November 5, 2003
Forbes: The Pride That Killed Sony.
What is true of TVs has become true of many business lines. For years consumers were willing to pay a premium for the Sony name. Recently, however, more and more of them have realized the name is not giving them extra innovative value.
NY Times: Intel Claims Breakthrough in Chip Making.
Researchers for Intel say they have discovered a new material that they believe will permit them to overcome one of the most serious obstacles facing chip makers as they struggle to shrink computer chips to ever smaller dimensions.
PC World: FCC Endorses Built-In Copy Controls.
A broadcast flag is a single bit added to the data stream of broadcast DTV programming. By itself, the flag does not protect content. Instead, the FCC is mandating that digital devices check all incoming data for a flag.
Poynter Online: Before the Web, There Was Viewtron.
Before there was the Web, there was Viewtron. Twenty years ago on Oct. 30, Knight Ridder and the American Telephone and Telegraph Company launched in Miami one of the boldest experiments in new media: a U.S. consumer videotext service.
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