June/July 1999, Vol. 16, No. 5 & 6 Table of Contents Cover Story — Speech and translation developer acquires two companies in one day Lernout & Hauspie's Belgian buying binge News Briefs Virtual Reality Telepresence lets 'net users look around at NBA Finals 360-degree virtual tours of rental and for-sale properties Speech Recognition Anti-slamming service uses speech recognition Embedded speech technology for low-power products Intelligent Agents Bot-based e-commerce site ready for Fall launch New RTL power optimization agent for system-on-chip     Data Mining and Knowledge Management Tribune to use RetrievalWare in news archiving initiative Virginia contracts for data mine Product Profiles Calendar Nanotechnology Throwaway sensors will dramatically impact industry Robotics Future "mad scientists" compete with robot creations FDA clears voice-controlled surgical robot 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