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...over a potentially massive revenue opportunity. There are already a couple of dozen legal, pay-to-play downloading services, including Pressplay, Listen.com's Rhapsody and Music Net. Apple Computer has a new service, which was slated for rollout this Monday, that's meant to integrate seamlessly with its iPod MP3 player and its iTunes music software. Movie and TV downloading websites are sprouting up as well. Movielink, which is backed by five major Hollywood studios, made its debut in November and features a library of more than 300 films. SoapCity.com offers online episodes of daytime serials...
Launching April 15 with a flight from New York City to West Palm Beach, Fla., Song plans by October to equip each of its Boeing 757s with an impressive array of high-tech amenities, starting with an MP3 jukebox that lets passengers create customized playlists culled from hundreds of music albums. Using touch-screen monitors mounted on the back of each seat, travelers will also be able to surf 24 channels of live satellite TV, challenge their seatmates to multiplayer video games from Nintendo and map the airplane's exact location--zooming in to street-level detail on the terrain...
Here's how Acid works: you import an MP3, then "paint" it onto a layer of your master track. Can't stand that slow intro? Use the eraser tool. Want to sample Sarah Vaughan singing a single line from Summertime? Cut and paste it as many times as you like. When you paint the second tune over the first, click on it to change the pitch, tempo and volume until they match. It's that simple...
...been able to get products like this wireless wonder out the door a little sooner. Designed primarily for communicating--via the Web, e-mail and a built-in cell phone--this thin, trim handheld is a well-focused success. You won't find any multimedia extras, not even an MP3 player, but you will get an unheard-of 10 hours of talk time, a sturdy metal stylus and a crisp 320x320-pixel display. The AT&T service lets you download data at a reasonable 40 kbps. My only quibble: at $549, plus at least $30 a month...
This year more than ever, high-tech gadgets were hot. In the kitchen-appliance department, big spenders got to oooh and aaah over LG Electronics' $8,000 Internet refrigerator with built-in 20-GB hard drive, MP3 player and digital camera (so you can look up recipes, cook to music and e-mail photos of the results). A one-of-a-kind garbage can, the $55 Smart Bin from Innovative Products, automatically pops its lid when you wave your hand over its motion sensor...