USER NEWS.BELLY UP TO THE BAR: Lancaster-based Simulations Plus Inc., makers of a software system used by drug developers to predict absorption rates of new medicines in the human digestive tract digestive tract n. See alimentary canal. Digestive tract The organs that perform digestion, or changing of food into a form that can be absorbed by the body. , said Pharmacia & Upjohn Inc. has bought a third license for the GastroPlus program, bringing to eight the total number of licenses sold. The purchase is seen as a vote of confidence by the multinational pharmaceutical giant for Simulations Plus' technology. - Daily News STRIKE III: In its launch of the Pentium III The successor to the Pentium II from Intel. Introduced in the spring of 1999 at 500 MHz, the Pentium III architecture was similar to the Pentium II with the addition of 70 new instructions optimized for multimedia (see SSE). , chipmaker chip·mak·er n. A manufacturer of electronic and integrated circuit chips. Intel has found itself desperately short of compelling reasons for individuals and most organizations to upgrade any time soon. One of the few areas where the new device does apparently make an impressive showing is in the video-game arena, where graphics-hungry players will appreciate the extra transistors and clock cycles on the P3. To coincide with the chip's Friday launch, Calabasas-based game maker THQ THQ Toy Headquarters THQ Territorial Headquarters THQ Tehsil Headquarters (Pakistan) THQ The Holy Quran THQ Theater Headquarters Inc. announced plans to publish ``Brunswick First Strike Bowling,'' a PC game specifically designed to harness the power of the 70 new instructions incorporated in the next-generation chip. THQ said it plans a spring release for the game. - Daily News BANDWAGONESQUE: Not to be outdone out·do tr.v. out·did , out·done , out·do·ing, out·does To do more or better than in performance or action. See Synonyms at excel. , Woodland Hills-based Brilliant Digital Entertainment - they of the multipath movies - said it is launching four new titles to similarly exploit the Pentium III chip's super-duper powers. Brilliant will release titles based on the Xena: Warrior Princess The concept of warrior princesses is relatively new in fiction but it became increasingly popular with the feminist movement's successes in female empowerment, gradually pushing the stereotype of a "damsel in distress" to the background. , Kiss: Immortals, Superman and Staggered Learnings franchises. The titles will be released throughout the year, with the first expected next quarter. - Daily News OLD DOG, NEW TRICK: Woodland Hills-based Sterling Software Inc. said that Detroit Medical Center The Detroit Medical Center is a Detroit-based non-profit corporation that owns and operates nine general and specialty hospitals in southeast Michigan. Detroit Medical Center hospitals include: - Daily News |
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