I & T MAGAZINE APRIL 1996 No. 19. Human aspects of the information society
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ISSN 1023-425 Χ APRIL 1996 No. 19 EN Human aspects ofthe information society Published by the European Commission Directorate-General for Industry (DG III) and Directorate-General for Telecommunications, Information Market and Exploitation of Research (DG XIII) APRIL 1996 No. 19 Editorial Giant magneto resistance Research helps domestic The information revolution 1 electronics market 14 User-friendly government The Frankfurt Book Fair Berlin on the infobahn 2 Showplace for cyberpubüshing 17 Global video games The ultimate casino 6 Venus now goddess of the seas?Making shipping safer 22 Telecommunications and elderly or disabled people Business process reengineering A vital aid to independence 10 26 A new way of working l&T Magazine is available free of charge in five How to access l&T Magazine electronically languages: English, French, German, Italian and The text of all issues ofthe magazine and news Spanish. It is accompanied by a News Review, in review is also accessible online, free of charge, on English only, and is published approximately the database server ECHO (European Commission Host Organisation), using the public password quarterly. ECHO (NUA: 0270448112). A menu for calling il For a free subscription to the magazine and news review write with full details to: up online is also available.