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- Tomorrow morning is officially the beginning of the Summer Season.
- Summer Solstice I believe is the name. Full Moon, Higher than high Tides.
- also known as Neap Tides will occur. Summer means Outdoor Activities, Sun,
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- FTC Warns Junk E-Mailers
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- The Federal Trade Commission is firing a warning shot across the bow of the
- junk e-mail industry, saying regulators will punish businesses that put
- false information in the unsolicited mail sent to millions of World Wide
- Web users. Business writer David E. Kalish of The Associated Press the
- commission also has asked the online industry to figure out ways to stem
- the flood of commercial mail that has clogged the Internet, making it
- difficult for users to go online.
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- Look for the FTC to ask industry groups to supply lists of junk-mail
- senders to help its new drive to detect fraud. "Penalties for junk mailers
- who break the law," says Kalish, "could include court injunctions to stop
- the practice. ... Repeat offenders could face fines of tens of thousands of
- dollars." FTC commissioner Christine Varney told the wire service, "We
- will try to go after them and prosecute some fraud."
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- The commission says it will focus on two types of e-mail scams:
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- · Businesses using a bogus name or Internet address, leaving consumers
- with no way of stopping the junk mail because their messages bounce back
- from the false addresses.
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- · Junk mailers who lie to consumers in an effort to lure them into
- investment, business opportunity or other scams.
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- AP says several major emailers and industry groups said they would
- cooperate with the FTC and would supply names of fellow mailers. Sanford
- Wallace, president of the controversial super-spammer Cyberpromotions Inc.,
- told AP, "We have to play by the rules. We want to set an example."
- Meanwhile, the FTC has decided for now to let industry figure out how to
- slow the flood of unsolicited mail instead of pushing for government rules,
- such as an outright ban on junk mailings. Regulators at yesterday's FTC
- hearing asked industry and consumer groups to create a group to examine the
- problem and report back in six months.
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- E-Mailers Try to Reform Image
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- A new group called the Internet Marketing Council has been formed by a
- number of direct marketing firms to try to change their image as a venue
- for junk e-mail. For the Newsbytes computer news service, writer Bill
- Pietrucha reports from Chevy Chase, Maryland, that the goal of the IMC is,
- according to director Jay McCrensky, "to create a positive and receptive
- environment for commercial e-mail, and put an end to the misuse of
- deceptive and unwanted mail sent through computers."
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- Said McCrensky, "Although there is tremendous potential in commercial
- e-mail, the industry has suffered from a backlash to e-mail marketing, and
- the real cost of the backlash is to the consumer." IMC Vice President
- Douglas Wood, the group's legal counsel, adds, "The Internet is so vast,
- open, and unregulated that virtually anyone can offer products for sale.
- Unfortunately, you cannot market online through Web sites alone. The most
- effective way is through direct response marketing, including e-mail."
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- Pietrucha says the group is establishing a "certification" and "labeling"
- program for member commercial e-mail To obtain the IMC endorsement and the
- right to use the certified log on the address and heading, an applicant to
- the IMC must provide:
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- · A significant give-away or discount to the recipient.
- · Credit or points toward free Internet access and product discounts to
- the recipients for receiving and looking at e-mail.
- · -A commission to member Internet service providers on each certified
- e-mail received and looked at.
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- Judge Says AOL Not Liable
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- A judge in West Palm Beach, Florida, has ruled America Online is not liable
- for customers who use the service to peddle pornography in cyberspace.
- Judge James Carlisle says federal law leaves it up to parents to police
- their personal computers. AOL was sued in January on behalf of a
- 14-year-old boy who was sexually assaulted by Richard Lee Russell in 1994.
- The two met by exchanging messages in an AOL "chat room." The Associated
- Press notes Russell, who pleaded guilty to federal and state charges
- stemming from the assault and is in federal prison, said he used AOL to
- talk to other pederasts around the country, according to the lawsuit.
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- The suit contended AOL's rules prohibiting customers from posting obscene
- or illegal material were so poorly enforced that the provider became "a
- home shopping network for pedophiles and child pornographers." However,
- Judge Carlisle cited the Communications Decency Act of 1996. "Though the
- bulk of the law consists of anti-pornography measures, which have been put
- on hold pending a U.S. Supreme Court ruling," says AP, "one section says
- companies such as AOL cannot be sued for the statements of others. It also
- says service providers cannot be sued if they prohibit certain material
- from being transmitted but don't police themselves well."
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- As reported here earlier, the legal action sought $8 million in damages, $1
- for each American Online subscriber. The boy's lawyer, Brian Smith, said he
- plans to appeal Carlisle's ruling. A separate lawsuit is pending against
- Russell. AOL attorneys have said it is impossible to monitor all of its
- chat rooms, where 14,000 conversations can take place simultaneously, and
- that the company has employees who search for pedophiles.
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- Feds Brace for Porn Ruling
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- While saying it hasn't changed its stance on restricting the availability
- of pornography to children on the Internet, the White House is
- acknowledging it is weighing what to do if the U.S. Supreme Court strikes
- down a controversial law that limits such access. The Reuter News Service
- quotes White House spokesman Mike McCurry as saying, "Our administration
- views are those that we've argued in front of the court. We want to look
- ... at ways that we can help families that want to protect kids from smut
- and indecency."
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- However, McCurry also notes the White House is studying what to do if the
- Supreme Court strikes down 1996's so-called "Communications Decency Act,"
- which makes it a crime punishable by two years in prison and a $250,000
- fine to transmit such material on the Internet in a manner available to
- minors. The New York Times reported yesterday the White House may be
- preparing a new policy undercutting its strong support of the law until
- now.
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- On this, McCurry says the White House wanted to keep pornographic material
- away from children. "We're figuring out how to do that depending on what
- the court might rule." The CDA already has been struck down by lower
- federal courts as being unconstitutional. The Supreme Court judgment is
- expected any time within the next few weeks.
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- Ramsey Probe Intruder Target?
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- Word from Boulder, Colorado, is that documents containing information on
- the JonBenet Ramsey case may have been stolen from a police computer.
- Authorities told United Press International someone gained access to a
- computer early last Saturday in the so-called "war room," used by
- detectives and prosecutors working on the 5-month-old case. The room was
- set up the previous Monday. Detective Commander John Eller told the wire
- service, "We don't believe anything has been lost, but we don't know what,
- if anything, has been copied."
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- Police have asked the Colorado Bureau of Investigation to launch a probe.
- There were no signs of forced entry to the room, which is protected by
- electronic security, police said, adding that in the wake of the breach in
- security, the system is being upgraded. UPI characterizes this episode as
- "the latest wobble in a murder investigation that has drawn a great deal of
- attention, not only because of the mystery surrounding the slaying but
- criticism of how the probe has been handled." The 6-year-old beauty queen
- was found strangled in the basement of her parents' Boulder home on Dec.
- 26. There have been no arrests.
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- Financial Encryption Code Cracked
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- The encryption technology that has protected electronic financial
- transactions since the 1970s has been cracked by a group of programmers and
- researchers, using tens of thousands of computers across the Internet.
- Writing in The Wall Street Journal this morning, Reporter Don Clark says
- the group was able to decode a message that had been scrambled using the
- Data Encryption Standard, "which," he notes, "most banks and many companies
- rely on to protect sensitive information from thieves and eavesdroppers."
- (The Data Encryption Standard uses a 56-bit key.)
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- Adds Clark, "The result of the four-month computing effort, in response to
- a public challenge by the encryption company RSA Data Security Inc., is
- believed to be the first time anyone has claimed to have cracked the code."
- The paper comments that while it may be years before criminals could mount
- such an attack, "the breakthrough highlights the long-term threat to codes
- that protect electronic money transfers, ATM transactions and private
- documents moving electronically around the globe."
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- Also, look for the breakthrough to be used as further ammunition for
- Clinton administration critics in their efforts to persuade the government
- to relax export controls on encryption technology. Writes Clark, "The
- administration still contends that the standard is adequate protection
- under most circumstances. Government agencies have long opposed export of
- stronger products because the technology would make it difficult to read
- the messages of terrorists or criminals."
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- Loveland, Colorado, programmer Rocke Verser, who helped lead the decoding
- effort, told the Journal, "We have demonstrated that DES can be cracked,
- and it's not difficult to do it. It means that we need to take a very
- serious look at how data is encrypted and stored and passed." Competing
- against a team in Sweden, Verser drew assistanc from university students,
- scientists and companies around the country to run a software routine that
- he developed to try out all of the mathematical possibilities for a key
- that might decode a message that RSA posted in its challenge. Participants
- made use of spare time on an assortment of large and small computers in
- what is called a "brute force" attack.
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- Says Clark, Cracking the message meant that the team faced the theoretical
- possibility of having to test 72 quadrillion possible numbers as a
- potential key to decode the message. As it turned out, a personal computer
- operated by a Salt Lake City company called iNetZ Corp. stumbled on the
- correct number after about 25 percent of the possible numbers had been
- tried."
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- Quebec Demands French on Web
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- In Montreal, a computer store has been warned by the agency that enforces
- Quebec's language laws that its English-language Web site violates a law
- requiring businesses to use French. The Associated Press says owners of
- Micro-Bytes Logiciels were given until July 2 to provide a French version
- of the Web site or face a fine of up to $1,000. "The store initially
- decided to shut down the home page," says the wire service, "but has
- reinstated it after supporters encouraged them through email messages,
- phone calls and visits."
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- Store manager Marc Silverman told AP, "It's totally a matter of principle.
- I got a lot of French supporters telling me they have French Web pages on
- the Internet and they're going to translate them into English-only pages."
- AP adds, "The watchdog agency -- known among Quebec's English-speaking
- minority as the language police -- has received a wave of electronic hate
- mail since reports of the May 29 warning surfaced in the Montreal media
- last weekend."
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- Agency spokesman Gerald Paquette told the wire service, "It's not pleasant,
- but we're used to it." The agency says the store's Web site didn't comply
- with a section of the language law requiring that catalogs brochures and
- other commercial publications be in French. Paquette notes the Internet
- hadn't been mentioned specifically in the law, but has now been included.
- Says Silverman, "The question right now is whether Quebec has the right
- to control what goes on the Internet. Our position is, `No, they don't have
- that right.'" Right now, the store is working on a bilingual home page,
- but owner Morty Grauer said he wasn't sure if it would be ready by July 2.
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- Mom Accused of 'Net Addiction'
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- A Cincinnati mother of three is accused by authorities of devoting so much
- time to her computer and to the Internet's World Wide Web that she
- dangerously neglected her children. The 24-year-old mother -- who is
- ironically named Sandra Hacker - was released on bond yesterday after
- pleading not guilty to charges of child neglect. Authorities are telling
- reporters the situation may have resulted from Hacker's possible "addiction
- to the Internet."
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- The Associated Press quotes Hacker's estranged husband as saying her
- compulsion to surf the Internet broke up their marriage and, adds AP, "now
- her preoccupation has led authorities to take away her children." Hacker
- was arrested Saturday by police who said the playroom of her apartment had
- broken glass, debris and children's hand prints in human feces on the
- walls. Said Sgt. Paul Neudigate, "She would lock the children in the room
- so not to be bothered. The place was in complete shambles, but the computer
- area was clean -- completely immaculate."
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- Alexander Hacker, who moved out of the house two weeks ago, told police his
- wife spent up to 12 hours a day on the Net. He complained Saturday that
- the couple's children -- aged 2, 3 and 5 -- were not receiving adequate
- care. AP says police turned the children over to the Hamilton County
- Department of Human Services. Meanwhile, psychologist David Greenfield of
- Hartford, Connecticut, told AP he likened Net addiction to gambling,
- saying, "It's potent. There's instant gratification. It becomes a pretty
- powerful drug. ... The normalcies for time and space disappear."
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- And Kimberly Young, an assistant professor of psychology at the University
- of Pittsburgh who also has studied the condition, says exaggerated computer
- use should be recognized as an addiction. Young, in a study of nearly 400
- people she considered psychologically dependent on the Internet, found
- users sometimes sneak online in the middle of the night, or skip work to
- stay home and surf the Internet.
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- Pre-Millennium Bug Found
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- While there has been much talk in computerdom about the millenium bug --
- that is, what will happen when clocks in older computers try to click over
- in the year 2000 -- researchers now say there is a pre-millenium flaw that
- could strike in 1999. London's Financial Times carries a report today that
- programmers in the 1970s had entered the date Sept. 9, 1999 (that is
- "09/09/99" or "999999") to denote the end of a project or set of records.
- Writes the Reuter News Service, "The code was devised to ensure records
- were processed in the right order. The first file was numbered 000000.
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- As Sept. 9, 1999, approached, many of the end-dates would be activated and
- bring programs to a premature halt." This would appear to pre-date the
- problems anticipated with the millenium bug. That difficulty stems from
- computer systems using two digits to show the year, which programmers
- originally used to save scarce processing capacity. "At the turn of the
- century," notes Reuters, "many computers will show 00 for the year and
- interpret it as 1900, potentially causing havoc. Companies are now racing
- to reprogram old software."
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- Netscape to Fix Bug Next Week
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- Confirming a bug in its Internet browsers that allows unwanted access to
- users' personal computers, Netscape Communications Corp. says it should
- have a fix available for the problem by next week. As reported, the flaw
- was found by a Danish consultant who reported it to Netscape. Reporter
- Samuel Perry of the Reuter News Service says the consult reportedly
- demanded money in exchange for details. Jennifer O'Mahony, spokeswoman for
- the Mountain View, California, software publisher said her firm assigned
- engineers to find a solution to the problem after the consultant demanded
- more than the customary $1,000 that Netscape pays for bug reports.
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- She said, "We have created a fix which we are currently testing
- extensively," adding the bug was "quite complex to recreate. The bug
- requires that you create a malicious World Wide Web site and have knowledge
- of the names and locations of the files on the users' machines." Reuters
- says the bug can occur in older versions of the product: Navigator 2.0 and
- 3.0, as well as the browser supplied with the new Communicator software
- package released on Wednesday. Netscape has received no reports of
- incidents involving the bug, O'Mahony said, adding the first fix will be
- supplied for Communicator and fixes for the earlier versions right
- afterward.
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- NEC and IBM in Hard Drive Pact
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- NEC Corp. and IBM Corp have signed an agreement that calls for NEC to
- manufacture specific IBM-developed 3.5-inch desktop disk drives. NEC is
- set to begin shipping the drives early next year. IBM will also continue
- manufacturing the drives, which will be sold by both companies under their
- respective brand names. To accommodate the new production, NEC will expand
- a Philippines manufacturing plant to a capacity of five
- million disk drives per year by late 1998.
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- "Due to a high demand for PCs and servers, there is a strong demand for
- 3.5-inch hard disk drives," notes a statement issued by the companies.
- "Computer software applications have become more complex, driving the
- requirement for higher capacity hard drives. NEC and IBM have formed this
- business relationship in order to help meet this demand for high
- performance desktop hard drives." For more information on IBM storage
- products, visit the company's Web site at http://www.storage.ibm.com.
- NEC's Web site address is http://www.nec.co.jp.
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- Microsoft Buys Java Developer
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- Microsoft Corp. has acquired Cooper & Peters Inc., a Boulder,
- Colorado-based developer of object-oriented user- interface framework
- technologies for the Java and Smalltalk environments. The move is designed
- to accelerate the acceptance of Microsoft Application Foundation Classes
- (AFC), a set of Java class libraries that help developers create Java
- applications more quickly. The deal's terms weren't disclosed. "With
- nearly a decade of object-oriented design experience, Cooper & Peters
- brings a proven expertise that can help extend the Application Foundation
- Classes' lead as the industry's most comprehensive foundation classes for
- Java," says John Ludwig, vice president of Microsoft's Internet client and
- collaboration division.
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- "More world- class talent means Microsoft can move even faster on its goal
- to deliver the world's best solutions for developers of Java and other
- object-oriented languages." "We want to make the largest possible impact
- on the industry, and Microsoft is the place to do that," adds Ted Peters,
- principal at Cooper & Peters, who along with fellow principal Ken Cooper
- will join Microsoft's AFC development team. "The opportunity to help drive
- the next generation of user interface frameworks is a win-win for us,
- Microsoft and our customers."
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- Toshiba Makes Pocket Camera
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- What is said to be the world's thinnest, lightest digital still camera is
- being launched this summer by Toshiba Corp., going on sale next month in
- the U.S. and in August in Japan. Reporting from Tokyo, the Reuter News
- Service says the pocket-sized PDR-2 -- to be called the Allegretto in Japan
- - - measures 105mm by 55mm by 20mm and weighs 130 grams, excluding the
- battery.
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- Toshiba officials told the wire service the product is the first to use a
- one-quarter inch 330,000-pixel complimentary metal oxide semiconductor
- image sensor as the eye, which uses one-10th the power of models with
- commonly used image sensors, a Toshiba spokesman said. "The camera uses
- SmartMedia, a 0.76mm thick removable stamp-sized flash-memory storage
- card," adds Reuters. "A built-in personal computer card allows the camera
- to be plugged into a computer to download the images."
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- ClariNet News Service Sold
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- In a stock deal said to be worth about $7.7 million, ClariNet
- Communications Corp., an Internet news company, is to be purchased by
- electronic publisher Individual Inc. Reporting from Individual's
- Burlington, Mass., headquarters this afternoon, the Reuter News Service
- quoted officials with Individual as saying the privately held ClariNet has
- annual revenue of about $3.9 million and has shown a positive cash flow in
- each of the last five years. Reuters says ClariNet was employee-owned "and
- funded predominantly from internal cash flow," adding it has 1.5 million
- licensed readers as of early 1997.
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- "ClariNet's services are provided to more than 350 Internet Service
- Providers, corporations and educational institutions, who in turn
- incorporate ClariNet in their own services," the wire service adds.
- ClariNet founder Brad Templeton and Roy Folk, its president and chief
- operating officer, will become officers of Individual in addition to their
- operating roles at ClariNet. Templeton also will be one of Individual's
- largest shareholders, with about 7 percent of the outstanding shares. All
- 40 of ClariNet's staff will become Individual employees.
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- Reuters says ClariNet will continue to operate from its headquarters in San
- Jose, Calif. Individual has been on a shopping spree. Earlier this month,
- it acquired CompanyLink, a research product from Delphi Internet Services.
- Adds Reuters, "Individual said it will explore ways to add advertising to
- ClariNet's products. Advertising revenue now accounts for less than 5
- percent of ClariNet's revenue, which is dominated by subscription fees."
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- Editor Decries Apple Knockers
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- Editor-in-Chief Scott Kelby of Mac Today, a new Macintosh-oriented
- magazine, thinks the media is giving Apple Computer a bum rap. "How is it
- that a computer company ranked 22 spots higher than Microsoft in the latest
- Fortune 500, which has $1.4 billion in the bank and sold over four million
- computers last year -- more than even IBM -- is branded as beleaguered,
- troubled and struggling?" he asks.
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- Kelby says the bimonthly Mac Today, which bills itself as "the Alternative
- Macintosh Magazine," was created to counter the doom-sayers and "provide
- Mac users with plenty of 'ammo' in their war against the misinformation
- about Apple and the Mac." "It seems like the only news the public hears
- about Apple is bad news, so we set out to be an alternative to the
- Apple-bashing," says Kelby. More details are available on the
- publication's Web site: http://www.mactoday.com.
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- Net PCs Begin Their Debut
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- Pared-down, Internet-ready "Net PCs" are having their debut this week as
- major computer makers unveil machines that cost as little as $1,000 and are
- touted as being cheaper to maintain than traditional desktops.
- "The machines run on Intel Corp. chips and Microsoft Corp. operating
- software, like most traditional personal computers," notes The Associated
- Press this morning, "but they are less expensive than PCs because they
- would download software from a central mainframe machine -- instead of
- requiring each PC's hard drive to be periodically updated with new
- software."
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- Backers says the systems will save thousands of dollars in annual
- maintenance costs for each desktop.
- Starting with this week's PC Expo computer industry trade show in New York,
- makers are demonstrating their systems, many of which go on sale this
- summer. While an Intel spokesman declined to name the manufacturers ahead
- of a Manhattan event, three of the largest makers of PCs -- Compaq, Dell
- and Hewlett-Packard -- have helped lead Intel's drive.
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- And reporter Therese Poletti of the Reuter News Service says IBM,
- Mitsubishi Corp., and others also are expected to unveil scaled-down,
- diskless PCs designed as lower-cost devices for corporate networks.
- President Tim Bajarin of Creative Strategies Inc. told Poletti, "The NetP
- is the big thing to watch. You will want to see what the response is from
- corporate buyers." Notes Reuters, "The NetPC evolved after Microsoft and
- Intel saw that industry officials were intrigued by Oracle Corp. Chairman
- Larry Ellison's plans for a network computer, a stripped-down PC designed
- to access corporate networks and the Internet."
-
- Poletti comments that Ellison and Sun Microsystems Inc. CEO Scott McNealy
- have attacked the PC as being too difficult to use, with hefty, unwieldy
- software programs that have too much code and are too costly to maintain
- and run, even for corporations. Analyst Louis Mazzucchelli of Gerard
- Klauer & Mattison says "What they are finding out is that customers
- actually want this. With this next wave of PCs in the $1,000 area, people
- are realizing they can get a whole lot done" for less money.
-
- Meanwhile, detractors say the widely touted features of the NetPC -- such
- as the ability to be managed in a network -- already are being incorporated
- into standard PCs. Also, says Reuters, "users may object because NetPcs
- are "sealed," meaning they cannot be opened if users want to install
- memory, graphics cards and other add-ons."
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- Microsoft Releases Word Converter
-
- Microsoft Corp. has released an add-in utility that lets Word 97 users
- convert word processing files created with Word 95 or 6.0. The Word 6.0/95
- Binary Converter for Word 97 is designed to replace a built-in conversion
- utility that has been severely criticized by many Word 97 users. The new
- Binary Converter allows users of Word 97 to save documents with a true
- .DOC file extension by default.
-
- "We are committed to listening and responding to our customers," says
- Dennis Tevlin, Microsoft's director of desktop applications. The Binary
- Converter is available for downloading from the Microsoft Web site at
- http://www.microsoft.com/office/. Next month, Microsoft is planning to ship
- the Office 97 Service Release, which will incorporate the Word 6.0/95
- Binary Converter, enhanced support for POP3 and SMTP Internet e-mail in
- the Outlook desktop information manager and other minor enhancements.
-
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- PlanetWeb First to Provide Internet Chat Server
-
- MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIF. (June 16) BUSINESS WIRE -June 16, 1997 -- Internet
- appliance users can now connect to virtually any IRC compatible chat server
- with PlanetWeb Browser Software to debut at E3. PlanetWeb, Inc., a leading
- developer of consumer Internet software, announced that its popular World
- Wide Web Browser will now incorporate IRC Internet chat capabilities. For
- the first time ever, consumers accessing the Internet from TV-based
- Internet appliances can hold real-time discussions with multiple people on
- any platform using the industry standard IRC potocol.
-
- "We want to give people more bang for their buck when it comes to surfing
- the Web from their television." said Kamran Elahian, chairman and CEO of
- PlanetWeb. "In fact, PlanetWeb as a company is all about providing
- easy-to-use and affordable Internet solutions. We leverage the benefits of
- existing consumer electronic products, such as video game systems, with the
- strength of our standards compatible software. Once again, PlanetWeb is
- leading the way by offering the first IRC chat solution without the expense
- and complications of a personal computer."
-
- "PlanetWeb's IRC chat solution brings an exciting new dimension to consumer
- Internet appliances," commented Ken Soohoo, vice president of engineering
- and CTO of PlanetWeb. "We've expanded our Browser features so that people
- can participate in live IRC Internet chat sessions from TV-based Internet
- appliances." PlanetWeb's chat feature is industry standard Internet
- Relay Chat (IRC) compatible, offering a text-based, real-time chat for
- multiple users. Users need only click on a hypertext link, or type in the
- IRC server they wish to connect to and then engage in real-time
- discussions.
-
- PlanetWeb software is currently shipping with the Sega Saturn(TM) Net Link
- product. A beta version of the software upgrade for Sega Saturn Net Link
- users is available for free to download off the PlanetWeb website
- (www.planetweb.com). Production software will be available from Sega of
- America. The PlanetWeb Browser makes it simple, easy and fun for consumers
- to surf the Internet and send email. Moreover, the Browser works with
- existing hardware designs and allows users to choose their own Internet
- Service Provider (ISP).
-
- The portable architecture, small memory requirements and lack of need for
- an operating system enables it to be quickly and inexpensively customized
- for a wide variety of Internet appliances. PlanetWeb software also
- incorporates a proprietary Internet filtering system that allows parents to
- either use age-based default settings or customize specific levels of
- access for their children.
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- that ONE Picture is worth a thousand words. The out put from the Lexmark
- Optra C is worth ten thousand words! Send for the free sample now. (For a
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- Shareware Treasure Chest
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- By Lloyd E. Pulley
- lepulley@streport.com
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- Name/Version Release Date Size Price
-
- Seterra 1.10 6/12/97 348kb Shareware $30.00
-
- A very comprehensive geography program with more than 50 map exercises
- and six quiz exercises. Learn about countries, capitals and cities all over
- the world! Examples of exercises: countries in Europe; American states;
- American state capitals; French cities; cities in Mexico; countries in
- Asia, etc, etc... Runs in English or Swedish. Each exercise has a high
- score list to keep track of your progress. A colorful and addictive way to
- learn geography!
-
- Home Page Site -
- http://www.arrowartoft.se/produkter/seterra/index_eng.html
-
-
- Name/Version Release Date Size Price
-
- SB NewsBot 32-bit 4.5 6/13/97 .46mb Shareware $15
-
- SBNews/News-Robot is designed to automatically download and uudecode
- files from binary newsgroups. Binary newsgroups contain binary files which
- are typically encoded via uuencode and sent as text. These newsgroups are a
- popular means of distributing images across a wide area, and this is the
- primary purpose that SBNews was designed for. It has some nice features
- including a built in JPEG viewer, Dupe-Checking capabilities, logging, and
- some miscellanious statistical functions.
-
- Home Page Site - http://smbaker.simplenet.com/sbnews/sbnews.html
-
-
- Name/Version Release Date Size Price
-
- Championship Spades for 95 3.0 6/11/97 1,746kb Shareware $39.00
-
- Provides a polished Spades card game for serious players. Features good
- layout, fast game play,rich sounds, extensive options, and good help and
- tutorials. Specializing in multiple, editable, computer personalities for
- very challenging play. Spades is more interesting than Hearts, but not
- quite as complex to learn as Bridge.
-
- Home Page Site - http://www.dq.com/spades.htp
-
-
- Name/Version Release Date Size Price
-
- Thumbs Plus 32-bit 3.0g beta 3 6/13/97 2.60mb Shareware $65
-
- ThumbsPlus is a graphic file viewer, locator and organizer which
- simplifies the process of finding and maintaining graphics, clip-art files,
- fonts and animations. It displays a small image (thumbnail) of each file.
- You can use ThumbsPlus to browse, view, edit, crop, launch external
- editors, and copy images to the clipboard. You can use drag-and-drop to
- organize graphics files by moving them to appropriate directories.
- ThumbsPlus will also create a slide show from selected graphics, and
- install bitmap files as Windows wallpaper. You can print individual
- graphics files, or the thumbnails themselves as a catalog. ThumbsPlus can
- convert to several formats, either one at a time or in batch mode. You can
- also perform image editing in batch mode. ThumbsPlus will also convert
- metafile graphics to bitmaps (rasterize). One important new feature in 3.0g
- is the ablity to generate Web pages of thumbnails.
-
- Home Page Site - http://www.cerious.com/
-
-
- Name/Version Release Date Size Price
-
- Igames 2.92 6/13/97 2,146kb Demo
-
- Unique Internet chat room with multiplayer card and board games that
- occupants can play. Current games include Spades, Hearts, Cribbage, and
- Backgammon. Many more games being added!
-
- Home Page Site - http://www.igames.com/
-
-
- Name/Version Release Date Size Price
-
- Abuse.net 32-bit 2.1 6/13/97 .95mb Shareware $10
-
- Abuse.Net is the ultimate file protector utility for Microsoft Windows
- 95/NT systems. It protects your files from copying, viewing, removing and
- executing, while you are surfing on the net. It protects against file
- attacks from the outer space. Intruders -- including ActiveX controls and
- Java applets (!) -- can't open your locked files. 100% (operating system
- level) protection for the selected files, so no more browser and other
- Internet application security holes on your computer!
-
- Home Page Site - http://www.datanet.hu/BusinessNet/index.html
-
-
-
- Name/Version Release Date Size Price
-
- TypeTool 1.0 6/10/97 2,487kb Demo $99.00
-
- Design your own fonts or convert and modify existing fonts with this
- affordable, easy-to-use, powerful program. Now you can create specialized
- characters, logos, foreign language characters and more.
-
- Home Page Site - http://www.pyrus.com/
-
-
- Name/Version Release Date Size Price
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- Twinsen's Odyssey for Win95 6/13/97 15.00mb Commercial Demo
-
- The sequel to the sleeper hit "Relentless: Little Big Adventure".
- Twinsen's Odyssey is a mixture of action and adventure (kind of like Tomb
- Raider) and features beautiful texture mapped enviorments and smooth 3d
- characters.
-
- Home Page Site - http://www.activision.com/
-
-
- Name/Version Release Date Size Price
-
- Hezal Player 1.5 6/12/97 445kb Freeware
-
- A small CD, video and sound player. It supports a variety of files,
- including WAV, AU, AIF, MOV, AVI, MPG, MPEG and MIDI. Using the same button
- interface, users can view movies, listen to sounds and play CD music.
- Lights indicate playing status, and track length is displayed in minutes,
- and seconds.
-
- Home Page Site -
- http://pegasus.acs.ttu.edu/~z4d36/download/download.html
-
-
- Name/Version Release Date Size Price
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- PhoneFree 32-bit 1.1M plug-in 6/13/97 .19mb Free
-
- PhoneFree is the first Internet Telephony application to cut through the
- Tower of Babel and offer compatibility where it counts:
- *PhoneFree is an intergrated Netscape and Internet Explorer Plugin Module,
- no need to learn a new and confusing interface... just click on someone's
- name to call them!
- *PhoneFree is compatible with Vocaltec's Internet Phone(TM) and Netscape's
- Cool Talk(TM), offering you the ability to place calls to more people then
- any other product.
- *PhoneFree features integrated Voice Mail to any user with an email
- address... and they don't need any special software to retrieve their
- messages!
-
- Home Page Site - http://www.phonefree.com/
-
-
- Name/Version Release Date Size Price
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- Postmark 32-bit 1.0 beta 1 6/14/97 3.20mb Shareware $29.95
-
- Anawave Postmark represents a breakthrough for people who desire a fast,
- 32-bit, "knock-your-socks-off" e-mail client. In addition, Postmark's
- colorful user-interface makes sorting, searching, reading and composing e-
- mail messages fun! And, that's not all.
- This powerful new application features HTML & RTF support (as well as
- plain text), drag & drop attachments, built-in address book, spell
- checking, auto-forwarding, pager support, advanced inbound and outbound
- message filters, multiple POP accounts, as well as MIME & uuencode. And,
- best of all, Postmark includes great sound effects, "smileys" and interface
- "themes", as well as a fully customizable toolbar.
-
- Home Page Site - http://www.anawave.com/postmark/index.html
-
-
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- Name/Version Release Date Size Price
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- Idyle Phone Book 97 2.12 6/10/97 1,210kb Shareware $15.00
-
- Tired of having to buy new address books when they're full, can't read
- your girlfriend's phone number on this piece of paper that went in the
- washing machine? Idyle Phone Book 97 is here to help. Maintain your phones,
- addresses and internet information on a nice user interface, preview and
- print pocket-sized phone books, address books, franklin, dial phone
- numbers, leave e-mail and connect to the web. Also new, import data,
- exports to netscape, internet explorer and print envelopes.
-
- Idyle Phone Book PRO 97 2.12 6/10/97 1,240kb Shareware $25.00
-
- Trying to find a contact manager? Try this one out. You can keep record
- of all your business or personal addresses, phones and internet
- information. The user interface is quite intuitive, and the options are
- many. Dialing, leaving e-mail and browsing the web are a mouse click away.
- Keep printed copies of your phone book with you so you can have all this
- information whenever you need it. PB97 can print it in several ways: pocket
- booklet, franklin type, or full page. New version includes birthday
- reminder and quick preview search.
-
- Home Page Site - http://pages.infinit.net/idyle/idyle-soft/
-
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- Name/Version Release Date Size Price
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- Super Wave Player 1.0 6/14/97 254kb Shareware $10.00
-
- A full featured Jukebox for playing wave files. Special features include
- a command line interface (convient for useing as an alarm clock), a
- randomizing feature, and a loop Feature.
-
- Home Page Site - http://www.toptown.com/hp/zero_999/wave32.htm
-
-
- Name/Version Release Date Size Price
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- Adobe PageMill 32-bit 2.0 (release 5) 6/14/97 5.00mb Shareware
- $99
- This demo version has the save feature
- disabled
-
- If you're a serious Web page designer, for example, you'll appreciate
- PageMill 2.0 software's support for multimedia design, including frames,
- tabular layouts, right-aligned text, and much more. Highly technical users
- can take advantage of the program's source-code viewing feature to develop
- industrial-strength sites, while the home or small business user will feel
- comfortable with PageMill full WYSIWYG editing environment.
-
- Home Page Site - http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/pagemill/
-
-
- Name/Version Release Date Size Price
-
- Install-us Wizard 2.2 6/1497 1,538kb Shareware $50.00
-
- A setup-toolkit, which helps you to create installations for Windows
- within seconds. Features: compressing and splitting files; different
- configurations; Uninstall via Control Panel or programgroup; filename-
- extensions; registry and ini-file modification; Drag and Drop; password;
- expiration; dictionary-import possible (standard: english, french, german),
- and more... at a very low price!
-
- Home Page Site - http://www.donau.de/privhome/ds/index.htm
-
-
- Name/Version Release Date Size Price
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- Tanarus 32-bit beta .90 (formerly called Armorgeddon)
- 6/14/97 10.00mb Free
-
- Tired of playing against your computer? Then prepare yourself for the
- ultimate online challenge in Sony Interactive Studio America's ArmorGeddon,
- a futuristic multi-player action/strategy tank game in which all the
- competition are other players just like yourself. Oh and this version adds
- 3dfx support so if you have a Monster 3d, Flash 3d,etc you are in for a
- treat.
-
- Home Page Site - http://armorgeddon.station.sony.com/
-
-
- Name/Version Release Date Size Price
-
- EZ Loan Manager 97 4.20 6/14/97 1,440kb Shareware $10.00
-
- EZ Loan Manager 97 for Windows 95 (Version 4.20) provides a very easy and
- flexible tool for you to evaluate and manage your loans and mortgages. EZ
- Loan Manager is just for you, whether you have a fixed, adjustable or
- biweekly loan, or like to save interest money with early extra payments. If
- you pay your loan early, EZ Loan Manager will show you how much interest
- you will save.
-
- For home users, the registration fee is $10.00 ($5.00 if you register
- before June 30, 1997). This is a one tme registraion which means that you
- get any future upgrade for free. For business users, please see details in
- the readme.txt file in the distributed files.
-
- Home Page Site - http://gsanet.com/www/Joy/
-
-
- Name/Version Release Date Size Price
-
- FTP Explorer 32-bit 1.00.010 6/14/97 .71mb StatusFree for personal
- use
-
- A FTP Client thats an extension of Win95. You can make shortcuts to files
- or directorys,right click access to options, etc. It has many nice features
- such as download or upload files to one or more servers while browsing and
- selecting files to tranfer on another. That's right!, FTP Explorer handles
- all file transfer requests in the background, so you don't have to wait
- while files copy to continue browsing the current server you can even
- connect to a different server, and the program will automatically log off
- of the original server once the requested transfer has completed, and the
- new Transfer Manager allows you to ascertain the details of download or
- upload requests at a glance. The source, destination, and status of each
- request is detailed in the Transfer Manager window to keep you apprised of
- multiple connections, and make it easy to see which files have been
- transferred.
-
- Home Page Site - http://www.ftpx.com/
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- Name/Version Release Date Size Price
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- Dungeons 1.1 6/15/97 846kb Freeware
-
- Travel into a dark sinister world of evil as you get thrown into the
- dungeon fo Diablo. Fight enemies and Diablo to escape from the Dungeon.
-
- Home Page Site -
- http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Way/7888/index.html
-
-
- Name/Version Release Date Size Price
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- Net Term 32-bit 4.2.1 6/15/97 812kb Shareware $20
-
- A windows communications program that provides a combination of ethernet
- and dial up telnet, ansi bulletin board support , and dialer programs, all
- in one. Enables fast dial up for SLIP/PPP Internet providers, as well as
- Internet SHELL access. At last, zmodem file transfers over the Internet!
- NetTerm will even allow editing a host file on your local computer, with
- just one command, 'netedit'. Need to print a unix file on your local
- printer, no problem, NetTerm will do that! NetTerm now supports
- International keyboards and VT100 line drawing support.
-
- Home Page Site - http://starbase.neosoft.com/~zkrr01/netterm.html
-
-
- Name/Version Release Date Size Price
-
- Super '97 Software Games Collection Release 1 6/14/97 5,757kb Freeware
-
- A Collection of games programmed by James Pickering, for Super '97
- Software. Includes Alien 3-D 2, Doom Pinball and The Ping Collection
- (available here), as well as such games as Doom Fighter, Pets, Alien 3-D 1,
- Edu-Snooker and Schoolyard Soccer, plus many more.
-
- Home Page Site -
- http://web.ukonline.co.uk/members/james.pickering/limited.html
-
-
- Name/Version Release Date Size Price
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- Real Player 32-bit 4.0 6/16/97 1.10mb Free
-
- From the makers of Real Audio comes Real Video, the only player you need
- to get all the great RealAudio and the new RealVideo content on the web --
- all without download delays. - Stereo audio at 28.8, near-CD quality at
- higher bitrates, AM-quality audio at 14.4 - - Newscast-quality video at
- 28.8 and full-motion at higher bitrates.
-
- Home Page Site - http://www.real.com/
-
-
- Name/Version Release Date Size Price
-
- BuenSoft Spanish 1.0 6/15/97 2,840kb Shareware $19.99
-
- An innovative listening-based interactive program designed to give adult
- and adolescent learners a fast and easy way to learn or improve their
- Spanish. BuenSoft Spanish is not based on the same format as many others
- Spanish Software programs with fixed content, instead BuenSoft Spanish was
- created as a conversational utility where users can add to the program only
- the phrases they want to learn. Many Subjects ( of phrases) are now
- available by mail or download from the Internet. There are several Subjects
- to choose from, personal introductions, numbers, months of the year, jobs,
- family relationships, daily expressions and much more. Every BuenSoft
- Subjects are supported by high-quality audio and recorded with native
- speaker voices.
-
- Home Page Site - http://www.cport.com/~jlewis/index.html
-
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- Name/Version Release Date Size Price
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- WetSock 32-bit 3.0 beta build 19 6/16/97 1.10mb Shareware $12
-
- WetSock shows your current weather conditions and forecasts as an icon on
- the tray notification area of the system taskbar.Designed specially for
- Windows 95, WetSock will keep you updated about the weather over Internet
- without even needing to dial into your Internet Service Provider. If you
- periodically dial in for surfing, checking your mail etc., WetSock will
- connect to the weather server and get the weather information in the
- background , but can also dial in and hang-up by itself. WetSock is a
- Winsock compliant weather client for PCs running Windows 95.
-
- Home Page Site - http://www.locutuscodeware.com/wetsock.htm
-
-
- Name/Version Release Date Size Price
-
- Add/Remove Cleaner 1.0 6/15/97 130kb Freeware
-
- A Windows95/NT program for cleaning up that list of application
- uninstallers. If you anything like me you probably have tons of programs
- that you have deleted listed there. This will let you take them off the
- list with a click or two. This program does not delete any files, anything
- you remove from the list will still be on your hard drive.
-
- Home Page Site - http://www.distortions.com/software/addrmclr.htm
-
-
- Name/Version Release Date Size Price
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- Hex WorkShop 32-bit 2.53 6/16/97 1.00mb Shareware
-
- An excellent file and disk editor that features: Edit multiple files of
- unlimited size.
- *Edit both logical disks and raw fixed disks.
- *Print high quality customized hex dumps. Find and Replace Hex or ASCII
- values.
- *Goto from the start, end, or cursor position within a file or disk.
- *Use the Compare Tool to find differences in files.
- *Calculate Checksums for all or part of a file.
- *Use preferences to create a custom hex editing environment (screen shot).
- *Search across multiple sectors on a Disk.
- *Get File/Disk properties with the click of the mouse and much more.
-
- Home Page Site - http://www.bpsoft.com/
-
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- Name/Version Release Date Size Price
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- WinZip 6.3 Beta 17-Jun-97 705kb Shareware
-
- WinZip 6.3 allows users to download and open archives from the Internet
- with one click via Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator.
- There is no need to Save to disk and then switch to WinZip or to the
- Windows Explorer or File Manager to open the downloaded file. In addition,
- all files that have been downloaded are automatically copied from the
- Internet Browser's temporary folders to a folder of the user's choice; this
- ensures that a permanent copy of the download is saved on the user's
- system, even if the downloaded file is automatically deleted by the
- browser. WinZip 6.3 also features an updated zip/unzip engine with
- automatic built-in disk spanning support for multi-disk Zip files. If you
- create a zip file on diskettes and the first diskette fills, then disk
- spanning is automatically activated, and you are simply prompted to put in
- a new diskette to continue the archive. There is no need to specify that
- you want to span before you start.
-
- Home Page Site - http://www.winzip.com/
-
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- Name/Version Release Date Size Price
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- Multimedia Xplorer 32-bit 1.22 6/17/97 .80mb Shareware $20
-
- Multimedia Xplorer is a new, powerful 32-bit application (Windows 95/NT
- 4.0) for handling most types of multimedia files including images, sounds,
- videos and icons. Main idea is to provide ONE application that handles all
- these different media types easily, so no need to mess with different
- applications. It is designed to be powerful for powerusers and at the same
- time it is as simple as possible, so novice users can view and manage files
- easily. Multimedia Xplorer has some unique ergonomy features that make it
- very handy to use.
-
- Home Page Site - http://www.moonsoftware.ee/
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- Name/Version Release Date Size Price
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- WinImage Professional 3.00.03.3036 Pro 6/16/97 258kb Shareware
- $60.00
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- Self extractor with unlimited redistribution licence, print the directory
- of the image, edit boot sector properties (i.e. load another boot sector
- file, edit a text in the boot sector).
-
- Home Page Site - http://www.winimage.com/beta.htm
-
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- Name/Version Release Date Size Price
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- Pacific General for Win95 6/17/97 19.00mb Commercial Demo
-
- Pacific General is a turn based strategy/wargame set in the Pacific
- theater of conflict in World War II, pitting the Japanese Empire against
- the combined might of the Allied forces.In this game, it is possible to
- take either side in the conflict, which can be played from the dawn of
- combat in 1937 through to the historical or hypothetical outcome(s) of the
- war. Land, air, and naval operations play a key role in the battles to be
- fought.
-
- Pacific General is based on the 5-Star General engine first seen in Panzer
- General. Pacific General has a unique naval combat system and AI to handle
- the all important sea war. This unique system, coupled with other
- enhancements, make Pacific General a top-notch finish to the 5-Star Line.
-
- Home Page Site - http://www.pacificgeneral.com/
-
-
- Name/Version Release Date Size Price
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- Fish Weight Estimator 1.0 6/15/97 600kb Freeware
-
- You enter the length and girth of the fish, choose the species, and the
- program estimates the fish's weight.
-
- Home Page Site - http://www.geocities.com/Baja/2857/fish.html
-
-
- Name/Version Release Date Size Price
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- Netscape Communicator 32-bit 4.01 6/17/97 13.00mb Free
-
- The newest version of Netscape navigator. It features: Enhanced visual
- appearance and user interface, Taskbar that enables easy access to
- Communicator components, HTML Editing, Collabra Conferencing and a lot
- more.
-
- Home Page Site - http://www.netscape.com/
-
-
- Name/Version Release Date Size Price
-
- DriveMonitor 2.1 6/17/97 471kb Shareware $10.00
-
- When you shutdown your PC, notifies ejects and then closes CD Drives,
- Floppy Drives, and Removable Drives that still have Disks In them. Stop's
- those nasty occasions when you boot from floppy disk (aaarrgghh boot
- virus!). Or, when you shutdown your computer and leave a CD in the drive.
- Take the empty case home (thinking the CD was in it) or lend it to a
- freind, or go to play it in your hi-fi, only to find that the disc is still
- inside your powered down computer!
-
- Requires the VB 5.0 Runtimes.
-
- Home Page Site - http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/8477/
-
-
- Name/Version Release Date Size Price
-
- Postmark 32-bit 1.0 beta 2 6/18/97 3.20mb Shareware $29.95
-
- Anawave Postmark represents a breakthrough for people who desire a fast,
- 32-bit, "knock-your-socks-off" e-mail client. In addition, Postmark's
- colorful user-interface makes sorting, searching, reading and composing e-
- mail messages fun! And, that's not all.
-
- This powerful new application features HTML & RTF support (as well as plain
- text), drag & drop attachments, built-in address book, spell checking, auto-
- forwarding, pager support, advanced inbound and outbound message filters,
- multiple POP accounts, as well as MIME & uuencode. And, best of all,
- Postmark includes great sound effects, "smileys" and interface "themes", as
- well as a fully customizable toolbar.
-
- Home Page Site - http://www.anawave.com/postmark/index.html
-
-
- Name/Version Release Date Size Price
-
- Signature Master 3.0.1 6/16/97 4,585kb Shareware $5.00
-
- 32-bit E-mail Signature/Tagline Generator. Primary and Alternate
- Signatures. Up to 255 lines per Signature. The Tagline database can hold
- millions of Taglines. Imports, filters Taglines. Date & Time Stamping.
- Completely user configurable.
-
- Home Page Site - http://www.wa.net/~voxpop/
-
-
- Name/Version Release Date Size Price
-
- PureVoice Player-Recorder 32-bit 1.0 beta 3 6/18/97 1.30mb Free
-
- Introducing PureVoice Technology and its first Internet application: A
- Player-Recorder for voice messages that you can use with your email
- software. There's a Plug-in specifically for Eudora software, and a
- separate application for other email products." The sound quality is about
- the same as you'd expect on a standard telphone call and are very small.
- PureVoice files can be up to ten times smaller than comparable .wav files.
-
- Home Page Site - http://www.eudora.com/eudorapro/purevoice.html/
-
-
- Name/Version Release Date Size Price
-
- Spam Exterminator 1.2 6/16/97 999kb Shareware $27.95
-
- Unlimited ways to exterminate SPAM from your e-mail.! In addition to the
- included list of 1,500 known Spammers, you can also set any number of
- "Rules" that SpamEx will use to weed out unwanted SPAM messages. Optional
- retaliation options allow you to reply and report the SPAMer to thier
- domain postmaster. Plus, quick mail preview feature allows you to instantly
- see if and what mail is waiting for for you before you download it. This is
- absolutely the most powerful and easy to use product in it's class. Don't
- waste your time with the others -- arm your self against Spam.
-
- Home Page Site - http://www.unisyn.com/
-
-
- Name/Version Release Date Size Price
-
- Jackhammer 32-bit 1.05 6/18/97 2.00mb Shareware $25
-
- Next time you hit roadworks on the information superhighway, Jackhammer
- will help you dig yourself out of the hole. Whenever you find a site that's
- too busy to get on to, or an FTP server that's always full, paste the URL
- into Jackhammer. Set it hammering and it will try the sites until it can
- get on - and then launch a new browser window for you or automatically
- download the file!
-
- Home Page Site - http://www.sausage.com/
-
-
- Name/Version Release Date Size Price
-
- The Bat! 1.00.81 Beta 6/16/97 608kb Shareware $35.00
-
- Powerful and easy-to-use e-mail client for Windows 95 & NT working with
- SMTP/POP3 transport, truly multi-threaded Win32 application. Now with Mail
- Dispatcher which allows to manage mail on server on-line. Supports
- unlimited e-mail accounts with secure or insecure access to messages,
- comprehensive message filtering, multi-lingual interface, MIME standards
- and UUEncode, comfortable text editor with message templates, text
- highlighting which allows to read text easily and lots more other little
- useful features.
-
- Home Page Site - http://www.ritlabs.com/the_bat/
-
-
- Name/Version Release Date Size Price
-
- Wallaby 4.01 6/16/97 2,047kb Shareware $20.00
-
- It's a fast and easy way to zip and unzip in Windows '95. But that's not
- all - Wallaby can also create Self-Extracting EXE's - perfect for
- installation and distribution, it also has a unique "Favorite Folders"
- which will seek out and locate your files. Wallaby is also tightly
- integrated with the Windows 95 shell, right-click any folder or drive and
- in minutes it will be compressed.
-
- Home Page Site - http://www.wallaby95.com/
-
-
- Name/Version Release Date Size Price
-
- Time & Chaos 32-bit 5.2.9 6/19/97 2.70mb Shareware $45
-
- A really nice PIM that allows you to send email, faxes, make phone calls,
- and visit web sites all from the "phonebook". It also has to do lists,
- appointments books, and more.
-
- Home Page Site - http://www.isbister.com/
-
-
- Name/Version Release Date Size Price
-
- Blast Doors 1.0 6/17/97 2,240kb Shareware $10.00
-
- Nuclear Family Feud! Heavily armored bunkers lob colorful bombs at each
- other, vaporizing the 3d rendered terrain. Similar to the classic cannons
- game, Blast Doors is a high quality strategy / arcade game.
-
- Home Page Site - http://www.ffiends.com/
-
-
- Name/Version Release Date Size Price
-
- Cripton Book Store 1.0 6/17/97 2,548kb Freeware
-
- Lets you keep a database of all of your books. Areas covered are Book
- Type, Author, ISBN Number, Category, and many many more. In addition, you
- can easily create a web page, or a regular report containing all of the
- items in your database. A must have for all book lovers!
-
- Home Page Site - http://www.cripton.com/
-
-
- Name/Version Release Date Size Price
-
- AOL Instant Messenger 32-bit 1.0 beta 6 6/19/97 2.20mb Free
-
- AOL Instant Messenger is for anyone who wants to communicate "instantly"
- with friends, family and business colleagues, on the Internet and AOL,
- anywhere in the world. AOL Instant Messenger combines AOL's popular Buddy
- List and Instant Message features. The Instant Message feature lets users
- send and respond to messages immediately while the Buddy List feature lets
- users know instantly when friends are online. Previously only available to
- its 8 million members, AOL is now delivering these features to Internet
- users worldwide.
-
- Home Page Site - http://www.aol.com/buddylist/
-
-
- Name/Version Release Date Size Price
-
- Splitty 1.5 6/16/97 275kb Shareware $10.00
-
- Enables you to split large files into smaller files that can be regrouped
- later to reconstitute the original file. It is particularly useful for
- sending large files over unreliable networks, and for saving large files to
- floppy disks or other modest storage media.
-
- Home Page Site - http://www.basta.com/ProdSplitty.htm
-
-
-
-
-
- EDUPAGE STR Focus Keeping the users informed
-
-
- Edupage
- Contents
-
-
- Majority Of Colleges Charge
- Technology Fee
- Digital Seeks "No Gab" Order
- FTC Versus Spammers
- Protecting Net-Kids
- Netscape Fixes Bug Found By Bounty-
- Hunter
- Data Mining For Fool's Gold
- ISDN Pushes Data
- McNealy Touts A Java Future
- Cheaper Chips = Cheaper PCs
- Language Rules
- Log On And Play Ball
- Edupage 101
- White House Does Somersault On
- Decency ActNew Access Fees Will
- Hasten ISP ShakeoutInternet Use
- Leveling OffE-Commerce
- RulesAmazon.com Slashes
- PricesIndividual To Acquire E-
- Publisher Clarinet
- Micronics Courting Hayes
- Microcomputer
- New Help From Microsoft For People
- With Impairments
- Amelio: "This Stuff Is
- Complicated"
- Hooked On The Net
- FCC Chairman Opposes AT&T- SBC
- Merger PlansFinancial-Data
- Encryption Code CrackedEncryption
- Bill Introduced In Senate
- Ivy League Eyes Distance Learning
- Minding The Business
- Deep Blue Does Data Mining
- Packard Bell NEC Plans Direct Sales
- Online Banking
- Ada Gets Pentagon Demotion In Grade
- Internet Growth Figures
-
-
- MAJORITY OF COLLEGES CHARGE TECHNOLOGY FEE
-
- More than half of all U.S. public higher education institutions charged
- some type of technology fee last year, according to a survey by Claremont
- Graduate School's Kenneth C. Green. Such fees have become a "tried and
- true" way to fund technology upgrades, says a spokesman for the American
- Association of State Colleges and Universities. "They are not as
- controversial as they were when they started. When you go to college, you
- expect you'll have an e-mail account and go on the Web," he says, but the
- cost of providing these services "was not built in or funded in the past."
- Still, not everyone thinks the fees are a good idea: "An institution
- proud of its technology environment and of its cost management doesn't
- need such tricks," says John Stuckey, director of university computing at
- Washington and Lee U. "Collecting it independent of overall tuition and
- fees is, at this time, little more than a ruse for hiding or denying some
- of an institution's cost." (Chronicle of Higher Education 13 Jun 97)
-
- DIGITAL SEEKS "NO GAB" ORDER
-
- Digital has filed a motion to prevent a former employee now working at
- Intel Corp. from divulging information about his previous work. Also, as
- part of the move, Digital has asked that Intel be ordered to preserve
- correspondence, including e-mail, regarding the patent infringement
- lawsuit Digital recently filed against Intel. "This is a huge area
- because every engineer knows something about his or her employer that the
- employer doesn't really want to share with the competition," says an
- antitrust attorney. Digital says its real purpose in making the request is
- to prevent other former Digital employees now working at Intel from
- violating Digital's confidentiality agreement. (Wall Street Journal 13 Jun
- 97)
-
- FTC VERSUS SPAMMERS
-
- FTC commissioner Christine Varney says the Federal Trade Commission will
- increase its efforts under existing fraud laws to punish e-mail spammers,
- saying: "A lot of the problem with unsolicited e-mail is that it is
- fraudulent and we want to start enforcing the laws in this area."
- Spamming (unsolicited mass mailing by e-mail, which costs the sender
- virtually nothing), has become so pervasive, that it's estimated that
- unsolicited Internet messages account for 5 to 30% of the 15 million
- messages received by America Online subscribers every day. (Washington
- Post 13 Jun 97)
-
- PROTECTING NET-KIDS
-
- A presidential task force is demanding assurances from the information
- agency that children will not be allowed to give out their names, ages, or
- other personal information unless it can be verified that they have
- obtained parental permission to do. Ira Magaziner, the task force head
- (though better known as architect of the Clinton health care plan) says:
- "If the industry doesn't do it, we may have to legislate." (AP 13 Jun 97)
-
- NETSCAPE FIXES BUG FOUND BY BOUNTY-HUNTER
-
- Netscape has written code to fix a serious security flaw in its Navigator
- software found by a Danish computer consultant who had demanded a reward
- far larger than the standard $1,000 bounty Netscape pays to bug finders.
- If uncorrected, the problem might have allowed a Web site operator to
- appropriate files stored on someone's personal computer. The consultant,
- Christian Orellana, sent Netscape a message saying "`I think the person
- most suited for handling this is somebody in charge of the company
- checkbook." Orellana also threatened to release the information to news
- organizations and said: "I'll leave it to you to estimate what impact
- that would have on Netscape stocks.'' (San Jose Mercury News 14 Jun 97)
-
- DATA MINING FOR FOOL'S GOLD
-
- Along the same lines as the theory that a bunch of chimps locked in a room
- with a bunch of typewriters could eventually come up with Shakespearean
- prose, a finance professor at MIT warns: "Given enough time, enough
- attempts, and enough imagination, almost any pattern can be teased out of
- any data set." Wrong-headed correlations among financial indicators are
- common, says the managing director of First Quadrant Corp., who
- illustrates his point with "Stupid Data-Miner Tricks": for instance, after
- sifting through a United Nations CD-ROM, he's discovered that the single
- best predictor of the Standard & Poor 500-stock index was butter
- production in Bangladesh. The problem will only get worse, say industry
- observers, who point out that more powerful desktop machines will be
- capable of making even more bizarre statistical predictions. (Business
- Week 16 Jun 97)
-
- ISDN PUSHES DATA
-
- Pacific Bell, Southwestern Bell and BellSouth will unveil new ISDN services
- next week that provide "push" technology to users. The new service makes
- use of the ISDN D channel -- which handles the signaling between the
- subscriber and the phone company central office -- to transmit data such
- as e-mail, stock quotes or credit-card transactions. "What's wonderful
- about this is that we already have a network that supports it," says a
- Pacific Bell spokesman. (Communications Week Interactive 13 Jun 97)
-
- MCNEALY TOUTS A JAVA FUTURE
-
- Speaking at last week's Netscape Developer Conference, Sun Microsystems'
- CEO Scott McNealy outlined a future in which the Java programming language
- is embedded in a range of computational devices, from the mainframe to the
- smart card. At the same time, he down-played Microsoft's efforts to steal
- Java's thunder: "When you hear the word 'thin client,' you may think of
- this," he said, pulling a smart card out of his wallet. "See how thin
- this is? Now can you imagine any Windows technology on a smart card? If
- you wanted to put it in your wallet, you'd have to redesign every pair of
- trousers on the planet." Java's scalability allows it to fit into tiny
- places, such as a wristwatch which, combined with a hand-held antenna,
- could act as a debit card, a car key or an airline boarding pass.
- (TechWire 14 Jun 97)
-
- CHEAPER CHIPS = CHEAPER PCs
-
- Intel has found a way to shrink its Pentium and Pentium MMX chips by about
- 10%, thereby raising the number of chips it can squeeze onto a single
- silicon wafer and cutting manufacturing costs per unit. As a result, the
- company plans to reduce the price of a 200 MHz Pentium MMX processor from
- $492 to about $240 in July. "That shows aggressive pricing," says an
- industry observer. "Intel's strategy is to make sure MMX plays through
- all price points." The new prices will mean computer manufacturers will be
- able to offer $1,000 desktop machines and $1,500 notebook PCs later this
- summer. (InfoWorld Electric 13 Jun 97)
-
- LANGUAGE RULES
-
- Micro-Bytes Logiciels, a Pointe Claire, Quebec, computer store, has removed
- most of its home page from the Net after receiving notice from the Office
- de la Langue Francaise that the company is in violation of the French
- Language Charter. The store owner said: "I don't need subpoenas, fines
- or going to court so that was the easiest thing to do." The charter states
- that catalogues, brochures, leaflets, commercial directories and all other
- publications of that nature must be in French. (Montreal Gazette 14 Jun
- 97)
-
- LOG ON AND PLAY BALL
-
- Major League Baseball has rescinded a directive issued in April prohibiting
- teams from cybercasting games over the Internet. An executive of the
- Internet radio network AudioNet in Dallas, Texas, estimates says that Net
- markets for baseball in cities such as Baltimore and San Francisco have
- reached about 5,000 for some games. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution 13 Jun
- 97)
-
- EDUPAGE 101
-
- As you may imagine, Edupage is used in a number of technology-related
- courses as supplementary material. Here's how one college teacher
- included Edupage in the final examination for his computer science course:
- "I asked them (one on one), specifically: 'Did Edupage encourage you to
- think of the breadth of computing?' (Using Edupage is part of our effort
- to instill in first-year students the fact that computing is much more
- than programming)." The response? "Student feedback is lively, typically
- around one issue they followed, e.g., the year 2000 date problem; and
- students used the material to help them 'tell stories' -- in computing, a
- valuable skill for sharing information." (Marc LeBlanc, Wheaton College)
-
- WHITE HOUSE DOES SOMERSAULT ON DECENCY ACT
-
- A policy statement being drafted by a Clinton Administration task force
- headed by Ira Magaziner seems to be a repudiation of the administration's
- earlier position on the Communications Decency Act (CDA), which makes it a
- federal crime to transmit indecent material over the Internet in a way
- that makes it accessible to minors. Pleading before the U.S. Supreme
- Court in March, the government defended the CDA enthusiastically and
- called the Internet "a revolutionary means for displaying sexually
- explicit, patently offensive material to children in the privacy of their
- own homes"; now, however, the administration seems to be anticipating
- that the court will rule the CDA to be unconstitutional, and is taking the
- position that regulation of the Net should be left to industry. Privacy
- advocates are pleased but startled by the sudden change of position.
- David Sobel of the Electronic Privacy Information Center says: "To come in
- right after the Supreme Court decides the issue and say we didn't really
- mean what we said up to now -- I can't imagine anything that would be seen
- as more of a waffle than that. It raises waffling to an art form." (New
- York Times 16 Jun 97)
-
- NEW ACCESS FEES WILL HASTEN ISP SHAKEOUT
-
- UUNet's decision to start charging smaller Internet service providers for
- use of its backbone network will accelerate the ISP shakeout that industry
- analysts have been predicting for some time. "The window of opportunity
- is closing for smaller ISPs," says a senior analyst with Jupiter
- Communications. Under the new deal, service providers that don't qualify
- as UUNet "peers" -- those whose network runs at a rate slower than 45-Mbps
- and can't connect into the backbone at four or more locations -- will pay
- $2,000 a month for a T1 connection and $6,000 a month for a fractional T3
- connection. "We are not abandoning peering," says UUNet's VP of marketing
- and business development. "This monthly charge is not going to break any
- ISP, unless they didn't have a viable business plan in the first place."
- A Zona Research analyst says, "Consolidation is coming and there will be
- hundreds, not thousands, of ISPs." (Investor's Business Daily 16 Jun 97)
-
- INTERNET USE LEVELING OFF
-
- The number of new Internet users appears to be stabilizing, with growth
- rates hovering at less than 5%, according to a demographics study released
- last week by the Georgia Institute of Technology. According to Tech's
- survey, the number of users is now around 30 million -- that's a good bit
- lower than Nielsen's recent estimate of 50 million. "What brought people
- online were all the different service providers really gearing up," says a
- Tech researcher. "We don't know whether it will pick up again. There
- hasn't been that much change of the last three surveys." (Tampa Tribune
- 16 Jun 97)
-
- E-COMMERCE RULES
-
- A group of international business leaders is warning governments they must
- negotiate trade treaties to include electronic commerce or risk seeing tax
- revenues vanish through a hole in cyberspace -- saying that national laws
- are no longer adequate to cover e- commerce, where it is difficult to
- determine where buyers and sellers reside, or even where the sale took
- place. In its report titled "Electronic Commerce: Opportunities and
- Challenges for Government," the group advocates speedy action on
- international agreements that will close the loopholes created by
- differing national policies on such transactions. (Toronto Globe & Mail 13
- June 97 B7)
-
- AMAZON.COM SLASHES PRICES
-
- Suddenly faced with online competition from rival bookseller Barnes &
- Noble, Amazon.com says it will cut its prices for online book purchases as
- much as 40% on select titles. The company says hardcover discounts will
- start at 30%, and paperback at 20%. Barnes & Noble says it has no plans
- to match the price cuts. (St. Petersburg Times 16 Jun 97)
-
- INDIVIDUAL TO ACQUIRE E-PUBLISHER CLARINET
-
- In its latest move to bolster its online content, Individual has agreed to
- buy ClariNet Communications, an electronic newspaper publisher, and will
- incorporate its breaking news products into Individual's service. The
- deal follows Individual's June 6 purchase of Delphi Internet Services.
- (InfoWorld Electric 16 Jun 97)
-
- MICRONICS COURTING HAYES MICROCOMPUTER
-
- Micronics Computers Inc., best known for making motherboards, is in talks
- with Hayes Microcomputer Products regarding a possible purchase, but so
- far there's no letter of intent or binding agreement. Hayes has bounced
- in and out of bankruptcy proceedings over the past couple of years and is
- the No. 2 modem maker after U.S. Robotics. (Wall Street Journal 16 Jun 97)
-
- NEW HELP FROM MICROSOFT FOR PEOPLE WITH IMPAIRMENTS
-
- Later this year Microsoft will provide new technology to allow developers
- to add closed- captioned titles to Web pages and multimedia software; the
- company is also busy developing technology that will generate audio
- descriptions for the blind. (Z-D News Network 17 Jun 97)
-
- AMELIO: "THIS STUFF IS COMPLICATED"
-
- Asked whether he might someday run for political office, Apple chief
- executive Gil Amelio says "people ask me about that all the time"; he is
- active in Republican circles and shares a mentor with Newt Gingrich --
- Georgia Tech computer science professor emeritus Pete Jensen. But Amelio
- says that Apple currently has his full attention, and that he plans to
- devote his full energies to company for the next six or seven years: "I
- think of myself as an intellectual leader. Can you imagine Albert
- Einstein being asked by someone in the press to explain E equals MC
- squared in seven seconds? This stuff is complicated.'' (San Jose Mercury
- News 8 Jun 97)
-
- HOOKED ON THE NET
-
- Police in Cincinnati have taken placed into protective custody two children
- whose mother neglected them to spend up to 12 hours a day on the Internet.
- A policeman said: "She would lock the children in the room so as not to
- be bothered. The place was in complete shambles, but the computer area
- was clean." (Washington Post 17 Jun 97)
-
- FCC CHAIRMAN OPPOSES AT&T- SBC MERGER PLANS
-
- Reed E. Hundt, outgoing chairman of the Federal Communications Commission,
- has decided to go public in criticizing the proposed merger of phone
- giants AT&T and SBC: "I don't think people who are exploring deals
- should be left in the dark about what the Government is likely to say.
- People need to be able to decide which board room discussions are a waste
- of time." Why would they be wasting their time? "Congress, in my view,
- intended these companies to be in separate war rooms, planning strategies
- directed at each other's markets. Congress did not intend AT&T and the
- Bells to be in each other's board rooms, discussing combinations." (New
- York Times 19 Jun 97)
-
- FINANCIAL-DATA ENCRYPTION CODE CRACKED
-
- It took four months and tens of thousands of computers, but a group of
- programmers and researchers, has succeeded in cracking the Data Encryption
- Standard that's used to protect most financial transactions, including
- electronic money transfers, ATM transactions, and other private documents.
- The group, which was competing against a team in Sweden in response to a
- challenge by RSA Data Security, used the "brute force" approach - running
- software that theoretically would test all of the 72 quadrillion possible
- number combinations to decode the 56-bit key. As it turned out, the key
- was discovered after testing only about 25% of the possible combinations.
- "We've been saying for a long time that DES is no longer secure and here
- is the proof," says RSA president Jim Bidzos, who had offered a $10,000
- bounty to the successful code-cracker. (Wall Street Journal 19 Jun 97)
-
- ENCRYPTION BILL INTRODUCED IN SENATE
-
- Senators John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Bob Kerrey (D-Neb.) have introduced the
- "Secure Public Networks Act," calling for the establishment of a key
- management infrastructure for key recovery encryption products.. The act
- would allow the export of encryption products "based on a qualified system
- of key recovery" following a one-time review, and without any restrictions
- on the strength of the product. Export licenses could be denied if the
- Commerce Department finds evidence that the product was destined for
- military, terrorist or criminal use, or for re-exportation to third
- countries, or for acts against the national security, the public safety,
- transportation systems, communications networks, financial institutions or
- other essential interstate commerce systems. (BNA Daily Report for
- Executives 18 Jun 97)
-
- IVY LEAGUE EYES DISTANCE LEARNING
-
- Elite private institutions are beginning to compete for distance learning
- dollars, focusing initially on offering continuing education courses to
- alumni and professionals in need of further educational opportunities.
- Johns Hopkins, Cornell, Duke, Rice and Stanford Universities are just a
- few that have recently created or expanded their distance learning
- opportunities, and Yale and the University of Chicago are considering
- similar moves. Behind the momentum is the fear of losing out on the next
- big thing in education: "You could be, at some point, like the Post
- Office, watching Federal Express and UPS taking away a piece of your
- business," says the vice-provost for information systems and computing at
- the University of Pennsylvania. But distance learning courses at Ivy
- League prices are a difficult sell: "The one thing (Ivy League schools)
- sell is that the people sitting next to you are smart people. (They
- haven't figured out) how to recruit a comparatively talented pool over the
- Internet." Still, most schools are coming to the realization that some
- type of electronic learning program is essential to future survival. "This
- is evidence that there's money to be made in this business," says Jim
- Mingle, executive director of the State Higher Education Executive
- Officers. "This is a search for new markets." (Chronicle of Higher
- Education 20 Jun 97)
-
- MINDING THE BUSINESS
-
- Electric Minds, the "virtual community" created by well-known writer and
- cyber-enthusiast Howard Rheingold, is having financial difficulties and
- may not last for the rest of this month. The Electric Minds site has
- about 6,000 members. Rheingold says: "It was not a fad. The enterprise
- was culturally successful. That didn't fail. What failed was the
- business." (San Jose Mercury News 19 Jun 97)
-
- DEEP BLUE DOES DATA MINING
-
- The leader of the IBM team that designed the chess-playing Deep Blue
- machine says the company already is finding new ways to use the computer's
- technology to research new drugs and maximize stock market returns: "One
- of the things we're looking into is portfolio management. Deep Blue-style
- computers could do economic modeling of large databases very fast. Some
- of the mathematics for such an application would be very similar to what
- we used for Deep Blue to play chess. Data-mining algorithms can search
- through millions of data and draw logical inferences to make conclusions.
- Several New York investment firms have already expressed interest in Deep
- Blue." (Investor's Business Daily 18 Jun 97)
-
- PACKARD BELL NEC PLANS DIRECT SALES
-
- The world's fourth-largest PC maker says it will join direct sales pioneers
- Dell Computer and Gateway 2000 in selling its computers directly to
- business customers, bypassing the computer reseller middlemen. Packard
- Bell NEC says it will still sell to customers through stores, and that
- corporate clients will have the choice of buying directly from the company
- or through the existing resell channel. The new program, called NEC Now,
- is a risky move, say industry analysts, who point out that the dual
- strategy could be confusing for customers, while running the risk of
- alienating dealers. "The very little channel support they have is what
- they will be sacrificing," says one reseller, who adds: "To me, it's just
- a joke and I don't think it's going to fly." Meanwhile, Packard Bell's
- CEO says, "Our formula is not to undercut the resellers but to benefit
- them." (Wall Street Journal 18 Jun 97)
-
- ONLINE BANKING
-
- A study by the Ernst & Young consulting firm says that Canadians are ahead
- of the rest of the world in online banking applications. A fourth of the
- 16 financial institutions surveyed had Internet transaction processing up
- and running in 1996, and all will make it available by 1999. In contrast,
- only 13% of the 130 financial institutions surveyed worldwide allowed
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- Corelr WordPerfectr Suite 8 Now Shipping
- Ottawa, Canada- June 17, 1997 - Corel Corporation, award-winning developer
- and marketer of productivity applications, graphics and Internet software
- announced today Corelr WordPerfectr Suite 8 is now shipping and available
- in stores.
-
- Corel WordPerfect Suite 8 is available for a suggested retail price of $395
- US. Corel WordPerfect users and users of competitive office suites may
- upgrade to Corel WordPerfect Suite 8 for a suggested retail price of $179
- US. Customers requiring 3.5" diskettes can purchase them through Corel
- Customer Service at 1-800-77 COREL for $29.99 US. Only Corel WordPerfect
- 8, not additional applications, is available on 3.5" diskettes. Corel
- WordPerfect Suite 8 Academic is available for a suggested retail price of
- $49 US for all eligible academic customers. Within Canada and U.S.A.,
- Corel will be offering a $20 rebate for customers upgrading to Corel
- WordPerfect Suite 8. See rebate coupon for details. Prices are subject to
- change without notice. Dealers may sell for less.
-
- "Corel WordPerfect Suite 8 includes state-of-the-art applications which
- offer a new level of responsiveness and performance with advanced Internet
- tools that make publishing and presenting on the Web a seamless process,"
- said Dr. Michael Cowpland, president and chief executive officer of Corel
- Corporation. "We expect Corel WordPerfect Suite 8 to meet tremendous
- success on the market as it has been highly anticipated by our customer
- base over the past year. The suite offers users the tools and features to
- optimize productivity and get results quickly."
-
- Also included in Corel WordPerfect Suite 8 is CorelCENTRALT, the suite's
- new personal information manager to be integrated with Netscape
- Communicator client software, Netscape's new integrated suite of java-based
- client software for open e-mail, groupware and Web browsing. The new
- integrated products give users a suite of applications optimized to meet
- the needs of the average desktop user including the ability to communicate,
- publish and share information across the Internet and Intranets.
-
- "Corel's products are highly complimentary to Netscape Communicator and
- today's announcement brings a new generation of network-centric office
- productivity tools to enterprise customers," said Bob Lisbonne, Vice
- President of Client Product Marketing for Netscape. "This joint solution
- we've developed with Corel meets a growing need people have to use products
- that are optimized for today's networked environment and that help them to
- take advantage of the Internet and Intranets."
-
- Corel WordPerfect Suite 8 recently collected several honors at the "Best of
- RetailVision Awards", an event that gathers over 200 computer software and
- hardware retail executives across North America and Europe. The suite won
- awards for Best Product Productivity/Reference Software, Best New Product
- Software and Best Retail Strategy.
- Corel's new personal information manager, CorelCENTRAL, combines
- calendaring, scheduling, to-do lists, an address book, contact log and
- cardfile. CorelCENTRAL, with Netscape Communicator integration, is not
- included in this release of Corel WordPerfect Suite 8. Customers who
- purchase Corel WordPerfect Suite 8 without CorelCENTRAL 8 will receive a
- voucher to obtain the software upon its release. Additional taxes,
- shipping and handling charges apply. In Corelr WordPerfectr Suite 8
- Professional, due to ship late summer, e-mail, Internet browser, discussion
- groups and conferencing will be fully supported by an integration with
- Netscaper CommunicatorT.
-
- The Corel WordPerfect Suite 8 includes core applications Corelr
- WordPerfectr 8, Corelr Quattror Pro 8 and Corelr PresentationsT 8 as well
- as a number of bonus applications including:
-
- · Corel BaristaT - a JavaT tool that allows users to easily publish
- content-rich, attractive pages to the Web without complicated programming.
- · Corel Photo HouseT 1.1 - photo-editing, touch-up effects and special
- effects make it easy to touch up photos.
- · Corelr Versionsr - Corel's archiving software helps you keep track of
- document revisions.
- · Desktop Application DirectorT - the powerful, customizable DADT gives
- one-click access from the Windowsr 95 taskbar to all the core applications
- and abilities of Corel WordPerfect Suite 8.
- · EnvoyT 7 Viewer - allows users to view any document published to
- Envoy, whether they have the software used to create it or not.
- · Netscape NavigatorT 3.0
- · Bitstreamr Font ManagerT
- · 1000 top-quality fonts
- · 10, 000+ clipart images
- · 200 photos
- · Corel WordPerfect Suite Software Development Kit (SDK).
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- Corel Adds the Grolier Encyclopedia
- to
- Corelr WordPerfectr Suite 8
- Ottawa, Canada- June 17, 1997</B>- Corel Corporation, award-winning
- developer and marketer of productivity applications, graphics and Internet
- software, announced today it will be licensing the 1998 Grolier Multimedia
- Encyclopedia from Grolier Inc. for inclusion in Corelr WordPerfectr Suite 8
- and Corel WordPerfect Suite 8 Professional editions.
-
- "We are very excited to be including the Grolier Encyclopedia with our
- Corel WordPerfect Suite 8," said Dr. Michael Cowpland, president and chief
- executive officer of Corel Corporation. "The Grolier Encyclopedia's ease
- of use and efficient organization fits well with our new comprehensive
- Corel WordPerfect Suite 8."
-
- "The Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia and Corel WordPerfect Suite 8
- compliment each other for the complete reference solution," said David
- Arganbright, president of Grolier Interactive.
-
- The 1998 Deluxe Edition of the Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, to be
- included in Corel WordPerfect Suite 8 Professional, consists of improved
- Help and Quick Tour features to make it faster and simpler to find answers.
- Volumes of information are stored on two CD-ROMs and organized intuitively
- by subject to facilitate in-depth research.
-
- The 1998 Deluxe Edition of the Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia features the
- Online Knowledge ExplorerT which will provide one-stop entry to thousands
- of Grolier-approved resources. The Online Knowledge Explorer provides
- online access to articles from two other encyclopedias published by
- Grolier, The New Book of Knowledge and the Encyclopedia Americana; the
- Grolier Internet IndexT, a proprietary tool developed by Grolier to link
- articles to editorially-selected Web sites; and numerous article updates.
- Other features in the Encyclopedia include a drill-down Atlas,
- Interactivities, Multiplex Presentations, Guided Tours and Timelines.
-
- The Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia has been the recipient of a number of
- industry accolades. In January 1997 PC Computing claimed, "its (Grolier
- Multimedia Encyclopedia) atlas has the best and most detailed interlinked
- maps. And its activities...are spectacular." Family Life, in its
- March/April 1997 issue, said the Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia is "more
- solid than Encarta or Compton's, less weighty than Britannica....".
-
- The Standard version of the Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, consisting of
- one CD-ROM, will be included in Corel WordPerfect Suite 8. The Deluxe
- version of the Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, contained on two CD-ROMs,
- will be included in Corel WordPerfect Suite 8 Professional. CorelCENTRALT,
- the new personal information manager in Corel WordPerfect Suite 8 with
- exclusive integration with Netscape CommunicatorT, was not included in the
- initial release of the suite due to the fact that Communicator will not
- ship until late June. Customers who purchase Corel WordPerfect Suite 8
- without CorelCENTRAL 8 receive a voucher to obtain the software upon its
- release. As an added bonus, the 1998 Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia CD-
- ROM will be shipped to these customers along with CorelCENTRAL. Additional
- taxes, shipping and handling charges apply.
-
- Corel Corporation
- Incorporated in 1985, Corel Corporation is recognized internationally as an
- award-winning developer and marketer of productivity applications, graphics
- and Internet software. Corel's product line includes CorelDRAWT, Corelr
- WordPerfectr Suite, Corelr Office Professional, Corelr WebMaster Suite,
- CorelVIDEOT and CorelCADT. Corel's products run on most operating systems,
- including: Windowsr, Macintoshr, UNIX, MS-DOS, and OpenVMS and are
- consistently rated among the strongest in the industry. The company ships
- its products in over 17 languages through a network of more than 160
- distributors in 70 countries worldwide. Corel is traded on the Toronto
- Stock Exchange (symbol: COS) and the NASDAQ - National Market System
- (symbol: COSFF). For more information visit Corel's home page on the
- Internet at http://www.corel.com.
-
- Corel, WordPerfect, Presentations, CorelDRAW, CorelVIDEO and CorelCAD are
- registered trademarks or trademarks of Corel Corporation or Corel
- Corporation Limited. Sylvan and Sylvan Learning Systems Centers are
- registered trademarks and Authorized Prometric Testing Centers and Sylvan
- Prometric are trademarks of Sylvan Learning Systems, Inc., in the U.S. and
- Canada. All product and company names are trademarks or registered
- trademarks of their respective companies.
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- From the Atari Editor's Desk "Saying it like it is!"
-
- VACATION!!!! Finally, I can kick back, pop open a cold one, and
- relax. In fact, I can do absolutely nothing if I so choose! A couple of
- weeks to just be concerned with everyday life without the pressures and
- responsibilities of work. A little golf, some house-hunting (okay, a lot
- of house-hunting!), catch up on some reading, and who knows what else.
-
- At this time of the year, the focus is on Atlanta and the gaming
- world. Just about everything else in the computing world comes to a
- standstill! So goes this week's issue - I've been spending most of the
- past week checking out E3 news for the show that rocks the gaming industry.
- Suffice to say, Atari computing news is taking a back seat. As to whether
- or not
- the next couple of issues will be jam-packed with _any_ news will depend on
- a number of factors; but, vacations are vacations! We'll see.
-
- Until next time...
-
-
-
- Hi all!
-
- Think You've found out that I'm using frames now at my homepage; maybe it
- all looks better now, who knows. Users of CAB v2.0a or CAB v2.0a Demo can
- switch off the frame support and everything will be as before. (If You
- touch the little frame window at the top gives the same result). Think that
- my new buttons gives a better overview now; each color corresponds to it's
- own Language, so You will know what Language the Webpage is written in. To
- access these smaller buttons You have to, of course, click on one of the
- Language buttons first.
-
- aFTP is a FTP-Client made by ATACK from The Czech Republic and it now works
- with STiNG and STiK (There's still a version for MiNT/MiNTnet). aFTP uses a
- GEM file display window, similar to the installed one on the desktop. You
- can use this window as an ordinary one, copy, move and rename files and
- it's possible to use Drag&Drop too. With aFTP You can move your off-line
- made homepage from your computer to your provider's server for Internet WWW
- access and of course access FTP-Servers worldwide.
-
- I've made an english support page too where you can view a snapshot,
- download and read about the program. For swedish spoken users, I can tell
- that I've just translated the program along with the Hyp manual and have
- sent the whole package to the Authors.
-
- Peter Rottengatter have made some new updates in some of his packages for
- STiNG. You will find them at:
- http://www.stud.uni-hannover.de/~perot/STinG.dl-bay-e.html
-
- I've met Peter at The Nordic Atari Show here in Gothenburg, he held, like
- myself, a seminar about TCP/IP and about how Atari Computers can connect
- with each other in a network. My seminar was about how You can make your
- own homepage with CAB/QED/HP Penguin/OLGA and some other apps.
-
- Best Regards
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- Mille Babic
- eMail: mille@mail5.tripnet.se
- http://www5.tripnet.se/~mille (English, German, Swedish, Croatian)
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- Gaming Section
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- Gearing Up for E3!!
- Jaguar's 'World Tour Racing"!
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- From the Editor's Controller - Playin' it like it is!
-
- As mentioned a few paragraphs ago, this is the beginning of the E3
- show. All of the big guns will be in Atlanta for this industry show. This
- is the place to be to learn what's to come for the next big push in the
- gaming world.
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- In past years, we might have had the opportunity to also see Atari at
- these shows. Alas, it's not to be any longer - nor has it been the past
- few years. Anything that comes forth for the Jaguar will be learned by
- word-of-mouth and messages on the Internet - typical for Atari supporters.
- Enjoy what we can, for as long as we can...
-
- Meanwhile, PC games and the flourishing game consoles will be amply
- represented at E3. Many of us have multiple platforms, so the news of E3
- will be informative and we'll be anticipating seeing the fruits from this
- showing. Let's see what some of the fun is that's to come!
-
- Until next time...
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- Industry News STR Game Console NewsFile - The Latest Gaming News!
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- E3 - Electronic Games, Internet, & DVD Lead Show
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- ATLANTA, GEORGIA, U.S.A., 1997 JUN 18 (Newsbytes) -- By Patrick McKenna.
- Three years ago, Electronic Entertainment Expo began as a
- business-to-business show for the video gaming industry. As the third
- annual show opens tomorrow, attendees will witness a grand display of the
- latest and greatest games and supporting technologies. Multi-player
- Internet games, DVD technology, and MMX games will lead more than 1,500
- titles on display.
-
- E3 is about video gaming on personal computers, Sony's PlayStation, Sega's
- gaming console, and Nintendo's 64-bit console. Every corner of the
- equivalent of 35 football fields will be packed with gaming sounds in
- excess of 100 decibels, actors in costumes designed to replicate game
- characters, $5 million booths by Sega and Nintendo, and aisles packed with
- attendees.
-
- E3 is not open to the public. "This is a business-to-business show," began
- Douglas Lowenstein, president of the Interactive Digital Software
- Association (ISDA). "This is the place for gaming professionals to meet,
- to make deals and learn what others are doing." A recent ISDA survey
- forecasts that computer and video gaming industry sales will grow from the
- $3.7 billion in 1996 to $5.8 billion this year. While 37 percent of the
- games debuting at the show are fast-action and adventure titles, strategy,
- puzzle, sports, and edutainment titles round-out the show.
-
- The latest joysticks, controllers, special keyboards, and three-dimensional
- (3-D) glasses will also hold their place in Atlanta for the next three
- days. But some new technologies never make the show floor. Behind the
- doors of small conference rooms, some companies show their future
- technologies. For example, one company, Comfy Interactive Movies, is
- showing D-Zone, a pad a player stands on and moves across to enhance play
- on standard games. Tom Brokaw, NBC broadcaster will open the show with the
- first keynote address. On Friday, Andy Grove, co-founder of Intel will
- begin the second of three days of games, games, and games.
-
- Midway Rocks the House at 1997 E3!
-
-
- ATLANTA (June 16) ENTERTAINMENT WIRE -June 16, 1997 -- Midway Home
- Entertainment introduces eight new video game titles at:
-
- 1997 Electronic Entertainment Expo ELECTRONIC ENTERTAINMENT EXPO (E3) -
- Midway Home Entertainment Rocks the House at this year's Electronic
- Entertainment Expo with the introduction of eight of the industry's most
- eagerly anticipated video game titles. With titles representing a wide
- array of different video game genres, including exciting new sports,
- fighting, shooting, and driving games, as well as sequels to popular
- existing titles, Midway Home Entertainment offers something for everyone!
-
- Here's a look at the explosive Midway Home Entertainment titles scheduled
- for preview at the 1997 Electronic Entertainment Expo: Live by the
- Sword...Kill for the Mace...Everything's a Weapon! Mace(TM): The Dark Age:
- Midway Home Entertainment presents Mace: The Dark Age, the wildest 3D
- fighting game ever. Based on the popular arcade game, Mace boasts ten
- all-new player-selectable characters, two amazing bosses and seven hidden
- characters - each possessing complete 3D movement and set within unique
- ground-breaking interactive backgrounds. Each character is fully equipped
- with a cool weapon, unparalleled fighting style, and the desire to inflict
- serious pain. Mace: The Dark Age will be released for the Nintendo 64 and
- Sony PlayStation in September 1997.
-
- Pull the trigger! Maximum Force(TM): It's you versus the terrorists... they
- must be stopped at all costs and only you can stop them! From the team
- that created the breakthrough sci-fi adventure hit arcade shooting game
- Area 51(TM), this powerful precision-based shooter for 1 or 2 players
- features incredible live-action cinematic styling that catapults the player
- right into the action. Maximum Force boasts thousands of shootable bad
- guys and objects set within interactive backgrounds, making it the deepest
- gun game ever. Coupling explosive graphics with heart-pounding game play,
- Maximum Force pits the player against near impossible odds in a series of
- three power-packed missions. The storyline involves three groups of
- oddball terrorists who are out to unleash their own brand of chaos on the
- world. The player's goal, not surprisingly, is to stop them at all costs.
- Maximum Force will be available for play on the Sony PlayStation in
- September 1997.
-
- The Mortal Kombat(R) Saga continues with an entirely new chapter! Mortal
- Kombat(R) Mythologies: The Adventures of Sub-Zero(TM): Mortal Kombat
- Mythologies: Sub-Zero, the first brand new Mortal Kombat game developed
- specifically for the next generation video game systems, features a mix of
- 2D and 3D elements and a totally fresh in-depth storyline that embellishes
- the ongoing Mortal Kombat saga and catapults its myth to a whole new level.
- Developed by John Tobias, one of the original Mortal Kombat creators, this
- all-new action-adventure game is the prequel to the events featured in the
- first three Mortal Kombat games and offers the unique combination of
- hard-core action and hours of heart-pounding excitement that gamers expect
- from the Mortal Kombat brand. While most of the action takes place in true
- Mortal Kombat style, Mortal Kombat Mythologies also incorporates features
- found in roll playing games and adds many new moves. Mortal Kombat's
- signature 2D digitized actors are now uniquely combined with fully rendered
- 3D sprites and intermixed with such intense realism that gamers are
- virtually plunged into the most exciting fighting game experience of their
- lives. Mortal Kombat Mythologies: The Adventures of Sub-Zero will make its
- national retail debut on the Nintendo 64 and Sony PlayStation in October
- 1997.
-
- Lace up your high-tops, hit the hardwood and slam one home! NBA Hardwood
- Heros (TM): Midway's new high-flying, five-on-five hoop simulation is
- officially licensed by the NBA and features hi-tech wizardry,
- state-of-the-art graphics and multi-tap support for up to ten players in
- fierce five-on-five player competition. NBA Hardwood Heros boast special,
- never-before-seen animations, play modes, and gameplay options -- offering
- players the most ultra-realistic basketball video game playing experience
- available! NBA Hardwood Heroes is scheduled for a November 1997 release on
- the Sony PlayStation.
-
- The Most highly anticipated computer game since DOOM(R) hits the Nintendo
- 64 QUAKE(R) 64: Midway's translation of the notorious, nightmarishly
- intense 3D shoot-em-up computer game, will fully utilize the spectacular
- technological capabilities of the Nintendo 64 system, letting gamers rip
- through QUAKE'S worlds at incredible speeds - without sacrificing the
- game's intense graphics. QUAKE 64 will feature in-your-face lightning-fast
- game play, intense weapons and monsters, amazing sound effects, and
- mesmerizing environments for the most extreme battling experience possible
- on a home video game system. QUAKE(R) 64 is currently scheduled for a late
- 1997 retail release.
-
- They're coming to your house! They Can't be stopped! Rampage(TM) World
- Tour: This eagerly awaited home video game adaptation of the smash-hit
- arcade game of the same name, as well as the sequel to the phenomenally
- popular classic Rampage game is a wild smash 'em up romp with universal
- appeal. Rampage World Tour is simple enough to be played by gamers of all
- ages, yet so chock-full of enough exciting gameplay depth and challenge
- that it will satisfy the thirst of hard-core gamers too! In Rampage World
- Tour, up to three players will embark on a killer "Rampage" inflicting as
- much damage and destruction as "humanly" possible. Along the way, they
- will demolish buildings, swat down aircraft, eat people and rack up points,
- as they demolish entire cities! Rampage World Tour will be available for
- the Sony PlayStation in November 1997.
-
- Is it real? Or is it Rush? San Francisco RUSH(TM) Extreme Racing: The
- eagerly awaited home video game version of the smash-hit arcade game of the
- same name brings all of the adrenaline-pumping gameplay home to the
- Nintendo 64 and Sony PlayStation. Engineered like a fine sports car, San
- Francisco RUSH has what it takes to become a classic! Offering everything
- from a simple and forgiving solo driving game to a full blown simulated
- maniacal EXTREME racing competition for up to four players, San Francisco
- RUSH combines an unparalleled level of realism, racing excitement and game
- depth to provide gamers with an experience far beyond that found in any
- other driving game. San Francisco RUSH Extreme Racing will be available in
- November 1997.
-
- He shoots... He scores! The Great One's legacy continues! The NHLPA(TM) &
- NHL(R) Present Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey(TM) '98: Hammer the puck and rip
- the net...with the world's best in The NHLPA & NHL Present Wayne Gretzky's
- 3D Hockey '98, the eagerly awaited sequel to the 1996 top-selling hockey
- video game from Midway Home Entertainment. This fast action-thriller stars
- hockey legend, Wayne Gretzky, and features the National Hockey League
- Players' Association (NHLPA) and the National Hockey League (NHL) licenses.
- Playable in either simulation or arcade mode, Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey '98
- boasts all 26 NHL teams, team logos, uniforms and players, including player
- name and physical likenesses, plus all the moves you'd expect from a
- simulation and the action demanded for pure entertainment. The NHPA & NHL
- Present Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey '98 will be released for the Nintendo 64
- and Sony PlayStation in November 1997.
-
- Hasbro Interactive Reinforces Mission to Lead the Family
-
- BEVERLY, Mass., June 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Furthering its mission to be a
- leader in the interactive games industry with products that appeal to an
- increasingly mass-market population of consumers, Hasbro Interactive
- will unveil new games in every major entertainment software game category,
- as well as its first titles for the Sony PlayStation(TM), at the Electronic
- Entertainment Expo this week in Atlanta. "Our commitment to delivering
- high quality, multi-player interactive games is stronger than ever," says
- Tom Dusenberry, President of Hasbro Interactive. "Hasbro Interactive's new
- product line up offers a broad range of titles that will not only appeal to
- the serious gamer, but will delight every member of the family."
-
- "This year we are going beyond the classic games genre, " adds Dusenberry.
- "We are releasing exciting new entries into the action game category, that
- will not only strengthen our overall position in the interactive games
- market, but will enable us to appeal to a larger number of consumers."
- Hasbro Interactive headlines three stellar action games that are sure to
- fire-up the fingers and imaginations of avid gamers:
-
- Frogger(R), a brilliant revival of the coolest, high-jumpin',
- tongue-flickin' Atari game from the '80s, is sure to become an all-family
- favorite in the '90s. Hasbro Interactive's Frogger has been rebuilt with
- sophisticated 3D graphics, redesigned for fast action single and
- multi-layer, split screen Internet game play, and will include over 50
- levels in 10 new Frogger worlds. The new Frogger will remain true to the
- addictive play patterns of the original arcade game, but will appeal to a
- whole new generation of gamers with its new look, new features and hoppin'
- music. (Oct./WIN 95 and PSX)
-
- H.E.D.Z. - Head Extreme Destruction Zone(TM) -- Gamers are sure to lose
- their heads over Hasbro Interactive's first original content game that
- features a cast of 225 irreverent "heads" characters, each with their own
- special physical attributes and battle powers. It's a totally original
- action game concept that invokes collectability and adrenaline-pumping fun.
- Try the fighter plane-launching Aircraft Carrier Head on for size or the
- flesh-eating Velociraptor Head. Network and Internet play take
- collectability to a whole new level! (Fall/WIN 95)
-
- Beast Wars, based on the top-rated Transformers toy line and television
- series, is a fast-action, shoot 'em up game that features 3D rendered
- models that morph from Beast to Transformer in spectacular fashion under
- the player's control. Pick from two opposing factions - the Maximals and
- Predicons -- and battle for control of the universe. The game features
- include 10 different characters for each mission, 32 missions in six
- high-resolution 3D environments, and ear-pounding sound effects. (Sept./WIN
- 95 and PSX)
-
- Family Fun
-
- Joining the Monopoly(R) Game CD-ROM in the family category this fall will
- be Sorry!(R) CD-ROM, the classic chase and race game. Sorry! CD-ROM is
- based on the classic board game, but in this version the character tokens
- have their own distinct personalities. The tokens spring to life as they
- bump, hammer and hop over their opponents, adding even more humor to the
- game's playful on-board antics. Sorry! CD-ROM includes four games in one -
- from the classic game, "everyone for himself," to Team Sorry!, where tokens
- must collaborate to make their way home and win. Voice and text chat allow
- the players to scream "Sorry!" across the "wired" miles as they play their
- opponents over the Internet. Sorry! CD-ROM is sure to be one of the most
- popular Internet games for children and the entire family, with its
- fully-animated tokens that banter and playfully bop each other as they try
- to slide "home." (Nov./WIN 95)
-
- One of the world's most popular word games explodes onto CD-ROM! Boggle
- CD-ROM offers something for everyone at any level with five unique word
- games in one. The game features multiple skill levels and many ways to
- compete -- against yourself, with a friend, or with multiple players over
- the Internet. Now Boggle lovers young and old can find a challenge, any
- day, any time.
-
- Pictionary(R) CD-ROM will light up the house, with hours of
- picture-guessing and mouse-drawing fun. Pictionary CD-ROM is "the game of
- quick draw" and more! The game features six exciting new ways to play,
- including incredible "computer drawing" variations, full color picture
- reveals, and hundreds of picture-guessing rounds. Humorous banter and
- dialogue, along with great music definitely let players have a party on
- their PC. Players can play the Pictionary CD-ROM game solo, in teams or
- over the Internet. Pictionary CD-ROM will be enabled for play over
- Microsoft's Internet Gaming Zone(TM) (www.zone.com), for spontaneous
- Pictionary "parties" on-line. (Sept./WIN 95)
-
- adults will also love the first Puzz 3D(R) adaptation for the PC, as they
- recreate the enthralling Notre Dame Cathedral. Puzz 3D CD-ROM gives a new
- dimension to puzzles. As the player pieces together the walls of the famous
- cathedral in realistic 3D fashion, he is rewarded with the keys to unlock
- each room's mystery. Wander through dozens of rooms that are brimming with
- centuries of historical tales. (Aug./WIN 95.)
-
- New Titles for the Youngest Gamers in the House
-
- New children's games from Hasbro Interactive include a sequel to the
- award-winning Tonka(R) Construction CD-ROM, called Tonka Search and Rescue
- CD-ROM, and the Mr. Potato Head(R) Activity Pack, starring everyone's
- favorite spud! Hasbro Interactive has specially designed both titles to
- encourage creative play on and off the computer.
-
- Tonka Search and Rescue CD-ROM celebrates Tonka's 50th anniversary with 22
- 3D Tonka vehicles to master and maneuver through 12 different land, air and
- sea rescue missions. Kids are in command of their own rescue squad made up
- of the most formidable Tonka vehicles, including construction trucks,
- helicopters, fire engines and rescue boats. In the print shop, children
- can create and print custom license plates and decals that adhere to their
- real Tonka trucks, for hours of additional fun away from the computer.
- (Oct./WIN 3.1, WIN 95 and MAC)
-
- Mr. Potato Head Activity Pack CD-ROM is loaded with fun-filled creative
- activities for preschoolers, including a puzzle maker, a connect-the-dots
- game, and a dress-up activity in which children adorn Mr. Potato Head with
- all sorts of crazy outfits! Each play area has three different skill
- levels rich music, fun and wacky sounds, and of course, plenty of spud
- humor. Reward animations will keep kids delighted as they reinforce word
- associations. Special printing features will enable kids to extend their
- play away from the computer. (Sept./WIN 3.1, WIN 95 and MAC)
-
- More Ways to Play
-
- While each of Hasbro Interactive's games delivers great solo play, Hasbro
- Interactive recognizes that one of the best features of every great game is
- its ability to bring people together. So this year, Hasbro Interactive
- will begin enabling its entire line of games for Microsoft's Internet
- Gaming Zone (www.zone.com), which offers easy Internet connection and
- round-the-clock player-matching.
-
- "Multi-player gaming is the hottest area in the interactive games industry
- today," says Tom Dusenberry. "The idea of playing games with friends and
- family from around the world is a wonderful way to bring people together.
- We are very pleased to be able to lead the social gaming movement on the
- Internet."
-
- Internet play of several of Hasbro Interactive's games also will continue
- through MPath's MPlayer gaming network. In addition, several of Hasbro
- Interactive's action, strategy and family games are playable on a LAN and
- modem-to-modem. Hasbro Interactive offers game samples and player
- registries at its own web site, www.hasbro.com.
-
-
-
- Frogger(R), The Blockbuster Video Game
-
- He's Revived, Rebuilt And Ready To Hop Onto PSX And PC CD-ROM Hasbro
- Interactive President Tom Dusenberry Leads the Initiative to Bring
- FROGGER(R) to a New Generation of Gamers
-
- BEVERLY, Mass., June 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Who's the coolest, high jumpin',
- power croakin', tongue flickin' amphibian in town? He's FROGGER! Hasbro
- Interactive and Konami Co., Ltd. join forces to unveil the hot new
- FROGGER(R) action game for Sony PlayStation(TM) and PC CD-ROM. Based on the
- blockbuster arcade game of the early 1980s, the new FROGGER will be true to
- the addictive play patterns of the original game, but will be rebuilt with
- sophisticated 3D graphics, redesigned for fast action, single or split
- screen, multi-player game play, and will include numerous levels in
- multiple unique play environments.
-
- "We are extremely excited to bring the beloved FROGGER game back to life,"
- says Tom Dusenberry, President of Hasbro Interactive. "FROGGER has a
- special place in my heart, since I helped launch it fifteen years ago as
- part of the Parker Brothers Arcade Action Series."
-
- "When we first started the Hasbro Interactive company, I definitely had
- FROGGER in mind as a premier, all-family entertainment title for the '90s,"
- adds Dusenberry. "FROGGER was an icon in the gaming industry during the
- '80s, and I am thrilled to recreate it with modern technology for a whole
- new generation of gamers to enjoy."
-
- Konami Co., Ltd. headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, brought FROGGER to life as
- an arcade game in the early 1980s. Parker Brothers partnered with Konami
- Co., Ltd. to develop the first version for home use and it became a huge
- success. Designed for the Atari and Commodore platforms, FROGGER was quick
- to leap onto Billboard's best-selling video cartridge and computer game
- charts. In addition, the program won a number of industry honors,
- including Best Arcade Video/Computer Game Merit Award from Electronic Games
- Magazine.
-
- Now Hasbro Interactive and Konami Co., Ltd. team up again to create a new
- FROGGER for the modern era. As gamers leap into the crazy 3D computer
- world of FROGGER, they must guide their frogs to safety through a number of
- dangerous obstacles including multiple lanes of busy traffic; a treacherous
- river filled with moving logs, swimming turtles, and hungry alligators; a
- desert wilderness of stampeding buffalo, vicious rattlesnakes and tumbling
- mountain boulders, and much more!
-
- Powerful new abilities have been added to the game such as super jump, the
- power croak and a heat seeking tongue. Multiple original music scores in
- surround sound will keep players hoppin' for hours. In the multi-player
- game mode, up to four players can try to beat their opponents on the time
- clock and obtain power ups as they race simultaneously through specially
- designed world maps in split screen.
-
- The new FROGGER is scheduled for worldwide release this fall for gamers age
- 10 and up. The approximate street prices will be $49.99-$59.99 for Sony
- PlayStation and $39.99 for CD-ROM.
-
- E-3 Media Alert -- Kalisto Unveils New Multimedia Titles
-
- (June 16) BUSINESS WIRE - ADVISORY...For Thursday (June 19) Who:
- Kalisto(TM) Entertainmnent (formerly Mindscape Bourdeaux) and its
- publishers/distributors: NEC, Electronic Arts and Sony Computer
- Entertainment
-
- What: Four new multimedia titles: -- Dark Earth (TM): Two years in the
- making and heralded as the PC game which promises to "revolutionize" the
- adventure game category, Dark Earth is a stunning 3D adventure in real time
- set in an original universe for Windows 95. Features include incredible
- realism, totally immersive environments with 250 pre-rendered backgrounds,
- over 90 stunning characters animated in real time and more than 5,000
- animations. -- Nightmare Creatures (TM): a revolutionary 3D fighting
- adventure game for SONY PlayStation. -- Ultimte Race(TM): This PowerVR(TM)
- title is an 3D arcade racing multiplayer game for Windows 95. This
- realistic computer environment game provides highly detailed visual effects
- and gives gamers an "arcade-like" game play experience on a PC. Gamers can
- experience new realism in a racing game with incredible effects. -- Fifth
- Element(TM): Kalisto will provide a "sneak preview" of this 3D adventure
- game based on this summer's blockbuster movie from Gaumont studio starring
- Bruce Wills.
-
- Phil Hartman Teams Up With PlayStation
-
- FOSTER CITY, CALIF. (June 17) BUSINESS WIRE -June 17, 1997--Sony Computer
- Entertainment America announced that it has signed accomplished character
- actor, Phil Hartman, to provide the voice for its first originally-created
- superhero, Captain Blasto(TM), the feature character in the upcoming
- PlayStation(TM) videogame title. Scheduled for release in October 1997,
- Blasto is being developed bySony Interactive Studios America exclusively
- for the PlayStation game console.
-
- Blasto is a character-driven 3D action/platform PlayStation videogame with
- stunning 3D animation and interactive environments. Created in a style and
- tone reminiscent of 1940's big-studio cartoon features, Blasto combines the
- best elements of platform, action and shooter games with capabilities never
- seen before in previous titles.
-
- "PlayStation will bring a new kind of gaming to its fans with Blasto," said
- Andrew House, vice president, marketing, Sony Computer Entertainment
- America. "The addition of Phil Hartman as the voice of Captain Blasto will
- bring to life the personality of this pompous superhero and emphasizes the
- degree to which Blasto will appeal to all age groups."
-
- Hartman has appeared as many of the most lively and memorable characters in
- movies and television, from such films as "Jingle All the Way" and "Sgt.
- Bilko" to his portrayal of Bill McNeal on the hit television series
- "NewsRadio." He can be heard weekly as the voice of Springfield's B-movie
- actor and foremost spokesperson, Troy McClure on "The Simpsons" and was a
- cast member for eight seasons on "Saturday Night Live."
-
- Psygnosis Showcases Newest Games at E3
-
- FOSTER CITY, CALIF. (June 17) BUSINESS WIRE -June 17, 1997--For E3 '97,
- Psygnosis will push the envelope with third-generation PlayStation game
- console titles that take the format to new heights of excellence in
- graphics and gameplay. The company has also been working on bringing the
- same degree of finesse and excitement to the PC marketplace. Utilizing the
- latest advances in 3D acceleration technology, Psygnosis will debut PC
- titles at E3 '97 which will turn heads in the same way the company's first
- PlayStation efforts did at the very first E3. As this trade event grows,
- Psygnosis continues to grow with it.
-
- G Police(TM)
-
- G Police for the PlayStation and Windows 95 PC CD-ROM is an all-action
- flight-shooter set in a gritty, urban jungle environment, with
- unrestricted, "fly-anywhere-shoot-anything" freedom. Patrol the skies of a
- futuristic cityscape as a member of the ultimate law-enforcement agency,
- the G Police, in the DASA-Kamov Havoc close air-support gunship. Over 35
- missions test both flight skills and battle instincts to the full as the
- game's true 3D flight model allows for awesome inner-city, mid-air
- shootouts and more strategic 'copter adventure.
-
- On the PC, G Police takes 3D accelerated arcade action to the next level
- with dazzling explosive effects, as you blast away at enemy vehicles on
- land and in the air. For PlayStation, Psygnosis re-affirms their
- reputation as the premier developer on the console format, with a
- technologically inspiring game that's the jewel in this year's Psygnosis
- portfolio.
-
- Formula 1 '97
-
- The sequel to the million units worldwide blockbuster Formula 1, Psygnosis'
- Formula 1 '97 takes pole-position as the leading sports-racing title for
- fans of arcade racing with realistic simulation options. Formula 1 '97 for
- PlayStation and Windows 95 PC CD-ROM gives players all new features the
- fans demanded, including split-screen two player racing and more
- spectacular, dramatic collisions and crashes.
-
- The latest statistics plus all the teams and drivers of the 1997 season are
- ready to race over 17 circuits, with even more of the attention to detail
- and finesse that made Formula 1 a legendary release. Formula 1 '97 lets
- gamers experience the thrill, speed and excitement of the ultimate racing
- challenge. Sample the driving dynamics and pit stop tactics that make the
- world of F1 so exciting, driving the meticulously recreated curves and
- straights of representations of the world's finest tracks.
-
- Colony Wars(TM)
-
- Colony Wars, exclusively developed for the PlayStation game console, is a
- real-time 3D space-shooter combining arcade action with epic drama, in a
- galactic adventure spanning five solar systems. The player is invited to
- sign up as a rookie pilot in the League of Free Nations, caught in the
- middle of a vicious war to free the Colony Worlds from the stranglehold of
- the Empire.
-
- With dizzying space dogfights, spectacular, pyrotechnic weaponry and
- involving strategic missions, Colony Wars plays out this bold story with
- all the impact, action and awe of a Hollywood blockbuster -- only this
- time, the player is really in control.
-
- The Psygnosis Liverpool studio is creating this non-linear adventure with
- over 60 intricate missions, which fall into 18 acts. Dramatic, fully
- rendered 3D sequences tell the story of the Colony Wars (and six
- drastically different endings to the game). But the emphasis is on
- interactivity, not FMV. Real time databases update with strategically
- vital info on both spacecraft and planetary activity as the game unfolds,
- and the player enjoys full flight freedom for white-knuckle combat
- missions.
-
- Psybadek(TM)
-
- Developed by the creators of the acclaimed PlayStation classic WipeOut(TM),
- Psybadek combines the fun of 3D platform-style gameplay with the constant,
- kinetic motion of snowboard-style "hoverdeks". Featuring Xako and Mia --
- the most contemporary characters in gaming, with a look that's half
- skate-punk, half Manga (Japanese animation) - Psybadek is a game that'll
- appeal to both connoisseurs of cutting-edge game development and mainstream
- gaming fans who are looking for the next level in 3D platform fun.
-
- Psybadek's gameplay is fast and fluid. Mastering the skills of hoverdek
- stunts is crucial to completing the game's ten "go anywhere" locations,
- collecting power-ups, avoiding bad guys and confronting level-bosses.
- Cool weapons like magnetic mines, "snowball" bombs, smart-bombs and
- boomerangs keep the action frantic, while a huge selection of collectibles
- will reveal secret levels, provide extra stunt-boosting energy and offer
- bonuses like temporary invulnerability.
-
- Shadow Master(TM)
-
- Boasting lush, other-worldly environments and bizarre, bio-mechanical
- enemies, Shadow Master is a graphically intense real-time 3D shooter
- inspired by the vision of renowned fantasy artist Rodney Matthews, whose
- distinctive landscapes and strange creators have graced many sci-fi book
- covers and album sleeves. Shadow Master is under development for the
- PlayStation and Windows 95 PC CD-ROM.
-
- Your mission in Shadow Master is to protect your planet from a dictatorship
- that has stripped bare the resources of the other planets in your system.
- You must do battle with insectoid and bio-mechanical lifeforms in your
- fight to confront the leader of this evil dictatorship, traveling across
- seven different worlds, each of which has different characteristics -- an
- arid desert environment, a lush fertile world with lakes and forests, a
- seascape with volcanic islands and several other locations and terrains
- where your gaming mettle will be tested.
-
- Overboard!(TM)
-
- Overboard! brings havoc to the high seas with a nautical mix of scrolling
- shoot 'em up action, brain-teasing, puzzle-packed level design and
- swash-buckling strategy, all from a free-reaming, top-down 3D perspective
- that lets you gaze out over hazard-packed oceans and coves.
-
- Captain a heavily galleon on a quest to discover a long lost treasure and
- annihilate your pirate nemesis, Blowfleet. Along the way you'll destroy
- enemy strongholds, ports and shipyards while building their own fleet of
- strangely enhanced ships and various add-ons (for example, ships can morph
- into Jules Verne-style airships in this swashblucking extravaganza).
- Overboard! is under development for the PlayStation and Windows 95 PC
- CD-ROM.
-
- Rascal(TM)
-
- Rascal is set to storm the exciting 3D platform gaming genre with a
- distinctive blend of "old school" gameplay values and up-to-the-minute,
- free-roaming 3D environments. Rascal is the latest creation of notable
- developers Travelers Tales, the team behind console classics Mickey Mania
- and Toy Story. Bringing extra spice to the mix is the Jim Henson Creature
- Workshop (London), who have collaborated on character design, helping make
- the eponymous Rascal a new gaming icon who is set to capture the
- imagination of gamers everywhere.
-
- Our hero is a street-smart kid who takes his scientist father's prototype
- time-machine for a test drive and into twenty-one levels of "go-anywhere"
- mayhem. Rascal's lightning fast 60 frames per second graphics, and
- fully-explorable environments, combined with the tried-and-tested gameplay
- skills of the platform experts at Travelers Tales are set to make our hero
- king of the hill in the emerging real-time 3D platform genre. Rascal is
- under development for the PlayStation and Windows 95 PC CD-ROM.
-
-
- Nintendo's E3 "Powerhouse Series" Advances Game Technology
-
- ATLANTA (June 18) BUSINESS WIRE -June 18, 1997
-
- Industry Leader Introduces Revolutionary Nintendo 64 Graphics, Game Play
- For Award-Winning System; Introduces Color For Game Boy pocket Hardware
-
- The power of Nintendo continues to dazzle and amaze! Building on the
- strength of its incomparable video game hardware, Nintendo of America Inc.
- today announces a new series of 64-bit, advanced technology video game
- titles featuring new realism for true 3-D graphics and character
- interaction. Having jump-started the video gaming industry in 1996 with
- the launch of Nintendo 64 (N64), Nintendo "expands the magic" in 1997 with
- the introduction of phenomenal games including Star Fox(R)64,
- Banjo-Kazooie(TM), GoldenEye 007(TM), Conker's Quest(TM) and Major League
- Baseball(R) Featuring Ken Griffey, Jr. This powerhouse line-up, being
- unveiled at this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Atlanta, is
- projected to keep Nintendo 64 as the hottest selling video game system in
- America.
-
- "Our new 'powerhouse series' not only exceeds current expectations for the
- 64-bit system, it continues to demonstrate our dedication to quality and
- innovation," says Howard Lincoln, chairman, Nintendo of America. "For
- nearly a decade, consumers have seen the best video games on Game Boy,
- Super NES and most recently Nintendo 64. It's been an exciting ride, and
- it'll keep getting better as developers produce games that make use of the
- technological prowess of Nintendo 64." Shigeru Miyamoto, the world's most
- revered video game designer, brings Fox McCloud and friends back to their
- arwings in Star Fox 64 - a game already receiving accolades from gaming
- experts and offering new concepts in 3-D space shooting.
-
- Also exploring the breadth and depth offered by the N64 is the world-famous
- video game design team at U.K.-based Rare, Ltd., who have teamed with
- Nintendo to create two breath-taking action/adventure series additions -
- Banjo-Kazooie and Conker's Quest - both with thrilling escapades, loveable
- new characters, lush landscapes and inspiring graphics. Further
- demonstrating the power of Nintendo 64, Conker's Quest characters actually
- show emotion and are aware of their environmental conditions. These
- conditions assist players through the game in numerous ways from pointing
- out missed objects to alluding to impending trouble based on the
- character's facial expressions.
-
- In the strategy/action genre, the Nintendo/Rare collaborators shake (not
- stir) it up even further with the mission-based GoldenEye, a video game
- simulation based on the box-office smash featuring secret agent and
- adventure hero Bond...James Bond. For those interested in heroes of the
- sports variety, Nintendo and Angel Studios, along with the help of the best
- player in Major League Baseball(R) (MLB), Ken Griffey Jr., have developed
- Major League Baseball Featuring Ken Griffey Jr. Created using the new
- proprietary Nintendo Reality System - which takes advantage of Nintendo
- 64's unparalleled artificial intelligence features - Griffey showcases
- intricately detailed MLB stadiums that include more than 35,000 frames of
- motion-captured character animations. Additionally, Nintendo has secured a
- license with the Major League Baseball Players Association(R), which allows
- the game to feature the complete 1997 MLB roster.
-
- And, if this isn't enough, Nintendo also will provide sneak peeks of other
- upcoming Nintendo 64 titles including Zelda 64, Yoshi's Island 64, Body
- Harvest(TM), Tetrisphere(TM), F-Zero(R) 64...and more! In addition to the
- Nintendo 64 "powerhouse series," Nintendo also unveiled new releases for
- its Super Nintendo Entertainment System (Super NES) and Game Boy platforms
- - two tried-and-true systems that have maintained their unwavering
- popularity with Nintendo fans of all ages for years. For Game Boy,
- Nintendo showed heightened fashion sense this spring with the introduction
- of new Game Boy pocket "Colors." This handful of entertainment now is
- available in six new color casings including green, red, yellow, black,
- transparent and silver.
-
- In other bytes, Nintendo will release new 16-bit Super NES and Game Boy
- games including perennial favorites for its Player's Choice Series. For the
- Super NES, new games include Arkanoid(TM), Space Invaders(R), Super Star
- Stacker and Kirby 3. Also, the re-release of Super Metroid(R),
- Tetris(R)/Dr. Mario(R), F-Zero(R) and Donkey Kong Country(TM) will add to
- the current Player's Choice Series. Game Boy titles being released are
- Donkey Kong Land(TM) 3, Ken Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseball(R):
- Game Boy Edition(R), Tetris Plus(TM), Wario Land(TM) 2, Game and Watch
- Gallery(TM) 2 and James Bond 007(TM). Similarly, Nintendo has added Donkey
- Kong Land(TM), Metroid II(R) - Return of Samus(TM), Little Mermaid(R) and
- Mickey's Dangerous Chase(R) to the Game Boy Player's Choice Series.
-
- Bandai Launches CD-ROM Version Of Tamagotchi
-
- TOKYO, JAPAN, 1997 JUN 19 (Newsbytes) - Tamagotchi, the small egg-shaped
- "virtual pet" that is sending the stress level in kids up all over the
- world, can now be as near as the nearest computer desktop. Bandai Digital
- Entertainment Co. (BDEC) launched a CD-ROM version of the pet in Japan
- earlier this week and will debut it in the United States today, at the E3
- show in Atlanta. Bandai, Japan's biggest toy company, is keen to expand
- those caring for Tamagotchi to as wide a range of people as it can. The
- company's press release, announcing the US launch, says the CD-ROM, like
- the toy, "is designed for children 8 years through adults" and talks about
- the disc enabling users to "expand the personal care experience."
-
- Just like the pocket version, owners will have to care for their pet, play
- with it, clean-up after it and feed it for it to live a long and happy
- life. Failure to do so will lead to a spoilt chicken, for that's what a
- Tamagotchi is, that gets up late and goes to sleep way past bed-time. The
- PC version includes several different games and extras, like a screen
- saver, said Bandai. In the future, Bandai said it will be building an
- entire community based on the creature, including chat areas, virtual day
- care centers and more. The CD-ROM will be available from September and cost
- $24.95. In Japan, the company has promised versions for the Apple
- Macintosh and Pippin AtMark (World in the United States) soon. It recently
- launched a version of Tamagotchi for the Nintendo GameBoy Pocket.
-
-
- And the Winners Are...
-
-
- Interactive Gaming Enthusiasts Pick Favorite Games For
- The Sixth Annual GamePro Readers' Choice Awards
-
-
- ATLANTA, June 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Interactive gaming enthusiasts throughout
- the country are eagerly waiting to see if their favorite games for 1996 are
- sure winners. All votes are in and tabulated -- GamePro Media Group, the
- world's largest interactive entertainment information provider, today
- announced the winners of The Sixth Annual GamePro Readers' Choice Awards.
- GamePro readers were asked to pick their favorite games in various
- categories in the March issue of GamePro magazine and on The GamePro Online
- Network (http://www.gamepro.com and America Online Keyword: GamePro) during
- the month of March. Readers eagerly cast their votes for their favorite
- games in 1996:
-
- Best Action/Adventure Game
- Super Mario 64 by Nintendo for Nintendo 64
-
- Best Fighting Game
- Tekken 2 by Namco for PlayStation
-
- Best First-Person Shooter
- Die Hard Trilogy by Fox Interactive for PlayStation
-
- Best Racing Game
- Wave Race 64 by Nintendo for Nintendo 64
-
- Best Sports Game
- Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey by Midway Home Entertainment for Nintendo 64
-
- Best Vehicle Shooter Game
- Twisted Metal 2 by Sony for PlayStation
-
- Best Action/Adventure Game for 16-Bit Systems
- Donkey Kong Country 3 by Nintendo for Super NES
-
- Best Sports Game for 16-Bit Systems
- Ken Griffey Jr.'s Winning Run by Nintendo for Super NES
-
- Best Role-Playing Game
- Super Mario RPG by Nintendo for Super NES
-
- Best PC Game
- Duke Nukem 3D by GT Interactive Software
-
- Best Arcade Game
- Tekken 2 by Namco
-
- Best System
- Nintendo 64
-
- The GamePro Readers' Choice Awards is in its sixth year, solidifying
- GamePro magazine's loyal readership and a name that teens trust for quality
- information about interactive gaming. "GamePro reaches 3.7 million gamers
- and represents the core interactive gaming enthusiast," says Wes Nihei,
- Editor-in-Chief of GamePro magazine. "The GamePro Readers' Choice Awards
- is the only industry event representing the true judges of what makes a
- great game -- the teen gaming enthusiast."
-
- Sony Computer Entertainment America Experiencing Lead
-
- FOSTER CITY, CALIF. (June 19) BUSINESS WIRE -June 19, 1997-Offering
- videogame players the freedom to choose from an industry leading library of
- more than 250 diverse, high-quality games, PlayStation software sales have
- achieved an unparalleled tie-ratio of more than five software games to each
- PlayStation game console. In comparison, the Nintendo 64 is only selling
- 2.5 games per system, according to an industry tracking study, TRSTS, by
- the NPD Group.
-
- With more than four million PlayStation game consoles already sold in North
- America -- in comparison with approximately 2.6 million for N64 -- plus
- more than twice the worldwide installed base of N64, PlayStation is clearly
- the dominant global and domestic videogame system. Further cementing its
- leadership in the new generation videogame market, fiscal 1998 North
- American PlayStation brand retail sales - including hardware, software and
- peripherals -- are expected to exceed $3 billion, with worldwide retail
- sales expected to exceed $9 billion; again substantiating a dominant
- domestic and worldwide leadership position.
-
- Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. expects fiscal year 1998 first and
- third party software sales of more than 40 million units. In addition to
- providing the most compelling video game software, Sony Computer
- Entertainment America Inc. also expects 1998 fiscal year PlayStation
- hardware sales of six million units, for an expected 1998 fiscal year end
- cumulative North America installed base exceeding nine million PlayStation
- units.
-
- "The primary reason behind the PlayStation's success is the fact that we
- remain keenly aware that consumers make videogame purchases based the
- quality, rapidly increasing diversity and quantity of PlayStation games,
- and affordable software pricing," said Ken Kutaragi, chairman and chief
- executive officer, Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. "Our
- unprecedented software sales speak directly to that."
-
- "The degree of global dominance the PlayStation has experienced is
- unprecedented in the videogame industry," said Kaz Hirai, chief operating
- officer, Sony Computer Entertainment America. "PlayStation's success is
- testament to the fact that our business model provides the technologies to
- assist in creating a wide variety of software. This new concept, the
- concept of expanding the horizon of videogame entertainment, has been
- overwhelmingly embraced by gamers."
-
- With leading sports, fighting, platform, action-adventure and role playing
- games -- and lots of them -- PlayStation offers consumers a comprehensive
- library of games in every genre. In fact, continuing its solid commitment
- to diversity in software -- which is made possible on a CD-based platform
- -- the PlayStation and will introduce 100+ new titles at this year's
- Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3).
-
- As of end of May 1997, the worldwide PlayStation companies have
- collectively shipped 16 million units of hardware (7.5 million in Japan,
- 4.8 million in North America and 3.7 million in Europe) and 114 million
- pieces of software (59 million in Japan, 30 million in North America and 25
- million in Europe).
-
- 1997: So Far, The Year of Nintendo; Company Sales
-
- ATLANTA (June 18) BUSINESS WIRE -June 18, 1997--Resounding consumer demand
- for the new Nintendo 64 video game machine has boosted year-to-date company
- sales 156 percent from levels for the comparable period of 1996. From
- January 1 through April 30, 1997, independent sales data show the world's
- first and only 64-bit game machine is selling more than 60 percent ahead of
- its nearest rival, Sony's 32-bit PlayStation. Additionally, the industry's
- seven top-selling games are available exclusively for Nintendo 64.
-
- Nintendo 64 has remained the top-selling system in America for each of the
- eight months since its introduction (Sept. 29, 1996), according to TRSTS
- sales data gathered by NPD Research, Port Washington, NY.
-
- "As a company, we're known for making aggressive business plans," says
- Peter Main, Nintendo of America executive vice president of sales and
- marketing. "But even we failed to predict the magnitude of Nintendo 64's
- success." Nintendo's leadership also extended to its two other video game
- systems. The Super Nintendo Entertainment System (Super NES) platform has
- moved to a 66 percent share of the 16-bit category thus far in 1997, with
- the Super NES game, Donkey Kong Country 3 also joining the seven Nintendo
- 64 titles on the list of top ten sellers. The portable Game Boy system,
- newly launched in the "pocket" color versions, is running at 90 percent of
- the hand-held category, with revenue volume up 15 percent compared to 1996.
-
- In total, Nintendo year-to-date is the industry's leading seller of
- hardware systems and games, and accounts for 56 percent of all industry
- revenues. For its fiscal year, beginning April 1, 1997, Nintendo of
- America predicts growth of 37 percent for total first-, second- and
- third-party retail revenues to $2.5 billion. The company projects that
- amount will represent 51 percent of the entire U.S. video game industry.
-
- The Nintendo 64 system is a product of the worldwide joint development and
- license agreement combining Nintendo's expertise in video game development
- with Silicon Graphics Inc.'s (NYSE:SGI) renowned visual computing
- technologies as used to create special effects in numerous blockbuster
- motion pictures. Developed in partnership with SGI, the revolutionary
- Nintendo 64 system launched in the U.S. on September 29, 1996, and has sold
- more than 2.8 million units to date.
-
- Nintendo Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan, is the leader in the worldwide $15
- billion retail video game industry. Nintendo manufactures and markets
- hardware and software for its best-selling home video game systems,
- including the hand-held Game Boy, the 16-bit Super Nintendo Entertainment
- System, and the 64-bit Nintendo 64, the fastest selling video game system
- in history. As a wholly owned subsidiary, Nintendo of America Inc., based
- in Redmond, Washington, serves as headquarters for Nintendo's operations in
- the Western Hemisphere, where more than 40 percent of American households
- own a Nintendo game system. For information about Nintendo products and
- past press releases, log on to Nintendo's web site at www.nintendo.com.
-
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- Jaguar Online STR InfoFile - Online Users Growl & Purr!
-
-
- World Tour Racing
-
- By Patrick Holstine
-
- I've been playing World Tour Racing the last couple of days, and I find it
- to be a decent game. Its biggest problem is a somewhat-slow framerate: not
- as bad as Supercross 3D, but not as good as Super Burnout. When you get
- into heavy traffic, or use 2-player mode or crash into a wall, the slowdown
- is more apparent. It's very difficult to play something like F1 or Ridge
- Racer on PlayStation and then enjoy WTR as much on Jag CD. Still, as a big
- Atari fan, it's nice to see all the Fuji logos and Atari signs all over the
- many tracks and cars in the game.
-
- WTR (developed by Teque, published by Telegames) comes packaged in a Jaguar
- cartridge-size box, with nice cover art and full-color illustrations.
- Inside, the CD is in a plain jewel case, and the instruction manual is in
- black and white, looking just like the one for Breakout 2000 (also
- published by Telegames).
-
- There are lots of options available in WTR, including three racing modes,
- one or two-player competitions (two-player contests offer a split-screen),
- 12 tracks, customizable races and cars, three levels of difficulty, and
- eight different viewpoints. It's quite easy to customize the game to suit
- your playing style, and this is perhaps WTR's best feature.
-
- When you turn the game on, you are treated to a nice FMV intro that shows
- off the benefits of the CD format. Of course, when the game starts you are
- left wishing that the in-game graphics looked more like the intro sequence.
- Once you select your options and get into play, you roll out of pit lane
- and onto the track for some racing action. You can toggle on/off the
- texture mapping on the track by pressing "8" on the Jaguar keypad. WTR also
- makes use of the Jaguar Pro Controller for certain options.
-
- WTR is very playable, and the car controls nicely with none of the annoying
- Checkered Flag-type handling problems. The short but tasteful FMV sequences
- are great, especially the ones for pit stops where it shows your front wing
- being replaced, or tires being changed, etc. There are other good ones too,
- like when you select the arcade mode, and a standup arcade size WTR machine
- breaks through the wall of your living room and knocks over your TV, or
- when you lose in arcade mode and a giant "Game Over" crashes down on your
- car, creating a nifty scene of destruction. It's especially cool when the
- driver's helmet comes tumbling back down after a few seconds (minus the
- driver!).
-
- However, as we all know, you can't play FMV sequences. The game itself is
- what has to be scrutinized, and in many areas, WTR holds up quite well.
- There are 12 different tracks to race on and they are quite varied,
- offering nice background scenery and scrolling clouds. The tracks are lined
- with advertisements for Atari and games like Doom and Super Burnout. When
- you choose either the single race or championship season modes, you are
- given the choice of free practice, qualifying, or just starting the race.
- You will notice that the frame rate is higher when you are on the track by
- yourself in the practice mode when compared to actual race conditions.
-
- At the end of a race in the championship season mode, you are given a
- password to write down so that you can turn off the game and resume later
- for your next race. Unfortunately, the game relies on this password system
- instead of making use of the Memory Track. It would have been nice to be
- able to save the game on the Memory Track instead of having to write down a
- 32-number password after every competition.
-
- Racing sim fans will enjoy the car workshop available in WTR, where you can
- customize your tires, wings, gearbox ratios and brake balance. Make no
- mistake though: WTR is an arcade-style racer with only limited sim
- features. If you're looking for the authentic Formula One-type experience,
- stick to PC games like F1GP2. When you crash into other cars on the track
- during a WTR race, or when you hit the wall, you easily bounce right back
- into place most of the time, often maintaining speeds over 100 miles per
- hour. When playing at higher difficulty levels, it seems like you are more
- likely to lose your front wing or otherwise damage the car and have to make
- a pit stop, costing you valuable time during the race.
-
- So overall, it is difficult for me to fairly evaluate WTR. I am a big fan
- of Atari, and to have another piece of Atari 'memorabilia' and another
- decent game for my Jaguar CD is a big bonus. To say that WTR is truly worth
- $59.99 is a bit of a stretch. You would probably be better off buying three
- copies of Ridge Racer for your PlayStation at $19.99 each. Despite its
- 64-bit label and CD capabilities, the Jaguar CD just can't compete with
- PSX, Saturn or N64 in the racing arena. The slow frame rate in WTR is often
- annoying (not to the degree of Supercross 3D thankfully), and the graphics
- and gameplay don't really improve all that much on Virtua Racing for the
- Sega Genesis. It is still fun to play, but since I have been exposed to so
- many better games in the last couple years, it is hard to give WTR high
- marks after seeing F1 for PSX or Daytona CCE for Saturn.
-
- If you own nothing but a Jaguar CD, then WTR is definitely your best racing
- bet. If you are interested in a collectable game that is still fun to play
- and is packed with options, then WTR is still a decent bet. If you want
- good value for your money and you have other new systems like Saturn or
- PSX, then skip WTR and buy a more reasonably-priced (and far better) racing
- game for one of those systems. Nostalgia still packs quite a punch, but
- only serious Atari fans will want to fork over 60 bucks for a somewhat
- outdated racing experience.
-
-
- RATINGS GUIDE:
- ***** = Tempest 2000
- **** = Missile Command 3D
- *** = Cybermorph
- ** = Club Drive
- * = 2600 Pac Man
-
- WORLD TOUR RACING RATINGS:
- Gameplay: ***
- Graphics: ***
- Sound: ***
- Replay Value: ***1/2
-
-
- OVERALL: ***
-
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- On CompuServe
-
- Compiled by Joe Mirando
- jmirando@streport.com
-
-
- Hidi ho friends and neighbors. Sorry for missing last week's
- column... I had it all done and had MIMEd it to send it on for publication,
- and it must have gotten messed up in transit... it ended up unreadable on
- the other end.
-
- Yepper, it's time to take a look at what's going on in the Atari
- world. No major announcements or break-throughs to talk about, just some
- good old fashioned questions and answers between people who have only one
- thing in common: Their use of Atari computers.
-
- Does that make us special? Probably not. Some of us don't care which
- computer we use. Some of us are 'stuck' with an ST and figure that, as
- long as we've got it, we'd might as well use it to its fullest potential.
- Still others _have_ made the jump to PC or Mac and like to keep in touch
- with what's going on in this little community of ours. Some even go as far
- as to buy a PC or Mac and then get an emulator to run Atari programs on
- them. I must admit that I don't understand this. There are lots of hot
- new programs (at least for the PC) that can do everything that their TOS
- counterparts do, only much faster, with more colors, and with more
- options. If you're going to use a PC, then use a PC. Of course there are
- those who just miss their familiar desktop and some of the more endearing
- programs (SEX! is one of my favorites and I'd try to find an equivalent
- program for a PC, but I doubt I'd find one, so for THAT I'd use an
- emulator)... and no, it's not what you think.<grin>
-
- The one thing that really galls me is when someone who used to use an
- Atari comes around and tries to talk 'down' to us. The conversation
- usually consists of the person trying to belittle one or more current
- Atari users and explaining that TOS is garbage and that anyone who uses it
- is a fool. It usually ends with the person asking for a TOS image copy so
- that he can try out one of the emulators that's around. Besides the
- obvious about-face that the person does, I normally point out that TOS is
- still a protected product of Atari, which is now actually JTS, and that
- it's pirating to distribute copies of TOS.
-
- The person usually responds with something to the effect that a copy
- of a 'dead' operating system isn't going to hurt anyone and that it's
- garbage anyway, so they certainly are not going to _pay_ for it. My
- response is normally, "So do without it." Heck, if it's garbage, you
- don't need it. And while it's true that JTS will probably never even care
- if it's distributed, the fact remains that it is their property and
- they have the right to do whatever they want to with it... even if they
- choose to do nothing at all.
-
- Now, I haven't seen this type of conversation on CompuServe much, but
- a while ago it was in several of the UseNet Atari news groups. Oh, by the
- way, did you know that you could view and reply to messages on the UseNet
- from CompuServe? Well you can. Just type GO USENET at any "!" prompt and
- follow the menus. I admit that CompuServe's UseNet reader is far from
- perfect, but it does work. So if you want to see what the UseNet is all
- about, this is an easy way to do it. And best of all, it doesn't require a
- special program. Whichever terminal software you're using now will work
- just fine. Check it out.
-
- Well, let's get to the reason for this column... all the news, hin... aw
- heck, you know the drill. <grin>
-
- From the Atari Computing Forum
-
-
- Folks are still trying to get WENsuite, the Web, Email, and News browser to
- work with CompuServe, and not having much luck. There seems to be
- something in the current program that doesn't like to log on to CompuServe.
- Ben at TOC Oz. has been helping out by posting what success he's had so far
- (getting to the PPP connection portion of the log on sequence).
-
- Karen Stimson tells Ben:
- "Thanks, Ben, for the info but I've tried your dialogue settings
- and, like you, still can't get through. After a message that I am
- "Connected" I get an ERROR message and it bombs. Although, from
- the tracer log file it does look like I'm getting a little bit
- farther (i.e. more lines in the log file). I found a file in the
- CIS Membership section (GO LOGON) which details how to connect a
- Mac to Compuserve's PPP and it lists the Domain Name Server number
- as "149.174.211.5" (without the quotes), if this helps anyone. The
- Mac file also says to put "compuserve.com" (without the quotes) in
- the Mac address settings, but when I try it in the WenSuite address
- settings it converts to the number "104.13.21.0". If anyone's had
- any better luck, please post a message..."
-
- Jerry Coppess tells Karen:
- "I have also been trying to log on with Wensuite without success.
- My first attempts failed at the ID: prompt, so I sent e-mail to
- OXO. You cannot put the %r or %w on the same line as the input.
- There are not enough lines in the dialog to get on CIS with single
- inputs so I tried the command ID:
- 12345,6789/GO:PPPCONNECT\\PASS#WORD (this worked in the PPP1_4
- kit). Just letting it run from dialog to dialog. with a %r in the
- last dialog. There are still not enough dialogs to put it all on
- seperate lines so I left the first two line as they were, since
- they had been working. My last two logon attemps have failed on the
- first line even though I did not change those lines.
-
- I have not had any bombs from Wensuite so you should check your
- set-up. My decompression of the LZH file did not put all of the
- files in the correct folders.
-
- OXO also said to get the latest version because there were less
- bugs. The PPPLOG file I sent them had the version in it, so I
- assume the one we have is not the latest. QCIS deleted the message
- so I cannot post the version number.
-
- If some one could upload the latest version it would be
- appreciated."
-
- Ben jumps in again and posts:
- "I haven't got much further, but some Atarians that I know have
- already got theirs going with providers other than CIS.
-
- Though, in 'parameters', set compression for 'greyscale', I was
- told does the trick for a PPP link ... at the moment anyway.
-
- I'm still just getting garbage characters from CIS, so log-in
- doesn't get very far .... <frown>
-
- Next week I'll scout for a revision ."
-
- Sysop Jim Ness, no slouch when it comes to telecommunications, asks Ben:
- "Are you getting garbage just as you log in? There is a way to
- get around that."
-
- Well, c'mon Jim... drop the other shoe! HOW do you get around it? I'll
- keep you informed if Jim decides to let us in on the secret.
- Meanwhile, Michael Pappas asks for info:
- "Someone told me that some Web sites support text only and I was
- wondering how would you get to these sites through CompuServe. Is
- there anyway we can find out if a site supports text or pictures
- only?
-
- I have a TT and I was wondering if there are any good Web browsers
- available for it. One that is fully functional and supports sound,
- video and whatever else the web has to offer."
-
- Albert Dayes tells Michael:
- "Browsers on the PC such as Netscape allow you to turn off
- pictures so they do not load at all. The outline usually still
- appears on the screen but no pictures. Probably the biggest issue
- with text only browsers like lynx is that many extensions for
- netscape and Microsoft Explorer are not supported. That can cause
- problems since some web sites use those extensions extensively."
-
- Joe Villarreal posts info about something I had hoped to never see again:
- "I ran across the file "CARPDIEM.ZIP" on a FTP site recently. I
- downloaded it and ran the Ultimate Virus Killer version 7.0 on it.
- It showed to be a link virus. I've had a bad experience with this
- file in the past. It affects the desktop and programs. It creates
- a file in the autofolder called "~.PRG". Stay away from it."
-
- Our own Dana Jacobson tells Joe:
- "That's been a known infected file for some time now; I wonder why
- people leave it available (other than the obvious reason)??"
-
- Joe tells Dana:
- "I don't know. I do know that it caused some major problems on my
- system a a while back. Luckily, I figured it out about an hour
- after I started having problems and was able to correct it."
-
- Michel Tavir posts:
- "If this can be of any interest, a little late:
- We use a ST with a 540Mb interchangeable Nomai hard disk (similar
- to a Syquest, thus probably to a ZIP drive) and a Links96 DMA
- interface. When we want to transfer data to our MacIntosh PowerBook
- - and MagicMac - we unplug the hard disk from the Atari and plug it
- into the PowerBook before booting it.
-
- Now here's the trick: if the disk (Atari-formatted) is pushed in
- the Nomai (which has to be switched on, of course) at boot-up, then
- the Mac says that it cannot recognize this format and it wants to
- format it (but we have PC Exchange with System 7.5.5 and this does
- not occur with PC-formatted floppies). So, only after boot-up has
- taken place, from the Mac desktop, we push the disk in: when it is
- almost done initializing itself (you can actually hear this), we
- load MagicMac, which in turn initializes the Nomai's hard disk as a
- set of partitions supplementary to its own Magic partitions. And
- presto, the whole Nomai disk is accessible within MagicMac.
-
- Now, if we want to transfer any of the data under the MacOS, we
- copy it to one of the existing Magic partitions. These appear
- actually as folders on the Mac desktop. You can find the transfered
- data in these folders by opening them like any other Mac folder,
- actually without even leaving MagicMac, thus allowing you to repeat
- the operation as many times as needed.
-
- This should probably work in the same way with a ZIP drive."
-
- Gerd Brodowski tells Michel:
- "Thank you very much for your message. It is n-e-v-e-r too late!
- Well, unfortunately we have a lot of work since our message to the
- ATARI FORUM. But in 3 weeks the german schools will have holidays
- for 6 weeks - and we will have a bit more time to try out your
- suggestion and all the other ones, we have got. We are in big
- suspense, which of them will work."
-
- Well folks, that's about it for this week. Remember... Just Say NO to
- piracy! Tune in again next week, same time, same station, and be ready to
- listen to what they are saying when...
-
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