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State-of-the-art manufacturing technology will be on display this week at the Los Angeles Convention Center as the Westec 2001 convention and exposition gets underway today.
March 26, 2001
Technology and the Internet
It’s almost an article of faith in the electronics world these days that two largely separate industries--computers and consumer electronics--are rapidly becoming one.
June 1, 1992
Pioneer Unveils New Laser Disc Machine: Pioneer Electronics joined the heated battle over “interactive” home entertainment systems with a laser disc machine designed to play advanced video games and educational programs.
Jan. 7, 1993
Hewlett-Packard to Unveil PCs, License Infrared: Hewlett-Packard Co. will announce a new series of personal computers today, including its first models with Intel Corp.’
June 1, 1993
Dozens of office equipment makers and Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday introduced software that simplifies communication between personal computers, fax machines, printers, copiers, scanners and telephones.
June 10, 1993
Business
IBM Comes Up With Software Link to Macintosh: International Business Machines Corp. said it has come up with software programs that enable its computers to network with Apple Computer’s Macintoshes.
March 31, 1993
Toshiba-IBM Deal Reported: International Business Machines Corp. and Toshiba Corp. of Japan have agreed to develop jointly new-generation flash memory computer chips, according to Japanese newspapers.
June 22, 1992
Apple, IBM End Taligent Partnership: Apple Computer Inc. and International Business Machines Corp. are ending their partnership in Taligent Inc., a firm devoted to advanced software designs.
Dec. 20, 1995
Palo Alto-based Hewlett-Packard Co. said it has developed a new technology that improves the performance of 3-D images on a computer a hundredfold, and it said Microsoft Corp. will incorporate the technology into new multimedia software standards.
May 15, 1997
Entertainment & Arts
Clearing the way for a new consumer electronics technology that could eventually supplant the videocassette recorder, two warring industry factions on Friday reached an agreement on a single technical standard for a next-generation compact disc system known as the digital videodisc.
Sept. 16, 1995