...is good—but only if the Internet and PC can remain sufficiently central in the digital ecosystem to compete with locked-down appliances and facilitate t... ... that can run on it. Bill Gates sees the Xbox as at the center of the future digital ecosystem, rather than at its periph- ery: “It is a general purpo... ...nstruments TI-99/4A could use a television set as a display, and a standard audio cassette recorder to store and retrieve data. 8 The cassette player... ...e’s hardware perform that specific task. This embedding process occurs in the digital watch, the calculator, and the firmware within Mr. Coffee that allo... ... network has proved itself remarkably effective even in areas, like video and audio transmission, in which it initially fell short. 52 The future need ... ...ng power as a PC. 103 It is networked, so users can play games against other players around the world, at least if they are using Xboxes, too. The bus... ...nd people slow down rather than risk damaging their cars. Likewise, most DVD players have Macrovision copy pro- tection that causes a signal to be emb... ... Dilemma Revisited, 28 A. M. R. 238, 239 (2003). 17. See Ross Rubin, Players Scramble for Consumer Market, I H, Sept. 1, 1996; St...