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This week, we will ask if it is time to lay the desktop PC to rest.

We get an hands on the new device vying to take its place. We tape --

we talked to the special operatives who will take movies and TV shows

on-stream. Welcome. The Nevada desert is a great place to bury old

rubbish. For a while now, people had been saying that the

traditional desktop PC is finished. It has expired. Last week, at the

Consumer Electronic Show, there was plenty of evidence to support that

theory. From tablets to smartphones Toukley Kate Winslet to laptop that

turn into netbooks. -- netbooks. The bars on the show floor was all

about netbooks. Most of the major electronics company are pushing for

small, light laptops. These machines had been dubbed the

ultrabook. This is the brainchild of Intel. It transforms the laptop

into a tablet. It has a touch screen display. They paid Will-i-am

to wax lyrical about the new technology. This is the new ghetto-

blaster. Intel are very good at this, they created the netball. It

became a laptop again. You'll probably find the same thing

happening here. It will just become a laptop again. The first wave of

ultrabooks around their way. Many other technology companies have

jumped on the bandwagon. It is just 14.9 millimetres thick. They used

Core i5 or Core i7 processes. -- process areas. They are very

desirable on the market. It is not jest ultrabooks that Tarro on show.

This is a pro to top device by a company called Razer. It has to

analogue controls that act as handles. It can disguise as a

tablet. Improved processing power allows these machines to do more,

faster. Tablets being used to control TV is all games. They can

control the action of gestures and movements. These tablets have many

functions. They are powered by powerful chips. This has

fundamentally been enabled by a digger hurts fast processor. We are

literally process in every individual can refrain that comes

from the censor. We match that against the database to determine

the relevant position of the camera from the object and then we draw

the object. We are doing all that within 30 seconds. This will

revolutionise computer ring in the future. This leaves the PC tower

out in the cold. For home users, the tower could soon be a thing of

the past. It looks like many technology giants think that the PC

is dead and buried. That metaphor was worth it. Next up, a look at

this week's techniques. Tough new NT Paris seek legislation in the US

has been shelved after some of the biggest names on the Web have shot

themselves down. Wikipedia, and Craigslist shut down while Google

stayed open. Many are worried that the proposals will increase web

censorship. These lead to isolation aims to stop -- this legislation

has been pushed by Sony and maybe companies to bring down the Web

sites of streaming movies. A web site of a Saudi Arabian and Abu

Dhabi stock exchange were targeted. The targets are the concern of

cyber warfare in the region. More than half a billion Chinese now

have access to the internet according to the China into nets

Information Centre. -- Chinese internet information centre. Only

40% of Chinese people use the internet. That is half of the

population compared to Western countries. This kites sense its

energy back to the court that tapers it through to the crowd.

This company was funded by Google and the US Department of

electricity. It will be released on to the market by 2014. Portable and

personal computing is not the Attlee technology that is going to

be changes. Home entertainment is having its own digital revolution.

Music downloads are already massive. The next to go, TV and movies. When

upstart technology tries to change an industry that is more than 100

years old, it did not expect an easy ride. -- do not expect. Not

that this guy ever does. All this guy. Or this one. As 007 turns over

50, previous directors and bonds goals were to -- added to promote

their race sales of the popular franchise. Rentals were down as

more and more Broadbent uses opted to stream movies over the internet.

-- clique 30 two users. You -- broadband users. Digital revolution

needs to be embraced. You make the film for it a great number of

people and hope that they will see it. They do not want to watch now

work programmes when the networks tell them to do so. People are not

interested in that anymore. It is important to release the product in

as many places as you can before the pirates get to it and release

it on the internet. One of the fastest-growing areas his

subscription scrip streaming. They charge a monthly fee and can watch

anything they want on the internet. In the US, net flicks has been the

darling of the streaming wild. That is until last summer. They

unexpectedly try to rearrange their business and increase their prices.

It lost them nearly a million subscribers. Its co-founder was

forced to apologise. I would like to say how sorry I am in the way we

handled the communication in these big changes. The company says it

will find new infrastructure to accommodate new members. They are

prepared for a high-stakes bidding war that could see them paying ten

times as much for movies and TV shows them before. -- than before.

You have access to content. You must do more to attract people to

be content. The content providers will demands higher cost and

content. The Hollywood studios were not make as much from a �6 or you

can watch subscription. They would make more from selling a DVD. On

these websites it usually has older material that has gone through its

DVD window. They were not make the money on these websites then they

would say if people went out and bought these movies on DVD. Then

not resisting change, they are happy to give that may be to you,

but they did not want to make it Netflix recently lost hundreds of

movies from Sony Studios after a number of their online subscribers

exceeded a pre-agreed maximum. Are at the studios playing hardball?

After announcing their expansion into the UK and Ireland, that is

what I asked Reed Hastings. They are not playing more hard will then

they always were. They are negotiators will content but they

are happy to make money. When we work with television producers, it

is the same thing. They want a fair compensation for their product. It

is the team war between us and Sky. The city shares like that because

they like to have possible bidders. -- Studios. Netflix is not the only

digital delivery service in the US. Bigoted very -- GoogleTV is growing.

Amahs on his at a burden as well. - - and designed is a competitor as

Concerns are expensive to make. That has not changed. That is why

we launched our servers. We could give us some of the content for

free. -- services. They also hope the ads they share will be more

interesting and relevant then a normal standard commercial. Because

this is an on-demand severs, it feel against their own personalised

set of recommendations. We can continue to programme it to them.

For example, if someone is watching a show, at the end of there we can

address them through the showers. We can address the viewer. We shed

and a clip of a show that other viewers liked. -- showed them a

clip. When one service become a dominant provider? We have a more

devices to download. The winner other is streaming war it is the

one who can be on the most devices. Right now, Netflix wins. Eight

competitors are not on every device yet. Right now you have to be on

every device to win. Even though the music industry owes a lot to I

jeans, some feels it will has to much power over the record

companies and art as. -- iTunes. The final consumer at his most

important. We want them to have good access. We want them to be

able to choose who they buy it from. In a world where there are several

players is better than a monopoly. You can buy a high quality screen

to suit what you want to see. It is less likely they will have a slot

will be ready Beatties. The movie industry will have to give him to

act on the mind desires. -- Moon There is nothing more on nine than

having someone peep over your shoulder to read your computer

screen. A fair amount of us need to share what is on a computer at work.

Collaborating got a whole lot easier thanks to a browser base

screen at share until. There is no sign up required for this service.

It involves the downloading a temporary application and then

giving a nine digit code to any one per you want to see your screen. --

any one of. There is a maximum of 250 euros. There is upgrade with

more beaches. Event the Freeserve has allowed it to hand over control

of your dust up. -- free services. You could get tax support from your

nephew. -- Tech. It is also available on a number of other

devices like the Android. Air travel is pretty cheap nowadays.

But getting to and from the airport could be a sting in the tale. Its

application least people who are going to the airport at the same

time was up the stairs -- not only makes sense financially but it is

also good for the environment. Every little bit helps when it

comes to cutting down on your fuel consumption. You can save up to

five per Farr's depending on whether you are travelling alone or

Someone in this community can be ARMadillo is an application which

allows you to search for an than a company credit reports. -- and

download it. You do not have to be a company to make good use of these

It is three to download and you can search of businesses by name and

country. -- free. You can choose to purchase different reports. It is a

small price to pay thought a peace We talk about the Hottest 7's

protests earlier. -- SOPA. A new chrome extension is on hand to keep

you on for -- in form. After installing these, users get a

warning message if they support it -- are visiting a SOPA supporting

website. The Brit Awards are coming up in

February. The organisers have gone hi-tech with the launch of a free

Once the event goes live, you can use the application to down a

performances are through iTunes. It is a shame they did not think other

smart phone users can enough for a late application as well.