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| |   New Life for the PC Computer development has been a steady, plodding process, but a coming series of innovations will transform it. Here's what to expect Bye-Bye Boring Beige Box PC makers are starting to crank out designs that capitalize on a host of new technologies aimed at making computers far more exciting The Storage Story: More, More Figuring out how to make hard drives of ever-greater capacity is a never-ending quest. And disks may not be the ultimate answer The Race for Brawnier Batteries As laptops and other electronic devices demand ever-more juice, researchers are scrambling to come up with better power sources Computing's New Screen Gems Display technologies are moving rapidly to thinner, more flexible, and efficient systems. Even CRTs are getting rethought Photo Essay Take a graphical tour of some of the innovations coming soon to a PC near you | |
 SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Just Two Words: Plastic Chips They can endow just about anything with computer smarts -- and they'll be cheap (5/10/04) SPECIAL REPORT Conversations from Tech's Cutting Edge What's the latest from leaders in the fields of nanotech, genomics, search, and robotics? Here are their progress reports and more (5/6/04) BOOK REVIEW Why Design Matters Two new books illustrate why good design is crucial to keeping modern technology working safely -- and also makes people feel better (3/31/04) NEWSMAKER Q&A Intel Bets Big on the Digital Home Just as it invested to promote Wi-Fi, the No. 1 chipmaker is backing startups working to network appliances and entertainment systems (1/7/04) | |
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