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* Press News Ltd., a division of the Canadian Press, introduced Newstex, an online data base that contained the entire output of its news staff since May 1, 1981. The English-language material was to also be available back to January 1974, while French-language material was to be available as far back as early 1976.
* Wang Canada Ltd. introduced a group of office automation products based on what the company called the six technologies of office automation - data processing, image processing, audio processing, networking and human factors.
* IBM tossed in the towel on the two fixed-head models of its 3380 disk drive. The company withdrew plans to offer the disk...