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LIFESTYLE | Tech Tools | Summer Reading For Success | Stacey Tisdale On the Cutting Edge: New Software and Gadgets for You Technology Suited to Your Unique Business Style By Nicole Allen FOR THE BUSINESS STUDENT AND MEETING MAVEN Zpen $93.07-$132.95 only PC users have access to the key word search engine and the handwriting-todigital-text conversion. As a bonus, just as with any other USB flash drive, the Zpen also stores photos, music, documents and files. FOR THE BUSINESS TRAVELER Philips Docking Entertainment System – DCP951 $199.99 Have you ever wished you could take notes during class and then download them to your computer without an optical character recognition (OCR) scanning nightmare? Remember those meetings when you’ve taken note after note on managerial directives and company visions, only to have trouble finding the information when you really needed it? If you’ve ever wished you could sync all of those loose papers into one master document, you may find a solution in Zpen. With Zpen in hand and the receiver nearby, you can take notes on any kind of paper, and then download your handwritten notes directly to a computer. Once the data is downloaded, use the included software to view your handwritten notes on screen, to perform a search of your notes by key words or to convert your handwriting to digital text so that you can edit your notes in a word processor like Microsoft Word. Zpen’s transfer capabilities are compatible with PC, Mac or Linux users, but First there were portable DVD players, and then iPod revolutionized on-the-go entertainment, spawning a generation of soon-to-be extinct video docking stations. Now it’s possible to download videos onto tiny memory cards. But let’s face it – sometimes you want a screen that’s bigger than your thumbprint. And whether you’re on a trans-Atlantic flight or a family road trip, you don’t need to waste space carrying multiple players for multiple media types. The DCP951, which boasts a nine-inch color widescreen, can eliminate your need to choose between video formats, BlackMBA • Summer 2008 99

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Black MBA- Summer 2008 Contents Mailbag Up Front From the President & CEO Politics of Change Catalyst for Change: Results of our 2008 Political Poll Know Whose Shoulders You Stand On: The Legacy of H. Naylor Fitzhugh Howard University: Changing With the Times Straight Talk: CEO to CEO Creating Your Own Sandbox Dual Threats Avoiding the Faux Pa Invest in Your MBA Everything You Need to Know About...Estate Planning On Campus Plan Ahead The Big Show What's in a Name? On the Move Market Forecast Jeff Friday Keith Wyche Life Lessons On the Ground Real Biz A Golden Opportunity Entrepreneurial Institute Tech Tools Read for Success Stacey Tisdale Advertiser Index

Black MBA - Summer 2008

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