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Streaming eyes

5 September 1998

The screen is tiny and the shadowy figures are blurred and move jerkily.
The colours are psychedelic, and two tin cans and a length of string would offer
better sound. Welcome to the world of streaming video, the technology that鈥檚
meant to bring you motion pictures over the Web.

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