Word: boxed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...cleared corner, Yale sent a long ball from the sideline into the box, where a forward, who was unmarked, chose to play a weak header instead of putting the ball on the ground. That allowed Gunther to make the save and preserve the 1-0 lead...
...bunny again? To program your own all-Luke Perry channel? To add impromptu bathroom breaks to live broadcasts? Replay Networks and TiVo, creators of new digital-TV recording devices, are popping the question, working to persuade you to add yet another cube to the towering ziggurat of entertainment--cable box, VCR, DVD and video-game player--on your TV table. They say their new gadgets could just change TV itself in the process, a possibility that has the networks more than a little nervous. Lawyers have been summoned...
...download program schedules that pop up on the screen, where you click on a show rather than punching in times and channels and hoping you have got it right. This feature is free with Replay, while TiVo charges $9.95 a month, $99 a year or $199 lifetime. The ReplayTV box, currently sold only online, starts at $699; TiVo, recently arrived in retail stores...
...eventually be, as it was for Microsoft, not in the hardware but the software: the interface, program databases, associated content like TV "magazines" to guide users and advertising. (Neither system currently shows ads, but each has discussed future possibilities, including sponsorships.) "Our strategy is to embed it into other boxes," says TiVo CEO and cofounder Mike Ramsay. "We're going to build it into television sets and DVD players...It will eventually get embedded into every device." Ultimately, several companies will manufacture the boxes under license. Philips currently makes TiVo's box, and this month TiVo signed another deal with...
...tennis toe, it's characterized by bleeding under the toenail as a result of repeated trauma. I'd worn thinner socks than usual, which left room for my feet to slide forward, banging my nails many times against the front of the sneaker, or so-called toe box. Shoes that are too big or slippery can create the same problem...