PLUGGED IN : NEWS BYTES.NETWORKING: IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Sun Microsystems and Oracle Corp. are teaming up to create a mutually acceptable standard for the low-cost network computer, the biggest boost yet for the ballyhooed product, 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 reported. The three-way pact among the leading high-tech giants, the first of its kind, is meant to get the machine to market by year-end. The ultimate goal is to make the ``NC'' NC'' No Current Double Prime as commonplace and affordable as a television or telephone - an ambitious task, sources said. The companies declined comment, but an announcement is expected on May 20 in San Francisco. IBM, Sun and Oracle already have unveiled plans to design, but not make, the machine. Smaller, little-known Silicon Valley companies such as Diba and iTV Corp. also want to enter the fray. WEB LINKS HEALTH SITES: A few health-related Web sites and news groups: Psych psych also psyche Informal v. psyched, psych·ing, psyches v.tr. 1. a. To put into the right psychological frame of mind: Central: Dr. John Page has information about Twelve Step groups. Address is http//:www.shore.net/tcfraser/recovery.htm OncoLink is a useful site for people with cancer and their friends and family. Includes research articles and information on the emotional aspects of cancer. Address is http://cancer.med.upenn.edu/ The alt.support.asthma newsgroup newsgroup Internet forum for discussion of specific subjects. Newsgroups are organized into subjects (e.g., automobiles); each typically has several subgroups (e.g., classic cars, Formula One racing cars). recently contained postings about lung transplants, air purifiers and insurance. Alt.support.depression is a busy newsgroup with articles about antidepressants Antidepressants Medications prescribed to relieve major depression. Classes of antidepressants include selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (fluoxetine/Prozac, sertraline/Zoloft), tricyclics (amitriptyline/ Elavil), MAOIs (phenelzine/Nardil), and heterocyclics , group hugs and teaching while depressed. Misc.kids.health covered everything from circumcision to premature gray hair to autism autism (ô`tĭzəm), developmental disability resulting from a neurological disorder that affects the normal functioning of the brain. It is characterized by the abnormal development of communication skills, social skills, and reasoning. . RANDOM ACCESS COLLEGE CONNECTION: Hundreds of top executives and government and education officials will convene at Apple Computer in Cupertino on Tuesday to map out strategies for bringing more technology into the state's community college network. While much attention has been focused on ``wiring'' elementary, junior high and high schools, the community college system has received less priority. That's a big oversight because the community college system, with 1.4 million students, is the largest higher education system in the world. CYBER BEAUTY CONTEST: Users of different on-line services have very different ideas of who's beautiful, according to People magazine. People polled users of its on-line sites on CompuServe and Pathfinder, and asked them who they would put on the magazine's list of the most beautiful people. On CompuServe, the top 10 were, in order: Brad Pitt, Sandra Bullock, Mel Gibson, Jennifer Aniston, Cindy Crawford, Sharon Stone, David Duchovny, Antonio Banderas, Mariah Carey and Pamela Anderson. On Pathfinder, the top 10 were: Gillian Anderson, Teri Hatcher, Mitch Pileggi, Kevin Sorbo, Duchovny, Claire Danes, Geraint Wyn Davies For other persons named Geraint Davies, see Geraint Davies (disambiguation). Geraint Wyn Davies (b. April 20 1957, Swansea, Wales) is a Welsh-Canadian actor. , Lucy Lawless, Alicia Silverstone and Gary Cole. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: (Color) No caption (Sandra Bullock) |
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