What technology will bring to the next decade

Ten years ago, we would have been blown away by a cellphone with far more computing power and memory than the average PC had in 1999, along with a built-in camera and programs to manage every aspect of our lives. Ten years from now, the iPhone and its ilk will be antiques.

Over the next decade, the evolution of computing and the Internet will produce faster, increasingly intelligent devices. More of our possessions will contain sensors and computers that log our activities, building digital dossiers that augment our memories, help us make decisions and tame information overload.

Such ideas may sound futuristic and excessive today, and technological predictions are notoriously off-base. Short-term forecasts tend to assume too much change, and long-term forecasts underestimate the possibility of sudden, major shifts.

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Who is getting rich off the iPhone?

Another series of my vertical illustration. This time it shows data about who’s making money off the iPhone.

10 most annoying program on the Internet

This list is as old as 2008. But then again, most of them are still annoying. If they can make it out of the list, I’ll update it.

#1: Adobe Reader

What does Adobe Reader do? Displays PDF pages. How does it do it? With as much bloody-minded bureaucracy, delay, and needless interaction as possible. Perhaps it’s because we humans have been spoiled by books, where the gap between wanting to read something and reading it is as short as the time taken to lift the cover. But Reader’s incessant updates (demanding you reset your computer — why?), thundering great list of modules to load, and hour-glass-provoking pauses for thought have given Portable Document Format a reputation for being as welcome as a flatulent camel in the kitchen.

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Rumor iPhone 3GS overheated

This week’s tech news is overwhelmed by rumor stating that the new iPhone 3GS can go overheated. There even a site showing how a white iPhone got a hot red ring.

Some claims it’s caused by GPS, some blame it to gaming, while others point the finger to battery issue.

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Apple reject porn on app store

Apple has rejected a porn app, again. But this time, Apple makes it once and for all. “Apple will not distribute applications that contain inappropriate content, such as pornography,” an Apple spokesman told CNN Thursday afternoon.

Hottest Girls is the first nudity app to appear on app store and it quickly disappear at the same time.This is no surprise as Jobs has already stated that porn is on top of the list for content that is not allowed. So, there would be no other porn app to surface again; unless the developers wish to be banned.

“There are going to be some apps that we’re not going to distribute,” Jobs said. “Porn, malicious apps, apps that invade your privacy.”

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