The Cutting Edge: COMPUTING / TECHNOLOGY / INNOVATION : America Online

* Today, 6 p.m.: Financial analyst Stephanie Ackler answers questions on women and investing. Keyword: Centerstage

* Friday, 9 a.m.: Noted stock picker Peter Lynch talks about investment strategies. Keyword: Centerstage

CompuServe

* Today, 5 p.m.: Representatives from Symantec Corp. and give computer virus prevention tips. Go CONVENTION

* Thursday, 5 p.m.: James McPherson, Pulitzer Prize-winning American Civil War historian. Go CONVENTION

Microsoft Network

* Today, 5:30 p.m.: Screenwriter Robert King, who wrote “Speechless,” gives advice on finding success in the film market.

Prodigy

* Today, 6 p.m.: David Cone, pitcher for the New York Yankees, from the Yankees’ training camp in Tampa, Fla. Jump: CHAT

* Thursday, 1:30 p.m.: Ice skating star and Olympic gold medalist Kristi Yamaguchi. Jump: CHAT

Internet

* If you’re searching for information about films nominated for Academy Awards this year, check out the Web site of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. It offers film news, pre-award event schedules and historical data about past winners and nominees. It is at https://oscars.guide.com

* Among the many new Web cam links you can find listed at https://www.intertain.net/~cameras/ are a tele-robotic live camera atop a radio tower in Alameda, another that allows viewers to watch giraffes cavorting at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, and another trained on a plate of decomposing Spam.

* Almost everything you might want to know about space, including space flight history, moon missions and star maps, is at https://www.aros.net/~create/space/space.htm

Sources: Times, wire and company reports