If nothing else, you can surf more of the Web in an evening, because the parts you surf regularly become so much faster. Presenters proposed an array of savvy technology systems designed to determine individual user needs and push content at them in ways that hide latency. It wouldn't be so surprising if these were random consumers, but when professional publishers aren't aware of old-timers like Freeloader or new features from the world's biggest software company, either marketers haven't figured out how to get the message across, or there isn't enough money in it yet. Meanwhile, there is a choice of free software packages, and that free beta browser from Chairman Bill, that will start packing your favorite sites onto your local disk, saving you hours of wasted download-watching time once you've spent the few minutes to set them up. Talk back to Paul Boutin in his column's Threads .
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