The New York Times 1991 John Markoff |
Title | Subject | Authors |
3 new I.B.M. models due on Monday. (three new models of I.B.M.'s PS/1 microcomputer) (product announcement) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
A 10-year alliance fades as I.B.M. tackles Microsoft. (computer software industry rivalry) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
Abe Peled's secret start-up at IBM: with an end-run on lethargy, his team created a computer in just two years. (IBM's new Power Visualization System graphics supercomputer) (includes related articles on IBM's basic research, special sales and marketing arrangements for new graphics computer) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
A computer plan runs into trouble. (Advanced Computing Environment consortium) (Talking Deals) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
A director of research is named at Microsoft. (Richard Rashid)(Business People) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
Adobe tackles the paper glut with a software for all systems. (Carousel, a new platform-independent software system being developed by Adobe Systems Inc.) (Technology) (Column) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
A fresh eye on the environment: the supercomputer assesses changes. | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
A 'gunslinger's' growing pains: charting change at Sun Microsystems through its sometimes inexplicable mottos. (includes a related article on Scott McNealy's management style) (company profile) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
A merger of TV and computing: digital imaging. (Transforming the Decade: 10 Critical Technologies) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
American Express to buy 2 top supercomputers. (massively parallel supercomputers from Thinking Machines Corp.) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
An aging dancer fights to keep up; Silicon Valley's future may hinge on winning the palmtop computer race. (includes related article on Silicon Valley's high-tech development formula) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
An Apple PC version of 1-2-3. (spreadsheet software from Lotus Development Corp.) (product announcement) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
And not a personal computer in sight: Xerox bobbled a brilliant computer vision in the 70's. It's trying again with 'ubiquitous computing.' (Xerox Corp.'s Palo Alto Research Center)(includes related articles on the history of PARC and on the close linkage planned between PARC and parent company, Xerox) (company profile) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
A new supercomputer is introduced by I.B.M. (the I.B.M. Power Visualization System) (product announcement) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
A software alliance is expected; a Lotus-Adobe deal may alter the computer print 'front wars.' (Lotus Development Corp. and Adobe Systems Inc. announce an alliance regarding computer fonts) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
As telephones multiply, dialing will take longer. | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
A system to speed computer data. (data compression) (Business Technology) (column) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
At I.B.M., refocusing yet again; job cuts and spinoffs among the options. | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
Bell Labs laser said to be world's tiniest; a possible use; fast computers run by beams of light. | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
Big show amid computer industry chaos. (Comdex-Fall, Las Vegas, Nevada, opens October 21, 1991) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
Bringing a 3-D spin to a computer consortium. (Silicon Graphics Inc.) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
Can Atex keep its proprietary place in the newsroom? A favorite is being superceded by desk-top software. (Atex Inc. manufactures computerized editorial systems) (includes related article about 'fourth wave' publishing systems) (company profile) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
Can computer viruses be domesticated to serve mankind? | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
Can machines think? Humans match wits. (Turing Test) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
Chief reads riot act to I.B.M.; managers are told to stop excuses in a hard-hitting talk. (John F. Akers) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
Chip technology's friendly rivals. (John L. Hennessy and David A. Patterson co-author computer science textbook) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
Computer chip advance is reported. (a technique to manipulate individual silicon atoms) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
Computer group faces uphill fight. (Advanced Computing Environment) (Talking Deals) (column) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
Computer group is preparing to challenge top PC makers. | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
Computerland's survival strategy. (computer retailing) (a correction to this article appears in the Nov. 16, 1991 edition, page A3 National and A3 Late) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
Computer makers worried by curb on software export. | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
Computer said to be the fastest: Thinking Machines reclaiming its title. (product announcement) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
Cray decides: no partner for computer. (Cray Research Corp.) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
Cray product seen as end of an era. (Cray Research's Y-MP C90 supercomputer) (Product Announcement) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
Cray Research names executive as president. (John F. Carlson) (Business People) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
Crunching numbers by the teraflop. (In Parallel) (Transforming the Decade: 10 Critical Technologies) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
Data network raises monopoly fear. (Advanced Network and Services' NSFnet) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
Denser, faster, cheaper: the microchip in the 21st century; the exponential growth of transistor capacity will continue to have a huge impact. (integrated circuits) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
Digital plans new effort in PC market. (Digital Equipment Corp.) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
Dutch computer rogues tap U.S. systems with impunity. (computer hacking) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
Earnings plunge at I.B.M.; quarterly sales fall across almost all of hardware line. | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
Executives are shifted by I.B.M.: high-growth areas to be emphasized. (Business Day) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
Executives of Apple and I.B.M. discuss a new tie. | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
Executive to oversee revamping at I.B.M. (David E. McKinney) (Business People) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
For the PC user, vast libraries: and getting the data will be simplified. (development of a nationwide data network) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
Fujitsu drops offer on computer; U.S. opposition forces Japanese company to cancel its donation. (of a supercomputer to the Model Evaluation Consortium for Climate Evaluation) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
Gates gift will create a biotech program. (William Gates III, founder and chairman of Microsoft Corp, gives $12 million to the University of Washington for a biotechnology department) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
Getting computers to accept poor penmanship. (pen-based computers) (Business Technology ) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
I.B.M.. adds 11 models to minicomputer line. (IBM's AS/400 minicomputer line; Company news)(Column) (product announcement) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
I.B.M. and Intel form chip alliance. (microprocessors) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
I.B.M. announces a sweeping shift in its structure; giant fights stagnancy; will reorganize into nimbler companies and will pare 20,000 more jobs. | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
I.B.M. argues its case, but Wall St. is bearish. | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
IBM faces a harsher world in 90's. | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
I.B.M. forces a reshuffling of the deck. (strategic planning and industry alliances) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
I.B.M. gears up for battle over mainframe disk drives; the question: Stretch current technology, or plunge into RAID? (redundant arrays of inexpensive disks) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
I.B.M. gets lift from mainframes. (Market Place) (column) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
I.B.M. group is optimistic on computer; powerful mainframe, due in September, said to be vital to profits. | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
I.B.M. has new model at $12,000. (IBM AS/400 D02 minicomputer) (product announcement) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
I.B.M. in technology pact with Thinking Machines. | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
I.B.M. link with Lotus is expected; software company's product called Notes is basis of alliance. (Lotus Development Corp.'s Notes office automation software) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
I.B.M. makes changes in workstation line. | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
I.B.M. net fell 84.5% in 3d period; but the stock jumps as progress is cited in cutting expenses. | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
I.B.M. net fell 91.9% in quarter; but company sees prospects for gains this year in the U.S. | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
I.B.M. official moving to Northern Telecom. (Edward E. Lucente; Business People) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
I.B.M. says it will delay new product. (OS/2 2.0 operating system) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
I.B.M's big gamble on X-rays: new chip process could fly or flop. (IBM's superconducting synchrotron storage ring, for X-ray chip etching) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
I.B.M's chief criticizes staff again. (John F. Akers) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
I.B.M. sees a gloomy 2d quarter; analysts told that profits may again be disappointing. | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
I.B.M. sees sharp drop in earnings; stock declines 10% amd helps to send Wall St. tumbling. | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
I.B.M.'s plan can work, experts say. (decentralization) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
I.B.M. surprises Wall Street with strong quarterly net. (fourth quarter) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
I.B.M. to disclose details of new strategy. | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
Improving mainframes at I.B.M.: chips being utilized as way to counter desktop competition. | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
Is the electronic book closer than you think? (electronic publishing) (Ideas & Trends) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
Lilliputian rival of desktops offered by Hewlett-Packard. (Hewlett Packard Co.'s 95LX handheld computer) (product announcement) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
Locking the doors in the electronic global village: the end of a utopian dream. ( Free Software Foundation) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
Lotus to add electronic mail unit; upgraded version of Notes computer program also planned. (Lotus Development Corp. acquires cc:Mail) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
Measuring how fast computers really are. (benchmarks for measuring high-performance computers' speeds) (Technology) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
Microsoft plans basic research lab. (Microsoft Corp.) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
Microsoft to adopt code system: data-security method does not comply with government proposal. (licenses software security system from RSA Data Security Inc.) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
'Micros' vs. supercomputers. (Cray Research Inc.'s competition with Convex Computer Corp. and with workstation manufacturers) (company profile) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
Mouse! movie! sound! action! (Technology) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
NCR to enter mainframe market. (NCR Corp.'s NCR 3600 mainframe computer) (product announcement) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
New alliance in computer chips. | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
New I.B.M. price cuts expected; move Monday said to involve desktops. | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
New line by I.B.M. is 'open'; products can work with other brands. (I.B.M. introduces new mainframe computers as well as various hardware devices and software products) (product announcement) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
New networks for the nation. (Fiber Optics) (Transforming the Decade: 10 Critical Technologies) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
New president named at Bell Laboratories. (John S. Mayo) (Business People) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
News from the Mideast via the P.C. (computer-information services) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
New supercomputers signal industry's direction. (Thinking Machines Corp.'s CM-5) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
Nextstation's future hinges on software. (Next Inc.)(The Executive Computer) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
One-two punch for PC makers: market pummeled at top and bottom. (microcomputers) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
Patent action on software by A.T.&T. (patent on windowing technology) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
Pentagon seeking tougher curbs on exports of newest computers. | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
Physicists close in on world's fastest supercomputer; facing daunting calculations on subatomic particles, scientists build their own system. (Advanced Computer Program Multiple Array Processor System at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
Prices cut, models added in I.B.M.'s new PC push. (IBM's new microcomputer strategy) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
Recent Novell software contains hidden virus. (Novell Inc.) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
Remember Big Brother? Now he's a company man. (Ideas and Trends) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
Research venture creates unit that can earn profit. (Advanced Network and Services Inc.) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
Shift at I.B.M. alters succession outlook; an heir apparent emerges for the chairman's post. (C. Michael Armstrong, senior vice president, may succeed Chmn John F. Akers) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
Small company scrutinized in U.S. phone breakdowns. (DSC Communications Corp.) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
Software's giants to square off. (IBM's OS/2 2.0 operating system and Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 3.1 graphical user interface) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
Soon: faster and wiser networks. (fast, intelligent computer office networks) (Business Technology) (column) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
Soviet fiber-optic deal challenges U.S. policy. (German firm reportedly sells fiber-optic wire to Soviet Union) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
So who's talking: human or machine? (Turing Test competition to be held at Boston Computing Museum) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
Supercomputing's speed quest. (researchers work to develop machines capable of teraflop speed) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
The first draft of I.B.M.'s future. | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
U.S. electronic data move challenged on privacy issue. | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
Using computer engineering to mimic the movement of the bow: researchers are trying to capture the complexity of musical information. (research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Laboratory) (includes related article on transistors of the future)(Technology) (column) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
U.S. seeks broad ban on computers. | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
U.S. supercomputer plan to spur G.N.P., study says. (a report prepared by the Gartner Group for the Department of Energy) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
Wang joins I.B.M. in marketing alliance. (Wang Laboratories Inc.) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
Wang seeks new strategy for business; company plans to shift to industry standard and imaging market. (Wang Laboratories Inc.) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
When I.B.M.'s big guns won't do. (software engineering) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
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