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Though the V chip is mandatory on all new televisions, producers and broadcasters have done a lousy job of rating their shows, making the ratings understandable and providing the mandatory three hours a week of "educational and informative" programming for children. Such programs are identified by an E/I icon on the screen, and include heady offerings like NBA: Inside Stuff. (Parents with questions about the V chip and ratings can call 1-877-282-4478 or check cme.org...
...have TVs and 11% have Internet hookups. Giving a child her own TV might seem a handy way to avoid scuffles over the remote, but it is a terrible idea. TVs and computers should be in a central location so parents who can't figure out the V chip can at least know what TV their kids watch, and how much...
...money, SoftBook has hit the sweet spot in terms of size, weight and color. Now what high-tech bibliophiles need is for SoftBook and Microsoft to get their acts together. Perhaps a few versions down the road, someone will chip in with an olfactory circuit that gives e-books a new-book smell, at which point my old paper-and-glue devices won't stand a chance. Maybe I better clear some space in the garage, next to the cassettes and videotapes...
Komikado's loyalty to her co-workers is admirable, but the group mentality often discourages the risk taking needed to support experimental products. In the mid-1980s, Fujio Masuoka, a senior manager at Toshiba, created flash memory, a powerful chip that enables laptops to function without cumbersome disc drives. "American chipmakers are going to have to copy our design or risk losing the market," crowed Masuoka. Instead, Toshiba balked at mass production. Eventually, Intel swooped in and within a few years held 85% of the multibillion-dollar market...
PLAY IT AGAIN, SAM A new technology called NUON is turning ordinary DVD players into PlayStation-style game consoles. NUON is a graphics chip that will come in some next-generation DVD players, such as Samsung's Extiva DVD-N2000 ($499), out this month. Add NUON, plug in a game controller and pow!--your DVD deck plays video games.So far the games are nothing special, but if you're looking for an all-in-one entertainment machine, NUON is an option to watch...