Wish list: Why can't programmers design software that's truly useful? Like these

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Software will have to be rethought if it is to meet the business needs of the 21st century. Fanciful software notions under development cover a range of areas from which business executives could likely benefit. Outtahere is a cellular wrist pager that operates from a user's host computer. The pager can be programmed to go off at any time of day or night, making it every executive's dream when trapped at an unwanted meeting. Verbose is a word processor package that embellishes any ordinary sentence with unnecessary expressions and pretentious terminology by shifting into Turbodrive. Do Lunch! is a management program for an executive's meal schedule. User's enter data such as dietary habits and income levels of friends, and the software produces a meal schedule. Dereg It is a program that creates draft letters and data bases that help interest groups to initiate aggressive lobbying efforts. Optimist, Whatsis? and Cut That Out are also discussed.

Prepackaged software, Innovations, Computer software industry, Software industry, Software, Software Packages

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Are you ready: for the future, that is. Take this quiz and find out

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A humorous quiz about how life will change the way people live in the future is presented. Some of the future technologies discussed include smart homes that control light settings based on biorhythmic data, artificial intelligence software that does the work of humans, and an automatic debt-remitting network that keeps money away from debtors as long as possible. The possibilities of using videoconferencing instead of air travel, the use of virtual reality devices to travel to Mars, and using Ethernet local area networks to experience quality time with family members are also discussed.

Computers, Digital computers, High technology, Social conditions, Humor, Social Issue, Issues/Society

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The Great Communicator

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Using a laptop computer and various kinds of communications hardware and software, work can be accomplished while traveling from place to place, and the computer user is never out of touch. Possible modes of communication include: E-mail, fax, and access of data or even of digitized signatures. Voice contact can be maintained with people anywhere they go. A fictional account of a day in one computer user's life is presented, demonstrating that the user has nowadays become a communicator.

Telecommunications, Laptop computers, Telecommunication

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