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TECHNOLOGY - March 8, 1996

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Times Staff and Wire Reports

eWorld Users to Be Switched to AOL: Apple Computer Inc. said subscribers will have access to America Online Inc., the largest online service, after the Cupertino, Calif.-based company shuts down its online service at the end of the month. The announcement is part of a larger collaboration between the nation’s No. 3 personal computer maker and the Vienna, Va.-based online service provider. Separately, Apple named Fred Anderson chief financial officer, banking on a turnaround expert with an information systems background to help solve its inventory problems. Anderson, 51, was CFO at Automatic Data Processing Inc., a big payroll-processing company. Relatively unknown in the PC industry, he is the second top appointment by new Apple Chief Executive Gilbert Amelio, himself billed as a turnaround artist.

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