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Yahoo raises profile with Hollywood push
Apr 3 2005 5:34PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Five years ago, a handful of companies with names like Pop, Pseudo and Icebox promised a future when original shows produced for the Internet would replace traditional TV viewing. The dot-com bust deflated those grand ambitions. But the vision of creating unique, interactive multimedia programming for a generation weaned on video games is very much alive at Yahoo Inc.
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Computers obeying brain signals
Apr 3 2005 5:14PM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Researchers and volunteers around the world are taking early steps toward a complex but straightforward technological goal: to use electrical signals from the brain as instructions to computers and other machines, allowing paralyzed people to communicate, move around and control their environment literally without moving a muscle.
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Handheld computer yet to reach the masses
Apr 3 2005 3:38PM (CT)
BANGALORE, India (AP) - Four years ago, a low-cost handheld dubbed the Simputer was touted as a way to give villagers in poorer countries access to computing power. That dream remains elusive.
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Students using new generation of downloads
Apr 3 2005 4:08AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - College junior Kyle Taylor is downloading hundreds of songs by No Doubt, Bruce Springsteen and others onto the Compaq laptop in his cramped dormitory room. With a few more clicks of his mouse, Taylor is watching commercial-free "Seinfeld" episodes on his computer. In just minutes, he then downloads the entire movie "A League of Their Own." The 20-year-old is not breaking any laws. Nor is he at risk of expensive lawsuits by the entertainment industry over copyright violations.
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