Cebit 2004 Coverage

Koen writes "March the 18th, Teamhardware.com visited Cebit 2004, the largest IT fair in Europe. We made tons of pictures and gathered a lot of information. Topics of discussion: Intel, nVidia, ATI, XFX, Abit, Epox, Shuttle, DFI and more." Espectr0 writes "BBC News has an article with pictures of the new gadgets being shown at Cebit 2004. Some of them are: 3D screens, heads-up displays, all-in-one USB memory sticks and portable video players!"

Comments

Re:New Technologies?

[MoonFog]

Most of the latest technologies are derivates of older ones. 3D screes, mobile phones with cameras etc etc. I guess it all comes down to how you define fundamental. Most of the gadgets are either as said derivatives or new places for old technology, for example a portable tv with hard-drive.

Wonderful

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm no troll, buy maybe a bit off topic.

It's wonderful how the consumer technology market is always ahead.
But about the technology to help save humanity(eco, stupidity, famin.. etc)!

I know that people rarely think about these kind of things, let alone do something about it, cuz we have better things to do, but one day all these things that we push to the side will bite us when we least expect it.

If you don't believe me, just wait and see!

Re:Wonderful

[Anonymous Coward]

You can't fight stupidity. A stupid human will still remain one, even if he has a machine doing all the thinking for him.

Famine is pretty much caused by there being too damn many of us. It's hard to fight this, as well (mass murders aren't a solution).

As for ecological problems, no technology by itself isn't enough. A drastic change in mentality is also required -- one that would make people understand that this planet is not for us alone. That we need all those other species as well. That even though we're different from other animals in many ways, we are not the "crown" of the nature, we don't rule it -- we're a part of it.

And yes, this is going to be the hardest part.

Re:Wonderful

[Justice8096]

Hmm... if famine was truly caused by there being too many of us, then there is no reason for dieting, and no one would complain about Genetically Engineered crops, or organically grown crops. Everyone would be equally hungry. Oh, and there would be no subsidies for farmers not to grow crops.
One day, famine may be due to overpopulation. Right now, it is due to politics or isolation of a population. Or both. Honestly, human life isn't that important to us. Neither is animal life.
Put it all into perspective - let's say that we learn to dampen our effect on this planet - will this stop the next ice age? Will this stop the ice caps from significantly melting? Will this stop the next asteroid or comet from causing a massive extinction event? And if any of those things happen, won't we still have massive extinctions?
What we can do is buy time for ourselves, like I am by putting myself on a low-saturated fat diet. This won't stop me from dying - it'll just decrease the odds of me dying now. I can still get hit by a car, suffer an anurism or die of asthma, or some expression of my bodies inherent desire to reject its parts.
The only way for me to get out of this situation would be to find a way to house my personality elsewhere. The way out for humanity is to find housing elsewhere, in a place with less chance of becoming inhospitable to us. That needs technology.

Re:New Technologies?

[ThogScully]

It sounds like you've got really high expectations for "new technology" or what qualifies as new. Given that, consider the last 5 great things you consider "new technology" and aks yourself how often they come out. Is it so unreasonable that there isn't an announcement every year about a new technology that you consider new?
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Re:New Technologies?

[dealsites]

Yeah, the goods are just getting better. You can always improve an item by adding features, but I'l like to see some real new inventions/gadgets. TIVOs were pretty hot at first, now they got competition and HTPCs being built with free software. Wireless will be the latest thing to get integrated into everything. Wireless DVD players, home phones, hand-helds, etc. Soon if an electronic item doesn't have wireless it won't be able to compete.

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Re:Nicest thing for me is the nanode

[swb]

Ya know, back in the day when everyone had a massive wooden console TV, you probably COULD have stashed a VAX or something inside the cabinet.

Some people I knew had a big (25"?) TV in a massive wooden console with a phonograph and stereo speakers. I think the whole cabinet was like 5 feet wide by 3 feet deep. Wouldn't need some lame nano-itx case for that.

Re:New Technologies?

[jellomizer]

What were you expecting, the holodeck or something like that. Heck when the lightbulb was made I am sure people went. Why do we need this, our gas lamps work perfectly fine. Or when the car was first invented, wow thats kinda cool but our horses are still better. Technology and most any other types of advancements like art, music, etc... Are a process of derivation of one idea to the next. Lets find a way to take a picture, (the Camera), Lets find a way to make pictures move (the movie camera), Lets find a way to make the pictures in color (color film), Lets find a way to send pictures across radio frequencies, (TV), Ok now lets make that color (Color TV), Now lets find a way people can record their own movies for TV (The Camcorder), Lets make it smaller and cheaper, Now lets find a good way people can distribute their own movies (VCR), Lets make them cheaper, Lets improve the image quality on the screen (HDTV), Lets improve the ability of the VCR (TiVo),...

Each step in the process in not a major change and people can usually take or leave the technology for a while to let it mature and having the other devices to give it extra value. Heck they said the same that you did back in the late 1800's that science and technology is about to plateau. But don't be suprised that you will show your grandkids your Old Apple G5 3Ghz or ultra small 64ghz laptop system and they call it an old, slow, big piece of junk, the way that we see the old mainframes today.

Re:New Technologies?

[GlasWolf]

I completely agree that the majority of the new gadgets and gizmos are either refinements or the merging of two technologies, but I'm surprised you put 3D screens in that category. It's a technology that could eventually drive a fundamental change in how we interface with computers - calling it derivative is a little unfair IMO.

Re:New Technologies?

[Espectr0]

Remember when your OS came in 5 1/4 disks?

And now, some of then come in DVD?

It's scary. Software programs will get so big that to a point humans won't be able to develop them.

Now, a decent game takes near 3 years to develop, when those old commander keen games were done in 3 months

Re:No evidence of manmade global warming

[MisanthropicProgram]

There is no evidence of any human connection to global warming.
Mr. President,
So we should sit around and do nothing until there's proof of causation? Then, again, it'll be too late. While by reducing CO2 and other polutants, we'll make the environment better: less polution, less repiratory illnesses, cleaner air, etc, etc, etc... So, so what if there's no link - we'll still benefit.