Other competitors in the technology sector include: Intel (INTC), PMC-Sierra, Inc. (PMCS), and Texas Instruments (TXN).

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It all feels a bit out of place in this cyborgian future of PMCs, privatized police forces, and super-advanced technology.

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Among larger-cap names, Kennedy likes the beaten-down shares of PMC Sierra (nasdaq: PMCS - news - people ).

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" CSFB cut Nortel to "buy" from "strong buy, " and it also cut PMC-Sierra (nasdaq: PMCS - news - people) to a "hold" from a "buy.

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For the hardware geeks out there, here's the reference design, which seems to indicate some future models "could" support removable memory for loading in and getting data off of PMCs.

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It wasn't very extensible, and their whole partership with Microsoft to deliver content to PMCs never really panned out, but today TiVo is expected to announce an enhanced TiVoToGo service, which would allow subscribers to transfer recorded programs directly to their iPods and PSPs.

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