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Nhöõng teân môùi trong Internet
Tröôùc ñaây khi ñeà caäp ñeán Tin hoïc hay Internet, chuùng ta thöôøng nhaéc ñeán Microsoft, Netscape, Intel, Dell, Compaq. Ngaøy nay nhöõng coâng ty naøy ñang maát daàn aûnh höôûng vaø nhieàu coâng ty, tuy môùi ra ñôøi trong voøng 2 hay 3 naêm qua nhöng coù nhöõng aûnh höôûng voâ cuøng quan troïng:
American Online (AOL) vôùi hôn 15 trieäu khaùch haøng, vöøa môùi mua coâng ty Netscape, ñang daãn ñaàu nhöõng "ngoâi sao saùng giaù". AOL döï tính seõ tung ra nhöõng saûn phaåm, khaùc hôn maùy ñieän toaùn, giuùp ngöôøi söû duïng ngao du WWW. Ñaây laø nhöõng Gia duïng Tin hoïc (Information Appliance). Gia duïng Tin hoïc ñaõ ñöôïc nhieàu coâng ty ñeà caäp töø 2 naêm qua, nhöng chöa coù coâng ty naøo giaùm thöïc hieän vì chöa naém ñöôïc soá ngöôøi hoå trôï. AOL coù ñöôïc öu ñieåm treân vì ñang phuïc vuï cho treân 15 trieäu ngöôøi söû duïng.
Coâng ty thöù hai laø Yahoo, moät coâng ty döïa treân saûn phaåm duy nhaát: chöông trình tìm kieám (Search) ñeå taïo neân moät thaønh phaàn quan troïng. Trong tuaàn qua Yahoo ñaõ mua coâng ty Broadcast.com vôùi 6.1 tæ myõ kim
Amazone.com laø moät hieän töôïng hieám coù treân Internet, chuù troïng vaøo kieán thöùc (knowledge) ñeå taïo naêng suaát vaø ñaùnh baïi ñòch thuû. Ngaøy nay khi ñeà caäp ñeán danh töø Amazone.com chuùng ta khoâng nhöõng noùi ñeán moät coâng ty baùn saùch treân Internet, maø coøn aùm chæ moät kyõ thuaät taân kyø cuûa quaûn lyù kinh teá trong thôøi ñaïi Tin hoïc
Moät coâng ty khaùc tuy chöa coù ñöôïc ñòa vò nhö AOL vaø Yahoo, nhöng kyõ thuaät cuûa noù MP3 ñang laøm soâi ñoäng taäp theå Internet. Vôùi kyõ thuaät naøy ngöôøi söû duïng coù theå taûi xuoáng aâm thanh vôùi phaåm chaát cao, ngang baèng vôùi phaåm chaát cuûa aâm thanh trong Compact Disc (CD). Coâng ty Diamond Multimedia saûn xuaát gia duïng tin hoïc coù teân laø RIO, ñaây laø moät duïng cuï ñieän töû coù coâng duïng gioáng nhö cassette recorder, coù khaû naêng taûi xuoáng vaø thu aâm nhaïc ñeå chöùa vaøo ñóa ñeå duøng laïi nhieàu laàn. RIO khoâng coù boä phaän quay (nhö motor) nhö trong Audio cassette, cuõng khoâng coù baêng töø tính vì döõ lieäu (data) ñöôïc chöùa trong ñóa neân vieäc söû duïng raát ñôn giaûn vaø beàn laâu.
Diamond Multimedia döï tính seõ baùn ñöôïc hôn 750 ngaøn ñôn vò RIO vôùi giaù 199 myõ kim trong naêm 1999. Löu yù raèng trong naêm ñaàu tieân PalmPilots chæ baùn ñöôïc chöa ñeán moät nöûa soá treân. Tröôùc söï thaønh coâng vöôït möùc neâu treân, nhieàu coâng ty ñaõ nhaûy vaøo "voøng chieán", nhö Samsung (Ñaïi haøn), Creative Labs (Hoa kyø) vaø thaäm chí caû Microsoft. Trong tuaàn qua Microsoft ñaõ tuyeân boá seõ tung ra MP4, moät kyõ thuaät töông töï nhaèm ñaùnh baïi MP3. Lieäu Microsoft coù laøm ñöôïc vieäc naøy khoâng? Haõy chôø xem.
Sau ñaây laø nhöõng moùc noái cung caáp theâm thoâng tin veà MP3:

MP3 NEWS & VIEWS ---
 The MP3 craze: Who's doing what
(Source: The Industry Standard) Forget portal. Forget community. Forget e-tailing. MP3 is officially the hippest craze on the Web.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=104992
 A few truths about MP3.com
(Source: The Industry Standard) The music site has garnered loads of hype on the way to its planned IPO. Here are some facts you may have missed.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=104993
 MP3.com creates buzz among Net investors
(Source: PC World Online) Online music distributor shows star power at annual investment forum.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=104994
 The future of music: LP to CD to MP3
(Source: The Industry Standard) No matter how hard the record companies try to stop it, the MP3 audio format is the future of music.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=104995

 --- ROCK STARS ON THE NET ---
 Grand Royal licenses you to ill online
(Source: IDG.net) Grand Royal, the Beastie-Boys-owned record label, announced Friday that they have launched their own Internet radio station.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=104996
 David Bowie launches BowieNet ISP
(Source: PC World Online) Rock star David Bowie, who has used the Internet to hawk his lithographs and to offer a previously unreleased song, is poised to launch a new aspect of his career -- Internet service provider.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=104997
 'The Artist' sues fan Web sites over piracy
(Source: Computerworld) The Artist Formerly Known as Prince, who turned his back on record companies in an effort to market his songs directly over the Internet, yesterday kicked off a legal battle against Web sites that the musician's management team claims are pirating his music.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=104998

 --- RECORD LABELS EMBRACE MP3 ---
 Sub Pop endorses MP3 format
(Source: PC World Online) Online music seller MP3.com has signed to sell music from select artists represented by Seattle independent record label Sub Pop Records.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=104999
 Rykodisc to sell MP3 tracks online
(Source: PC World Online) Small music label will offer songs from its catalogue for about a buck a pop.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=105000

 --- MP3 LEGAL QUESTIONS ---
 Recording industry blames it on Rio
(Source: PC World Online) What the battle over MP3 -- the hot audio compression technology -- means to you.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=105001
 Too legit to pirate? Record labels fight back
(Source: The Industry Standard) In a first for the recording industry, executives from the world's top labels pledged at a press conference to collaborate with technology companies to develop a standard for the secure distribution of digital music.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=105002
 MP3.com gets $11 million in venture financing
(Source: The Industry Standard) Web music distributor MP3.com announced that it has received a total investment of $11 million from two venture capital groups. 
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=105003
 Music biz vs. MP3: IBM to the rescue?
(Source: The Industry Standard) In the latest attempt to squelch MP3, the five major record labels and IBM this week announced a joint partnership to test a new "secure" digital-music delivery system.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=105004

 --- AUDIO PLAYERS & TOOLS ---

 Creative Labs to sell portable MP3 player
(Source: PC World Online) Palm-sized device will be priced under $200 and appear in the second quarter.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=105005
 Rio gives you MP3 music for the road
(Source: PC World Online) $200 device offers up to 60 minutes of downloadable 'digital-quality' music.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=105006
 Top 10 sound tools
(Source: PC World Online) Looking for more blast in your Sound Blaster? Here are some popular downloads that make the most of your PC's audio system.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=105007

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China hurt by trade restrictions, premier says
(Source: IDG.net) The U.S. should ease export restrictions on high-tech goods because prohibitions on what can be sent to China are hampering that nation's progress, Premier Zhu Rongji said today.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=113221
 Low prices pressuring Asian PC vendors
(Source: IDG.net) PC sales will grow in all Asia-Pacific countries this year, but vendors take note -- all of the growth will take place in the sub-$1,500 market sector.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=113222
 US gov't calls for NTT to lower local access fees
(Source: IDG.net) The U.S. government accused NTT, Japan's largest telecommunications company, of unfairly restricting competition in the Japanese telecommunications market by charging competitors excessive fees to access NTT's local telephone networks.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=113223
 Internet market still up for grabs in Asia-Pacific region
(Source: IDG.net) The Asia-Pacific region (excluding Japan) has around 13 million Internet users now, a figure set to rise to 57.5 million by 2003, and the market is still wide open for vendors to establish a leading presence.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=113224
 Japanese vendors assembling Y2K crisis teams
(Source: IDG.net) Japan's largest computer vendors said today that they are preparing year-end contingency plans to assist customers with the year 2000 problem.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=113225
 Hong Kong ISPs demand level broadband field
(Source: Computerworld Hong Kong) Hongkong Telecom and its subsidiary are practicing "predatory pricing" in the broadband market and are attempting to squeeze out” their narrowband competitors, say Hong Kong ISPs.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=113226
 Shoe on other foot in U.S.-Taiwan DRAM conflict
(Source: InfoWorld Electric) U.S. chipmakers have long leveled accusations of DRAM dumping -- the selling of chips at lower than their cost of manufacture -- at their Taiwanese peers, but yesterday saw a reversal in roles with Taiwanese manufacturers accusing their U.S counterparts of the same infraction.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=113227
 IBM, Vanda to automate China Post
(Source: Computerworld Hong Kong) IBM Greater China, in collaboration with Hong Kong-listed systems integrator Vanda Systems and Communications Holdings, this week announced a US$10 million contract with China's State Postal Bureau to provide network automation.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=113228
 Asia-Pacific IT headed for rebound
(Source: Computerworld Hong Kong) The Asia-Pacific IT market, excluding Japan, will rebound strongly this year after its disastrous performance in 1998, but overall sales will still be lower than they were in 1997, according to Dennis Philbin, managing director of market research company International Data Corp.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=113229
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