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...programs. Sounds like a VCR, but there's a big difference: using a phone line, the players download program schedules that pop up on the screen, where you click on a show rather than punching in times and channels and hoping you have got it right. This feature is free with Replay, while TiVo charges $9.95 a month, $99 a year or $199 lifetime. The ReplayTV box, currently sold only online, starts at $699; TiVo, recently arrived in retail stores...
Things we know: The Visor runs on the same operating system as the Palm, which means thousands of programs are available for it on the Net, many of them free, as well as offline. And just like the original Palm Pilot, it's comparatively cheap. (Clearly, the Palm Pilot inventors, who went on to found Handspring, learned from their success, and are using it as a springboard--hold on to that word--for their Visor.) The basic model sells for $149, but you'll need to shell out another $30 if you want a cradle for synching it with your...
...KEIKO Free Willy whale readies to return to the wild. Downside: no more complementary plankton...
Anne Ferguson, a legal secretary, the kind who wears her glasses on a chain around her neck, got into the virtual-assistant business after taking an online course from AssistU.com She set up Katmango with health insurance, a bookkeeper and office equipment--some free, all used. Right now, she's a bargain at $35 an hour...
...call Terri Spears, who'll hire someone to answer them. A 31-year-old former human-resources director for a San Francisco bank, she founded AskHR.com 18 months ago. She and her five employees handle only midsize e-commerce companies. She provides a bureaucracy that will keep their free spirits happy but out of litigation. "A lot of them are very naive when we meet with them," she says. "I tell them, 'You're going to need workers' compensation.'" Then she explains to them what that...