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Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ON DECK | 5/9/1997 | See Source »

...frustrated subscribers started dialing in without realizing they were running up big bills, assuming that being an 800 number, it would be free. Some AOL members didn't have a choice but to connect to the network through the 800 number. According to representatives at computermaker Packard Bell NEC, thousands of computers were shipped this winter with flawed software which automatically routed users through the access line. Although these people will receive refunds from AOL, the other surprised subscribers may not be so lucky: a spokesman for the company said today it will examine each refund request by this group...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AOL?s Very Expensive Toll-Free Number | 4/4/1997 | See Source »

INCREDIBLE SHRINKING PC COMDEX's hottest technology appeared to do the impossible--import the legendarily clunky Windows desktop operating system to handheld computers from the likes of Casio, Compaq and Philips. The NEC Mobile Pro HPC runs fist-size versions of Microsoft Word and Excel on a 5-in. screen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TECH WATCH: NEWS FROM VEGAS: THE HYPE GOES ON | 12/2/1996 | See Source »

...specially developed internal processing chip that does one thing--paint rich pictures on your TV--better than any other device in history. Called the Reality Co-Processor, the chip was designed by 3-D special-effects giant Silicon Graphics (of Jurassic Park fame) and built by Japanese chip monolith NEC. Even as computers do more in smaller spaces, there's something extraordinary here: SGI and NEC have stuffed the sophistication of a $10,000 workstation into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 64 BITS OF MAGIC | 11/25/1996 | See Source »

...NEC Ready Office NEC sells solutions, and this $3,000 small-business package doesn't disappoint. The uninterruptible power supply, Pentium processor and Iomega removable storage give the extras you need for an office machine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HARDWARE | 11/25/1996 | See Source »

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