Newstream.com Digest: Adobe and Barnes & Noble.com Team Up to Offer Adobe PDF-Based eBooks.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 29, 2001 Most Overused Phrase of 2000 has Been Decided by the American Public and Other Free Multimedia Story Packages for Journalists -------------------------------------------------- Adobe and Barnes & Noble.com Team Up to Offer Adobe PDF-Based eBooks Adobe Systems Adobe Systems Incorporated (pronounced a-DOE-bee IPA: /əˈdoʊbiː/) (NASDAQ: ADBE) (LSE: ABS) is an American computer software company headquartered in San Jose, California, USA. Incorporated and Barnes & Noble.com (Nasdaq:BNBN) today announced the availability of the free Adobe(R) Acrobat(R) eBook Reader(tm) 2.0 and a range of new graphics-rich Portable Document Format (file format) Portable Document Format - (PDF) The native file format for Adobe Systems' Acrobat. PDF is the file format for representing documents in a manner that is independent of the original application software, hardware, and operating system used to create those documents. (PDF (Portable Document Format) The de facto standard for document publishing from Adobe. On the Web, there are countless brochures, data sheets, white papers and technical manuals in the PDF format. )-based eBooks. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?1804 -------------------------------------------------- The Most Overused Phrase of 2000 Has Been Decided By the American Public Over 10,000 Americans exercised their voting rights Voting rights The right to vote on matters that are put to a vote of security holders. For example the right to vote for directors. voting rights The type of voting and the amount of control held by the owners of a class of stock. and helped make Super Bowl history by logging on to www.snickers
Snickers is a sweet bar made by Mars, Incorporated. .com to cast their votes for the most overused phrase of 2000 that made them want to "crunch" something. Learn the winning phrase right here ... . You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?1853 -------------------------------------------------- Burger King Announces New Burger Line-Up Burger King Corporation announced it is rolling out a new promotional Triple Cheeseburger and discounting its Single Cheeseburger and Double Cheeseburger line to offer products for every size appetite at great value to consumers. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?1854 -------------------------------------------------- Wheaties: Breakfast of New Champions Wheaties will issue a special-edition commemorative package honoring the World Champion Baltimore Ravens following their victory over the New York Giants
You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?1850 -------------------------------------------------- New DIMM (Dual In-Line Memory Module) A printed circuit board that holds memory chips and plugs into a DIMM socket on the motherboard. See memory module. DIMM - Dual In-Line Memory Module Option Available for PC/Electronics Manufacturers Requiring Low-Profile Memory for Limited-Space Applications Legacy Electronics announces the availability of their new 1.16" height SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) A type of dynamic RAM (DRAM) memory chip that has been widely used since the late 1990s. SDRAM chips eliminated wait states by dividing the chip into two cell blocks and interleaving data between them. DIMM, a CMTL-registered, 256-megabyte, PC133 SDRAM dual in-line memory module See DIMM. (storage) Dual In-line Memory Module - Small circuit boards carrying memory integrated circuits, with signal and power pins on both sides of the board, in contrast to single-in-line memory modules (SIMM). for local-area and wide-area network server applications. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?1860 -------------------------------------------------- ADC (1) See A/D converter. (2) (Apple Display Connector) A peripheral connector from Apple that combines digital video display, USB and power in one cable. Names Richard Roscitt as Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. ; and Lynn Davis as President and COO ADC (Nasdaq:ADCT ADCT Adaptive Discrete Cosine Transform ) today announced that its board of directors has selected Richard (Rick) R. Roscitt, formerly president of AT&T Business Services, as ADC's chairman and chief executive officer. In addition, ADC announced that Lynn Davis, current president of ADC's Broadband Connectivity Group, will become ADC's president and chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. , a newly created position. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?1857 -------------------------------------------------- Top PR Industry Executives to Assume Highest Leadership Positions at Streampipe.com Streampipe.com, one of the largest providers of Internet broadcasting services exclusively for enterprises, today announced the appointment of Joseph K. Fisher as chief executive officer and Kurt Krauss as chairman. Both gentlemen join Streampipe from top C-level positions at public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most giant Burson-Marsteller. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?1858 -------------------------------------------------- Stock Overlap To be a successful investor, your portfolio should contain a good mix of securities. But with mutual funds being so common, it's easy to get some of the same kinds of stocks without knowing it. Merrill Lynch looks at this problem. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?1849 -------------------------------------------------- 'Martians' Seen Throughout Britain The Butt-Ugly Martians are coming -- and they look set to become the first cult cartoon phenomenon of the 21st century when they hit British TV screens on 19 Feb. 2001. Aimed to appeal to four to 11 year-olds, Butt-Ugly Martians is a 3D CGI animated action-adventure-comedy series that will be broadcast on CiTV. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?1844 -------------------------------------------------- Mckee Wallwork Henderson Scores Big with Adbowl The Ravens and the Giants might have thought that they had only game in town, but just before sunset, the advertising agency Mckee Wallwork Henderson kicked off a whole new meaning to Super Bowl Sunday in the southwest. The first annual ADBOWL party was held in honor of the long awaited, super expensive Super Bowl commercials. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?1856 -------------------------------------------------- Penguin Computing Appoints Scott Weinbrandt as Vice President of Marketing Penguin Computing Inc., a San Francisco, Calif.-based provider of reliable Linux systems for Internet serving, today announced that Scott Weinbrandt has joined the company as vice president of marketing, effective immediately. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?1855 -------------------------------------------------- Astra Golf Apparel Aims for a Hole In One The Samsung golf wear brand Astra, launched in the U.S. market in 1999, debuts at the 2001 PGA (1) (Professional Graphics Adapter) An early IBM PC display standard for 3D processing with 640x480x256 resolution. It was not widely used. (2) (Programmable Gate Array) See gate array and FPGA. Merchandise Show at the Orange County Convention Center The Orange County Convention Center (OCCC) is the primary public convention center in Central Florida. The large complex is located on International Drive, a major tourist area in Orlando, Florida. taking place Jan 26-29, 2001. Astra announced that they would be the only Korean brand of golf wear to be displayed at the world's largest golf products exhibition. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?1852 -------------------------------------------------- David Novak Named Chairman at Tricon Global Restaurants Tricon Global Restaurants Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :YUM YUM The ISO 4217 currency code for the Yugoslavia New Dinar. ) announced that David C. Novak, 48, has become chairman of the Board, succeeding Andrall E. Pearson, 75, who will continue to serve as a director of Tricon with the title of Founding Chairman. Novak has been chief executive officer of the Company since January 2000 and vice-chairman since it was spun-off from PepsiCo in October 1997. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?1845 -------------------------------------------------- ABOUT NEWSTREAM.COM: Newstream.com is a joint venture of Business Wire (www.businesswire.com) and Medialink (www.medialink.com) Newstream.com, staffed by on-line news veterans, is dedicated to providing registered journalists with compelling and timely multimedia content: video, audio, photos, graphics and text from newsmakers in the fields of Technology, Science, Health & Medicine, Business & Finance, Entertainment, Consumer News, Sports, Lifestyles, Travel & Tourism and World and Government News. |
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