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To: Scumbria who wrote (75038)	3/2/1999 1:17:00 AM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Sumbria, it was 56K in the store. And I don't know how it works, but it was noticeably faster than my 56K 300MHZ laptop I use at home. It was also interesting that the salesman was really pushing the faster internet speed. I looks to me like Intel could get a lot of mileage out of an advertisement campaign focused toward this feature. We also have this problem in are area, even when you have a 56K modem, the local phone lines don't go much above 42K. And sometimes much slower. Sometimes it depend on what street you live on what speed you have around here. I wish the governement would completely deregulate the cable industry! I believe we have the lousiest cable company in the country. Talk about a monopoly! The Justice department should leave Microsoft and Intel alone and fine itself for creating monopolies all over the country! :-) Michael

To: Scumbria who wrote (75038)	3/2/1999 1:46:00 AM
From: greenspirit	Respond to of 186894

Scumbria, check out this article. If Intel and Microsoft were from any other country on earth their government would be treating them like national treasures. Instead what do we see? Our own government trying to run down our best companies! I guess Intel executives didn't pony up enough money for the last political campaign or something. Or maybe AMD/NSM simply ponied up more. Article.... Intel, FTC File Pretrial Briefs (03/01/99, 9:00 p.m. ET) By Mary Mosquera, TechWeb With the antitrust trial set to start on March 9, the government and Intel Monday released dueling pretrial briefs. The Federal Trade Commission's brief charged that the chip maker pressured its partners to turn over technology patents that could have encouraged competition. Intel's pretrial brief countered the FTC's claims of an Intel monopoly and illegal business practices by stating that competition and innovation in the microprocessor market has accelerated since the government began investigating the Santa Clara, Calif.-based chip maker. The FTC said Intel used its monopoly in microprocessors to extract new technologies from three of its customers and potential competitors and then denied them access to technical information they needed to develop products based on Intel's chips. Compaq and Digital Equipment, which Compaq later acquired, along with Intergraph have all filed patent-infringement suits against Intel. "In effect, Intel established its own privately administered compulsory-licensing regime," the FTC said. Intel said that withholding its intellectual property from the computer makers was "an appropriate and perfectly normal response." The company also said it was within its intellectual-property rights to deny the computer makers access to the technical information, Intel said. Instead, the government seeks "to intervene in private disputes between well-represented major corporations and to secure an order that would tilt the competitive playing field," Intel said. The government's remedy to force Intel to hand over the disputed technical information amounts to mandatory licensing of its intellectual property, Intel said. The FTC said it wants "to foreclose the possibility" that Intel will again coerce innovative technology from other companies. The crux of the government's suit is that Intel has a monopoly in the general microprocessor market, which the chip maker denies, stating it has had no adverse effect on competition, according to the brief. "Price, product, and innovation competition have accelerated, and microprocessor innovation and R&D has increased, not abated," Intel said in its brief. As proof of the competitive landscape, Intel points to its growing number of competitors -- Advanced Micro Devices, National Semiconductor/Cyrix, Hewlett-Packard, and IBM -- and highlights falling prices as another indicator of healthy competition, according to it's brief. However, the FTC said that Intel's competition in the low-end, which is characterized by razor-thin profits, is questionable since AMD and Cyrix are both struggling against Intel's recent aggressive efforts in that segment. "Intel took aggressive steps to capture the new segment and is widely expected dramatically to gain share in the low-end segments," the FTC said. Intel shares fell 3 1/2 to close at 116 7/16 Monday, after the investment-banking firm of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette lowered its rating on the chip maker to "market perform" from "buy" because analysts anticipate a slowdown in computer growth. The monthly chip market share numbers released Friday spooked the Intel stock, said Bill Whyman, Internet strategist at Legg Mason Precursor Group in Washington, D.C. "Intel's aggregate total share was below 50 percent for the first time last week," he said, adding, "This will help Intel in its antitrust case."

To: Scumbria who wrote (75038)	3/2/1999 1:56:00 AM
From: Paul Engel	Respond to of 186894

SCUMbria - Re: "So what happens when they buy the PIII, take it home, and connect it to the internet through their 56K modem? " They can get fast 3D visualization from the Sharper Image: newsalert.com March 01, 1999 07:42 Sharper Image Launches Next-Generation 3D Interactive Shopping on the Internet Jump to first matched term SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 1, 1999--Sharper Image Corp. (Nasdaq-NMS:SHRP) announced today that its fast-growing Website, sharperimage.com, now features product presentations that are enriched with 3D interactivity and sound. Six exclusive products currently take advantage of the new Intel(R) Pentium(R) III processor's enhanced capability; an additional 18 items will be added over the coming weeks. "We launched a completely redesigned Website last month and the enhanced presentations are truly sensational," said Richard Thalheimer, Sharper Image's founder, chairman, and chief executive officer. "The special interactive products will sport a '3D' tag. Shoppers at sharperimage.com will see three-dimensional, sound-enriched representations that can be manipulated by mouse clicks to rotate, zoom in and out, open and close, play natural sounds, and more. We expect more traffic, longer visits, and increased sales." "The items we showcase," Thalheimer explained, "are fun, innovative, unusual, and can be purchased only from The Sharper Image." Thalheimer concluded, "Enhanced 3D interactivity is a great way to help customers understand the unique features of our proprietary Sharper Image Design products, and it's key to our strategy of making sharperimage.com a leading Internet destination." "Intel is pleased that The Sharper Image has taken full advantage of the performance of the Pentium III processor platform," said Sally Fundakowski, director of Shopping/Business Market Development at Intel. "By using Streaming SIMD Extensions, the sharperimage.com Website will deliver real-time, realistic 3D shopping environments on the Internet." Content is scaleable to the users' computer capabilities. The Sharper Image is a specialty retailer that is nationally and internationally renowned as a leading source of new, innovative, high-quality products that make life easier and more enjoyable. A significant and growing proportion of sales are of proprietary products created by the company's product development group, Sharper Image Design. The company operates 87 stores throughout the United States and mails millions of its award-winning catalogs each month. Additionally, the company's products may be purchased on-line via its Internet store at sharperimage.com. This release contains certain forward-looking statements regarding the company's expected performance for future periods, and actual results for such periods may materially differ. Such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, including risks of changing market conditions in the overall economy and the retail industry, consumer demand, the opening of new stores, actual advertising expenditures by the company, the success of the company's advertising and merchandising strategy, availability of products, and other factors detailed from time to time in the company's annual and other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. CONTACT: The Sharper Image, San Francisco Tracy Wan, 415/445-1583