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The Vatican is putting together its own World Wide Web site to make news of the pontiff's daily doings, speeches and some Holy See documents available to Internet users.

"It's something that should arrive in several months," said the Rev. Ciro Benedettini.

Separately, the Vatican press office this month began computerizing the daily bulletin of the pope's activities and offering it to news organizations via a dial-up service.

The service is free during a five-month trial period. News organizations, and eventually embassies to the Vatican and other institutions, will then have to pay for access, papal spokesman Joaquin Navarro said.

IBM EYES INVENTORY UPGRADE

IBM, in another corporate-devised strategy, is changing the way it handles its inventory system to ensure it has enough PCs to meet holiday-season demand.

Last year, a critical shortage of Aptiva consumer PCs led to big losses in the PC unit and a loss in market share to players such as Compaq Computer Corp. and Packard Bell Electronics.

"It's no secret in the industry that IBM has been mediocre in logistics," Bob Stephenson, recently appointed head of IBM Personal Computer Co., said at a press conference at Comdex.

BATTERY SHORTAGE FEARED

A fire two weeks ago in a Sony Corp. battery plant in Japan has raised concerns about whether there will be a shortage of batteries for portable computers such as Compaq Armada M700 Battery, Compaq EVO N400c Battery, Compaq EVO N410c Battery, Compaq EVO N600C Battery, Compaq EVO N610C Battery, Compaq EVO N620C Battery, Compaq Presario 1200 Battery, Compaq Presario 1800 Battery, 116314-001, Compaq Presario 700 Battery, Compaq Presario 900 Battery.

Manny Vara, spokesman for Sony Electronics' U.S. division in San Jose, Calif., said last week that the fire idled all production in the lithium ion battery factory in Koriyama, Japan. But he said he believed that supplies will not be significantly affected because of the company's production plans.

Lithium ion batteries are the most widely used batteries for laptop computers, and Sony makes more than 70 percent of the world's supply.

POSTAL PHONE CARDS TESTED

You've probably seen phone cards sold at all manner of places these days. Now they may be coming soon at your local post office.

The U.S. Postal Service began testing the sale of the cards last week at post offices in eight cities. The cards, being sold through an agreement with American Express and MCI, are available in denominations from $5 to $100.

Users activate the card with a personal identification number through a pay phone or touch-tone phone. Cities where use of the card is being tested are Austin, Texas; Columbus, Ohio; Miami; Albuquerque, N.M.; Providence, R.I.; San Antonio; San Diego; and Salt Lake City.