A marriage with video technology: Why not grab an image from the TV screen and use it in a report?

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Microcomputers and television sets represent technologies that are converging: soon we will see the conventional business computer giving way to the 'smart TV' or the 'video computer.' Radius Inc of san Jose, CA, recently introduced a product - the Radius TV System ($2,795) - which illustrates the trend. The Radius TV System, which works with Apple Macintosh II microcomputers, consists of a 'video engine,' which plugs into a Mac expansion slot; an audio-video processor, which sits outside the computer; and software for controlling and manipulating video images. Video can be displayed in real time - at 30 frames a second - with no apparent loss of quality. A Mac can display, store or manipulate any video image originating from broadcast or cable television, video cassette recording, laser disk player, video camera or digital camera. Products like this herald the coming of 'multimedia technologies.'

Computer terminals, Product information, Radius Inc., Product development, Video equipment, Multimedia technology, Multimedia systems, Evaluation, column, Video Systems, Desktop video

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Fighting the data base war

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Microsoft Corp introduces Access data base management system (DBMS). Microsoft has lacked such a database in its product line and hopes to capture significant market share with Access. The company is selling Access for $99 until Jan 1, 1993 and for $695 after that in the hope that companies using rival DBMS Paradox by Borland International Inc. and other DBMSs will switch. Access will acquire more competition with the introduction of Paradox for Windows. Analysts say Microsoft's marketing strategy is risky because database users do not switch products as easily as users of word processors or spreadsheets. The rivalry between Access and Paradox is also linked to the fact that Microsoft prefers the Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) standard, while Borland prefers the Integrated Database Application Programming Interface (IDAPI) standard. Various companies have taken each side.

Prepackaged software, Computer peripheral equipment, not elsewhere classified, Product introduction, Product Announcement, Microsoft Corp., Standard, Standardization, Database management systems, DBMS software, MSFT, DBMS, Competition, Marketing Strategy, BORL, Microsoft Access (DBMS)

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