Netscape pioneer to invest in smart VCR; will take stake in replay networks, one of custom TV start-ups

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Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen will announce an investment in Replay Networks, a developer of digital TV recording systems that intend to replace VCRs. Replay Networks is developing television systems that allow viewers to create different methods of watching, storing and retrieving programs. Sunnyvale, CA-based Replay Networks is competing with Silicon Valley rival Tivo have adopted licensing strategies that would allow sub-$500 VCRs to contain their technology. Users of the ReplayTV system, due in Dec 1998, will have the option of recording in entirety a program that is already in progress. Other ReplayTV recording features will include taping specified portions of a program and skipping commercials. The user-friendly ReplayTV not only will allow viewers to bypass a manual, unlike most traditional VCRs, it also will permit the recording of specific programming whenever it airs.

Acquisitions & mergers, Household audio and video equipment, Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing, Video Home Recorders & Players, Consumer electronics industry, Company investment, Investments, Video tape recorders and recording, Videocassette recorders, Videotape recording, Andreessen, Marc, Replay Networks

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Deals to move global positioning technology toward everyday use: foreign companies will invest millions in chips for cellular phone use

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Finland-based Nokia will announce a $3 million investment in start-up, Sirf Technology Inc. to produce global positioning system (GPS) chips cheap enough to be installed in cellular telephones. Ericsson and Hitachi have a similar deal to produce GPS chips. Signals from satellites are used by GPS to pinpoint a location anywhere in the world. The convergence of the World Wide Web and portable wireless electronic devices may soon make it possible for consumers to type questions like "Where is the nearest pizza parlor" into hand-held devices, and receive an answer in text or possibly a robotic voice.

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And Ericssoni have a similar deal to produce GPS chips

Product development, Sweden, Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing, New Products/Services, Use of Funds, Global Positioning Systems, Nokia Corp., Hitachi Ltd., Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, Global Positioning System, Article, 3662485

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Apple and PC's, both given up for dead, are rising anew

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The personal computer market is booming despite competition from hand-held electronic devices. Lowering prices to as little as $500 for a personal computer has helped the industry compete with hand-held devices in an increasingly competitive market. Apple Computer, has realized a spectacular turnaround with its introduction this year of the $1,500 iMac developed by Jon Rubenstein's team of hardware engineers. Steve Job's return to Apple is also attributed to the company's success.

Electronic computers, Electronic Computer Manufacturing, Analog & Hybrid Computers, Marketing procedures, Management, Hand-held computers, Handheld computers, Handheld data devices, Computer industry, Microcomputers, Microsoft Corp., Forecasts and trends, Marketing, Industry trend, AAPL, Market trend/market analysis, Market share, Apple iMac (PowerPC-based system), Hand-held data device, Jobs, Steven, Apple Inc., Rubenstein, Jon

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