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Randys Rumor Rag 1995 02

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RAndY's RumOR RaG February 1995 NEWS IN YER FACE Under the heading of dumb software comes Microsoft Bob. I've discussed this stupidware previously in this column, but now Microsoft is starting to hype it. Let's see, a piece of paper on a desk represents a word processing application, cartoon characters like a dog called Rover which give on-line help via text statements, and Microsoft says that eventually the characters will have speech capabilities. Who asks for this crap? Some industry wonk recently predicted, "I think in five years some kind of talking head will be the standard way the computer communicates." Not on my machine, buddy. ...

Randys Rumor Rag 1995 01

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RAndY's RumOR RaG January 1995 NEWS IN YER FACE The Flexible PC Company is working on a voice interface computer that will fit on your belt. It consists of flexible PCMCIA cards that process and transmit voice commands between a person using a speaker or earphone and the memory and processor cards. The cards can then be plugged into a free-standing computer for input into a data network. --------------- IBM sent out a promo pack to computer industry media which included a version of Warp and a bunch of pro-Warp information. Some reviews were less than glorious except for one which ran in Infoworld. Seems their review was written by a fre...

Randys Rumor Rag 1994 12

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RAndY's RumOR RaG December 1994 NEWS IN YER FACE A new medical software package is called Voice-Actuated Medical Practice Image Retrieving Environment - or VAMPIRE for short. --------------- IBM calls their SP2 "the world's most powerful general- purpose computer." The unit has 512 high-performance processors producing up to 136 billion calculations per second. --------------- Jones Interactive has a new CD coming out soon called "Charlton Heston's Voyage Through The Bible." At last, the voice of Moses comes to computing. --------------- Hackers recently broke into a computer at Florida State University and posted copies of IBM's Warp an...

Randys Rumor Rag 1994 11

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RAndY's RumOR RaG November 1994 NEWS IN YER FACE The next version of Quicken, to be released this month, will include a Tax Planner, Snapshot personal finance overview, improved forecasting, and the HomeBase program navigator. They're also enhancing on-line services despite company research that indicates that less than 2% of Quicken customers use electronic bill paying. Coming in future versions: improvements in electronic banking, credit card services, and checking accounts. --------------- Microsoft continues to pump the Windows95 bandwagon by marketing a book by Adrian King called "Inside Windows95". How in the hell can they do a boo...

Randys Rumor Rag 1994 10

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RAndY's RumOR RaG October 1994 NEWS IN YER FACE By the time you read this, HP will have introduced a couple of "monochrome killers" which will sell in the $350 range for color inkjet printing. The DeskJet 540C will print at 300 dpi in color and 600x300 for black-and-white printing. The OfficeJet (at $799) will let users print, copy, and fax documents with one machine. They will also introduce the Color LaserJet with an anticipated street price in the $6,300-$6,500 range. The printer will be based on an AMD 20mhz 29030 processor with 300 dpi resolution (Resolution Enhancement Technology gives it a perceived resolution of 600 dpi). Another...

Randys Rumor Rag 1994 09

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RAndY's RumOR RaG September 1994 NEWS IN YER FACE Here's an interesting item I came across. The Clipper CS-1 is a self-contained computing environment which, on the outside, looks like the back half of a plywood lobster. Inside you sit on a leather seat which moves forward and backward on a rail. On your left is a well for a printer and a well for file folders on your right. Ahead is a desk for a monitor, tilting surface for a keyboard, task lighting, and air vents. This ergonomically correct work area is surrounded by a curved enclosure that provides privacy and filters distractions. It was not designed as a constant environment, but ra...

Randys Rumor Rag 1994 08

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RAndY's RumOR RaG August 1994 NEWS IN YER FACE WordPerfect's flashy slide show at PC Expo was produced using a Macromedia product, not their own Presentations. Hmmm . . . --------------- Beta testers report that a PIM is being included as an applet with Chicago which has the look of a pen-based interface. This leads some to speculate that Chicago will include features for the handheld crowd. Also included is a remote access architecture which includes infrared communications for wireless messaging. Wordpad is another new applet which combined Write and Notepad. --------------- This fall, Adobe will release Photoshop 3.0 for Macintosh, PC...

Randys Rumor Rag 1994 07

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RAndY's RumOR RaG July 1994 NEWS IN YER FACE Bill Gates has said he will give away 95% of his wealth, but someone calculated that if he gave away $1 million a day it would take over 20 years to get rid of it. --------------- Novell has ceased core development of NetWare 3.x and is concentrating future development on Netware 4.x. A word of advice - you might want to sell some product first. They're saying that at 4.02 upgrade will happen by July. --------------- Intel showed off a 150mhz Pentium at an Asian trade show recently. An Intel spokesman said that this chip and the next-generation P6 would be in systems late this year. They also ...

Randys Rumor Rag 1994 06

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RAndY's RumOR RaG June 1994 NEWS IN YER FACE I hear that the M6 beta release of Chicago has a challenging installation and is prone to crashes once installed. What was that final release date again? Other than that, Microsoft will eliminate suggested retail prices on packaged products beginning in July. --------------- Hardware vendors are getting perturbed at their inability to get 100 Mhz Pentiums. --------------- Windows NT 3.5 will ship in June and run as fast with 12 megs of memory as the current release does with 24 megs. Testers report that the current beta release is "extremely solid." Only 250,000 copies of NT have been shipped ...

Randys Rumor Rag 1994 05

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RAndY's RumOR RaG May 1994 NEWS IN YER FACE By this fall, Hewlett-Packard will introduce a color laser printer for under $7,000 list. It will have Resolution Enhancement Technology and print 300 dpi for color and 600 dpi in monochrome. You'll get up to 4 ppm in color and 12 ppm in black-and-white. It's slated for a Fall Comdex introduction and will give users the choice of PostScript 2 or PCL5E. Of course, they'll work with JetDirect and other network cards. They are also planning to increase the speed of new printers, with plans in the work to jump the next version of the LaserJet 4Si from 17 ppm to 22-24 ppm. --------------- At a recen...
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