December 29, 2003
Wired News: The Fantasy and Reality of 2004.
So we asked a dozen experts in fields that are apt to touch all our lives this year -- privacy, defense, spam, security, open source, technology development, life online and human rights -- to answer this question: "What do you wish would happen in 2004, and what do you think will actually happen?"
USA Today: 2004 may see 'bit of a gold rush' for digital tunes.
Companies of all types have begun examining ways to make digital music downloads a centerpiece of online strategies, says Josh Bernoff, digital media analyst at research firm Forrester. "The frenzy for music downloads is like nothing we've seen since the dot-com insanity," he says.
NY Times: Heavyweights Are Choosing Sides in Battle Over Next DVD Format.
The new discs and their players will not be widely available until at least 2005, but already the world's largest electronics, computer and entertainment companies are embroiled in a multibillion-dollar fight over whose technology will become an industry standard.
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