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That may be the question of the year. The man represents the Internet industry's most coveted market: the estimated 85% to 90% of American homes that aren't yet connected. For this Passive Majority, most of whom don't even own a computer, let alone a modem, "Net TV" would seem to make perfect sense. After all, nearly everybody in America has a TV and a telephone, and many are presumably curious to learn what the World Wide Web is all about. If they could use their existing sets to access the Infobahn from the comfort of their...
...intersection of cyberspace and Wall Street has produced an unlikely offshoot: the message board as quasi fan club. Some of today's highest-flying stocks are being cheered along by a chorus of believers singing their praises online. U.S. Robotics, a red-hot computer-modem producer, has been touted by hundreds of postings with headings like, "Buy USRX any time...
...must say my PC and modem have given me access to things I never dreamed of even before I learned I had multiple sclerosis. I would most certainly be using those resources even if I weren't handicapped. But I am, and shopping on the Net has become critical to the preservation of my independence and my energy. Now, if I could only get Bill Gates and his buddies to clean my house. MEG MCCANN Castro Valley, California
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...same screen. This week Gateway 2000, the PC direct marketer, will introduce the long-promised big-screen PC. The $4,000 Destination consists of a PC with a 31-in. monitor, a wireless keyboard and access to television signals and the Internet. Mix in a high-speed modem and a friendly interface that helps byte phobiacs navigate the Net, and you'd have interactive television. Not a reality yet, but no longer a mere fantasy. (1-800-846-2000) --By Robertson Barrett, Daniel Eisenberg and Michael Krantz