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DOGGED CONSUMERS Last week CBS aired the first ad just for cats. Over the top? Not for folks at the National Pet Products Trade Show, who were selling Rebound! a dog sports drink; Chip Runner, a toy chipmunk that runs in a ball; and Scratch 'n Catch, with scratch-activated mouse...
...seems absurd that the fate of nations could hang on the sale of a Pentium III chip. "It's an illusion that we can draw a bright line in the sand," says Jeffrey Garten, a Commerce official during Clinton's first term and now dean of Yale's School of Management. "So it's healthy that we have a national debate over what we transfer and what we hold back." Engagement with China rests on scores of such decisions, and virtually no one, not even in the white heat of the Cox report, is seriously calling for Washington to disengage...
...Proportion of parents surveyed who say they would like to use a V-chip to block TV programs, if they...
...Number of nationwide electronics chain stores that stopped selling V-chip decoder boxes, for lack of interest...
...BEST FRIEND Looking for the perfect pet, one that never slobbers, growls or barks in the night? Meet Sony's AIBO (Artificial Intelligence Robot), a foot-tall plastic pup, powered by computer chip, that can walk, sit, lie down, even raise a paw in the air. Stroke a sensor on its head, and AIBO wags its tail; throw a ball, and a digital camera in its snout will track it. A remote control turns it left or right. Available at www.world.sony.com/robot/for $2,500, AIBO costs more than most purebreds. But it doesn't shed, can't dig holes...