Right now new technology -- like our fast cameras -- is making experiments possible that just 10 years ago were considered impossible. It?s a very exciting time to be in the field.

We were just right there in some of it. We were awful close.

It is the last process in embedding our technology on a single chip for our set-top boxes. It is not the last piece of the puzzle, but it is definitely a piece of the puzzle. Right now, we believe we have all of the elements of our technology in place to execute on our business strategy for the next two to three years.

China is looking to foreign companies, including Microsoft, as sources of technology.

Looking ahead to future applications of electronics, [de Forest] grew even gloomier. He believed that 'electron physiologists' would eventually be able to monitor and analyze 'thought or brain waves', allowing 'joy and grief to be measured in define, quantitative unit.' Ultimately, he concluded, 'a professor may be able to implant knowledge into the reluctant brains of his 22nd century pupils. What terrifying political possibilities may be lurking there! Let us be thankful that such things are only for posterity, not for us.

What you've got right now is a technology that is jury-rigged from old technology. It was never really designed to provide a high-bandwidth connection and frankly doesn't do a good job of it.