PLUGGED IN : NEWS BYTES 6 PREPAID SURFING: LAST WEEK, DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP. ANNOUNCED TECHNOLOGY THAT HELPS ON-LINE COMPANIES CHARGE FOR THE INFORMATION THEY PROVIDE.DEC ANNOUNCED THAT ITS SYSTEM, CALLEDMILLICENT, ENABLES NET SURFERS TO PREPAY FOR ON-LINE INFORMATION. THE IDEA, SIMILAR TO A PREPAID PHONE CARD, LETS SUBSCRIBERS ONLY PAY FOR TRANSACTIONS THEY WANT. XYLAN ON TOP: XYLAN CORP. SNAGGED TOP HONORS AT A VIRTUAL LOCAL AREA NETWORK (networking) Virtual Local Area Network - (VLAN) A logical grouping of two or more nodes which are not necessarily on the same physical network segment but which share the same IP network number. This is often associated with switched Ethernet. IEEE 802.1Q is a VLAN standard. TEST SPONSORED BY NETWORK WORLD MAGAZINE. THE LOCAL FIRM WAS PRAISED FOR ITS PRODUCTS' VERSATILITY AND FUNCTIONALITY, AND RECEIVED NODS IN PARTICULAR FOR ITS NETWORK-MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE, AUTOTRACKER VLAN. XYLAN, BASED IN CALABASAS, SPECIALIZES IN COMPUTER NETWORK SWITCHING SYSTEMS. WEB LINKS THEY'RE AT IT AGAIN: World chess champion Garry Kasparov and Deep Blue (computer) Deep Blue - A super computer developed by researchers at IBM to explore the use of parallel processing to solve complex computing problems. It is known as the first computer to beat the current chess World Grand Master. Deep Blue started it's life as a PhD project at Carnegie Mellon University by PhD students Feng-hsiung Hsu and Murray Campbell. Chiptest, as it was known then, consisted of a custom designed chip hosted in a Sun 3/160 computer., IBM's super-powered parallel computer A computer that can perform multiple processes simultaneously. See parallel computing., announced they will return to the game's battlefield. The pair originally faced each other - so to speak - in February 1996, when man beat machine three games to one. (They tied twice.) This rematch is set for May 3-11 at The Equitable Center in New York City. The prize - a $700,000 purse for the winner and $400,000 to the loser. (Even if Deep Blue loses again, what's the computer going to do with that much cash?) Curious onlookers can monitor match developments at http://www.chess.ibm.com. MAYBE HE'LL FIND RESPECT ON LINE: Actor-comedian Rodney Dangerfield has adopted VDOnet Corp.'s Internet video broadcasting technology for his own Web site. (The company's technology automatically adjusts video broadcasts to the bandwidth on the Internet and to the speed of a viewer's modem.) He plans to use the site to cyber-cast previews of his movie ``Meet Wally Sparks.'' His Web site - http://www.rodney.com - will also offer video clips from several of his past stage and film performances and cast parties.OVERDUE FEES: Island Multimedia has created a virtual library of full-text electronic books for teens at http://www.islandmm.com/islandmm/cgi-bin/sitemmainst.pl. What sets this site apart from the other Net publishers is that users can register for their own free ``virtual bookshelf.'' On-line readers can highlight favorite passages and choose the font and background color of their Net books. RANDOM ACCESS WIDER APPEAL: John Figiel, product manager at Sharp ELectronics in Mahwah, N.J., evaluates Sharp's WideNote, the industry's first widescreen format notebook PC that features a 16-by-9 aspect ratio LCL LCL - Labour Congress of Liberia LCL - Landing Craft Logistic LCL - Latching Current Limiter LCL - Lateral Collateral Ligament LCL - Le Crédit Lyonnais (France) LCL - Left Collateral Ligament LCL - Less Than Car Load LCL - Less Than Container Load LCL - Lifted Condensation Level (meteorology) LCL - Light Center Length LCL - Link Connect Liquid LCL - Local LCL - Local Checklist LCL - Local Control Level LCL - Loeb Classical Library screen. The WideNote allows users to view two World Wide Web pages or two Microsoft Windows applications at the same time. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos Photo: (1--Color) No caption (John Figiel (2--Color) No caption (Rodney Dangerfield) |
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