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Goodman, owner of PCs for Everyone, a computer retailer across the street from the courthouse, had a beef against the media, who parked their television trucks illegally in front of his store while covering the high-profile trial...
...recent developments in speech recognition mean we don't have to wait for the 23rd century before we can chat with our PCs. Thanks to several new software packages, you can start to put aside your keyboard at last...
Until recently, attempts to develop speech interfaces to PCs had met with little success. Early products have had a presence for years--Newton's Dragon Systems has been around since the early 80s--but none of these products did a passable job, and were mostly used by disabled individuals...
...knock against palmtop computers has always been the same: too small to be useful as PCs and too big to make a mark as a personal organizer. But computer companies are getting better at miniaturizing everything from color screens to disk drives, and the result is a new collection of very small, very powerful computers that are surprisingly useful. Below are just the first in a series of small computers set to hit the market within 12 months. The machines are small enough and powerful enough to find a real home as communications and productivity tools...
...hated the idea of a V chip in your television, wait until you hear that the government wants to install one in your computer. TIME has learned that the FCC has proposed that new PCs be outfitted with a V chip to filter out video violence and sex. Still unclear is what Net broadcasts could be affected. The idea alarms free-speech advocates, who wonder why Americans need a Net-nanny. "What you get is a devolution of the First Amendment," argues lawyer Bob Corn-Revere. FCC chairman REED HUNDT says the high-tech industry can "be part...