brad@looking.on.ca (Brad Templeton) (06/09/89)
NEWSBYTES is the largest independent computer industry news service in the world, published continuously since May, 1983. It is now available to Unix systems via the ClariNet electronic publishing network. NEWSBYTES has 4 U.S. and 7 international bureaus in London, Brussels, Toronto, Tokyo, Singapore, Malaysia, and Sydney, Australia, devoted to gathering the week's most significant microcomputer and consumer technology news. NEWSBYTES news stories are republished by some 52 magazines, newspapers, news sources, and online systems worldwide. NEWSBYTES can get important computer industry news to you before any of the printed weekly magazines like InfoWorld and PC Week. And it isn't advertising supported. NEWSBYTES was honored to receive the "Best Online Publication" award from the Computer Press Association. On ClariNet, NEWSBYTES is published in 8 independent newsgroups. These are: clari.nb.ibm - The IBM PC World clari.nb.apple - The Apple & Macintosh World clari.nb.general - General Industry News & other computers clari.nb.unix - Unix News and Events clari.nb.business - Business related computing news, plus computer stock prices & used computer prices clari.nb.trends - New technologies and emerging products clari.nb.telecom - Phones, Data communications & Networking clari.nb.govt - Lawsuits, legal issues & Government computing in addition: clari.nb.reviews - Reviews of new software and hardware NEWSBYTES comes from 11 bureaus, and each article contains a keyword that identifies the source bureau. This lets you concentrate on the geogrpahic regions of interest to you. Also, bulletins, exclusives, corrections and editorials are all flagged to help you filter. The editorial deadline is Friday of each week; new issues appear online by Sunday morning. All press releases and inquiries should be directed to the editor in chief, Wendy Woods, by mailing to newsbytes@clarinet.com. [ use uunet!clarinet.com!newsbytes if clarinet.com is unknown at your site.] NEWSBYTES NEWS SERVICE Wendy Woods, EDITOR IN CHIEF AND WESTERN BUREAU Janet Endrijonas, SOUTHWEST BUREAU Dana Blankenhorn, SOUTHEAST/MIDWEST BUREAU Jon Pepper, EASTERN U.S. BUREAU Grant Buckler, CANADIAN BUREAU Steve Gold, EUROPEAN BUREAU CHIEF Peter Vekinis, BRUSSELS BUREAU Ken Takahashi, Naoyuki Yazawa, JAPAN BUREAU Paul Zucker, AUSTRALIAN BUREAU Michael Worsley, SOUTHEAST ASIAN BUREAU (Malasia, Singapore) Cost: The base price for NEWSBYTES for two readers is $49.95 per year, $25 per 6 months or $13 per quarter. Regular ClariNet multi-reader discounts and terms apply. 1-2 readers - $49.95 per year 3-6 - $30/year per additional reader 7-20 - $17.50 per additional reader 21 & up - $10/year per additional reader (20 cents an issue!) NEWSBYTES is currently not available from ClariNet if your system is a public-access BBS. Free Trial: NEWSBYTES and other ClariNet products may be tried free for 2 weeks -- you pay only the communications charges. You can connect to UUNET, or contact us for a feed site near you. Volume: NEWSBYTES runs around 120 to 150 kilobytes per week, with about 100 to 150 articles. NewsBytes is available immediately. This is not the complete subscription offer. Prices subject to change without notice to non-subscribers. -- Brad Templeton, Looking Glass Software Ltd. -- Waterloo, Ontario 519/884-7473