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Even though iTunes' reach is limited to the 3% of computer users on Macintoshes (a PC version is due by year's end), Apple's success has left the others playing catch-up. Many Internet music services require monthly subscriptions to listen to songs over the computer or extra fees for downloading them (often with complicated and varying stipulations). Some services, like Listen.com's Rhapsody, plan to stick with the subscription format, but Rhapsody also plans to offer an a la carte option for nonsubscribers...
...GOOD AND BAD: Made a splash with its July launch as a PC answer to iTunes. But rules and restrictions on downloads that vary by song can leave heads, not tunes, spinning...
...memory that you can use to store digital pictures, school reports or any other files to take on the go. To copy them to or from a computer, just pluck the neatly hidden USB cable out of the wristband and plug it into any Mac or PC. The watch shows up as another storage device on your computer. Even better, no driver or software is needed unless you want to password-protect your data. The 256-MB version sells for $140; the 128-MB model...
...Personal Computer The PC brought a mind-blowing surge of processing power to corporate worker bees as well as to Mom, Dad and the kids at home. Whereas bulky mainframes took up whole rooms, PCs sat on a desk. In 1981 IBM introduced its first model, which ran a disc-operating system developed by Microsoft. Three years later, Apple unveiled the far friendlier Macintosh. The competition has spurred improvements, although it has also vexed consumers who just want a computer that works--and does everything...
...religion, Rita Clifton would be a deity. The wry 45-year-old Brit heads Interbrand, the firm that named Prozac, Viagra and the Mach3 razor. She has just joined the board of Dixons, a British tech retailer whose stable of brands includes its flagship online store and the magazine PC World. Information overload may make branding more important than ever. "People are going to edit out some of what they receive, just to stay sane," she says. "Branding is potentially a very good navigator." And that's great news for brand Clifton...