PLUGGED IN : NEWS BYTES.DON'T TOUCH THAT DIAL: The battle over the Net-friendly television appliances intensifies today, thanks to NetChannel Inc., a Bay Area-based Web-based service that is delivered through a television set. NetChannel is expected to announce today it is acquiring ViewCall America Inc., which supplies Web set-top boxes for Hitachi and Mitsubishi, and will launch its Web service by this summer. The boxes, which sport between six and eight megabytes of RAM, will range from $299 to $399. Users will also pay a monthly subscription rate of $19.95. WEB LINKS WOODS ON THE WEB: Tiger Woods  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled. is reportedly close to signing a
lucrative deal with CBS/SportsLine to produce his exclusive home page as
early as this summer. SportsLine (http://www.sportsline.com), the New
York-based on-line service owned by CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. , beat out a handful of other Web
sites - including GolfWeb of Cupertino - in the Tiger hunt. SportsLine
has exclusive arrangements with other sports phenoms Shaquille
O'Neal Shaquille Rashaun O'Neal (pronounced "shak-KEEL") (born March 6, 1972 in Newark, New Jersey), frequently referred to simply as Shaq, is an American professional basketball player, generally regarded as one of the most dominant in the National Basketball Association (NBA). , Wayne Gretzky Noun 1. Wayne Gretzky - high-scoring Canadian ice-hockey player (born in 1961)Gretzky , Cal Ripken Jr., Jerry Rice Jerry Lee Rice (born October 13, 1962 in Crawford, Mississippi) is a former football wide receiver in the NFL. Rice is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in NFL history, consistently showing exceptional performance and strong work ethic on and off of the field. and Pete Sampras Peter “Pete” Sampras (born 12 August 1971), is a former World No. 1 tennis player from the United States. During his 15-year career he won a record 14 Grand Slam men's singles titles in 52 appearances. Sampras finished as No. . JACK IN TO JACKIE: Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier 50 years ago, and several sites honor his achievements. The Major League Baseball "MLB" and "Major Leagues" redirect here. For other uses, see MLB (disambiguation) and Major Leagues (disambiguation). Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in North American professional baseball. site - http://www.majorleaguebaseball.com/jackie/index.htm - highlights stories, houses RealAudio tributes and offers QuickTime movies. Also check out a new site by the National Archives and Records Administration - http://www.nara.gov/education/teaching/robinson/robmain.html - which includes documents between Robinson and four American presidents. RANDOM ACCESS With a motto of ``tools not text,'' Forbes magazine's new Web site will focus on interactive databases, directories, calculators and lists at http://www.forbes.com: Dubbed the Forbes Digital Tool, it's aimed at business-savvy executives. The new on-line entry heats up the competition among Forbes and its magazine rivals Business Week and Fortune. It also will compete for readers and ad dollars in a crowded on-line personal finance field that includes Money Online, the Motley Fool and The Street.com. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: (Color) No caption (Tiger Woods) |
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