The HiTek Report 11/21
Robert H. McIver
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Vol 1 November 21, 1994 Number 16
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COMDEX/Fall Issue
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-Comdex-
1418 - 16th annual COMDEX/Fall opens in Las Vegas
1419 - Gates previews Technology of the Future
1425 - PC/Computing Names 1994 MVP Award Winners
1426 - Novell's CEO, Robert Frankenberg in COMDEX keynote
1439 - COMDEX/Fall attendance soars towards all-time record mark
-COMPUTER HARDWARE-
1428 - IBM AS/400 wins, going head to head with HP-UX and WINDOWS NT
1429 - Toshiba's ultra-portable computer honored as 1994 MVP of the Year
1432 - IBM's ThinkPad 755CD wins `Best of Show' at Comdex/Fall
1434 - AST's Ascentia 900N receives top notebook honor
1437 - Simon(tm) Receives PC Laptop Computers Magazine 1994-95 Award
-PERIPHERALS-
1420 - Multi-Tech adds V.34 to simultaneous voice and data modem
1430 - Samsung unveils its first 20-inch color monitor
1440 - Visioneer wins PC Computing's "Best of the Best" in " MVP awards
-SOFTWARE-
1421 - WordPerfect 6.0a for Windows named best word processor
1423 - Industry Leaders Map OpenDoc Future
1424 - Corel Corporation Ships Corel Ventura 5
1431 - dBASE 5.0 For Windows Wins PC Magazine Technical Excellence Award
1433 - NetWare 4.02 selected as Most Valuable Product award winner
1435 - DCA's OpenMind Awarded Most Valuable Product at COMDEX
1436 - Microsoft Products Receive 14 Awards At COMDEX
1441 - Lotus cc:Mail Awarded Top Honors
1442 - Borland's Delphi95 wins Byte Magazine's Best of COMDEX award
-MISCL-
1422 - Apple Tops Dataquest's Third-Quarter U.S. Shipment List
1427 - Information technology helps U.S. midsize companies grow faster.
1438 - U.S. Marshals Shut Down BBS Found Distributing Pirated Software
-BOOKS-
1444 - Finding a Job - Electronically
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Press Releases from week of: 11/14/94
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#1418
16th ANNUAL COMDEX/FALL OPENED IN LAS VEGAS
FOR 190,000 COMPUTER INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS
LAS VEGAS - Nov. 14, 1994 COMDEX - The 16th annual COMDEX/Fall, America's
largest trade show conference and exposition, opened here today for an
estimated 190,000 computer professionals and 2,200 exhibiting companies from
the global computer-communications industry.
The projected attendance figure includes more than 25,000 international
delegates from more than 100 countries.
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#1419
GATES PREVIEWS TECHNOLOGY OF THE FUTURE
PCs in Every Home, Pocket and Car by 2005
LAS VEGAS, Nov. 14, 1994 COMDEX - In a dramatic multimedia presentation
entitled "Information At Your Fingertips -- 2005," Bill Gates, chairman and
CEO of Microsoft Corporation, today called the industry to action with a
vision of how integrated technology solutions can improve the quality of life
in the next decade. Gates' keynote speech at the COMDEX/Fall '94 industry
trade show presented a complete framework of how continued advancements in
technology will increase consumer benefits and drive industry growth during
the next 10 years.
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#1420
MULTI-TECH ADDS V.34 TO SIMULTANEOUS VOICE AND DATA MODEM
MOUNDS VIEW, Minn. - Nov. 14, 1994--Multi-Tech Systems Inc., a leading data
communications technology company, announced a 28.8K bps V.34 version of its
patent-pending MultiModemPCS Simultaneous Voice and Data (SVD) modem.
Equipped with Multi-Tech's ``Talk Anytime'' feature, the new MT2834PCS's
high speed technology makes it a natural for telecommuting and desktop video
conferencing applications. The new model MT2834PCS also features a phone jack
for use with standard telephones, MultiExpressPCS answering machine software
with the patent-pending ``Virtual Modem'' driver, MultiExpress fax and data
communications software, and TALKShow document conferencing software from
Future Labs of Los Altos, Calif.
info: tel. 800/328-9717
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#1421
WordPerfect 6.0a FOR WINDOWS NAMED BEST
WORD PROCESSOR FOR SECOND YEAR IN A ROW
LAS VEGAS - Nov. 14, 1994 COMDEX - WordPerfect 6.0a for Windows was named
the most valuable word processor of the year by the editors of PC/Computing
at the MVP Awards banquet Sunday, Nov. 13, in Las Vegas.
WordPerfect 6.0a for Windows beat Microsoft Word 6.0 for Windows for one of
the most sought-after awards in the computer industry. The editors named
WordPerfect 6.0a for Windows the "best, easiest all-around word processor."
info: tel. 801/228-5004
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#1422
APPLE TOPS DATAQUEST'S THIRD-QUARTER U.S. SHIPMENT LIST
Compaq Still No. 1 for the Year
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Nov. 14, 1994 - Dataquest announced today at a COMDEX
press conference its third-quarter U.S. PC shipment estimates. Apple
Computer, fueled by sales of its Power Macintosh line, shipped the most PCs
in what was the largest quarter ever for the U.S. PC market. It's the first
time this year that a PC maker other than Compaq has topped Dataquest's U.S.
quarterly shipment list. Although relinquishing the lead for the quarter,
Compaq has a clear lead on a year-to-date basis.
info: tel. 408/437-8312 or pwhe...@dataquest.com
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#1423
INDUSTRY LEADERS MAP OpenDoc FUTURE
LAS VEGAS - Nov. 14, 1994 COMDEX - Component Integration Laboratories, Inc.
(CI Labs) and key industry supporters of the OpenDoc(tm) architecture today
announced a clear road map to component software on all current and future
mainstream operating systems.
WordPerfect, the Novell Applications Group committed to simultaneously
develop three versions of OpenDoc for Windows: OpenDoc for Windows 95,
OpenDoc for Windows NT 3.5 and OpenDoc for Windows 3.1. IBM and Apple
reaffirmed their commitment to helping support OpenDoc component software on
all popular operating systems. In addition, CI Labs and Taligent demonstrated
the first stages of their joint commitment to interoperability between
components built for OpenDoc and Taligent's CommonPoint(tm) application
system.
info: tel. 408/864-0300 or email cil...@cil.org
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#1424
COREL CORPORATION SHIPS COREL VENTURA 5
Corel Corporation and its subsidiaries have begun shipping the stand-alone
version of Corel VENTURA 5.
"Corel VENTURA 5 provides users with power publishing at their finger tips,"
said Dr. Michael Cowpland, president and chief executive officer of Corel
Corporation. "Combining a new interface with advanced color and prepress
capabilities, and a built-in story editor for faster word processing, Corel
VENTURA 5 is ideal for a wide-range of publishing tasks."
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#1425
PC/COMPUTING NAMES 1994 MVP AWARD WINNERS
LAS VEGAS, Nov. 14, 1994 COMDEX - PC/Computing, the nation's only magazine
written for business experts who are also power users and buyers of computer
technology, has announced the 1994 winners of its prestigious Most Valuable
Product (MVP) Awards. The winners of these fifth annual MVP Awards were
announced here yesterday at COMDEX/Fall, the huge computer trade show.
The MVP Product of the Year Award, one of the most sought-after honors in
the computer industry, went to Toshiba America Information Systems for its
notebook, the Toshiba Portege T3600CT, which also took top honors in the
Portables category. In the new Best Usability category, Visioneer got the nod
for its Visioneer PaperMax, which also won in the Character Input Devices
group. Innovation honors went to CERN for The World-Wide Web, the Internet
navigational tool.
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#1426
NOVELL'S CEO, ROBERT FRANKENBERG, ADDRESSES
PERVASIVE COMPUTING IN COMDEX KEYNOTE
LAS VEGAS - Nov. 15, 1994, COMDEX - Novell President and Chief Executive
Officer Robert J. Frankenberg in his COMDEX keynote Tuesday expounded on his
vision of pervasive computing.
"Pervasive computing is more than connecting information systems and
computing devices," said Frankenberg. "It's connecting people with other
people and the information they need, giving them the power to act on that
information anytime, anyplace."
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#1427
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY HELPS U.S. MIDSIZE
COMPANIES GROW FASTER AND ADD MORE JOBS
NEW YORK - Nov. 15, 1994 - Coopers & Lybrand's "Trendsetter Barometer"
interviewed CEO's of 410 product and service companies identified in the
media as the fastest growing U.S. businesses over the last five years. The
surveyed companies range in size from approximately $1 million to $50 million
in revenue/sales.
Computers and information technology ("IT") have played a critical role in
the development and management of America's fastest growing companies,
according to the latest "Trendsetter Barometer" survey by Coopers & Lybrand
L.L.P. A total of 86 percent of fast-growth company CEO's are advocates,
rating computers and information technology "extremely important"
(60 percent) or "very important" (26 percent) to the profitable growth of
their business. An additional 12 percent rate them "somewhat important;"
only 2 percent scored information technology as "not particularly important."
info: tel. 212/980-7552
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#1428
IBM AS/400 WINS, GOING HEAD TO HEAD WITH HP-UX AND WINDOWS NT
LAS VEGAS - Nov. 15, 1994, COMDEX - IBM today demonstrated AS/400's(a)
client/server speed and value with a "Server Challenge" of performance tests
comprised of standards-based workloads.
Using benchmarks based on industry standard workloads, the tests showed
AS/400 to be at least 50 percent faster than both the HP and Compaq/NT in
running a composite suite of client/server tests, including decision support,
transaction processing and file serving applications.
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#1429
TOSHIBA'S PORT G T3600CT ULTRA-PORTABLE COMPUTER HONORED
AS 1994 MOST VALUABLE PRODUCT OF THE YEAR
LAS VEGAS - Nov. 15, 1994, COMDEX - The Computer Systems Division of
Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. (TAIS) today announced the Toshiba
Port g T3600CT has been named PC/Computing's 1994 Most Valuable Product (MVP)
for the portable computer category and the "MVP Product of the Year." The
winners of these fifth annual MVP Awards were announced at COMDEX/Fall on
Sunday, November 13, in Las Vegas.
info: tel. 800/334-3445 (Toshiba)
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#1430
SAMSUNG UNVEILS ITS FIRST 20-INCH COLOR MONITOR
LAS VEGAS - Nov. 15, 1994, COMDEX - Samsung Electronics America (SEA)
will unveil its first 20-inch color monitor, the SyncMaster(TM) 20GLs,
in the Las Vegas Convention Center during COMDEX.
The top-of-the-line SyncMaster is engineered to meet the demanding needs of
CAD/CAM engineers, industrial designers, graphic artists and desktop
publishers who run high-performance applications on PCs, Macs, Power Macs
and work stations.
info: tel. 201/229-4132
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#1431
dBASE 5.0 FOR WINDOWS WINS PC MAGAZINE TECHNICAL EXCELLENCE AWARD
LAS VEGAS - Nov. 15, 1994, COMDEX - Borland International Inc.'s new
dBASE 5.0 for Windows has received the 1994 Technical Excellence Award for
Application Development Tools from the editors of PC Magazine, the most
widely read computer trade publication. The Technical Excellence award
winners were announced at a COMDEX ceremony here Monday -- a day after dBASE
for Windows earned PC/Computing Magazine's Most Valuable Product Award for
best database software. The Technical Excellence Award ceremony highlighted
the technical superiority of 31 products in 12 categories with dBASE 5.0 for
Windows winning the Application Development Tools category over Microsoft
Access and Oracle7 Server.
info: tel. 408/431-4863 or scu...@wpo.borland.com
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#1432
IBM's ThinkPad 755CD WINS `BEST OF SHOW' AT COMDEX/FALL
LAS VEGAS - Nov. 16, 1994 COMDEX - IBM's ThinkPad 755CD was named `Best of
Show' in BYTE magazine and The Interface Group's "Best of COMDEX" award
ceremony in Las Vegas.
The ThinkPad 755CD is an innovate mobile multimedia solution, with a
built-in, full-sized CD-ROM, stereo speakers, enhanced video and television
integration features, and a game port.
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#1433
NetWare 4.02 SELECTED AS MOST VALUABLE PRODUCT AWARD WINNER
PROVO, Utah - Nov. 16, 1994 - Novell Wednesday announced that NetWare 4.02,
the latest shipping version of the company's next generation network
operating system, was named winner of the Network Operating System Category
in PC Computing magazine's annual MVP (Most Valuable Products) awards for
1994.
The award was presented during a ceremony held at the COMDEX trade show in
Las Vegas.
info: tel. 801/429-7126 (Novell Inc.)
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#1434
AST's ASCENTIA 900N RECEIVES TOP NOTEBOOK HONOR
LAS VEGAS - Nov. 16, 1994 COMDEX - AST Computer's Ascentia 900N beat the
competition taking PC LapTop Computers Magazine's Notebook of the Year
honor. The Ascentia 900N was singled out in the publication's 1994 Editors
Choice Awards as being the best of the best, among a field of four
semifinalists from Compaq, IBM and Toshiba. The award was presented during
a special presentation at PC LapTop Computers Magazine's fourth annual
awards breakfast held during the Comdex/Fall trade show.
info: tel. 714/727-7943
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#1435
DCA's OpenMind AWARDED MOST VALUABLE PRODUCT AT COMDEX
LAS VEGAS - Nov. 16, 1994 COMDEX - DCA's OpenMind, an out-of the-box
workgroup computing product that allows companies to set up an easy-to-use,
enterprise-wide information service so groups can work collaboratively,
was named PC Computing's 1994 Most Valuable Product (MVP) in the Groupware
category, at an awards banquet that signals the start of COMDEX/Fall '94.
info: tel. ph: 800/348-3221 (DCA)
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#1436
MICROSOFT PRODUCTS RECEIVE 14 AWARDS AT COMDEX
Microsoft Office, Windows NT Workstation, Visual Basic, Word,
Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint Recognized for Excellence
LAS VEGAS, Nov. 16 1994 COMDEX - Microsoft Corporation was awarded top
honors from leading industry publications and associations at COMDEX/Fall
'94, capping a week in which Microsoft(R) applications, development tools
and operating systems won numerous awards for product excellence.
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#1437
SIMON(TM) RECEIVES PC LAPTOP COMPUTERS MAGAZINE 1994-95
EDITOR'S CHOICE AWARD FOR MOST PROMISING PORTABLE
ATLANTA, Nov. 16 - Simon(TM), BellSouth Cellular Corp.'s (BSCC) personal
communicator, has been cited by the editors of PC LAPTOP COMPUTERS MAGAZINE
as one of 1994's best mobile computing products in the magazine's fourth
annual Editor's Choice Awards issue.
Chosen on the basis of technical excellence, ease of use and quality, Simon
received the Most Promising Portable of 1994, one of 13 award categories.
The award was given today at COMDEX, the computer industry trade show in
Las Vegas, Nev.
info: tel. 1-800-SIMON SAYS
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#1438
U.S. MARSHALS SHUT DOWN BULLETIN BOARD
FOUND DISTRIBUTING PIRATED SOFTWARE
REDMOND, Wash., Nov. 16 - Microsoft Corporation and Novell, Inc., announced
today that the Office of the U.S. Marshal has raided the home of the system
operator of the Cloud 9 electronic bulletin board for suspected software
piracy. The Minneapolis-based bulletin board (BBS) had been offering users
access to hundreds of illegal copies of copyright protected software
programs, including Novell(R) Netware(R) and the beta version of Microsoft
(R) Windows(TM) 95 operating system.
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#1439
COMDEX/FALL ATTENDANCE SOARS TOWARDS ALL-TIME RECORD MARK
LAS VEGAS - Nov. 17, 1994 COMDEX - Heading into its closing hours, COMDEX/
Fall attendance soared towards, and perhaps past, the 200,000 mark,
according to executives of the sponsoring Interface Group.
Keynoters Bill Gates from Microsoft, Novell's Bob Frankenberg, and Intel's
Dr. Andy Grove all agreed that, when it comes to personal computers and their
networks, the best is yet to come.
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#1440
VISIONEER WINS PC COMPUTING'S "BEST OF THE BEST"
IN USABILITY AND "BEST INPUT DEVICE" MVP AWARDS
LAS VEGAS - Nov. 17, 1994 COMDEX - Visioneer, a leading provider of products
and technology for getting paper into computers, Thursday announced that its
PaperMax product family was awarded two prestigious MVP -- Most Valuable
Products of the Year -- honors from PC Computing magazine.
info: tel. 415/812-6413 (Visioneer)
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#1441
LOTUS cc:Mail AWARDED TOP HONORS IN FOUR
LEADING INDUSTRY TRADE PUBLICATIONS
LAS VEGAS - Nov. 17, 1994 COMDEX - Lotus Development Corp.'s Lotus cc:Mail
for Windows electronic mail package has been awarded top honors by four
leading industry trade publications, PC/Computing, InfoWorld, Network
Computing and Data Communications. In a separate awards ceremony at the
COMDEX/Fall Computer Trade show, Lotus Development Corp.'s President and CEO
Jim Manzi and Lotus Notes creator and lead developer Ray Ozzie were honored
by PC Magazine with its "People of the Year" award.
info: tel. 415/335-6786 (Lotus Development Corp)
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#1442
BORLAND'S DELPHI95 WINS BYTE MAGAZINE'S BEST OF COMDEX AWARD
LAS VEGAS - November 18, 1994 COMDEX - Borland International Inc. has been
awarded the Byte Magazine Best of COMDEX award for its new high-performance,
client- server application development tool, Delphi95.
Delphi95 won the "best development/system software" category. Other finalist
in this category were Media Forge for Windows from Strata, Inc., and Document
Technology (DocuRT) from Xerox Corporation.
info: tel. 800-891-2223 (Borland)
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#1444
FINDING A JOB--ELECTRONICALLY (books)
Boot up, log on, and find work.
That's the exciting message of a remarkable new guide, The On-Line Job
Search Companion by James C. Gonyea (252 pages, paperback, McGraw-Hill).
This up-to-the-minute work shows exactly how to use a PC to evaluate job
search and career planning resources on the information superhighway,
explaining how to access more than 135,000 current job openings every
week--simply by sitting down at a computer. The book's subtitle precisely
defines its intent and scope: A Complete Guide to Hundreds of Career
Planning and Job Hunting Resources Available Via Your Computer.
info: tel. (212) 337-5951 McGraw-Hill, Inc. (from: BAKER ENTERPRISES)
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