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Tech Headlines You Won't Read in 2005

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the read-all-about-it dept.

prostoalex writes "Folks at Silicon.com posted a list of tech headlines that you won't see in 2005. Read about spam volume decreasing, Sun revenues soaring, Longhorn operating system delivered on time and bug-free and other news you're unlikely to see in the papers."

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  1. Hmmm... by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Whatever happen to the (past) predictions for 2004? I don't want to know what's going to happen, I want to know what will happen. Merry Xmas!

    1. Re:Hmmm... by Frymaster · · Score: 4, Interesting
      Whatever happen to the (past) predictions for 2004?

      well, the cnn tech predictions for 2004 is right here.

      ultimately last year's predictions were a bust: voip didn't take off, outsourcing didn't become an election issue, the nasdaq didn't rally like crazy. in fact, the only prediction hellwig got right was that digital music did continue to be popular and record labels did continue to be pissed off about it. really just a "more of the same" prediction.

      bottom line: if you really know what's going to happen next year, you're probably a multimillionaire stock broker instead of some hack journalist.

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  2. Mobile giants: 3G spend worth every penny by BZoltan · · Score: 5, Interesting

    OK, 3G was overhyped few years back... but so the whole internet buzz was overestimated. During the last 5 years the so called 1G seriously evolved... now in some countries the 2-2.5G _is_ happening already. GPRS and bigger color display on mobile devices is out and it is usefull. Even commercial handheld devices with linux are available on the market... only the bandwidth is missing and that is called 3G and it is coming. Maybe not with stupid hype as the net boomed 5 years ago but smarter. :) and anyway.. it is way more realistic then a bugfree Longhorn on time :)

  3. Where is SCO in this list? by mahesh_gharat · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Guys at SCO admit that they were wrong when they claimed that Linux kernel contains the proprietory UNIX code.
    Going one step further they will start advocating Linux and the advantages of Open Source.

  4. Re:Indian firm opens Middlesbrough call centre by sunsrin · · Score: 2, Interesting

    These days, more Indian companies want to acquire companies outside India. Of course, they will be exporting people so that they can keep the costs down to minimal. This trend is not only applicable to just IT or BPO companies - but to many other sectors. These Indian companies mostly look at European countries as they think US is a bit saturated.

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  5. USATODAY:Linux expands beyond the office into home by NZheretic · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Linux expands beyond the office into the home.

  6. Longhorn will NOT ship on time... by Anita+Coney · · Score: 2, Interesting

    An utterly stripped version of it probably will, but without any of the four pillars remaining, it'd be like a Beatles reunion with members of Abba taking their place.

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  7. Identity Theft becomes a thing of the past... by stkpogo · · Score: 2, Interesting

    When credit vendors are required to reimburse the victims.

    http://www.consumer.gov/idtheft/

  8. Re:Least likely headlines by bedessen · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Oh baloney. Most every slashdot "story" is a blatant copy and paste from the first paragraph of an actual publication, and what meagre original content may be present in the writeup is penned by someone with no concept of proper grammar or spelling, often in broken, incomplete sentences. The Pulitzer committee would be laughed off the face of the earth for rewarding this kind of "journalism" with any sort of reward.