Word: pc
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...even mighty Nokia risks developing an achilles' heel - namely, the soon-to-be-hot corporate market. Fortune 500 companies are desperate for phones that double as computers so travelling execs can tap into corporate data from afar. "It's an important growth market, and Nokia is worried that the PC guys like Microsoft are coming into that space as computers and phones converge," says London-based International Data...
Nokia is worried that PC guys like microsoft are coming into [its] space as computers and phones converge...
...Minneapolis, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Ariz., Columbus, Ohio, and Washington, and is scheduled to hit 34 other cities by the end of the year. Its agents are the epitome of geek chic in clip-on ties and badly fitting pants. I made an anonymous call, claiming a PC emergency, and was told it would take half an hour to get someone to my door. He arrived in seven minutes. Such service costs: crisis support starts at a $298 flat rate. It's $149 for house calls within 48 hours and $49 for a Best Buy--based assessment...
...karaoke craze gets a fresh twist with Movie Karaoke, a new line of PC games from Fooseoke that lets you act out your favorite movie scenes. The first title in the series, Movie Karaoke Presents American Pie, includes 17 scenes from the three Pie movies. Just plug the included microphone into your computer and let the program guide you and a friend through the dialogue. The words appear onscreen and are highlighted--karaoke style--when it's your turn to perform...
...mote will keep doing this for longer than a year; add a power source the size of a bottle cap, and your mote is good for a decade. Most important, the motes have minuscule radio transmitters that talk to other motes (or to a base station connected to a PC) within 100 feet or so. With a single network of 10,000 motes, the upper limit, you could cover 9 sq. mi.--and get information about each point along...