PLUGGED IN : NEWS BYTES.WIRED BRANCHING OUT: Wired Ventures Inc. announced last week that it lined up $21.5 million from institutional investors to finance its expansion, after pulling the plug on an initial public offering three months ago. The San Francisco-based company, which publishes Wired magazine and has an Internet site, declined to disclose the terms of the financing or provide the names of the investors. Wired has posted losses since it was launched as a magazine in 1993, largely as it spent on its new ventures, including its HotWired Web site. For the first half of the year, the company's loss widened to $34.7 million from $3.18 million a year ago. CASINO.COM (1) (Computer Output Microfilm) Creating microfilm or microfiche from the computer. A COM machine receives print-image output from the computer either online or via tape or disk and creates a film image of each page. : PerfectData Corp. of Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. has plans to open the International CasinoDirectory at http://www.staruni.com/casinodirectory/d efault.htm, an extensive listing of links to casinos worldwide, with a description of the various gaming facilities available at each entity. The CasinoDirectory includes casinos in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. , Lake Tahoe, other parts of Nevada, Atlantic City Atlantic City, city (1990 pop. 37,986), Atlantic co., SE N.J., an Atlantic resort and convention center; settled c.1790, inc. 1854. Situated on Absecon Island, a barrier island 10 mi (16. , Mississippi Delta This article is about the geographic region of the U.S. state of Mississippi. For other uses, see Mississippi Delta (disambiguation). The Mississippi Delta is the distinct northwest section of the state of Mississippi that lies between the Mississippi and Yazoo , the Caribbean, American Indian American Indian or Native American or Amerindian or indigenous American Any member of the various aboriginal peoples of the Western Hemisphere, with the exception of the Eskimos (Inuit) and the Aleuts. reservations, London, Monte Carlo Monte Carlo (môNtā` kärlō`), town (1982 pop. 13,150), principality of Monaco, on the Mediterranean Sea and the French Riviera. , cruise ships This is a list of cruise ships, both those in service and those that have since ceased to operate. Both cruise ships and cruiseferries are included in this list. (Ocean liners are not included on this list, see List of ocean liners. and riverboats. Starting in March, the site will also provide links to casinos that operate on the Internet. WEB LINKS PRIMO PARODY: One of the best Web 'zines around is The Onion at http://www.theonion.com, a tongue-in-cheek publication that looks like a real newspaper, but actually lambastes everything and everyone. Take a recent fictitious story about Bill Gates (person) Bill Gates - William Henry Gates III, Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft, which he co-founded in 1975 with Paul Allen. In 1994 Gates is a billionaire, worth $9.35b and Microsoft is worth about $27b. : ``In a move designed to hasten the inevitable, billionaire Microsoft tycoon Bill Gates announced yesterday that from now on, he will be getting half. . . . `Don't touch anything until you're sure it's not part of my half,' '' Gates instructed the world's citizenry yesterday via the several million 40-foot-high projection screens he has scattered throughout the globe. `I don't want anyone messing up stuff in my half.' '' WEATHER ON LINE: You can check the weather without stepping outside, thanks to the Weather Channel's new on-line, city-specific radar and animated time-lapsed satellite imagery system at http://www.weather.com. The site lets storm-watchers zip from national maps to local listings, with information that is updated every 30 minutes. QUICK FLICKS: Check out the latest and most hip entries into multimedia at the Lumiere Festival of Interactive Film and Storytelling (http://www.hyperbole.com/lumiere). Hosted by Seattle-based software developer Hyperbole Studios, the festival features the work of a dozen artists, as well as a bulletin board discussion forum and e-mail links to all the creators. The event runs through March 1. RANDOM ACCESS THAT'S NETAINMENT: Everyone wants to know how to build a successful, entertainment-based Web site. A new book, ``Creating Internet Entertainment'' (Wiley Computer Books, $39.95), will help would-be Web entrepreneurs find their way. Written by Jeannie Novak and Pete Markiewicz, the duo behind Kaleidospace at http://kspace.com, the book highlights some of the key issues links to Netainment: Conceptual and platform differences, copyright law, on-line cultural influences and the pull of Net media. |
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