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NEWS
August 26, 2005
A new way to borrow audiobooks from the library involves no CDs, no car trips, no fines and no risk of being shushed. Rather, public libraries from New York City to Alameda, Calif., are letting patrons download Tom Clancy techno-thrillers, Arabic tutorials and other titles, which they can listen on their computers or portable music players--all without leaving home. Librarians say such offerings help libraries stay relevant in the digital age. ---------- Compiled from news services and edited by Scott Kleinberg (skleinberg@tribune.
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NEWS
By Jimm Dispensa | March 22, 2001
After a year in which Chicago businesses and residents suffered Ameritech's worst service levels ever, now we learn that Ameritech officials are threatening to cut investment in their aging network. Imagine Florida state election officials threatening to cut investment in their punch-card ballot system. It's a funny thought until you look at the similarities: Both systems are 80 years old, increasingly incapacitated and woefully ill-prepared to meet the challenges of the digital age. As Henny Youngman might have said, "Take my local phone carrier . . . please!"
NEWS
By Joel Hood, TRIBUNE REPORTER | August 19, 2009
In Chicago Heights, where roughly half of working-age adults are out of work, some are hoping a new computer training program designed for the unemployed can help lift their fortunes and those of the economically ravished community. The program, called Elevate America, is a joint effort by the State of Illinois and software giant Microsoft to improve computer literacy in areas that have traditionally lagged behind. The nationwide program was launched this month in adult learning centers at three locations in Chicago, as well as centers in Chicago Heights, Joliet, Wheaton and around Illinois.
BUSINESS
By From Tribune news services | July 27, 2001
Investors may still be waffling on whether Xerox Corp.'s current management is the right team to lead the copier company in a digital age, but Xerox's board weighed in with a resounding vote of confidence Thursday, naming President Anne Mulcahy as its chief executive. She will succeed Paul Allaire in that post on Aug.1; he will stay on as chairman until his retirement at the end of the year. Mulcahy, 48, has been a CEO-in-waiting since Xerox's board abruptly ousted former Chief Executive G. Richard Thoman in May 2000, after just over a year in the job, brought back Allaire and promoted Mulcahy to the No. 2 spot.
ENTERTAINMENT
November 3, 2011
North Central College's Sesquicentennial Homecoming Weekend concert schedule originally had Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo on the docket. Instead, vocalist and guitarist Colbie Caillat will play a solo acoustic show, and that's fine with us. Caillat should be in her element, having performed for this year's NFL season opener and at the 2010 baseball All-Star Game. And since Caillat's 2007 debut single, "Bubbly," she has been making a name for herself in other circles by performing with artists including Jason Mraz, Taylor Swift and Common.
NEWS
By JOSHUA KLEIN, REDEYE SPECIAL CONTRIBUTOR | February 28, 2005
Kylie Minogue Ultimate Kylie In an alternate universe, Kylie Minogue would have gone down as a one-hit wonder, just a tiny Australian soap opera star that had some fluke success with a cheesy bubblegum cover of "Locomotion." Fortunately, we don't live in that universe, since Minogue has deftly updated bubblegum pop for the digital age. While she's recorded enough international hits to span two discs, it's the more recent stuff on Disc 2--"Come Into My World," "Love at First Sight," "Can't Get You Out of My Head"--that finally broke her in America and helped nudge sophisticated disco back into the spotlight.
FEATURES
By Nancy Watkins | September 23, 2007
When Q asked you to send us your bad vacation photos this summer, our thinking was that they were on their way out thanks to the instant viewing and delete capabilities of digital cameras. It turns out that reports of the death of the bad vacation photo were exaggerated. Most of the images you sent us were products of the digital age that were just too funny to delete. We received so many that we liked, we decided to conclude our summer series with a last roundup. Thanks to all who sent in photos, especially you good sports in the more unflattering poses.
NEWS
July 4, 2007
A new director will take over the reins at the University of Chicago Press at the end of the summer, officials said Tuesday. Garrett P. Kiely, who is the president of the American division of academic publisher Palgrave Macmillan, will become director of the nation's largest academic press in September. The Georgetown graduate has also held leadership positions at Encarta World English Dictionary and Grove's Dictionary. Kiely will replace Paula Barker Duffy, who served as director since 2000.
ENTERTAINMENT
By Janine Schaults | March 6, 2009
Any burgeoning teenage filmmakers out there looking for a place to showcase their talents? Scorsese and Spielberg wannabes will delight in this Teen Film Festival evening, which puts the spotlight on the directors of the future. But anyone can participate, and therein lies the beauty of the digital age. If you have a video camera, you can create a semiprofessional piece. Just look at YouTube.com for examples. Informal judging will take place to choose the most promising submissions in a plethora of categories such as Best Scary Film and Best Dramatic Film.
ENTERTAINMENT
By Sid Smith, Special to the Tribune | May 22, 2009
The name suggests a cutesy twist on America's beloved backyard tradition: Barbatuques. In fact, the Brazilian troupe's appellation combines the surname of founder Fernando Barba with a refigured spelling of Portuguese terms for "strike" and "trick." The dancers certainly pound on each other as part of their body drumming. As for trickery, it's not so much a matter of pranks as a bewitching spell born of audio-visual-percussive novelty. This unique ensemble of a dozen or so performers blends the invention of Stomp, the versatility of Kodo drummers and the instincts of tap into something stylish, Brazilian and indeed quite magical.
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