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  • Will the 'information furnace' engulf the PC?

    The time may come when a home media server replaces the PC.

    News items | June 19, 2001 12:00am PDT

  • Computers still aren't smart enough

    It's 2001, but we're still years away from the likes of the HAL 9000.

    News items | May 22, 2001 12:00am PDT

  • P2P may rise in Napster's wake

    The days of free music may soon be over, but peer-to-peer file swapping could be the next big thing.

    News items | March 22, 2001 12:00am PST

  • The Internet is alive and, well...

    Say good-bye to Web freebies—or say good-bye to the Web.

    News items | February 22, 2001 12:00am PST

  • The multifunction quandary

    Information appliances are combining more and more capabilities into a single device. But do these combinations make sense?

    News items | February 13, 2001 12:00am PST

  • Mobile Internet? Not yet

    The i-mode may be big in Japan, but we'll have to get past some hurdles before the wireless Web takes off in the United States.

    News items | January 15, 2001 12:00am PST

  • Does the PDA have a future?

    In their present form, PDAs are not ready for the mainstream consumer market.

    News items | December 15, 2000 12:00am PST

  • Store your life in gigabytes

    As disk capacities expand, we'll be storing more and more of our books, music, images, and videos on our PCs.

    News items | November 21, 2000 12:00am PST

  • Napster rocks the music world

    The widespread illegal copying of music will force the industry to change its tune.

    News items | October 17, 2000 12:00am PDT

  • Where Are All The Web Pads?

    Cost, capability, and market requirements have kept browser-focused tablet computers out of users' hands. More than two years ago, various companies began demonstrating prototypes of Web...

    News items | September 19, 2000 12:00am PDT

  • The Internet Is Just Warming Up

    Broadband, always-on connections will make a new breed of information appliances useful and practical.

    News items | August 22, 2000 12:00am PDT

  • Newton's legacy

    Apple's recent discontinuation of its Newton MessagePad marks a sad end for a pioneering device: the handheld computer. Apple coined the term personal digital assistant, or PDA, just for the...

    News items | June 26, 1998 12:00am PDT

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