Time To Tee It Up On The Web

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One of the Internet’s earliest accomplishments was bringing the far corners of the globe into the homes of surfers.

Later, city guides began appearing, offering local news and information about activities closer to home. Initial response to these sites was somewhat less than robust.

Undeterred, the pioneers of such sites are pushing ahead with plans to expand into new cities, beef up content and add services such as restaurant reservations and golf tee times.

Knight Ridder

* Chameleon chips: Microprocessors are the brains of a broad range of consumer technology, but they get much of their capabilities from software that resides on a hard drive.

That may be about to change.

Under one scenario, programmable computer chips could morph from one type to another. Thus a chip made by Intel to run Microsoft applications could become a Motorola chip that runs Apple Macintosh software.

Boston Globe