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...money will come from programming. To that end, the company has been partnering with book publishers, newspapers, magazines and broadcasters to put their narrated words online at www.audible.com There you can buy the MobilePlayer and shop for programming, including current best sellers that you can download to your PC, then listen to or transfer to the portable device. (Mac-compatible software is expected by year...
...announcement last week by the Pasadena, Calif., startup Free-PC that it would give away 10,000 Compaq Presarios has brought in more than 750,000 volunteers. What's the catch? Winners of the 333-MHz machines with Internet access must first agree to watch a stream of onscreen ads whenever they use the computer...
...season was safely behind them, manufacturers began unveiling their lineup for next Christmas. At the annual Toy Fair in New York City, it's hard to find anything without an imbedded microchip. Mattel's X3 Microscope ($100) comes with a built-in digital camera and hooks up to a PC, so kids can view magnified objects through the scope's lens, then save the images on the computer. Meanwhile, Lego is unveiling its Robotics Discovery Set ($150), which lets kids age 9 and up build elaborate creations like a moving robot that can follow a flashlight in the dark. Companies...
...have a Mac because it's more user-friendly than a PC, and I'm going to try to hold onto it for as long as possible," said Molly H. Donohue...
...though the future looks to be speedier than ever, it is PC users who stand to benefit most. Even in the drive for "bigger-better-faster," there still seems to be a price to pay for convenience and innovation...