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...would be the most significant Microsoft announcement in a decade. For two years the rapidly expanding global computer matrix called the Internet had nagged at Gates like a low-level headache. Even as his company shipped Windows 95 last fall--an 11-million-line program that solidified Microsoft's PC hegemony--Gates worried about what lay ahead. Microsoft had long dominated the world of personal computing by providing the software that controlled the way users interacted with their machines--a program called an operating system. Microsoft's operating systems, first DOS in 1980 and then Windows 10 years later...
...Bombardier Inc. [Price] $34 million [Orders] 53 (available late 1998) [Maximum Range] 7,475 miles [Top Speed] 593 m.p.h. [Maximum Altitude] 51,000 ft. [Cabin Volume] 2,077 cu. ft. [Total Passengers] 19 [Celebrity Buyer] N.A. [Options] Double bed; stand-up shower; crew rest area; onboard phone, fax, PC...
...doesn't have enough money even to buy a machine. Easy, says Granthier. He's building his own PC, one component at a time. "I found a site on the Net that shows you how to make...
...PC hybrid idea is attractive to computer makers, although most would prefer to add TV reception to their PC lines than get into the TV business. Direct-mail giant Gateway 2000 is already selling Destination, a $3,500-to-$4,500 hybrid TV-PC. NetTV, Inc. introduced its competing WorldVision in March, and Compaq and RCA are expected to follow suit early next year...
...Equipment's No. 2 executive stepped down citing poor results, the computer company announced it would cut 7,000 of its 60,900 jobs as part of a $475 million restructuring. Digital, which made its mark in the minicomputer market, is struggling as it tries to readjust to the PC and high-powered work station market. The company underwent an extensive restructuring in 1994. In the first quarter of this year, beset by bloated inventories, depressed sales and price cuts, Digital's PC division saw revenues fall by 10 percent. The events of the last two days raise concerns about...