Quicken program can now help you dig out of debt

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Intuit's $60 Quicken Deluxe CD-ROM is the most efficient software tool for managing personal finances despite the improvements Microsoft has made in its solid $30 personal finance program, Money. Quicken features the outstanding Quicken Debt Reduction Planner that helps users handle increasing debt. The Debt Reduction Planner guides users through an outline of their personal debt situation and provides them with a plan that will help remove them from debt as soon as possible. The program also includes a tax-deduction finder, free stock quotes, and free Internet access to Intuit's areas on the World Wide Web. Quicken is available for Windows in version 6, and for Macintosh in version 7. Microsoft's Money is less expensive than Quicken, and potential users can download a free 90-day trial version from Microsoft's Web site. Money provides good automation, on-line banking, bill-paying and stock quote features in a simple program that also produces an annoying cash register sound during each transaction.

Prepackaged software, Software Publishers, Financial, Acctg Software Pkgs (Micro), Evaluation, Product/Service Evaluation, Microsoft Corp., Financial software, MSFT, Software multiproduct review, Personal finance software, Microsoft Money (Personal finance software), Intuit Inc., INTU, Quicken (Personal finance software)

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Convex plots frontal attack against Cray

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Convex Computer Corp prepares to market its first supercomputer and intends to compete with supercomputer market-leader Cray Research Inc. While the Convex computer cannot rival the power and speed of Cray's $25 million products, Cray has announced a midrange supercomputer, the $5 million Y-MP4E, that will compete directly with Convex's new C3 machine. Cray's computers can calculate 200 million to 2.7 billion math operations per second; Convex's computers can calculate 10 million to 200 million math operations per second. Convex's C3 line of supercomputers will sell for $2 million to $8 million and will operate over 1,000 software applications used by Convex's older computers. Cray offers 600 applications for its machines. Cray claims half of the $1.1 billion per year high-end supercomputer market. Convex claims 40 percent of the $500 million per year minisupercomputer market.

Marketing, CRAY, Competition, Marketing Strategy, Convex Computer Corp., CNX, Convex Computer C3 (Mainframe computer), Cray Research Cray Y-MP4E (Supercomputer)

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Lilly's new supercomputer spurs a race for hardware to quicken drug research

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Eli Lilly and Co's recent purchase of a $12 million Cray Research Inc Cray-2 supercomputer will allow the pharmaceutical concern to experiment with molecular images and sift through endless new-drug candidates. Lilly's purchase has helped touch off an industrywide new hardware race as pharmaceutical companies upgrade their computer capabilities to remain competitive. The new technology enables scientists to manipulate images of big molecules and watch them interact with other substances in human-like environments. Scientists are replacing slow, random laboratory testing with rapid theoretical screening. Some companies are beginning to give some credit to computers. The new technology may also be able to assist researchers in identifying safer, potentially less toxic doses.

Pharmaceutical preparations, Research, Usage, Pharmaceutical industry, Equipment and supplies, Industrial research, Eli Lilly and Co., Medical research, Molecular computing, CYR, LLY, Research and Development, Computer Industry, Models, Cray Research Cray-2 (Supercomputer)

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