Week in review: Products everywhere
At the Consumer Electronics Show, PC maker Emachines announced it will follow the Apples's (Nasdaq:AAPL) lead. It plans to launch a new low-cost computer styled like a retro automobile in blue and gray. The VCR is entering the digital age, led by startups Replay Networks Inc. and TiVo Inc.
"One of the best-kept secrets in Silicon Valley" (says one industry source) is out of the bag. Guess what the new speedy Intel (Nasdaq:INTC) chip will be called? Wonder of wonders, it's the Pentium III, and it will ship this quarter! The chip, code-named Katmai, will begin at 450 MHz and 500 MHz, and improve 3-D, graphics processing and speech recognition capabilities.
This week, there's much ado about Microsoft (Nasdaq:MSFT). Dinner with Bill Gates notwithstanding, AT&T (NYSE:T) decided not to buy the Microsoft Network. AT&T had discussed absorbing MSN into the AT&T Worldnet Internet service and says talks are off for now. In other Microsoft news, Microsoft Office 2000 will be priced in line with Office 97. And finally, the judge hearing two class-action suits against Microsoft called for a hearing next Thursday. It appears Microsoft temps may have been given new contracts to sign that prevent them from collecting damages against Microsoft.
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