Macromedia quietly moves to stake out a prominent position in Web software

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Macromedia's Shockwave translation software allows content developed for CD-ROMs using Macromedia authoring tools to be served over the World Wide Web. The product may give the multimedia powerhouse a head start in the race for Web authoring tool market share. High profile competitors in this market include Microsoft and Sun, but their respective products, Blackbird and Java, have yet to ship. Both companies concede that their products will support Shockwave technology. Macromedia presently claims 70% of the market for tools that create special effects and animation for CD-ROMs. Browser market leader Netscape Communications will bundle Shockwave with its next browser. Macromedia stocks rose from $36.25 per share the day after Shockwave's Oct 29, 1995 announcement to $46.50 per share on Nov 30, 1995.

Prepackaged software, Packaged Software, Computer software industry, Software industry, Software, Product information, Market share, World Wide Web, Multimedia authoring software, Web authoring software, Product market share, Multimedia software, Shockwave (File format conversion software)

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Hewlett-Packard discloses chip flaw in some of its workstations, servers

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A number of HP's 9000 and 3000-series of file servers and workstations contain a chip that may be corrupted. Up to 20,000 models are said to be suspect; the company says the problem has now been corrected. Affected customers can call HP at 1-800-500-1176 for assistance, and the chips will be replaced at no charge. Industry observers say the incident is a serious one for HP, but that the firm is responding well in the wake of Intel's Pentium debacle. HP insiders note that affected servers might pass corrupt data along a network, but that no customers have yet reported this.

Electronic computers, Microcomputers, Computer industry, Product defect/failure, Product defects and recalls, Product quality, Hewlett-Packard Co., HWP, Minicomputers, RISC based computers, Product Support, HP PA-RISC-based system, HP Apollo 9000 (HP PA-RISC-based system), HP 3000 (Minicomputer)

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