The New York Times 1992 |
Title | Subject | Authors |
22 arrested in cellular call thefts; industry is stepping up its anti-fraud efforts. (cellular telephone networks) | News, opinion and commentary | Andrea Adelson |
2 'Baby Bells' diverge on earnings. (Southwestern Bell Corp. and Bell Atlantic Corp.) | News, opinion and commentary | |
2 computer companies post profits. (Unisys Corp. and Data General Corp.) | News, opinion and commentary | |
A computer clues you in to the joke. (Voyager Co.'s Multimedia Beethoven: The Ninth Symphony compact disk database) (Classical View) (Software Review) (Column) (Evaluation) | News, opinion and commentary | Edward Rothstein |
A computer controversy in the ring. (computerized scoring systems at the U.S. Olympic boxing trials) | News, opinion and commentary | William C. Rhoden |
Acquisition by Digital reinforces role of PC. (Digital Equipment Corp. acquires 800 Software Inc.) (Company News) | News, opinion and commentary | |
A Democratic leap of faith in Silicon Valley. (high-technology executives favoring Bill Clinton in presidential campaign) | News, opinion and commentary | Calvin Sims |
After I.B.M.'s fall - Microsoft? (a stock to replace I.B.M. as the core holding of choice) (Wall Street) (Column) | News, opinion and commentary | Susan Antilla |
A leader at I.B.M. is leaving: an heir apparent is going to Hughes. (C. Michael Armstrong, chairman of IBM's foreign operations, to head Hughes Aircraft Co.) | News, opinion and commentary | Richard W. Stevenson |
A little light on a black art. (Network General Inc.'s Expert Sniffer network analyzer) (Networking) (Product Announcement) | News, opinion and commentary | |
Allies ease exports to ex-Soviet countries. (restrictions on technology products) | News, opinion and commentary | Keith Bradsher |
An approach with staying power. (AT&T's submarine systems plant management)(At Work) | News, opinion and commentary | Barbara Presley Noble |
A nationwide computer-fraud ring by young hackers is broken up. (San Diego police breaks network) | News, opinion and commentary | |
An open-door policy in Salt Lake City. (high-technology companies move to Utah city) (The Executive Life) (Column) | News, opinion and commentary | Michael S. Malone |
A rush to solve problems that confront the disabled. | News, opinion and commentary | |
As computers begin to track drugs, fears of snooping and abuse arise. | News, opinion and commentary | William Celis III |
A shakeout looms for Taiwan's computer companies; price wars and rising labor costs mark the end of a boisterous decade. | News, opinion and commentary | Michael Stroud |
Asian concerns sued by Loral over chips. (Loral Fairchild Corp.) | News, opinion and commentary | |
A Silicon Valley spin on financing the arts; charity begins with a one-stop method of making contributions. (The Executive Life) (Column) | News, opinion and commentary | Michael S. Malone |
A.T.&T. to play a role in delivering cable TV programs. | News, opinion and commentary | |
Avoid back pain while computing. (The Fall 1992 Review of Computers)(Special Advertising Supplement) | News, opinion and commentary | Stanley Frank |
Babes in Computerland. (computers in the classroom) | News, opinion and commentary | David Gelernter |
Bell Atlantic plans service that links phone numbers. (Access Plus Communications) | News, opinion and commentary | James Sterngold |
Bill Donoghue's electronic tarring. (Prodigy's Money Talk electronic bulletin board) (Wall Street) (Column) | News, opinion and commentary | Susan Antilla |
Booking with a computer. (using microcomputers and modems to access electronic information services)(includes related article titled 'Sampling of on-line services') (Travel) | News, opinion and commentary | Peter Lewis |
Canada ending phone monopoly on long-distance calls. (Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission decision breaks up Bell Canada's monopoly) | News, opinion and commentary | Clyde H. Farnsworth |
Canadian and British giants in telecommunications deal. (BCE Inc.'s alliance with Cable and Wireless PLC) | News, opinion and commentary | Clyde H. Farnsworth |
Can Apple sustain its drive into Japan's computer market? (Apple Computer Japan Inc.) (Technology) (Company Profile) | News, opinion and commentary | Matt Rothman |
Chemists' new tools: molecular see-saws. (chemical computers) | News, opinion and commentary | Malcolm W. Browne |
Clammers and A.T.&T. battle under the sea and in the courts. (Gifford Marine Co. and AT&T sue one another to protect underwater rights and equipment) | News, opinion and commentary | Joseph F. Sullivan |
COMDEX product review. (fall 1992 trade computer industry trade show)(includes related article on early days of trade show) (The Fall 1992 Review of Computers)(Special Advertising Supplement) | News, opinion and commentary | |
Commerz's trusty computer. (Commerz International Capital Management)(World Markets) | News, opinion and commentary | Jonathan Fuerbringer |
Compaq plans to introduce line of low-cost machines. (Compaq's ProLinea microcomputers and Contura notebook computers) (Product Announcement) | News, opinion and commentary | |
Compaq's earning off more than 60% in first quarter. | News, opinion and commentary | |
Computer flaw suspected in test-plane crash. (crash of F-22) | News, opinion and commentary | Eric Schmitt |
Computer is big on the Big Eight. (basketball league in National Collegiate Athletic Assoc.) | News, opinion and commentary | Jim Benagh |
Computerized record-keeping for retailers. (Federated Department Stores Inc.'s Sabre Group) | News, opinion and commentary | Stephanie Strom |
Computer networks foster cultural chatting for modem times. (includes list of online services and sample network conversation) | News, opinion and commentary | William Grimes |
Computers spell change in the pits. (Chicago Mercantile Exchange and Chicago Board of Trade) | News, opinion and commentary | Seth Jr. Faison |
Computer tests pump more miles into tires. (Groupe Michelin S.A. of France uses supercomputers to design a more durable automobile tire) (Business Technology) | News, opinion and commentary | Jonathan P. Hicks |
Computer traces links in culture. | News, opinion and commentary | Sheila Rule |
Digital has new models of computers; old series made ready for 'Alpha' technology. (DEC's Alpha microprocessor) (Product Announcement) | News, opinion and commentary | Glen Rifkin |
Digital posts huge deficit; Intel net off. (DEC, third quarter, fiscal year 1992; Intel Corp., first quarter, fiscal year 1992) | News, opinion and commentary | |
Digital, selling a chip, agrees to buy into Olivetti. (Digital Equipment Corp. to buy 10 percent of Olivetti) (Business Day) | News, opinion and commentary | |
Digital sets plan to build its own PC's: a shift from selling others' machines only. (Digital Equipment Corp.) | News, opinion and commentary | |
Digital's new PC line will be made in Taiwan. (DECpc LP microcomputer) (Product Announcement) | News, opinion and commentary | |
Digital update for a 325-year-old tool. (Wedge Innovation Inc.'s Pro SmartLevel carpenter's level) (Business Technology) (Product Announcement) | News, opinion and commentary | |
Diller Acquires QVC Stake: cites likely growth of interactive TV. (former Fox Inc.News Corp. chairman Barry Diller; QVC Network Inc.) | News, opinion and commentary | Calvin Sims |
Egghead net plunges 75%; official quits. (Egghead Software Inc.) | News, opinion and commentary | |
Egghead Software names early investor as chairman. (Ronald P. Erickson) | News, opinion and commentary | |
End is urged to duty on flat screens. | News, opinion and commentary | Keith Bradsher |
Epidemic at the computer: hand and arm injuries; ills now account for up to 40 percent of workers' compensation claims. | News, opinion and commentary | Jane E. Brody |
Era of the tiny PC is nearly at hand. (hand-held microcomputers) | News, opinion and commentary | John Markoff |
Eten's grand ambitions. (Eten Information System Co.) | News, opinion and commentary | |
Fine color prints made in minutes. (artist Jody Dole's collaboration with Cactus Corp. on electronic photography) (Camera) | News, opinion and commentary | John Durniak |
For 900 numbers, the racy gives way to the respectable. (includes related article on the regulation of 900 number contests and sweepstakes)(All About Pay-Per-Call Lines) | News, opinion and commentary | Richard D. Hylton |
For a special number, dial (800) VANITY. (mnemonic telephone numbers) | News, opinion and commentary | Barry Meier |
Four essential tips for buying closeout products. (The Fall 1992 Review of Computers)(Special Advertising Supplement) | News, opinion and commentary | |
German overhaul is led by phones. (Telekom's replacement of the old eastern Germany telecommunications system) | News, opinion and commentary | Ferdinand Protzman |
GTE leads major test of personal phone devices. | News, opinion and commentary | |
How an '800' call can cost $15.60. (investigation into actions by Allied Marketing Group of Dallas' Sweepstakes Clearinghouse) | News, opinion and commentary | Leonard Sloane |
I.B.M. and cable-TV units seen in talks. (Tele-Communications Inc., Continental Cablevision Inc. and Viacom Cable cable system operators) | News, opinion and commentary | |
I.B.M. bonds hit by revamping: but a dividend cut may ease pressure. (Credit Markets) | News, opinion and commentary | Jonathan Fuerbringer |
I.B.M. enters U.S. notebook PC market. (IBM PS/2 N51 SX notebook computer; IBM PS/2 N51 SLC notebook computer; IBM PS/2 CL 57 SX color notebook computer) (Product Announcement) | News, opinion and commentary | |
I.B.M. in chip deal with Toshiba and Siemens. | News, opinion and commentary | John Markov |
I.B.M. names 5 to top management posts. | News, opinion and commentary | |
I.B.M. officer will retire; pay cuts due. (George H. Conrades) (Business Day) | News, opinion and commentary | |
If ground rattles, they jump to work. (seismology at the National Earthquake Information Center) | News, opinion and commentary | Dirk Johnson |
In a departure, I.B.M. to sell its PS/2 PC's by telephone. (IBM PS/2 microcomputer) | News, opinion and commentary | |
In Florida, testing a road to the future. (Travel Technology being tested in Orlando, FL) (About Cars) (Column) | News, opinion and commentary | Marshall Schuon |
Intel announces a faster version of its fastest PC chip. (Intel 80486 DX2 microprocessor) (Product Announcement) | News, opinion and commentary | |
Intel shows a powerful new product: memory card is aimed at smaller computers. (Intel Corp. introduces the flash memory card for portable computers) | News, opinion and commentary | |
Investing in the new nomads. (Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers partner L. John Doerr) (Sound Bytes)(Column) (Interview) | News, opinion and commentary | |
Is your head melting, or is my videophone on the blink again? (AT&T's Videophone 2500 video telephone and its poor video quality) (Hardware Review) (Evaluation) | News, opinion and commentary | N.R. Kleinfeld |
It's no longer just techno-hobbyists who meet by modem. (All About/Electronic Bulletin Boards) | News, opinion and commentary | Judith Berck |
Keeping clothes defect-free. (automation in the garment industry) (Tech Notes) | News, opinion and commentary | Frederik Eliason |
Key engineer quits Next Computer to join Sun. (Guy Tribble to join Sun Microsystems' Sunsoft subsidiary) | News, opinion and commentary | |
Learning about PCs - and life - aboard the computer bus. (vocational training program for troubled youth) (The Fall 1992 Review of Computers)(Special Advertising Supplement) | News, opinion and commentary | |
Linked (at last) by the word: computer mail eases adults' journey to literacy. | News, opinion and commentary | Susan Chira |
Making homes into prisons, carefully. (monitoring devices for home detention) (Technology) (Column) | News, opinion and commentary | Andrea Adelson |
Mapping software for everybusiness: more available data and cheaper hardware create a breakthrough. (desktop computers and mapping software) (The Executive Computer) (Column) | News, opinion and commentary | John C. Freed |
MCI gets contract at Citicorp: A.T.&T. the loser on long-distance. (MCI Communications Corp. wins Citicorp's long-distance business) (Business Day) | News, opinion and commentary | |
Mead Data's president steps down; move was unexpected after decade of growth. (Jack W. Simpson) (Company News) | News, opinion and commentary | Kenneth N. Gilpin |
Mentor Graphics will cut 100-200 jobs and freeze pay. | News, opinion and commentary | |
Microsoft nails some pirates: an international Far Eastern chase catches counterfeiters. (software piracy) | News, opinion and commentary | Harriet King |
Microsoft's unlikely millionaires. (Microsoft Corp personnel who became wealthy through purchase of stock options) | News, opinion and commentary | Timothy Egan |
Moving scribbled mail along. (U.S. Postal Service seeks optical scanning technology that recognizes handwritten addresses)(includes related article on teaching computers to read handwriting) (Business Day) | News, opinion and commentary | Tim Race |
New court technology is going on-line. (On Tennis) | News, opinion and commentary | Robin Finn |
New from the computer: 'cartoons' for the courtroom. (All About/Forensic Animation) | News, opinion and commentary | Jane B. Baird |
New Jersey backs fiber-optic system. (telecommunications) | News, opinion and commentary | Jerry Gray |
New Jersey Bell gets permission to rewire state for fiber optics. (New Jersey Bell Telephone Co.) | News, opinion and commentary | Jerry Gray |
New product a big test for Dun & Bradstreet. (Dun & Bradstreet Software's SmartStream network software) (Product Announcement) | News, opinion and commentary | |
New video technology lets doctors examine patients many miles away. | News, opinion and commentary | Ronald Smothers |
Office for weary commuters is long way from office. (telecommuting centers) | News, opinion and commentary | Richard Perez-Pena |
Online bulletin boards: friendly places to hang out and gab. (includes related article on online emotive symbols and acronyms) (The Fall 1992 Review of Computers)(Special Advertising Supplement) | News, opinion and commentary | |
Orwellian dream come true: a badge that pinpoints you. (surveillance systems) | News, opinion and commentary | Leonard Sloane |
Painting signposts on the screen. (tutorial on creating menus in DOS)(Personal Computers) (Tutorial) | News, opinion and commentary | Joshua Mills |
Papers finding new ways to make faxes a business. (newspapers are now responding to specific fax requests)(Press) (Column) | News, opinion and commentary | Alex S. Jones |
PBS plans a magazine by students, on a disk. (Public Broadcasting Service) | News, opinion and commentary | William Celis III |
Phone companies join their rivals in the facts business. (All About/Information Services)(includes related article about using ScanPhone technology for shopping from home) | News, opinion and commentary | Rob Seitz |
Phone credit-card thieves swipe from the unsuspecting. | News, opinion and commentary | Lynette Holloway |
Prodigy makes pitch to marketers. (Prodigy Services Co. looks for more advertisers with Ted Chin & Co.'s help) | News, opinion and commentary | Stuart Elliott |
Promethean plans for the next generation of cars. (Program for European Traffic of Highest Efficiency and Unprecedented Safety) | News, opinion and commentary | Monique P. Yazigi |
Regulators approve Nynex reorganization. (Company News) | News, opinion and commentary | |
Renewed push for pay-by-phone. (banks introduce bill-paying services) | News, opinion and commentary | Michael Quint |
Robots for the operating room. (medical robots) (Technology) | News, opinion and commentary | Elizabeth Corcoran |
Shares drop at Microsoft on forecast; analyst sees a decline in net from price cuts. | News, opinion and commentary | |
Some software to ease the chores of filing. (Chipsoft Inc.'s Turbotax Personal Tax Planner, MECA Software Inc.'s Taxcut tax preparation software) (Software Review ) (Taxes) (Evaluation) | News, opinion and commentary | Jan M. Rosen |
Speak your phone-card number softly. (security measures for phone card users) (includes related article on how to avoid phone card theft) | News, opinion and commentary | Barry Meier |
Standardized college exam is customized by computers. (Graduate Record Examination) | News, opinion and commentary | Anthony DePalma |
Taking action on phone scams. (victims of travel industry telephone fraud schemes have several options for restitution) | News, opinion and commentary | Betsy Wade |
Taking off with a laptop: Carrying a computer is a great convenience, or is it? (laptop computers) (includes related article that lists some important tips for travelers with computers) (Travel) (Buyers Guide) | News, opinion and commentary | Conall Ryan |
Technology adds a personal touch. (The 1992 Campaign: Media) | News, opinion and commentary | Elizabeth Kolbert |
Texas Instruments to sell computer unit to Hewlett. (HP) | News, opinion and commentary | |
The buildup to a downfall at Digital. (DEC founder and President Kenneth Olsen's resignation) | News, opinion and commentary | Glen Rifkin |
The electronic coffeehouse. (San Francisco's SF Net electronic bulletin board) | News, opinion and commentary | Katherine Bishop |
The electronic future is upon us: paper's role in publishing is a remnant, and the power of choice is on everyone's monitor. (Column) | News, opinion and commentary | Paul Saffo |
The rules of evidence are being rewritten; lawyers are recording trials, and then letting the software sort out the facts. (computerized systems for managing evidence and speeding research) (Technology) | News, opinion and commentary | Josh Kurtz |
The search for humor in the workplace. (includes related article on five steps to workplace creativity) (The Fall 1992 Review of Computers)(Special Advertising Supplement) | News, opinion and commentary | |
The sensory truck tire. (Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company's new smart tires) | News, opinion and commentary | Jonathan P. Hicks |
The state of the art of travel: faster planes and trains, video in the sky, smart hotel phones. (Travel) | News, opinion and commentary | Terry Trucco |
Three computer makers report gains in earnings. (Microsoft Corp., Computer Associates and Amdahl Corp.) | News, opinion and commentary | |
Time Warner and I.B.M. seen in talks: discussing 12.5% stake in entertainment unit. | News, opinion and commentary | |
TV via telephone lines planned for Manhattan. | News, opinion and commentary | James Barron |
Unisys reports a profit for 4th consecutive quarter. (Unisys Corp.) | News, opinion and commentary | |
Urban hackers charged in high-tech crime. | News, opinion and commentary | Mary B.W. Tabor |
Using psychological pressure at IBM. | News, opinion and commentary | Webster Brown |
U.S. in warning to Japan over chip agreement. (U.S. contends that Japan is not keeping its end of semiconductor agreement) | News, opinion and commentary | |
Video menu offers hit songs a la carte; viewers, passive no more, are paying to become active participants. (Box cable network) | News, opinion and commentary | Sheila Rule |
Videophone: a flop that won't die: Why does American industry keep resurrecting its blunders? (AT&T's new video telephone) | News, opinion and commentary | A. Michael Noll |
Videotape's growing rival: pay-per-view TV. (Time Warner's Quantum cable system) | News, opinion and commentary | Peter M. Nichols |
Video views of Paris: in an archive near Les Halles, 4,000 film images. (Videotheque de Paris) | News, opinion and commentary | James A. Martin |
Warner and I.B.M. in talks. (Time Warner Inc.) | News, opinion and commentary | Geraldine Fabrikant |
Washington: interactive multimedia for the 2000's: in three museums, visitors explore the worlds of robots, semiconductors and space. (Tech 2000 Exposition, Wshington, D.C.) (includes related article about the Computer Museum in Boston; another related article is about the Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, CA) (Theaters of High Tech) | News, opinion and commentary | Keith Schneider |
What the New Year may bring for users. (microcomputers) (Personal Computers) (Column) | News, opinion and commentary | Peter Lewis |
When research is no longer the ugly duckling. (Microsoft Corp., Sun Laboratories, Interval Research invest in research and development) | News, opinion and commentary | Elizabeth Corcoran |
When walk in the woods meets computer design. (using computers to refine the design of a luge) | News, opinion and commentary | Filip Bondy |
Where's New York? Ask the computer. (AutoMap Inc.'s AutoMap geographic information system) (Software Review) (Evaluation) | News, opinion and commentary | |
White House postpones sale of high-tech supercomputer to China. (Bush Administration; People's Republic of China) | News, opinion and commentary | Elaine Sciolino |
Who benefits in the Information Age? Clinton can back high-tech spending 'and' put people first. (national policy and telecommunications infrastructure) (Viewpoints) | News, opinion and commentary | Richard Mandelbaum |
Who's the phone for? Depends on the ring. (new service offered by telephone companies) | News, opinion and commentary | Andree Brooks |
Wireless signals keep retailers humming. (Kmart's Kmart Information Network II wireless system) | News, opinion and commentary | Stephanie Strom |
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