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Last updated on July 10th

Bookshelf

• New! Computerworld's Bookshelf

Broadcast Center

• New! Audio-Video report: "Students Offer Award-Winning Visions
       of the Future"
• The Millennium Bug Could Be Worse Than We Think
• ErgoForum, a conference on the interaction of humans and technology.
  Wednesdays, 9:00 p.m. Eastern, 6:00 p.m. Pacific
• Roundtable: "The Age of the NC -- The New Enterprise Computing Paradigm".
  Industry pundits discuss the merits of the Network Computer.
• The Digital Choice, the prospects of Digital TV and convergence

The Commerce Building

• New! Software: "3 Firms Weigh in With EDI Products"
• New! Security: "Singapore to Issue Digital Ids"
• New! Personality profile: "VeriFone's Chairman and CEO Hatim Tyabji
       Focuses on the Promising Future of E-commerce"
• New! Site trends:"Personalization Grows User Loyalty"
• Policy: President Clinton Sets Direction for E-Commerce
• Standards analysis: "Your Profile Please"
• Vendor trends: Actra Sets Its Sights on Making Ecommerce Big Business
• Vendor trends: "Canadian Bank Invests in Smart Cards"
• Software review: IBM's Net.Commerce 2.0

Download Machine

• New! Chat software: PeopleLink Inc.'s free chat program combines
       online chat and instant E-mail messaging
• New! Java tools: IBM's Bean Extender offers behavior
      modification, customization and enhancement of existing Java
      Beans without the need for Java source code.
• New! Internet software: Luckman's Anonymous Cookies disables all
       cookies stored on your PC
• New! HTML converter: Yezerski Roper Limited's AscToHTM
• Utility: ActiveX Uninstaller. A free utility that removes unwanted
       ActiveX controls from your system

Internet R&D; Lab

• New! Software trends: "PeopleLink delivers chat in e-mail envelope"
• New! Conference: Web.Builder New Orleans, October 13 - 15
• New! Policy: "The Great Bruderhof Newsgroup Fight"
• Software review: Web Application Server Software
• Security: "Server Bug Denies Service to MS Site"
• Application development: "Java development on Macintosh -- Is it Viable or Not?"
• Case study: "Under the Hood at Ford"
• Case study: "Goodyear Tires: Where the Rubber Meets the Superhighway"
• Security: "Hack attack on Microsoft site dangerous but over-hyped"
• Conference: Web Design '97: HTML and Beyond, July 21-22

Market Research Center

• New! Banner ad buys still dominate Web advertising revenue
      but site sponsorships are gaining steam
• New! "Cost Plus: The PC Reseller Pricing Model"
• Disk drives: Worldwide Sales to Increase 123%
• Vendor analysis: "Informix--In His Dreams"
• Java survey: What Users Have to Say
• Internet software: Servers Dominate Today, But Applications
  Are Gaining Fast
• "Year 2000 ESPs: A Market Segmentation"
• Web Banks Face Fierce Competition

Product Search

• New! Notebook preview: Apple to extend PowerBook 1400 notebook line
• New! Workstation preview: HP to debut High-End Graphics Workstation
• New! Software review: Vivo Software's VivoActive Producer 2.0 enables the incorporation of video and audio without the use of special server software
• New! Software patch: "Microsoft Releases Bug Fixes for Visual Studio"
• Hardware debut: Cisco Module Melds Routing and Switching"
• Software debut: "Next Windows Goes Into Full Beta"

Pundits and Commentary

• New! Visionaries: Red Herring's Top 20 Entrepreneurs
• New! IS perspective: Asynchronous transfer mode has failed to take the datacomm world by storm according to Harvard's Scott Bradner
• New! World Views: "Why Emerging Markets Love the Internet"
• Analysis: "Privacy Is the Problem, Not the Solution"
• The bleeding edge: Assumptions of Video Needs
• Windows-appropriated version of the programming language discussed
• Policy perspectives: "Media Rant --You Heard It Here First". A HotWired
  column on the CDA

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