Newstream.com Digest: Nitro Extreme Thrill Coaster Blasts Off, Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. Announces Succession Plan and Other Free Multimedia for Journalists.Business/Entertainment Editors & High-Tech/Automotive Writers NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 12, 2001 -------------------------------------------------- Nitro(tm) Extreme Thrill Coaster What a bad CD-R disc is often called. See CD-R and underrun. Blasts Off Amid immense fanfare and to the delight of thrill-lovers worldwide, Six Flags For the national flags of Texas, see . Six Flags (NYSE: SIX) is the world's largest chain of amusement parks and theme parks and is headquartered in New York City. There are 20 such parks run by Six Flags. Great Adventure theme park rockets into the history books as it debuts the highly-anticipated, new NITRO extreme mega coaster during its grand opening celebration. Watch video of NITRO. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?2637 -------------------------------------------------- Coca-Cola Enterprises Coca-Cola Enterprises NYSE: CCE is the largest bottler by volume in the Coca-Cola System. It is the anchor bottler for North America and parts of Europe. The company is the bottler of Coca-Cola and its other soft drink products, and in some areas a few other soft drink Inc. Announces Succession Plan The board of directors of Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. has elected Vice Chairman Lowry F. Kline as the new chief executive officer, succeeding Summerfield K. Johnston, Jr., who is retiring as an executive officer of the Company but will remain chairman of the board. John R. Alm, the Company'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. , will be elected to the board of directors on April 20, 2001. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?2658 -------------------------------------------------- THQ THQ Toy Headquarters THQ Territorial Headquarters THQ Tehsil Headquarters (Pakistan) THQ The Holy Quran THQ Theater Headquarters Announces New Legends for Xbox THQ Inc. (Nasdaq:THQI) announces the company is preparing its combat-driven, action-adventure game New Legends to be among the first wave of titles for the Xbox(tm) video game system from Microsoft. New Legends reaffirms THQ's commitment to publishing original and innovative software content for future-generation video game systems. The game will be available at retail alongside Xbox in fall 2001. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?2657 -------------------------------------------------- `Digimon' Hops Into Easter Supporting the Holiday Shopping Season With Creative Gift Ideas Saban Consumer Products and Fox Kids Worldwide hop into retail across the country as Easter hits, providing a fun collection of "Digimon"-branded merchandise at retail. Kids and parents are picking up their favorite items such as the popular "Digimon" Sticker Eggs, the 6-inch Digi-Pal Bean Bag Plush and the collectible line of Digivolving action figure toys that evolve to Eggs of Friendship, Sincerity, Courage, Love and Knowledge. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?2659 -------------------------------------------------- Consumer Reports May Highlights The May issue of Consumer Reports includes advice on saving energy and money; combatting the high cost of prescription drugs; personal digital assistants; chain saws; and buying a scanner. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?2655 -------------------------------------------------- New TelEdCommunications Alliance to Benefit Nation's Schools The new American TelEdCommunications Alliance will link education and telecommunications to provide schools, colleges, state agencies, libraries and other nonprofit groups with several benefits in telecommunications services. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?2651 -------------------------------------------------- Earthlink Launches Wireless E-mail Service See Internet e-mail service. On Motorola's Trendy Talkabout(R) T900 2-Way EarthLink's new wireless product -- part of the "EarthLink Everywhere" initiative -- lets consumers send and receive e-mail from their primary e-mail address See Internet address. e-mail address - electronic mail address -- anytime, from anywhere. Talkabout T900s using EarthLink's wireless e-mail service come with an EarthLink e-mail account e-mail account n → cuenta de correo and can also be configured to send and receive e-mail from most other open-standard Internet e-mail addresses. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?2656 -------------------------------------------------- Volvo Intros 1st Safety Concept Car of Century From the floor of the spectacular New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Auto Show An auto show, or motor show, is a public exhibition of current automobile models, debuts, concept cars, or out-of-production classics. It is commonly attended by automobile manufacturers. Most auto shows occur once or twice a year. , Volvo introduces its first concept car of this century. Get ready to take a look inside this extraordinary vehicle where you'll view a number of groundbreaking safety and technological innovations. However, these innovations will not remain futuristic for long -- they'll likely turn up in the next generation of consumer vehicles within the next two to four years. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?2638 -------------------------------------------------- SYS-CON Takes the Lead in Web Services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. Technology, Announcing Two New International Web Services Conferences and Web Services Developer's Journal SYS-CON Events' Web Services Edge 2001/East International Web Services Conference & Expo will be held Sept. 24-26 in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , followed by Web Services Edge 2001/West International Web Services Conference & Expo, which will take place Oct. 22-25 in Santa Clara, California Santa Clara, California (IPA: /ˌsæntəˈklærə/) , founded in 1777 and incorporated in 1852, is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. . You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?2650 -------------------------------------------------- John Zink Company Announces Publication of The John Zink(R) Combustion Handbook There is a new definitive resource for combustion technology information from the people who have been setting the standard for over 70 years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time John Zink Company LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control . The John Zink Combustion Handbook, published by CRC (Cyclical Redundancy Checking) An error checking technique used to ensure the accuracy of transmitting digital data. The transmitted messages are divided into predetermined lengths which, used as dividends, are divided by a fixed divisor. Press, is an exhaustive work dedicated to improved understanding and advancement of the art and science of industrial combustion. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?2654 -------------------------------------------------- ABOUT NEWSTREAM.COM (1) (Computer Output Microfilm) Creating microfilm or microfiche from the computer. 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