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- ==== A p p l e I n T h e N e w s ================ September 17, 1993 ====
- #28% OF 1,118 U.S. CONSUMERS surveyed last month by Fairfield Research couldn't
- come up with the names of any companies in the computer or video game
- industries. Of those who could, 28% mentioned IBM or Apple, while fewer than
- 1% recognized the name Microsoft. --S.J. Mercury 9/15
- ==== T h e I n d u s t r y ==================================================
- #MOTOROLA SAID THIS WEEK that it is designing a PowerPC chip for personal
- communications devices. The company added that its Iridium network of 66
- satellites for global wireless communications should be on-line by 1998, and
- may have 500,000 voice users by the end of the decade. --New York Times 9/17
- #AL GORE HOPES that all Americans will be able to make the best use of the
- planned data highway, and Wednesday the administration took steps to create a
- task force to study the need for new laws to govern information technology. A
- 25-person advisory council is also being established. --Miami Herald 9/16
- #AFTER AN AUDIT of assets and trade accounts for Tandy's PC manufacturing
- operations, AST Research has announced that it will pay only $105 million to
- acquire the business unit from Tandy, instead of the $160 million price which
- had previously been quoted for the deal. --New York Times 9/16
- ==== T h e M a r k e t p l a c e ============================================
- #NEXT WEEK IBM is expected to announce its first workstation based on the
- PowerPC chip technology. The entry-level machine should be priced under
- $5,000. PowerPC chips cost about half what Intel charges for its Pentium, but
- Intel has not shown signs of dropping its prices. --Wall Street Journal 9/17
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