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  December 15, 2002
  By David Joachim and Brad Shimmin


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Top 11 Unlikely IT Headlines for 2003

11. President Bush orders return to Microsoft upgrade treadmill, says it will stimulate economy.

10. Lindows system from Wal-Mart overtakes rivals, becomes de facto standard business desktop.

9. E-mail ads for Viagra, breast implants, toner cartridges eradicated; spam laws credited.

8. IBM goes back to the future, pushes PCs as smart terminals for mainframe connectivity.

7. ATM over Arcnet: a force in storage area networking.

6. Free Wi-Fi networking made widely available by army of volunteers; say 'Internet access wants to be free.'

5. Al Gore reverses stance on Internet, says it was a bad idea; e-mail proclamation stuns supporters.

4. Mass firings of non-technical IT management improves IT TCO.

3. Microsoft releases bug-free Windows for Workgroups 3.1.2.

2. Long-awaited Commodore 65 debuts.

1. Microsoft sells assets to Borland and Novell; cites legal costs as reason for downfall.

A special thanks to Dave Baldwin, Bruce Boardman, Michael Dean, Jonathan Feldman, Jason Hicks, Patrick Kingsley, Lori MacVittie, Robin McCain, Gregory McGowan, Dave Molta and Dave Newman and for their submissions.



Our Holiday WishList

Santa, if you're reading this, please remember that geeks are people too.

1. Associate Managing Editor Marie Drucker: Roomba Intelligent Sweeper Vac. I must have this for Christmas. The dust bunnies have taken over our home, and this will root them out of their hiding places.

2. Foundation for Future Technology Leaders scholarship winner Johnson Nguyen: The Geode Origami Mobile Communicator, so I won't get confused as to which mobile device on my belt is ringing.

3. Senior Technology Editor Dave Molta: Garmin Rino 110 combination GPS and FRS/GMRS radio. This allows interactive unlicensed voice communications at distances of up to five miles and functions as an integrated global positioning system so you know where you are. Best of all, it integrates the two, so you can use the radio to broadcast your position to another person who has the same device.

4. Editor/Operations Amy Lipton: An ocean blue pearl Audi TT Luxury Coupe. Just look at it. Do you have to ask why?

5. Executive Editor Bruce Boardman: My missing Y and U keys.





Network Computing Shopping List

Always in a giving mood, our editors and readers aren't forgetting technology vendors during this holiday season.

Intel: A cement mixer so the company can better manage its "groundbreaking" technology.

Microsoft's Steve Ballmer: A free massage and a year's supply of chamomile tea.

Former IBM and current Carlyle Group chairman Lou Gestner: The use of our Cayman Islands bank account, number ...

Dell: Its own sandbox to play in instead of everyone else's.

Sun: Novell, so that Sun can finally offer a real directory service.

Novell: Sun, so that Novell can finally offer an operating system that people like to run.

Microsoft: A full workweek without YAB (yet another bug) found in Internet Explorer.





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