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There are many reasons Napster has spread like dandelions, not the least of which is that it's very easy to use. Then there's also the matter of scoring free music downloads encoded in the MP3 file format, but let's focus on Napster's simplicity. Download the software, install it, press Connect and you're ready to start searching. If you want to share the MP3 files on your hard drive with others, you can. But if you don't, that...
...January, Gabriel made a program on his computer called DeCSS available for download via the Internet. DeCSS allows a user to copy an entire movie from a DVD to a computer...
...growth rates of 50%. And in some sense, Cisco is the beneficiary of a virtuous cycle, so to speak, in which the very innovations that make its own products faster and increase the supply of bandwidth also supercharge demand for bandwidth, as faster computers mean we will want to download more video, more music and more of everything--all through Cisco-powered networks. "The user is the slowest link in the chain," says Varian. "We're limited by our biological perception--we can only read so fast, music only makes sense at a certain speed. But in terms of computers...
...think the answer is obvious, you are prepared for the ultimate triumph of the brain science of tomorrow. The synapse scanner has been perfected, and you can download a backup copy of your mind into a chip that will outlast your brain. Unfortunately the scanner destroys the tissue it scans, so you have to choose between your old brain and a new one. The new brain will react and behave exactly like you--but would it be you? If you say yes, are you confident enough to step into the scanner...
Right, but you have to be careful what you download. Any fool--or charlatan--with a telephone, modem and computer can create a decent-looking website. Result: an epidemic of Internet snake oil, featuring discredited cancer "cures" like laetrile staging a comeback, $200 "second opinions" with more disclaimers than a sky-diving class, and incompetent "diagnoses" from self-styled "professors" and "academicians" at $50 or so a pop. What's next? An e-auction site for an appendectomy or laser eye surgery...