Does Apple Computer have designs on the living room?
Onstage at the Macworld Exposition in San Francisco last week, Apple's chief executive, Steven P. Jobs, proclaimed 2005 as "the year of high-definition video," a strange declaration from someone who was not trying to sell television sets. He kept his laser-like focus on the iPod and the Mac mini, a new low-priced, book-size computer.
But he noted that the giant screen projecting his demonstrations was in high definition, gave a cursory display of several computer video-editing tools and offered an enthusiastic plug for a new Sony high-definition video camera. He also invited Sony's president, Kunitake Ando, onstage for a brief and cryptic appearance and mentioned that the two companies might find other things to cooperate on in the future.
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