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...nudge customers toward home networking in part to create a customer base for the broadband services they believe are their future bread and butter: video on demand, music and other services pumped in over fast pipes and distributed over a home network that connects more than just the family PCs. Plus, the isps argue, networking makes bottom-line sense for many families. "If you're trying to convince someone to buy a high-speed line for $50 or $60 a month, the idea of sharing that line makes that cost more palatable," says Kathie Hackler, an analyst for Gartner Dataquest...
...share through your site into an easy-to-find folder on your computer desktop. Make sure they're in the JPEG or GIF format and less than 40K in size. For managing these files, Microsoft Photo Editor is a big help, and it's pre-installed on most Windows PCs. Macintosh users, try iPhoto, which is free for anyone using OS X. If you don't have either one, pick up Adobe's Photoshop Elements ($99) or any other inexpensive photo program...
This month at CeBIT, an information-technology fair in Hanover, Germany, that draws some 700,000 visitors, Logitech will introduce its entry in the mobile sector, a global market more than twice the size of the one for PCs. There are a billion mobile telephones in use, plus 50 million PDAs, compared with half a billion personal computers...
...demand has come mostly from manufacturers of PCs, next-generation cell phones and consumer electronics, including ever more sophisticated game consoles such as Xbox and GameCube. But telecom companies have stepped up their pace too. "Later in the year, we could see a real surprise," says analyst Chris Chaney at A.G. EDWARDS. "Someone like Intel could come in with a big order for new equipment." Chaney favors the equipment makers, which he views as better values than the chipmakers. The equipment companies' shares also tend to be earlier movers, because chipmakers must buy more equipment before they can produce more...
...prices despite China's protectionist tariffs. The American company offers a starter PC for $97 less than Legend's comparable entry-level model. Any pricing edge enjoyed by Dell could increase over the next several years; China's entry into the World Trade Organization means tariffs on imported PCs will decline from 13% to zero...