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<FONT SIZE=+2 COLOR="#0000ff"><B><I>National Review</I></B></FONT>
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24-HOUR NEWS FIELD GETTING CROWDED
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A week after Rupert Murdoch announced his intention to start a 24-hour news
channel to compete with Turner Broadcasting's CNN, Capital Cities/ABC is
expected to declare similar intentions. The new service, to debut sometime
in 1997, will be delivered to viewers by a mix of cable, telephone or new
technologies, according to people familiar with the situation. ABC's
service is expected to carry more local news than CNN, provided by its
200-plus affiliate stations.
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<FONT SIZE=+2 COLOR="#00ff00"><B><I>New Yorker</I></B></FONT>
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BANKS' GRIP ON ATMs BROKEN
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Breaking the tight grasp held by chartered banks on the "Interac" electronic
banking network, Canada's Bureau of Competition policy ruled that other
companies offering new services, such as insurance companies and retailers,
will be allowed full access to the system that runs the country's bank
machines and controls the direct-payment debit-card system.
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<FONT SIZE=+2 COLOR="#ff0000"><B><I>Life</I></B></FONT>
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QVC ON THE WEB
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QVC has taken its home shopping business online, setting up shop on the
Microsoft Network. iQVC initially will offer computers and other home
office products, as well as jewelry and kitchen wares. The deal will give
Microsoft an unspecified percentage of total sales, and will allow QVC to
migrate to other online services if it so chooses.
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<FONT SIZE=+2 COLOR="#ff0000"><B><I>Life</I></B></FONT>
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MOTOROLA DOES CHINESE
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Motorola has developed what it says is the first highly accurate
Chinese-character recognizer. Its handwriting-recognition technology, which
it hopes will open up Asia's potentially vast PC market, allows users to
input 13,000 Chinese characters into Windows 95 programs.
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<FONT SIZE=+2 COLOR="#dd9900"><B><I>Time</I></B></FONT>
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SURVEY OF EDUCATIONAL LEADERS
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A survey by the Alliance for Converging Technologies of 2000 U.S. and
Canadian executives in 10 industries (including 239 from education) found
that 86% of the education leaders believe that multimedia and the
information highway will redefine their sector, and 90% identify "absence of
funds" as a barrier to success. The survey predicts a sharp rise in the
number Internet users, from 5% of education staff today to 34% by 1997.
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<FONT SIZE=+2 COLOR="#dd9900"><B><I>Time</I></B></FONT>
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RX FOR SICK BUILDINGS
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Canada's National Research Council and the U.S. National Institute of
Standards and Technology have jointly developed new air-quality software to
help architects and designers to calculate air quality before building
construction begins, hopefully ending the recent plague of sick buildings.
The program will measure airborne chemicals given off by construction
materials and indoor furnishings, and how various changes in building design
can affect them.
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