Word: chips
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...battle on the Internet has been as public as the one waged over the Clipper Chip -- the U.S. Government-designed encryption system for encoding and decoding phone calls and E-mail so that they are protected from snooping by everyone but the government itself. The information-should-be-free types on the Internet were strongly opposed to Clipper from the start, not because they were against encryption, ironically, but because they wanted a stronger form of encryption -- encryption for which the government doesn't have a back-door key, as it intends to have with the Clipper system...
...just resting on its market share while everyone else catches up. Last month, the company announced price cuts for the iPod mini (to $199 for the 4-GB model) and the iPod photo. Meanwhile, the company that makes the microprocessor brains for the iPod started shipping a new chip last week that consumes less power?meaning that iPod's bugbear, its mediocre battery life, may soon be banished. Advantage Apple. "There's a gap between understanding what users want and being able to provide it," says Susan Kevorkian, a senior research analyst at market-research firm International Data Corp. Apple...
...Throughout the game we were just trying to chip away,” Chu said. “The key is to not be frustrated with that...
...Throughout the game we were just trying to chip away,” Chu said. “The key is to not be frustrated with that...
...more than doubled in value by the time he sold them - to just over €250,000. - By Peter Gumbel Emerald Isle Denial Intel is reconsidering future investments in Ireland, its European base, after the state withdrew aid worth €170 million for a €1.6 billion computer chip plant in County Kildare, following hints from Brussels that the subsidy would fall foul of E.U. rules...