E-novel approach promises new chapter for book lovers

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Cambridge, MA-based firm E Ink has developed a technology which it calls electronic paper and has branded as Radio Paper. Electronic paper (e- paper) looks and feels like ordinary paper with printed characters. The difference is that the ink in electronic paper can change just like characters on a computer screen can change. Pages of e-paper can be compiled into an electronic book, a book whose contents can be changed by plugging it into a phone line or a wireless receiver.

Other Electronic Component Manufacturing, Display Devices, E Ink

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You must remember this: if you don't, your watch will

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Top scientists at companies such as IBM Research, Lucent Technologies' Bell Laboratories and Microsoft Research are working on new computerized storage devices that can retain seemingly infinite amounts of information in increasingly small spaces. Microsoft Research noted that breadbox-sized devices storing a terabyte of data, or the equivalent of roughly 2 million books, are already available for $6,000. It believes that a terabyte of storage will be available in a personal computer perhaps by 2005. IBM Research is working on a device that can store 400 gigabits of data on one square inch of space. Bell Labs is working on holographic data storage technology that would, for example, enable a movie to stored in a credit card-sized instrument within 20 seconds.

Computer Storage Device Manufacturing, Memories & Storage Devices

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Failure to define company's purpose led to AT& T's 4-way split

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AT and T will split into four pieces, namely, a cable cmpany, a wireless company, a business services company and a consumer services company. Its downfall began with the 1984 breakup of the Bell System. The split shattered AT and T's purpose which was to provide universal service and to create the world's best national communications system. Its leadership also consistently failed to see that its failures had everything to do with people and their sense of purpose. It is hoped that the four-way split would give its next generation of leaders a purpose and get on track.

Wired Telecommunications Carriers, Organizational history, Telephone Communications, AT&T Corp.

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