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In the corporate future when engineers consolidate their power, cubicles will still exist, because they're very space efficient. Engineers appreciate efficiency. But unlike the sterile boxes of today, every cubicle will be a technology wonderland customized for the occupant. Flat-panel screens on each wall will give the impression...
Consumers have been snapping up all manner of information appliances at a rapidly growing rate. Americans this year will purchase more than 2 million smart machines, ranging from two-way pagers to Web-TV boxes that bring e-mail and the Internet to TV screens. That will nearly double the...
None of this, of course, is entirely new. Advertising, like kudzu, has always existed opportunistically, moving unchecked through the cultural biomass until it finds a niche, then setting down roots. It long ago took hold on such improbable places as the fenders of racing cars and the insides of matchbook...
That's when the fun starts. A software upgrade due this month adds two crucial community-building features, paging and searching, that will let users locate and chat with anyone anywhere in palacespace. The OnLive audio software and Microcosm wait in the wings. And the updated servers set for release...
In the intensely competitive market for business- and first-class flyers, Swissair for the past year had pampered such customers with premium video and gambling screens at their seats, touting "an unprecedented degree of freedom and choice." But for the passengers of Flight 111, that in-seat entertainment center may...