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READ THE ARTICLE BELOW AND ANSWER THE EXERCISE: Match the columns: a. Edutainment b. Multimedia c. Expert system d. Telecommute e. Information superhighway (     ) Software that enables computers to ´think´ like experts. (     ) Use computers to stay in touch with the office while working at home. (     ) Internet system designed to provide free, interactive access to vast resources for people all over the world. (     ) Multimedia materials with a combination of educational and entertainment content. (     ) A combination of text with sound, video, animation, and graphics, The ability of tiny computing devices to control complex operations has transformed the way many tasks are performed, ranging from scientific research to producing consumer products. Tiny ´computers on a chip´are used in medical equipment, home appliances, cars and toys. Workers use handheld computing devices to collect data at a custom...

Helllo, IT people, welcome to our blog! For this week, we are discussing the evolutions and revolutions of technology in the modern world. As we all know, technology changes very fast everyday. And if we don´t update very often, suddenly we´re out of the market. Read the text below, published in a book in 2000. Compare what they say about "computers of the future", by that time, and the computers of today. Write down what you know about present and future when  it comes to COMPUTERS AND TECHNOLOGY. Feel free to talk to your friends and comment their ideas. "COMPUTERS OF THE FUTURE The technological revolution is producing an explosive change in computers´hardware and software. PCs are now coming in different shapes, sizes and prices: the desktop or classical computer (with separate monitor, keyboard, CPU and mouse) and portable designs such as the ultrafast notebooks, the ultrathin laptops and ultrathin palmtops. Also, the variety of software is infinite: ...