VALLEY FIRMS HONORED AT SHOW.Byline: Yardena Arar Daily News Staff Writer A pair of San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. companies, Jasmine jasmine (jăs`mĭn, jăz–) or jessamine (jĕs`əmĭn), any plant of the genus Jasminum of the family Oleaceae (olive family). Multimedia and Ora Electronics, were honored Friday for their innovative products on the first day of the Winter Consumer Electronics Show. Van Nuys-based Jasmine earned a berth in the CES software showcase for its Multimedia Yearbook line of CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). greeting cards See e-card. , each one dedicated to a particular year from 1929 to the present. Chatsworth-based Ora won for its VibraRing line of rechargeable re·charge tr.v. re·charged, re·charg·ing, re·charg·es To charge again, especially to reenergize a storage battery. re cellular phone batteries that can replace jarring rings with vibrations. Retailing for $9.95, the Multimedia Yearbooks commemorate a year using newsreel footage, movie trailers, facts and a trivia quiz. The CD-ROM discs are jacketed in a greeting card and envelope that can be displayed in revolving racks used for traditional paper cards. Jasmine President Jay Alan Samit said he hopes to place the racks in tens of thousands of greeting card stores across the country, thereby bypassing computer and software stores where shelf space for a tidal wave tidal wave, term properly applied to the crest of a tide as it moves around the earth. The wavelike upstream rush of water caused by the incoming tide in some locations is known as a tidal bore. of new multimedia titles is becoming more and more scarce. "You end up paying so much for shelf space that you're lucky to break even," Samit said. Jasmine, publishers of the popular "Vid Grid" series of multimedia puzzles, is also showing a Vatican-sanctioned CD-ROM history of the Catholic Church called "Inside the Vatican," and a CD-ROM biography of master caricaturist Al Hirschfeld Noun 1. Al Hirschfeld - United States artist noted for his line-drawn caricatures (1904-2003) Hirschfeld , called "Hirschfeld: The Great Entertainers." Ora's award was in the lifestyle electronics category. Available in five models that support most cellular phone brands, VibraRing batteries cost $99.95. The batteries cause the phone to vibrate even when the volume is turned all the way down. "It's a very-easy-to-use system. You don't have to set it up," said Ora President Gershon Cooper. VibraRing also silences the ringing some portable cellular phones emit during outgoing calls. Founded in 1974, Ora is a supplier of accessories and enhancements for cellular phones, pagers, computer/home office equipment and telephone accessories. CAPTION(S): PHOTO Photo (color) A Van Nuys firm has debuted the Multimedia Yearbook line of CD-ROM greeting cards. |
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