March 28, 1997 Weekend Edition

Testers deliver early word on DB2--'it works as promised' Making sense of the Java phenomenon Wang creates office of the president; rewards CEO Sun, Lotus strings grow tighter Modular PC maker Nexar to go public Adaptec buys Skipstone for $7.5M   Katt-ching up on the latest international incidents. Ellison does the Apple tease Larry Ellison has fired up the rumor mill by telling a California newspaper that his investment group will decide in the next few weeks whether Oracle will try to buy Apple.

56K inches closer, reality intrudes The advent of 56K-bps modems is bringing a mixture of anticipation and confusion. Sure, everyone is eager for the faster Internet access that 56K promises. But some of the realities of deploying this new technology are clouding the anticipation. The lack of a standard between the competing x2 and K56Flex technologies for 56K transmissions and the difficulty of connecting at 56K from many locations are causing some to pause. Even those who want 56K modems now may have a hard time finding them -- prompting many potential buyers to delay their purchases until a clearer picture emerges. 56K modems are here ... well, sort of 56K-bps modems are headed to your neighborhood -- but whether they'll actually work once they get there is another question altogether. Bill Machrone explains. JavaSoft to debut 'lightweight' versions of Java At JavaOne next week, JavaSoft will unveil four versions of Java intended to run on PDAs, smart phones and other noncomputer devices. Intel, Kodak to develop digital photography standard The collaboration, to develop a standard way to use digital cameras and PCs, represents one front in Intel's multimedia offensive. casinos online

Dennis Hayes, chairman of Hayes Microcomputer Products Inc., gives PC Week Radio's Steve Kovsky a reality check on high-speed 56K modems. casino online colombia Steve Forbes says the U.S. must make reforms in education, the legal system, and regulatory agencies, and taxation to continue as a world leader. casino online Mike Howard says businesses may find DSL technology attractive, while a Gigabit Ethernet versus ATM rivalry is overblown. online casino schweiz legal Frank Dzubeck assesses what's hot and what's not at ComNet. Frank says ATM products are continuing to gain ground steadily. Gigabit Ethernet products, while not yet shipping in large numbers, will find greatest acceptance linking servers. casas de apuestas deportivas Frank Ingari says remote access is one of the top challenges facing IT professionals. casino portugal online     Still behind Informix and Oracle in the database race, Sybase CEO Mitchell Kertzman discusses his company's slow and steady return to profitability (6:37). casino online suisse     Just how much will we buy online, and when? Walter Forbes, CEO of E-commerce giant CUC International, tells us (5:38).     Vantive CEO John Luongo is sitting pretty. Business is up 300 percent because client/server customer service systems are hot.     When it comes to viruses, a corporation's worst enemies might be its own employees, says McAfee CEO William Larson. Maybe that's why McAfee stock is trading near its 52-week high.     Visit the new MSNBC Business Video subscription site. Until April 1, 1997, this site is free. online casino österreich echtgeld   Read the Video FAQ Download the VivoActive player needed to view video clips. オンラインカジ The VivoActive player only supports Netscape Navigator version 2.0 (or higher) and Microsoft Internet Explorer version 3.0, running on Windows 95/3.1 and Power Macintosh. To view our video clips, you must enable Javascript on your web browser. deutsche online casino Copyright (c) 2020 Ziff-Davis Publishing Company. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part in any form or medium without express written permission of Ziff-Davis Publishing Company is prohibited. PC Week and the PC Week logo are trademarks of Ziff-Davis Publishing Company. PC Week Online and the PC Week Online logo are trademarks of Ziff-Davis Publishing Company. Send mail to PC Week