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...plumage here, but I wonder if the beast underneath isn't still pretty scrawny," he says, pointing out that the Net is still too slow and hard for many people to use. King, a Macintosh user, couldn't download his book, which came out only in PC-readable formats. "This is a good illustrative example of all the potential that so-called e-commerce has, and then the reality of the situation," he says. "In point of fact, what e-commerce has been selling for the past five years, the whole dotcom thing, is about potential. It's all about...
...company's reported willingness to unbundle its Internet Explorer from Windows, the heart of the suit. Microsoft also appears willing to loosen licensing agreements to let PC makers customize their products. With the company willing to agree to change its conduct, the question now is whether Klein will give in on his demand for structural changes that might force a bust-up - a step Microsoft will fight...
...face of it, Microsoft ought to have a tremendous head start in this area. It owns three of the top 10 PC games, including the world's best seller, Age of Empires II. But the fact is, there's a world of difference between PC games and console games. Because the technologies are so far apart, you won't be able to play PC games on your X-box--even though it runs on something similar to Windows 2000. And as X-box manager J. Allard concedes, PC gamers and console gamers are quite different animals: "Microsoft gets...
...quick, and it gives you what you need," said my pal Maryanne. "It doesn't give you a bunch of garbage," seconded Unmesh, who was tired of wading through irrelevant listings on other search sites. Even better, the buzz was backed up with awards from computer trades like PC Magazine, Yahoo!, Internet Life...
...some, I was more excited by the other stuff that the Cybiko promises to do. The Chicago-based Cybiko company calls the device an "entertainment system" because it aspires to be a new gaming platform, like the Game Boy only better, since you can connect Cybiko to your PC and download a free game every day from its website, says the company. Chess, darts--wireless darts, how cool is that!--billiards, poker and dozens of other games are promised, which you can play wirelessly against your Cybiko-toting pals. I was particularly taken with the idea of CyLandia, which features...