May 1999, Vol. 16, No. 4 Table of Contents Cover Story — European electronics giant acquires VCS Philips to extend speech leadership into North America News Briefs Virtual Reality SGI-enabled robot on Chernobyl mission VR featured at Firehouse Emergency Services Expo JC Penney offers "My Virtual Model" Bioinformatics Study assesses trends, strategies in genomics Biometrics O'Hare security project honored AuthenTec launches E-Field Technology     Data Mining Microsoft to extend OLE DB data access interfaces ALife-Smart-Text-Analyzer is released Calendar Robotics Robotics goes mainstream Speech Recognition BellSouth Mobility offers voice-activated "personal assistant" Speech solutions for SAP R/3 Product Profiles Autonomous Systems Robots "see" the light Web Site © Copyright 1997, 1998, 1999 by Lionheart Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved. Lionheart Publishing, Inc. 2555 Cumberland Parkway, Suite 299, Atlanta, GA 30339 USA Phone: 770-431-0867 | Fax: 770-432-6969 E-mail: lpi@lionhrtpub.com Web: www.lionheartpub.com Web Design by Premier Web Designs E-mail: lionwebmaster@preweb.com