One day we'll be able to download all our music directly from the Internet, but you don't need to wait for that Buck Rogers utopia -- the Web is a great place to buy music right now.

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You don't need to wait for e-books.

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And now, thanks to instant-reading technology, you don't even need to wait 15 seconds to start up the device: "I press, I read, it's instant... it's a book!"

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This way, just because Google rolls out an awesome new browser doesn't mean you need to wait for HTC, Samsung, or whomever made your phone to roll it into a firmware update, and for your carrier to approve it -- almost all of the juicy user-facing stuff will happen through the Market.

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But your portfolio can't afford to wait--you need to start investing globally now.

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