The New York Times 1991 - Abstracts

The New York Times 1991
TitleSubjectAuthors
2 Baby Bells' profits drop; third is flat. (Bell regional telephone companies)News, opinion and commentary 
A better way to track your assets. (the Yasuda Fire and Marine Company uses financial software designed by the Frank Russell Company)(Wall Street)News, opinion and commentaryDiana B. Henriques
A Commander in Chief's first order to computer. (President Bush receives his first computer lesson) (Living Arts Pages)News, opinion and commentaryAndrew Rosenthal
A computer glitch causes bumpy start in a Newark school. (scheduling problems at Central High School, Newark, New Jersey)News, opinion and commentaryJoseph F. Sullivan
A French giant stalks U.S. telephone market. (Alcatel Alsthom) (Company Profile)News, opinion and commentaryJacques Neher
Air controllers say computers show false images.News, opinion and commentary 
A justified ban on 'Baby Bells.' (telephone companies) (editorial)News, opinion and commentary 
Alternatives to the portable phone.News, opinion and commentaryIvan Berger
A.M.D.'s strength doubted by some. (Advanced Micro Devices, the semiconductor company) (Market Place) (Column)News, opinion and commentaryFloyd Norris
Ameritech to acquire Cybertel.News, opinion and commentaryEric N. Berg
....And corporate retreat. (Lotus Development Corp.'s Lotus MarketPlace: Households data base)News, opinion and commentaryJohn A. Baker
An issue of consumer privacy.... (Lotus Development Corp.'s Lotus MarketPlace: Households data base)News, opinion and commentaryMary J. Culnan
A pen mightier than a password: computers that can recognize a signature are coming to market. (signature verification software) (Technology) (column)News, opinion and commentaryMonique P. Yazigi
Argentina shops shares in its telephone system. (privatization of telephone system in Argentina )News, opinion and commentaryNathaniel C. Nash
Army blames Patriot's computer for failure to stop Dhahran scud. (scud missile that killed 28 people in the Persian Gulf War of 1991)News, opinion and commentaryEric Schmitt
Ask Computer picks 3 to head new units. (Ask Computer Systems Inc.) (Business People) (column)News, opinion and commentaryLawrence Fisher
As U.S. battles computer company, writer takes vision of evil to grave. (the Inslaw case)(Danny Casolaro)News, opinion and commentaryB. Drummond Ayres Jr.
A.T.& T. contract is blocked. (the U.S. General Services Administration agrees with a protest by I.B.M. concerning contract award to A.T.&T)News, opinion and commentaryMatthew L. Wald
A.T.&T. credit card rate is cut. (AT and T Universal Card Services)News, opinion and commentaryMichael Quint
A.T.&T. executive is given global duties. (Randall L. Tobias, vice chairman) (Business People)News, opinion and commentary 
A.T.& T. long-distance failure snarls air-traffic in New York. (telecommunications traffic gets cut-off)News, opinion and commentaryDennis Hevesi
A.T.&T.'s bad connections. (how AT&T handled the disruption of its phone services, which occurred in mid-Sep 1991) (column)News, opinion and commentaryGerald C. Meyers
A.T.&T. settles bias suit for $66 million; a nationwide effect is seen for women in the workplace.News, opinion and commentaryIsabel Wilkerson
A voice scrambler for cellular calls. (the Commando 5000 from GTE Mobilnet) (product announcement)News, opinion and commentary 
Banks looking more closely at their credit card holders. (banks rely on computers to guide their relationships with customers)News, opinion and commentaryMichael Quint
Bridging a gap for blind PC users.News, opinion and commentary 
Buying a personal computer: the choices can be daunting. (includes related article on repairing microcomputers)News, opinion and commentaryMatthew L. Wald
Chess riddle solved at last by computer. (chess problem resolved by Lewis Stiller at Johns Hopkins University)News, opinion and commentary 
Citing rift with board, key Tronic's chief quits. (Alfred T. Zirkle, Key Tronic Corp.)News, opinion and commentary 
Comcast's $1.1 billion phone deal: Metromedia selling a cellular operation.News, opinion and commentaryGeraldine Fabrikant
Compaq net up 24 percent for quarter. (Compaq Computer Corp.)News, opinion and commentary 
Computer blamed in Thailand crash; analysis of an air disaster: 'The plane became unpilotable.'News, opinion and commentary 
Computer breaks monopoly on study of Dead Sea Scrolls.News, opinion and commentaryJohn Noble Wilford
Computer deals pen another setback. (United Parcels Service equips drivers with handheld computers that have electronic pens for inputting data)News, opinion and commentary 
Computerized ordering helps bookstores thrive.News, opinion and commentaryEdwin McDowell
Computerized sleuths for the aching back: a new business based on diagnosis and treatment of costly ailments. (Technology)News, opinion and commentaryMichael Lev
Computer program in Queens is mistaken for a human. (Queens, NY, resident Joseph Weintraub designs contest-winning PC Therapist III program)News, opinion and commentaryMichael Specter
Computer project sends messages to Gulf. (Purdue University students create telecommunications link to Persian Gulf area)News, opinion and commentary 
Computer says: take 2 aspirin. (Business and Health) (column)News, opinion and commentaryMilt Freudenheim
Computers gain new respect as translators.News, opinion and commentaryWarren E. Leary
Computing a hospital patient's chance of survival. (Health Pages)News, opinion and commentaryLawrence K. Altman
Coping with power surges: Turn it off or leave it on? A personal computer can be damaged either wayNews, opinion and commentaryMathew L. Wald
Digital forecasts quarterly operating loss. (Digital Equipment Corp.)News, opinion and commentary 
Digital has new 'open' software. (Digital Equipment Corp.) (product announcement)News, opinion and commentary 
Digital net up as Apple posts decline. (DEC) (DEC's 1st qtr FY 1992; Apple's 4th qtr and yearly results for FY 1991)News, opinion and commentary 
Digital plans to buy Philips computer unit. (Digital Equipment Corp.; Philips Electronics NV) (Company News) (column)News, opinion and commentary 
Digitizing TV into obsolescence. (digital television) (Technology)News, opinion and commentaryRachel Powell
Electronic organizers are offering more for less; schedules and to-do lists in handheld computers.News, opinion and commentaryStephen C. Miller
Ex-I.B.M. head gives $25 million to Brown University endowment. (Thomas J. Watson Jr.)News, opinion and commentaryAnthony DePalma
Farewell, PC - What's next? (personal computers) (demise of microcomputer signaled by IBM/Apple alliance)News, opinion and commentaryPaul Saffo
Fistiana has gone software. (computerized scoring in boxing) (Sports Pages)News, opinion and commentaryGeorge Vecsey
For many, the thrill of the new is gone. (new formats continue to appear in consumer electronics) (Electronics Notebook)News, opinion and commentaryEdward Rothstein
Former I.B.M. official heads software outfit. (Larry J. Ford, Systems Software Associates) (Business People)News, opinion and commentary 
For the scientist, electronic notebooks. (Virtual Notebook System, computer software developed at Baylor College of Medicine) (Business Technology) (Product Announcement)News, opinion and commentary 
Fujitsu buying European computer maker. (Nokia Data)News, opinion and commentarySteven Prokesch
Guilty plea by Unisys is expected; military contractor would admit fraud and pay $190 million. (Justice Department investigation into procurement fraud and bid rigging)News, opinion and commentaryEric Schmitt
History in review. (Review Bank, educational software from Technical Educational Consultants) (Software Review) (Peripherals)(Column) (evaluation)News, opinion and commentaryShannon. L.R.
Homemade computer go on line. (Towson State University staff build their own computers)(Education Life supplement) (editorial)News, opinion and commentaryMartha Ann Overland
How high a price can Racal bring? (Racal Electronics P.L.C.) (Market Place) (column)News, opinion and commentarySteven Prokesch
In a publishing coup, books in 'unwritten' languages. (using microcomputers and desktop publishing to record and preserve ethnographic and linguistic information)(includes related article on electronic folklore)News, opinion and commentaryJohn Noble Wilford
Incredibly small box, incredibly large memory: rays of laser light pack bits of memory into molecules. (a laser-based storage device invented by Prof. Peter Rentzepis at Univ. of California at Irvine)News, opinion and commentary 
In southern India, a glimpse of Asia's high-tech future. (Bangalore, India)News, opinion and commentarySanjoy Hazarika
Investigation into software. (US Federal Trade Commission investigates Open Software Foundation)News, opinion and commentary 
Lively computer creation blurs definition of life; software forms, obeying Darwin's rules, vie to avoid the 'reaper.' (Tierra, a computer program that features characteristics usually associated with living organisms)News, opinion and commentaryMalcolm W. Browne
Lotus posts its first loss for a quarter; deficit is attributed to $53 million write-off on Samna acquisition. (Lotus Development Corp.)News, opinion and commentary 
Maybe a computer can outsew Grandma. (computerized sewing machines) (Electronics Notebook)News, opinion and commentaryEdward Rothstein
NCR accounting tactic could hurt any merger. (with AT&T)News, opinion and commentary 
NCR sees violations in bid by A.T.&T. (hostile takeover)News, opinion and commentary 
New teaching tools for a video age. (the use of computing in education)News, opinion and commentary 
Now a stolen car can summon the police. (vehicle-locator devices) (Business Technology)News, opinion and commentary 
Nynex ties commercial to Gulf War. (Nynex Corp and the 1991 Persian Gulf War)News, opinion and commentaryRandall Rothenberg
Pentagon wizards of technology eye wider civilian role; some see agency as a savior of high-tech industry, but economists fear meddling. (U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency)News, opinion and commentaryWilliam J. Broad
Photo fakery in the computer age: a $200 program could put the Eiffel Tower in Times Square.News, opinion and commentaryMalcolm W. Browne
Picturetel in project with I.B.M.; companies make deal to market systems for video conferences. (Company News)News, opinion and commentary 
Pixar opens horizons for Pluto, Dumbo, et al.; it's computerized animation - backed by Steve Jobs, naturally. (includes related article on Pixar's graphics software)News, opinion and commentaryRichard W. Stevenson
Poor sales outlook topples Knowledgeware's shares. (software industry)News, opinion and commentaryFloyd Norris
Price data, IBM drop Dow by 62.13. (stock prices)News, opinion and commentaryRobert Hurtado
Profits off by 28% at Digital. (Digital Equipment Corp.)News, opinion and commentary 
Push 'M' for Mayo, sales pitch included; videocarts are taking computers down the supermarket aisle. (computerized grocery carts) (Technology)News, opinion and commentaryClifford J. Levy
Reshaping the delicate art of skull surgery with a computer.News, opinion and commentaryElisabeth Rosenthal
Rotors and gears for tiny robots: micro motors. (Transforming the Decade: 10 Critical Technologies)News, opinion and commentaryWilliam J. Broad
Ruling gives lift to A.T.&T.: F.C.C. eases curbs on discount rates for big customers. (Federal Communications Commission) (Business Day)News, opinion and commentaryEdmund l. Andrews
Several new offerings brought out by Digital. (Digital Equipment Corp.) (Company News) (product announcement)News, opinion and commentary 
Snared by the I.R.S. computers: this is the season for 'discrepancy notices' on 1989 returns. (Your Own Account) (column)News, opinion and commentaryMary Rowland
Software to evaluate benefits. (Your Own Account)News, opinion and commentaryMary Rowland
Software to help monitor finances. (Your Money) (Column)News, opinion and commentaryJan M. Rosen
Special-effects wizards are putting in the overtime. (computer-generated effects and animation for commercials)(The Media Business) (Advertising) (column)News, opinion and commentaryMichael Lev
Spotlight is on software at show. (Comdex)News, opinion and commentary 
Study backs safety of video terminals. (National Pages)News, opinion and commentaryWilliam K. Stevens
Targeting the grocery shopper: the laser scanner and the mag-striped card are altering grocery marketing. (use of bar-code technology) (includes related articles on frequent shopper programs and consumers' concerns about privacy)News, opinion and commentaryN.R. Kleinfield
Technology issues falter; Dow off 16.84. (High-technology industry stocks)(Dow Jones industrial average)News, opinion and commentaryRobert J. Cole
Technology lending a hand to the deaf in court. (using court-reporting equipment) (Living Arts Pages)News, opinion and commentary 
Tele-Communications in United Artists bid. (Tele-Communications Inc.; United Artists Entertainment)News, opinion and commentaryGeraldine Fabrikant
Text of chairman's message to the employees at I.B.M. (excerpt from a message from John F. Akers, circulated to the company's employees)News, opinion and commentaryJohn Akers
The art of car styling adapts to computers. (automobile design and production) (Business Technology)News, opinion and commentaryAdam Bryant
The Cable and Wireless conundrum. (Cable and Wireless P.L.C.) (World Markets) (column)News, opinion and commentaryJonathan Fuerbringer
The debate over electronic bidding reaches Washington: who should pay for maintaining old-line stock exchanges? (electronic stock exchanges) (includes related article on the volume of trading on the Wunsch Auction System)News, opinion and commentaryTim Race
The debate over privacy and caller identification. (telephone companies offer automatic number identification) (Business Day)News, opinion and commentary 
The failures of AT&T strategies.News, opinion and commentaryA. Michael Noll
The latest quest by the idea man of communications: MCI's founder envisions an office in the sky for flying executives. (Jack Goeken)News, opinion and commentaryEric N. Berg
The man with all the numbers. (James Bryant, co-chairman of Phone Disc USA Corp.)News, opinion and commentaryN.R. Kleinfield
Tiny rival says Nintendo made secret changes. (Nintendo Company Ltd.; American Video Entertainment Inc.)News, opinion and commentary 
Tracking the path of the perfect pitch with 3-D graphics. (computers track a baseball's trajectory) (Technology)News, opinion and commentary 
Unisys case settlement seen as near: company is reported ready to admit guilt in military procurement.News, opinion and commentaryRichard W. Stevenson
Unisys in $207 million deal to sell Timeplex subsidiary.News, opinion and commentary 
U S West's net off 11%; Bell Atlantic posts gain. (U S West Communications Inc.)News, opinion and commentary 
Watch what you say on a cordless phone; the price of high-tech communications may be privacy.News, opinion and commentaryJames Barron
When executives should just say no; fax, computer and Fedex set a blistering pace. Too blistering. (technology and the office) (column)News, opinion and commentaryMadeleine Begun Kane
Where silence was golden, pocket phones now shriek. (portable telephones are in increasing use)News, opinion and commentaryMolly O'Neill
Where the cadre sets the pattern: at A.T.&T. Credit, organizational snarls were tackled by the rank and file. (includes related article on the selection of AT&T Credit's reorganization team) (Managing)News, opinion and commentaryClaudia H. Deutsch
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