Personal Info. Organizers Fit in Purse or Pocket

Two new personal information organizers from Sharp pack powerful functions into compact units that easily fit in a purse or shirt pocket. First, the YO-380 can exchange information with other electronic organizers and with IBM-compatible computers. Its 256K memory stores up to 6,850 names or 4,270 appointments. Tailored for money management, the Wizard OZ-5500 includes software to track and update transactions in multiple accounts. Built-in templates record personal, financial, contact and other important information. Finally, AT&T has released Mail access software for Sharp's Zaurus keyboard-enhanced Personal Digital Assistant, allowing users to send faxes as well as send and receive e-mail over the Internet or online services. Sharp Electronics Corp., Mahwah, NJ, (800) BE-SHARP.

Featured

  • Engineering team implements digital guardrails on AI

    3 Starting Points for Integrating AI Guardrails in K-12 Districts

    As education leaders start to craft an AI policy that is both practical and flexible enough to evolve with this fast-changing technology, there is at least one principle that should be foundational: AI should serve to augment human critical thinking and creativity but never replace human interaction and decision-making.

  • large cloud icon on the right in an abstract world above a polygon with a dark blue background

    Cloud Security Alliance Expands Agentic AI Governance Work

    The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) has announced a series of CSAI Foundation milestones aimed at securing what it calls the agentic control plane, including a new catastrophic risk initiative, CVE Numbering Authority authorization, and the acquisition of two agentic AI specifications.

  • Double exposure image of coin stacks on technology financial graph background

    The Budget Cut that Changes Everything in K-12

    ESSER funding, the post-COVID lifeline that enabled many districts to invest in data collection and research, is coming to an end. For districts that relied on those dollars to conduct surveys and gather community feedback, the impact is significant.

  • futuristic representation of interconnected individuals within a digital network

    OpenAI Launches Fellowship to Fund External AI Safety Research

    OpenAI is expanding safety efforts beyond its walls with a new six-month Safety Fellowship that will fund external researchers to study AI risks.