Energy costs bring retooled computers

The struggle against the high cost of energy isn't confined to the fuel pump. A relentless war on energy waste is also raging in computer rooms across corporate America, and the fallout is reshaping the US computer industry.

Bob Doherty is on the front lines.

Computer taken from auto-body shop

A burglar stole a computer and electronic equipment worth an estimated $3,800 from Abra Auto Body, 44 Seventh St. N.E., according to Rochester police. The theft occured between 10 p.m. Wednesday and 3 a.m. Thursday.

The burglar reportedly gained access to the building through a broken window in an overhead door.

Device links computer, HDTV

Could Perry County be the next Silicon Valley?

That might be a stretch, but the North American distributor of a new product from a Korean electronics firm says cheap real estate and good transportation in the midstate led him to pick 403 Huckleberry Road in New Bloomfield as the location for his company.

 

Google, Amazon offer classics, blockbusters for download

Internet megaliths Google Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. blazed forth over the past few days vowing to change The World As We Know It with book and movie download schemes for all of the Web surfing credit card holders living on the aforementioned planet.

Amazon got the jump on Apple Computer Inc. with the debut of Unbox, a scheme to let shoppers download newly released-to-video Hollywood movies and TV shows for between $1.99 and $20 instead of buying them as shrink-wrapped DVDs.

Meanwhile, Google launched a free, albeit restricted, downloadable books scheme.

First I'll cover Google's giveaway, and then Amazon's movie-by-modem gambit.

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