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Last week, CNN expertly told us why the Microsoft Zune sucks (hint: it doesn't get e-mail—wtf? neither does my ball point pen...) and this week they show us some of the hottest technologies to be on the lookout for. You see, this is what happens when reporters try to go beyond their beat. Up next, us here at Gizmodo giving advice on how to cure world hunger. For the highlights of the Tech List That CNN Built, keep reading.
Here's what CNN says we need to keep an eye on for the next few (months? years? the article doesn't specify): RFID, hybrid cars, HDTV, DVDs (as in Blu-ray and HD DVD), DVRs, Cellphones, E-ink and wireless networks.
CNN is stuck in 2004 it seems.
Let's see here... hybrid cars have been around for a while (try sounding masculine while saying "Prius") and the same goes for HDTV. Cellphones are currently mired in "feature creep" mode while next-gen DVDs have all but committed seppuku. The best has to be wireless networking. If your house doesn't already have at least one insecure wireless connection, I doubt you even know how to spell "technology," let along know how to implement it.
Thanks, CNN, for telling us what to keep an eye on. Maybe next time they'll tell us that something called "video game" are popular with youngsters.
Thanks, Richard!
Trends in technology [CNN]
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CNN usually is the worst when it comes to tech news.
Well, CNN usually is the worst when it comes to news in general.
She looks cute, though no one is paying attention to her...
She's pretty cute ^^
I think I have to take a bit of umbrage with your comments. These are the things that second-tier adopters should be watching for. You guys and your readers are the earliest of adopters. Basically, they're reporting on the stuff that Gizmodo and Engadget have already covered and commented upon.
Take it as a compliment, you're leading the way, CNN is taking its cue from you.
1081p? "This one goes to eleven!"
Maybe we can get Kyra Phillips to do tech news from the bathroom?
"I doubt you even know how to spell 'technology,' let along know how to implement it."
Looks like someone doesn't know how to spell "alone."
It's easy to insult CNN this way, because the readers for Gizmodo are technophiles. CNN is not for technophiles, or even businessmen, it's for the people who want to keep casually up with the news. If any of you think BlueRay, Hybrid Cards or E-Ink are big items now, it's because you live in a world already swimming with them. In the Real World, the Prius isn't a great gas-saver (you might think so, but it's not). In the Real World, a lot of this is just coming into mainstream use.
And that's the key to CNN's coverage: Mainstream use. (HDTV's climbing pretty fast, but even now I only know two people with one.) If you're making any technical or business decisions based upon what you're seeing on CNN, you're already too late. Pieces like this are aimed at educating the casual consumer, not you.
Well we are just pointing out how pathetic the causal consumer is then Thenomain. Thats why I evangelize the Giz to everyone I know.
Speaking of the cute girl though.... Has anyone here actually looked closely at what they made her wear! Just another strike against CNN for thinking that "futuristic metallic clothing" is the uniform standard for geeks.
Futuristic metallic clothing styled as though it were from a John Cusack teen movie, no less.
so you're saying you can have a network...without wires? come off it!...
1081p? WTF! someone deserves to be shot. Surely CNN can afford to hire at least 1 decent tech analyst. CNN HR please contact me and pay me a 6 figure salary. Josh.A.Brown@Gmail.com. I may not be the best but I can do tech news better than anyone currently working for you and so could your average Gizmodo reader b/c we are either extreme technophiles or in cases like mine we have worked in the tech industry for a while.
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