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Examines Sun Microsystem's Virtual Portal, a demonstration of virtual reality; Less confining; CrystlEyes glasses; SunSPARCstation 2GT workstations; Head Tracker; Author's experience; Rating.

Reports on Trident Microsystems Inc.'s cancellation of one line of its graphical user interface chip products. Resources for better generation of products; Effects on employment; Drop in Trident's stocks.

Reports on the agreement between Hewlett-Packard Co. and Informix Software Inc. to build and staff a joint research and development laboratory. Location; Equipment costs; Background on the partnership between the two companies.

Presents survey data on employment in San Jose, California-area companies from Corptech. Covered period; Statistics.

Features Everyware Bridges by Combinet Inc. Functions; Price; Advantages.

Reports on the imposition of an across-the-board pay freeze for all the employees of Maxtor Corp. Evasive maneuver to industry price war and glut in disk drives; Deferred management incentives and bonuses; Prospects for rebound in the December 1993 quarter.

Editorial. Focuses on problems computers face on January 1, 2000. Internal problems expected; Companies that are most likely to profit from the situation.

Editorial. Comments on why the Internet won't make newspapers obsolete. Difference between electronic news digests and newspapers; Emotional attachment to newspapers.

Opinion. Focuses on the impact of technology on medical care. Plan by Denver, Colorado hospitals to practice telemedicine; Benefits of telemedicine; Technological advances in software systems that enable people to diagnose their own ills.

Opinion. Asserts that promoting ballroom dancing as a sport in the Olympic Games at Denver, Colorado is not an image the United States should project to the world. Provisional recognition of ballroom dancing as Olympic sport; Offering of water ballet as world-class entertainment; Limiting Olympic games to contests that can be used for self-preservation.

Reports on key issues facing the information industry sector in the U.S. Adoption of broadband connectivity; Demands of solid security by business technology managers; Strategy to innovate the economy.

Discusses the issue regarding a law in South Carolina that is requiring information technology workers to report suspected child pornography if they discover it stored on computers they handle. Questions raised regarding the law; Comments from Jim Dempsey of the Center for Democracy and Technology in Washington; Suggestion about the law.

Reports developments related to technological innovations as of October 2002 in the U.S. Creation of a small remote sensor that detects the presence of wildlife; Use of information technology to attract clients in a business; Details on the funds for a device that electronically identifies people by their walk.