Internet Update

Fiber Optic Information

The Corning Fiber Optic Information Center features optical fiber literature plus details of associated components, technical and application support all supplemented by real-world examples and case histories of fiber optic use. Back issues of the company's magazine, GuideLines are also available. World Wide Web: http://usa.net/corning-fiber/

Australian Ocean Research

The Australian Institute of Marine Science has gone onto the Internet. At its site users will find details of the oceanography activities undertaken. The institute is a world class research center in the field of coral reefs and mangroves. World Wide Web: http://ibm590.aims.gov.au/

World Wide Web Hotel Guide

With 2,800 hotels already indexed, this site could become the first stop for holiday planning on the Internet. Alongside hotels, Internet Marketing Services has also listed bed and breakfast accommodation and youth hostels. Hotels with home pages can get themselves listed free of charge. World Wide Web: http://www.digimark.net/dundas/hotels/

Israel Internet Index

The (almost) Complete Guide to the World Wide Web in Israel is a series of pages linking to just about all known Internet Web sites in Israel. Links include official government information, personal home pages, museums, Jewish religious resources and more. World Wide Web: http://gauss.technion.ac.il/~nyh/israel

Bar Code Technology Information

Altek has brought together information about bar-code and auto-ID technology into one Internet resource. Lee Allen of Altek Instruments has many years experience designing barcode and other decoders and is using the Altek Pages to pass on some of his accumulated knowledge and experience. Some of the information appearing here is hard to come by and some has not been published previously. World Wide Web: http://www.hello.co.uk/altek/index.html

Family Surfboard

A valuable new resource for parents and children using the Web, the Family Surfboard acts as an information resource for parents and an activity center for kids. The site includes a list of kid-appropriate Web sites, as well as family-oriented computing activities, reviews of new multimedia software, and downloadable demos of selected top-rated titles. There are also links to documents covering topics such as kids and computers, education, and general parenting. World Wide Web: http://www.sjbennett.com/users/sjb/surf.html

Mailing List Commands Summary

If you are confused by the differing instructions you need to send to mail servers, whether they be listserv, majordomo, listproc, mailbase or mailserv, an online summary of all the commands is now available. The guide includes all the essential commands needed to use each server and is available by email or on the Web. Email : listserv@ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu Message Body : GET MAILSER CMD NETTRAIN F=MAIL World Wide Web: http://lawlib.slu.edu/training/mailser.htm

New Cyberphone Available

A new version of the Cyberphone software for computers running Solaris 2.x (SunOS 5.x) is now available. The software allows two users running the system to establish voice communications across the Internet at no charge other than Internet access charges. The new version, 2.0, features a graphical user interface and quick installation. World Wide Web: http://magenta.com/cyberphone Anonymous FTP: ftp://magenta.com/pub/cyberphone

University Art Gallery Exhibits

The art gallery of the University of Maryland has just gone online. World Wide Web users can find details of exhibitions past, present and future plus a selection of images from the shows. There is also a section with some of the gallery's permanent collection available to view. World Wide Web : http://www.inform.umd.edu/EdRes/Colleges/ARHU/ArtGal/.WWW/aghome.htm

(Martyn Williams/19950728)

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