WWW.WHERE IT'S @; LOOKING FOR SOMETHING NEW? POINT YOUR BROWSER HERE.DO YOU PAGOO?: A new program called Pagoo uses the Internet to drop voice-mail messages on your computer's desktop while you are online. First download and install the software - a mere 553 KB from Pagoo's Web site: www.pagoo.com. The Web site gives you a Pagoo identification number and password. Next, give your Pagoo ID to all your friends.If you happen to be online - tying up your phone line - all they have to do is call Pagoo's toll-free number, punch in your ID number and leave you a voice-mail message. Seconds later, poof! A little Pagoo window pops up on your screen. Click on the window, and Pagoo will play the voice-mail message with pretty good sound fidelity. SHE'S GOT STYLE: Last Christmas, retailers struggled to keep the Barbie Barbie in full Barbara Millicent Roberts A plastic doll, 11.5 in. (29 cm) tall, with the figure of an adult woman that was introduced in 1959 by Mattel, Inc., a southern California toy company. Fashion Designer 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). on their shelves, as computer-savvy kids clamored for the chance to design and print real clothes for America's favorite 12-inch bombshell bomb·shell n. 1. An explosive bomb. 2. One that is sensationally shocking, surprising, or amazing. bombshell Noun a shocking or unwelcome surprise Noun 1. . Mattel is hoping for similar success with a follow-up product, the $35 Barbie Magic Hair Styler CD-ROM. The software lets users create original hair and makeup styles through three-dimensional renderings of Barbie and her pals Christies, Kira and Teresa. The user can cut, curl, color and even grow the dolls' hair, and apply lipstick, eyeshadow, blush and foundation to the dames' faces. NEWCOM'S NEW OFFER: Westlake Village-based NewCom Inc., which just held a successful initial public offering, has debuted a 56K internal data/fax modem using the U.S. Robotics (U.S. Robotics, Inc., Schaumburg, IL, www.usr.com) A modem manufacturer highly regarded for its quality products. The company manufactures its own chipsets (data pumps) and often leads with innovations. Its HST protocol was a high-speed, reliable protocol before V. X2 protocol. The modem lets users download at a rate up to 56 kilobytes per second A kilobyte per second (KB/s or KBps) is a unit of data transfer rate equal to:
(communications) video conferencing - A discussion between two or more groups of people who are in different places but can see and hear each other using electronic communications. , speakerphone applications and answering machine capabilities. The modem comes in two flavors: A $135 data/fax modem, and a $150 data/fax/voice modem. ROCK AROUND THE BLOCK: Van Nuys-based Alfred Publishing Alfred Publishing is a US sheet music publisher specializing in educational music. It is one of the largest US publishers, second only to Hal Leonard. It is the largest educational music publisher in the world. Co. has released a software version of its guitar-learning method: Guitropolis. The graphics-rich, interactive software takes users on a virtual tour of various nightclubs in the imaginary city of Guitropolis where they can pick up tips on different styles of guitar playing, from rock to blues. The $50 program is being distributed to retailers through an agreement with New Jersey-based MicroCentral. |
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