Assorted news items for various sources....

According to an article in the January 10th issue of Information Week (pg
57) managers trying to control costs and maintain standards for their
organization's PCs are learning the hard way why the machines are called
'personal' computers: Users think they own them! Employees who spend all
day using their PCs often regard the machines as their personal property.
Suggested resolutions include explaining the benefits of assets management
to individuals as well as the company - tell users that a central software
inventory gives them faster access to application upgrades and avoids dire
financial consequences from software piracy. Next, teach employees to view
their PCs as corporate assets temporarily entrusted to them - not as their
personal playthings. As a goodwill gesture, managers may want to allow
users to set aside a portion of hard disk space for personal files, etc.

SPC just finished a round of compatibility tests that show Superbase 2.0 is
compatible with the newest Microsoft release of Video for Widows. But,
supposedly Superbase has been doing multimedia work since before there was
a VFW & supports multimedia better than any programmable relational
Windows database.

Quick Draw for Windows from Strandware (715-833-2331) is a powerful label &
barcode designer and publisher, with more than most folks need.

The Defense Information Systes Agency, which handles net planning for the
Department of Defense (DOD), is coming under fire for a plan to tighten
security by cutting users in the military off from direct Internet access.
There's an uproar from users on the worldwide Defense Data Network (DDN),
which today connects directly to the Internet. The proposal would require
changes to Internet addresses for all government users on DDN. So far this
is just a proposal!

ATI's (905-882-2600) new $199 Graphics Wonder card (ISA & VLB) will ship by
February. Also, ATI is circulating a new version 2.2 set of drivers for
its MACH32 graphics cards. One set of disks covers all the flavors on ISA,
EISA, MCA, VLB and PCI.

The government's information highway team is finally coming together -- the
National Information Infrastructure Advisory Council members include Craig
Fields, chairman of MCC; Mitch Kapor, chairman of the Electronic Frontier
Foundation and co-creator of Lotus 1-2-3; Nathan Myhrvold, senior VP for
advanced technology at Microsoft; Bert Roberts, chairman of MCI; and John
Sculley, former chairman of Apple.

Standard Microsystems (516-435-6340) has a busmastering simultasking EISA
Ethernet combo (thick/thin/10BT) card with a $299 price tag coming in
February.

Katron (713-266-3891) has a new, redesigned VESA Localbus all-in-one
EtherNIC that will arrive sometime this month. A 4-layer design with
improved VLB compatibility at the same price.

Artisoft Inc announced that it will purchase Eagle Technology, a business
unit of Anthem Electronics that sells Ethernet adapter cards and other
local-area network communications devices. Artisoft intends to sell
Eagle's products under the Eagle brand name and expects the Eagle products
will continue to be sold through existing channels.

Now available, the ultimate state-of-the-art electroencephalograph (EEG)
and biofeedback system called the Brainwave Visual Analyzer (IBVA) from
Psychic Lab Inc. It consists of a headband transmitter and receiver that
are connected to the serial port of a Macintosh. The data is processed by
the IBVA software into digital signals the computer can understand so the
Mac can read your mind! Cost of the basic package is $1,295.

Accer America (408-432-6200) has added 23 new server models based on three
new platforms to its AcerAltos product line. The servers fall into one of
three basic categories: entry level (Acer Altos 700 series), mid-range
(Acer Altos 7000 series) and high-end (Acer Altos 17000). Pricing starts
at $1,300 for Acer Altos 700, $3,550 for the Acer Altos 7000 and $12,000
for the Acer Altos 17000. All are available now.

Server Watch for VINES Windows version ($995 & up) gains a new Windows
graphics module - charts of server stats, resource usage and other goodies
from Datech Network Systems (908-381-7911)

Developers have a tough decision to make with the widespread release of the
Chicago (Windows 4.0) alpha software. Should they continue developing for
Windows 3.1, the heart of the current market or should they get a jump on
the competition by starting work on full-fledged 32-bit Chicago versions?
A recent issue of Windows Watcher newsletter looked at some of the tactics
developers are adopting to protect themselves -- Windows Watcher, Redmond,
WA (206-881-7354)

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