Taking on new forms, electronic books turn a page; but don't try reading one while soaking in a the bathtub or sunbathing on the beach

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Three digital books are expected to be released in the fall of 1998 and priced between $299 and $1,600. Softbook's self-named electronic book weights 2.9 lbs, has a battery life of six hours and contains a 9.5 inch diagonal screen. Softbook is capable of storing 100,000 pages of text and gray-scale illustrations. A monthly subscription fee of $19.95 accompanies the $299 Softbook. Nuvomedia's Rocketbook is priced at $500, is capable of storing 4,000 pages and weights only 1.25 lbs. The electronic book has a 6.5 inch diagonal screen and has a remarkable 40 hour battery life, or 20 hours with the backlight on. Everybook's EB Dedicated Reader is priced between $1,400 and $1,600. The electronic book can store up to a half-million color pages and weights only 3.7 lbs. Two screens are provided, each 13.3 inches diagonally. Its battery life is four to six hours.

Hand-held computers, Handheld computers, Handheld data devices, Computer hardware, Product Announcement, Design and construction, Hand-held data device, Hardware product introduction, NuvoMedia Inc, Everybook Inc., SoftBook Press Inc, SoftBook Press SoftBook (Hand-held data device), NuvoMedia RocketBook (Hand-held data device), Everybook Dedicated Reader (Hand-held data device)

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Real bugs on youir PC screen

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The Intel microscope uses a video camera to transfer images of slides to the user's computer at 10X, 60X, and 200X magnification. The program then allows these images to be manipulated as video or graphic files, and imported to other documents, like school reports. In addition to slides, the lens/camera assembly can be detached for magnifying other 3-dimensional objects. The Gateway Astro is designed to be a low cost, easy to use PC. It has a 15 inch monitor, a 400 MHz Intel Celeron processor, 64 MB RAM, 4.3 GB hard drive, and 56K modem all in one unit. Unlike the iMac, it comes in beige only, and weighs 45 pounds.

United States, Electronic Computer Manufacturing, Optical Instrument and Lens Manufacturing, Optical instruments and lenses, Analog Computers, Optical Microscopes & Parts, Microcomputers, Product description/specification, Product information, Intel Corp., INTC, Optical instruments industry, Optical industry, X86 processors, Gateway Computer Systems Inc., Computer video camera, Computer video cameras, Optical microscopes

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