More on the Future of Media

This CNN Article has all sorts of implications.

IBM, Sony Corp. and Toshiba Corp. on Monday unveiled some key details on the powerful new "Cell" processor the three are jointly producing to run next-generation computers, game consoles and TVs. ... "In the future, all forms of digital content will be converged and fused onto the broadband network," Ken Kutaragi, executive deputy president and COO of Sony, said in the release. "Current PC architecture is nearing its limits." ... Sony said it would launch home servers and high-definition televisions powered by Cell in 2006, and reiterated plans to use the microchip to power the next-generation PlayStation game console, a working version of which will be unveiled in May. Toshiba said it planned to launch a high-definition TV using Cell in 2006.

It has long been predicted that TVs and Computers will merge to become a single, all purpose item. I expect that too an extent that is true, but I think that that appliance will mostly be an 'entertainment' device. The more 'work' related aspects of computing I think will be migrating toward a net based solution with the primary interface being more akin to cell phones than a computer. Obviously this will be a blurry line, and all the various hardware will connnect together, probably in ways that are difficult to see now. In any event, don't get too comfortable. Lots of things are changing.