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...that's about as far as Ultimate TV's user friendliness goes. Want to mark a show for recording without browsing through the listings? Ultimate TV makes you enter names on an infrared keyboard, which is even clunkier than the remote. This is part of the package because Microsoft is also trying to sell you Web TV, which still ranks as one of the most painful Internet experiences I've ever...
...choice for small Internet-enabled gadgets. Opera is now installed in handheld personal assistants made by Britain's Psion and in Ericsson's cordless Webscreen H610. Since the browser comes as part of the core software on these devices, the company gets paid by the manufacturer, not the user...
...limiting network traffic (News, "New HASCS Policy Affects Programs," Feb. 28), it is a great shame that the campus conversation on the issue is void of any moral or philosophical commentary. In essence, the HASCS decisions to limit outbound traffic and erect a firewall establish Harvard as a parasitic user of the Internet, explicitly taking more that it gives. Not only is this inherently selfish, it betrays the promise of the Internet. As more users ignore the implications and follow suit, the Internet risks transformation into a one-way stream from content providers to content consumers, rather than the rich...
Napster announced its plan to limit user access on Friday in federal court, where attorneys for both Napster and the recording industry were presenting oral arguments before U.S. District Judge Marilyn H. Patel. Patel is in the process of redrafting the injunction that will shut down Napster indefinitely, pending the outcome of its trial against the recording industry...
...this week would be the time to offer up the pay service, before those users float away like partygoers when the beer runs out. The deadbeats and moochers, of course, will leave anyway, and there are plenty of alternatives (albeit not so user-friendly) out there. But a sizable portion of those 64 million really read Playboy for the articles - er, use Napster for the selection and convenience - and will stick around because deep down, they'll feel better if they kick in a few bucks for the privilege of access to the world's largest record store...