Things
on the Web Sat,
September 12 1998 Welcome to
this weeks edition of Things on the Web, we have a smorgasbord of
different things for you this week!!! Feel
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CATALOG DIRECTORY Want a
catalog ?? This is the place to order enough to fill your mailbox
for a year !!!
CATALOG REQUEST CENTER ----------------------------------------------------------------- EUROPE SLOW ON E-COMMERCE
An Andersen Consulting survey says 82% of European business executives expect Internet commerce to impact their businesses - but only 39% are actually implementing e-commerce into their business strategies. ----------------------------------------------------------------- CLASSIFIED ADDS
Need to place a little classified add ?? How
about this page then? Enough free sites to place your add
to keep you typing for a decade.
FREE
Classified Ad Sites -----------------------------------------------------------------
MUSIC TRIAL
The Mechanical Copyright Protection Society
and the Performing Right Society of the UK have just launched an
online licensing system, claiming a world first in integrated
music licensing software for the Net There are free downloads
from the MusicTrial site at Here -----------------------------------------------------------------
JAVA
Do you have a web page? Of course you
do. Need some fancy java to liven it up? Then this is
a great place for you and the price is right as well.
Java Script
Repository
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NET HELPS SCHOOLWORK
The Internet helps students get better grades,
according to a survey run by AT&T WorldNet. About 70% think
the Net helps in schoolwork half say it’s necessary. Of the
2,416 surveyed, 69% of parents, students and teachers were
unanimous in saying that school grades improved through the use
of the Internet.
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WEB SPACE
Need some web space for that fantastic idea, or to just place your ideas and views on the Web for the world to see? Then this is for you.
The Free Webpage
Provider Review
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CADENCE BUY
Cadence, which makes design software for
chips, is buying Ambit Design for $260 million cash, to improve
its system-in-a-chip technology.
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URL SUBMISSION
Now you have your Web site let the world know it is there!!!!
Free
URL Submitter -----------------------------------------------------------------
EXPLORER PATCH
Microsoft has posted a patch to Internet
Explorer to close a security hole that could let hackers read
your files. The Cross Frame Navigate bug affects IE 3 and 4 on
Windows 3.x, 95, 98, and NT, and most Mac operating systems. The
patch is HERE
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INTERNET2
Heard about the Internet2 ? then get the real information, this is the Internet of the next century!!!!
Do yourself a favor check this out !!! -----------------------------------------------------------------
HIGH COST OF Y2K
The US Government says it will cost at least
$5.4 billion to fix its most important computers to overcome the
Year 2000 problem, and expects the figure to go higher. The
federal Office of Management and Budget says half the
government's 7,343 mission-critical computers are now compliant.
And there are fewer than 500 days to go... -----------------------------------------------------------------
BROWSER WARS
Sick of the Browser wars? then try this Browser out, I use it for surfing and find it quite a smooth well balanced browser. The price is right as well, it is FREE !!
This is a list of other browses available on the net ,, take a look.
Ok Ok I will stop now, Gee and from all of the
talk you would have thought there were only two browses on the
market. There are more but you get the idea, there is
choice out there. -----------------------------------------------------------------
NET TELEPHONY HIT
In the first serious attack on the growing use
of Net telephony, BellSouth has decided to charge companies
carrying long-distance phone calls over the Internet the same
access fees as paid by the traditional long-distance phone
carriers. It is the first time a local phone company has charged
carriers for Net calls and is expected to become a test case for
government regulators. Access fees normally make up about 40% of
long-distance phone bills. BellSouth intends to start charging in
November. Expect a big row. -----------------------------------------------------------------
TRIVA ON THE WEB
Everyone is on the Web, the Hells Angels have a
home page, and just to show they are up with it, they also have a
commercial arm BigRed
Everyone is on the Web. Speaking of Angels there is
also a large number of religions on the Web. One I found The
Church of the SubGenius, has a simple approach, just send
money. I noticed also that at the other end of the spectrum
the Vatican is on the Web
now although they need a good designer for the page, a very slow
loading page from my connection.
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MONSTER DISCOVERED
Ever heard of monster moonshine? Wrong -
it’s not illicit liquor from the Kentucky hills, but a
branch of mathematics so advanced only 10 people in the world can
understand it. Its author, Professor Richard Borcherds of
Cambridge University, has just been awarded the coveted Fields
Medal for this and his work on vertex algebra. As far as Things
can understand, he’s developed a whole new branch of
mathematics to handle vast concepts like something that exists in
196,883 dimensions (that’s the Monster). More
Information
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BEHEMOTH IS TOPS
The Seattle Times remarks that on Friday, for
a few minutes, Microsoft was the most valuable company in the
world. On paper, anyway. As shares see-sawed, the behemoth was
valued at $239.5 billion and General Electric $239.3 billion. By
close of trading, GE regained the lead with a market value of
$245 billion, ahead of Microsoft at $238 billion. Which makes
Wall Street hard to read - Microsoft's annual sales of $14.5
billion are not impressive next to GE’s $88 billion. But
then, Micrososft has only been around since 1975 while GE was
incorporated in 1892.
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REGULATION PLAN FLOATS
The US Federal Communications Commission has
posted a working paper on regulating access to the Internet.
Examining the issues raised by the convergence of Internet and
cable services, it says the distinction between heavily regulated
basic telecom services and unregulated Net services is now less
clear. The report outlines scenarios for new laws governing
Internet services delivered via cable. The FCC’s news
release and full text of the report is
Here -----------------------------------------------------------------
ORIGINAL CERFER HONOURED
Vinton G. Cerf, sometimes known as the
"Father of the Internet" for his work on transmission
protocols, has been elected chairman of the Internet Society's
board of trustees for contributions “without peer.”
Cerf was the founding president of the Society from 1992 to 1995.
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LICENSES UP
Cnet reports a Gartner Group study to be
released this week reveals Microsoft is cutting out
"concurrent" licensing for its BackOffice products,
meaning increased costs as companies pay per user rather than by
workstation. Gartner estimates a company with 5,000 desktops
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JAVA TRIAL
Sun and Microsoft start battling it out in
court tomorrow over Sun’s claims that the behemoth tried to
create incompatible versions of Java, and attempted to close
distribution channels for the new language. Sun sued for breach
of contract in October, and broadened the suit in May, alleging
copyright violations and unfair competition. It wants the court
to order Microsoft to modify its Java features in Windows and
Internet Explorer to get back in step with Sun’s standards.
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PRINTERS DOWN
The sale of printers in the Asia/Pacific
region in Q2 totalled 1.6 million, down almost 9% from a year
ago, according to Dataquest. Exceptions were China (up 77%) and
India (up 33%), making China the largest printer market in the
region. See HERE
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NEC RAIDED
Mixed news for NEC - in Japan, it’s been
raided by Tokyo prosecutors on suspicions that NEC was involved
in recent Defence Department scandals while in Europe, European
Commission has cleared a plan for NEC to take control of PC maker
Packard Bell by riaing its stake to almost 53%. -----------------------------------------------------------------
CUSTOMERS HIT BACK
The Wall Street Journal says Intel’s
biggest customers - IBM, Compaq and Hewlett-Packard - want Intel
to use new technology they’ve created which can double the
speed of data movement in a PC. The paper says it’s a rare
instance of the customer taking the initiative from the supplier.
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WINNER, LOSER
Dell, which successfully pioneered computer
sales on the Net, is to spend $90 million on a third
manufacturing plant (creating 1,700 jobs) in Ireland, making it
the biggest IT employer in the country. Meanwhile, Fujitsu says
570 jobs will go with the closure of its semiconductor factory in
the northeast of England..
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NOTES FROM HOME
As an Australian living in the US I think after
reading this in my local paper
on the net this morning I will be waiting for a while till I
visit home again, things are getting worse in the land down
under. The announcement that the water is not safe to drink in
Sydney has been ongoing now for some time. Like a third
world country you have to boil the water in the largest city in
Australia. Just to add insult to injury a dam has now been
closed in Adelaide because of a similar infestation. -----------------------------------------------------------------
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