werner@rascal.ics.utexas.edu (Werner Uhrig) (11/12/90)
Friday's {Wall Street Journal} contained a special TECHNOLOGY section.
The contents are listed below. Reprints are available for $2 from:
TECHNOLOGY
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Table of Contents
OPENERS
5 FACTS AND FIGURES
Telecommunications trivia - from cellular phones to Yellow Pages
to fax machines
CUTTING THE CORD
6 WIRELESS WORLD
A telephone in everyone's pocket: That's the daunting goal of the
communications industry
16 NO VACANCIES
The wireless revolution faces a major obstacle: There's no room
on the frequency spectrum
18 ROCKET TO REALITY
The hopes of the commercial-launch business plummet back to earth
21 PERPLEXING PRICING
Cellular-phone users find that talk isn't cheap, and they're not
sure why
SIDE EFFECTS
23 NO PLACE TO HIDE
The dark side of the telecommunications revolution: You're never
out of touch.
27 PHONY POWER
Technology leads to new absurdities in a Hollywood obsessed by the
telephone
34 THE PARTY LINE
When you speak on a cellular phone, the world may be listening in
39 MISTERY VOICE
The person who answers your call to an 800 number probably knows more
about you than you realize
TOMORROW
42 FUTURE PHONES
Someday your telephone won't ring, it will shout the name of the
caller; it will also listen to you and obey your command
45 MOTOROLA ON THE MOVE
The company is pushing a 77-satellite cellular system that would
serve remote areas around the world
48 NINTENDO NATION
The Japanese company's video-game players may be linked in a vast
network
52 BABY BELLS GROW UP
They await a key ruling before resuming their lobbying effort to
win freedom from Judge Greene's control
ESSAY
54 THE GREAT COMMUNICATOR
You're in luck! Whereever you are, I can find you!