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Company Results 06/28/94
PENN VALLEY, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A., 1994 JUN 28 (NB) -- While
Broderbund Software revenues for its last quarter were up
56 percent, revenue and pretax income was also up for Cognos.
Meanwhile, both Geoworks and Cascade Communications
announced initial public offerings of stock.

Broderbund Software Inc., (415-382-4449), has announced its
operating results for the third quarter of fiscal year 1994.
Revenues in the quarter ended May 31, 1994, were $25,722,000,
up 56% from the $16,443,000 reported during the same quarter
last year. During the quarter, Broderbund incurred a one-time
pretax charge of $11,000,000 to cover costs relating to the
terminated merger with Electronic Arts. Net loss for the third
quarter of fiscal 1994, including the one-time  charge, totaled
($4,112,000) or (41 cents) per share. Before the one-time charge,
Broderbund earned $3,588,000 or 36 cents per share for the
quarter, up 70% from the $2,105,000 or 21 cents per share earned
in the third quarter of fiscal 1993. For the nine months ended May
31, 1994, revenues were  $83,867,000, as compared with
$73,360,000 reported during the same  period in the prior year.
Net income for the nine-month period totaled $6,589,000 or 66
cents per share. Exclusive of the  one-time charge, net income for
the nine months ended May 31, 1994  was $14,289,000 or $1.42 per
share as compared to the $10,684,000 or $1.07 per share reported
during the same period last year.

Cognos Inc., (617-229-6600), has announced results for its first
fiscal quarter ended May 31, 1994. Revenue for the quarter was
$38.2 million, a 6 percent increase over the same period last year.
Pretax income was $1.9 million, compared to pretax income of $0.2
million in the first quarter of last year. Net income was $1.3
million and 10 cents per share, compared to $0.1 million and 1 cent
per share, respectively, for the same period last year. Cash flow
for the quarter was $4.7 million.  (All figures are stated in
Canadian dollars). The company noted that revenues for its
traditional mid-range  platforms from HP, Digital and DG declined
by about 8 percent  compared to the same quarter a year before.
Cognos develops, markets and supports client/server development
tools and reporting applications.

Meanwhile, Geoworks, (510-814-5750), has announced the initial
public offering of 1,500,000 shares of its common stock at a price
of $6 per share. All of the shares were offered by the company. The
offering was made through an underwriting group managed by
Hambrecht & Quist Inc. and Paine Webber Inc. The company has also
granted the underwriters an  option to purchase up to an additional
225,000 shares of common stock to cover over allotments, if any.
Geoworks develops and markets an object-oriented operating system
and application software for mobile devices, such as personal digital
assistants, personal communications and computing tablets.

Additionally, Cascade Communications Corp., (508-692-2600),
has also announced that it filed a registration statement with the
Securities and Exchange Commission regarding an initial public
offering of 2,000,000 shares of its Common Stock. All of the shares
of common stock are being sold by the company. The offering is
expected to be made at a price to the public in the range of $11 to
$13 per share. The offering will be sold through  underwriters led
by Morgan Stanley & Company Inc., and Alex, Brown & Sons Inc.
Cascade is a worldwide supplier of multiservice WAN (wide area
network) switch products and services.

(Ian Stokell/19940627)


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Personnel Roundup 06/28/94
PENN VALLEY, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A., 1994 JUN 28 (NB) -- This is
a regular feature, summarizing personnel changes not covered
elsewhere by Newsbytes: Sequent Computer Systems Inc.,
Amdahl Corp., Extended Systems, Xpedite Systems Inc., Gensym
Corp., and Andersen Consulting.

Paul O'Mara has been appointed vice president and general
manager of the enterprise division of Sequent Computer Systems
Inc., (503-626-5700). O'Mara previously was vice president of
worldwide customer services. The general manager's job is a new
position, created earlier in the year when Sequent established
two operating divisions, the enterprise division and the platform
division. Lary Evans is general manager of the platform division.
O'Mara joined Sequent in July 1990 as director of European
customer service and became vice president of worldwide customer
service in May 1992.  For two years prior to joining the company,
O'Mara was employed as director of customer services for Norsk
Data  Ltd. He holds a bachelor of science degree in electronic
engineering from University of Sussex, England.

Bruce J. Ryan has been appointed senior vice president and chief
financial officer of Amdahl Corp., (408-746-6076). He reports to
Joseph  Zemke, Amdahl president and chief executive officer. In his
new position, Ryan is responsible for the company's worldwide
finance activities, including treasury and corporate controller
functions, corporate audit, and financial planning and analysis.
In addition, he will oversee the corporate secretary's functions,
corporate legal staff, and financial and public relations
activities. He replaces Edward F. Thompson, who is resigning from
the  organization. Ryan was previously with Digital Equipment Corp.,
where he  held a variety of senior management positions over a 25
year period. Ryan earned his B.S. degree in business administration
at Boston College and holds an M.B.A. degree from Suffolk University
in Boston.

Raymond A. Smelek has been appointed president and CEO of
Extended Systems, (208-322-7575). Smelek, 59, had recently
announced his retirement from HP, where he was vice-president
and general manager of the Mass Storage Group. With HP he held a
number of key management positions in product start-up activities,
within the US and in Europe. Among them, Smelek started the Boise
(Idaho) Division in 1973 which launched HP into the printer business.

Max A. Slifer has been promoted to the newly created position of
executive vice president, North American Operations of fax service
company Xpedite Systems Inc., (908-389-3900). In his new
position, Slifer will oversee the company's sales, marketing and
operations activities throughout North America and he will continue
to report directly to Roy Andersen Jr., president and CEO of the
company. Since joining Xpedite in 1989, Slifer has served as vice
president of sales and marketing. Prior to joining Xpedite, he served
in various sales management positions over 15 years with Western
Union.

Dr. James Pepe has been named vice  president of product
development for Gensym Corp., (617-547-2500), a provider of
software for creating intelligent real-time systems. In this newly
created position, Pepe will be responsible for managing all of
Gensym's product development efforts. Most recently, Pepe was
group manager for Corporate Information  Systems at Digital
Equipment Corp., where he was responsible for four of Digital's
software product groups. Before that, he held various positions
at Prime Computer, including vice president of Cross Platform
Engineering and vice president of Software Development. Earlier
in his career, Pepe held positions at Intermetrics and Softech,
designing and implementing compilers. Pepe holds a doctorate
in applied mathematics from M.I.T.

Andersen Consulting, (312-507-6755), has announced a number of
management changes. Jackson L. Wilson, 47, managing partner - US
Pacific Region, becomes managing partner - Industry Markets and
Packaged Knowledge. Keith Burgess, 47, managing partner - UK and
Ireland, becomes managing partner - Business Integration and
Practice Competence. W. James Fischer, 44, managing partner -
Technology Services, becomes managing partner - Maritime Region,
responsible for line  operations in the UK, Ireland, Scandinavia,
Africa, Middle East, and India. A. George "Skip" Battle, 50, managing
partner - Market Development, responsible for industry groups and
the Strategic Services and Change Management Services areas,
plans to retire in mid-1995 to enter community service in the San
Francisco Bay area.  Until that time, he will assist Shaheen on
special projects. In addition, Carol E. Meyer, 38, managing partner -
Americas' Human Resources, assumes the role of managing partner -
Human Resources with worldwide responsibilities. She succeeds
J. Robert Prince, 56, who  becomes managing partner - Partnership
Matters.

(Ian Stokell/19940627)


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Networking Roundup 06/28/94
PENN VALLEY, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A., 1994 JUN 28 (NB) -- This is
a regular feature, summarizing networking news not covered
elsewhere by Newsbytes: NAT Cuts EtherMeter Ethernet Probe
Prices, 2nd SNMP Test Summit Starts In San Jose, DCA
Announces RLN Application Server, Novell Licenses Network
Navigator To Proginet, Eagle Offers 2 10Base-T Concentrators.

NAT Cuts EtherMeter Ethernet Probe Price

Network Application Technology Inc., (408-370-4300) has
announced price reductions of 25 to 32 percent on its EtherMeter
Ethernet probes. The EtherMeter/250 now has a suggested retail
price of $1,495, reduced from $2,195, and the EtherMeter/450
now has a  suggested retail price of $1,995, reduced from $2,595.
EtherMeters are stand-alone probes, each dedicated to monitoring
the activity on a single Ethernet local area network (LAN) segment.
They support the SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol)
Remote Network Monitoring Management Information Base (RMON
MIB). EtherMeter statistics can reportedly be accessed from SNMP
management stations throughout the network.

2nd SNMP Test Summit Starts In San Jose

Meanwhile, the second SNMP Test Summit will be held through
July 1, 1994, at the Holiday Inn Park Plaza in San Jose, California.
The summit, which is being sponsored by InterWorking Labs,
(408-459-9817), will reportedly give computer hardware and
software vendors an opportunity to test their products for
compliance with the SNMP standards.

DCA Announces RLN Application Server

Digital Communications Associates Inc., (404-442-4521), has
announced the RLN Application Server, software for Novell
networks that integrate with the Remote LAN Node product line
to, reportedly, enhance application performance across low
bandwidth connections. The core technology behind RLN
Application Server is WinView for Networks, licensed from
Citrix Systems Inc. RLN Application Server provides remote
access to applications that require high bandwidth, such as
large database systems. The product will be available in July
at a suggested retail price of $2,950 for a 10-user base system.

Novell Licenses Network Navigator To Proginet

Network operating system giant Novell Inc., (801-453-7000),
is licensing its Network Navigator IBM-mainframe-based
software and data distribution technology to Proginet, a firm
that provides mainframe-based communications "solutions."
According to Novell, Proginet will "enrich the host component"
of the Network Navigator architecture and provide integrated
NetWare connectivity. Meanwhile, Novell says it will continue
to enhance NetWare Navigator as a key management service
under NDMS (NetWare Distributed Management Services).

Eagle Offers 2 10Base-T Concentrators

Eagle Technology, (602-670-7303), has announced that it has
begun marketing two 10Base-T concentrators -- the 8-port
EH800, and the 12-port EH1200. The hubs come with a
lifetime limited warranty and are priced at $449 for the
EH800, and $749 for the EH1200.

(Ian Stokell/19940627)


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 ****Newsbytes Daily Available In East/West Europe 06/28/94
LONDON, U.K., 1994 JUN 28 (NB) -- Facilities for the delivery of
Newsbytes News Network have been enhanced for all European
subscribers and republishers, as far east as the CIS
(Commonwealth of Independent States) and Russia, for timely,
daily deliveries.

Newsbytes is the world's largest, independent source of
comprehensive computer and telecom industry and end-user
reporting.

"The phenomenal expansion of packet data networks, especially
behind the former Iron Curtain, where you can now dial up at 9,600
bits-per-second (bps) throughout Russia, have improved incredibly
in recent times," explained Steve Gold, partner and European bureau
chief of Newsbytes.

"Coupled with an increase in the availability of interlinked online
systems, we can now arrange for our subscribers and republishers
to receive Newsbytes on a local country call from just about
anywhere in East and Western Europe, and at minimal cost to
themselves," he said. "Or we can deliver daily, thirty stories, to
any Internet-linked electronic mail network."

A user of computers and modems since the late 1970s, as well as a
recognized authority on computer communications in the UK, Gold
has been working closely with a number of telephone connector
suppliers in Europe and claims that he can offer subscribers and
republishers a complete subscription service, with hardware and
software supplied at cost if necessary.

"Here in the UK we can source a European-approved modem for under
the $150 mark. That includes all cables and software, plus telephone
plugs and converters for the European country concerned. If a
potential subscriber or republisher contacts us from a 'difficult'
country such as the Slovak Republics, Russia and even Poland, where
300 bps is the accepted norm, we can get them online with Newsbytes
for the absolute minimum cost, which is typically of the order of
pennies per day," he said.

One of the biggest hurdles facing online communications outside of
the US, particularly where US newswire feeds are concerned, is
getting the information in as timely and inexpensive a manner as
possible. According to Gold, the two terms are usually mutually
exclusive, but not with Newsbytes.

"Many online users in Europe are shocked to receive bills of $100 an
hour or more for their packet switched network calls back to the US.
What we do is make use of the devolved nature of online services,
plus more than a little of our own knowledge, to ensure rapid
delivery at sensible call rates. As an example, I'm just in the
process of hooking one of our East European subscribers up to
Newsbytes for less than $15 an hour," Gold said, referring to a
direct connection to a Newsbytes online server based in Sheffield,
England.

Newsbytes' European specialist Sylvia Dennis was in Poland earlier
this month on a fact-finding mission. She notes the availability and
pricing of modems in the former Communist states, as well as
throughout Europe generally, is poor for the consumer.

"That's what gave us the idea to offer free consultancy advice to
potential subscribers and republishers of Newsbytes. And with
subscription rates starting from $25 a month, we think the
benefits are enormous," she said.

Newsbytes is currently online on Genie, Ziffnet (Compuserve),
America Online, Bix, Newsnet, Dialog, Applelink, eWorld, Interchange,
and Prodigy in the US; it is distributed by Clarinet, Desktop Data,
Individual, Inc. and other news distributors, and is on multiple
online services throughout Europe, Australia, Canada, and Asia.

Newsbytes is also the primary source of breaking computer and
telecom news reporting by more than 150 publications worldwide.
News is first-hand reported, filed by a team of 19 journalists.
Newsbytes has five times won Best Online Publication honors
from The Computer Press Association.

(Newsbytes Staff/19940628/Press Contact: Steve Gold, Newsbytes
News Network Europe, tel [phone], fax [phone],
electronic-mail (Compuserve) 72241,333, (Genie) NB.LON; Internet,
[e-mail].; or Wendy Woods, (editor-in-chief),
Newsbytes, tel [phone]; fax [phone]; Internet,
[e-mail])


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Aldus Shipping Freehand 4.0 For Windows 06/28/94
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, U.S.A., 1994 JUN 28 (NB) -- Aldus Corp.,
says it is now shipping version 4.0 of its graphic design and
illustration program Freehand for the Windows platform. The
company says the software has enhanced text capabilities, more
intuitive color control, an improved user interface and multi-page
layout functions.

The new customizable user interface replaces most of the previous
dialog boxes in the Mac version with floating palettes. There is also
a new live 56 1/2-inch square pasteboard that lets the user lay out
multiple pages in any combination of sizes and orientations and move
text and objects between pages.

The added text features permit the creation of columns and rows,
linking of text blocks, wrapping text around or inside objects of
any shape, fitting text inside an shape, drag and drop tabs right
into the design, and range kerning.

The new color control features allow the user to mix, then drag and
drop color from wells in the enhanced Color and Tints palettes right
into their design, including into objects that are not currently
selected. Graduated fills and radial fills can be created by dragging
and dropping a second color on an object, and there are provisions
for automatic mixing, defining, and naming saved colors and tints.

Other features include editable Freehand EPS files, path operation
shortcuts, built-in editable arrowheads and a polygon tool for
drawing stars and regular polygons. There is also a calligraphy pen
mode with variable nib width and angle for use with pressure
sensitive tablets.

The recommended system configuration for Aldus Freehand 4.0 for
Windows is a 486 or Pentium-based PC, a 15-inch Super VGA or
better monitor, DOS 5.0 or later, 12 megabytes (MB) of memory,
20MB of available hard disk space, and a mouse or drawing
digitizing tablet with stylus.

Aldus Freehand 4.0 for Windows has a suggested retail price of
$595. Registered users of previous versions of Freehand can upgrade
for $150. Freehand 4.0 for the Macintosh shipped in November 1993
and the company announced a Power Macintosh version of the
software in April of this year. Version 3.1 for Windows shipped
in March 1992.

(Jim Mallory/19940627/Press contact: Belinda Young, Aldus
Corp., 206-386-8819; Reader contact: Aldus, 206-628-2320)


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PBS Builds New Online Network 06/28/94
ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA, U.S.A., 1994 JUN 28 (NB) -- The Public
Broadcasting Service is building an online network called PBS
Online, aimed at distance learning.

The network is based on very small aperture terminals, or
VSATs, at each over 200 affiliates, with a system in the group's
Alexandria headquarters as the central hub. Local nodes act as a
local access port, allowing both viewers and institutions to
access the online service.

The service offers databases, Internet access, and programming
information, and the local nodes are customized by the local
stations. Local hub communications is provided by US Robotics.

The first service of the new network is called Learning Link,
and provides lesson plans and class activities tied to PBS
programming for over 22,000 teachers nationwide, most
through a local phone call.

Each local node, based on US Robotics' "Total Control" technology
and the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is
initially based on eight V.32terbo modem ports, with upgrades
expected to T-1 trunk lines running at 1.544 million bits/second
as needed. National traffic is through an Ethernet LAN (local
area network) supporting local servers, and linked through the
VSAT network to the headquarters system.

(Dana Blankenhorn/19940627/Press Contact: Karen Novak, US
Robotics, 708-982-5244l; David Drucker, PBS, 703-739-5078)


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MFS Offers Frame Relay Over ATM 06/28/94
OMAHA, NEBRASKA, U.S.A., 1994 JUN 28 (NB) -- MFS Communications'
MFS Datanet said it has become the first service to offer frame
relay over an asynchronous transfer mode, or ATM network.

Frame Relay offers speeds of up to 1.544 million bits-per-second
(bps), while ATM offers faster multi-megabit lines. The two are
supposed to be backward-compatible, but MFS said it is the first
working service to prove the point.

Spokesman Steve Ingish told Newsbytes that currently the network
links 18 domestic points and London, England, and said it offers
data transmissions at 5-15 percent less than competing service
from long distance companies.

MFS sells frame relay as Frame Transport Service. The current
backbone network runs at 45 million bps, sometimes called a "T-3"
trunk line, and offers access at speeds from 56,000 bps to six
million bps. The company claims its users thus have fewer
congestion management problems than found on competing frame
relay networks which cannot send bursts faster than the T-1
speed.

Technically, the service is based on the Cascade B-SDTX 9000
Multiservice WAN (wide area network) Platform, with Newbridge
36150 MainStreet ATM and GDC APEX ATM switches on the backbone.

The ATM service was launched last August, with the first
international calls taken in February.

(Dana Blankenhorn/19940627/Press Contact: MFS
Communications, Steve Ingish, 708-218-7200)


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Ziff Adds Computer Partners To Interchange 06/28/94
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, U.S.A., 1994 JUN 28 (NB) -- Ziff-
Davis Interactive has announced that 24 hardware and software
companies are joining in the release of its Interchange online
service later this year.

Interchange is Ziff's Windows-based online service. Two
newspapers, the Washington Post and Minneapolis Star-Tribune,
have already announced that they will base their own local
information services on the platform. Starwave Corp. has also
announced it will support Interchange. None of the new
agreements are exclusive, a Ziff spokesman told Newsbytes.

Among the industry partners are such large companies as Digital
Equipment, Dell Computer, NEC, Toshiba and WordPerfect, as well
as smaller vendors like Qualitas, Software Publishing, Stac
Electronics, and Arcada Software. They agreed to deliver software
updates, press releases, technical support materials, and
discussion forums to the service. Ziff-Davis competitor
Infoworld is also part of the service.

A Ziff spokesman told Newsbytes these are just the first group of
companies which will use the service, and the company will make
further announcements as transactions are finalized.

(Dana Blankenhorn/19940627/Press Contact: Lisa Landa,
Ziff-Davis Interactive, 617-252-5211)


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Philips Plans CD-I Blitz Over Next Year 06/28/94
EINDHOVEN, NETHERLANDS, 1994 JUN 28 (NB) -- Philips, the Dutch
consumer electronics giant, has announced plans to release a swathe
of new Compact Disc Interactive (CD-I) products over the next year.

The news comes as Philips has revealed that CD-I sales have been
reasonable, but nowhere near the predictions of industry enthusiasts,
since they were first launched a few years ago. Part of the problem
has been the relatively high price of the systems, although Philips
claims it is in the process of launching lower-cost CD-I systems
onto the European marketplace.

Plans now include the launch of a portable 12-inch color TV with
integral CD-I player, along with an optional digital video (full-
motion video) cartridge system.

Early next year, Philips will launch a stacked CD-I hi-fi system that
includes a tuner-amp, plus double cassette deck. This consumer unit
will bring CD-I into the mass market living rooms of Europe, Philips
claims. Plans are also in hand for a multi-changer version of the
stacked hi-fi, aimed at the more upmarket hi-fi enthusiasts.

Announcing the company's plans, John Hawkins, chief executive
officer of Philips' Interactive Media Division, said that CD-I has
reached the critical mass stage and is about to take off, just as
the compact disc did ten years ago.

"We have now reached the point where CD-I technology will merely
become a function in a wide variety of consumer and computer
products. The reason for this is that we have now reached the stage
that the overhead costs of adding the CD-I function has reached
consumer levels," he said.

(Sylvia Dennis/19940628/Press & Reader Contact: Philips,
tel [phone], fax [phone])


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UK - Eurosource Cuts Prices To Increase Market Share 06/28/94
HAYES, MIDDLESEX, ENGLAND, 1994 JUN 28 (NB) -- EuroSource, in a
bid to take away market share from the traditional fourth-generation
language (4GL) programs such as 4D and HyperCard, has slashed prices
to encourage in-house and corporate developers to migrate to its
Prograph range of 4GL packages for the Apple Mac.

"We have the best kept secret in the industry. A great product and
precious few that know about it" explained Kirk Lawrence,
Eurosource's managing director.

According to Lawrence, while stocks last, users of competitive
products can now receive up to 60 percent off Prograph CPX and
Prograph 2.5 when they trade in their competing software. By
providing proof of purchase (a software disk or manual cover from
selected products) developers can acquire either Prograph CPX or
2.5 for UKP499 and UKP148, respectively.

The Prograph development environment is based upon the mature
object-oriented Prograph programming language which has won
several awards, including MacUser's Eddy. Application developers
choose among icons representing programming commands and then
connect lines between them representing the flow of data.

According to Eurosource, the Prograph language uses no formal lines of
programming code, which distinguishes it from text-based software
tools such as C, Pascal and COBOL. Instead, it uses what Eurosource
calls "an innovative visual approach" to object-oriented software
development.

Prograph is billed as a complete software development environment
for commercial Macintosh developers, software programming
consultants and in-house corporate programmers. The idea behind
the package was to design an environment that reduces the amount
of time software developers waste as they cycle between writing
code, compiling it into an executable application, testing the
application,  correcting coding errors, and then recompiling.

According to Eurosource officials, in order to achieve a dramatic
reduction in the development cycle time, Prograph uses a unique
language editor, which is tightly coupled with an interpreter and
debugger. Developers can move "instantly and effortlessly" between
the three cycle tasks with no time loss, the company claims. When
the software is complete and bug-free, the Prograph compiler
creates a stand-alone Macintosh application.

Future plans include cross-platform development environments for
the PowerPC, Microsoft Windows, and various Unix environments.

(Steve Gold/19940628/Press & Reader Contact: Eurosource,
tel [phone], fax [phone]; Electronic-mail
[e-mail])


(NEWS)(IBM)(TOR)(00011)

EasyFlow Charting Software For Windows Intro'd 06/28/94
KINGSTON, ONTARIO, CANADA, 1994 JUN 28 (NB) -- HavenTree
Software has announced a version of its EasyFlow charting
software for Microsoft Windows.

EasyFlow is used to create diagrams of all sorts, including
flowcharts, organization charts, and data flow diagrams, said
Marion Savage, marketing coordinator at HavenTree. The software
is suitable for "essentially any procedure that can be documented,"
Savage told Newsbytes.

The new Windows release can import files created with the
DOS version of EasyFlow, she added.

Like the DOS version, the new Windows release of EasyFlow includes
SmartLines, multi-level diagramming, and drag-and-drop editing.
The SmartLines feature will automatically find an unobstructed
path between two objects to be connected by a line, HavenTree said,
preventing lines from crossing. Multi-level diagramming lets users
create multiple, hierarchically organized charts and diagrams in a
single file.

Roll-up windows called gizmos let users add or change the appearance
of lines, shapes, and text by clicking with the mouse. Also, HavenTree
said, EasyFlow is unusual in its ability to fit text to the contours
of any shape, rather than simply aligning it within a square box
inside the shape. Fourteen libraries of shapes are available.

The regular list price for EasyFlow is US$299 or C$389, but the
software will be available at US$199 or C$259 until the end of this
year. Upgrades cost US$99 or C$129. The software is due to ship in
mid-July. About 15 percent of HavenTree's total sales are outside
North America, Savage said.

(Grant Buckler/19940627/Press Contact: Marion Savage, HavenTree
Software 613-544-6035, fax: [phone]; Public Contact:
HavenTree Software 800-267-0668)


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Delrina FormFlow To Support Microsoft Exchange 06/28/94
TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA, 1994 JUN 28 (NB) -- With a groupware
war shaping up between Microsoft and Lotus, Delrina is not taking
sides. The maker of forms and fax software has announced that
FormFlow, its forms management package, will work with Microsoft's
newly announced Exchange groupware product much as it does with
Lotus' Notes.

When Microsoft ships Exchange, which is supposed to happen some
time next year, Delrina will add to FormFlow integration with the
Microsoft product, spokesman Josef Zankowicz told Newsbytes.

Release 1.1 of FormFlow, which will make available the integration
with Lotus Notes announced earlier, is to be announced next week,
Zankowicz added. The new release will also enhance FormFlow's
ability to work with database management programs and facsimile
software.

Zankowicz said that FormFlow has an advantage over Lotus' and
Microsoft's forms software, as well as another rival product from
WordPerfect Corp., because it is more independent of the underlying
groupware engines. "They in fact drill down much deeper," he said,
claiming that FormFlow will adapt more easily to new and updated
groupware platforms.

Newsbytes reported June 22 that Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates
unveiled Exchange -- previously known by the code name Touchdown --
in his keynote address at Microsoft's Information Exchange Conference
in Seattle. Seen as a successor to Microsoft Mail, Exchange is
compatible with DOS and Windows as well as with the Apple Mac
range of computers.

Microsoft says that it hopes Exchange will at last give it an answer
to Notes, which has put Lotus well ahead in the workgroup software
market since it was introduced in 1989.

(Grant Buckler/19940627/Press Contact: Josef Zankowicz, Delrina,
tel [phone], fax [phone]; Public Contact: Delrina, tel
416-441-3676 or 408-363-2345)


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Borland Launches dBASE For Windows, But Delays Shipment 06/28/94
NEW YORK, NEW YORK, U.S.A., 1994 JUN 28 (NB) -- Borland is making
the launch of the long-awaited dBASE 5.0 for Windows and dBASE
5.0 for DOS at PC Expo in New York City at the end of a multi-national
tour demonstrating the product. Borland officials have said the
company is counting on the success of dBASE for Windows to stop
the flow of multi-millions in red ink.

The company's flamboyant Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Philippe Kahn will be on the show floor for the launch. Borland
bought dBASE when it purchased floundering Ashton-Tate in October
of 1991. Ashton-Tate, built on dBASE, was on the decline and the
launch of a problem-ridden dBASE IV 1.0 for the DOS platform
might have been the finishing blow had Borland not purchased the
software giant.

Announced for shipment three years ago, dBASE for Windows has
been postponed so many times that Borland stopped talking about
when it was going to ship -- until now. However, the product will
be delayed again, though it is being officially launched at PC
Expo. After the Ashton-Tate dBASE IV fiasco, Borland is very
nervous about releasing a dBASE with problems. The DOS version is
shipping in July, and the Windows version is expected to ship in
the next two months.

Borland maintains dBASE for Windows is fully compatible with
previous versions of dBASE, including dBASE III Plus and dBASE
IV. In addition, the company has promised developers will be able
to jump between developing DOS and Windows applications using
the same code. The product also includes a plug-and-play
architecture, object-oriented dBASE extensions, and a scalable
database engine, Borland asserts.

Early reviews from beta testers have been favorable. However,
some industry leaders started moving earlier this year to other
products already available for Windows.

Borland has set the retail priced in the US and Canada of dBASE
5.0 for Windows at $300 less than dBASE 5.0 for DOS. But upgrade
pricing is $50 higher for the Windows version. Retail price for
dBASE for Windows is $495, while the DOS version is $795. The
DOS upgrade price for registered users of dBASE and Paradox is
$149.95, however the Windows version upgrade is $199.95.
Upgrades are available directly from Borland.

Borland reported losses of $69.9 million for its 1994 fiscal year
(FY) compared to a loss of $49.2 million in FY 1993. The
company said it will gain $145 million from the sale of products
to Novell for that company's office software bundle it is putting
together by purchasing word processing software company
WordPerfect. Novell is paying $110 million for the Quattro Pro
spreadsheet product line and $35 million for Borland's Paradox
database product licenses.

(Linda Rohrbough/19940627/Press Contact: Vallee Ghosheh,
Borland, tel [phone], fax [phone])


(NEWS)(IBM)(DAL)(00014)

MySoftware Intros MyBrochures 06/28/94
PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A., 1994 JUN 28 (NB) -- MySoftware,
known for its inexpensive, small business-oriented software
products, has introduced a new package aimed at those who want to
deliver a good impression without a huge investment. MyBrochures
and Mailers for Windows is aimed at producing brochures using an
IBM-compatible personal computer (PC) and a laser or inkjet
printer.

The package offers built-in graphical designs for brochures based
on preprinted brochure paper from companies such as PaperDirect.
With designs already printed in color on the paper, the company
says the user simply fills in the appropriate information and runs
the paper through the printer to obtain a "professional-looking" color
brochure without the expense of hiring designers or hassling with
printing shops.

The preprinted color papers come in a variety of designs and some
offer pre-punched Rolodex cards or business reply mail cards that
can be printed by the user as well, then torn off by the recipient of
the brochure.

Samples of many of the brochures from various companies are
included in the box as well as ordering information. Users can order
in quantities as low as 100 sheets, and matching business cards
and envelopes, which can also be printed on the users' printer, are
available with many of the designs.

For actual designing of the brochure, the product offers built-in
layouts, which can be changed, or users may design their own. In
addition, the product offers drawing tools, 100 color clip art
drawings, fonts, character styles, bullet points in various
designs, and flexible tables.

MyBrochures also offers a mail merge feature that works with
data in any DBF file format. Allows for the printing of names and
addresses for mailing as well as the customization of each
brochure.

MyBrochures is priced under $60 and available at software retail
stores. The package requires a 386 or better PC running Microsoft
Windows 3.1 or higher, a Windows-compatible mouse, a laser or
inkjet printer, and a minimum of four megabytes (MB) of random
access memory (RAM).

(Linda Rohrbough/19940627/Press Contact: Tim Goode, MySoftware,
tel [phone], fax [phone]/BROCHURES940628/PHOTO)


(NEWS)(TELECOM)(TOR)(00015)

New Brunswick To Get Broadband Network 06/28/94
SAINT JOHN, NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA, 1994 JUN 28 (NB) -- The
telephone company in one of Canada's smallest provinces has set
out to be a pioneer in building a province-wide broadband network.
By 1996, New Brunswick Telephone Company Ltd., plans to offer
broadband services to 60 percent of homes and businesses in the
province.

Located on Canada's east coast, New Brunswick has a population of
fewer than one million people and a largely agricultural economy.
The province's present government has emphasized information
technology as a key to economic growth, becoming last year the
first provincial government in Canada to appoint a cabinet
minister responsible for the collection of digital services known
as the information highway.

While the plan is in line with the province's focus on information
technology, New Brunswick Telephone spokeswoman Jan Grant
told Newsbytes the company is not receiving financial help from
the government for its project.

New Brunswick Telephone's plan, in which telecommunications
equipment vendor Northern Telecom Ltd. figures as a joint
designer and supplier, is part of the Beacon initiative announced
by the Stentor consortium of Canada's regional telephone
companies earlier this year.

Announced in April, the Beacon plan involves upgrading national
telephone networks over the next 10 years and developing seamless
national connectivity in six years. The New Brunswick plan has a
tighter schedule, aiming for 60 percent penetration four years
from now, with work beginning in mid-1995. However, Grant said
the company cannot say when, or if, broadband services will reach
100 percent of subscribers. In some of the province's remote
rural areas, she said, "There are some homes that will be fairly
long in being served by these new technologies."

Uses of the network will include the "Call Mall," an interactive
home shopping service, and use of multimedia-on-demand in
schools, allowing teachers to retrieve material directly from
distant video libraries to television monitors in their
classrooms.

Separately, the New Brunswick government has announced that it
will make basic computer literacy a core part of the curriculum
in the province's schools. Grant said New Brunswick Telephone's
plans to use its network in education are not directly connected
to that move, but reflect similar thinking on the part of the
company and the government.

New Brunswick Telephone officials said they hope companies in the
province will develop other applications for the network, and
that additional developers will be attracted to the province.

The company plans to invest C$300 million in building the
network, which will use a combination of optical fiber and
coaxial cable along with Northern Telecom's new Magellan
Concorde asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) switches and
Northern's fiber-optic transmission equipment.

(Grant Buckler/19940627/Press Contact: Sue Clack, New Brunswick
Telephone, tel [phone]; Joey Nord, Northern Telecom, tel
919-992-2925; Frank McNally, Northern Telecom, tel [phone])


(NEWS)(IBM)(SFO)(00016)

Socket Drops Prices On Portable Ethernet Adapters 06/28/94
HAYWARD, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A., 1994 JUN 28 (NB) -- Socket
Communications, a manufacturer of connectivity products for
mobile computers, has announced a price reduction on both its EA
10BaseT Ethernet adapter and EA+ 10Base2 Ethernet adapter to
$249 and $299, respectively.

The Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
(PCMCIA) cards are compatible with NetWare, NetWare Lite, LAN
Manager, Vines, Windows for Workgroups, LANtastic, and PC LAN,
using a NE2000 network controller. This same controller allows
both cards to run in UnixWare, SCO Unix, Windows NT, and beta
versions of the new Windows, Chicago.

According to Socket, its ease of installation allows users to be up
and running in less than three minutes on Novell's NetWare. This
allows a notebook user the freedom of connecting to a number of
different network sites without the need of a resident network
manager, said the company. This time-saving feature is achieved
through the use of internal and external 16-bit data paths and a
64 kilobyte (KB) RAM buffer.

The price reductions are effective immediately and are available
through channels such as Gate/FA, Tech Data. Socket Mitsubishi in
the United kingdom, Socket Communications/WESTEX in Europe, and
others in Asia. The EA family works with a series of notebooks,
including Compaq's Concerto, HP's OmniBook, the Hyundai Neuron,
and IBM's ThinkPad.

Speaking to Newsbytes, a company spokesperson, said, "There is a
trend for PCMCIA Ethernet adapter cards to drop in price right now
as a reflection of the ability of manufacturers to produce in volume.
The competitive nature of the market over the past three months
has induced us to lower the prices and at the same time meet our
scheduled pricing levels."

(Patrick McKenna/19940627/Press Contact: DJ Anderson, A&R
Partners, tel [phone])


(NEWS)(GENERAL)(SFO)(00017)

Open Doc Alpha Version Ships To 12,000 06/28/94
NEW YORK, NEW YORK, U.S.A., 1994 JUN 28 (NB) -- Component
Integration Laboratories (CILabs) has announced the shipment of
alpha versions of Open Doc for OS/2 from IBM and Open Doc for
Windows from WordPerfect.

CILabs is reportedly a vendor-neutral organization involved in
the development of Open Doc technology across multiple platforms.
In April, Apple released an Alpha version of Open Doc for Macintosh
developers.

According to CILabs, Open Doc technology features component
software that will allow users to create text, graphics and image
documents using components or objects of an application rather
than the entire application and have those components open and
available as the document is being created.

Highlighting cross-platform functionality, Open Doc will soon
provide full interoperability with Microsoft's OLE (object linking and
embedding) 2.0. For vendors and users this means software will be
delivered in object packages that compliment a specific application.
These packages will interconnect with one another, allowing the
user to create a customized document creation area.

At Apple's Developer Conference in mid-May Apple announced its
"commitment" to Open Doc technology in stages, starting with
System 7.5, then in its next version called "Copeland," and then in
full use with "Gershwin." Specific dates were not given at the time,
but the conference clearly outlined Apple's future vision of
computing and its role of becoming a participating member with
IBM, WordPerfect, and other CILab partners.

A spokesperson for Apple, told Newsbytes, "Apple played a key role
in the development with CILabs and continues to pursue a very
active role. We have a number of different groups from Apple
interacting with CILabs and its partners. Apple recognizes the need
for a vendor-neutral environment and stresses working with our
partners and leaving CILabs in an independent position."

(Patrick McKenna/19940627/Press Contact: Tamara Ireland,
Niehaus Ryan Haller Public Relations, tel [phone])


(NEWS)(GENERAL)(BOS)(00018)

Interactive Catalog CD-ROM Set For October Intro 06/28/94
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, U.S.A., 1994 JUN 28 (NB) -- Microsoft
Home, Egghead Software, and InfoWorld have all signed on as
sponsors of Multimedia Know-It-All, the first title in Interactive
Catalog's upcoming series of consumer catalogs on CD-ROM.

The news was revealed by Craig M. Danuloff, president of the
Seattle-based start-up, in a meeting with Newsbytes on a Boston
press tour.

Interactive Catalog has set October as the target rollout date for
both the Know-it-All series and a second collection of disks, to
consist of custom business marketing catalogs, Danuloff told
Newsbytes.

Multimedia Know-It-All will let consumers view, browse, compare,
and search through product descriptions, press clips, reviews,
photos and technical specification sheets on thousands of hardware
and software products for PCs and Macs, the company president
explained. Vendors can buy additional space on the disk for videos,
product brochures, demos, and custom catalogs.

The interactive multimedia CD-ROM title, to be issued quarterly,
will sell for $14.95 for a single issue or $29.95 for a full-year
subscription.

In addition, Egghead Software, InfoWorld, and other sponsors will
distribute at least 500,000 copies of the first edition to selected
customers free of charge, for use as a "multimedia reference" to
products for PCs and Macs, according to Danuloff.

Beyond its sponsorship, the Microsoft Home Division has agreed to
provide a custom catalog of its produce line on Multimedia Know-It-
All, he said.

A second consumer catalog will probably be out by Christmas, he
added. Each title in the Know-It-All Series will combine text,
graphics, sound, and full-motion video, delivering the multimedia
information in Windows and Mac formats on the same disk.

Danuloff added that possible subject matter for upcoming
Know-It-All titles includes sporting goods, musical instruments,
travel, and other areas that mirror the interests of the installed
based of CD-ROM users, calculated by Dataquest to have reached six
million in 1993.

Initial interest in the Interactive Catalog concept has been
strongest within the computer industry, where vendors are already
well versed in the benefits of CD-ROM, he said. But with the CD-ROM
base projected by Dataquest to more than double to 16 million by
the end of 1994, Danuloff expects that other industries will catch
on soon.

In addition to providing an interactive multimedia format that
appeals to users, CD-ROM technology allows businesses to
easily duplicate and modify their materials, quickly tailoring
presentations to suit the needs of various demographic groups,
for example, he pointed out.

Duplication services for Multimedia Know-It-All will be provided
by Kao Infosystems, a company that plans to open a $70 million
facility in Fremont, California in July, Newsbytes was told.

Interactive Catalog is also in the process of forging a number of
other agreements, for both the Know-It-All Series and the custom
catalogs, according to Danuloff.

In a demo for Newsbytes, Danuloff showed how the interactive
graphical user interface (GUI) to Multimedia Know-It-All can be
used to choose from among major sections like Hardware, Software,
and "Showcase," and beyond that, to carry out functions like
locating and comparing products, reading news articles and reviews,
and looking up meanings of unfamiliar terms.

The beta version of the disk that was displayed for Newsbytes
contains multimedia information in these categories on Microsoft
Home products, Egghead Software, InfoWorld, and Kao.

The interface to Multimedia Know-It-All is designed to be clean
and uncluttered, Danuloff said. "We don't use any radio buttons or
overlapping windows." The final edition of the title will be even
"less boxy" than the beta edition, he maintained.

News articles and reviews can be accessed from all major sections
of the disk, Danuloff added, as he called up an article that
appeared in Newsbytes on June 9, when Multimedia Know-It-All
was first announced.

Product information can be located by category (such as "monitors,"
"illustration," or "fonts,"), sub-category ("color monitors"), or
manufacturer, according to the company president.

Danuloff showed Newsbytes a split-screen feature that lets users
view product information on two different products simultaneously,
for a side-by-side comparison.

Users can also: view all information in the Know-It-All database;
compile "shopping lists" of information on selected products,
saving the selected information for future reference; or access
video clips only, without interruption from text and graphics, by
means of a special "Cinema" section.

Interactive Catalogs is currently exploring the possible use of
online services, affiliated labels programs, and "four-color silk
screening on disk" for its products, the company chief told
Newsbytes.

"We may decide to provide entire titles online, but right now, it
looks more likely that we will use the online services for updates
to our electronic catalogs," he explained.

(Jacqueline Emigh/19940627/Reader Contact: Interactive Catalog
Corporation, 206-623-0977; Press Contact: Joe LePla, Parker LePla
for Interactive Catalog, 206-623-0977)


(NEWS)(GENERAL)(TOR)(00019)

New Brunswick Schools Emphasize Computer Literacy 06/28/94
FREDERICTON, NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA, 1994 JUN 28 (NB) --
Carrying on with a focus on information technology as a key to
prosperity, the province of New Brunswick has announced that
computer literacy will become one of the core points of its school
curriculum.

The province plans to make sure that every graduate of its school
system has basic computer skills. The focus will be on hands-on
experience and ability to use the technology, rather than on
theoretical knowledge, said Arnold MacPherson, coordinator of
computer education in the provincial Department of Education's
curriculum development branch.

New Brunswick expects students will pick up many basic
computer-related skills in other courses or outside school,
MacPherson told Newsbytes, but to make sure that all graduates
have certain abilities, the province is revamping, and making
compulsory, a course module that covers areas such as word
processing and simple spreadsheet calculations. Formerly an
option for grade nine students, the 27-hour module will now be
compulsory in grade eight, MacPherson said.

The module, which has students work in a simulated business
setting, will replace a module in which students set up and run
their own mock businesses, he added. This will start in the
1995-96 school year, officials said.

The province also plans steps to make sure that students who have
already completed grade eight will receive computer-literacy
training before they graduate. Students' computer skills will be
assessed and recognized with a certificate, the department said.

The province has not committed extra money to the computer
literacy program, education department spokeswoman Pauline
Dugre told Newsbytes. However, she added that an announcement
of federal-government and private-sector support for
computer-training infrastructure in the province is expected
within one to two weeks.

Officials said that in the 1994-95 school year the department
will invest a total of about C$6 million in computer education
programs.

The province's Department of Advanced Education and Labour
also said it will be moving to make sure that everyone taking
full-time training programs under its auspices will receive
computer-related training. The department will also promote
computer literacy through the existing New Brunswick
Tele-Education system.

(Grant Buckler/19940627/Press Contact: Pauline Dugre, New
Brunswick Department of Education, tel [phone]; Pam
Eastabrook-Nadeau, New Brunswick Department of Advanced
Education and Labour, 506-453-6599)


(NEWS)(IBM)(TOR)(00020)

 ****IBM Prices PowerPC 603 Chip, PCs Still In Future 06/28/94
FISHKILL, NEW YORK, U.S.A., 1994 JUN 28 (NB) -- IBM has put a
price on the PowerPC 603, the second chip in the PowerPC line of
microprocessors. At the same time, the company cut prices on the
existing PowerPC 601 processors.

Meanwhile, a year after formation of IBM's Power Personal Systems
division, complete IBM personal computers (PCs) using the chips still
appear to be a few months away.

IBM said the 66 megahertz (MHz) and 80 MHz versions of the PowerPC
603 chip are now available in sample quantities and volume
production is expected in the third quarter. Prices are $165 for
the 66MHz chip and $195 for the 80MHz version, in quantities of
25,000. IBM first announced availability of 603 samples last
October.

The only PowerPC chip now available in quantity, the PowerPC 601,
now costs $174 for a 50MHz version, $197 for the 66MHz chip, or
$275 for the 80MHz version, IBM said. These prices also apply to
quantities of 25,000.

The PowerPC 603 is functionally comparable to the 601, but is
designed to use less power, and so is aimed largely at buyers for
whom power consumption is critical, such as makers of notebook
computers.

Meanwhile, IBM said it plans to launch its first PCs using PowerPC
chips by the end of the year. Commenting on recent reports that the
company's work on PowerPC systems is behind schedule, IBM
spokeswoman Tara Sexton told Newsbytes that the first IBM
PowerPC PCs will be announced in the second half of this year. This
has been IBM's position since the beginning of 1994, Sexton added.

When IBM announced formation of the Power Personal Systems
Division, charged with producing PCs using PowerPC chips, last
July, Sexton told Newsbytes its first products were expected
"within a year."

The PowerPC models will be part of existing PC lines rather than
being given a different name, Sexton said. She would not say which
of the PowerPC processors will be used in the initial models, but
it is reasonable to suppose the PowerPC 601 is the most likely
candidate.

Apple Computer Inc., which is a partner with IBM and Motorola Corp.
in developing the PowerPC chips, unveiled its first computers
based on the chips in March. Last September IBM announced models
in its RISC System/6000 line of workstations and servers that use
the chips.

(Grant Buckler/19940628/Press Contact: Jim Smith, IBM
Microelectronics, tel [phone]; Tara Sexton, IBM,
tel [phone])


(NEWS)(IBM)(LON)(00021)

IBM UK Slashes DOS 6.3 Pricing 06/28/94
BASINGSTOKE, HAMPSHIRE, ENGLAND, 1994 JUN 28 (NB) -- IBM UK
has slashed pricing on PC DOS 6.3, its own brand version of the PC's
disk operating system (DOS). According to officials with Big Blue,
the price move is to take advantage of the confusion that currently
surrounds Microsoft's version of DOS.

IBM claims that the confusion that has resulted from the June 10 US
court ruling, which ordered MS-DOS 6.0 and 6.2 to be withdrawn from
sale, owing to the inclusion of the Stac's Doublespace disk
compression software. According to IBM, the decision has caused PC
users to realize that there is more than one flavor of DOS in the
marketplace.

As a result, IBM has cut pricing on PC DOS 6.3 by around 25 percent,
taking the retail price down to UKP37 -- around UKP12 less than
Microsoft's official price tag. Licenses for extra copies also fall to
UKP31 each.

"IBM has a worldwide agreement with Stac Electronics over data
compression and is not affected by the Microsoft/Stac ruling,"
explained Johnathan Cooper, IBM UK brand manager for PC DOS.
"We have an excellent data compression product integrated inside
PC DOS 6.3, which is fully compatible with both Doublespace and
Stacker. In fact, we'll be integrating Stac's own Stacker product
in the next release of PC DOS at the end of the year," he said.

"We've decided to take aggressive action on the price of PC DOS 6.3
through retailers to make it much more widely available in the shops.
We'll be making a similar offer to original equipment manufacturers
who have been preloading MS-DOS. to let them preload PC DOS 6.3 at
very attractive prices," he added.

The IBM PC DOS 6.3 is billed as wholly compatible with the Microsoft
variety and includes its own anti-virus system, the SuperStor/DS
data compression utility, and Central Point's Backup, Undelete and
Scheduler utilities. It also includes support for PCMCIA (Personal
Computer Memory Card International Association) and pen-driven
devices.

(Steve Gold/19940628/Press & Reader Contact: IBM Software
Enquiry Help Desk, [phone])


(NEWS)(IBM)(LON)(00022)

UK - Lotus Intros Approach 3.0 For Windows 06/28/94
STAINES, MIDDLESEX, 1994 JUN 28 (NB) -- Lotus Development UK has
announced plans to ship Approach Release 3.0 for Windows, the
newest version of its relational database package, within the next
45 days. The package will sell for UKP99, Newsbytes was told.

As previously reported by Newsbytes, Approach 3.0 for Windows
will be the first package from the Lotus stable to ship in multiple
languages under the company's globalization program. The software
will ship simultaneously worldwide in seven languages -- English,
Japanese, Traditional Chinese, French, German, Italian, and Spanish.

According to Andrew Wyatt, Lotus' brand manager for desktop
products, the new release has more than 200 new features, focusing
on improvements in four main areas -- useability, integration with
Smartsuite and Notes, analysis, and power.

"Approach is emerging as the definition of useability in the end user
database market because of its breakthrough ease-of-use, enhanced
integration, power and analysis capabilities," claimed Wyatt, who
added that there is currently a shift in the database market from
applications development to an end user focus.

This new version of Approach has a what-you-see-is-what-you-get
(WYSIWYG) report design system that allows users to see how their
report will look and print, while they are constructing it. In addition,
a new feature - InfoBox -- has been introduced. This allows users to
modify any object using a notetab screen device.

The package also features new X10 speed architecture. This means
that the software is up to 10 times faster than Microsoft Access
2.0, Lotus officials said.

As a special offer to users of Approach 2.x, Lotus is offering them
the facility to upgrade to Approach 3.0 and get a copy of 1-2-3
Release 5, for a special bundle price of UKP149.

Lotus Approach 3.0 needs a 386 or better PC equipped with at least
four megabytes (MB) of memory, Windows 3.1 or later, a VGA monitor
and a mouse or similar pointing device.

(Steve Gold/19940628/Press & Reader Contact: Lotus Development,
[phone])


(NEWS)(TELECOM)(ATL)(00023)

Compuserve's Entertainment Drive Offers Video Clips 06/28/94
COLUMBUS, OHIO, U.S.A., 1994 JUN 28 (NB) -- The Entertainment
Drive service on Compuserve is rapidly expanding into the
delivery of full-motion video clips from new motion pictures to
PC users.

Under an agreement between the service and three studios, clips
of "The Shadow," "The Lion King," and "Wyatt Earp" are all being
posted on the service. The chips can be viewed on PCs or
Macintoshes with QuickTime software, and they are available for
download for a limited time only. Participating studios include
Walt Disney Pictures, Warner Bros., and MCA/Universal.

Separately, a demo of Microsoft's "Cinemania" CD-ROM will be
made available on Entertainment Drive. Included are reviews from
film critic Roger Ebert, a Compuserve member, as well as
biographies, multimedia clips, still photos and sounds, with
clips from about 20 films. Video highlights from "The Shadow" and
the "Cinemania" demo will also be available on the next issue of
CompuServeCD, the multimedia extension of Compuserve on
CD-ROM introduced earlier this month. That issue will be sent to
subscribers in mid-July.

Newsbytes discussed all this with Michael Bolanos, who runs
Entertainment Drive. "The costs" of downloading the new clip
files "depend on the speed of connections," he began. "There's
about a megabyte (MB) of information in each file. At 14,400
bits-per-second (bps) that would take about 11 minutes to
download, at 9600 bps it's 19 minutes."

At those speeds Compuserve costs $9.60 per hour -- it is half
that cost at slower speeds. "Some files go to 2MB. There are three
clips from 'The Shadow,' two from 'Wyatt Earp,' and 4-5 from 'The
Lion King.' They've been going up, and they're continuing to go up.
Friday and yesterday were when they were mainly sent. As we
complete the digitization we upload from southern California."

Bolanos said the service has not yet decided which clips to make
available on the Compuserve CD. It will certainly have the
"Cinemania" demo, but given the fact that "The Shadow" is opening
this weekend, and the other films have already been released.

Newsbytes asked about the relationships between information
providers like Entertainment Drive and the people putting
together Compuserve CD.

"We're working, as many IPs are, to provide content to Compuserve
CD," he said. "I've been working with motion picture companies to
maintain their presence on Entertainment Drive. When the editors
came to me they asked about getting clips on. I think it's an
interesting idea, to look at a clip then connect directly to the
online service. We're hoping the member will look at the trailer,
then click on the 'Entertainment Drive' icon, so they can go
directly to an interactive discussion on the board."

Newsbytes noted that ABC Television sent the press a CD-ROM on
its mini-series, "The Stand," last May and many papers used photo
files directly from the disk. Bolanos said ABC was aiming at a
different market from Compuserve. "The experience ABC had" with
The Stand "is similar to what other media companies have had.
The Compuserve CD now is intended for consumers. The idea is to
say what's coming soon to a theater near you. It wouldn't
surprise me if industry members took advantage of Compuserve CD.
We have 1,500 industry members on Entertainment Drive. Whether
the studios take advantage of that is another question." There
are a total of 27,000 members on the Entertainment Drive service,
he added.

"The photos on Entertainment Drive look good on the screen but
they're not intended for reprinting," he continued. They're
reproduced in a 640 by 480 256-color format for use with the
Compuserve GIF viewer. "The folks at Disney aren't looking for
them to be printed. I should think we could put up a private
section for working journalists," who might want to re-print
photos, however. And the idea of private sections would also be
appealing for text. "For instance, New Line Cinema doesn't want
the plot of their film 'The Mask' to be revealed, although we've
posted some production notes." He added, "We'll look more closely
at the difference between publicity and content, and make deals
accordingly."

Newsbytes asked about competition from other online services,
some of which like Delphi have common ownership with movie
studios like Fox. "This is a significant opportunity, not only
domestically, but consider that Compuserve is now in 138
countries. Everyone needs to promote in as many places as
possible.

(Dana Blankenhorn/19940628/Press Contact: Compuserve,
Debra Young, 614/538-4553)


(NEWS)(APPLE)(ATL)(00024)

Apple Signs First Vertical OEM Deal For Newton 06/28/94
CAMARILLO, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A., 1994 JUN 28 (NB) -- Apple has
signed the first vertical market original equipment manufacturer
(OEM) deal for its Newton, with Harris' Dracon division.

Dracon, based in Camarillo, California, makes testing gear for
telephone networks. The unit will try to use the Newton as the
basis for a new Craft Digital Assistant combining the Newton
with Dracon's SuperTech 2000 technician automation and
information access system. The new unit will become the first in
the family of SuperTech 2000 products designed to automate the
telephone technicians' access to diagnostic and  testing systems.

The idea is that technicians will "point and click" on a customized
Newton Message Pad to dispatch repair personnel, remotely
generate test requests and perform other functions directly with
telecommunications information access systems.

A Harris/Dracon product manager said current diagnostic systems
are cumbersome, and the new unit will save money as well as
offer new "revenue generating benefits" to field technicians. "They
will now be able to focus on closing a job rather than interacting
with information management systems," explained Norm Schillaci,
the company's test systems product manager.

Harris spokesman Jim Burke emphasized the breakthrough for
both companies in discussing the story with Newsbytes. "For this
kind of product line, it's the first deal of its type, and Apple is
indicating it's the first of its 'vertical market' deals for the
Newton," he said.

The finished product will certainly carry the Harris name,
and may have additional trade dress for Dracon and the new
SuperTech line, he said.

(Dana Blankenhorn/19940628/Press Contact: Jim Burke,
Harris, 407-727-9126)


(NEWS)(TELECOM)(ATL)(00025)

New York Becoming Internet Competitive 06/28/94
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, U.S.A., 1994 JUN 28 (NB) -- New York
is quickly becoming the focus of a market battle among Internet
service providers. Bolt Baranek and Newman's BBN Technology
Services unit is the latest to enter the market with its Nearnet
service, which has been available in New England for five years.

Nearnet not only offers Internet access, but also integration,
security, consulting and training services. The company's staff
specializes in integrating Internet capabilities into clients'
internal corporate networks.

The chairman of the Nearnet technical committee, Scott Bradner,
indicated he will focus particularly on the financial services and
publishing industries which call New York their home. Such
companies have been reluctant to join the Internet because of
fears about security, reliability, and service quality.

John Rugo, vice president of BBN TSI, provider of NEARNET
services, added, "New applications in the investment, banking,
publishing, and multimedia industries require increasingly
sophisticated levels of internetworking systems expertise."

Nearnet is offering around-the-clock network operations, end-to-
end problem resolution, a comprehensive problem tracking system,
backbone management and equipment maintenance services, on-site
field support and on-going configuration management services.

Currently over 290 New England sites use Nearnet, including
Polaroid, Raytheon, Lotus, Stratus, and International Data Corp.
Universities like Harvard, MIT, Boston University, Yale and
Dartmouth also buy Internet access through NEarnet.

(Dana Blankenhorn/19940628/Press Contact: Brenda Nichols,
for Nearnet, 508/369-2100)


(NEWS)(TELECOM)(ATL)(00026)

Delphi Cuts Prices For Fast Online Access 06/28/94
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, U.S.A., 1994 JUN 28 (NB) -- News
Corp.'s Delphi Internet online unit is cutting the cost of high-
speed access to its system in an attempt to gain new business.
It said it would no longer have any surcharge on access speeds
of 9,600 bits-per-second (bps) and 14,400 bps.

In addition, Delphi said it has a novel way to deal with access
problems during peak hours. A spokesman told Newsbytes that all
callers will have their access slowed during peaks. When callers
dialing-in at 14,400 bps are slowed to 9,600 bps, for instance,
it can increase the telecommunications system capacity by up
to 50 percent.

News Corp. bought Delphi last year and has publicly predicted it
would turn the company into the world's largest online service
"in a short period of time." Analysts have been skeptical
concerning the prediction, however, noting that systems like
Compuserve and Prodigy are reaching two million people each,
while Delphi may have fewer than 100,000.

Analysts like Jupiter Communications' Josh Harris have also said
there may be just over five million users of online services now,
and they'll be facing new choices from Ziff's Interchange and
Microsoft soon.

Still, under Jaan Torv, an experienced News Corp. executive,
Delphi has been working on a more graphic front-end, and signed a
deal to provide a local version of the service to the St. Louis
Post-Dispatch. Torv promised early this year that the new graphic
interface will include an editor's toolkit, giving them more
control over the graphic appearance of their services.

Before selling-out to News Corp., Delphi also acquired the Bix
online service from McGraw Hill, and set a strategy to make
its access to Internet services a primary part of its strategy.

(Dana Blankenhorn/19940628/Press Contact: Nancy Morrisroe,
Delphi, 617/491-3342)


(NEWS)(BUSINESS)(TOR)(00027)

Lotus, SoftSwitch Modify Purchase Deal 06/28/94
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, U.S.A., 1994 JUN 28 (NB) -- A sharp
drop in the price of Lotus Development Corp. stock has led to a
change in the purchase agreement under which Lotus will buy
SoftSwitch Inc.

Lotus will now pay about $62 million in cash for Wayne,
Pennsylvania-based SoftSwitch, instead of issuing 1.3 million
shares of common stock. The change also means that the buyout
will be accounted for as a purchase rather than as a pooling of
interest, officials said.

The purchase will mean a one-time pre-tax charge against Lotus
earnings in the quarter in which the transaction is completed for
the associated write-off of purchased research and development,
officials said.

Lotus expects to close the deal within a few weeks, company
spokesman Richard Eckel told Newsbytes. The firm hopes the
closing will fall within its second fiscal quarter, but it could
slip into the third quarter, he added.

When the transaction was announced June 16, officials of the
two firms said the 1.3 million shares of Lotus stock were worth
between $64 million and $73 million.

Eckel said the deal with SoftSwitch contained a clause allowing
for a change in terms if Lotus' stock price went outside a range
between the low 40s and the low 70s. The stock is currently
trading in the $35 range. Lotus does not want to issue new stock
at the present price, he said.

SoftSwitch, which will continue to operate from its Pennsylvania
head office, produces messaging switches for IBM mainframes and
Unix systems. Lotus has resold SoftSwitch products in the past.

Along with the SoftSwitch purchase, Lotus has said it will set up
a new Inter-Enterprise Computing Group (IECG) to be headed by
Michael Zisman, president of SoftSwitch, and Larry Moore,
vice-president of Lotus' Telecommunications Servers Group. The
new unit is meant to bring together SoftSwitch and Lotus'
recently announced AT&T Network Notes.

(Grant Buckler/19940628/Press Contact: Richard Eckel, Lotus
Development, tel [phone])


(NEWS)(IBM)(DEN)(00028)

Gateway Intros 250MB Notebook PC, Cuts Some Prices 06/28/94
NORTH SIOUX CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA, U.S.A., 1994 JUN 28 (NB) --
Gateway 2000 has introduced a notebook computer that weighs
less than three pounds and includes a 250 megabyte (MB) hard drive.

The Handbook DX2-50 is powered by an Intel 50 megahertz (MHz)
DX2 microprocessor and uses a 2500 milliamphour nickel-cadmium
(NiCad) battery the company says provides up to 15 percent more
operating time than previous batteries.

Gateway is also offering a 33MHz version of the Handbook that uses
a 486SX chip and comes with four MB of memory and a 130MB hard
drive.

Both systems include a spare battery, an external floppy drive, and
a carrying case at no extra cost. The DX2-50 starts at $2,499 while
the price tag on the Handbook 486SX-33 reads $1,299. A pointing
device is built into the keyboard, and both units include a serial
port, floppy drive/parallel port and printer adapter, and a PS/2
style external keyboard connector. The backlighted monochrome
liquid crystal display (LCD) measures 7.9-inches diagonally.

In conjunction with the announcement of the two new systems
Gateway has reduced the price of two existing Handbook PCs. The
basic 486SX-25 model was reduced $650 and is now priced at $999,
while the DX2-40 now starts at $1,499, a $750 reduction.

A Type II PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card International
Association) expansion slot supports "hot swapping,"  the ability
to switch PCMCIA devices without rebooting the unit. Gateway offers
an external VGA adapter, data/fax modems with speeds up to 14.4
bits-per-second (bps), and Token Ring and Ethernet network adapters
as PCMCIA peripherals.

Gateway says the Handbook battery can be fast-charged while it
is out of the unit without the aid of a cradle. The battery is also
fast-charged during operation. A feature most "road warriors"
should appreciate is the ability to swap batteries without exiting
the current application.

The Handbook DX2-50 comes with MS-DOS 6.22, Windows for
Workgroups 3.11 and Microsoft Office Pro pre-loaded. The SX-33
replaces Office Pro with Microsoft Works. Software documentation
and program disks are included. Gateway provides toll-free support
for Handbook users.

(Jim Mallory/19940628/Press contact: Wendell Watson, Gateway
2000, 605-232-2723; Reader contact: Gateway 2000, 605-232-
2000 or 800-523-2000)


(NEWS)(GENERAL)(DEN)(00029)

Iomega Eliminates 75 Positions 06/28/94
ROY, UTAH, U.S.A., 1994 JUN 28 (NB) -- Iomega Corporation, the
company that makes the popular Bernoulli removable media drives,
has announced it is eliminating 75 positions, or about 15 percent
of its total indirect workforce. The company says no direct labor
positions are affected.

The actual number of employees losing their jobs will be 32,
according to Iomega. The other cuts are being accomplished through
normal employee attrition and some personnel being shifted
to other jobs.

Iomega spokesperson Kristy Schoonmaker told Newsbytes that
most of the reductions were in the areas of sales and marketing.
No information was available about outplacement support being
provided.

At the end of 1993 the company had 1,077 employees. With
the current cuts and other actions taken earlier this year the
total workforce now numbers about 900 people. Iomega cut 50
salaried jobs in early 1994.

Iomega has already accounted for the losses in last year's
restructuring costs, so the current action does not require any
additional charges to the company's financial statement.

Schoonmaker said the company is on track with its reorganization
plan, which extends through September of this year, but was unable
to say whether more job cuts are part of that plan.

Iomega President and Chief Executive Officer Kim Edwards says
that while the step is regrettable it is necessary "to operate the
company's business within the lower gross margins dictated by the
competitive marketplace." Edwards said the cuts will save about
$4 million annually in overhead expenses.

(Jim Mallory/19940628/Press contact: Kristy Schoonmaker,
Iomega Corporation, 801-778-1000)


(NEWS)(TRENDS)(DEN)(00030)

Motorola Offers Multimedia Reference Design Spec 06/28/94
AUSTIN, TEXAS, U.S.A., 1994 JUN 28 (NB) -- Motorola's Digital Signal
Processing (DSP) Division has announced it will publish a multimedia
reference design specification which combines key communications
and multimedia sound functions in a single, low-cost Industry
Standard Architecture (ISA) bus hardware platform.

Motorola says the reference design will enable system
manufacturers to incorporate computer telephony, voice and audio
into their products without investing in a major development effort.

Jim George, corporate VP and general manager for the DSP Division,
says the design was a joint product of Motorola, Compaq Computer
Corporation and Microsoft Corporation.

The reference design specifies a multimedia and communications
subsystem based on Motorola's DSP56002 chip running Spectron
Microsystems' DSP operating system SPOX under Microsoft's DSP
Resource Manager Interface (RMI).

In a related development, Microsoft has announced the availability
of its DSP RMI specification. Components to support communication
to the system bus and interfaces to the telephone line and devices
like microphones, speakers, CD-ROM drives, game ports, and other
functions, are included.

Motorola says the design can be easily upgraded via software as
new applications are written, since it is driven by a programmable
DSP.

Murray Goldman, Motorola corporate vice president and assistant
general manager of Motorola's Semiconductor Products Sector,
predicts the development of telephony, sound and voice enhanced
applications and games using the combination of the reference
design, SPOX and the Microsoft RMI.

Microsoft's RMI is a DSP hardware-independent next-generation
Windows interface for multimedia application developers. SPOX is
Goleta, California-based Spectron Microsystems' real-time
multitasking operating system.

In February of this year Motorola announced its PC Media technology
that includes DSP56002 software to implement fax/data modems,
telephone answering machines, full-duplex speakerphones, audio
playback and record, sound effects, and voice compression for
Windows 3.1. Motorola says those functions are being ported to
SPOX and will be available in the future for use with the reference
design and the Microsoft RMI.

In a related announcement Peavey Electronics Corporation in
Meridian, Mississippi, announced the immediate availability of those
same tasks under Windows 3.1 with its MediaMorph multimedia audio
card. The card is designed around the DSP56002 and incorporates the
telecommunications elements of the PC Media software suite.

Motorola will offer a PC Media technology developer's kit with
tools to help PC makers and software vendors develop PC Media-
based technology. It says the kit, PC Media Hardware Reference
Design Version 4.0, will be available at no cost next month.

(Jim Mallory/19940628/Press contact: Cathy Keller, Cunningham
Communication Inc., for Motorola, 408-764-0782; Reader contact:
Motorola DSP Marketing, 512-891-2030)


(NEWS)(APPLE)(DAL)(00031)

QuickTime 2.0 For Mac Ships, Windows Version Set 06/28/94
CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A., 1994 JUN 28 (NB) -- Apple Computer
said it is now shipping QuickTime 2.0 for the Macintosh. A Windows
version of the multimedia extensions will ship this fall.

Support for the latest version of Intel's compression scheme for
video, Indeo Release 3.2, is being included in both the new Windows
and Macintosh QuickTime versions, Apple said at the PC Expo show
in New York this week.

Apple previously announced it would include musical instrument
sounds from the Sound Canvas collection by leading digitized
music company Roland in this new release of QuickTime and make it
easier to add music to QuickTime movies.

Even though the sound will be played back in eight-bit audio, the
premium quality of the Roland sound samples add significantly to
the sound quality, Applesoft's Product Line Manager for Multimedia
Software Duncan Kennedy told Newsbytes. The audio portion may
also be compressed, then decompressed on the fly for playback,
with a significant savings in hard disk space, Apple said.

The new version of QuickTime also offers a larger video window,
support for the Motion Picture Experts Group (MPEG) video
compression format, and a faster frame rate. On a low-end
Macintosh LC475 full-motion 30 frames-per-second (fps) video
can be displayed in a screen size of 320 by 240 picture elements
(pixels) or full-screen 640 by 480 video can be displayed at the
rate of 15 fps.

The Windows version of QuickTime 2.0 offers support for the
Display Control Interface (DCI) jointly developed by Intel and
Microsoft, as well as MPEG. The new version also offers support
for searchable, anti-aliased text, music, and audio compression.

Apple is encouraging developers to license QuickTime 2.0 for
distribution with their software applications, multimedia
titles, and media clip libraries. The cost is $300 and licensing
information is available from Apple Software Licensing.
Interested developers may also sign up for late summer pre-
release testing of QuickTime 2.0 for Windows through the Apple
Multimedia Program.

The QuickTime 2.0 for Macintosh Software Developers Kit is
scheduled for August availability, priced at $195. However, it is
$99 for those upgrading from a previous version. The QuickTime 2.0
for Windows Software Developers Kit is scheduled for release in the
fall of this year, but no pricing information has been forthcoming.

(Linda Rohrbough/19940628/Press Contact: Frank O'Malley, Apple
Computer, tel [phone], fax [phone]; Public Contact:
Apple Software Licensing, 512-919-2645, Applelink SW.LICENSE;
Apple Multimedia Program, 408-974-4897, Applelink DEVSUPPORT;
Programmers and Developers Association, US 800-282-2732,
Canada 800-637-0029, other 716-871-6555)


(NEWS)(BUSINESS)(DEL)(00032)

UK's Commonwealth Dev't Corp Invests In Indian Firm 06/28/94
BANGALORE, INDIA, 1994 JUN 28 (NB) -- The UK's Commonwealth
Development Corporation (CDC) is picking up a 25 percent stake in
the Bangalore-based company Kirloskar Multimedia Ltd. (KML).
CDC has formally approved a 25 percent stake in the ordinary
equity of the company and its overall participation would be
one-third of the R25 crore project.

According to Ajay Kirloskar, a co-promoter of the company, KML is
establishing a comprehensive facility to undertake multimedia
applications development. The facility will include art production
and mastering equipment with 200 technical, creative and
communication professionals.

"Our focus will be on international markets," says Kirloskar. The
company plans to develop interactive multimedia products for
information, education and entertainment applications. The
development platforms include PC and Macintosh. "We aim to be
platform independent," says Kirloskar.

KML is an independent company (not part of the Kirloskar group)
promoted by Sukumar R. Kirloskar, Padmaja S. Kirloskar, and Ajay
S. Kirloskar. Besides the promoters and CDC, there is financial
participation from international financial institutions and venture
capitalists.

(C.T. Mahabharat/19940628)


(NEWS)(GENERAL)(SFO)(00033)

Newsbytes Daily Summary 06/28/94
PENN VALLEY, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A., 1994 JUN 28 (NB) -- These
are capsules of all today's news stories:

1 -> Company Results 06/28/94 While Broderbund Software revenues
for its last quarter were up 56 percent, revenue and pretax income
was also up for Cognos. Meanwhile, both Geoworks and Cascade
Communications announced initial public offerings of stock.

2 -> Personnel Roundup 06/28/94 This is a regular feature,
summarizing personnel changes not covered elsewhere by Newsbytes:
Sequent Computer Systems Inc., Amdahl Corp., Extended Systems,
Xpedite Systems Inc., Gensym Corp., and Andersen Consulting.

3 -> Networking Roundup 06/28/94 This is a regular feature,
summarizing networking news not covered elsewhere by Newsbytes: NAT
Cuts EtherMeter Ethernet Probe Prices, 2nd SNMP Test Summit Starts
In San Jose, DCA Announces RLN Application Server, Novell Licenses
Network Navigator To Proginet, Eagle Offers 2 10Base-T
Concentrators.

4 ->  ****Newsbytes Daily Available In East/West Europe 06/28/94
Facilities for the delivery of Newsbytes News Network have been
enhanced for all European subscribers and republishers, as far east
as the CIS  (Commonwealth of Independent States) and Russia, for
timely,  daily deliveries.

5 -> Aldus Shipping Freehand 4.0 For Windows 06/28/94 Aldus Corp.,
says it is now shipping version 4.0 of its graphic design and
illustration program Freehand for the Windows platform. The
company says the software has enhanced text capabilities, more
intuitive color control, an improved user interface and multi-page
layout functions.

6 -> PBS Builds New Online Network 06/28/94 The Public Broadcasting
Service is building an online network called PBS Online, aimed at
distance learning.

7 -> MFS Offers Frame Relay Over ATM 06/28/94 MFS Communications'
MFS Datanet said it has become the first service to offer frame
relay over an asynchronous transfer mode, or ATM network.

8 -> Ziff Adds Computer Partners To Interchange 06/28/94 Ziff-
Davis Interactive has announced that 24 hardware and software
companies are joining in the release of its Interchange online
service later this year.

9 -> Philips Plans CD-I Blitz Over Next Year 06/28/94 Philips, the
Dutch consumer electronics giant, has announced plans to release a
swathe  of new Compact Disc Interactive (CD-I) products over the
next year.

10 -> UK - Eurosource Cuts Prices To Increase Market Share 06/28/94
EuroSource, in a  bid to take away market share from the
traditional fourth-generation language (4GL) programs such as 4D
and HyperCard, has slashed prices  to encourage in-house and
corporate developers to migrate to its  Prograph range of 4GL
packages for the Apple Mac.

11 -> EasyFlow Charting Software For Windows Intro'd 06/28/94
HavenTree Software has announced a version of its EasyFlow charting
software for Microsoft Windows.

12 -> Delrina FormFlow To Support Microsoft Exchange 06/28/94 With
a groupware war shaping up between Microsoft and Lotus, Delrina is
not taking  sides. The maker of forms and fax software has
announced that  FormFlow, its forms management package, will work
with Microsoft's  newly announced Exchange groupware product much
as it does with  Lotus' Notes.

13 -> Borland Launches dBASE For Windows, But Delays Shipment
06/28/94 Borland is making the launch of the long-awaited dBASE 5.0
for Windows and dBASE 5.0 for DOS at PC Expo in New York City at
the end of a multi-national  tour demonstrating the product.
Borland officials have said the  company is counting on the success
of dBASE for Windows to stop  the flow of multi-millions in red
ink.

14 -> MySoftware Intros MyBrochures 06/28/94 MySoftware, known for
its inexpensive, small business-oriented software products, has
introduced a new package aimed at those who want to deliver a good
impression without a huge investment. MyBrochures and Mailers for
Windows is aimed at producing brochures using an IBM-compatible
personal computer (PC) and a laser or inkjet printer.

15 -> New Brunswick To Get Broadband Network 06/28/94 The telephone
company in one of Canada's smallest provinces has set out to be a
pioneer in building a province-wide broadband network.  By 1996,
New Brunswick Telephone Company Ltd., plans to offer  broadband
services to 60 percent of homes and businesses in the  province.

16 -> Socket Drops Prices On Portable Ethernet Adapters 06/28/94
Socket Communications, a manufacturer of connectivity products for
mobile computers, has announced a price reduction on both its EA
10BaseT Ethernet adapter and EA+ 10Base2 Ethernet adapter to  $249
and $299, respectively.

17 -> Open Doc Alpha Version Ships To 12,000 06/28/94 Component
Integration Laboratories (CILabs) has announced the shipment of
alpha versions of Open Doc for OS/2 from IBM and Open Doc for
Windows from WordPerfect.

18 -> Interactive Catalog CD-ROM Set For October Intro 06/28/94
Microsoft Home, Egghead Software, and InfoWorld have all signed on
as  sponsors of Multimedia Know-It-All, the first title in
Interactive  Catalog's upcoming series of consumer catalogs on
CD-ROM.

19 -> New Brunswick Schools Emphasize Computer Literacy 06/28/94
Carrying on with a focus on information technology as a key to
prosperity, the province of New Brunswick has announced that
computer literacy will become one of the core points of its school
curriculum.

20 ->  ****IBM Prices PowerPC 603 Chip, PCs Still In Future
06/28/94 IBM has put a price on the PowerPC 603, the second chip in
the PowerPC line of microprocessors. At the same time, the company
cut prices on the existing PowerPC 601 processors.

21 -> IBM UK Slashes DOS 6.3 Pricing 06/28/94 IBM UK  has slashed
pricing on PC DOS 6.3, its own brand version of the PC's  disk
operating system (DOS). According to officials with Big Blue,  the
price move is to take advantage of the confusion that currently
surrounds Microsoft's version of DOS.

22 -> UK - Lotus Intros Approach 3.0 For Windows 06/28/94 Lotus
Development UK has announced plans to ship Approach Release 3.0 for
Windows, the  newest version of its relational database package,
within the next  45 days. The package will sell for UKP99,
Newsbytes was told.

23 -> Compuserve's Entertainment Drive Offers Video Clips 06/28/94
The Entertainment  Drive service on Compuserve is rapidly expanding
into the delivery of full-motion video clips from new motion
pictures to  PC users.

24 -> Apple Signs First Vertical OEM Deal For Newton 06/28/94 Apple
has signed the first vertical market original equipment
manufacturer (OEM) deal for its Newton, with Harris' Dracon
division.

25 -> New York Becoming Internet Competitive 06/28/94 New York  is
quickly becoming the focus of a market battle among Internet
service providers. Bolt Baranek and Newman's BBN Technology
Services unit is the latest to enter the market with its Nearnet
service, which has been available in New England for five years.

26 -> Delphi Cuts Prices For Fast Online Access 06/28/94 News
Corp.'s Delphi Internet online unit is cutting the cost of high-
speed access to its system in an attempt to gain new business.  It
said it would no longer have any surcharge on access speeds of
9,600 bits-per-second (bps) and 14,400 bps.

27 -> Lotus, SoftSwitch Modify Purchase Deal 06/28/94 A sharp drop
in the price of Lotus Development Corp. stock has led to a change
in the purchase agreement under which Lotus will buy SoftSwitch
Inc.

28 -> Gateway Intros 250MB Notebook PC, Cuts Some Prices 06/28/94
Gateway 2000 has introduced a notebook computer that weighs  less
than three pounds and includes a 250 megabyte (MB) hard drive.

29 -> Iomega Eliminates 75 Positions 06/28/94 Iomega Corporation,
the company that makes the popular Bernoulli removable media
drives, has announced it is eliminating 75 positions, or about 15
percent of its total indirect workforce. The company says no direct
labor positions are affected.

30 -> Motorola Offers Multimedia Reference Design Spec 06/28/94
Motorola's Digital Signal Processing (DSP) Division has announced
it will publish a multimedia reference design specification which
combines key communications and multimedia sound functions in a
single, low-cost Industry  Standard Architecture (ISA) bus hardware
platform.

31 -> QuickTime 2.0 For Mac Ships, Windows Version Set 06/28/94
Apple Computer said it is now shipping QuickTime 2.0 for the
Macintosh. A Windows  version of the multimedia extensions will
ship this fall.

32 -> UK's Commonwealth Dev't Corp Invests In Indian Firm 06/28/94
The UK's Commonwealth  Development Corporation (CDC) is picking up
a 25 percent stake in
 the Bangalore-based company Kirloskar Multimedia Ltd. (KML).  CDC
has formally approved a 25 percent stake in the ordinary equity of
the company and its overall participation would be  one-third of
the R25 crore project.

(Ian Stokell/19940628)