THE BIT BUCKET

January 8, 1996

DALLAS, Jan. 2 -- Affiliated Computer Services Acquires Majority Stake in The LAN Company

NEW YORK, Jan. 2 -- AT&T to Take $4 Billion Post-Tax Charge Against Fourth Quarter Earnings to Cover Expenses Related to Reduction of 40,000 Jobs

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Jan. 2 -- Worldwide Sales of Mobile Computers to Grow at 18 Percent CAGR to nearly $80 Billion by 2001, According to Frost & Sullivan Research Report

FRAMINGHAM, Mass., Jan. 2 -- IDC Predicts Interim Disappointment and Retrenchment in Online Marketplace During 1996; Market Researcher Says 20 Percent of Fortune 500 Companies with Commercial Web Sites Will Close or Stop Maintaining Sites This Year

BERLIN, Jan. 3 -- German Prosecutors Office Refutes CompuServe's Claim It Pressured Online Service to Ban Access to Sexually Explicit Internet Forums

SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif., Jan. 3 -- Borland International Names Stanford Professor William F. Miller to Chairman's Post

DETROIT, Jan. 3 -- Chrysler Uses "Plymouth Place" Web Site to Promote Plymouth Brand to Younger, Price-Sensitive Buyers

HEMLOCK, Mich., Jan. 3 -- Hemlock Semiconductor Announces $100 Million Expansion of Polycrystalline Silicon Fab in Michigan; Expects 40 Percent Capacity Increase and 25 Percent Rise in Employment

SAN JOSE, Jan. 3 -- Sanmina Corp. Completes Acquisition of Golden Eagle Systems for $10 Million in Cash and Stock

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Jan. 3 -- November 1995 North American Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment Orders Reach A Record $1.2 Billion; Production Equipment, Front End Bookings for November 1995 Increase 18 Percent Over Previous Month, to $875 Million, According to SEMI

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 3 -- McAfee and Tivoli Systems Make Equity Investment in Internet Software Developer net.Genesis

AUSTIN, Jan. 3 -- XeTel Corp. Files for Initial Public Offering of 2.7 Million Shares of Common Stock at Estimated Price Range of $9 to $11 Per Share

SANTA CLARA, Jan. 4 -- Intel Announces Immediate Availability of 150-Mhz and 166-Mhz Pentium Processors

IRVINE, Jan. 4 -- ALR Unveils Pentium Pro-Based Personal Workstation System Priced from $3,495; Adds 150- and 166-MHz Pentium-Based Desktops and Minitowers, Priced from $1,495 to $2,495

IRVINE, Jan. 4 -- AST Introduces 166-MHz Pentium-Based Desktop and Minitower Systems Priced from $3,160

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 4 -- CompuServe to Reopen Access to Sexually-Explicit Internet Areas, Except for Members in Germany, By End of Month

PALO ALTO, Jan. 4 -- H-P Adds 150-MHz and 166-MHz Pentium-Based Models to Vectra PC Line, Starting at $2,830 and $3,065, Respectively

SOMERS, N.Y., Jan. 4 -- IBM Debuts New 150-MHz and 166-MHz Pentium-Based Aptiva PC Models; Pricing Starts at $2,999

NAMPA, Idaho, Jan. 4 -- Micron Electronics Unveils Four 150-MHz and 166-MHz Pentium-Based PC Models; Pricing Starts at $2,299

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Jan. 4 -- NEC Technologies Adds 150-MHz and 166-MHz Pentium-Based PCs to PowerMate Line; Pricing Starts at $2,500

SUNNYVALE, Jan. 5 (19:13) -- AMD and Intel Ink Technology Cross-Licensing Pact for Future Microprocessors

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