U.S. is urged to offer more data on line; Internet gadfly threatens to reproduce patent filing himself
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Internet Multicasting Service Pres Carl Malamud is threatening to distribute US patent and trademark data base himself, unless the Federal Government takes the initiative. The Internet pioneer's challenge illustrates the gulf between advocates of Government data base access and the growing private information sector that prepares information for businesses and libraries. Malamud, a visiting professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab, frustrated the SEC and the Patent Office by putting SEC Data on line in Jan 1994. He claims Federal agencies have stalled the widening of US science and technology data bases, and wants to open the information to all college students who own 100GB of disk storage capacity. Patent and Trademark Office Commissioner Bruce Lehman said limited funding prevents his agency from making patent information more available.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1998
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Advances in Asia bring flat-panel displays closer to reality
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Technological advances by Japanese and Korean manufacturers have resulted in flat-panel displays that offer a viable alternative to cathode-ray tube (CRT) monitors that are now standard on desktop computers. Flat-panel display usage has been limited by power consumption, screen size, contrast and brightness, and manufacturing costs. However, they were useful for specialized applications, such as hand-held computers and laptops. While CRT's maintain two-thirds of the display market, analysts expect that the market will be evenly divided between CRTs and and flat panels by 2000. By the end of 1996, they are expected to be viable options to CRTs, though expensive. Flat panel displays utilize semiconductor technology to create a screen that does not have the CRT flicker.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1996
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Operator? Give me the World Wide Web and make it snappy
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A diverse group of communications, financial services and software companies is banding together to develop Internet speech-recognition standards. The aim is to eventually make Internet services available to anyone with a telephone. Consumers would be able to ask questions via the telephone and retrieve data in various ways, including via the phone or devices such as pagers or cell phones, or via computers using Web browsers. A device is envisioned that would translate spoken words into data commands and display information on a small, portable screen. The companies, which include Broadvision, Motorola, Nuance Communications, SAP AG and Visa International, call their technology V-Commerce. They say it will eliminate the last obstacle between consumers and the Net.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1998
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