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Monday, November 4, 2002
IT Click

ACTOR Tom Arnold demonstrates the new Microsoft Windows XP Media Center in a HP Media Center PC at the product launch in New York City. Windows XP Media Center turns a PC into a media centre that integrates all digital entertainment experiences with the freedom of remote-control access.

SHUNPEI Yamazaki, president of Semiconductor Energy Laboratory (SEL), shows off a glass integrated with 8-bit central processing unit (CPU) at an unveiling in Tokyo. Sharp Corp, Japan's largest maker of liquid crystal displays, and SEL jointly developed the display with microprocessor circuitry applied directly to a glass, enabling the screen to function like a computer.

MICORSOFT and Disney have joined together to deliver Disney on MSN, a co-branded Internet service that combines the new MSN 8 software and Disney content.

DELL Computer Corp Chief Executive Michael Dell speaks to reporters in Tokyo. Dell said the company would launch a personal digital assistant (PDA) in the USA soon but saw limited near-term growth opportunities in that market.

— Reuters