ENTERTAINMENT
By JAMES COATES and JAMES COATES,CHICAGO TRIBUNE | December 28, 1998
I use Microsoft Internet Explorer for Internet access and I don't like the way it keeps a record of every Web site I visit so that other computer users can see where I've been afterward. I want to know how to delete addresses that show up on this pull-down list.I, too, hate that anybody who comes along can find out where I have been on the Internet by calling up the history tab on the Microsoft browser. This feature, which has some very useful business applications for those who need to return quickly to numerous sites, takes a bit of doing to disable.
NEWS
May 31, 1992
Investigators open officeVerifacts Systems of Ellicott City, a private investigative firm specializing in civil and criminal investigations, recently opened at 3440 Ellicott Center Drive.The business is owned and operated by Wendell C. Rudacille and Steven R. Greisz, retired police detectives from the Howard County Police Department with 45 years of combined investigative experience.Damar hired by RouseDamar Group, a Columbia-based computer training firm, has been selected by the Rouse Co. to provide individual executive tutoring of PC software, including Novell NetWare, WordPerfect and Lotus 1-2-3.
BUSINESS
By PETER H. LEWIS | June 7, 1993
Like Wayne Gretzky, Lotus 1-2-3 for Windows Release 4 is emerging as a leading candidate for the Comeback of the Year award. The impressive new version of the spreadsheet will reach stores later this month after having been previewed at the recent Spring/Comdex computer show in Atlanta.Much easier to use than earlier versions of Lotus 1-2-3, this new version -- why don't we call it 1-2-3-4 -- adds features and powers that will be especially interesting for executives who frequently collaborate on financial plans with other workers.
BUSINESS
By PETER H. LEWIS | September 6, 1993
When they are in danger of being consumed by a rapidly spreading forest blaze, firefighters often light a second fire parallel to the first. If all goes as planned, the secondary fire will destroy the fuel for the oncoming blaze and deprive it of oxygen. It is a very risky maneuver, because firefighters must also survive their own flames.And that is the position of Borland International Inc., which decided late last month to sell its new Quattro Pro for Windows 5.0 spreadsheet for less than $50. Trapped between not one but two onrushing infernos, in the form of Lotus 1-2-3 and Microsoft Excel, Borland chose to light a fire under its own spreadsheet.
BUSINESS
By PETER H. LEWIS | March 23, 1992
Borland International Inc. is offering new versions of two of its leading personal computer applications, Quattro Pro and dBASE The dBASE program, the most popular data base manager for IBM PC and compatible computers, was acquired by Borland when it purchased the Ashton-Tate Co. last year.Unlike many rivals, the new versions of the Quattro Pro spreadsheet and the dBASE IV data base are designed to run on simple PCs using the DOS operating system.Although DOS-based machines make up a large majority of all personal computers in use today, the major software companies appear to be investing most of their resources in writing or revising programs to run under a new generation of so-called graphical operating systems, including Windows, OS/2 and the Apple Macintosh's System 7.In general, graphical operating systems make it easier to operate the computer.
BUSINESS
By PETER H. LEWIS | July 22, 1991
Lotus Development Corp., meeting a challenge from rival products, has added a colorful new face to the basic version of its popular 1-2-3 spreadsheet program.Unlike the many other versions of Lotus 1-2-3 produced in recent months, Release 2.3 for DOS will work on any IBM XT-compatible computer with at least 512 kilobytes of working memory and 5 megabytes of free space on a hard disk.Lotus has long been the leading maker of computer spreadsheets, electronic versions of the ledger sheets used by accountants back when "user interface" meant paper and pencil.