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Highlights 16 companies that have been identified by `PC Week' magazine as having the greatest impact on the high-technology industry as of March 1999. 3Com Corp.; Adobe Systems Inc.; Apple Computer Inc.; Cisco Systems Inc.; Compaq Computer Corp.; CompuServe Interactive Services Inc.; Dell Computer Corp.; Hayes Corp.; Hewlett-Packard Co.; IBM; Intel Corp.; Lotus Development Corp.; Microsoft Corp.; Netscape Communications Corp.; More; Brief details about each; Contact information.

Presents news items related to the computer industry in the United States as of January 10, 2000. Includes Apple Computer Inc.'s movement to the Internet services business; Gateway's criticism against Intel Corp.; First-quarter expectations on Lucent Technologies. INSET: Online this week..

Examines several topics from the computer industry which generated a lot of feedback for the author during 1998. The comeback of Apple Computer Inc.; The search for middle ground in year 2000 date compliance; How information technology departments are likely to deal with the development of information appliances.

Discusses how Apple Computer Inc. will continue its survival in the information technology (IT) community. How Apple must rebuild its relationships with the major national resellers; Issues affecting the sales of Macintosh computers.

Presents information on the computer industry in the United States for January 1998. Issues surrounding the dropping price of personal computers (PC); Apple's profitable quarter failing to influence the author's opinion of the company; Netscape's financial difficulties; Other information.

Opinion. Discusses the Apple Computer Inc.-Microsoft Corp. deal as of August 18, 1997. The involvement of Netscape.

Opinion. Explains why the deal between Microsoft Corp. and Apple Computer is not that significant a development for the personal comptuer industry. The smallness of Apple Computer and Microsoft; The success of IBM, Netscape, Macromedia, and Pure Atria.

Opinion. Argues that Apple Computer's Macintosh system has no place in the future of mainstream business computing. The remaining markets for Apple to focus on; Education; Consumer; Publishing; What Apple needs to do to survive.

Reports on Apple Computer Inc.'s marketing strategy to counter its dwindling share in the computer industry. Licensing agreements with original equipment manufacturers; Appeal of the Macintosh PowerPC's architecture; Doubts over Apple's acceptance by microcomputer users.

Reports that Hewlett-Packard Co. replaced Apple Computer Inc. in the number three position as the computer dealer channel according to Computer Intelligence InfoCorp.

Focuses on developments concerning the computer industry as of July 4, 1994. Includes Microcom Inc.'s release of TravelCard Fast 28.8-kilobytes per second (K-bps) PCMCIA modem; Apple Computer Inc.'s StarCore software group's new Newton applications; Computer Associates International Inc. and ICL Ltd.'s agreement to co-develop and support systems-management tools, groupware products and databases.