Word: siliconing
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...portable MP3 player but have no intention of shelling out $250 to $400 for an iPod or one of its many imitators, there is a much cheaper--and in some ways equally coolchoice: a flash-based MP3 player. These handy devices, which store songs on a small silicon chip, cost about $100 and are often as small and light as a pack...
LCOS Liquid crystal on silicon projects directly onto the screen with no mirrors. Pro High contrast and high resolution. Con There aren't many LCOS sets yet. Philips has discontinued its models...
...those wondering whether Silicon Valley idealism went on sale with Google's first share of stock, look no further than Craig Newmark and Jim Buckmaster, the men behind the online bulletin board Craigslist. Here's Newmark, its founder, on success: "Once you make a comfortable living, how much extra stuff do you need?" Here's Buckmaster, its CEO, on strategy: "We're not setting out for global domination. We're just looking to provide our service to people who need it. If it's not needed, that's fine." Not surprisingly, Craigslist has no marketing department...
...everyone in Silicon Valley is unsympathetic--even those promoting downloading technology. "Studios will not support downloading of new releases for the same reason book publishers don't go direct to paperback," says Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix, the hugely successful online movie-rental company. Hastings has his own version of an iTunes-like solution to the movie-download problem. Right now his 2 million customers rent DVDs online and receive them through the mail, but he says he has always intended to make the transition to movie downloads. Nothing is likely to be launched in the next year, but Hastings...
SENTENCED. FRANK QUATTRONE, 48, former investment banker to high-flying Silicon Valley companies during the Internet boom; to 18 months in prison; in New York City. He is appealing a May conviction for hindering a federal stock investigation involving Credit Suisse First Boston, but will be forced to begin serving prison time in late October while the appeal is pending...