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Instead of the familiar track of filmmakers' comments (Steven: "That was fun." George: "Yep."), The Adventures of Indiana Jones offers nearly three hours of shorts, adroitly directed by Laurent Bouzereau, that use interviews and archival footage to detail the contributions of stunt doubles and sound technicians. PC users can hook the discs up to Indianajones.com for special features. But this is basically retro moviegoing at its coolest. Settle in front of the TV set. Bring popcorn and Jujubes...
...comedy The Office can wait for a rerun, buy the DVD for $22 or burn a copy illegally. But the BBC plans to offer another choice: log on at www.bbc.co.uk, pick the episode you fancy and, at least if you're a British citizen, watch it free on your PC. That tantalizing prospect was raised by an announcement at the Edinburgh TV Festival in August by BBC director general Greg Dyke. The Beeb is planning a "digital creative" archive that will make what he calls "the best television library in the world" available online. It's a service, Dyke says...
Scanners have long been the neglected devices of the PC world--clunky boxes that take up far too much space on the desktop. With its new ScanJet 4670, Hewlett-Packard is giving the humble machine a much needed makeover...
...That's right, a dongle. About the size of a small travel alarm clock, the dongle attaches to a desktop PC or a laptop and lets users charge small cyberpurchases to their Vodafone bill. Gates did not deign to use the D word himself - a Vodafone lieutenant joined him on stage to show off the nubby thing - but raved on about visions of "magic advances of hardware and software" that will "make the mobile experience even better than it is today...
...Photoshop Album 2.0 ($50) makes it easier to keep digital pictures in order. First it locates them all--even if they are scattered in various folders on your PC. The Calendar View setting enables you to find photos by month, year or day they were saved. And the Auto Fix feature enables you to adjust the color and brightness of an entire group of pictures with a single click. --By Anita Hamilton