This summer, Knight-Ridder closed a research center in Colorado that had been set up to explore electronic alternatives to newspaper publication.

For people who prefer doing their taxes the old fashioned way - by paper - this is an electronic alternative.

Given electronic international alternatives, overregulation in this country - or any country for that matter - will simply drive trading away.

Although she preferred paper bills, Mrs. Boughey, 26, agreed to the electronic alternative.

Cyclists began to see a growing range of electronic alternatives to traditional mechanical shifting for derailleur gears.

Mobile money transfers serve as electronic alternatives to traditional paper methods such as checks and money orders.

Even when there are a lot of electronic alternatives, sharing instant prints has an intrinsic social value.

The Postal Service noted the "continuing shift in household preference toward electronic alternatives to mail."

An electronic alternative to record key navigation, engine watch, port calls and other operational activities on board vessels of all sizes.

Seiko, a Japanese watch manufacturer, markets an electronic alternative to the trusty pencil and paper.