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Also from Sony was a radical new addition to its Mavica line of digital cameras. The Mavica MVC-CD1000 ($1,300, available in August) comes with a built-in CD-ROM burner, so when you snap a picture, you don't have to download it to your PC. Instead, the camera writes the image straight to a disc. No fuss, no muss...
...joked about hackers who were able to break into the system and download the book...
...Just another Gen Y geek pirating music on the Net. Napster--the file-sharing system that lets people download free music--and its close kin Gnutella seem so 10 minutes ago. The recording industry has Napster on the run, with a federal lawsuit pending to shut it down for copyright violations. And now MP3.com another music-sharing service, has settled with two record companies (including Warner Music Group, a unit of this magazine's parent, Time Warner) on terms favorable to the industry (see following story...
...based in Montreal, would also shed some assets, bidding adieu to its wine and liquor empire, which features brands like Captain Morgan rum and Chivas Regal Scotch and could fetch anywhere from $5 billion to $10 billion. Bottled spirits are much too ancien regime--and besides, you can't download rum. The likely buyer: Britain's Allied Domecq...
...starters, you should realize that as soon as a computer achieves a level of intelligence comparable to human intelligence, it will necessarily soar past it. A key advantage of nonbiological intelligence is that machines can easily share their knowledge. If I learn French, I can't readily download that learning to you. My knowledge, skills and memories are embedded in a vast pattern of neurotransmitter concentrations and interneuronal connections and cannot be quickly accessed or transmitted...