Online articles from May 1996

Online archives from May 1996

From the Internet to Intranets. (company-developed networks use the Internet)(Editorial)
May 1, 1996... No one predicted it, least of all Bill Gates (a comfort for the rest of us struggling to keep up). Exponential is the only way to define the growth of the Internet, especially in the past two years since the World Wide Web burst onto the scene....

Thomson buys West for $3.425 billion. (West Publishing Co.)(Brief Article)
May 1, 1996... In a multibillion dollar deal, The Thomson Corporation recently bought WESTLAW parent, West Publishing for $3.425 billion in cash--significantly more than the $1.5 billion Reed Elsevier paid for LEXIS/NEXIS in October 1994. Thomson's purchase...

Advanced Web searching: tricks of the trade. (World Wide Web)(includes related articles on searching)
May 1, 1996... Searching the World Wide Web has become as easy as clicking on the Net Search button in Netscape. Type in a few keywords to describe what you're looking for, click on the Submit button and in a few seconds you have your answer . . . or do you?...

Cool tools for Web searching: an update.(includes a related article on size of a World Wide Web database)
May 1, 1996... At the opening session of ONLINE '95, Stephen Arnold of Arnold Information Technology summarized the state of the information industry as going through "fast-cycle" product development. Arnold said change in the industry will soon become...

KR ScienceBase. (Knight-Ridder's World Wide Web search tool)(includes a related article on searching with KR ScienceBase)(Evaluation)
May 1, 1996... KR ScienceBase for the World Wide Web is the first product in Knight-Ridder's new line of intuitive search tools. It gives working scientists quick and easy research capability at their desktops, using an Internet connection and a UNIX,...

The online bottom line: changes in CompuServe's pricing scheme - surprise, surprice.(Column)
May 1, 1996... The pricing schemes of online consumer services change more often than prime ministers in Japan. Despite its triviality, when CompuServe changed its pricing structure in September, it did make news. It was reported in every magazine I read as...

Exploring joint ventures online.(The Dollar Sign)(Column)
May 1, 1996... It's not unusual. You are trying to find information about a company. You, your client, and your colleagues are all familiar with the company name. But you come up empty-handed in databases like DISCLOSURE, Extel, and INVESTEXT. Why? There are...

Corrections and clarifications - an HTML stripper. (correction to article, January-February 1996, pp.57-61)(Correction Notice)
May 1, 1996... ONLINE authors worldwide compose their articles on computers and send them by modem to several editorial and publishing locations. The possibilities for errors are numerous, and that is one reason each article is checked and rechecked by...

AOL's Health Channel 'feels good.'
May 1, 1996... It shouldn't be a surprise that the unfailingly upbeat America Online, which works so hard to soothe our psyches, 6 should be concerNed with our bodies, too. Medical and health information has always been a mainstay on the consumer online...

Frame relay ... what does it mean?(includes a related article on network configuration)
May 1, 1996... Those who make information retrieval their business recognize the past two decades as one long roller coaster ride that is unlikely to lurch to a stop anytime in the near future. The technology keeps improving exponentially, from what was a...

Wall Street and quality of content? (content companies acquired by other firms face management problems)
May 1, 1996... Beginning with the acquisition by Reed Elsevier of Mead Data Central in fall 1994, an accelerating value has been placed on content holdings. The acquisition values are so high that companies within the information industry value content more...

Choosing your 'personal best' software and hardware.(includes a related article on software and hardware magazines)
May 1, 1996... If someone asks, "What's the best online database to search?" there's only one reasonable answer. "It depends." For that matter, the same answer applies to, "What's the best online search service?" or, "What's the best online consumer service?"...

Using the Web for PC support. (software and hardware firms use World Wide Web support)
May 1, 1996... Computer companies were among the first businesses to take advantage of electronic bulletin board systems. Hardware and software companies experimented with the technology early in the PC era to market and support their products. The techies who...

Catch the lightning: keeping current with the Net. (Internet)
May 1, 1996... For online searchers in the not-so-distant past, the number of new databases, new features, and price changes from the online commercial services were sometimes overwhelming. As DIALOG, LEXIS-NEXIS, or STN added new databases or introduced a new...