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Craig Crossman National Newspaper Computer Columnist Click here to see the index of Craig's columns. |
MACWORLD PROMISES NEW PRODUCTSI try and avoid predictions about the computer industry because too often one winds up sticking their computer mouse in ones mouth. But all the signs are pointing to my prediction. Apple is promising a major announcement by its CEO Steve Jobs at the upcoming San Francisco MacWorld Expo. Apple's web site is screaming that they have something big to tell all of us. And Jobs will for the first time in the Expo's 18 year history be speaking one day before the exhibit floor opens on January 8. Just recently Apple officially stated that it will no longer be making bulky CRT monitors yet iMacs continue to be built around the big color tube display. So I'm predicting that the big news from Apple will be that it's unveiling the first flat screen iMac. And I think that's a fairly safe prediction given all those hints combined with Apple's reputation for innovative products. But even if my flat screen iMac prediction at MacWorld falls flat on its face, I'm still predicting we will see a flat screen iMac before the end of 2002. Stay tuned. "Ultimate" joystick lets you play better
The HotRod plugs directly into the keyboard port and your keyboard plugs into the HotRod. No drivers or special hardware is required. Sixteen independent arcade style buttons give you every possible command and control you'll ever need. And having a joystick in each hand really does give you control over the action like no other method you may have tried. You'll find object manipulation to be much more exact while maintaining faster manipulation. $199.95. Palm playing
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| Craig Crossman is a McClatchy-Tribune newspaper columnist writing about computers and technology. He also hosts the nation's longest running nationally syndicated radio talk show on computers and technology, Computer America, heard on both the Business TalkRadio Network® and the Lifestyle TalkRadio Network®, weeknights at 10PM Eastern time. Visit his website at http://www.computeramerica.com |
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