>Rohit "forager of new bits" khare
>
>PS. this week's infoworld has lots of good bits. Esp recommended: cover story
>on the future of internet growth -- imminent death of the net, streaving MPEG
>at 11...
You don't say??
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>which will be a personal communicator, or personal digital assistant
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>early next year when Iomega Corp. and Matsushita-Kotobuki Electronics
>Industry Ltd. roll out 15mm, low-profile versions of their high-capacity
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>big three database vendors continue to throw their weight behind Tivoli
>Systems Inc.'s Tivoli Management Environment (TME) and a third party has
>begun to build a bridge to Microsoft Corp.'s SQL Server database.
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> File System (DFS) for the OS/2 Warp Server network operating system that
> will provide a unified file system across multiple servers in an
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>to reverse a lower court's ruling that invalidated the Communications
>Decency Act, which aims to restrict Internet content.
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>Modeling Language (VRML) and within days will ship CyberHub, an
>application that adds multiuser interaction to existing VRML files on the
>World Wide Web or corporate intranets.
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>Systems Inc. (HNS) will enhance its satellite transmission service to work
>with LANs.
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><I> Posted at 2:06 PM PT, Jun 28, 1996
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>market this year, but there will be a lot of jockeying for second through
>fifth place, according to International Data Corp.
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><I> Posted at 11:27 AM PT, Jun 28, 1996
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>Internet into a giant virtual cash register with enhancements to its Top
>End middleware that will let users deploy point-of-sale applications over
>the World Wide Web.
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