July 16, 1998

Madison Square Garden rehires Marv Albert to call New York Knicks basketball games on radio and be host of MSG Sportsdesk television program; Albert's career virtually ended after sensational sexual assault trial last year; photo (M)

World Wide Web has become breeding ground for psychometricians, professional and otherwise, who are filling cyberspace with tests to measure intelligence, emotional well-being, as well as predisposition to depression, alcoholism, hypochondria, diabetes or attention deficit disorder; people seem to like to take these tests, to quiz themselves in private setting; in fact, it is difficult to know how private on-line tests really are or what kind of data tests are collecting; most of them start out by testing knowledge of user's name, address and telephone number; some test takers have noted thinly disguised efforts at marketing products related to test they were taking; drawings (M)

Digital distribution of music over Internet promises to free recorded music entirely from such physical forms as vinyl disk or CD; enthusiasts say digitally distributed music could be cheaper for consumers and more profitable for musicians and that music could be geared to more specialized audiences that may be small but widely scattered collection; transferring music over Internet is slow for most computer users with current technology, but faster home Internet connections are at hand; photo (M)

Six thousand people who live on West Side of Manhattan between Lincoln Tunnel and Jacob K Javits Convention Center are finding a sense of community; population is growing, and developers eye the area greedily; Community Board 4 recommends changing part of zoning from predominantly manufacturing to mixed use, including mid-rise residential, but for the moment residential zoning changes are taking a back seat to decisions about a new Pennsylvania Station, Javits Center expansion, Yankee Stadium and job creation; photos; map of 'TunJav' (L)

Federal Judge Paul V Gadola Jr asks General Motors Corp and United Auto Workers to schedule a date for arbitration of strikes at two parts factories in Flint, Mich, as top negotiators from GM and union talk face to face for first time in three days; Gadola does not grant GM's request for order that arbitration begin immediately; urges both sides to agree by July 21 on date to meet with arbiter Thomas Roberts; UAW vice president Richard Shoemaker says arbitration process will slow a settlement in Flint (M)