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...dark restaurant has been doing a roaring trade since it opened, others are now copying Rudolph's idea. In September, the local Association of the Blind and Visually Handicapped will open an Unsicht-Bar in Berlin. This restaurant will also have a "dark stage" on which it will host audio book premieres, readings and concerts. It will even present blind- date events that truly merit the name...
...counter this unhappy trend. Lots of different media players - software summoned by conventional Web browsers - enable you to play sound or video clips embedded in Web pages on the PC. But RealNetworks' RealOne SuperPass for Europe goes beyond other services. It is a one-stop shop for video and audio links to news, sports, reality shows and music clips from a variety of content providers, including the BBC, CNN, MTV and Britain's Channel 4. In one window on your computer monitor RealOne can deliver exclusive streaming audio and video, such as archived clips of Elton John, the Police...
LOOK MA, NO PC! Until now, adding new music to your MP3 player meant plugging the device into your computer and transferring songs off the hard drive. But next-generation audio players like the Digisette DUO-DX E-Cassette ($189) can record songs directly from a stereo system without computer software--or, for that matter, a computer. Just pop the DUO-DX into a stereo tape deck, hit the record button and automatically convert CDs, tapes or radio tunes into MP3 files...
...ASKED IT] Higher-end cameras can record short audio tags or crude video clips (really stills captured in quick succession...
...digital-audio-player market, today's gadgets are smaller and lighter than their predecessors of just six months ago. The latest high-capacity units, like Archos' 20-gigabyte Jukebox Recorder, hold 4,000 tunes. The challenge for gearmakers like SONICblue, whose RioRiot is the nation's top-selling player, is to fend off Sony, Panasonic and Samsung. As these giants muscle in and as component costs fall, price wars will pressure smaller firms. "It remains to be seen if a SONICblue can sustain its brand," says analyst Susan Kevorkian of tech-research firm...