Latest Internet product destined to rot in boxes

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You’ve probably heard a little about a new Internet toy we’ll be seeing soon, the $500 Internet Box. This machine is supposed to bring the Internet to

the masses.

Why spend $2,500 to connect to the Internet, when you can do so for $500? Bring down the price of the hardware required to connect, and the

masses will rush into cyberspace in a flood that would frighten Noah.

There’s nothing magic about the $500 box. Nobody’s discovered a way to produce great systems at a low cost – these companies are working in the

same world as everyone else. So how do…