle 05/09/95 Ocean State Publishing said it has taken the jigsaw puzzle off of the table top and put it on the desktop. Called "Jixxa - The Premier Edition," Ocean State said this is the first CD-ROM-based jigsaw puzzle to be distributed nationwide.

11) Small Business Owners Optimistic, Most Use PCs 05/09/95 A study commissioned by Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) indicates owners of small businesses are optimistic about their chances for success and most use PCs, despite reports that they are afraid of computers.

12) US Commerce Secretary Calls For Govt/Business Cooperation 05/09/95 To keep pace with global competition and change, the US government and business must cooperate on initiatives like the Advanced Technology Program and the Manufacturing Extension Program, said US Secretary of Commerce Ronald H. Brown, at an event sponsored by the Massachusetts Software Council, Massachusetts Telecommunications Council, Massachusetts Biotech Council, and Environmental Business Council of New England.

13) BizForms Finds 50/50 Split In SOHO Market 05/09/95 BizForms, JetForm's first entry into the SOHO (small office/home office) market, is just entering mass distribution, and sales results so far show an even split between the home office and small business markets, said John B. Hitchins, general manager of JetForm's Small Office/Home Office Division, in a conference call with Newsbytes.

14) Congressional Quarterly Forum On America Online 05/09/95 Congressional Quarterly (CQ) has launched a forum on America Online, bringing a new level of political information to subscribers of the fast growing online service. The new offering coincides with CQ's 50th anniversary.

15) Sybase Joins BSA Committee 05/09/95 With the House getting started on comprehensive telecommunications legislation, Sybase has become a member of the Business Software Alliance's public policy committee.

16) ****Apple & IBM To Create OpenDoc Tools 05/09/95 Apple Computer Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) and IBM (NYSE:IBM) have jointly announced plans to build multi-platform development tools for OpenDoc. Apple's next-generation of operating systems are to be built around the technology, which will eventually offer a "complete" cross-platform software environment.

17) Cylink Unveils Security Architecture 05/09/95 Cylink has taken the wraps off Enterprise Security Architecture (ESA), which UK Managing Director David Moseley describes as an "integrated set of self-contained intelligent software security modules" which provide greater enterprise security and reduce costs, as well as increasing interoperability.

18) BT In Satellite Deal With Spain's Hispasat 05/09/95 British Telecom Broadcast Services (BTBS) has announced the signing of a two-year contract with Hispasat, the Spanish satellite consortium, for access to five transponders onboard the Hispasat family of satellites.

19) UK - PPCP's Toshiba Notebook Memory Add-In 05/09/95 PPCP, a specialist distributor for "peripheralia for portable computers," has unveiled an add-in memory card for Toshiba's new T2100 and T2150 family of notebook PCs.

20) Finland - Nokia Signs GSM Deal With Indian Firm 05/09/95 Nokia Telecom has signed a deal with Modi Telstra of India. Terms of the deal, financial details of which have not been released, call for the Finnish telecoms company to install a GSM (global system for mobile communications) digital cellular network in the Calcutta area.

21) UK - Mercury One-2-One Offers Business PCN Deal 05/09/95 In the ongoing price war between the UK's two PCN (personal communications network) digital cellular network operators, Mercury One-2-One has undercut Hutchison Orange's recent UKP99.95 entry-level phone package with its own Business Call Plus package.

22) UK - Madge Networks Opens Dedicated R&D Center 05/09/95 adge Networks has opened a dedicated new research and development (R&D) center. The new center, to be known as the Sefton Park R&D operation, will employ around 250 staff when the site is fully up and running sometime in the next three years.

23) Physicians' Online Allows For Query By Example 05/09/95 Using simple English phrases to do online searches of medical articles is now a reality on the Physicians' Online network. The service is described as the first interactive service to provide members with free, unlimited use of medical information.

24) US-German Offer Tops Czech Telecoms Bidding 05/09/95 A bid of $1.05 billion from Ameritech and Deutsche Telekom has topped the first round of competition for 27 percent of the Czech Republic's SPT Telecom telephone operator, according to investment bankers.

25) ****Zenith Offers Cable TV Modems 05/09/95 Zenith Electronics Corporation (NYSE:ZE) is introducing what it calls "cardless" cable modems to bring signals from a cable TV line directly into a user's computer. Zenith said, for the first time, the "HomeWorks Universal" cable modem will allow both one-way and two-way cable systems to offer high-speed broadband connectivity to users.

26) America's Cup US Entry Designed On A Cray 05/09/95 If well-known yacht skipper Dennis Conner wins the America's Cup again this year he will capture the cup in a boat that was designed using more than $2 million of dedicated time on a Cray Research supercomputer.

27) Jones Education Offers College Degrees Online 05/09/95 If you really want a college degree but can't find the time to attend on-campus classes, you should check out the offerings on the Jones Education Networks (JEN), a subsidiary of Jones International.

28) ****Apple's eWorld To Include Online Sound 05/09/95 Code-named Golden Gate, the next operating version of Apple Computer Inc.'s (NASDAQ:AAPL) eWorld online service will allow users to listen to conference room dialogue rather than scroll and read text. The online service is also introducing a new marketing campaign targeting the home market.

29) Apple Developer Conference Previews Copland OS 05/09/95 Apple Computer Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) opened its Worldwide Developers Conference with a preview of Copland, the next-generation operating system for the Macintosh platform. The company also provided information about, and supporting tools for, OpenDoc technology. (Ian Stokell/19950509)

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