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Computer journals report that IBM will release a new series of Think Pad laptops within the month: the 755, 355 and 510. The new line is based on the ThinkPad 750, widely regarded as the standard of reference for portable computing...
...three new ThinkPads will continue to offer IBM's new mouse technology--in which usurers point on a fingertip sensitive pad to move the cursor--rather than the trackballs used in most portable computers...
Despite the overhaul of IBM's widelyregarded portable computer series, no major pricing changes are expected. So for those of you considering the purchase of an IBM portable, hang in there for a few more weeks...
...chapter on Perot. Wills argues that Perot, who built Electronic Data Systems into a multibillion-dollar enterprise before peddling it to GM, improved on the theories of two corporate legends who made salesmanship a near science: John Henry Patterson of National Cash Register and Thomas Watson of IBM. Perhaps so, but even by Wills' narrow definition of business leadership -- that it mostly has to do with selling -- someone like Bill Gates of Microsoft, who had much more originality than Perot and built a much more important company, might have been a stronger example of the corporate leader par excellence...
Airlines are not likely to scrap the programs, however, because they have been so successful at pulling in business. When IBM recently proposed that United and American grant it lower ticket prices instead of frequent-flyer miles, both carriers declined. And shortly before Delta Airlines announced its latest job cuts, the carrier said it had joined forces with Varig Airlines of Brazil to expand Delta's frequent-flyer program. Frequent-flyer miles "are not going away," says Tony Molinaro, a spokesman for United. "We wouldn't do it if it wasn't really worth it." Especially now that consumers will...