Word: rom
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...then look next door. Cybersmith founder Marshall Smith, whose previous successes include Videosmith and Learningsmith, says he aims to "introduce people to new technology...in an atmosphere that isn't totally high tech" His store will offer three main services; access to the Internet, the latest in CD-ROM equipment and virtual reality encounters--all while sipping cappuccino and nibbling...
...else fails, though, there is always something to buy. Interested in a subscription to Wire or a copy of the latest CD-ROM format magazine? Dying to access Internet services like America Oh-Line? Books, computer games, and even Cybersmith T-shirts abound. Egotistical individuals, as well as those searching for grandparental gifts, can have their faces photograped and the images morphed, to be featured on a T-Shirt, mug, chase a screen saver depicting one's head as a bouncing ball. As Smith notes, "photographs no longer represent reality. They represent what you want them to represent...
Microsoft promises much smoother interaction with the user under Windows 95. Along these lines, the new operating system's greatest asset may be its "Plug and Play" functionality. "Plug and Play" will provide users with a simple way to upgrade their PCs with CD-ROM players, sound cards and other multimedia hardware, as well as standard peripherals like printers, monitors and modems...
...homes with television sets also have VCRs, generating nearly $10 billion in annual videotape rentals in a market that did not exist 20 years ago. The compact disc rejuvenated the recorded-music industry, winning new listeners for both Mozart and Jimi Hendrix, just as the CD-ROM promises to turn home computers into powerful outlets for entertainment...
...changed. We moved from the record to the CD-ROM age and you can tell," Gabai says. "It was a hippie crowd back then and now the crowd is still funky, but more sophisticated...