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Tech Predictions for 2004

Posted by michael on from the never-speak-of-2003-again dept.

Quirk writes "The Independent has the predictions of Charles Arthur for 2004. 'The ubiquity of the iPod, the return of the Mac, and the simplicity of the portable memory stick are just some of the developments that could change our lives in 2004.'"

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  1. Re:Anyone find it strange? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Practically the entirety of business now relies on Post-Its for just about everything, yet few, if any, can find careers working with Post-Its?

  2. who else when reading thought: yeah. sure. by xlurker · · Score: 5, Insightful
    • (And if you want to check my predictions for 2003 - which I'd say stand up well - they're online at http://news. independent.co.uk/digital/features/story.jsp?story =366810).

      yeah. sure.
      did anybody actually click on this? You have to pay to read the 2003 article...

    • Some of the music download stores ... will "consolidate" - that is, close or merge, because ...

      very kind of him to explain "consolidate"
      oh, btw what does "galvanise" mean?

    • The majority of the download stores will keep using Microsoft's Windows Media Audio format, but Apple won't support that on the iPod.

      is this really noteworthy? all download stores use mp3.

    • At least one other download store will join Apple in using the Dolby "AAC" encoding format, because that's the only way to reach iPod owners.

      yeah. sure.

    • USB "flash memory" sticks ... and applications will be released that can be stored on them to run on any computer without altering its settings.

      aka "files"
      on the computer there will be a general software framework that can "read" these "files" and enable you to "work" with the "contents" independent of the OS and hardware: document files, excel files, image files, html files, audio files.

    • You could soon carry a stripped-down operating system in your pocket to boot any machine to look like yours.

      can anyone imagine normal users doing that?

    • There won't be a single virus or worm that attacks the Mac OSX operating system.

      I don't use the Mac, but I can't imagine that to be true: document and email macro viruses?
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