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To: Thomas Kirwin who wrote (6777)	4/5/1999 6:12:00 PM
From: Michael Olds	Respond to of 17679

Choice of words department. OED: Juggernaut. 1. Hindu Mythol. A title of Krishna, a preeminent avatar [embodyment] of Vishnu; spec. the image of this god at Puri in Orissa, annually carried in procession on an enormous cart, under the wheels of which many devotees are said to have formerly thrown themselves to be crushed. 2. An institution, practice, or idea to which a person is blindly devoted or ruthlessly sacrificed. 3. A large heavy vehicle; spec. a large heavy lorry .

To: Thomas Kirwin who wrote (6777)	4/6/1999 4:12:00 AM
From: flickerful	Respond to of 17679

IBM kicking off Net video research By Bloomberg News Special to CNET News.com April 5, 1999, 9:05 p.m. PT URL: news.com International Business Machines is setting up two projects to test new technology that could make the Internet faster and better able to run video images. Together with Ameritech, Cisco Systems, and Northwestern University, IBM tomorrow will unveil plans for an experimental project focused on new video applications that are 1,000 times faster than current World Wide Web speeds. The project will be split between Northwestern's campus and IBM's Schaumberg, Illinois-based branch. With the help of the Telematics Institute and Surfnet, IBM will open a similar site in the Netherlands. "We need a better Internet structure than we have today," said Irving Wladawsky-Berger, general manager of IBM's Internet Division. With the new centers, "our No. 1 objective is to experiment in the real world." IBM will demonstrate a project with the Singapore government to conduct a videoconference over the Internet with high-resolution, full-screen images and almost simultaneous responses--impossible with current Internet technology. "The [time] delay factor can be cut down significantly,'' said Rich Wall, program director of IBM's Advanced Internet Project. The company also is working on video software to let workers at different locations receive training or collaborate on projects, Wladawsky-Berger said. "We're trying to see what it will take to support a real-time meeting," he said. While these first pilot projects will be conducted with universities and governments, IBM will start working with corporate customers in the next six months, Wladawsky-Berger said. In the centers, IBM and its partners will try to overcome other Internet bottlenecks. Those roadblocks include the lack of a standard way to divide the available space in a network for transmitting information, voice, and video. Storage is another focus. IBM will experiment with revving Internet speeds by using storage systems distributed throughout a network, rather than in one system in a remote location. Later this month, IBM will give money to four universities to foster development of Internet technology. Copyright 1999, Bloomberg L.P. All Rights Reserved. Copyright © 1995-99 CNET, Inc. All rights reserved. Privacy policy.