PLUGGED IN\WEB LINKS.THE E-MAIL e-mail: see electronic mail. in full electronic mail Messages and other data exchanged between individuals using computers in a network. ENVELOPE PLEASE: Polls are open for the Digital Hollywood Awards honoring the best in new media, both on line and off. Internet users are invited to cast votes in about two dozen categories by filling in a ballot at the Digital Hollywood Web site - http://www.digitalhollywood.com. Winners will be announced during the Digital Hollywood conference set for later this month. LOVE IS IN THE AIR "Love is in the Air" is the 14th episode of the ABC television series, Desperate Housewives. The episode was the 14th episode for the show's first season. The episode was written by Tom Spezialy and was directed by Jeff Melman. - AND ON LINE: Capitol Records Capitol Records is a major United States-based record label, owned by EMI, located in Hollywood, California. Its headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine. New Media's Web site, which last year featured Beatles Valentines for e-mail delivery, is gearing up to offer cyber-weddings complete with music (from Capitol's catalog, of course), a marriage certificate and the opportunity for friends to join in the exchange of vows via live chat. The "I Thee Web" site - http://hollywoodandvine.com - also has a digital, fill-in-the-blanks proposal for those too nerdy to formulate their own, and a virtual registry that can be viewed by all Net surfers. Don't go rushing over there yet, though - the site won't be open until Valentine's Day Valentine's Day: see Saint Valentine's Day. Valentine's Day Lovers' holiday celebrated on February 14, the feast day of St. Valentine, one of two 3rd-century Roman martyrs of the same name. St. . If you just want to send an electronic Valentine, try Nero's Love-letter Server - http://www.nerosworld.com - which has a selection of pre-fab letters and cards for e-mailing to your loved one. NEWS BYTES CYBER-SPEECH DEBATE: One day after it became law, a provision restricting smut smut, name for an order of parasitic fungi (Ustilaginales) and the various diseases of plants caused by them. Smuts produce sootlike masses of spores on the host. on computer networks faced a challenge Friday from a senator determined to repeal it. Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., said the provision, contained in a sweeping telecommunications law, violates computer users' free speech rights and would cripple the growth of on-line communications. The measure for the first time outlaws the transmission of indecent and other sexually explicit materials to minors. As Clinton signed the telecommunications bill Thursday, the American Civil Liberties Union American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), nonpartisan organization devoted to the preservation and extension of the basic rights set forth in the U.S. Constitution. and 19 other groups filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Philadelphia, challenging the anti-indecency provision. Leahy turned his own home page black in protest of the provision. SPELLING CHECK: An educational computer toy may wind up teaching children more than they need to know - like how to spell offensive words. Tiger Electronics
Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. . Pat Gillian and his wife June of Martinsburg, W.Va., discovered the problem when their 9-year-old daughter was spelling a word that began with the letter "f" and the spell-checker suggested an expletive. Owners of the computer with the offensive spell-checker can exchange it for a revamped version in March, Rosenberg said. VOICE RECOGNITION "I want to emphasize my strong belief . . . that the foundations of our business are sound, and that Apple Computer has the ability, determination and staying power to deal with current challenges and to move forward with confidence into the future. I fully expect that our customers' grandchildren will be buying Apple products." Gil Amelio Gilbert F. Amelio (born March 1, 1943 in New York City) is an American technology executive. He grew up in Miami, Florida, and received a bachelor's, master's, and Ph.D. in physics from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Apple Computer Inc.'s new chairman and chief executive |
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