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Report: Mobile Devices Set to Overtake PCs for Internet Usage

by Erik Larson | October 24, 2008 at 08:53 pm

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Mobile web's good; who's ready for brain impants? Seems that would be a logical progression; even the VR glasses and headphones are a clumsy interface between your soul and cyberspace. If that gives you the heebie jeebies, don't worry; being human will never go out of style.

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