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Special Report: CeBIT 2004


Something "Fundamentally Different" Heads Your Way
BW's technology columnist, Stephen Wildstrom, discusses the impact of Microsoft's upcoming software release, plus other IT trends

Innovation = Economic Growth
BW Economist Mike Mandel tells a CeBIT audience: "If you want real growth, you have to have new technologies"

Electricity, Gas -- and Computing
Enginering giant Fluor uses "utility computing" for a leaner and more flexible operation, paying only for the tech resources it needs

Coming to the Big Screen, NYPD View
New York's police are buying a cutting-edge display system to better monitor the deluge of information that pours in every day

At GM, Tech Is Steering
It plays an increasingly important role in its cars -- as well as in their development, manufacture, and rising quality

A Growing Appetite for Offshoring
Forrester Research's data show current U.S. job exports are higher than expected, although its long-term prediction remains steady

Is That a Computer in Your Pocket?
Two entrepreneurs bet everything on making the world's tiniest PC. If CeBIT buzz is any indication, that gamble is paying off

Cautionary Notes on Wi-Fi
Can you say overhyped? At least one expert at the CeBIT show says the technology has miles to go. Plus: Can VoIP be profitable?

CeBIT on the Hudson
Europe's giant tech show has opened in New York, bringing an IT vision dominated by smaller PCs, faster access, and multipurpose hybrids

Tech Steps Out of Its Foxhole
IDC's Crawford Del Prete says the industry is looking at 6% annual growth through 2008. Not scorching, but it sure beats 2001-03

A "Free Lunch" for the Economy
Part 1 of an excerpt from Michael Mandel's Rational Exuberance says during tech-fueled growth, gains can exceed any added investment

Fast Growth: Pain Now, Gain Later
How job creation and wages can leap in the long run, in Part 2 of an excerpt from Rational Exuberance

The New "Molecular Economy"
Information systems will take their cues from biological ones, according to It's Alive. Here's Part 1 of an excerpt from the book

All Volatility, All the Time
In Part 2, a look at the crucial role of "adaptive management" when change is increasingly the only business constant

When Business Imitates Life
Biologists' greater grasp of life's tiniest elements is shifting the economy's makeup. Read about it in Part 3 of an excerpt from It's Alive






VIDEO VIEWS

Smarter Users

Top tech insiders outline an agenda for job No. 1 in protecting corporations from Web viruses: Educating users about security risks. Part 1 of 2

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Smarter Users

Top tech insiders outline an agenda for job No. 1 in protecting corporations from Web viruses: Educating users about security risks. Part 2 of 2

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Desktop Linux?

Vendors and users talk about whether Linux is ready for prime real estate -- the corporate PC (a five-part discussion)

FROM CEBIT
palmOne Offers GPS capabilities
Its Tungsten T3 and Zire 72 handheld add-ons give complete street and highway maps, door-to-door navigation and voice-guided turn-by-turn instructions

FROM CEBIT
EKG Transmission via Cell Phones
Germany's Vitaphone has launched a handset that can record heart-activity data when pressed to a patient's chest and transmit it to doctors

FROM CEBIT
What's Your Company's DNA?
Management consultants Booz Allen Hamilton's survey includes many tech outfits and maps their potential to execute their strategic goals

FROM CEBIT
The IT Industry Gains Economic Traction
Participants of tech trade show CeBIT discuss what to expect in the next stage of the tech sector's evolution

FROM CEBIT
Global Hauri's New Tool to Fight Identity Theft
The anti-virus specialist launches software to battle online fraud through keystroke-capturing programs

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