81.   A newsletter, SEC Insight, reported that the computer maker is under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

82.   A severe shortage of advanced screens that plagued the notebook computer makers for two years has ended.

83.   A simple, cheap Internet terminal was the goal of Larry Ellison, chief executive of the computer software maker Oracle Corp.

84.   A score of other computer makers, including Casio, Sharp and NEC, have entered the market with new products.

85.   A synergy between Jobs and Ives and his design studio could be the hidden weapon to bring Apple back to the forefront as a computer maker.

86.   Acer has been among the most aggressive computer makers when it comes to offering Pentium machines to consumers.

87.   After flights were suspended Tuesday, computer makers began filling warehouses with notebook computers and other products bound for the United States.

88.   After months of internal debate and discussion, the computer maker plans to introduce its NC in January at the Macworld Expo trade show in San Francisco.

89.   Almost all big computer makers buy motherboards from Intel.

90.   Also this week, the ailing computer maker licensed the Macintosh operating system to International Business Machines Corp.