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`Personal Multimedia
`Remember whenthe promise ofpersonal computers wasjust that—bringing
`computer powerto individuals? People used PCsto create their own word
`processing documentsand spreadsheets, things that automated processes
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`gramsthat let you create graphics pret- done by handoron large computers. Then, aboutten years ago, we got desk-
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`applications, with software designed to let almost
`anyonecreate fancy graphics and even music. Such
`programs have been available for professionals for
`sometime. Mostofthe publications and graphics you
`see are created in programs such as QuarkXPress,
`CorelDraw, or Adobe PhotoshoporIllustrator. But
`for those of us whoaren’t graphics professionals, get-
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`and is aimedspecifically at people trying to create
`praphics for a Website. You'd likely start with a
`photographorclip-art image, but ImageStyler makes
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`styles to your image.You can easily mix and match
`colors,textures, shading,and 3-D effects to create a
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`specific HTML commands orroll-over text that pops
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`hallmarks.
`moving this way. If you want unique
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`programs are now trying to use the
`Acid, from Sonic Foundry.Acid lets you start with its
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`where new applications aimed at typical business
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`users—instead of graphics professionals—are the
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`big trend. Among my favorites:
`music.
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`Takentogether these programs represent a range
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`rightsize for putting on aWebsite. It has a numberof
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`deal forAOLto buy
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`respondingsaid thatthey'd haveone by1989.Seven
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`hat’s round, super-lightweight, ultraportable, low-cost, and
`esting as the Netscape
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`long-lasting? It can support millionsofcolors at perfect
`The AOL/Sun
`resolution and comesin blue,green, or brown.It’s your eye,ofcourse,
`and it may be the ultimate display of the future,
`alliance is designed
`Microvision,a developer basedin Seattle,acquired rightsto a tech-
`“to accelerate the
`nology known as Virtual Retinal Display (VRD) from the University of
`growth of enter-
`Washington Human InterfaceTechnology Laboratory in 1993.A VRD
`prise-class e-com-
`device sends an encoded beam oflight through the pupil to the retina,
`merce, and to use
`stimulating the receptorsso you seem to see a high-quality image an
`Sun’s Java technol-
`arm’s length away. It eliminates the needfor any screen,letting the eye
`ogy to develop
`Internet devices
`complete the function performedby a flat panel’s matrix array.
`that will help
`Built into eyeglasses or goggles,VRD could display imagesthat
`Internet users access
`don’t block one’s view,useful in image-guided surgery.And in cellular
`America Online brands trom
`phones andpagers, it could let you view e-mail,Web pages,faxes, and
`AOL CEOSteve Case has
`anywhere, anytime,” according
`files as if ona full-size monitor.
`toanAOL statement. As partof made clearthat he hashis eyes
`Microvision saysVRD poses no dangerto the eye and adheresto
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`the deal, Sun will become a on $un’s hardware and software|safety standards.
`primary systems and service
`platformsas opportunities to
`provider to AOL.
`marry AOL with enterprise e-
`AOLwill get more than $350
`commercestrategies. AOL and
`million in licensing, marketing,
`Netscape will continue develop-
`and advertising fees from Sun.
`mentof the upcoming Netscape
`AOL’s big hope,though,is that
`browser, called Communicator
`Sun’svision of ubiquitous net-
`5.0,and will add Version 1.2 of
`working—incorporaling every-
`Sun's Java DevelopmentKit to
`thing from Internet-connected
`the browser. AOLwill also
`soda machines to conference
`embed Sun’s scaled-downver-
`room tables with plug-and-play
`sion ofJava,PersonalJava,in all
`networking—canhelp make
`AOLclients.
`The PG Proliferates
`L ow PCprices andthelure of the Internetdrove almost 4million
`buyers to purchasetheir first PCs in thefirst six months of 1998,
`accordingto data from ZD MarketIntelligence. Some 50 million
`homes—almosthalf of U.S. households—nowhaveat least one PC.
`Declining prices have also led more lower-income familiesto
`buy PCs. Householdswith incomesofless than $30,000 accounted
`fora third of all new PC purchasesinthefirst half of 1998. Still,
`wu
`householdsflush with
`cash are far morelike-
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`PIPELINE
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`Walking Web
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`ireless tablets for
`Websurfingon
`the run are dueto arrive in
`1999. The WebPad,from the
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`Conceptual Products Group
`at Cyrix, is one of the most
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`talked-abouttablets, Powered
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`by the Cyrix MediaGX
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`processor, the tablet is about
`the size of an Etch A Sketch
`NO WIRES: The Cyriv WebPad.
`and accesses the Internet wire-
`lessly via a radio-frequency base station—aset-top box or
`standalonebasestation.
`Thebase station options provide for cable modem, ISDN, or
`56-Kbps connections, Once you connectto the basestation, you
`can roam wirelessly at a range of about150 feet and use a pen
`and on-screen navigation buttons to surf the Web. Though the
`unit is only a prototype now, Cynix is talking to manufacturers
`and expects units to start shipping early this year. Cyrix foresees
`the WebPadbeing popularfor use with home networks. No
`pricing informationis outyet.
`Global Converging Technologiesis also working on a wireless
`tablet for Web surfing, the Cendis Net Display, to arrive in the
`summer of 1999. [t will be touch-sensitive and priced around
`$500.The Cendis Net Display. unlike the Cyrix WebPad,will
`have a monochromedisplay,
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`can offer complete interoper-
`ability between applications and
`any biometric gadget—a key
`ingredientthatwill help broaden
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`Personal
`Projection
`Ww orldwidesales of ultra-
`portable projectors—
`models that weigh under 10
`pounds—grewnearly 400 per-
`cent from 1997 to 1998, accord-
`ing to the market researchfirm
`Pacific Media Associates, The
`ultraportable market should
`nearly double by nextyear,
`reaching almost $1 billion in
`sales, according to Pacific Media.
`Keyto this growth is that
`these projectors weigh less than
`half as much as competing
`designs, while offering many of
`the same features and, in some
`cases, brighter images. Low
`price is also a factor, Released
`nearly two years ago, the Light-
`ware VP800 remainsoneof the
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`PRESENTING: The 6.8-pound InFocus
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`E-Shopping
`Arrives
`hile the final numbers
`won't be compiled for
`another couple of months, 1998
`appears to have marked the
`arrival of big-time e-commerce
`best-selling projectors for pro-
`revenues. According ta Cyber-
`Bio-Identities
`fessionals. Sales shotuplast
`Dialogue,aresearch firm, about
`year when Lightware lowered
`6.7 million adults shoppedonline
`eB iometric identification
`the price to $3,000—unprece-
`in 1998. According to America
`systems—which rely on
`dented in a market where most
`Online, nearly 50 percentofits 14
`fingerprints, voice prints, retinal
`projectors were closer to
`mullion subscribers have shopped
`scans, and the identification of
`$10,000.The unit now sells for
`online, with the numbers sharply
`other unique attributes you
`under $2,000.
`increasing duringthe last quarter
`carry around—areslowly
`Soon you'll be able to carry a
`of 1998. A big boost came during
`makingthetransition out of
`notebook and a projector that
`the holiday season as major re-
`the exolic stage and into the
`together will weighless than a
`mainstream.
`laptop did just a few years ago.
`To move product devel-
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`
`opmentalong, Microsoft
`and a group of software
`companies have come up
`with BioAPI ( APT
`standsfor application
`programmung interface), a
`tool that software developers
`canuse to build supportforall
`
`sorts of biometric devices right
`into their applications. Today
`the market, says Karan Khanna,
`developers need to write support
`lead product mangerfor Win-
`for specific biometric devices and
`dows Security at Microsoft. The
`force their customers to use
`proposalis only in theinitial
`stages now, with product devel-
`certain hardware.
`
`A standard such as BioAPI opment a year away.ee
`‘THIS ISSUE'S CONTRIBUTORS: Angela Hickman, Carol Levin, Sebastian
`Rupley, Don Willmott,
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`tailers such as Nordstrom offered a]billion
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`Source,WC,1998.
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