Word: networked
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Chambers credits the network effect for U.S. productivity increases from the stagnant 1980s level of 1.5% annually to last year's 3%. And he should know. His company pioneered business on the Web, doing 33% of the world's e-commerce...
...that in this technological revolution they will have to maintain a state of perfect paranoia to stay ahead. Cisco is facing tough competition in the telecom-equipment business, where longtime powerhouses Lucent and Nortel enjoy established expertise and relationships with key customers. "It's one thing to build a network the size of a corporation," says a skeptic, Nortel ceo John Roth, "but it's another to build one the scale of a whole nation...
Earlier this year, the Justice Department launched Law Net, a network of federal, state and local computer-crime experts designed to share expertise and technology. The department is seeking $37 million in new federal funding for initiatives that include training officers to combat Internet crime, developing 10 regional computer forensic labs, hiring experienced cyberinvestigators and prosecuting child pornographers. "We have a limited pool of expertise and resources that we need to expand," says John Bentivoglio, associate deputy attorney general...
...largely in real time. But the original drew its charge from the threat of war with an empire that no longer exists (though its weaponry does). So why do it now? Because George Clooney wanted to. He made Fail Safe a priority when he pitched shows to CBS; the network in turn insisted that he act in it (he plays a bomber pilot). "I'm the 800-lb. gorilla that can make this work," he admits. He personally secured the A-list cast, Don Cheadle, Noah Wyle, Harvey Keitel and James Cromwell among them. And he contends the story...
...might seem odd that a nostalgia sitcom should embrace new media. But after viewing last Monday's debut of Behind the Scenes at That '70s Show--billed by producer Carsey-Werner as "the first-ever weekly Internet streaming series for a network show" (whew!)--it made sense. The jumpy video, the garbled audio (over a 56.6K modem), the thrown-together interviews with the Fox hit's stars--the infant days of TV must have been like this. It was enough to make one nostalgic for today...