COLE'S NEWSWIRE, Nov. 27, 1996

Nov. 27, 1996
Vol. 2, No. 51

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@HOME CORP.
@Home Corp., a provider of interactive services via video cable infrastructure based in Mountain View, Calif., has announced that the HotWired Network, the NEW YORK TIMES on the Web and USA TODAY will use the @Home Network to create Internet programming.

@Home Network will provide its technical and marketing resources. The multimedia programming will be available to @Home users by early December.

HotWired Inc., an interactive programming company, is developing an expanded version of its home page for the @Home Network that will offer @Home users multimedia applications, including advanced on-line audio capabilities. In the first quarter of 1997, HotWired plans to unveil "push media" applications that will enable @Home users to click and drag an active screen from the HotWired Network site to their desktop for continuous viewing.

The NEW YORK TIMES on the Web will be presenting a multimedia version of "The Age of the Female Icon," based on a Nov. 24 special issue of the NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE. The project will include audio, video and slide-show components suited to high-bandwidth users. Future efforts will include photo essays.

USA TODAY will animate its on-line news, weather and snapshot graphics in a movie-like format.

@Home may be visited on the World-Wide Web at http://www.home.net.

BERKELEY SYSTEMS INC.
Berkeley Systems, a software supplier based in Berkeley, Calif., has announced that its Virtual News Room is live. The site -- -- contains downloadable screen captures and press kits.

Berkeley also announced that beZerk, its on-line entertainment network at http://www.bezerk.com/, will be open to the public in early December. This free site features programming and integrated advertising.

CASCADE SYSTEMS INC.
Cascade Systems, a software developer based in Andover, Mass., has announced its support of Adobe Acrobat 3.0 software in its digital content management products.

Cascade's MediaSphere, a multi-media library and archive system, indexes the text of Portable Document Format (PDF) files which allows users to search the content of a PDF document. When the MediaSphere search function finds a match in a PDF document, Cascade's Plug-in opens the document and displays the page where the match occurs. In addition to saving time for the user by going directly to the page in the document, the search words from the MediaSphere query are highlighted on the PDF page.

A demonstration of MediaSphere/W3 showing integration with Acrobat 3.0 software is available on Cascade's demo Web site at http://w3.cascadenet.com/.

HARRIS PUBLISHING SYSTEMS CORP.
Harris Publishing Systems Corp., a subsidiary of Harris Corp. and pre-press system integrator based in Melbourne, Fla., has received these recent orders:

-- SAN BERNARDINO (Calif.) SUN (84k, morning): XP-21 Server and Replication software, IMAGES workstation software, JPEG software, and XP-Link application software including OPI Server software, NewsMaker Pagination, C-PAG classified pagination, PageTrak, Harris' page management and tracking system, Harris NewsMaker Editorial system.

-- UNION LEADER, Manchester, N.H. (70k, morning): upgrade software and hardware for XP-21 Server, Replication software, Harris NewsMaker Editorial system.

-- Syracuse (N.Y.) Newspapers (POST-STANDARD, 87k morning; HERALD-JOURNAL, 83k evening): software and hardware upgrade to Harris XP-21 Server.

-- GREENVILLE (S.C.) NEWS (95k, morning): XP-21 Server hardware and database software, Replication software, IMAGES workstation software, JPEG software, XP-Link application software, Harris NewsMaker Pagination software, C-PAG, DASH (Display Ad System by Harris) software, PageTrak.

MONOTYPE SYSTEMS INC.
Monotype, an output device supplier based in Rolling Meadows, Ill., has announced these recent sales:

-- RICHMOND (Ind.) PALLADIUM-ITEM (20k, evening): two NT RipExpress upgrades, server software, CD-ROM drives.

-- PORT HURON (Mich.) TIMES HERALD (31k, evening): Paper Master II 600-dpi plain-paper proofer.

-- NEWS & OBSERVER, Raleigh, N.C. (146k, morning): two PaperMaster II plain-paper proofers.

-- Gannett Rochester Newspapers, Rochester, N.Y.: Sun RipExpress running on an UltraSPARC and a ProofExpress broadsheet proofer.

-- PITTSBURGH (Pa.) POST-GAZETTE (250k, morning): MGS3.3 with productivity enhancements, front-end extensions and two 4.2 GB storage drives; one Sun SPARC 5/110 for an existing RipExpress.

PERSONAL LIBRARY SOFTWARE INC.
Personal Library Software, an archive software provider based in Rockville, Md., has announced that Pantheon Inc. of Seattle has joined the PLS Business Partners Program, Pantheon will add to its Builder 2.O product line PLS's search and agent technology for on-line editions of newspapers.

Builder automatically converts newspaper stories to HTML, and creates archival indexes which allow on-line editors to track and update time-sensitive stories on the web site. PLS products will add scalable full-text search and agent technology to Pantheon's publishing solutions.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REAL ESTATE EDITORS
The CHICAGO TRIBUNE won the first National Association of Real Estate Editors Award for best real estate web site, part of the association's 1996 Journalism Competition.

Internet Producer William Swislow took the first place award in this category for the design and content of http://chicago.tribune.com/homes/. Real estate reporter J. Linn Allen received second place in the best newspaper report by an individual for "Bad builder leaves a trail of frustration."

Free-lance writer Pamela Dittmer McKuen won second place in the best serial report category for her series in the TRIBUNE on how the real estate market has changed sociologically, legally and technically.

PrePRESS SOLUTIONS
PrePRESS SOLUTIONS, a hardware and software supplier based in East Hanover, N.J., has announced an upgrade to its Panther RIP. Release 6 allows file management operations (copy, rename, delete) to be performed directly within the Macintosh Finder or Windows NT File Manager instead of requiring a proprietary application.

High-resolution files may be stored anywhere on the network, eliminating the need for specialized server software and additional hardware. Now supported is RIP Tracker, an intranet imagesetting system management application. With RIP Tracker, users remotely retrieve RIP status information from virtually any workstation on the network.

Release 6 can generate ink density maps of pages output to a Panther image recorder. An enhanced screen preview in Release 6 of the Panther RIP provides both fit-to-window and actual-size modes.

Existing customers may upgrade to Release 6.0 for $495.

STAR TRIBUNE
The STAR TRIBUNE of Minneapolis has begun beta testing on WorkAvenue.com, an Internet-based search tool designed to match employers and job seekers. Seventeen companies will offer input during the beta testing period, with a commercial launch scheduled for early 1997.

WorkAvenue.com matches job candidates with employment opportunities on a ranked basis. For those without Internet access, the STAR TRIBUNE will conduct on-line searches. WorkAvenue.com features employment classifieds with expanded job descriptions and company profiles.

The STAR TRIBUNE has created WorkAvenue.com in conjunction with Partners Affiliated For Exploring Technology (PAFET), a national consortium of six media companies. WorkAvenue.com is powered by Resumix Inc.

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