Last updated: Tuesday, August 19, 1997, 8:30 a.m.
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A T-1 line at the airport: A test program sponsored by Host Marriott Services Corp. and a Denver Internet services company will put 30 boxes with T-1 lines at seven airports (all unidentified so far) and two New York highway toll plazas.

UNIX v. NT: Sun unveils a line of low-cost servers with which it hopes to challenge Dell and Compaq, which use the Windows NT software. Sun is a long-time UNIX backer.

Mir-acles: It's dark, a radio is barking commands at you as you work, the world is watching and the cost of failure may be your life. Can you imagine a higher-stress environment in which to fix a computer?

K6 scores a big one: IBM will use AMD's K6 chips in some of its new Aptiva PCs, AMD announced yesterday.

Where ever there's Jolt and pizza delivery: Where are tech-savvy folks congregating? Chatsworth, California, a semi-rural burg of 45,000 that is home to an estimated 150 technology-driven companies, employing 9,500 people.

Serious playtime: Sega GameWorks, the fledgling chain of high-tech arcade-nightclubs, raises $76 million in preparation for expansion to 100 new markets in the next five years.

Hackers, warez: Is hacking such a crime, if nobody gets hurt and nothing is stolen? It depends. For the evolution of an opinion, see David Pogue's column in Macworld this month.

Actions speak louder: The Department of Justice is now looking into Microsoft's purchases and investments in the video streaming field.

We always knew you were well-read: Net users may eschew the boob tube, but they are voracious readers of dead-tree-based products. (Just promise me that none of you over the age of 12 actually reads "Parade.")

Never challenge a real hacker: The "Crack a Mac" contest has a winner: The site's been hacked by an Australian who now wins 100,000 Swedish kronor. Don't spend it all in one place.

Does that scare you? Then, the Justice Department, having learned a hard lesson last year, has some security tips for your server.

It's always darkest before dawn: So Apple's allied with Microsoft, Lotus may have forced the unbundling of Navigator and Communicator, the percentage of the web using its browser is falling... what's a boy wonder to do? Netscape's Marc Andreessen has a few ideas.

Perl -- Diamond in the rough or irritation in the shell: What's the future of Perl and can it avoid the potholes that are hobbling Java? The creator of the language speaks out.

New blow to Mac cloners
H-P earnings: good news, bad news
Creating compounds



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