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...known simply as "PC by Sony," but the $3,000 desktop unit, set to hit the shelves later this summer, is emphatically being presented by the Japanese behemoth as anything but a traditional computer. Instead Sony is positioning the sleek gray box as the first step on the road to digital "home media stations," machines that will combine video, stereo and Internet access. That may be a visionary strategy--or a clever way to lower expectations for a product that drew mixed reviews at last week's PC Expo in New York City. Herewith, a look at the features Sony...
...Everest had become the accessible behemoth, or so it seemed. Never as murderously tricky to climb as K-2, the world's second-highest peak, its challenge lay in the brute facts of its extreme altitude, occasional storms and inaccessibility. As clothing and equipment manufacturers mitigated the first problem, and a sprawling base camp sprang up at 5,340 meters to provide warmth and food to dozens of would-be peak beaters, the issue for elite climbers was no longer whether they could reach Everest's pinnacle but rather how many paying customers they could take with them...
...night and got a call from a dealer the next morning. "They talked price on the phone, and two days later, we picked up our Suburban," says Julia, a writer and registered nurse. Cost: $28,000, which was $4,000 below the previous best price for the eight-seat behemoth. Adds Julia: "I'll never buy a car any other...
...central Republican idea was that the individual, the family, the church, the schools--civil society--were being systematically usurped and strangled by the federal behemoth. Republicans were riding into Washington to slay...
They're talking about it in the Bundestag and they're petrified of it in Beijing. In Washington, DC, they like it, but fear it will spiral out of control. Governments around the globe have caught Internet fever and are struggling to regulate this new electronic behemoth...