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...potential Quad improvements go, these are just the tip of the iceberg--other possibilities include a student-run Contented Workers Table Grape Plantation (complete witk big-screen TVs and roving masseuses in the fields) and a Quad militia, charged with the armed takeover and subjugation of Lesley College. I'm sure that there many other ways for the Quad to be improved which I haven't thought of yet. When I do, the students of Harvard University will be the first to know--just as soon as I get out of this bathrobe...

Author: By David S. Farenthold, | Title: A Few Immodest Proposals | 1/29/1998 | See Source »

...immersed in a movie-theater environment. "The future of home theater is in digital TV," says Dataquest analyst Jonathan Cassell. At the same time, DVD, the next-generation successor to videotapes and CDs that is hitting the market, promises superior audiovisual quality. The final touch: futuristic flat-panel TVs that hang as elegantly on a wall as a Renoir...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE HI-FI LIFE | 11/24/1997 | See Source »

...simplest home-automation systems involve plugging light fixtures, coffeepots or curling irons into small modules that link to regular power outlets. Wired homeowners then use key-chain controls or universal remotes (typically used for TVs and stereos) to turn the appliances on and off from anywhere in the house...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOUSE OF DREAMS | 11/24/1997 | See Source »

...Delmars of Gaithersburg, Md., are concerned. Bonnie and Steve Delmar, who live only a few miles from the Raspets, let their 11-year-old girl and 9-year-old boy watch as much television as they want, sometimes as much as 18 hours a day. There are two TVs in the kitchen, one in the living room, one in the basement, one in the parents' bedroom, and one in each child's bedroom--seven...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TV OR NOT TV | 9/8/1997 | See Source »

...Menlo Park, Calif.-based Diba, Sun found an affordable (estimated purchase price: $30 million to $50 million), scrappy partner with the know-how to direct the consumer push. Though Diba's enabling software for smart phones and televisions has received mixed reviews, it's building Internet-browsing TVs for Samsung in Korea. The Sun deal is "a way of playing catch-up," says Dataquest principal analyst Allen Weiner. "Sun is mostly buying Diba's relationship with electronics companies." And with Bill Gates sitting on $9 billion in reserves, Sun is going to need all the help...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TECH WATCH: Aug. 11, 1997 | 8/11/1997 | See Source »

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