Gary Poster, with essential assists from Galyn Norwood, Phiroon Phihakendr, Jose Quijada, Pavandeep Kalra.
Portals take center stage.
When you turn on your computer, the first thing that you probably see is either the Windows start bar at the bottom of your screen or the Apple menu bar at the top. Now imagine your computer with a connection to the Internet that is always up and running. While the traditional PC operating system is far from dead, Jesse Berst, editorial director of ZDNet's Anchordesk, argues that its position as the center of most people's computing experience may be supplanted by one of the main online services. They aim to be your window on everything the Net has to offer. People already rely on Internet services to perform many functions that they used to do on their hard drives.