Newstream.com digest: LA Times to Launch New Weekly 'Tech Times' Section, Send Text E-Mails From Any Phone and more free multimedia story packages for journalists

Business Wire, Oct 12, 2000

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LA TIMES TO LAUNCH NEW WEEKLY 'TECH TIMES' SECTION

The new Los Angeles Times personal technology section will feature innovative consumer-oriented coverage of electronics, home and entertainment technology, personal computing, telecommunications, the Internet, and computer and video games. The stand-alone section, to appear Thursdays, will feature columns by some of the top technology and Internet writers in the nation and other content.

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SEND TEXT E-MAILS FROM ANY PHONE

WeType4u.com is adding E-mail service to the cyber typing service it launched in May. WeType4u.com's E-mail service sends all text E-mails and does not rely upon voice file attachments. The service can be used from any phone 24/7 and is available now.

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SYNTHETIC BONE AVAILABLE FOR USE IN EUROPE

Each year more than 600,000 spinal fusion procedures are performed worldwide to treat patients suffering from debilitating back pain or injury. These surgeries require bone material, which is normally harvested from a patient's hip. However, now a synthetic substitute, called Healos(R), has been approved in Europe, allowing patients to avoid the painful, costly and time-consuming surgical procedure.

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