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Will the workforce be out of office for good?

Updated on 04 September 2008

By Rags Martel

Are we witnessing the slow death of the office? More4 News finds out how cities may look in 25 years time.

Will the proliferation of mobile technology, phones, broadband and the like, profoundly change the way we work and even the way cities look?

Researchers at Microsoft claim that 25 years from now, working from home, or even from the beach, will be entirely normal, with many offices reduced to simply a venue for meetings.

Reporter Rags Martel and his producer, gave it a go, and spent the day working in the park.

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