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...kids say they love Pappas. But some advocacy groups, led by the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty, say schools for homeless kids are "segregationist" and deny them equal access to education. "The law says homeless children must not be separated from mainstream public schools," says law-center attorney Sarah McCarthy. Her organization is pushing for legislation that would make it harder for schools like Pappas to receive federal funds...
...member but want supercheap Net access, WebTV's $100 classic model plus a $20 monthly fee is a bargain. The price doesn't include the optional (but highly desirable) wireless keyboard or access to the interactive-TV features, but it gives newbies a cheap way to dip their toes in cyberspace...
WebTV's other advantage is its range of choices, from a bare-bones unit for $99 to a souped-up model combining satellite TV, digital recording and Net access for $449. Monthly fees range from $10 to $75. AOLTV, on the other hand, will launch with no digital-recording features (although it promises them later in the year as part of the deal it announced with TiVo last week). And everyone who buys AOLTV will have to pay $250 for the box plus a monthly fee of $14.95 (for existing AOL members) or $24.95 (for new users...
...everyone else, the best option is to wait until both services offer better interactive features or cable Net access to speed up Web surfing. High-definition TV could make onscreen text more legible. Meanwhile, I'm going to start planning next week's Survivor party--from the comfort of my home...
What he's banking on is that the majority of music fans will be prepared to pay a minimal monthly fee--around the price of a single CD--to have online access to thousands of albums. This music channel--along with the CDs already in their collections--will be available anywhere there's an Internet connection. Robertson believes the mainstream will choose this limited-pay model over legally dubious networks like Napster and Freenet. Thus far the rise of MP3s "has been painted as a college-kids-gone-crazy phenomenon," he says. "In fact, it cuts across all walks...