PLUGGED IN\WEB LINKS.BLUE OVER BILL: A new hue has been added to the protest ribbon rainbow. The Electronic Freedom Foundation is urging those opposed to censorship provisions of the 1996 telecommunications bill to wear a blue ribbon blue ribbon denotes highest honor. [Western Folklore: Brewer Dictionary, 127] See : Prize and/or post a blue ribbon on their Web page, with a link to the EFF's Blue Ribbon Campaign Blue Ribbon campaign may refer to:
AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. ADDED TO GERMAN INVESTIGATION: America Online Inc. said last week that it is part of a broadening probe by German prosecutors into hate material on the Internet, joining CompuServe Inc. and a European on-line service. The Vienna, Va., company said it may face charges in Germany for permitting German citizens to access neo-Nazi and anti-Semitic material on the global computer network, Bloomberg Business News reported. America Online and Bertelsmann AG jointly run AOL Europe. It is the second time since December that German authorities have pressured on-line services to censor Internet material. RANDOM ACCESS THRILL ON CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). : The thrill isn't gone for B.B. King, the legendary blues guitarist who's still touring the world at age 70 and still bringing audiences to their feet. King is a performer in every sense of the word - from his distinctive guitar riffs to his "blues shout" singing style to his gift for storytelling. All these talents are on display in an autobiographical CD-ROM called On the Road With B.B. King, San Jose Mercury News The San Jose Mercury News is the major daily newspaper in San Jose, California and Silicon Valley. The paper is owned by MediaNews Group. Its headquarters and printing plant are located in North San Jose next to the Nimitz Freeway (Interstate 880). reviewer Mike Langberg writes. Fans of King, whose biggest single was 1969's "The Thrill Is Gone," will find several hours of fascinating material here. WINDOWS CLEANER: PowerDesk, an engrossing engrossing, in English law, practice of acquiring a monopoly of goods in order to sell them at an inflated price. The offense was ordinarily limited to monopolies of foods. Related practices were forestalling, i.e. utility package for Windows 95, carries a fairly hefty $50 suggested retail price, but it delivers a suite of extremely useful enhancements to Microsoft's new operating system that many users will find well worth the added tariff, the Chicago Tribune's James Coates reports. The idea behind the software is to put a toolbar A row or column of on-screen buttons used to activate functions in the application. Many toolbars are customizable, letting you add and delete buttons as required. Toolbars may be fixed in position or may float, which means they can be dragged to a more convenient location in the on the monitor screen that goes far beyond the toolbar at the bottom of the screen with the now-famous "Start" button. Even without the enhancements, the toolbar is the most important difference between Windows 95 and earlier Windows versions. PowerDesk's toolbar adds displays showing a wealth of information beginning with an immediately visible, comprehensive display about what is going on with the machine. |
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