New whatchamacallits are big at Comdex
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The digital video disk (DVD) captured interest at the 1995 Comdex/Fall show, while the keynote speakers once again touted yet-to-be-undeveloped technologies. DVD is also known as the Super Density Disk (SD), and products incorporating the technology should be available by late 1996. DVDs are the size of CD-ROMs, but they hold 8.5GB of data, or four hrs of video, on a single side, with double-sided disks also under development. DVD's ability to play back data at speeds 20 times faster than CDs makes them ideal for video. A rewritable version is expected to appear after the read-only models debut. In the keynote addresses, Robert Frankenberg spoke of Novell embedded systems technology (NEST), which promises to allow appliances and computers to talk to each other over a network or through power cords. Bill Gates showed a film promising wireless Internet connections and continuous voice recognition software.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1995
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The Demo might be ready; but maybe the product isn't?
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The Demo 96 conference illustrates that hardware and software developers are concentrating on the World Wide Web. The tools in development are designed to create and manage Web pages, and they offer advances in animation, type faces, sound and search techniques. Commercialization of the Web continues to increase, as more developers charge for services and advertising that appears on the Web. A Novell demonstration wires up appliances and systems, then uses remote control technology to control the appliances. No $500 Internet computers are demonstrated, although participants did create a $619 PC from inexpensive parts. U.S. Robotics shows the Pilot hand-held data device, which accepts data entered from a stylus that only recognizes the Graffiti hand-printing style. The Pilot has no keyboard, and it can link to a computer to synchronize data.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1996
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Technology in 2047: how smart?
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The Association for Computing Machinery's 1997 50th-anniversary conference's theme was 'The Next 50 Years of Computing.' Exhibits were presented from the viewpoint of 2047, and presentations were were broadcast live over the Internet and have been archived so they are available for viewing. Simulations were popular at the conference. The Urban Simulations system by the U.C.L.A. offered individuals the chance to take a drive through a smog-free Los Angeles. The presentation from a German group named Art+com was the representation of the earth on a wide-screen. A trackball was the interface provided to manipulate the earth. A book called Beyond Calculation: The Next Fifty Years of Computing, will probably be the conference's most memorable achievement. The book contains 24 intellectual essays addressing how powerful computers will become.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1997
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