PLUGGED IN\Random Access.KNOW IT ALL: Finally, there's a computer game for grown-ups who aren't interested in blasting mutants or solving obscure puzzles inside dark medieval castles, San Jose Mercury News The San Jose Mercury News is the major daily newspaper in San Jose, California and Silicon Valley. The paper is owned by MediaNews Group. Its headquarters and printing plant are located in North San Jose next to the Nimitz Freeway (Interstate 880). columnist Mike Langberg writes. "You Don't Know Jack You Don't Know Jack is a series of computer games developed by Jellyvision and Berkeley Systems. YDKJ, promoted as the games "where high culture and pop culture collide," combine trivia with comedy. " is a hip, slightly racy rac·y adj. rac·i·er, rac·i·est 1. Having a distinctive and characteristic quality or taste. 2. Strong and sharp in flavor or odor; piquant or pungent. 3. Risqué; ribald. 4. quiz show quiz show n. A television or radio program in which the contestants' knowledge is tested by questioning, with some contestants winning money or prizes. on CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). that pulls off the difficult task of being both funny and challenging. The game resembles "Jeopardy!" on drugs, with lots of questions based on bad television shows of the 1970s and the voice of a satirical announcer delivering humorous jabs at the players. You select the number of players - from one to three - and the number of questions - either a 10-minute round of seven questions or a 30-minute round of 21 questions. "You Don't Know Jack" is available for Windows or Macintosh for a street price of about $29. The game's creator, Berkeley Systems Berkeley Systems was a San Francisco Bay Area software company cofounded in 1987 by Wes Boyd and Joan Blades. It made money early on by doing contract work for the National Institutes of Health, specifically in making modifications to the Macintosh so that it could be usable by Inc., is best known for its line of screen savers featuring flying toasters. WINDOWS SHOPPING: Software companies that hitched their futures to the Windows 95 star have begun reporting that their financial results have crashed to the ground, the San Jose Mercury News reports. Fourth-quarter sales numbers are rolling in, and market strategists who bet heavily on Windows 95 as an instant success are reaching for the Maalox as they read the reports. It's not that Windows 95 is a failure; it isn't. Some analysts even call the operating system a success, albeit it a more slow-moving one than some had expected. It is just that consumers and corporations have refrained from "upgrading" their older, slower computers with Windows 95, waiting until they buy newer, more powerful computers better suited to the Windows 95 environment. NETWORKER: Stepping up his crusade for a $500 Internet computer, Oracle Corp. boss Larry Ellison will travel to Asia this week to meet with would-be manufacturers and show off the technical design - behind closed doors, the San Francisco Chronicle The San Francisco Chronicle was founded in 1865 as The Daily Dramatic Chronicle by teenage brothers Charles de Young and Michael H. de Young.[2] The paper grew along with San Francisco to become the largest circulation newspaper on the West Coast of the reports. Billionaire Ellison's personal involvement in the so-called network computer, or NC, shows his commitment to getting the device launched by summer. The machine promises to offer the most popular functions of a PC, such as sending and receiving e-mail, surfing the Internet and word processing, at a fraction of the current cost. |
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