Newsbytes Daily Summary 09/20/95
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, U.S.A., 1995 SEP 20 (NB) -- These are capsules
of all today's news stories:

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CATEGORY  HEADLINES (*** indicates today's top stories)          STORY #

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BROADCAST Thailand & Vietnam Plan Satellite Launches................. 13

GENERAL   UK - HP Intros Low Cost Laser Printer...................... 07

GENERAL   Japan Newsbriefs........................................... 17

LEGAL     Moscow Is Paradise For Computer Software Pirates........... 02

ONLINE    UK - Demon Internet Services Plans National Access......... 01

ONLINE    Wall Street Journal Web Site Adds Company Reports.......... 04

ONLINE    Global Post Code & Demographic Info On The Web............. 06

ONLINE    See Lake Michigan....On The Internet....................... 09

ONLINE      ****IBM Launches Internet Search Service.................. 16

ONLINE      ****President Clinton Live On America Online.............. 19

ONLINE    Vanguard Offers Online, Internet Education Programs........ 21

ONLINE    CompuServe Readies Internet Home Page Service.............. 29

PC        Texas Instruments Launches Extensa Series In Europe........ 27

PC        UK - Logitech Intros PageScan PC Color Scanning System..... 28

TELECOM   Harris Joint Venture For China Telecoms.................... 03

TELECOM   Sweden's Ericsson In $250Mil Philippines Telecom Deal...... 05

TELECOM   MFS Communications Expands Into Switzerland................ 08

TELECOM   MCI Completes Nationwide Cellular Deal..................... 14

TELECOM   New Jersey Utility Deploys Packet Cell Technology.......... 18

TRENDS    UK - Context Offers Retail Watch Update Services........... 10

TRENDS    IDC Sees Compaq Retaining PC Sales Lead In 1995............ 11

TRENDS    SPA Reports Flat Software Sales In Western Europe.......... 15

TRENDS      ****Losses For Phone & Cable Firms Predicted.............. 20

TRENDS    Hal Computer Ships 64-bit SPARC Workstations............... 22

TRENDS    Sega Selling 32-bit Game Player For $99.................... 23

UNIX      Unix Expo - IBM To Ship DataJoiner......................... 24

UNIX      Unix Expo - Digital/Informix/KPMG In Data Deal............. 25

UNIX        ****Unix Expo - DEC Chief Urges Unix/NT Interoperability.. 26

WINDOWS   Microsoft Intros NetWare File & Print Services Utility..... 12

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These are the headlines and first paragraphs of each story, in order:

1 -> UK - Demon Internet Services Plans National Access -- Demon
Internet Services (DIS) plans to be the first Internet service provider
(SP) to offer national local call access to its Internet point of
presence (PoP) network in the UK. Plans call for 100 percent local
coverage to roll out at the end of October.

2 -> Moscow Is Paradise For Computer Software Pirates -- There are few
historical monuments which attract so much interest from tourists and
locals alike as an inconspicuous park not far from Kutozovovy avenue in
Moscow. Despite the fact that this place is practically on the edge of
Moscow, more than 1,000 visitors frequent the location every weekend.

3 -> Harris Joint Venture For China Telecoms -- US telecommunications
specialist Harris Corp. has formed a joint venture with the Guangzhou
Wire Communications Equipment Factory to provide telecommunications
systems and services throughout China. The deal is the latest in a
number of joint ventures and technology transfers that Harris has formed
in the past decade to address China's fast-growing telecommunications
market.

4 -> Wall Street Journal Web Site Adds Company Reports -- The
interactive Internet World Wide Web publication from the Wall Street
Journal is adding a new feature that will let Net surfers access
background reports on almost any company in the news.

5 -> Sweden's Ericsson In $250Mil Philippines Telecom Deal -- Ericsson
has signed a contract with Smart Communications, the Filipino telecoms
operator. Terms of the US$250 million contract call for the expansion of
Smart's existing Cellular Mobile Telephone Network (CMTN) and the
construction of a fixed network for the local exchange service areas.

6 -> Global Post Code & Demographic Info On The Web -- ALLM Systems and
Marketing, publisher of the Global Gazetteer, has plugged into the World
Wide Web, opening up a home page at
http://www.knowledge.co.uk/xxx/geodata .

7 -> UK - HP Intros Low Cost Laser Printer -- Hewlett-Packard has
unveiled the LaserJet 5L, a Plug and Play-compatible LaserJet printer
for SOHO (small office/home office) users. The new printer succeeds the
LaserJet 4L unit and is a slimmer, vertical design that takes up less
space.

8 -> MFS Communications Expands Into Switzerland -- MFS Communications
has announced the launch of its business telecoms services into the
fifth European financial center

9 -> See Lake Michigan....On The Internet -- All kinds of sites can be
seen on the Internet

10 -> UK - Context Offers Retail Watch Update Services -- After ten
years of concentrating its market research activities on the dealer side
of the computer and information technology (IT) sales channels, Context
is moving its services into the retail channel with a new Retail Watch
service.

11 -> IDC Sees Compaq Retaining PC Sales Lead In 1995 -- Compaq Computer
Corp. (NYSE: CPQ) will apparently retain its leadership in personal
computer shipments for 1995, but not by much, according to a report
released by the International Data Corp. (IDC).

12 -> Microsoft Intros NetWare File & Print Services Utility --
Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) has released to manufacturing File and
Print Services for NetWare, version 3.51. The utility software for
Windows NT Server version 3.51 lets Windows NT Server functions as a
NetWare 3.12-compatible file and print server.

13 -> Thailand & Vietnam Plan Satellite Launches -- Thailand and Vietnam
have announced plans to launch their own satellites, joining other Asian
nations with satellites already in orbit or planned.

14 -> MCI Completes Nationwide Cellular Deal -- MCI Communications Corp.
(NASDAQ:MCIC) will complete its friendly takeover of Nationwide Cellular
Service Inc. (NASDAQ:NCEL) today. Nationwide shareholders have already
approved the deal, which runs around $190 million in cash, or $18.50 per
share.

15 -> SPA Reports Flat Software Sales In Western Europe -- Personal
computer applications software sales in Western Europe were up only
slightly over a year ago in the second quarter, the Software Publishers'
Association has reported. And sales of both DOS and Apple Macintosh
applications were down.

16 ->   ****IBM Launches Internet Search Service -- Trying to solve what
it described as one of the Internet's three big problems, IBM has
launched infoMarket Search, an Internet search service.

17 -> Japan Newsbriefs -- In this roundup of news from Japan: MPT
establishes auto telecoms panel, Apple picks Fujitsu for MO drive, KDD
to cut rates to Asia, Japan and EU settle phone dispute, IBM supplies
OEM displays, Matsushita's digital camera heads overseas.

18 -> New Jersey Utility Deploys Packet Cell Technology -- The wireless
lane on the information superhighway is getting its largest test yet.
Public Service Electric & Gas of Newark, N.J., is equipping more than
750 field service workers with pen-based computers that will communicate
with cellular digital packet data (CDPD) technology over the Bell
Atlantic Nynex Mobile cellular network.

19 ->   ****President Clinton Live On America Online -- Have something
you really want to say to President Bill Clinton? You'll be able to do
that online, in real time, online, tomorrow, if you are quick or lucky
enough, and a member of America Online.

20 ->   ****Losses For Phone & Cable Firms Predicted -- Competing cable
and phone companies vying in the new broadband multimedia marketplace
are heading into a "bloody stalemate," says Mercer Management
Consulting. In a study just published, Mercer projects revenue potential
for consumer communication, information, and entertainment services to
be in excess of $100 billion over the next ten to fifteen years, but
this will fall far short of covering costs.

21 -> Vanguard Offers Online, Internet Education Programs -- The
Vanguard Group will begin offering educational materials in separate
cyberspace channels for people who want to learn about mutual funds and
retirement planning. The "Vanguard Online University" mutual fund area
will be on America Online (AOL), while 401(k) retirement program
information will use Internet World Wide Web technology.

22 -> Hal Computer Ships 64-bit SPARC Workstations --HAL Computer
Systems, a Fujitsu company, has introduced a new line of 64-bit Sun
Microsystems' SPARC workstations. The company claims the HALstation 300
Series workstations will run existing 32-bit SPARC applications up to
3.3 times faster than any current system.

23 -> Sega Selling 32-bit Game Player For $99 -- Sega of America Inc.
announced that the suggested retail price of the Genesis 32x, the arcade
upgrade to the Genesis home entertainment system, has been reduced to
$99. Previously priced at $149, the upgrade offers a middle ground
between the 16-bit Genesis system and the $399 32-bit CD-ROM Sega Saturn
system.

24 -> Unix Expo - IBM To Ship DataJoiner -- IBM expects to ship its new
DataJoiner "multi-database server" on September 29, said Jeffrey Jones,
advisory programmer, Information Warehouse Strategic Planning, in a
briefing session for Newsbytes at Unix Expo.

25 -> Unix Expo - Digital/Informix/KPMG In Data Deal -- During a press
and analysts' event at Unix Expo called "Digital at Planet Hollywood,"
officials of Digital Equipment Corp., Informix, and KPMG Peat Marwick
announced a data warehousing initiative revolving around a new
KPMG-operated data warehousing lab that will be used to test users'
applications for a newly announced 64-bit very large database from
Informix running on Digital's AlphaServer.

26 ->   ****Unix Expo - DEC Chief Urges Unix/NT Interoperability -- With
the move of Unix to 64-bit computing, Unix vendors should come together
now to support interoperability across Unix platforms, as well as with
Microsoft's Windows NT, urged Digital Equipment Corp.'s President, Chief
Executive Officer (CEO) and Chairman Robert B. Palmer, during a keynote
speech at Unix Expo in New York City.

27 -> Texas Instruments Launches Extensa Series In Europe -- Texas
Instruments (TI) has announced the Extensa series of Pentium-based
notebooks in Europe. At the same time, the company has launched the
TravelMate 5100 into the UK market.

28 -> UK - Logitech Intros PageScan PC Color Scanning System -- Logitech
has unveiled the PageScan Color, a full-page, boardless 24-bit color
scanning system for PCs. The system will ship from October with an
estimated street price (ESP) of UKP299.

29 -> CompuServe Readies Internet Home Page Service -- CompuServe has
announced it will soon be allowing subscribers to upload their own Web
pages on to its server. In preparation for this, the online giant has
announced a dual-application package called the Home Page Wizard and
Publishing Wizard.

(Ian Stokell/19950920)


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