The New York Times 1989 - Abstracts

The New York Times 1989
TitleSubjectAuthors
39,500 more telephone workers strike. (Ameritech)News, opinion and commentaryRobert D. McFadden
$648.2 million loss reported by Unisys for the 3d quarter.News, opinion and commentary 
A burning question: Is mouth or computer hottest pepper judge? (chromatography, a computerized method that determines concentrations of capsaicin, an organic compound that gives pepper its heat)News, opinion and commentaryDena Kleiman
Advances in conductor materials. (IBM's superconductor materials research) (includes articles on producing hormones in arm animals, Donald J. Quigg's resignation as Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks)(Patents)News, opinion and commentaryEdmund Andrews
Algorithm ruling may aid software. (patenting of mathematical algorithms liberalized) (Patents) (column)News, opinion and commentaryEdmund L. Andrews
A shakeout for software: retailers seem reluctant to face facts and continue to open stores despite a glut.News, opinion and commentaryClaudia H. Deutsch
Automated planes raising concerns. (pilots' responses to emergencies might be impaired)News, opinion and commentaryCarl H. Lavin
Automate the Futures exchanges. (Chicago Mercantile Exchange, site of trading scandals) (Business Forum)News, opinion and commentaryTed Gutierres
Banking's technology helps drug dealers export cash .... (facsimile machines and computers)News, opinion and commentaryStephen Labaton
BellSouth terminates pact with Lin. (Lin Broadcasting Corp.)News, opinion and commentary 
Bull to buy Zenith PC subsidiary; deal for $635 million expected to bolster American company. (Groupe Bull, Zenith Electronics Corp.)News, opinion and commentarySteven Greenhouse
Can Cray's stock come back? (Cray Research Inc.; Investing) (column)News, opinion and commentaryKaren Gullo
Chess-playing computer closing in on champions; speedy, powerful analysis makes for a formidable opponent. (researchers at Carnegie-Mellon develop Deep Thought program) (Science Times Pages)News, opinion and commentaryRobert Byrne
Chicago must modernize or perish. (automation of the Chicago futures exchanges)News, opinion and commentaryDaniel R. Siegel
Communication challenges seen. (interview with Alfred C. Sikes) (Talking Business) (interview)News, opinion and commentaryClavin Sims
Computer changes jolt Route 128. (Massachusetts high-technology region is hurt by the erosion of the minicomputer market)News, opinion and commentaryAllan R. Gold
Computer graphics aiding jurors' recall. (slick packaging of evidence may also manipulation juror response) (Law Pages)News, opinion and commentary 
Computer lessor deal with Geneen group. (Continental Information Systems Corp., Harold S. Geneen)News, opinion and commentaryAlison Leigh Cowan
Computer maker's glamour fades. (Nixdorf Computer AG's Klaus Luft faces losses, changing markets)News, opinion and commentaryFerdinand Protzman
Computers in the toolbox. (computer technology used in retail hardware stores to help customers plan building projects)News, opinion and commentaryJohn Holusha
Computers proliferating in classroom.News, opinion and commentaryJoseph Berger
Computers speed up Post Office service. (Consumer's World Pages)News, opinion and commentary 
Computer virus cure may be worse than disease.News, opinion and commentaryJohm Markoff
Digital to use bonding technology. (Digital Equipment Corp. uses tape-automated technology to connect silicon processing chips)(Company News)News, opinion and commentaryNina Andrews
Dow declines by 14.34; computer stocks weak. (Dow Jones Industrial Average)News, opinion and commentaryPhillip H. Wiggins
Dow Jones bids for rest of Telerate.News, opinion and commentaryAlbert Scardino
Ericsson and G.E. set joint cellular venture. (L.M. Ericsson A.B.; General Electric Co.; Company News)News, opinion and commentaryJonathan P. Hicks
Europe vows no bias against U.S. chips.News, opinion and commentaryClyde H. Farnsworth
Facts to fit every fancy: custom textbooks are here. (McGraw-Hill Inc.)News, opinion and commentaryEdwin McDowell
For children who can barely say it, a computer. (computers for toddlers) (Living Arts Pages)News, opinion and commentaryCarol Lawson
For chips that overheat: a tiny radiator. (from Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corp.)News, opinion and commentaryEdmund L. Andrews
For the chronically scatterbrained, high-tech hope can be at your fingertips. (Coping with Electronic Organizers)(Consumers World Pages) (evaluation)News, opinion and commentaryIvan Berger
Globex trading system delayed and disputed. (Globex, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange's computerized trading system)News, opinion and commentaryEben Shapiro
Head of chip consortium issues warning. (Robert N. Noyce of Sematech)News, opinion and commentaryRobert D. Hershey Jr.
I.B.M. admits U.S. contract violations. (General Services Administration investigation)News, opinion and commentaryGregory A. Robb
I.B.M. and Digital expand product lines. (Company News) (product announcement)News, opinion and commentaryHolusha John
I.B.M. cuts computer radiation.News, opinion and commentary 
I.B.M. in health systems venture. (Baxter Healthcare Corp.)News, opinion and commentaryMilt Freudenheim
I.B.M. introduces minicomputer products. (AS/400 products) (product announcement)News, opinion and commentary 
I.B.M.-Navy briefing is seen as unethical. (procurement practices)News, opinion and commentaryGregory A. Robb
Index arbitrage seems to falter. (Market Place) (column)News, opinion and commentaryFloyd Norris
Inmates sue to end ban on computers in cells. (Washington State Reformatory declares use of computers in rehabilitation program a security risk) (The Law Pages)News, opinion and commentaryLis Wiehl
Insurers vs. doctors: a software battleground. (expert systems help insurers audit doctor and hospital bills)News, opinion and commentaryMilt Freudenheim
LIN backs takeover by McCaw; cellular operator accepts new offer over BellSouth's. (LIN Broadcasting Corp., McCaw Cellular Communications Inc.)News, opinion and commentaryGeraldine Fabrikant
Lin-BellSouth cellular merger set. (Lin Broadcasting Corp.'s response to McCaw Cellular Communications Inc.'s hostile bid)News, opinion and commentaryGeraldine Fabrikant
Management of Gtech leading investor group.News, opinion and commentary 
Mexico set to sell its phone unit. (Telefonos de Mexico)News, opinion and commentaryLarry Rother
More trips start at a home computer. (teleshopping for travel offerings on computerized information services) (includes related article briefly describing the best-known computer shopping services)News, opinion and commentaryPhilip S. Gutis
Mosbacher backs Soviet fiber-optic cable. (U.S. Secretary of Commerce Robert A. Mosbacher, Soviet cable proposed by U S West Inc.)News, opinion and commentaryClyde H. Farnsworth
New Jersey acts on video terminals; the goal is to reduce hazards like eyestrain and tendinitis.News, opinion and commentaryJoseph F. Sullivan
New popularity as markets become more global. (language translation services begin to grow, become automated) (includes related articles) (What's New in Language Translation)News, opinion and commentaryDoreen Mangan
New product from I.B.M. (International Business Machines Corp.'s workstations)News, opinion and commentary 
NYSE's call for restraint draws jeers. (New York Stock Exchange)News, opinion and commentaryCraig Torres, William Power
'Open outcry' works well and cheaply. (systems of futures trading) (Business Forum) (column)News, opinion and commentaryMorton Lane
Phone workers in New York agree to pact to end strike. (Nynex Corp.)News, opinion and commentaryFrank J. Prial
Program traders are defiant; fund managers vow to ignore new rules.News, opinion and commentaryDiana B. Henriques
Quake gives an impetus to commuting by phone. (more employees looking at telecommuting as alternative after the Oct 17, 1989, San Francisco Bay Area earthquake) (National Pages)News, opinion and commentaryPeter T. Kilborn
Radio system uses fiery meteor trails to transmit data. (Science Times)News, opinion and commentaryMalcolm W. Browne
Rise in worker injuries is laid to the computer. (Department of Labor report) (National Pages)News, opinion and commentaryPeter T. Kilborn
Rules weighed on transfer of big sums electronically. (Department of the Treasury)News, opinion and commentaryStephen Labaton
Software is the next target. (Japan plans move into software development) (column)News, opinion and commentaryGlenn Rifkin
Strategies to stay in front in Silicon Valley. (emphasis on design over manufacturing)News, opinion and commentaryJohn Markofff
Supreme court to transmit decisions by computer.News, opinion and commentaryLinda Greenhouse
Technical 'magic' converts a puny signal into pictures. (Voyager 2's transmissions undergo image processing)News, opinion and commentaryMalcolm W. Browne
The games played for Nintendo's sales. (Nintendo of America Inc.)News, opinion and commentaryAnthony Ramirez
The lap-top computer goes to college. (college students are the focus of computer makers' marketing; includes glossary of computer terms and related article on laptop features to look for)News, opinion and commentaryMichael deCourcy Hinds
The uneasy case for subsidy of high-technology efforts.News, opinion and commentaryPeter Passell
Tracking trains by computer. (What's New in Freight Trains)News, opinion and commentaryJames Schwartz
Uncannily precise, Voyager bears down on Neptune. (a related article announces that the Public Broadcasting System and the Cable News Network will carry live pictures taken by Voyager 2 as the spacecraft passes Neptune)News, opinion and commentaryJohn Noble Wilford
Unleashing Ma Bell. (AT and T seeks freedom to regulate its own prices) (Economic Scene) (column)News, opinion and commentaryPeter Passell
Updating of Pentagon computers runs over budget, report finds. (House Committee on Government Operations) (National Pages)News, opinion and commentaryJeff Gerth
U.S. counts on computer edge in the race for advanced TV; efforts focus on digital signals for broadcast channels. (Science Times)News, opinion and commentaryWilliam J. Broad
U.S. debates selling supercomputers to 3 nations. (Brazil, India, Israel)News, opinion and commentaryJohn Markoff, Stephen Engelberg
Wang cuts more jobs in major 'reordering.' (Wang Laboratories Inc.) (Company News)News, opinion and commentary 
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