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Reports on competition between telephone and cable industry for market share in telecommunications in California. Battle between Pacific Bell, Time Warner AxS and Teleport Communications; Likelihood of loss for regional phone companies; Need for regulation to prevent encroachment of Pacific Bell by cable companies; Pacific Bell's wish to deliver video programming and offer long-distance service; Role of legislation in breaking cable or phone monopolies; More.

Reports on the suspension of the construction of the binational airport in Otay Mesa, San Diego, California. Remarks by Mayor Susan Golding after meeting with Mexican officials; Airport director Guillermo Ruiz de Teresa's response on Mexico's lack of interest in negotiating an airspace agreement; Backlash to opposition to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA); Need for a regional consensus; Cost of cleanup.

Reports on disparities in the assessment and distribution of transient occupancy taxes between San Diego hoteliers and their Coronado counterparts. Cash tightening at the San Diego Convention and Visitors Bureau (ConVis); Issue on transient occupancy tax; Coronado's noncontribution of taxes to ConVis; Reaping the benefits of ConVis ' promotional campaign without payment for it.

Discusses the importance of copyrights, patents, trade secrets and trademarks in safeguarding softwares as intellectual property. Software protection; Case of Community for Creative Non-Violence versus Reid; Work for hire doctrine of federal copyright law; Copyright assignment as an absolute necessity; Anti-competition clause; Apple Computer versus Microsoft case; Protection of patent holder from innocent infringement.

Reports on the San Diego Yacht Club's efforts to involve the community in the preparations for the America's Cup yacht race in 1995. Need for the community's involvement in the event; Organizing arm of the yacht club; Creation of subcommittees to serve as advisory bodies; Budget for the event; Need for a principal sponsor; Event's estimated economic benefits for the community.

Features the San Diego Supercomputer Center facility in San Diego, California. Firms in the supercenter's Industrial Partnership Program; Local companies utilizing the center's facilities; Computational rating of supercomputers in gigaflops; Comment by Dr. Richard Hirsh of the National Science Foundation on the value of supercomputers in developing a new product; Utilization of C98 for additional capacity.

Reports on the effect on the Science Applications International Corp. of the thwarted attempt to smuggle firearms at San Francisco International Airport caused by the SAIC-designed and built bomb detector. Mechanism of the thermal neutron analysis system (TNA); Plans for the installation of the TNA system worldwide by the Air Transport Association; Feasibility study of use in the Eurotunnel.

Reports on the battle between Microsoft Corp. and Carlbad's Stac Electronics Inc. for control of the computer data-compression market. Microsoft's seeking of a preliminary injunction to stop all sales of Stac's data-compression software Stacker; Stac's misappropriation of Microsoft's trade secrets in its MS-DOS 6.0 software; Inconsistency in argument; Issues of the legal feud.

Reports on the failed negotiations between the Mexican government and NTN Communications Inc. Contract for interactive television services; Reaction of NTN executives; Mexican government's decision to have competitive bidding for contract; Drop in value of NTN stocks; NTN programming availability to more homes.

Reports on National Dispatch Center's (NDC) decision to stay in San Diego (Calif.) and expand its operations despite the statewide business exodus from California. Comment of NDC president; NDC as receiver and transmitter of paging calls to nationwide subscribers.

Reports on the competition between the San Diego Symphony Orchestra playing at the Embarcadero Marina Park and Humphrey's Concerts on Shelter Island in California. Symphony bandshell's location in the Port District; Need for re-evaluation of port policies.