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...really waiting for is an enterprise commitment to upgrade," said Intel chief financial officer Andy Bryant recently. It's not surprising that he sees it that way, since computers and servers used in businesses and telecommunications networks traditionally drive chip growth. This time around, consumer sales are driving: autos, PCs, DVD players, MP3 devices, set-top boxes, cell phones and digital cameras. Jean-Philippe Dauvin, chief economist at STMicroelectronics, says that from the mid-'90s until the end of last year, a typical European car like the VW Golf contained semiconductors worth around $70, but this year's models contain...
...Music Store's slick, easy-to-navigate interface is a welcome relief after free but controversial file-sharing programs like Kazaa. Still, there's room for improvement. Since Music Store works only on Macs (and then only on those with OS X), the other 97% of consumers who use PCs can't try it until a Windows version, promised by year's end, comes out. And the slender song library, lacking a single tune by Madonna or the Rolling Stones, needs beefing up too. --By Anita Hamilton...
...evolved, getting smarter and more decentralized and harder to shut down. Napster's network relied on a central server, an Achilles' heel that made it easier to unplug and shut down. But Kazaa, now the most popular file-sharing software, is built around a floating, distributed network of individual PCs that has no center. There's no single plug to pull. Kazaa has savvily chosen a decentralized business strategy too: it's a mirage of complicated partnerships with the official owner, Sharman Networks, tucked away on the South Pacific island of Vanuatu. So far, its diffuse structure has kept...
...like a TiVo, and runs Internet content, DVDs, CDs and digital music, either on its own monitor and speakers or by channeling the media to your TV or stereo. It could take the place of every component in your entertainment system. Hewlett-Packard, Gateway and Cyberpower are also building PCs dressed up in consumer-electronics drag. They even come with the all-important remote control, so you can manage and play CDs, MP3s, DVDs and music files and record TV programs from your couch. Don't believe these devices will sell? They already do. In techno-savvy Japan, a recent...
...matter, the council jettisoned the traditional push to install a cable infrastructure in dormitories, which they said would cost millions of dollars. The council instead resolved to investigate the feasibility of cable access via the Harvard network, using preexisting Ethernet connections to allow students to watch television on their PCs...