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...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's All Free! | 5/5/2003 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Second Coming | 3/9/2003 | See Source »

...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...

Author: By William B. Higgins, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: UC Calls For Free Speech Guarantees | 3/3/2003 | See Source »

...tried Stealth Signal stealthsignal.com) a service that costs $45 a year and works with both Macs and PCs. There is also ZTrace ztrace.com $49 a year) for the PC only; Mac OS X users can try LapCop homepage.mac.com/sweetcocoa/lapcop.html for $15. Once Stealth Signal was installed on my laptop, I reported it "stolen." Early the next morning I was astonished to receive an e-mail from Stealth Signal, which had tracked the laptop to my home address and phone, even though my number is blocked. The company says it has a 63% recovery rate, a figure that climbs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stop! Laptop Thief! | 2/3/2003 | See Source »

...tried Stealth Signal stealthsignal.com), a service that costs $45 a year and works with both Macs and PCs. There is also ZTrace ztrace.com; $49 a year) for the PC only; Mac OS X users can try LapCop homepage.mac.com/sweetcocoa/lapcop.html) for $15. Once Stealth Signal was installed on my laptop, I reported it "stolen." Early the next morning I was astonished to receive an e-mail from Stealth Signal, which had tracked the laptop to my home address and phone, even though my number is blocked. The company says it has a 63% recovery rate, a figure that climbs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stop! Laptop Thief! | 1/27/2003 | See Source »

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