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GOSSIP
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An Apple a day will keep Microsoft away!  If you haven't
heard, Sun Microsystems (the UNIX gods), has been looking
to buy Apple Computers.  The deal is still up in the air,
but while we wait and see, we can only wonder 'why.'
Neither systems "talk" very well together, and both types
of computer have very different customer loyalty bases.
Most of the 20 million Mac users would choose their
grandmother's DOS machine over UNIX.  None of the software
is compatible and both systems are over-priced.  So what
benefit would a merger provide?

INTERNET
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The latest figures from Emerging Technologies Research
Group at http://etrg.findsvp.com say that about 70% of
people use the Internet for Email, 60% for the Web and
about 30% for News Groups.  On a different subject, check
out the VERY informative site at
http://www.siouxlan.com/water/faq.html. It's all about
water!  The good, the bad and the ugly of H2O.  Also,
try http://www.enzoneusa.com, this stuff helps you
determine risk areas in many areas of your house.

SOFTWARE
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Windows 95, Windows 95.  Even people who don't know what a
computer is, know Windows 95!  So what's next for
Microsoft? - Windows NT (New Technology).  Microsoft has
just introduced a cool licensing scheme for large customers
(this is different from the program we bashed last week).
For a flat fee of $230 per computer, you can either use
Windows 95 or Windows NT and get free upgrades for 2 years.
Interested in Windows NT?  ive us a call and we can send
you some literature.  Bottom line for NT:  its faster,
stronger, more reliable and able to leap tall buildings in
a single bound!

HARDWARE
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Have you purchased a computer lately?  Are you considering
your next super machine?  Later this year, Intel are
expecting to release a special version of the Pentium
called the P55C.  This chip should run at 200 MHz, and it
includes built-in software for running multimedia
applications called MMX (MultiMedia Extensions).  This
chip will preclude the need for extra hardware to run
multimedia applications and games, provided Intel can
convince software companies support this new standard.

HOT STUFF
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Look out!  There may be another wave of viruses aimed at
Windows 95.  Apparently, under certain conditions, Win95
scanning software will not detect certain viruses that
utilize ASCII 229 codes.  Background defenses like TSRs
should work though.  Microsoft says that some vendors are
not writing fully functional anti-virus checkers, while
some software vendors blame Microsoft.  Norton Anti-virus
reportedly passed a recent test by the Ziff-Davis Corp.,
stopping one of these viruses.  BTRG recommends that you
"practice safe computing" by keeping your virus software
current

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Regards - BTRG, Inc.

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