Reports on SmartLink Architecture and API, an interface standard developed by Tokyo-based SmartOffice Consortium. Advantages of the interface; Note on the interface.
Looks at the increasing use of Internet faxing by businesses as an alternative to the fax machine. Reduction of fax portion of telephone bills as the reason for this interest in Internet faxing; Typical pricing for Internet fax services; Possibility that global electronic mail may eclipse the need for Internet faxing products and services. INSET: To send a fax, click here, by B.D..
The article presents information on latest innovations in the field of agricultural drill manufacturing. Rabe has developed the Ceria box drill to replace the Multidrill series built for the German manufacturer by Pottinger. It can be operated solo or in combination with a power harrow for one-pass preparation and sowing. Pottinger Vitasem conventional drills being introduced by LandMec Pottinger in place of the Fiona machines cover the same working widths as they are also designed for working solo or mounted on a power harrow.
Predicts the development portable video players in the future. technologies used in the DVB-X system; Information on the beta video service launched by Sonera; innovative ways of using the telephone.
Discusses the implications of the increasing rate of TECHNOLOGICAL innovations in information technology (IT). Response to the increased corporate demand for advances in IT; Corporations' willingness to invest on the upgrade process; Anticipation of the rise in vendor's upgrade-development efforts.
The article focuses on the conflict between Flatworld economists and creative class boosters over TECHNOLOGICAL innovations. Flatworlders, so-called after Thomas Friedman's book "The World Is Flat," argue that information technology erases distance, distributing the tools of innovation equally to everyone. Creative class types say there is something unique and special about actually being in a city that gets the intellectual juices flowing. INSETS: NETWORKING FROM NOWHERE, USA;CAN TELECOMMUTING HURT YOUR CAREER?.
This paper examines the market conditions under which firms would choose a more flexible production technology with respect to product design. We use a two-stage game in which firms choose between flexible and less flexible production technologies in the first stage and subsequently choose output. We find that consumers would benefit from the introduction of flexible production technologies. In our model, we also find that the production technology game is a Prisoner's Dilemma when firms invest in FMS. We derive the conditions under which the resulting equilibria are efficient. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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