COMPUTER MALFUNCTION DELAYS `TIMES UNION'.(CAPITAL REGION)

A malfunctioning computer board in the Times Union's data network was responsible for a delay in the publication of Wednesday's editions.

The malfunction stalled efforts to print the final five pages of the 56-page paper just 40 minutes before the scheduled start of the presses.

Technicians on site set in motion a series of emergency procedures, according to George R. Hearst III, director of operations.

By 1:30 a.m., a 10-member technical team was at work creating alternate data pathways to get the combination of text, graphics, page rules and photographs to the composing room, Hearst said.

Key final steps, normally done by computer, …