12.15.2005

The future is already here, it's just not evenly distributed

An article in yesterday's Financial Times discusses the inevitability of the next five years of tech development. It all seems so matter of fact.

"In emerging markets, consumers can look forward to simple $100 or pay-as-you-go computing machines helping them access vital data. They might just need a weather forecast or the price of wheat, says Phil Hester, chief technology officer at AMD, whose 50x15 initiative aims to provide affordable internet access and computing capabilities for 50 per cent of the world's population by 2015. Only 15 per cent have access at present."

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