The New York Times 1997 - Abstracts

The New York Times 1997
TitleSubjectAuthors
3Com plans to acquire U.S. Robotics; $6.6 billion stock swap aimed at competitors. (Company Business and Marketing)Business, generalLawrenece M. Fisher
'96 was a very good year for I.B.M.'s chief executive. (CEO Louis V. Gerstner Jr.) (Company Operations)Business, generalDavid Cay Johnston
A high-tech library ignites dispute over computers vs. books. (San Francisco Journal) (Technology Information)Business, generalTim Golden
Apple getting reactions on the Web. (resignation of Gilbert Amelio) (Company Business and Marketing)Business, generalDylan Loeb McClain
As MCI fight grows, the Wall St. entourage builds. (Company Business and Marketing)Business, generalPeter Truell
AT&T seeks global reach and partners; two other alliances consolidate their ties. (Industry Trend or Event)Business, generalSeth Schielsel
AT&T to join with Italians in 2 regions; leverage in Europe and Latin America. (Societa Finanziaria Telefonica) (Company Business and Marketing)Business, generalJohn Tagliabue
Baby Bells rely on specialty services for solid earnings. (Pacific Telesis Group, SBC Communications, Nynex and Bell Atlantic) (Company Financial Information)Business, general 
Bell Atlantic and Nynex: a match made in...where? (Bell Atlantic, Nynex merger) (Company Business and Marketing)Business, generalMark Lander
Bill Gates goes vertical. (Microsoft invests in Comcast Cable Communications) (Company Business and Marketing)Business, generalNeal Gabler
British students face loss of free tuition.(undergraduate universities in the U.K.)Business, generalSarah Lyall
Burning midnight oil, not the sauce.(overnight classes at the New York Restaurant School)Business, generalEric Asimov
Cable and Wireless ends venture with Veba. (Cable and Wireless P.L.C. breaks telecommunications alliance with Veba A.G.) (Company Business and Marketing)Business, general 
Casting a wider net for Web site workers. (Industry Trend or Event)Business, generalBarbara Buchholz
Chip empire strikes back: Intel countersues Digital. (Company Business and Marketing)Business, general 
Citicorp is said to be acquiring AT&T card unit. (AT&T's Universal Card credit card business) (Company Business and Marketing)Business, generalTimothy O'Brien
Compaq retains lead as PC sales soar. (PC industry second qtr 1997) (Industry Trend or Event)Business, general 
Compaq to acquire Tandem, big-systems maker. (Company Business and Marketing)Business, generalLawrence Fisher
Compuserve loss is smaller than expected; results help widen H&R Block deficit. (Company Financial Information)Business, general 
Computer age millionaires redefine philanthropy. (Microsoft millionaires) (Industry Trend or Event)Business, generalCarey Goldberg
Computers model world's climate, but how well? (Technology Information)Business, generalWilliam K. Stevens
Computers offer hope and danger on test security. (computerized tests weighed by Educational Testing Service) (Company Business and Marketing)Business, general 
Connections; the style of on-line services may come to matter more than their substance. (Technology) (Internet/Web/Online Service Information)Business, generalEdward Rothstein
Corporate Web police hunt down E-pirates. (Industry Trend or Event)Business, generalDeborah Shapley
Corporations, classrooms, and commercialism: some say business has gone too far.(Cover Story)Business, generalDeborah Stead
Courts beginning to make order on frontiers of cyberspace. (Government Activity)Business, generalMatt Richtel
Data General comeback built on cost-cutting and innovation. (Company Business and Marketing)Business, generalGlenn Rifkin
Deep Blue escapes with draw to force decisive last game. (IBM's Deep Blue supercomputer wins chess match with Russian chess master Garry Kasparov) (Industry Trend or Event)Business, generalBruce Weber
Despite U.S. ban, Russia buys I.B.M. computers for atomlab. (Government Activity)Business, generalMichael R. Gordon, Jeff Gerth
Diversity opens doors to all: a multicultural focus helps stimulate more critical thinking.(university admissions and curricula)(Endpaper)(Column)Business, generalEdgar F. Beckham
Down country roads, come modern phones; even tiniest Bells get fiber optics and put an end to old party lines. (Pinnacle Telephone) (Company Business and Marketing)Business, generalDavid Batstone
E-Mail is becoming a conduit of prejudice. (Internet/Web/Online Service Information)Business, general 
Even if you build it (big 'if'), will they come? (digital video disk, Internet-enabled television) (Industry Trend or Event)Business, generalLawrence B. Johnson
Facing difficult times, computer mogul refines his game. (Computer Associates International's CEO Charles B. Wang) (Company Operations)Business, generalDan Barry
Faith and doubt for a maker of modems. (Zoom Telephonics) (Company Business and Marketing)Business, generalRichard Korman
Fighting the rankings of a college guide: campuses unite to press for change.(U.S. News and World Report's 'America's Best' colleges)Business, generalPeter Applebome
For many physicians, E-mail is the high-tech house call. (Internet/Web/Online Service Information)Business, generalEsther B. Fein
For stay-home workers, speed bumps on the telecommute. (Technology Information)Business, generalSusan J. Wells
Game centers lure computer loners to high-tec team activities. (computer games) (Technology Information)Business, generalCarey Goldberg
Gerstner agrees to be chief of I.B.M. until at least 2002. (CEO Louis V. Gerstner Jr.) (Company Operations)Business, general 
Giant computer virtually conquers space and time. (Janus) (Technology Tutorial)Business, generalGeorge Johnson
Honing all that strategic thinking: teasing brains, not trigger fingers. (Microsoft's Puzzle Collection computer game) (Software Review)(Evaluation)Business, generalManes Stephen
How to unclog the Internet. (Internet/Web/Online Service Information)Business, generalEric Firdman
I.B.M. reports mixed results for quarter; profits exceeds forecast, but revenue falls short. (second qtr ended Jun 30, 1997) (Company Financial Information)Business, generalLawrence Zuckerman
I.B.M. to widen push for technology in classroom. ($10 million grant to 12 school districts and state education departments) (Company Business and Marketing)Business, generalJacques Steinberg
In $1.3 billion deal, chip equipper to acquire another. (KLA Instruments acquires Tencor Instruments) (Company Business and Marketing)Business, generalMilt Freudenheim
Internet advertising growing slowly; marketers want firmer proof that on-line promotions work. (Internet/Web/Online Service Information)Business, generalPeter C.T. Elsworth
Internet changing how research centers work. (online meetings) (Internet/Web/Online Service Information)Business, generalGeanne Rosenberg
Internet law overturned in New York and Georgia; curbs on smut and anonymity are blocked. (two Federal judges rule against Federal Communications Decency Act) (Government Activity)Business, generalRobert D. McFadden
Israelis turn military skills into software export boom. (Industry Trend or Event)Business, generalJoel Greenberg
Latest failure to communicate. (Hilgraeve's Hyperaccess for Windows 95/NT 4.0 communications software) (Peripherals) (Software Review)(Evaluation)Business, generalL.R. Shannon
Lots and lots of dots make printer clearer. (Epson America's Stylus 800 ink jet printer) (Hardware Review)(Evaluation)Business, generalStephen Mannes
Making the Internet come to you, through 'push' technology. (Technology) (Internet/Web/Online Service Information)Business, generalEdward Rothstein
Making the Web a friendly place to visit. (World Wide Web) (Internet/Web/Online Service Information)Business, generalThomas Hine
Man vs. machine: a rematch; as chess champ trains, deeper deep blue waits. (Garry Kasparov versus IBM's Deep Blue computer) (Industry Trend or Event)Business, generalBruce Weber
MCI earnings add up despite lag in long-distance business. (Company Financial Information)Business, general 
Mexican phone giant reaches out, and north. (Telefonos de Mexico long-distance service in US) (Company Business and Marketing)Business, generalJulia Preston
Microsoft monopoly? Not so fast. (future of Apple) (Company Business and Marketing)Business, generalMichael L. Dertouzos
New bells and whistles, but the same old wires. (the world deregulation of telephone markets) (Industry Trend or Event)Business, generalCliff Roth
New, reviled college subject: computer-linked injury. (Industry Trend or Event)Business, generalSara Rimer
New software to the allocation rescue. (Advisor Software's Mutual Max and Mutual Max With Style, Morningstar's Ascent 2.0 and Value Line Fund Analyzer investment software) (Software Review)(Evaluation)Business, generalJan M. Rosen
New way reportedly found for making semiconductors; growing pure, exotic crystals at Cornell. (Technology Information)Business, generalWarren E. Leary
Not making them like they used to; CAD/CAM turns design on its prototypical ear. (includes related articles on companies using CAD/CAM and 3D picture displays) (Technology Information)Business, generalClaudia H. Deutsch
Now playing in limited release: Internet, the next generation. (MCI Communications builds Very-High-Performance Backbone Network Service, sponsored by National Science Foundation) (Internet/Web/Online Service Information)Business, generalDeborah Shapley
Old view of Internet: nerds. New view: nuts. (Internet/Web/Online Service Information)Business, generalGeorge Johnson
Olivetti selling its PC unit to new investor; Piedmont deal aims to staunch losses. (Piedmont International) (Company Business and Marketing)Business, general 
One machine you can kick around. (Panasonic Personal Computer's CF-25 series) (Hardware Review)(Evaluation)Business, generalStephen Mane
On-line, high-tech sleuths find private facts. (Internet/Web/Online Service Information)Business, generalNina Bernstein
On the trail of math solutions: CD-ROM's help children detect the fun in numbers. (Software Review)(Evaluation)Business, generalJosh Barbanel
Pack dating: for a good time, call a crowd - on college campuses, many avoid pairing off.Business, generalTrip Gabriel
PC shoppers prove to have a fickle heart; most growth in sales goes to direct marketers. (Industry Trend or Event)Business, generalJennifer Steinhauer
Publication date open to dispute in Internet age. (Internet/Web/Online Service Information)Business, generalRobin Pogrebin
Samsung cuts jobs and pay as Koreans brace for pain. (Samsung Group) (Company Operations)Business, general 
SBC planning charges up to $2.3 billion; move in connection with deal for Pactel. (SBC Communications) (Company Financial Information)Business, general 
S.E.C. sees tangled dealings at high-tech company. (Ferrofluidics' CEO Dr. Ronald Moskowitz) (Company Business and Marketing)Business, generalLeslie Eaton
Shopping on the Web: it's scary out there. (From the Desk of Alan Feigenbaum) (Internet/Web/Online Service Information)(Column)Business, generalAlan Feigenbaum
Silicon Valley courts cable TV; deal for 15 million set-top boxes heralds race beyond PC. (News Analysis) (Industry Trend or Event)Business, generalPeter H. Lewis
Some privacy please, for e-mail. Some privacy, please, for e-mail. (Viewpoint)(Viewpoint) (Industry Trend or Event)(Column)Business, generalAmitai Etzioni
Some second thoughts on options. (Industry Trend or Event)Business, generalAdam Bryant
Stung by a Government it ignored, Microsoft abandons isolationism. (Company Business and Marketing)Business, generalLizette Alvarez
Technologies that enable the disabled; high-tech or low, devices enrich work. (Technology Information)Business, generalBruce Felton
Technology's towers invade the forest. (Telecommunications Act) (Government Activity)Business, generalKeith Schneider
Texas may drop all texts, for laptops. (Government Activity)Business, general 
The heir is clearly apparent at Comcast; a textbook study in maintaining family leadership. (Ralph Roberts and Brian Roberts of Comcast) (Company Operations)Business, generalGeraldine Fabrikant
The Juilliard of bluegrass music.(South Plains College, Levelland, Texas)Business, generalDana Andrew Jennings
The stuff that chips are made of; MEMC's long-term formula for success: equal parts sand and grit. (blank silicon wafer supplier, MEMC Electronic Materials Inc)(Company Profile)Business, generalBarnaby J. Feder
Trying to resolve jurisdictional rules on the Internet. (Industry Trend or Event)Business, generalGeanne Rosenberg
Unisys appoints former executive at Andersen Worldwide as its chairman. (Lawrence A. Weinbach) (Associated Press) (Company Operations)Business, general 
Updating some kid stuff for serious computer children. (Microsoft Plus for Kids integrated software)(Product Announcement)Business, generalL.R. Shannon
U.S. firm regrets sales to Russian arms lab. (Silicon Graphics shipped two small supercomputer systems) (Company Business and Marketing)Business, generalDavid E. Sanger
U.S. to go back on Internet with Social Security benefits. (Government Activity)Business, generalRobert Pear
Web commerce: be preapred. (Viewpoint) (Internet/Web/Online Service Information)(Column)Business, generalEdward R. Berryman
Web retailers finding allies at sites with nothing to sell. (Internet/Web/Online Service Information)Business, generalSreenath Sreenivasan
Xerox hires I.B.M. officer as president; financial expert seen as future chairman. (G. Richard Thoman Pres and COO of Xerox) (Company Operations)Business, generalKenneth N. Gilpin
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