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...rush online? And why now? Part of the answer is technological. With stereo speakers and built-in CD players, today's multimedia computers have turned into surprisingly good sound systems. Throw in a telephone connection to the Internet, a fast modem and software like RealAudio 3.0 (which lets you hear "stereo-quality" sound in real time, as it downloads), and a world of online music opens up on your computer screen. With a higher-speed connection (via cable modem or isdn line), you can even see music videos and live Netcasts, which, while still pretty herky-jerky, are a decent...
...music is economic. Electronic mail-order houses are one of the few businesses making money on the Web, and music CDs are among the biggest sellers (along with books, flowers and pornography). Buyers get to sample songs before they purchase, and they enjoy modest discounts (typical price: $9.95 a CD); sellers save a fortune on overhead and can carry a much wider selection of performers. Internet Underground Music Archive www.iuma.com) one of the pioneers in the online-music business, got its start peddling the CDs of unsigned bands that nobody had ever heard of. Today the seven-person company carries...
...long-ago Prince smashes like Kiss and When Doves Cry, Emancipation is plagued with a lot of filler. In the end there are just too many middling songs. Still, listeners can indulge in a little emancipation of their own and make one great album out of this three-CD set. Directions: 1)Buy Emancipation and a blank tape; 2)Record these songs off the three CDs: Jam of the Year; Somebody's Somebody; In This Bed I Scream; One Kiss at a Time; Soul Sanctuary; Emale; Let's Have a Baby; Friend, Lover, Mother/Wife; My Computer; and the title track...
...makers did the macarena--a hand flap here, a hip swivel there. But their efforts to improve home computers amounted to the same old song and dance: incrementally faster processors, modems and CD-ROM drives, with an occasional dip toward better design. Toshiba, however, wowed the crowded desktop dance floor with a balletic new product that blends the functions of a computer with the capabilities of TV and stereo. With its radical design, innovative features and ability to attract a crowd, the Infinia Home PC is a critical...
...easy to see why. The charcoal black Infinia (priced from $2,148 to $3,548) resembles an arresting 2001: A Space Odyssey-type monolith. Toshiba has included the usual alphabet soup of goodies: 17-in. monitors, Pentium/200 processors, 32-MB ram and 8X CD-ROM drives. The mix creates a superb AV package, controlled by a large, hi-fi-like volume knob, an addition long overdue...