Breathtaking advances expected
Gilster: In past columns, I have run a "best of the year" item in December. This year, let's think in terms of trends.
The iPhone isn't all there is
Gilster: Trying to predict what people will like in electronics is tricky business, which is why marketers exist.
Kindle gives e-books a nudge
Gilster: Amazon's rollout of its Kindle e-book reader is reminiscent of the iPod introduction in 2001, and for that matter, of the iPhone.
Zonbu has alluring features, price
Computers:What a time for alternatives to Windows. I hear from people all the time who are concerned about the cost, hassle and quality of the upgrade to Windows Vista.
Voice mail enters 21st century
Computers:Some of the technologies we depend on are a pleasure to use. Others are downright annoying.
Google could improve cell phones
Gilster:Talk that Google plans to release a telephone continues to swirl around the Internet.
Cheap software is often good
Computers:The tired maxim "you get what you pay for" isn't always true. Yes, some people are understandably concerned about committing their businesses to inexpensive tools, assuming that good software is necessarily pricey.
Steve Jobs crafts another win
Computers:Apple makes out like a bandit in the latest round of iPhone mania.
Making e-mail work harder
Computers:Keep your eye on your e-mail. If there is one place where the tools of Web 2.0 will affect your life, this is it.
Controlling your online profile
Computers:Whether we mean to or not, we're all acquiring online identities. Some of us do it intentionally, through Web logs or sites devoted to our businesses.
Navigating your brain made easier
Gilster:As important as search tools are to our digital economy, they're in need of serious improvement.
Web-based software taking off
Computers:Instead of major cash allocations up front to build company networks, a young firm can turn key infrastructure demands over to Web services in a pay-as-you-go model.
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