11.   Among the star performers in the Canadian industry is Cognos, which develops software reporting tools for use on computer networks.

12.   Among its online database projects, Spinners developed the software that lets customers of The New York Times e-mail service complaints.

13.   Among its stable of companies are Engage Technologies, which develops software that helps advertisers tailor offers to Web surfers, and the search engine AltaVista.

14.   Analyst Gregory Gould recommends Transaction Systems, which develops software focused on enabling electronic payments and commerce.

15.   And DOS became the standard used for developing software to make those machines perform an ever-increasing array of tasks.

16.   And game developers said Sega was already far along in its plans to develop software for the Advanced Game Boy from Nintendo.

17.   And it has been so rampant at universities that software has been developed to scan the Internet and test for unusual resemblances.

18.   And it has developed software to help e-tailers plot out the best way to deliver products to their customers.

19.   And to allow this information to be exchanged with Internet users in other countries, efforts are under way to develop software that can provide automatic translations.

20.   Anser Corp., a play on the name his mother chose for her company, developed software to automate calendar listings for newspapers.