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Technology News South Africa

The DIY Internet: Parallel universes?

"People are inherently selfish - they want to read about what directly affects them, such as local or community news," said Steve Boriss, associate director at Washington University's Center for the Application of Information Technology. He envisions a future news community consisting of millions of local sites that use technologies similar to RSS feeds to deliver content.

The annual Consumer Electronics Show, now in progress in Las Vegas, not only highlights the must-have consumer products for the upcoming year, but also provides a forum for tech execs to share their philosophical musings on the future of their industry.

This year is no exception. On the second day of the show, Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) CEO Paul Otellini described his vision of the future Internet: a more personalized medium that lets users build their own experiences, reading and watching only the content that interests them the most. In short, it will become strictly what people want it to be.

It will also be more proactive in its efforts to please.

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