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11-05 0000
DECISIONLINE: Technology
USA TODAY Update
Nov. 5, 1992
Source: USA TODAY:Gannett National Information Network
    
HIGH-TECH CEOS BACKED CLINTON:
   When it comes to helping high-tech companies, don't expect 
President-elect Clinton to spend the kind of money former 
President Reagan spent on defense. But Clinton won't spend just 
chicken feed, either. Clinton won the presidency with unusual 
support from the USA's largely Republican corporate chief 
executives - technology CEOs, in particular.
(For more, see special President package below.)
    
S-MOS DEVELOPS CONTROLLER:
   S-MOS Systems has developed a 3.0-volt LCD VGA controller, 
developed specifically to address the design and cost requirements 
of the emerging palmtop computing market. Called the SPC8107, it 
features low-power consumption. Using the SPC8107, a complete 
two-chip VGA subsystem can now be designed for less than $31, 
S-MOS says.
    
REXON, SONY TO TEAM UP:
   Rexon Inc. Wednesday said it has signed a memorandum of 
understanding for a joint design and manufacturing partnership for 
its Digital Audio Tape (DAT) line of tape products with Sony Corp. 
of Japan. The strategic partnership is expected to produce the 
most advanced DAT drives operating at higher capacities and 
transfer rates than those today, Rexon said.
    
PC WAR HITS JAPAN:
   The price war in the U.S. personal computer market has crossed 
the Pacific, Bloomberg Business News says. Last month, leading 
U.S. computer makers unveiled models selling for half the price of 
PCs made by Japan's NEC, posing a threat to its dominance of the 
Japan market. But NEC may well come out on top because many 
Japanese may be reluctant to switch to foreign brands, analysts 
say.
    
FIRM BIDS FOR CONTRACT:
   Computer Sciences Corp. said it is bidding for a $500 million 
contract with the U.S. government to be awarded by December. The 
company also said it will bid in 1993 for federal government 
contracts collectively valued at $2.39 billion. Computer Sciences 
said the $500 million contract it is seeking this quarter is for 
an advanced weather interactive processing system.
    
CANDELA LASER FILES SUIT:
   Candela Laser Corp. said Wednesday it has filed a federal 
lawsuit that accuses Cynosure Inc. of patent infringement, trade 
secret theft and false advertising. Candela's suit, filed in U.S. 
District Court in Boston, alleges that Bedford, Mass.-based 
Cynosure's PhotoGenica V dermatology laser infringes on a Candela 
patent called "Light Amplifier and Method of Photothermolosys."
    
UNISYS TO PHASE OUT COVERAGE:
   Computer maker Unisys Corp. says it will phase out health 
insurance for retirees, a move that will save $100 million a year 
and cost those affected up to $3,120 in annual premiums. Unisys 
now pays the full premium for most of its retirees' health 
benefits. In the plan announced Tuesday, the company will pay 
nothing by 1996, but retirees will be able to continue coverage 
under group rates.
    
ROLM TO HOLD OPEN HOUSE:
   ROLM, a Siemens Company, will join more than 70 organizations 
in marking the beginning of national Integrated Services Digital 
Network (ISDN) with the Transcontinental ISDN Project 1992 during 
the week of Nov. 16-20. ROLM will hold open houses at its regional 
customer service centers in Santa Clara, Calif.; Rolling Meadows, 
Ill.; Vienna, Va.; and Burlington, Mass.
    
COMPLAINT FILED AGAINST PETRINI:
   Computer Associates International Inc.'s managing director 
Ettore Petrini allegedly traded the stock of two software 
companies using insider information, said the Securities and 
Exchange Commission in a complaint released Wednesday. The SEC 
claims Petrini used insider information to trade the stock of 
On-Line Software International Inc., and Pansophic Systems Inc.
    
SPECIAL PACKAGE ON PRESIDENT:
    
CEOS BACKED CLINTON:
   Apple Computer's John Sculley and outgoing Hewlett-Packard CEO 
John Young - both moderate Republicans - were among the CEOs of 
High-Tech companies that supported President-elect Clinton. Even 
publicity-shy Ben Rosen, chairman of Compaq Computer, endorsed the 
Arkansas governor. "Having voted Republican for the last 20 years, 
this is a big change for me," says Rosen.
    
BASIC RESEARCH TO GET BOOST:
   High-tech executives like Clinton's promise to spend more 
government money on basic research for civilian products and take 
it away from defense research. They believe the Clinton 
administration will lay the foundation for a communications 
network for businesses based on high-capacity fiber-optic lines.
    
GORE TO LEAD TECHNOLOGY:
   Look for Clinton to put Vice President-elect Al Gore in charge 
of technology policy. The administration will act as both a 
management consultant and venture capitalist for high-tech firms 
in need of capital. It will create a new civilian high-tech 
research agency, modeled on the Defense Advanced Research Projects 
Agency that funded new defense technology in the Reagan-Bush 
years.
(End of package.)
    
Technology Editor: Ed Kelleher. (1-919-855-3491) Making copies of 
USA TODAY Update (Copyright, 1992) for further distribution 
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