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BY PETER LEYDEN

Part I: The historic moment

The digital revolution is real and is starting now. Here's your chance to learn about the new technology, listen to the visionaries, peer into the future.

June 4, 2020: A day in the wired life

Where do you fit on the curve?

The microprocessor is being accepted by different people at different stages of its development

Meet the brains behind a revolution

With power up and price down, microprocessor gets microscopic

By land and by air, world will be wired

With everyone 'hooked up,' you'll never be out of touch -- unless you want to be

If the Net didn't grab you, the Web will

Web brings sight and sound to the tips of your fingers

Info-highway cliche makes sense

Like the interstates, computer networks will reshape society

Should we fear the phone giants?

History of 'Ma Bell' shows the power of consumers

Don Norman, fellow at Apple Computer

Peter Schwartz, president of Global Business network, a futurist think tank

Nicholas Negroponte, founder and director of MIT media lab

Alvin Toffler, futurist

Paul Saffo, director of the Institute for the Future

Peter Hutchinson, head of the Public Strategies Consulting Firm

Technology redefining haves and have-nots

Forecasting the future is risky

Additional resources and feedback opportunities

Reader feedback about this part of the series

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