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Bill Gates' drive to dominate the world of consumer electronics took another step forward last week when Microsoft agreed to shell out $425 million to buy WebTV, a struggling manufacturer of Net-surfing set-top boxes. Despite a glitzy $50 million holiday advertising campaign, WebTV sales were abysmal, reportedly just 50,000 units. So why did the colossus of Redmond, Washington, bite at such...
After deciding to shell out the money for one of these prep courses, the question of which courses, to take is still an issue...
...need a new VCR to take advantage of your new digital TV, so expect to shell out $500 or so for one of those. Then again, by the time that analog signs off the airwaves, DVD and DVD-R discs will have put the VCR next to the eight-track on the dust bin of tech history, so that's not much of a problem...
...team going into the third period with a lead tends to go into a bit of a defensive shell and that's what they did." Halfnight explained...
...news, weather and sports, and have made the U.S. system of broadcasting the envy of the world," says National Association of Broadcasters spokesman Dennis Wharton. Maybe, but the more immediate question is whether digital radio will even get off the ground. Companies offering the satellite link will have to shell out millions in start-up costs, and then wait an estimated three years for stations to get their equipment in working order to pick up the signal. Another problem: no one seems to know what market, if any, exists for the digital service. For the moment...