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...flaw in the system is that the ratings are displayed only for the first 30 seconds of the program. Although this may work for movies, when everyone gets to the theatre at the beginning, it is significantly less helpful for television shows, when people have the propensity to channel-surf and flip on the television in the middle of a program. If a kid had the savvy to turn on the television at 35 minutes after the hour, the ratings would be gone and he or she would reap the benefits of rating-less television...
...playground, each customer converts cash into a "smart card" of, say, $10, which allows you to play any of 200 games, or to buy a latte or a tray of Cajun fries. A typical game costs $1.25 a play. Upstairs there's an Internet lounge where you can surf the Web for 12[cents] a minute or pursue retro-tech avocations such as pinball and air hockey while you sip a beer made at GameWorks' very own brewery...
...software bugs new to other vendors. But, this latest scare has manifested in the security (or lack thereof) of the sacred World Wide Web, and it may just cause all of us to surf a little slower from...
...appears that Internet ads will be just as easy for Juno and bigger.net subscribers to turn off as well. Ads e-mailed to your account? Delete them. Ads built into the Web browser? Ignore them and surf...
Faced with slumping consumer enthusiasm and speculation that it was on the way to becoming info-highway road-kill, America Online last fall rolled out a flat $19.95-per-month, all-you-can-surf price. It sounded terrific, but the glut of new subscribers--along with increased use by 7 million veteran members--made AOL nearly inaccessible at times. One result: last week a subscribers group nailed the service with a $20 million consumer-fraud lawsuit. Just two days after issuing a statement downplaying the suit, AOL--famous for blitzkrieg marketing tactics--reconsidered and announced a full retreat: the company...