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...early as this summer, the firm will be allowed to sell the Media Player version of Windows for the same amount as the stripped one. Will consumers pay the same price for less? Manufacturers like Dell - which outside the U.S. includes only Microsoft's Media Player in its PCs - aren't answering yet. David Smith, U.S.-based analyst at tech researchers Gartner, says: ?Given a choice between two things that cost the same...
...Window Of Opportunity Hewlett-Packard will begin selling low-cost Linux-based PCs in Asia, making it the first major computer maker to launch large-scale marketing of PCs running the free, open-source operating system...
...going to correct the impressions about the [Democratic] nominee," says pollster Matthew Dowd. The ads, made by consultant Mark McKinnon of Austin, Texas, promise to be edgy but warm. In the corporate world of Bush, the onetime singer-songwriter stands out. Most of the staff members use PCs; he has a PowerBook. Most are lifelong Republicans; he is a former Democrat with an iPod playing Kenny Chesney and a candle in his office. McKinnon became a Bush believer during Bush's first term as Governor and did Bush's ads in 2000. He is determined to convince Americans that...
...equipped with Windows Media Player and a high-speed Internet connection. Imagine checking into a hotel, flipping open your laptop and watching any movie from your home DVD collection or playing any song stored on your home PC. Available in late 2004 for owners of Media Center PCs (a new kind of multimedia PC), AllMiMedia Premium will work on cell phones and PocketPCs...
Sometimes even a notebook computer is too bulky to carry around. But so far, tinier mini-PCs haven't taken off. Vulcan Inc., started by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, may change that with its new FlipStart PC. Weighing in at less than 1 lb. and powered by a 1-GHz Transmeta processor, the FlipStart measures just 6 in. wide, 4 in. deep and 1 in. thick yet packs in a 30-GB hard drive and 256 MB of memory. Available in late 2004, it also has special touches to make navigating its bright 6-in., HDTV-quality display easier...