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 Vol 1                       December 12, 1994                Number 19
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In This Issue
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-COMPUTER HARDWARE-
1502 - Compaq Ships Most Powerful 90MHz Pentium Desktop PC
1503 - AST introduces minitower and low-profile models
1507 - Dell Enhances Award-Winning Latitude Notebook Line
1509 - Sun's Ultrasparc First Silicon Screams
1511 - HP announces it will ensure satisfaction of Pentium customers
1514 - NeXT ships release 3.3 for Intel
-PERIPHERALS-
1501 - Western Digital Caviar 1GB drive receives PC Computing MVP Award
1506 - NEC and SkyTel Introduce Wireless Messaging for Versa Notebooks
1512 - Sybase announces fastest backup and restore benchmark
-SOFTWARE-
1497 - PC/Computing and BYTE magazine honor Caere's PageKeeper
1499 - New Workstation Tools From CXSOFT Replace Traditional UNIX Commands
1500 - dBASE for Windows Wins Product Excellence Award
1504 - MESA Ships Conference+ Interchanges with Lotus Notes
1505 - Intuit introduces QuickBooks Deluxe
1508 - NetWare and UnixWare at DB/EXPO '94 New York
1510 - New IBM offerings protect businesses on Information Superhighway
1516 - Lotus Notes Gets Direct Links To Popular Databases
1521 - Microsoft and China's Ministry of Electronics Announce Agreement
-CD-ROM / MULTI-MEDIA
1498 - Interactive Catalog Corp. ships Multimedia Know-it-All CD-ROM
1513 - New CD-ROM for kids packs 35 hours of playtime
1520 - intermedia showcases the multimedia revolution
-MISCL-
1515 - Public Gains Access to Declassified Documents Through Internet
1517 - Santa Answers Kids' Letters In Minutes Via E-mail
1518 - Two execs, one visionary to advocate 'Open Systems' at UniForum '95
1519 - RealWare Awards winners at DB/EXPO
-BOOKS-
1522 - Exploring The IBM RISC System/6000 Model 41
1523 - The PowerPC Revolution!
1524 - Microsoft Windows NT Workstation Step By Step
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               Press Releases from week of: 12/05/94
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#1497

PC/COMPUTING AND BYTE MAGAZINE HONOR CAERE'S PageKeeper
WITH INDUSTRY'S MOST PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS

LOS GATOS, Calif. - Dec. 5, 1994 - Caere Corp. proudly announced that its
desktop document management software, PageKeeper for Windows, won two of
the industry's most coveted technology awards, PC/Computing magazine's
Most Valuable Product (MVP) and BYTE magazine's Best of Show at COMDEX/Fall.

PageKeeper is the industry's first intelligent software product that easily
gathers, accesses and uses paper- and electronic-based information from
virtually any source.
info: tel. 408/395-7000
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#1498

INTERACTIVE CATALOG CORP. SHIPS MULTIMEDIA KNOW-IT-ALL CD-ROM

SEATTLE - Dec. 5, 1994 - Interactive Catalog Corp. announced today the
shipment of Multimedia Know-it-All(TM), the first in the company's
Know-it-All(TM) CD-ROM series of interactive catalogs.

It provides in-depth information on thousands of multimedia hardware and
software products for both PC and Macintosh computers in an easy-to-use
format that incorporates text, graphics, video and sound. Multimedia Know-
it-All will be followed by the introduction of Home Computing Know-it-All
(TM) in April 1995, which will be updated quarterly.
info: tel. 206/623-0977 - AppleLink: iCat - CompuServe: 76566,1722
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#1499

NEW WORKSTATION TOOLS FROM CXSOFT REPLACE TRADITIONAL UNIX
COMMANDS WITH EASY-TO-USE "POINT AND CLICK" INTERFACE

RICHARDSON, Texas - Dec. 5, 1994 - CXSOFT Monday introduced new innovative
software that allows RISC-based workstations to access UNIX commands and
scripts from a common, easy-to-use graphical interface.

These new tools, called CLiX and Finesse, allow users and system
administrators to simply "point and click" to execute UNIX commands.
The new software enhances user productivity by allowing traditional
command line operations to be simplified via an X-Motif interface.
info: tel. 214/497-3061
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#1500

dBASE FOR WINDOWS WINS PRODUCT EXCELLENCE AWARD

SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. - Dec. 5, 1994 - Borland International Inc.'s new
dBASE 5.0 for Windows has received Windows Tech Journal magazine's Star
Tech Award for product excellence. The official announcement appears in
the December 1994 issue and coincides with this week's DB/Expo and Database/
Client-Server World industry trade shows. dBASE for Windows continues its
sweep of major computing awards: Last month at COMDEX, it earned
PC/Computing's Most Valuable Product (MVP) and PC Magazine's Technical
Excellence Awards.

Windows Tech Journal is the leading technical publication for Windows
developers in North America.
info: tel. 408/431-4863  or scurry@wpo.borland.com
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#1501

WESTERN DIGITAL CAVIAR 1GB DRIVE RECEIVES PC
COMPUTING MAGAZINE'S PRESTIGIOUS MVP AWARD

IRVINE, Calif. - Dec. 5, 1994 - Western Digital Corp. Monday announced
that the company has received PC Computing Magazine's prestigious MVP
Award for its Caviar AC 31000, 3.5-inch, 1GB drive.

The MVP Awards are given to industry leaders whose products display
breakthrough technology, usability, performance, power and outstanding
value in the business computing arena.
info: tel. 714/932-6006
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#1502

COMPAQ SHIPS MOST POWERFUL 90MHz PENTIUM DESKTOP PC

HOUSTON, December 5, 1994 -  Compaq Computer Corporation today announced its
most powerful desktop PC - the Compaq Deskpro XL 590 -- featuring the new
advanced TriFlex/PCI architecture, which was designed specifically to
deliver the most power and performance possible from a 90MHz Pentium
processor. This newest addition to Compaq's most flexible and feature-rich
PC family is the highest performing 90MHz Pentium-based PC available -- up
to 23 percent faster than competitive products(a). All models are available
today worldwide through Compaq authorized resellers.

(Note on Intel Pentium Floating Point Unit included in Full Text Release).
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#1503

AST INTRODUCES MINITOWER AND LOW-PROFILE MODELS TO POPULAR
BRAVO MS LINEUP FOR THE SAME PRICES AS STANDARD DESKTOPS

IRVINE, Calif. - Dec. 5, 1994 - Renewing its focus to provide best-of-
class, value computing products to the heart of the business market,
AST Computer today introduced two new form factors to its immensely popular
Bravo(R) MS value desktop lineup.

Business users who demand performance at a "can't resist"  price can choose
the new Bravo MS-T minitower or Bravo MS-L low-profile desktop, both
available immediately for the same prices as the flagship Bravo MS desktop.
info: tel. 800/876-4278
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#1504

MESA SHIPS CONFERENCE+ INTERCHANGES WITH LOTUS NOTES, INTERNET NEWS

NEWTON, Mass. - Dec. 5, 1994 - The MESA Group, Inc. today announced it will
begin shipping the MESA Connection for Lotus Notes and the MESA Connection
for Internet News. These Connection Agents provide high fidelity, two-way
replication of information between both Conference+ folders and Lotus Notes
discussion databases, and between Conference+ folders and Internet News
Groups. MESA's Connection Agents give companies a single mechanism for
delivering shared information and let users interact with various
information sources within a single client application.
info: tel. 617/964-7400 ext. 208
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#1505

INTUIT INTRODUCES QuickBooks Deluxe

MENLO PARK, Calif. - Dec. 5, 1994 - Intuit Inc. Monday announced QuickBooks
Deluxe for Windows, an integrated suite of business accounting and
management tools which helps small companies better manage their businesses
and day-to-day bookkeeping.

QuickBooks Deluxe for Windows, which incorporates QuickBooks and QuickPay,
Intuit's #1-selling small business accounting and payroll software packages,
includes interactive Business WorkBooks, tax resources, tips, helpful
business advice and more, all in one easy-to-use package.
info: tel. 1-800/624-6930, ext. 810200
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#1506

NEC AND SkyTel INTRODUCE WIRELESS
MESSAGING FOR VERSA NOTEBOOKS

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Dec. 5, 1994 - NEC Technologies and SkyTel Corp. Monday
introduced the VersaPage Card for The SkyTel(R) System bringing wireless
messaging capability to NEC(R) notebook computers.

This PCMCIA-based messaging card brings all the advantages of integrated
wireless messaging to NEC's popular Versa line of notebook computers. Under
the terms of a joint NECT/SkyTel agreement, NEC will market the VersaPage
Card to users of its notebook computers. Using SkyTel's nationwide network,
Versa owners, across the United States, can now receive time-critical
information directly to their notebook computers.
info: tel. (800) 815-8789 (SkyTel)
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#1507

DELL ENHANCES AWARD-WINNING LATITUDE NOTEBOOK LINE

New High-End Model and Increased Storage Capacity Offer
Power Users More Price/Performance Flexibility

AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 5 - Dell Computer Corporation today announced
enhancements to its popular Latitude(TM) line of notebook computers,
delivering increased performance and a broader range of options for meeting
mobile users' needs. The company introduced the Latitude XP 4100C, a new
model in its high-end Dell(R) Latitude XP(TM) notebook series, and is now
offering larger hard drives for all models within the Latitude XP family.
info: tel. 1-800-592-3355 or http://www.us.dell.com
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#1508

NOVELL STRENGTHENS POSITION AS LEADING
DATABASE PLATFORM PROVIDER

Novell demonstrates its position as the leading database provider by
offering best-of-breed solutions through broad industry partnerships,
integrated database solutions, and state-of-the-art technology.

Prominent database vendors, such as BTRIEVE Technologies Inc., Oracle,
Progress, Sybase and VMark are showing products that support Novell's
operating systems -- NetWare and UnixWare -- at Novell's pavilion during
DB/EXPO '94 New York.
info: tel. 801/429-7126 (Novell Inc.)
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#1509

SUN'S ULTRASPARC FIRST SILICON SCREAMS

SUNNYVALE, Calif. -Dec 6, 1994 - Sun Microsystems' SPARC Technology
Business announced today at a day-long Design Symposium held in San Jose,
Calif., that early first silicon evaluations of its advanced UltraSPARC
microprocessor have exceeded performance and functionality expectations.
UltraSPARC first silicon was received in early October 1994.

"UltraSPARC looked great on paper and looks even better in silicon," stated
Chet Silvestri, president of Sun Microsystems' SPARC Technology Business.
"Early evaluation results are beating all our expectations. UltraSPARC
boots UNIX and is clocking throughout the 140 MHz to 200 MHz range. We
believe that UltraSPARC will change the game in high-performance
processing."
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#1510

NEW IBM OFFERINGS PROTECT BUSINESSES CONNECTED
TO INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY

WASHINGTON - December 6, 1994 - Businesses will be more secure using the
public Information Superhighway with today's announcement of a new Internet
security product and new Internet security services from IBM.

The pair of offerings, both known as "firewalls," answer a major customer
need for security between internal information systems and the Internet.
Businesses of all sizes are looking to the public Internet for effective
communications, but are concerned over the potential of intruders
penetrating internal networks and corrupting or stealing corporate data.
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#1511

HP ANNOUNCES IT WILL ENSURE SATISFACTION
OF PENTIUM CUSTOMERS

PALO ALTO, Calif. - Dec. 7, 1994 - Hewlett-Packard Company today announced
it will ensure the satisfaction of its HP Vectra PC and/or NetServer
customers who may be affected by the floating-point problem in Intel
Corp.'s Pentium(tm) microprocessor.

As a leading manufacturer of Pentium-based desktops and servers, HP is
conducting its own analysis to determine the scope of the problem for its
customers and will provide replacement processors as needed when redesigned
Pentium processors become available.
info: tel. 208-344-4809 or HP FIRST (faxback service) at 1-800-333-1917
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#1512

SYBASE ANNOUNCES FASTEST BACKUP AND RESTORE BENCHMARK

EMERYVILLE, Calif. - Dec. 7, 1994 - Sybase Inc., The Enterprise Client/
Server Company, Wednesday announced the industry's fastest, audited and
published backup and restore benchmark ever conducted.

Using SYBASE Backup Server running against SQL Server data on a Sun
Microsystems SPARCserver 1000E, over 45 gigabytes of data per hour were
backed up on archive devices over an enterprise network. Based on
published, audited test results, Sybase believes that this result is
approximately twice as fast as Sybase's closest competitor in the
relational database market.
info: tel. 510/922-3500  (Sybase Inc.)
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#1513

NEW CD-ROM FOR KIDS PACKS 35 HOURS OF PLAYTIME

SEATTLE - Dec. 7, 1994 - Headbone Interactive entered the growing
multimedia market today shipping its initial title, AlphaBonk
Farm -- the first in the GiggleBone Gang CD-ROM series developed by
the Seattle-based software concern. Unlike many of its "edutainment"
predecessors, AlphaBonk Farm provides more than 35 hours of playtime
for children ages four and up. Other like products average 2-4 hours
of activity-based learning.
info: tel. 1-800-267-4709
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#1514

NeXT SHIPS RELEASE 3.3 FOR INTEL AND ANNOUNCES
BETA FOR NEXTSTEP DEVELOPER 3.3

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - Dec. 7, 1994--NeXT Computer Inc. Wednesday announced
that it is now shipping a new version of its object-oriented operating
system, NEXTSTEP Release 3.3 for Intel and Motorola processors.

The company also announced that it is in beta with NEXTSTEP Developer
Release 3.3.

"The NEXTSTEP products that we are shipping today are a result of customer
feedback and our goal in 1995 is to continue to offer NEXTSTEP/OpenStep
customers even greater development and deployment choices to solve their
toughest business problems," said Steven P. Jobs, chairman and chief
executive officer of NeXT Computer Inc.
info: tel. 415/780-3786
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#1515

PUBLIC GAINS ACCESS TO DECLASSIFIED
DOCUMENTS THROUGH INTERNET

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 - Thousands of previously classified documents now
available to the public have been listed on a computer database, Secretary
of Energy Hazel R. O'Leary announced today. The list of documents are on
OpenNet, an Internet database accessed by entering DOE "Home Page." The
establishment of OpenNet is a major step in fulfilling Secretary O'Leary's
December 7, 1993, commitment to openness with regard to declassified
documents.
info: tel. 202-586-5806 or home page - http://www.doe.gov
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#1516

LOTUS NOTES GETS DIRECT LINKS TO POPULAR DATABASES WITH
NEW DATA-INTEGRATION PRODUCTS FROM PERCUSSION SOFTWARE

CHICAGO, Dec. 7 - Lotus Notes users will be able to view and manipulate
information from Sybase and Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle7 and IBM DB2/2
databases without complex programming, via three new versions of Notrix
Composer(TM) data-integration software announced in Chicago today by
Percussion Software, Inc. The company made the announcement at the
Database & Client/Server World trade show.

Percussion's new products give Lotus Notes users an inexpensive and
practical way to make bulk, bi-directional transfers of information between
Lotus Notes and enterprise data, in the familiar Notes environment.
info: tel. 617-267-6700
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#1517

SANTA ANSWERS KIDS' LETTERS IN MINUTES VIA E-MAIL

NORTH POLE, Dec. 7 - It used to be that Santa rarely answered his mail, but
things have changed. Kids with Internet e-mail privileges can send letters
to Santa Claus and get back a personalized response within minutes -- not
quite as fast as reindeer who really know how to fly, but close.

Children sending e-mail letters receive Santa's electronic Christmas card,
a poem promising them "plenty and plenty you won't find in stores." Santa's
response usually arrives in five minutes or less.

Santa's Internet e-mail address is santa@reply.net. Place the child's
name on the "subject" line for a personalized greeting.
info: tel. 800-210-2220
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#1518

TWO EXECS, ONE VISIONARY TO ADVOCATE 'OPEN SYSTEMS'
AT 12th ANNUAL UniForum '95

NEEDHAM, Mass. - Dec. 8, 1994 - Two leading industry executives and one
technical visionary, each a strong advocate of Open Systems, will take the
keynote podium in Dallas at the UniForum Conference and Trade Show, March
12-16, 1995 at the Dallas Convention Center.

The three UniForum keynoters are:
    o  Ed McCracken, CEO, Silicon Graphics, Tuesday, March 14
    o  Robert Frankenberg, CEO, Novell, Wednesday, March 15
    o  Bruce Tognazzini, Distinguished Engineer, SunSoft, Thur. March 16
info: tel. 800-758-1452
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#1519

IBM, ParcPlace, PRISM SOLUTIONS, SYBASE AND TEXAS
INSTRUMENTS ANNOUNCED AS RealWare AWARDS WINNERS
AT DB/EXPO '94 NEW YORK

Honoring excellence and innovation in IT solutions

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Dec. 8, 1994 - Blenheim NDN last night announced the
winners of the RealWare Awards at the much-anticipated ceremony at
DB/EXPO '94 New York.

RealWare Awards winners were selected as providing the most outstanding
solutions in pre-defined categories by teams of industry editors and
analysts who served as judges.
info: tel. 415/966-8440
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#1520

INTERMEDIA SHOWCASES THE MULTIMEDIA REVOLUTION

NORWALK, Conn. - Dec. 8, 1994--Do you remember the world without CD-ROM?
It took hours and days to retrieve data that now takes seconds; you needed
600 times the information storage capability; video games were little more
than upgraded pinball machines. Just 10 years ago, CD-ROM technology was
an infant and few even knew the term "multimedia."

Today multimedia and CD-ROM technologies have changed the very nature of
information, communications, and entertainment. It's a revolution that's
been showcased at intermedia, the internationally prestigious conference
and exposition, to be held Feb. 7-9 in San Francisco.
info: tel. (800) 256-1076
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#1521

MICROSOFT CORPORATION AND CHINA'S MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY
ANNOUNCE AGREEMENT TO DEVELOP CHINESE VERSION OF WINDOWS 95

BEJING, Dec. 8 - Microsoft Corporation and the People's Republic of China's
Ministry of Electronics Industry (MEI) today signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) which outlines their agreement to develop and deliver
a Chinese version of Microsoft's operating system, Windows(TM) 95.

Under the terms of the MOU, Microsoft intends to work with local Chinese
companies to accomplish the development. The Chinese version of Windows 95
will be fully compatible with Microsoft's worldwide Windows(TM) operating
system product engineering and design standards and will include support
for technologies, such as fonts and input method editors, that best serve
the needs of Chinese end users.
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#1522

EXPLORING THE IBM RISC SYSTEM/6000 MODEL 41  (books)

Gulf Breeze, FL - Maximum Press has released Exploring the IBM RISC
System/6000 Model 41, a highly readable and succinct overview of the
history, architecture, capability, and performance of the new IBM RISC
System/6000 Model 41. Written by best-selling author Jim Hoskins and
published to coincide with the product release by IBM, this report guides
the potential user through the changes and improvements to IBM's venerable
RS/6000 family of servers and workstations embodied in the Model 41, which
utilizes the new PowerPC Architecture developed jointly by IBM, Apple, and
Motorola.
                                           rec. from:  BAKER ENTERPRISES
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#1523

THE POWERPC REVOLUTION!  (books)

Best-selling Author Assesses the Promise of the PowerPC

Gulf Breeze, FL - In The PowerPC Revolution! best-selling author Jim
Hoskins documents the introduction by Apple, IBM, and Motorola of the new
PowerPC family of microprocessors, one of the most important and
far-reaching developments in the history of personal computers. Hoskins
presents the historical, technical, and business dimensions of the PowerPC
breakthrough in a well-organized, fully illustrated, and easy-to-read
volume that will help technicians and laypeople alike plot their course in
the new age of the PowerPC.
                                           rec. from:  BAKER ENTERPRISES
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#1524

MICROSOFT WINDOWS NT WORKSTATION STEP BY STEP  (books)

Learning to use Microsoft Windows NT Workstation just got easier with
MICROSOFT WINDOWS NT WORKSTATION STEP BY STEP, self-paced training from
Microsoft Press.

This newly updated book-and-disk training program is ideal for busy people
who prefer to learn Microsoft Windows NT on their own. Whether readers are
new to Microsoft Windows NT, are upgrading from a previous version of the
Windows NT operating system, or are switching from another operating
system, the easy-to-follow lessons in MICROSOFT WINDOWS NT WORKSTATION
STEP BY STEP offer an ideal introduction.
info: tel. 206-882-8080,  800-MSPRESS      rec. from: BAKER ENTERPRISES
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