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...America's biggest single source of consumer electronics. That came at some cost to American jobs but at a big cost to countries that compete directly with China, such as its Asian neighbors and Mexico. Along the way, China became a vital link in the global supply chain. Some Dell notebook computers from China are made by a Taiwan-owned company called Compal using Taiwanese circuitry, a U.S.-made Intel chip and a screen from Korea. All those imported parts explain why, despite a projected trade surplus with the U.S. of between $120 billion and $130 billion for this year...
TECH: A Jetsonian test kitchen; Dell's answer to iPod; laptop 3-D without the funny glasses...
Hoping to duplicate the success of Apple's iPod and iTunes Music Store, several companies have launched portable players tied to powerful music managers and music-download stores. One compelling entry of the past month is Dell's DJ Player with Dell Jukebox powered by Musicmatch ($249 for 15 GB; $299 for 20 GB). First, the bad news: at a hefty 7.6 oz. (a comparable iPod weighs 2 oz. less), the Dell DJ is a little too big--it barely fits in a pants pocket. But the player has some nice improvements over Apple's. The large volume buttons...
...telephony--IBM through its Lotus Instant Messaging and Web Conferencing product, and Microsoft through Windows XP on the desktop, Windows CE for wireless and its Windows and Live Communications Servers. Many analysts believe that when the dust clears, VOIP hardware will become a commodity, made by a firm like Dell, while a few communications companies will have their hand in the software pie--and that Microsoft and IBM may be calling the shots over the long term...
...lapped up major operations of 17 California companies including Sun Microsystems and Charles Schwab, according to the Economic Development Authority of Western Nevada, in addition to the 700,000-sq.-ft. distribution facility Amazon.com set up in 1999 and the third roasting-and-distribution center Starbucks opened. Microsoft, Dell and Pfizer all have operations there. An estimated 200,000 people migrate from California to Nevada each year, many with businesses...