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...Gates has not one but a laundry list of must-dos and can't-dos. He has to give technical details about Windows to competitors that make browsers, media players and server software. He has to let PC makers put any other company's icons on their desktop. He has to sell them Windows at a fixed price. He can't "retaliate." The states assume that Gates will go plowing for loopholes--and find fertile ground. "There are exceptions," complains Connecticut attorney general Richard Blumenthal, "that may swallow the rule...
...recipient of the advance, author Steve Kemper, gushed in his book proposal that It--code-named Ginger--would revolutionize personal transportation, urban design and our daily lives. Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs said It could be bigger than the PC. Everyone had a different theory: Ginger was cold fusion, a flying car, a whole...
EXPENSIVE $400 TOSHIBA SD5700 If you're enough of a video junkie to own a progressive-scan TV (one that uses PC-monitor technology to eliminate annoying horizontal lines), then you're going to need a DVD player that supports it. Toshiba's SD5700 has what it takes--progressive component-video output--plus the ability to play DVD-Audio and MP3s. www.toshiba.com...
...part of the PC-owning majority, however, you're out of luck--for now. Jobs has not ruled out producing Windows-compatible versions of iPod, but making tools for operating systems other than his own has never been his style. Better to hope iPod shakes up the MP3 industry the way the iMac shook up the makers of boxy beige PCs. There will probably be lots of generic cut-price, cross-platform knock-offs of the iPod by Christmas...
...These days, employees who forget passwords or misplace ID badges are more than an annoyance--they're a security risk. Panasonic thinks it has a solution: the Authenticam ($240), an iris-scanning security camera that hooks up to a PC. Since it runs off the computer's horsepower, it's cheaper than door-mounted devices. You can even use it at home; it doubles as a webcam...