Word: pcs
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...have Internet access. By the end of the year, Palm promises add-ons that will let all its earlier models hook up too. The implications are striking. By 2002, says International Data Corp., the number of people connecting to the Internet wirelessly will surpass the number hooking up through PCs...
...winner will be the one with the best games, and there was nothing on show at E3 to guarantee that title will go to PlayStation 2. The biggest crowd gathered around a single game last week was at Black & White (see Briefs), which will appear on only PCs and the Sega Dreamcast...
...surface or gadget feel like wood one day and metal the next. Intelligent chairs might conform perfectly to your posture, giving you a much needed back rub in the process. Embedded systems and biometric, body-sensing technology will enable every piece of hardware, from cell phones and PDAs to PCs, to know exactly who you are and where, as well as to communicate with every other piece...
Well, don't start your dig just yet. PCs may be great for solitary pursuits, composing Powerpoint presentations or writing. But as long as co-workers need to brainstorm, bat around ideas and just plain gossip, they will always return to the water cooler, choosing a little face-to-face time over e-mail and the Web. Says Christine Albertini, vice president of advanced concepts at office-furniture maker Steelcase: "The basic nature of work is social...
...Nothing's real until it's perceived," Dorff says. And no Internet movie can be applauded until it's downloaded. At a hefty 166 megabytes, Quantum Project can be smoothly swallowed only by the relatively few PCs with super high-speed broadband connections. The majority of Websters, with 56K dial-up modems, could take all night to access the movie--if their computers didn't crash first. And this one, alas, isn't worth the wait...