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The Latest Computer Technology Can Slip Behind Your Ear
By Abby Seiff Posted on 1.30.2008 6 CommentsAt the DEMO conference in Palm Desert, California yesterday, the audience of 500-some technology veterans watched in rapt fascination as a company called Livescribe introduced its brilliant invention: a pen.
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The Write Stuff?
By Abby Seiff Posted on 5.2.2008 6 CommentsLike previous digital ink pens, the Livescribe Pulse converts your writing to searchable computer files. The Pulse, though, adds audio recording synchronized to your handwriting. Point the pen to a spot in your notes (or click on your computer screen), and hear what was said when you wrote it. That sounds good on paper, but will it work, er, on paper?
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