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Critics such as Gregory Aharonian, a software patent consultant in Belmont, Mass., claim that the Patent Office's resources are inadequate to handle the surge in software patent applications, with some patents being granted that cover fundamental techniques in the field long in use. The Office recently rescinded a
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Emery Worldwide, a global air freight and logistical services company, has launched a new dedicated service for the electronics and computer technology industries. This is its eleventh specialty marketing program, designed to cater to the specific needs of hardware and software manufacturers, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), distributors, and value-added resellers
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Medical professionals can now simulate emergency patient care in a three-dimensional emergency department using the Virtual Physician software, a PC-based multimedia medical education application developed by SafeWare Inc. Digital Equipment Corporation has partnered with SafeWare to supply hardware and provide support for the application. The Virtual Physician allows doctors and
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Madge Networks, a leader in networking solutions for the enterprise, has announced its participation in IBM's PC Server Start Up, a multi-vendor technical support program designed to simplify customer service and support for IBM's new PC Server products. The program, which includes nine other industry-leading networking
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IBM and Dun & Bradstreet Software have officially opened the IBM Competency Center in Atlanta, a joint initiative aimed at providing support and demonstrations of D&B Software applications solutions running on the IBM RISC System/6000 POWERserver family of products. Located at D&B Software's
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Novell, Inc. and Pionex, a leading manufacturer of full multimedia machines for the retail consumer market, have announced a licensing agreement for Novell's WordPerfect Main Street products. The agreement grants Pionex the exclusive rights to bundle seven Main Street titles with all its machines, targeting the home market.
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The demonstration showcased the capability of nCUBE's massively parallel processing (MPP) computer running Oracle Parallel Server software to achieve high performance figures in decision support benchmarks. The system achieved scan rates of 528MB/second, average load rates of 70KB/second per processor, and scaling efficiency greater than 85
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Wesley Melling, a seasoned IT industry consultant, has joined Digital Equipment Corporation as vice president, OpenVMS Systems Business, effective March 6. Melling, with over four years of experience watching Digital's operations from the Gartner Group, will lead the OpenVMS business growth, focusing on revenue and profitability. OpenVMS, a
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Ameritech has taken another step towards offering Midwestern consumers an alternative to cable TV by announcing the awarding of contracts worth up to $475 million for components in its new two-way video communications network. The companies selected by Ameritech for these contracts are Scientific-Atlanta, Digital Equipment Corp., and ADC Telecommunications
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The Pennsylvania Department of Commerce is set to co-host a conference focused on developing export strategies for businesses in Pennsylvania, with a specific emphasis on trading with Latin America. The conference, titled "Trading with Latin America: Mexico, Chile, Argentina and Brazil," will be held on March 1 at
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Parallax Graphics, Inc. has announced a development agreement with IBM to port its high-performance digital video hardware to IBM's new PowerPC-based AIX workstations featuring the PCI bus. This collaboration aims to enhance the capabilities of IBM's RISC System/6000 Workstations for emerging application areas such as
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Microsoft Corporation has responded to the lawsuit filed by Apple Computer, Inc. regarding intellectual property rights. In a statement, Microsoft claims that the code it licensed from Intel Corporation is not used in Windows 3.1, Windows for Workgroups 3.11, or the upcoming Windows 95 operating system. The licensed
