Word: downloading
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That may be true in some Third World black markets and college dormitories, but the buried treasure for most computer users is less likely to be found in pirating discs in someone's basement than in downloading music from the Internet. Most major record labels use their websites as promotional vehicles, letting you play 30-second teasers but not download entire songs. For acts that haven't cracked the Top 40, however, the Web is becoming fertile ground. At the Intel New York Music Festival last month, the chipmaker simulcast more than 300 live performances from 20 Manhattan clubs...
...market their way out of this debacle. Microsoft points out that if you've updated to Windows 98, a corrective patch can automatically be delivered to your computer over the Net. If you don't have Windows 98, the company's unspoken message is: Buy it. You can also download the patch manually from the Web, however, without paying Microsoft $89 to fix its screwup (see time.com/personal for instructions). Netscape, which claims the bug is harder to invoke in its software, initially told users to wait for a fix later this month. Now a "smart update" is supposed...
...take off. "The packages all work pretty much the same," sighs Forrester's Mark Hardie, who has tried them all and is underwhelmed. While the quality of video e-mail resembles the herky-jerky style of communications with the Mir space station, a bigger problem is download time. Even compressed files tend to impose unbearably long waits for people stuck at the end of standard modems. Hint to video e-mailers: use the low-quality resolution, which creates smaller files. Hint to everyone else: most e-mail programs let you reject messages larger than 40 kilobytes. Do this...
Sony's FunMail seemed like a better approach. The PCI card would improve the video quality and speed the download time. Imagining how thrilled my wife would be when she got video mail of me singing Seltzer Boy, I opened up the PC and got the card in with minimal fuss...
...item "Download A Best Seller" [PERSONAL TIME, YOUR TECHNOLOGY, June 22] misidentified the company that produces electronic books that can be downloaded from its website onto a special unit with a built-in modem. The correct name is SoftBook Press Inc. Its website is www.softbookpress.com