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     TOP TEN PRODUCT PLACEMENTS IN UPCOMING SUMMER BLOCKBUSTERS

The selling of computer technology has gone far beyond ads in
"Byte" and the occasional taxicab placard at Comdex. This year,
computer companies are getting more aggressive with their marketing
dollars. The proof? These planned product placements in the
upcoming summer blockbuster movies:

10. In "Batman and Robin," Bat Signal replaced by Internet Explorer
    logo
9.  In "Speed 2: Cruise Control," Diba's belly-button Internet
    appliance worn by Sandra Bullock
8.  "The Lost World": Microsoft pays to have Jeff Goldblum eaten by
    T. rex while waiting for PowerBook to boot
7.  Netscape pays Bruce Willis to discover "The Fifth Element":
    JavaScript
6.  "Titanic": IBM's Deep Blue supercomputer predicts path of
    icebergs; ship changes course; and they all live happily
    ever after
5.  "Men in Black:" Will Smith replaces CPU in alien mothership with
    flawed Pentium II; ship misses Earth, crashes into Venus instead
4.  "Austin Powers": uses Palm Pilot to keep track of sexual
    conquests
3.  Apple puts all its summer marketing money into product placement
    in the guaranteed mega-smash, "Free Willy 3" (targeting the
    wealthy
    8- to 10-year-old, computer-buying demographic)
2.  "Mortal Kombat II: Annihilation": free AOL CD-ROMs used as
    deadly throwing stars
1.  "Air Force One": Harrison Ford launches thermonuclear attack on
    Seattle with brand-new Oracle Network Computer; Larry Ellison in
    cameo as Secretary of Defense