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 xylan /xy·lan/ (zi´lan) any of a group of pentosans composed of xylose residues; major structural constituents of wood, straw, and bran. ON TOP: XYLAN CORP. SNAGGED TOP HONORS AT A VIRTUAL LOCAL AREA NETWORK 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 See virtual LAN. VLAN - Virtual Local Area Network . XYLAN, BASED IN CALABASAS, SPECIALIZES IN COMPUTER NETWORK SWITCHING SYSTEMS Switching systems (communications) The assemblies of switching and control devices provided so that any station in a communications system may be connected as desired with any other station. . WEB LINKS THEY'RE AT IT AGAIN: World chess champion Garry Kasparov Garry Kimovich Kasparov (IPA: [ˈgarʲə ˈkʲɪməvʲə̈ʨ kʌˈsparəf]; Russian: and Deep Blue, IBM's super-powered parallel computer, 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 New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . 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 Rodney Dangerfield (November 22, 1921 – October 5, 2004), born Jacob Cohen, was an American comedian and actor, best known for the catchphrase "I don't get no respect" and his monologues on that theme. has adopted VDOnet Corp.'s Internet video Video material obtained from the Internet. It may refer to streaming video from real time broadcasts, streaming archival material or downloading video files for watching later, all of which are viewed on the computer. 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 1. LCL - The Larch interface language for ANSI standard C. [J.V. Guttag et al, TR 74, DEC SRC, Palo Alto CA, 1991]. 2. LCL - Liga Control Language. Controls the attribute evaluator generator LIGA, part of the Eli compiler-compiler. 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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