The New York Times 1990 - Abstracts

The New York Times 1990
TitleSubjectAuthors
3 bids for Mexico phone company. (Telefonos de Mexico)News, opinion and commentaryMark A. Uhlig
A computer game simulates battles so real they almost hurt. (Living Arts Pages) (Battletech Center)News, opinion and commentaryWoody Hochswender
Analyzing poetry with assistance from computers. (computers are used in an English class at the University of North Carolina)News, opinion and commentary 
A new aggressiveness at Siemens.News, opinion and commentaryFerdinand Protzman
A new supercomputer from Intel. (iPSC/860) (Company News)(Column) (product announcement)News, opinion and commentary 
An inventor of the microchip, Robert N. Noyce, dies at 62. (obituary)News, opinion and commentaryConstance L. Hays
An Wang, 70, is dead of cancer; inventor and maker of computers.News, opinion and commentaryDennis Hevesi
Argentine phone system sale is snagged. (Empresa Nacional de Telecommunicaciones)News, opinion and commentaryShirley Christian
Ask it no questions: the camera can lie. (computer imaging)News, opinion and commentaryAndy Grundberg
Automation: pain replaces the old drudgery; hazards at the keyboard: a special report.News, opinion and commentaryPeter T. Kilborn
Big board plans trading at night, using computers in transactions (New York Stock Exchange)News, opinion and commentaryFloyd Norris
Bills to pay? The number is ... (bill-paying by telephone) (includes related article about a new phone with a miniature viewing screen and keyboard, offered by Citibank)News, opinion and commentaryMichael Quint
Brazil loosening computer trade.News, opinion and commentaryJames Brooke
Call for home computers for detecting of quakes.News, opinion and commentarySandra Blakeslee
Can an Eastern company survive in a Western world?; The strategy of a Dresden company is to make Siemens a partner. (Computer-Elektronik Dresden G.m.b.H.)News, opinion and commentaryJohn Tagliabue
Cellular phone deals for alert buyers.News, opinion and commentaryLeonard Sloane
Chairman of Philips is said to be stepping down early. (Philips Gloeilampenfabrieken N.V. Chairman Cornelis J. van der Klugt)News, opinion and commentarySteven Greenhouse
Computer brokerages match buyers, sellers and used gear. (includes related article on buying and selling tips)News, opinion and commentaryLeonard Sloane
Computer helps professors match names and faces. (Living Arts Pages) (Clarkson University)News, opinion and commentary 
Computer problems delay installation of new weather radar.News, opinion and commentary 
Computers and other targets; how Japan learns, and wins, even by losing. (part 1) (editorial)News, opinion and commentary 
Computers to help drivers find their way. (electronic navigation systems) (Business Technology)News, opinion and commentaryPaul C. Judge
Computer 'virus' termed a mistake. (Robert Tappan Morris case)News, opinion and commentary 
Craig McCaw's high-risk phone bet; he is gambling everything on a belief that cellular phones will become indispensable. (includes related articles on cellular telephone quality and McCaw Cellular Communications Inc.'s stock)News, opinion and commentaryGerladine Fabrikant
Digital, expecting a loss, ends up reporting a profit. (Digital Equipment Corp.)(includes financial report from Unisys Corp.)News, opinion and commentary 
Do computers make better teachers? (computers in the classroom)News, opinion and commentarySusan Chira
Easier rules for A.T.&T. suggested. (long distance restrictions)News, opinion and commentaryNathaniel C. Nash
Electronic bond auction founders; US West unit chooses Merrill Lynch over firm with new system.News, opinion and commentaryMichael Quint
Electronic bulletin boards need editing. No they don't; free-speech issues at the speed of light.News, opinion and commentaryFelicity Barringer
Electronic Data ends Continental Air offer. (Electronic Data Systems Corp. and Continental Airlines Inc.)(Company News) (column)News, opinion and commentaryAgis Salpukas
Electronic teacher: a Mississippi experiment. (electronic education)News, opinion and commentarySusan Chira
Expansion for I.B.M.'s Callpath.News, opinion and commentary 
Experts say a new system may have 'crashed' phones. (National Pages) (AT&T's long-distance service failure)News, opinion and commentaryMatthew L. Wald
Facing the incredible: 1 (800) N-O-T-H-I-N-G (AT&T unable to connect 800 number calls)News, opinion and commentaryJames Barron
French said to spy on U.S. computer companies.News, opinion and commentaryMichael Wines
Fujitsu weighs stake in a computer maker.News, opinion and commentary 
German phone system is taxed by unification. (International Report)News, opinion and commentaryKatie Hafner
G.M. to link dealers with satellite system. (Company News)News, opinion and commentaryPaul C. Judge
GTE profits up 20.2 percent; United Telecom down. (Company Earnings) (column)News, opinion and commentary 
High-Tech giants fail at mergers. (Business Scene) (column)News, opinion and commentaryLouis Uchitelle
Hospitals increase use of computers. (Business and Health) (column)News, opinion and commentaryMilt Freudenheim
How 'fuzzy logic' improves TV clarity. (product announcement)News, opinion and commentary 
How to map out the best place for rare species.News, opinion and commentaryKeith Schneider
I.B.M. says new PC's transfer data quickly. (PS/2s) (Company News) (product announcement)News, opinion and commentary 
'I thought software was my answer.' (includes a related article on IBM tax preparation software and )News, opinion and commentaryTom Sawyer
Joseph C. R. Licklider dies at 75; foresaw new uses for computers. (obituary)News, opinion and commentaryGlenn Fowler
'Junk bond' computers proposed; Wall St. considers new pricing system.News, opinion and commentaryKurt Eichenwald
Just waiting for a great big blackout. (disaster recovery for computer systems)News, opinion and commentary 
Kodak plans for desktop publishing. (Eastman Kodak Co.)News, opinion and commentaryJohn Holusha
Like growing number of companies, I.B.M. is building child-care centers.News, opinion and commentaryCarol Lawson
Lin chief a big winner in McCaw merger deal. (Donald Pels, chairman of Lin Broadcasting)News, opinion and commentaryGeraldine Fabrikant
Making phones the deaf can use.News, opinion and commentaryKaren De Witt
MCI's net off 11.5% in quarter. (MCI Communications Corp.)News, opinion and commentary 
Military contract haunts Intermec. (Market Place) (column)News, opinion and commentaryFloyd Norris
Navy finds no wrongdoing by I.B.M. in procurements.News, opinion and commentaryGregory A. Robb
New Kodak system for showing photos on TV; a compact disk stores an image as sharp as 35-millimeter film. (Eastman Kodak Co.)News, opinion and commentaryJohn Holusha
New software offers advice. (Home Lawyer, WillMaker 4.0 and Make Your Paycheck Last) (Your Money) (column)News, opinion and commentaryJan M. Rosen
New task for the computer: making clothes. (computers linked to standard industrial sewing machines produce garments quickly and cheaply) (Business Technology) (column)News, opinion and commentaryJerry Schwartz
New York step asked on Nynex; a phone divestiture will be considered. (recommendation that Nynex be forced to divest itself of New York Telephone Co.)News, opinion and commentarySam Howe Verhovek
Not even an Apple for Poland. (Apple microcomputers)News, opinion and commentaryJohn Heinz
Olivetti is said to plan 7,000 layoffs in slump.News, opinion and commentaryClyde Haberman
Pactel and Cellular plan midwest venture. (Pacific Telesis Group and Cellular Communications Inc.)News, opinion and commentaryGeraldine Fabrikant
Philips ouster tied to loose management. (forced resignation of Cornelis J. van der Klugt)News, opinion and commentarySteven Greenhouse
Preliminary supercomputer pact gives U.S. more access to Japan; but skeptics question whether sales will result.News, opinion and commentaryRobert Pear
Preparing tax returns on home computers. (includes related article about selecting a program) (Software Review) (evaluation)News, opinion and commentaryEric N. Berg
Racal effort seen to avert a takeover; British concern's plans include 2 spinoffs and management buyouts. (Racal Electronics PLC)News, opinion and commentary 
Reform by high-tech; a district moves into the 21st century. (computers in Central Kitsap School District, Seattle) (Education Life supplement)News, opinion and commentaryEdward B. Fiske
Repair jobs are going high tech. (repairing, maintaining and updating high-technology equipment) (Careers) (column)News, opinion and commentaryElizabeth M. Fowler
Satellite TV battle ends in Britain; Murdoch's system merging with rival. (Rupert Murdoch's Sky Television PLC and British Satellite Broadcasting)News, opinion and commentaryRoger Cohen
Self-serve at the checkout lane; bar code scanning in its ultimate test.News, opinion and commentaryEben Sharpiro
Selling software the hard way; Computer Associates has become the biggest independent company in the market by gobbling up the competition. But some of the acquired customers are nervous about C.A.'s roller-coaster stock price and family-style management of the Brothers Wang. (The New York Times Magazine: The Business World)(part 2) (company profile)News, opinion and commentaryDaniel Cohen
Siemens buying 51% of Nixdorf; computer innovator is saved by merger in West Germany. (Nixdorf Computer AG)News, opinion and commentaryFerdinand Protzman
Simulating competition. (government regulation of telephone companies)(Economic Scene) (column)News, opinion and commentaryPeter Passell
'Smart' cars and highways to help unsnarl gridlock.News, opinion and commentaryJohn H. Cushman Jr.
Software issue kills bill to ease copyright laws; computer groups win a battle with writers.News, opinion and commentaryRoger Cohen
Taiwan aims for high-tech niches.News, opinion and commentarySheryl WuDunn
Test approved for curbing a type of program trading.News, opinion and commentaryGregory A. Robb
The grays give way to color in desktop publishing. (Technology) (column)News, opinion and commentaryMarie-Jeanne Juilland
The great new drive to rescue Wang's computers; Rick Miller has recharged the firm, but has far to go. (includes related article on customer service)News, opinion and commentaryStuart Mieher
The high-tech future. (In the Nation) (column)News, opinion and commentaryTom Wicker
The I.R.S.'s bumbling efforts to update its computers: the agency itself cites a shortage of technical expertise and lack of vision. (Internal Revenue Service) (includes related article citing unsuccessful IRS attempts to computerize)News, opinion and commentaryDavid Burnham
The office as a stage, the C.E.O. as the star; little gadgets can help an executive terminate a bore or inflict humiliation. (The Executive Life) (column)News, opinion and commentaryDeirdre Fanning
The service robot lumbers off the drawing board. (Technology) (column)News, opinion and commentaryGeorge Harrar
The software with good sense. (Cyc knowledge base that will augment other computer programs, giving them common sense) (Technology)News, opinion and commentaryGeorge Harrar
Unisys, struggling with big debt load, sells preferred stock to Japanese firm.News, opinion and commentaryPaul B. Carroll
U.S. and Japan reach pact on telephone trade issues.News, opinion and commentary 
U.S. easing on exports of computers.News, opinion and commentaryMichael Wines
U.S. Memories: who is the loser? (Economic Scene) (column)News, opinion and commentaryPeter Passell
Videodisk joining the book as new tool in classroom. (includes related article on videodisks at George Mason University)News, opinion and commentaryMichel Marriott
Visit to a tiny planet: within glass walls, five climates and 3,800 species. (Biosphere II, an airtight, watertight glass-walled structure that functions as a self-sustaining environment)News, opinion and commentarySeth Mydans
Why two television formats may be better than one. (Video) (column)News, opinion and commentaryHans Fantel
With a new computer program don't try to learn the entire program at once. Take your time and master the basics first. (Coping) (column)News, opinion and commentaryIvan Berger
With computers, mapmakers are redrawing the world. (All About/Maps) (includes related article about automobiles equipped with electronic maps)News, opinion and commentaryJennifer Steinhauer
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