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FTC Warns Junk E-Mailers
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.
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."
The commission says it will focus on two types of e-mail scams:
z 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.
z Junk mailers who lie to consumers in an effort to lure them into
investment, business opportunity or other scams.
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.
E-Mailers Try to Reform Image
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."
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."
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:
z A significant give-away or discount to the recipient.
z Credit or points toward free Internet access and product discounts to
the recipients for receiving and looking at e-mail.
z -A commission to member Internet service providers on each certified
e-mail received and looked at.
Judge Says AOL Not Liable
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.
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."
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.
Feds Brace for Porn Ruling
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."
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.
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.
Ramsey Probe Intruder Target?
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."
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.
Financial Encryption Code Cracked
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.)
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."
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."
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.
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."
Quebec Demands French on Web
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."
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."
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.
Mom Accused of 'Net Addiction'
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."
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."
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."
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.
Pre-Millennium Bug Found
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.
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."
Netscape to Fix Bug Next Week
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.
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.
NEC and IBM in Hard Drive Pact
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.
"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.
Microsoft Buys Java Developer
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.
"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."
Toshiba Makes Pocket Camera
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.
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."
ClariNet News Service Sold
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.
"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.
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."
Editor Decries Apple Knockers
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.
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.
Net PCs Begin Their Debut
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."
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.
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."
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.
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.
A T T E N T I O N-A T T E N T I O N-A T T E N T I O N
LEXMARK OPTRA C
COLOR
LASER PRINTER
For a limited time only; If you wish to have a FREE sample printout sent to
you that demonstrates LEXMARK Optra C SUPERIOR QUALITY 600 dpi Laser Color
Output, please send a Self Addressed Stamped Envelope [SASE] (business
sized envelope please) to:
STReport's LEXMARK Printout Offer
P.O. Box 6672
Jacksonville, Florida 32205-6155
Folks, the LEXMARK Optra C has to be the very best yet in its price range.
It is far superior to anything we've seen or used as of yet. It is said
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
sample that's suitable for framing, see below) Guaranteed. you will be
amazed at the superb quality. (Please.. allow at least a two week turn-
around).
If you would like a sample printout that's suitable for framing. Yes
that's right! Suitable for Framing. Order this package. It'll be on
special stock and be of superb quality. We obtained a mint copy of a 1927
COLOR ENGRAVER'S YEAR BOOK. Our Scanner is doing "double duty"! The
results will absolutely blow you away. If you want this high quality
sample package please include a check or money order in the amount of $6.95
(Costs only) Please, make checks or money orders payable to; Ralph Mariano.
Be sure to include your full return address and telephone number . The
sample will be sent to you protected, not folded in a 9x12 envelope. Don't
hesitate.. you will not be disappointed. This "stuff" is gorgeous!
A T T E N T I O N-A T T E N T I O N-A T T E N T I O N
Shareware Treasure Chest STR Feature "The Latest & Greatest"
Shareware Treasure Chest
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
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
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
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
Name/Version Release Date Size Price
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/
Name/Version Release Date Size Price
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
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
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/
Name/Version Release Date Size Price
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
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
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
Name/Version Release Date Size Price
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
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/
Name/Version Release Date Size Price
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/
Name/Version Release Date Size Price
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/
Name/Version Release Date Size Price
WinImage Professional 3.00.03.3036 Pro 6/16/97 258kb Shareware
$60.00
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
Name/Version Release Date Size Price
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
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
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
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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
transactions on the World Wide Web, and about 80% plan to offer the
service by 1999. (Ottawa Citizen 19 June 97 D1)
ADA GETS PENTAGON DEMOTION IN GRADE
The Pentagon is planning to reduce the status of Ada, the Pascal-like
language used throughout the Department of Defense, from "mandatory" to
"preferred." Although the language is still best for building real-time,
dependable, custom software for battle- related applications, it no longer
is the best choice for many other DoD software projects. (Computer
magazine
Jun 97)
INTERNET GROWTH FIGURES
A Georgia Institute of Technology group has disputed the interpretation
placed by the Tampa Tribune on its recent survey of Internet use. The
study can be found at ech.edu/user_surveys/survey-1997-04/ (Edupage 17 Jun
97)
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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
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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
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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
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cardfile. CorelCENTRAL, with Netscape Communicator integration, is not
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WordPerfectr 8, Corelr Quattror Pro 8 and Corelr PresentationsT 8 as well
as a number of bonus applications including:
z Corel BaristaT - a JavaT tool that allows users to easily publish
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z Corel Photo HouseT 1.1 - photo-editing, touch-up effects and special
effects make it easy to touch up photos.
z Corelr Versionsr - Corel's archiving software helps you keep track of
document revisions.
z 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.
z EnvoyT 7 Viewer - allows users to view any document published to
Envoy, whether they have the software used to create it or not.
z Netscape NavigatorT 3.0
z Bitstreamr Font ManagerT
z 1000 top-quality fonts
z 10, 000+ clipart images
z 200 photos
z Corel WordPerfect Suite Software Development Kit (SDK).
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
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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
Mille Babic
eMail: mille@mail5.tripnet.se
http://www5.tripnet.se/~mille (English, German, Swedish, Croatian)
Gaming Section
Gearing Up for E3!!
Jaguar's 'World Tour Racing"!
>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.
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...
Industry News STR Game Console NewsFile - The Latest Gaming News!
E3 - Electronic Games, Internet, & DVD Lead Show
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