Finland's Wireless Fast Track Thanks in large measure to mobile handset pacesetter Nokia, this small nation, about the size of Montana with a population of some 5 million people, is where the rest of the world looks for wireless guidance. But so far no one is willing to put it together. Printer friendly version.
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For a fee, of course, the Beatles songbook streams out of your living-room speakers at the touch of a button. Or, you might subscribe to a service that seeks and sends new music every month based on your listening profile. The notion of a computerized universal library, filled with our collective knowledge and open to all, predates the rise of digital technology and the Internet. Serious discussion of a massive multimedia catalog is just beginning. Some scholars are calling for the government to spend billions to digitize the literature, art and research of the ages and move it to the Internet.