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                     FYI NEWSLETTER (Abridged Edition)
                   Information Media and Technology News
                  Published electronically every Saturday

              Volume 1, Number 16 / Saturday, October 15, 1994
              CIRCULATION: See list at end of this newsletter
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Copyright 1994 by John Hart & Hart Publishing. NOTE: This abridged version of 
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STORIES IN THIS ABRIDGED FYI NEWSLETTER ISSUE...

1.  From the Editor

2.  AOL's Case On Subscriber List Sales 

3.  Canadian Pirate BBS Operators Convicted

4.  Pac Bell's Fax/Voice/Email Service 

5.  Spanish-Language CD-ROM Encyclopedia

6.  FCC Defaults 13 Interactive TV Bidders

7.  Digital Wiretap Bill At White House

8.  Digital Future Press Clips On Disk -- A New Service

9.  Prodigy Changes Pricing, Adds Services 

10. Colorado Hi-Tech Employee Mailing List

11. Upcoming Conferences and Workshops

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STORIES IN THIS EXPANDED FYI NEWSLETTER ISSUE...
   (The WEEKLY expanded edition of FYI is available only by subscription. 
    See special offer at the end of the file.)

1.  Report - 5.52 Million Users Now Online

2.  Unix Expo - Preview Of "SunExpress On The Internet"

3.  Multibillion Videoconf Industry Faces New Challenges 

4.  Hertz "Neverlost" Navigational System 

5.  MCI Puts $30 Mil Into Interactive Cable 

6.  Online BookStore Attends Frankfurt Book Fair

7.  Unix Expo - BBN's "Turnkey Service" For Internet Security

8.  OnLine Tonight Heard On United Airlines 

9.  Business Group Gets Specific On Encryption

10. Compaq UK To Pre-Install CompuServe Software

11. OneComm Intros Wireless Digital In Seattle/Portland

12. Free Internet Mosaic Netscape Navigator Available

13. Public Stock Offerings Available Online

14. CD-ROM Expo - 7,500-Title Market By 1999

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FROM THE EDITOR OF FYI NEWSLETTER...

Did you watch last week's DATELINE NBC report on our government's computer
system? What a wreck of a system the feds seem to be driving on their version 
of the info-highway. To use the term 'outdated' computers would be too kind. 
And they want to be the pilot vehicle on the superhighway?  

Well, here's this week's highlights -- watch out for federal data spilling
all over the slow lane.

What families are these guys surveying, anyway?...

A study, conducted by FIND/SVP and Grunwald Associates, is seeking to
define the market for technology-based educational products and services
for the home. The project was prompted by findings that almost half of
American households with children and/or teenagers own PCs, many including
modems and CD-ROM drives. While educational software sales jumped 127% in
the first quarter of 1994, compared to the prior year, "Software decision
makers are frustrated by the absence of good strategic information on what
households want -- and what they will pay for," says Peter Grunwald. 

The doctor is online...

Physicians are increasingly turning to online medical databases to diagnose
tough cases and stay on top of new medical developments. A study of more
than 450 Medline searches found the service helped doctors in saving lives
and curing ailments, avoiding unnecessary procedures and helping patients
in disputes with insurance companies. Another report found Medline searches
led to significantly lower costs and shorter hospital stays. Currently,
only about 20% of practicing doctors are online. 


Ameritech has 10,000 leaving early, not 6,000!...

Ameritech, the telecommunications giant, says it now expects around 10,000
employees to leave by the end of next year under an incentive plan
announced in March of this year. The figure is 4,000 higher than
the firm's original estimates.

Welcome to 'virtual university'...

Anticipating an overwhelming half-million students in the 20-campus California 
state university system within ten years, California State Polytechnic
University is experimenting with providing education in multimedia format 
to people in homes, offices, and classrooms. Working with IBM's Networking 
Hardware division, the school has launched a trial in which students can 
listen to and play back lectures, search multimedia libraries, and leave 
notes in video mailboxes for professors and classmates. (Yeah, but do I
get a letter sweater?)

Nynex Yellow Pages to the Internet...

Internet World (Nov/Dec) reports that Nynex is offering its electronic 
Yellow Pages via the Internet to  universities and public libraries. 
The service is being offered in 7,500 locations, with about 1,400 sites 
participating in a pilot program. Interested participants can contact 
Nynex at 1-800-356-9639.

Is that 007 at our door, or just the Business Software Alliance?

Last Tuesday's Wall Street Journal reports that The Business Software 
Alliance is offering the equivalent of $3,900 to anyone in Britain who 
reports a company for using unlicensed software. Starting November 1, 
operators will stand by to answer calls to a toll-free Software Crimeline. 
It's anticipated that most of the whistle blowers will be fired or disgruntled 
workers who will seize this opportunity to get back at their (former) employers. 
"It's horrendous! It almost seems like the old East Bloc process of informing," 
says the chairman of Computer Users of Europe. As half the software used in 
Britain is thought to be unlicensed, the chances are good that some big name 
companies will be nabbed. 

Yeah, but you can't wrap fish in your monitor...

At least 60 daily newspapers are now offering or will soon be offering
electronic services, says the Newspaper Association of America.  At least
28 dailies are working in partnership with one of the five national online
services , and more than 30 are offering their own services.  But despite
the flurry of activity none of the newspapers is yet making any money
online, because advertisers still prefer to see their messages in print.

Trust no one over 15?

An MIT study predicts the median age of Internet users will drop from 26 to
15 within the next five years. (I don't think so. MIT probably didn't consider
that a teenager would rather surf through 500 channels.)

Is that a remote in your pocket, or are you just glad to see my TV?

Ask your significant other to respond to this poll. Nearly one in five
women are so attached to their TV remote control devices that they'd rather
give up sex for a week than go without their remotes. Nine percent of men
agree. The poll was conducted by Opinion Research Corp.

I love this country.

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AOL's CASE ON SUBSCRIBER LIST SALES 

Facing what he believes are negative and misleading media accounts, Steve
Case, president of America Online, is taking his case to his
subscribers.

In a long letter to AOL members last Friday, Case explained why
the booming online service chose to sell its membership lists
to direct marketers. Case came in for a tongue-lashing from
Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), chairman of a House
telecommunications subcommittee, for advertising the lists in
DM News, a trade publication for direct marketers.

"As I am sure you know," Case said in his letter to members,
"it is a common practice for companies to rent their lists.
Just about every magazine, for example, rents its list. And the
largest online provider, CompuServe, has been renting their
lists for the past five years. Another online leader, Prodigy,
has rented an 'electronic list' (promotional mail is sent to
Prodigy mailboxes) for a comparable period of time."
AOL had been the only holdout on the practice, Case said. Why?

"Because it made us a bit uncomfortable. We felt that some of
our members might be concerned about such a policy, so we
decided not to do it."

But AOL changed its mind, Case said, after learning more about
the list rental business. "First," he said, "there was
considerable profit potential. That's of course good for
us -- but it is ultimately good for our members, as the
additional profit can help fund new content, features and other
innovations. Second, we felt that safeguards could be built
into a list rental program that could minimize problems."

The safeguards include not selling lists that have information
about the specific AOL services that members are using, review
of the packages that companies would like to mail using the AOL
lists, an option for members to take their name off the rental
lists, and notification of members about the use of their names.

"In retrospect," says Case, "I think we made some mistakes."
The most important, he said, is that AOL was not aggressive
enough about notifying its existing members about its list
rental plants. "As a result," he says, "some of you first
learned of our list rental program by reading an article in a
newspaper -- and felt, quite understandably, somewhat betrayed."

"The bottom line," says Case, "is that our decision to rent the
list was, I think, a reasonable one. I do realize that some
will not approve of this, but, on balance, I continue to
believe that -- coupled with appropriate safeguards -- it was and
is a reasonable thing to do. However, in retrospect, we could
have, and should have, handled this better."

In other matters, Case said that AOL will be sending out its
new Macintosh and Windows software over the next six weeks. AOL
is actually sending two disks to every member, in hopes that
one copy will be passed on to a friend who is not an AOL
subscriber.

Also, Case said, AOL is planning on beefing up its Internet
services, which already include e-mail, Usenet, WAIS and Gopher
services. Coming up are ftp, telnet and World Wide Web, meaning
AOL will offer full Internet access this winter.

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CANADIAN PIRATE BBS OPERATORS CONVICTED

For the first time, operators of electronic bulletin boards offering 
pirated commercial software to their subscribers have been convicted in
Canadian courts. The Canadian Alliance Against Software Theft
(CAAST) and the Business Software Alliance (BSA) have announced
not one but two recent convictions.

Michael Solomon, operator of the 90 North bulletin board in
Montreal, pleaded guilty to distributing illegal copies of
commercial software and was fined C$20,000. Just days later,
Sergio Arana, operator of the Toronto-area Legion of Death BBS,
pleaded guilty on similar charges and was fined C$2,500.

Solomon's board distributed copies of software from Lotus
Development Corp., Microsoft Corp., Novell Inc., and the former
WordPerfect Corp., now a division of Novell. The conviction
against the Legion of Death board only involved Microsoft
software, although software from other vendors was mentioned when
the original charges were announced.

Charges were laid against Solomon in 1991 after the Royal
Canadian Mounted Police raided a home in the West Island section
of Montreal, seizing 10 personal computers and other equipment.
Arana was charged in late 1993.

Under the Canadian Copyright Act, anyone found guilty of
distributing pirated commercial software faces a maximum penalty
of five years in prison and a fine of C$1 million.

Allan Reynolds, a spokesman for CAAST, said he is not aware of
any other charges pending against Canadian bulletin board
operators for software piracy at the moment, but CAAST is
involved in some preliminary investigations.

Cases against pirate BBSs are particularly hard to build,
Reynolds noted, because the operators are usually very careful.
"You have to go deep, deep undercover," he said. "We look at
really the larger ones that come to our attention."

CAAST, which includes the Canadian subsidiaries of eight major
software vendors plus Apple Canada Inc., also announced a
nationwide advertising campaign aimed at fighting software
piracy. Paid for by CAAST's member companies with help from the
Washington-based Business Software Alliance, which also has
piracy-fighting as a key part of its mandate, the campaign will
cost "in the low six figures," Reynolds said. It will include
advertising in newspapers and trade publications, plus brochures,
posters, mailing, and trade-show exhibits.

Contact: CAAST Anti-Piracy Hotline, 800-263-9700.

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PAC BELL'S FAX/VOICE/EMAIL SERVICE 

Pacific Bell Information Services (PBIS) will offer the first public network-
based integrated service for fax, voice and electronic mail. Named
Pacific Bell "1Mail," the service will become available in mid-1995.

The idea behind the service is to allow users to make one call by PC
or telephone and retrieve all their messages in multiple media. A
PC user will click on a screen icon to scan messages and see
critical information such as the sender's identity, time, and date
the message was sent, media type, length, and subject. Other icons
will let them listen to, record, read, copy, delete, print, or save
their messages, the firm said.

A Pacific Bell source said that the delay in implementation is to let 
the firm work with software and hardware vendors to make sure there will 
be no compatibility problems. The "Baby Bell" does not plan to create a 
proprietary front end for the service and so needs maximum compatibility 
with all operating systems and platforms.

"PacTel isn't trying to get into the software or PC business," the
source explained. "They're just doing what they do exceedingly well
-- provide flexible phone service."

In the announcement, Pacific Bell said the 1Mail service will be
based on the Radish Communications Systems, Inc., VoiceView protocol,
which the firm called "a defacto standard for voice and data
exchange during a single phone call." Radish Communications Systems
is a privately held firm in Boulder, Colorado.

Stated Maria DeMarco, PBIS director of new business development:
"The idea here is to do what we do best -- messaging and content
services -- and to let the desktop experts deliver what they do best
-- the PC interface."

Pricing for the new service is not yet determined.

PBIS, a voice mail service provider, handles more than five million
messages a day. Categories include voice mail for homes and
businesses, call management voice processing for businesses, and a
telephone-based news and entertainment service called Daily Reporter
for residential customers.

PBIS is a subsidiary of Pacific Bell, whose parent company, Pacific
Telesis, is based in San Francisco, California.

Contact: PBIS, 800-652-6888 in Pacific Bell service areas.

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SPANISH-LANGUAGE CD-ROM ENCYCLOPEDIA

Chinon America, Inc., has announced that it will publish the first 
interactive Spanish-language encyclopedia on CD-ROM. The Windows title, 
which also marks Chinon's entry into the software market, is a
multimedia version of the existing print product, the
"Santillana Encyclopedia," containing more than 40,000 entries and
3,200 pages of text, as well as 1,600 color and black and white
images, including graphs, maps, and illustrations.

Although the encyclopedia will ultimately be available as a
stand-alone CD-ROM title, it is shipped in November
exclusively as part of an introductory offer. For a limited time,
customers who purchase the "Santillana Encyclopedia" on CD-ROM
will receive a Chinon CDS-435 CD-ROM drive and SCSI interface
adapter, free of charge.

During this introductory period, the encyclopedia will carry an
manufacturer's suggested list price of $295.

The "Santillana Encyclopedia" is the CD-ROM version of the
10-volume "Diccionario Enciclopedico Santillana," a
body of reference work on a broad range of the world's knowledge
arranged alphabetically for easy reference.

Sources at Chinon America said because this in-depth educational tool 
is on CD-ROM and utilizes an intuitive user interface, it is extremely 
easy to access information, both  alphabetically and by cross-reference.

"This is the hingepin of our multimedia strategy in Latin
America," said David Cole, executive vice president of product
development and support for Chinon America's Information Equipment
Division.

"Encyclopedias have proven to be the most popular entry-level
CD-ROM products in the US market, greatly influencing the
decision to buy a CD-ROM drive. Chinon will be the first to offer
this compelling capability to the millions of Spanish-speaking
individuals in the world, as well as millions of Spanish-speaking
people in the United States."

Apparently, Chinon will sell the "Santillana Encyclopedia" through its 
established network of distributors and dealers throughout Latin America. 
The package will also be available to OEMs and will be bundled with various 
Chinon drives, particularly in the growing Latin American market.

Chinon recently introduced its first all-Spanish multimedia
upgrade kit, called "CerebROM" in South America. The kit
includes a CD-ROM drive, adapter card, speakers, cables,
software and a sound card.

CerebROM is bundled with four Spanish CD-ROM titles: "Learn to
Speak English -- Foreign Language Edition," "Vital Signs: The
Good Health Resource," "Fingers Dual Teacher -- Typing Tutorial"
and "The Secret of Monkey Island."

Contact: David Cole, Chinon, 
         Tel:800-441-0222 or 310-533-0666, 
         Fax: 310-553-1727, 
    
         Rolland S. Going/Gina Fernandez, 
         The Terpin Group, 
         Tel: 310-798-7875, 
         Fax:310-798-7825, MCI Mail: 538-7584.

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FCC DEFAULTS 13 INTERACTIVE TV BIDDERS 

The Federal Communications Commission has informed 13 parties that their
successful bids for Interactive Video and Data Services
licenses are invalid because they failed to make down payments.

According to spokeswoman Susan Sallett, the FCC will re-auction
the interactive TV licenses. The date for that sale has not been
set, although the FCC might add the licenses to the next big
license auction, set for December 5.

The defaulters will have to pay the FCC a penalty -- based on the
difference between their winning bid and the winning bid when
the license is re-sold, plus a three percent penalty.

Down payments were due in August, but several of those who
defaulted asked for more time to make the payments. The two
largest bidders--Commercial Reality St. Pete Inc. of St.
Petersburg, Florida, and Interactive America Corp. of Costa Mesa,
California -- argued that they were misled about the availability
of the equipment needed to implement interactive TV.

But Michael Sheward, a spokesman for Eon Corp. of Reston,
Virginia, a leading vendor of the set-top boxes, said,
"There will be no problem in delivering equipment."

The FCC also displayed no patience for the issue of equipment
availability. "The status of equipment availability is a matter
which we believe prudent business persons would investigate
prior to committing thousands or millions of dollars for an
IVDS license," said the agency in a statement. "Bidders who won
IVDS licenses without fully understanding these matters should
not be able to shift responsibility for their actions onto the
government."

The FCC said the companies and individuals who are losing
licenses, in addition to Commercial Realty St. Pete and
Interactive America are: American Classic Financial Co. of
Haverford, Pa.; The Broward Times of Broward County, Fla.;
Tarik Choudhury of Safety Harbor, Fla.; Manoranjan Das, Safety
Harbor, Fla.; Ruth Das, Safety Harbor, Fla.; Rasputin
International, Safety Harbor, Fla.; Louisiana Interactive
Broadcasting System of Baton Rouge, La.; Henry Mayfield of
Washington, D.C.; Phoenix Data Communications of Chesapeake,
Va.; James Speights of Washington, D.C.; and Vision TV of New
York, N.Y.

Contact: Susal Sallet, FCC, 202-418-0500; 
         Michael Sheward, Eon, 703-715-8606.

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DIGITAL WIRETAP BILL AT WHITE HOUSE

The Clinton administration's "digital telephony" bill to make it easier for
the Federal Bureau of Investigations to conduct wiretaps of new
telephone technologies as on the president's desk for signature.

The bill passed the Senate unanimously late Friday night and an
identical measure had passed the House under suspension of the
rules last Wednesday. The President has said he will sign the
bill, which faced last-ditch opposition from some civil
liberties groups that tried to mount an Internet mail and fax
lobbying campaign to derail it.

"Congress worked diligently over a period of many months to
fashion this crucial legislation," said FBI Director Louis
Freeh. The bill was the product of considerable negotiation
between the FBI and the bill's opponents, initially including
the telephone companies.

The telephone companies objected to the costs of installing the
equipment necessary to give the FBI the ability to tap digital
switches and lines. So the administration agreed to a $500
million fund of taxpayer dollars to pay for the changes.

When the telcos objected that $500 million might not be enough,
the administration agreed to a provision that sets up Federal
Communications Commission hearings on the need for additional
subsidies. Also, the General Accounting Office will report
every two years on the modifications the industry is making.

The administration also made compromises with civil
libertarians. When the measure first surfaced during the Bush
administration, for example, it would have allowed wiretaps of
online communications including electronic-mail. The Clinton
administration agreed to exempt online service providers from
the requirement to make equipment modifications.

Law enforcement agencies will have to get a court-order to
obtain e-mail addresses, instead of the easier to obtain
subpoenas which are now required.

The FBI's Freeh is given most of the credit for the passage of
the bill. He lobbied personally on the issue and made it the
agency's top legislative priority. "He was everywhere," a
Senate aide said, "telling anyone who would listen
that the agency needed this authority to fight terrorism,
espionage, and the drug lords."

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DIGITAL FUTURE PRESS CLIPS ON DISK -- A NEW SERVICE

What important news are you missing about the future of electronic 
communications and marketing?

FYI NEWSLETTER is great for staying in touch on a weekly basis, but due to
the limitations of downloading time, we just can't publish everything about
the digital future. We do put everything we receive into text format and store 
it on disk, and that disk is now available for purchase, each month.

The disk contains practically every piece of relevant news about broadcasting, 
computers, corporate business news, foreign digital news, the Internet, legal, 
Microsoft, computer software, online services, networks, telecommunications, 
wireless services, and more, that was announced, or discussed, in the month 
you request.

The DIGITAL FUTURE PRESS CLIPS disk contains nearly 1Mb of information in 
easy-to-read text files, accessible with any word processor, or text-processor 
on any computer platform. All stories are categorized for easy searching.

To order the DIGITAL FUTURE PRESS CLIPS disk for September, 1994, please send 
$12.95, in U.S. funds on a U.S. bank, to:

Hart Publishing
767 South Xenon Court, #117
Lakewood, CO 80228

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PRODIGY CHANGES PRICING, ADDS SERVICES 

Prodigy has set October 17 as the start-up date for its "Internet news 
reader" service, while announcing new pricing policies aimed at two groups
of users.

In an interview with Newsbytes, Brian Ek, director of market
programs and communications, said that the new pricing policies
give members a choice of monthly rate plans, and also eliminate
per-message online electronic mail fees.

For $9.95 per month, Ek explained, members will receive five hours'
use of Prodigy, with any additional hours priced at $2.95 each. The
$9.95 fee "puts Prodigy below the 'magic $10.00 a month number,'"
while the $2.95 represents "the lowest hourly rate available for
messaging on the Internet," he told Newsbytes.

Alternatively, for $14.95 per month, members will obtain "untimed
use" of "hundreds of news, weather, sports, reference, and
education services," including the Internet news reader and
Prodigy's upcoming "Chat Stadiums," he added. Electronic mail is
also included in the $14.95 "Value Plan."

The "Chat Stadiums" will open on either October 17 -- the same
day the Internet reader becomes available --- or October 24, Ek
said. The "stadiums" will let users chat in "stadium-sized
crowds" or smaller "rooms" established by Prodigy, in addition to
setting up their own chat areas. The news reader will offer access
to the Internet's UseNet news groups.

The two new monthly pricing plans take effect immediately,
according to Ek. Then, on November 16, Prodigy will eliminate per-
message online electronic mail fees. Previously, memberships were
priced at $14.95, with additional charges for messaging.

The new $9.95 plan will appeal to users who want to use Prodigy
"mainly for communications," while the $14.95 plan is for people
who want to make more use of chat, news, and other services, said
Ek.

The two plans will be offered to new members after the first month,
"once they've had a chance to look around Prodigy and see which
services they want to use."

People who want to try Prodigy can call 800-PRODIGY to obtain a
Windows, DOS, or Macintosh kit for $4.95 shipping and handling. The
kit includes all software needed for accessing Prodigy, plus a one-
month membership that includes 10 free hours of use for exploring
the service.

Ek also told Newsbytes that, starting some time later this quarter,
Prodigy will begin to provide 14.4 megabits-per-second (Mbps) access
at no additional charge from sites within the US. Prodigy currently
offers high-speed 9,600 bits-per-second (bps) access at no extra
charge.

As previously reported in Newsbytes, Prodigy intends to launch a
completely revamped user interface, in addition to an Internet
node, in 1995. The Internet node will offer new content -- aimed at
"professional" users -- from Prodigy as well as from third-party
providers, said William C. Day, product manager.

Contact: Prodigy, 800-PRODIGY.

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COLORADO HI-TECH EMPLOYER MAILING LIST

The addresses of 300 Colorado high-technology employers are now available 
on mailing labels, from Hart Publishing. The mailing list is regularly 
updated from direct mailings to each company.  The list is perfect for 
job-hunters, vendors, catalog marketers, and others who need to reach the 
cream of Colorado's high-tech firms.  The package of 10 sheets of labels, 
with 30 labels per sheet, comes postpaid for just $35.00.  Please specify
the addressee choice: HUMAN RESOURCES, OPERATIONS MANAGER, V.P. of 
PURCHASING, or any custom addressee.  Send $35.00 U.S. funds on a U.S. 
bank to:

Hart Publishing
767 South Xenon Court, #117
Lakewood, CO 80228

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UPCOMING INFORMATION MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY RELATED 
CONFERENCES & WORKSHOPS

OCTOBER 1994
    World Media Expo, Los Angeles Convention Center, October 13-15,
    contact 202-429-5336.

    MacWorld Expo, October 18-20, Metro Toronto Convention Center,
    Toronto. Contact 617-361-0817.

   "Proactivity in Information Management: Effective Tools and Techniques"
    October 19-20, 1994, Sheraton World, Orlando, Florida, contact Defense
    Technical Information Center, 703-274-6728.

    Independent Computer Consultants Association 1994 National Conference, 
    October 19-22, 1994, Costa Mesa, CA, contact 800-774-ICCA, or 
    CIS 70007, 1407.

    PC Expo, October 19-21, Chicago, IL. Contact 201-346-1400.

    International Wireless Communications Expo, October 19-21, 1994.
    Tampa, FL. Contact Bob Chapin, 303-220-0600.

    ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, October 22-26.
    Chapel Hill, NC. Contact 919-962-1869; fax: 919-962-1799.

    Online/CD-ROM conference, October 24-26, 1994, Hyatt Regency Hotel,
    San Francisco. Contact 203-761-1466.

    First Annual Midwest Imaging Expo, October 26, 1994, Drury Lane-Oakbrook 
    Conference Center, Oakbrook Terrace, IL, sponsored by the Association of 
    Imaging and Information Management (AIIM). 312-357-3330.

    Technology + Learning Conference, October 26-28, Dallas, TX.
    Contact 703-838-6722; fax 703-549-6719.

    The Folio:Show, The Art and Science of Magazine Publishing, 
    October 31 - November 4, 1994, contact Jo-Ann Papp, 203-358-9900.

NOVEMBER 1994
    Intelcom 94, Turin, Italy, November 2-5, 1994, contact 617-769-9750.

    First National Corporate Entrepreneurship Conference, November 3-5, 1994, 
    Convention Center, Orlando, FL, contact 800-297-3403 or fax 614-421-3423.

    CMA Telecom 94, November 7-10, 1994. New York Hilton Hotel & Towers.
    Contact 800-CMA-EXPO. Fax 214-245-8700.

    COMDEX, November 14-18, 1994, Las Vegas, NV, contact Registration Dept.,
    300 First Avenue, Needham, MA 02194-2722, or fax 617-449-2674.

    Supercomputing '94, November 14-18, 1994, Washington D.C. Convention Center
    Contact: Linda Callahan, 607-254-8609; fax 607-254-8888.

DECEMBER 1994
    Internet World 94, December 6-9, Washington Hilton & Towers, 
    Washington, DC, contact 800-632-55337 or 203-226-6967.

    Workshop on Mobile Computing Systems and Applications, December 8-9, 1994,
    Dream Inn, Santa Cruz, CA, contact 313-763-4413.

JANUARY 1995
    Mobile Communications '95 Conference, January 16-18, 1995, Dallas, TX,
    contact 800-256-1076.

    Lotusphere '95, January 22-26, 1995, Walt Disney World Dolphin Hotel,
    Orlando, FL, contact 617-894-5326. 

    ComNet '95, January 23-26, 1995, Washington, DC. Contact 800-225-4698.

    Information Superhighway '95, January 24-27, 1995, Santa Clara Convention 
    Center, Santa Clara, CA,  contact Charles Van Horn, ITA, 
    505 Eighth Avenue, New York 10018; Tel: 212-643-0620; Fax: 212-643-0624. 

FEBRUARY 1995
    Inter Comm 95, February 20-23, 1995, Vancouver, Canada, 
    contact 604-669-1090.

MARCH 1995
    IEEE INFOCOM'95 -- The Conference on Computer Communications, 
    April 2-6, 1995, Boston, MASS., USA, contact 816-235-2361.
 
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