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IN DOLBY: Desper Products Inc., a division of the Woodland Hills-based Spatializer Audio Laboratories, has developed a means to allow people to hear Dolby sound on their computer speakers and headsets. The proprietary technology, DVS-5.1, translates the multichannel audio format used with digital videodisc machines into a simple, two-speaker setup.

SINGAPORE CENSOR: Singapore says it will only censor ``a few dozen'' Web sites in its attempts to keep pornography and offensive material off the Internet. ``If you are just an individual accessing certain Web sites in the privacy of your own study, we don't really care. I mean, that's your life,'' minister George Yeo said in an interview with the British Broadcasting Corp., a transcript of which was released Friday by the government. Yeo said Singapore will control the Internet like it runs its customs posts - about 7 million visitors pass through them annually without ever being checked ``unless you are trying to bring in a giraffe or an elephant.''

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COOL SITE: Klub Kaycee: Kansas City Jazz in the 1920s and 30s (http://www.kcjazz.com) is a treasure trove for jazz buffs. Presented by the Miller Nichols Library at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, the site houses short biographical sketches of more than 25 jazz artists important in the Kansas City jazz scene in the 1920s, '30s and '40s. But the true star is the ``Soundbyte'' section where, with the use of a RealAudio 2.0 player, users can listen to nearly 40 jazz recordings provided from the holdings of the library. Be sure to check out the sounds of such musical greats as Count Basie, Euday Bowman, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, and Jay McShann's Kansas City Stompers. A low-graphics site is also available (http://www.kcjazz.com/mainpage.htm).

TUNEUP TIME: Your PC is on the fritz and the manual might as well be written in Latin. Try PC Lube and Tune (http://pclt.cis.yale.edu/pclt), a no-nonsense series of tutorials that explains complicated concepts in clear, easy-to-understand terms. Compiled by Howard Gilbert, a senior research programmer for Yale University's Computer and Information Systems, the site offers such information as ``Distributed Applications and the Web,'' ``Learning Java,'' ``Introduction to TCP/IP'' and ``The Warp Internet Connection.''

HUNGRY?: Hungry, but don't know what you want to eat? Then browse through the LA Dining site (http://www.ladining.com), a fairly thorough guide to local restaurants. The guide lists more than 500 eateries in the area, and lets users search the listings by address, cuisine, price range, dress code and whether the restaurant offers takeout. And only Angelenos would care about this - the site notes if a particular locale has a helicopter pad.

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