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In celebration of BOWN's 20th anniversary: highlights of our best (and, yes, worst) predictions about the important technologies of decades past

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Gamer's Delight

Sure, PC gaming existed before Myst, but the landmark first-person adventure game instantly raised the bar after taking the world by storm in 1994. The best-selling computer game of all time for almost the entire decade (The Sims overtook it in the late '90s), Myst counted among its many lures standout imagery and renderings. Today, graphics intrigue us as much as ever- witness DirectX 10, a winner this year in the computing category. As Windows Vista's 3-D rendering system, Direct X 10 shifts more of the heavy number-crunching to the graphics processor for previously impossible detail.
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Cutting Cords

A dot-commer's dream and the bane of bus-riders everywhere, Bluetooth hit the market with a bang in 2000. Today, while the general principle remains largely the same, technology and design continue to evolve. The Aliph Jawbone, a winner this year, records the surrounding ambient noise when its wearer isn't talking and then removes it when conversation begins, leaving your audience with only the crystal-clear sound of your voice.
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