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DivX movies are still too large to download with a 56K modem, which means that DivX won't become a serious threat until broadband becomes more popular, but the legal fur has already begun to fly. Last week the Motion Picture Association filed suit against Scour www.scour.com) a website that runs a file-exchange community popular with DivX fans and that counts among its investors Hollywood power Michael Ovitz. It's doubtful that a successful verdict will stem the tide. Most DivX movies are stashed away on private servers, hard to find but accessible to those in the know...
CALL IT MINI-PC The i-Opener ($99, $21.95 a month), from Netpliance Inc., looks like a tiny PC, with a sleek flat-panel screen, attached keyboard and 56K modem for Web access and e-mail. Surfing may be sluggish at 200 MHz, and the browser may gag on fancier websites. But for folks with limited needs, it's like a Yugo: for the money, it's an adequate way to get where you want...
...furnishings are self-consciously expensive and up-to-date, from quietly ornate hardwood desks to glass-backed carrels with individual modem access. The library even boasts the requisite huge, unattractive art installations of the kind found chiefly in modern civic buildings. And it's crammed with helpful amenities, including a top-floor exhibition gallery, a roof terrace, an auditorium, an "educational guidance center" and a cafe...
SIERRA WIRELESS AIRCARD 300 $400, plus $20 to $55 a month Pop this 19.2-Kbps modem into any Windows notebook for untethered Net surfing...
COMPAQ IPAQ H3650 $499 or $799, plus $30 a month (with modem); available in June Look out, Palm! Here's a silvery, sleek pocket PC with a built-in MP3 player, full Web access and a gorgeous color screen...