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| So what's for the future, well according to Chris Yurko from Home Office magazine. 2001 DVD drives replace CD drives as standard accessories. Flatpanel LCD screens replace bulky CRT monitors, as USB ports finally kick serial and parallel peripherals off the desktop. "Computer in general will take up less space," predicts Michael Laskoff, vice president of marketing for CompuUSAnet.com. 2002 Videoconferencing cameras become standard features on laptop and desktop computers, and the 1.44MB floppy disk finally disappears in favor of a higher-capacity rewritable storage and exchange medium. 2003 As wireless netowrking advances, you''ll have fewer cables to connect. If you use a laptop as your desktop machine, "you won't even need a docking station," says Tom Graham, president of AtYourOffice.com. "You'll just set it down on your desk, and your monitor and printer will recognize it. 2004 You'll have a color laster printer and send faxes as e-mail attachments through an all-in-one printer/copier/flatbed scanner. "This [device] will replace the fax machine," says Craig Sindici, a Hewlett-Packard spokesperson. 2005 You'll have a wristwatch cell phone/PC communication with global positioning system (GPS) technology that keeps you from getting lost. And "you'll have a [dedicated] device that just manages your Internet connection," says Steve Goettge, vice president of marketing for Ositis Software. 2006 To control your electronic house, you'll have a home network server--a " little black box" that sits in the closet or basement, like a water heater, says Peter Hortensius, IBM's director of technical development. "You won't think about it," he adds, because it'll be "appliance-like." 2008 Flat-Panel screens and microphones, which will be embedded in rooms all around your house, will link your server to your washer and dryer, dishwasher, oven, stereo, and other household appliances, according to Hortensius. And you'll be able to monitor and control these devices from your desk, increasing productivity without increasing your stress level. 2010 Wireless satellite phone networks will replace land lines. You'll have a single, portable phone number for life, says Julie Farris, onebox.com's vice president of marketing. 2015 Your PC, which you'll command by speech as well as gestures, will recognize you and your emotions and respond accordingly. "My grandkids are going to look back at the keyboard and giggle, "says IBM's senior product evangelist David Barnes. 2020 and beyond. Who knows? When you're talking about technology, says John Theberge, vice president of marketing for Linx Communications, "a year down the road is an eternity." Excerted from: Home Office Computing (CurtCo FREEDOM Group) www.hoc.smalloffice.com from all editions, 1999-2000 PC Computing November 1997 Copyright Fortune December 7th, 8th 1998 Copyright CommuniQue March 1998 edition Issue 89 Copyright. Chris Yurko from Home Office magazine |
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