In the meantime, the whole nature of the computer-sofware-Internet business will have changed.
Did you use calculators or worksheets that are computer or Internet-based?
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Instead of sprawls of special-purpose computer servers--one for Internet applications, one for e-mail and so on--a virtualized system uses one machine to do all of these functions.
New ways of dealing with micro-payments are emerging, such as by deduction from a prepaid account with a computer company, Internet-service provider or mobile-phone company.
Grimsson says new data centers -- the computer warehouses that essentially house the Internet -- are coming to Iceland because they can be powered by clean energy, and because the country is a smart linking point between North America and Europe.
As an example of this collaboration, the City of Seattle has proposed implementation of the Great Student Initiative, an effort to form new partnerships with information, communication and technology companies including Microsoft, Comcast, One Economy and lenders to provide low-cost, high-speed Internet access, computer, software and services for low-income students in the Seattle Public Schools.
Transformative inventions--the printing press, steam engine, telegraph, automobile, airplane, radio and television, computer and Internet and so on--require constant investment.
Vint Cerf - the computer scientist who co-designed some of the internet's core underlying protocols and who now acts as Google's chief internet evangelist - has been even more vocal, penning a series of op-ed columns.
She knows how hard it is to raise children in a culture where every time they're out of your sight, they're tuning into a multibillion-dollar music, computer game, Internet and film empire that promulgates messages frequently at odds with small-town American values.
Software now covers a maze of different industries, including applications software, operating systems, databases, the Internet, computer-aided design and networking.
And like his colleagues (albeit more vocally), Benioff sees Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ) as a computer industry chokepoint that will be eliminated by Internet-based mashups.
You can log into your devices from most Internet-enabled computer, download a file, stream an HD movie, or watch YouTube and Netflix.
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An IP address can be an important clue as to the location of an Internet-connected computer but can easily be manipulated by hackers operating anywhere in the world.
Give each child a computer with Internet access, and education-social-networking.
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This overgrown iPod of a remote is the wireless heart of the Sonos Digital Music System, a delightful--if expensive--way to shuttle music from computer or Internet around the house.
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Through satellite phone connection you can connect any Wi-Fi appliance, smartphone or computer directly to Internet.
Campaigns routinely vet prominent supporters through public records, typically computer searches using Internet search tools Google or Lexis-Nexis.
And like his colleagues (albeit more vocally), Benioff sees Microsoft as a computer industry chokepoint that will be eliminated by Internet-based mashups.
One frequent objection to always-on Internet access is security -- always-on gives hackers time to break into your computer.
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The two finalists are Internet service provider EarthLink and computer company Hewlett-Packard.
Putting the smarts of a computer, together with the Internet, into a pocket-sized device is the multibillion-unit market that Intel is scrambling toward.
What frustrates computer-security experts is that the features that make the Internet such an invaluable resource -- its openness and interconnectedness -- also make it easier for hackers to do harm.
In the United States, government computer networks parry millions of attempted intrusions every day, Internet-security experts say.
The charity, E-Learning Foundation, extracted the data on computer ownership and internet access for families with children aged under 18.
But second-highest on the wish list was "a computer with Internet access, " followed closely by "a pet, " with nearly 25 percent each.
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