which has bright future?software or hardware?
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I would have to say hardware. there is a new Holographic Memory coming out. you can store 1 terabyte (TB) of data in a sugar-cube-sized crystal. A terabyte of data equals 1,000 gigabytes, 1 million megabytes or 1 trillion bytes.
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I believe it will take a similar course as electronics and computer technology over the past century, with some of the same benefits as well as consequences.\n\nFirst, don't expect miracles.  Remember people were expecting robots to do and know virtually everything by 2000.  We have progressed a long way, but that was just unrealistic.  I predict nanotechnology within the next 20 years will be comparable to electronics before the discovery of the transistor.\n\nWithin 50 years, I predict something similar to the dot.com boom/bomb.  There will be some very amazing advancements which will spur investment into all kinds of faulty business models.  In the end, a lot of people will lose money but things will settle out at a higher economic level.\n\nAnd as nanotech gets into the hands of common folks, "hackers" will emerge.  I could only make wild guesses on what kind of hacking that would be, but it will be there.  I guarantee that.  Perhaps we will all need to install genetic firewalls to prevent hackers from hijacking our brains! :)
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well unless the humna race dies out, I would think there will be major advancements in the field of computers.  Right now they are playing with Quantom computers, we should see thoughs in the home in about 20 odd years.  Right now the Dual-processor chips are coming to market, so things are changing already.
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yes. eventually the two will be the same thing. Even today with blackberrys and sidekicks, they are becoming more unified with each passing year. i think there'll be a hybrid phone that will replace cell phones, laptops, mp3 players and cameras altogether.
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Hardware is something you can touch, software is computer program which is stored on a piece of hardware. :)
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well if you mean what will you be happy with after the new OS "Windows Vista " Comes out and for the next few years This is what I recomend. Also remember you can always add another later as needed!\n\nhttp://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1960219&CatId=0
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I don't think that software exists yet.
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Electronics, specifically electronics design, has the potential to be the next big thing after software.\n\nReasons are the same as those for explosive growth of software.
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I would seek a job working for a firm that designs hardware for major OEMs. Servers and data storage are 2 big ones in the US still. Most people dont know it but large corporations like Sun Microsystems, Network Appliance, Fujitsu Siemens, etc. buy their products, or at least the designs, from other companies.
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I don't think Hardware has a good future in the market\n\nWeb technologies are emerging and the I.T. Industry has once again BOOMED because of Web Technologies so I prefer you must take courses of Microsoft .NET technology, XML and databases
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Copper in chips and diamonds in drives lead to a shiny future.\n\nThis is one nice article.
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No, if it supports HT, it'll use HT technology.\nA worthy upgrade in my opinion.
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I quite disagree with Darrius. The law of accelerating returns and Moore's law make it inevitable that by no later than 2040 we will have advanced so far technologically that we will be able to do all that they do in the Matrix movies and more. We won't need  a huge spike driven into a hole in the back of our heads though. (Ever hear of wireless networks?)\n\nWithin a decade or two we will be able to supplement our brains with implants allowing us to parallel process (multi-task), enjoy instant and total memory recall, and communicate via the then ubiquitous, wireless Internet with other people or computers including being able to download information. \n\nThis is just scratching the surface. Check out my source links and hang on, we're all about to go on one heck of a ride.
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I don't know if I believe that. \nI still have a toaster. \nAnd I use it! Although it isn't much improved in the last 50 years, it has been such a good product that nothing has replaced it.\n\nWe keep adding more capabilities to the mix. There are a lot of things that can still be done with this technology, and the technology is always changing. \nI think we are not going to see the computer go away. I think we may call it something else eventually, but it will be a computer. We used to call a thing a computer when it had far less capabilities than it does now.\nI think the next step in it's evolution will be personal monitoring of our body and it's functions. A kind of intermediate medical care.\n\n(I never did buy a Toaster Oven. Wonder what that implies about my technological views today?)
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Could you please give us some sort of context here ?  Are you talking about computers (hardware), development ?  What ?\n\nPost details please.  We'll try to help.
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multimedia has a bright future with the increasing advance in technology.while everyone is gourging there computers for more fun multimedia is coming up and increasing.
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hardware- this is the tangible parts of the computer, it consists of the output and input devices. such as monitor, mouse, etc.\n\nsoftware- this is the program that runs the computer, this is what the computer needs to run and process data.\n\npeopleware- this is the people who uses the computers. obviously, computers can't work without people to run them.