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OS/2 Navigator in open beta
News [23 Sep 1996]
Microsoft test drives Intel Merced
News Microsoft and Intel have confirmed they are working on a version of Windows NT optimised for Intel's future 64-bit processor family. [23 Sep 1996]
Q&A: Diamond execs on 3D, videoconferencing, AGP
News [23 Sep 1996]
Quotes of the Week, September 16-20
News [20 Sep 1996]
NT rogue file can roll back settings
News Microsoft today played down reports of an NT 4.0 rogue file that can destroy operating system registry settings. [20 Sep 1996]
MS faces more fire over IE distribution
News [20 Sep 1996]
MS Office will miss Xmas ship
News Microsoft's Office 97 will live up to its name by shipping in January, missing its expected October/November delivery date. [20 Sep 1996]
Novell chief lashes Forrester report
News Announcing the launch of a "cut-down, small-business version of NetWare" within 30 days, Novell's new CEO has attacked an independent report suggesting that Novell is "no longer a strategic network vendor". [19 Sep 1996]
Xircom sells wireless LAN unit
News Xircom this week said it had sold its Netwave wireless network business to a startup run by its former CEO. [18 Sep 1996]
Iomega Zips into SCSI
News Iomega today filled gaps in its Zip drive family, adding workstation and mobile lines and cutting prices. [17 Sep 1996]
AMD clocks faster 5K86 chips
News [17 Sep 1996]
Compaq steals march on RAM thieves
News Compaq today took steps to stamp out memory theft from its PCs. [17 Sep 1996]
Five take on Microsoft CE
News Microsoft today named five OEMs who will deploy its Windows CE, formerly known as Pegasus, operating system in new handhelds. [17 Sep 1996]
ActiveX group set Oct. 1 date
News Microsoft has answered criticisms that it has been tardy in organising its promised independent consortium to steer ActiveX development, pencilling in a date for the first day of October. [17 Sep 1996]
Corel serves up suite bargains
News [16 Sep 1996]
Fibre Channel, SSA standards to meld
News [16 Sep 1996]
Guy Kewney's Weekend Diary
News Monday [13 Sep 1996]
Hitachi mulls European PC power play
News Hitachi today said it could join the European PC market, after a successful notebook launch in the US. [13 Sep 1996]
Cannavino gets Perot top job
News Former IBM top executive James Cannavino has landed the CEO's job at Ross Perot's old company, Perot Systems. [13 Sep 1996]
Quotes of the Week, September 9-13
News "You'll start to see £5,000-6,000 notebooks disappear soon. Buyers won't pay that premium for desktop functionality on a mobile PC. Gone are the days of notebooks being toys for the boys." - Dell's Julian Phillips. [13 Sep 1996]
Dell notebook aims high
News [12 Sep 1996]
MS encryption API in beta
News Microsoft has released a beta version of CryptoAPI 2.0, its technology for ensuring security in Internet commerce. [12 Sep 1996]
MS snaps into image editing
News Microsoft is to take on Adobe with the release of its first image-editing software package next month. [11 Sep 1996]
MS puts NetObjects on its FrontPage
News Microsoft today swapped technology with Internet startup NetObjects, claiming the deal will put attractive Web pages within the reach of more users. [11 Sep 1996]
Sharp edges forward in MFDs, handhelds
News Sharp today launched its first multifunction device (MFD) at the SoHo market, the F-2700M (£1,100 + VAT), and brought out two PDAs, the ZR-5700, (£366 + VAT) and ZR-5800 (£451 + VAT). [11 Sep 1996]
