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...players, the iPod is the most stylish you can buy today, but chic competitors are just around the corner. The Rio Carbon, available in late August for $249, looks like a silver cigarette lighter with curved edges and has 5 GB of memory--1 GB more than the iPod mini for the same price. And Sony's Network Walkman, a 20-GB device with a squared-off design, goes on sale this month for $399. That's $100 more than a new 20-GB iPod, but the Sony is lighter and smaller. Sony claims that the battery lasts...
...drawing pictures. Kids can use Microsoft Works for homework and can safely surf the Net, thanks to the ContentProtect Internet filtering program. Built by the European PC maker Medion, the $599 PC (plus $299 for the 14.1-in. monitor) features a 2.66 GHz Intel Celeron processor, a 40-GB hard drive, 256 MB of memory and a CD burner. And there's an array of matching accessories, including a 1.3-megapixel digital camera ($79) and a game controller...
...free e-mail services: you've got competition. Google confirmed rumors it was testing Gmail, a free service that will not only allow subscribers to send and receive e-mail, but also tap the firm's trademark keyword search facility to retrieve e-mails. The gee-whiz feature: 1 GB of free storage - between 250 and 500 times more than at Yahoo and Hotmail. That means bulky holiday snaps won't easily overwhelm Gmail's In box. "MSN and Yahoo have to respond," warns Hellen Omwando, analyst at Forrester Research. "Consumers know they're very limited with current free offerings...
...want to get your media files closer to the home entertainment center, the new Molino Media Mogul could be a good solution. It's a set-top box with a 300-GB hard drive that connects to a TV instead of a PC. Using the onscreen interface and a remote control, you can create song playlists and photo slide shows. Hook the unit up to your home network, and you can access Media Mogul files on your PC too. The Media Mogul, available this summer for $995, has a DVD player, memory-card slots for all types of flash memory...
...started by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, may change that with its new FlipStart PC. Weighing in at less than 1 lb. and powered by a 1-GHz Transmeta processor, the FlipStart measures just 6 in. wide, 4 in. deep and 1 in. thick yet packs in a 30-GB hard drive and 256 MB of memory. Available in late 2004, it also has special touches to make navigating its bright 6-in., HDTV-quality display easier. A thumbwheel on the right helps you scroll up and down the page. A unique Middleman button pulls up a short list...