Wednesday, June 2, 1999
Pocket library -- Electronic books have arrived
The electronic book is finally here, but don't start cheering -- or mourning for your hardcovers and paperbacks - yet. At least in the opening phase of the battle between reading methods, paper remains mightier than silicon.
Bootlegged `Phantom Menace' disks flood Asia months before film's release
In what appears to be the quickest rollout in piracy history, video-disk copies of "Episode 1: The Phantom Menace" are pouring onto the streets of Hong Kong, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta months before its scheduled release in local theaters.
After Diet Pepsi? Bottled water, of course
Close on the heels of launching a 500 ml PET bottle and Diet Pepsi in 330 ml cans, Pepsi is once again on the go: this time, it's preparing to enter the bottled water market and in addition, has launched two new World Cup promotions.
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