May 11, 2004
Wired News: MIT Aims for the Bottom Line.
With its building extension project still in limbo, and layoffs a fresh memory for some of its staff, the leaders of the MIT Media Lab met with electronics companies this week to persuade the businesses that the lab is serious about making technologies for the consumer market.
PC World: What's Next for Consumer Gadgets?
Our digital future may offer do-it-all devices that are nonetheless simple to use; batteries that can be recharged on the fly, perhaps wirelessly; and tech gadgets that resemble nothing available today, say some of the experts who will be developing it.
News.Com: Sony makes over Vaio line.
Additions to the line include a new portable music player built around a hard drive, a diminutive Windows XP PC and new PCs with enhanced audiovisual functions. Also, the company revealed that it is working on a hard-disk recorder with more than a terabyte of storage capacity.
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