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...years ago was known as a mass marketer of cheap TVs and VCRs--the kind you bought off a shipping pallet at Costco if you couldn't afford a Sony or Mitsubishi. Since 1997, however, Samsung has begun rubbing shoulders with the market leaders in high-end cell phones, DVD players, elegant flat plasma TVs and a wide range of other consumer products. These gadgets are sometimes less expensive than those of Japanese or Finnish competitors--but by no means inferior. Which is pretty clear if you've tried to order an I300, the Palm-powered PDA that's really...
...next stop in Samsung's digital march is the living room. To that end, the company has worked with Microsoft to develop Home Media Center, designed to control everything from your DVD player to the PC. Last June, Texas Instruments and Samsung signed an agreement to develop ultrathin, large-screen televisions based on TI's digital light-processing technology. In 1999 TI turned down a Samsung partnership offer, thinking it would be better to work with "established" brands. By last year it was clear that TI's initial partners were moving too slowly to get anything to market in good...
...probably haven't given much thought to the growing number of computer chips in popular gadgets like digital cameras, cell phones, DVD players and those portable devices used to play downloaded music. Why bother? You don't need the recipe to enjoy the soup. But anyone struggling to understand what has been a remarkable turn in orders for semiconductors and the high-tech equipment needed to make them should take note: products such as cars and medical devices--from pacemakers to hearing aids--are taking up a lot of the slack left after the telecom bust. APPLIED DIGITAL SOLUTIONS...
...Dropkick Murphys are proud of their origins and are more down-to-earth and real than most groups. Many in Boston and around the world already adore them, and rightfully so. With a new album set to come out this fall and a live album and DVD from these past three shows in the works, their popularity will only increase. “I hope it won’t change the way we are as people,” said Kelly...
...moment, the gorilla is returning the favor. While it eliminated 25% of its VHS tapes last year, Blockbuster also saw a 160% rise in DVD rentals. The company thinks most consumers don't plan their rentals in advance--they do it on impulse, the same way they buy Milk Duds at the register. But that doesn't mean they'll always think that way. "If we can figure out a way to make money doing what Netflix does, we'll do it," says Blockbuster vice president Ed Stead...