PLUGGED IN : NEWS BYTES.POWER AT YOUR FINGERTIPS "Fingertips" is a 1963 number-one hit single recorded live by "Little" Stevie Wonder for Motown's Tamla label. Wonder's first hit single, "Fingertips" was the first live, non-studio recording to reach number-one on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in the United States. : The IRISPen Executive looks like something out of James Bond's briefcase. This pen-shape device is an optical character recognizer that lets users scan in small bits of information from printed material: sentences from a textbook or data from business cards. Developed by I.R.I.S. America in Boca Raton Boca Raton (bō`kə rətōn`), city (1990 pop. 61,492), Palm Beach co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic; inc. 1925. Boca Raton is a popular resort and retirement community that experienced significant industrial development in the 1970s and 80s. , Fla., the machine can read white text on a black background, handwritten hand·write tr.v. hand·wrote , hand·writ·ten , hand·writ·ing, hand·writes To write by hand. [Back-formation from handwritten.] Adj. 1. numbers and text in 26 languages. After scanning the information, the data can be transmitted directly into either your PC or Macintosh computer. The IRISPen retails for $399. The company provides more information about the product at its Web site, http://www.IRISUSA.com. NET CONFERENCE: Curious about using the Internet as a marketing tool and place to transact business? Check out ``The Internet: What's Fact, What's Fancy'' a daylong conference set for Feb. 7 at the UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX Sunset Villages. Speakers will include senior management from Microsoft, Disney Interactive, Western International Media, Netcount, InfoTouch, SAIC SAIC - http://saic.com. , Sony Computer Entertainment, Bandai Digital Entertainment, Ziff Davis Ziff Davis Inc. (ZD) is an American magazine publisher and Internet Information company. It was founded in 1927 in Chicago by William B. Ziff, Sr. and Bernard G. Davis. Throughout most of its history, it was a publisher of hobbyist magazines, often ones devoted to expensive, , Travelocity, AudioNet and Pacific Bell Internet Services. Registration is $125 per person in advance or $145 at the door. For more information, call 310-825-2985. WEB LINKS EYE ON THE SKY: There are Web cameras capturing the exciting drip-drip-drip of coffee pots, the soothing crash of the California surf The California Surf were an American association football (soccer) club based in Anaheim, California who played in the NASL from 1978 to 1981. Their home field was Anaheim Stadium. They originally were the St. and the status of vending machines on college campuses. Now, there's the Wild Birds Web site and its collection of bird feeder bird feeder also bird·feed·er n. An outdoor container for bird feed, used to attract wild birds. Noun 1. bird feeder - an outdoor device that supplies food for wild birds birdfeeder, feeder cams at http://www.wbu.com/feedercam(underscore)home.htm. See birds eat! See lots of birds eat! Or, if you happen to catch the site at a bad time, you'll see only an empty feeder. INVESTING ADVICE: Telescan, Inc. has redesigned its Net-based investor site, Wall Street City at http://www.wallstreetcity.com. The site, which answers commonly asked questions by investors, now offers product and investment analysis. Key components include multiple portfolios, advanced screening tools, international market data and portfolio scanning capabilities. RANDOM ACCESS INTERNET TO GO: Hometown America Inc. in Lewisburgh, W.Va., has opened a drive-up internet access in a former fast-food restaurant. The company installed a 15-inch monitor inside the building at an angle drivers can see and a keyboard and glide pad outside for drivers to pull into their cars. |
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