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The article reports that Platinum Studios LLC, a privately held entertainment company in California, is going to publish its comic books online before print version. The firm is going to publish the books on the Web address DrunkDuck 2.0, which has been revamped by the company after buying DrunkDuck.com, a popular Web comics site. Scott Mitchell Rosenberg, chairman of the studio, is planning to make the Web first outlet for the company.

Reports on the development of a MIMO chip that can be used to wirelessly connect computers by Airgo Networks Inc., a technology firm in California.

Reports on the launch of a service for secure data backup from Xdrive Technologies Inc., a data storage service firm in Santa Monica, California.

Discusses how, under the auspices of the Institute for Multimedia Literacy, many University of Southern California's academic courses are requiring students to complete multimedia term papers. Example of a collaborative report on ancient Troy by University of Southern California students; Background on the institute's creation in 1997; Influence of filmmaker George Lucas; Topic of multimedia sensibilities and techniques; Views of students and administrators.

Discusses the growth of a subculture of hate on the Internet. Scheduled March 19, 1999 release of `Digital Hate 2000,' a report on the phenomenon by the Los Angeles, California-based Simon Wiesenthal Center; Examples of hate sites that initially appear innocent; Estimate of the number of questionable sites; Difficulties of defining a hate site; Question of whether removal of such sites amounts to unconstitutional censorship.

Discusses the possible reactions to the recorded version of a former detective Mark Fuhrman's rumblings about racism, police mayhem and misconduct against Los Angeles blacks. Implications of the speech to both the white and black citizens; Comments of various people on the issue.

Reports that officials of the Simon Wiesenthal Center's Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles, California, plans to make available on the Internet, documents, photographs and artifacts from the Jewish Holocaust and related topics. Number of people who visited the museum since 1993; Name of the museum's Web site; What the style and content of the site are based on; Comments from Rabbi Abraham Cooper, an associate dean of the museum.

Surveys Leimert Park, southwest Los Angeles, emerging as a center of black culture. Art Manley's morning jazz-steeped reveille for the park; Neighborhood created in 1927, designed by Olmstead & Olmstead (successor firm to the designer of Central Park); Physical location of the park; Potential to become a nationally recognized center of Pan-African culture; Saturday festivals; Clamor for change; Comments from merchants and musicians.