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Story: Ten things holding back tech

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Some standards are worth keeping

Great Post! especially about battery life; you'd expect that by now there'd be batteries on the market that could last 24 hours.

I do however think that some things are worth keeping at a standard, specifically, input devices. take the QWERTY keyboard for example; its impressive that it's survived in its current arrangement for 130 years, not many things last that long. It's certainly by no accident, its the easiest arrangement possible, can you imagine the mess we'd have if every manufacturer came up with their own arrangement?

The mouse has evolved over the years and will probably be around until voice command or another technology can be used. windows are also evolving; in the future we might see AJAX-style applications on our desktops.

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