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Want to try it at home? All you need is an up-to-date PC--the kind with a built-in 3-D graphics card--and a piece of software called Earthviewer from Keyhole Inc. of Mountain View, Calif. A trial version is available for download at Earthviewer.com the service costs $79 a year unless your PC's graphics card was made by Nvidia, an investor in Keyhole, in which case it's free. A broadband connection is highly recommended...
...these musical shotgun marriages are known, are the real road to success for today's harmonically challenged pop wannabes. The expertise required would make Beethoven blush. If you have ever listened to a mash-up and thought, I could do that, you're absolutely right. The necessary equipment: a PC, your CD collection and a pair of ears. No cash required, at least not until you're ready to unleash your motley mix upon an unsuspecting world...
When Mom wants her Celine Dion, Dad wants Placido and Johnny demands Ja Rule, it used to take three stereos to satisfy all. Now comes the Yamaha MusicCast, a wireless, digital home music system, out in June. MusicCast is based on the same Wi-Fi technology that powers many PC networks, using a server, CD player/recorder and hard drive to store hundreds of hours of music. Once downloaded from your CDs, music is sent to as many as seven small receivers, or clients. Five can be wireless, and each can power a pair of wired speakers. MusicCast can simultaneously transmit...
...screen displays 65,000 colors--great for running miniature slide shows on the go. And I loved the gorgeous stereo sound on the headsets when I played MP3s. The only things missing on this $800 device are easy-to-use Web browsing and e-mail. Synching up with a PC to communicate is an ordeal that few should have to endure. If you want to go wireless, you'll have to either go through a Bluetooth-enabled phone or PC or buy the optional Wi-Fi card...
...well. I admit I had my doubts at first. The cheap, plastic stylus and the miniature virtual keyboard that pops up onscreen do not immediately inspire confidence. But with a little practice, anyone with good eyesight and a steady hand can get used to writing with it. The PC software that Sony Ericsson includes for loading MP3s onto the phone never did work for me (despite hours of tech support), and the screen is too narrow for Web browsing. But snapping photos with the 640x480-pixel camera and e-mailing them to friends was a lot of fun. An ample...