$500 UNIT ACCESSES NET.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Oracle Corp. on Monday previewed a device designed to make it easier, faster and cheaper for people to log on to cyberspace Coined by William Gibson in his 1984 novel "Neuromancer," it is a futuristic computer network that people use by plugging their minds into it! The term now refers to the Internet or to the online or digital world in general. See Internet and virtual reality. Contrast with meatspace. . Chief Executive Larry Ellison Lawrence Joseph Ellison (born August 17, 1944) is the co-founder and CEO of Oracle Corporation, a major database software company. Early life Ellison was born in New York City to Florence Spellman, a 19-year-old unwed Jewish mother. demonstrated a prototype of the company's Network Computer, a $500 device that will let people exchange e-mail, do word processing word processing, use of a computer program or a dedicated hardware and software package to write, edit, format, and print a document. Text is most commonly entered using a keyboard similar to a typewriter's, although handwritten input (see pen-based computer) and and get onto the Internet. The machines are expected to go on sale in September. They will also have voice mail and fax capabilities. In addition to being cheaper than a typical $1,500 personal computer, the device most used for going on-line now, Oracle's machine is supposed to be easier to use. But it will not perform many of the useful tasks that personal computers do, such as running the huge variety of existing programs that cover anything from balancing the checkbook to writing a screenplay. CAPTION(S): PHOTO Photo (Color) Oracle will offer a laptop device. Associated Press |
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