15 things 'Back to the Future II' got right (and wrong)

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Connected, self-driving cars in the front seat at CES. View it in your browser IDG Contributor Network: How to turn an old PC into a router. View it in your browser Network World Daily News AM January 01, 2015 15 things 'Back to the Future II' got right (and wrong) Marty McFly is backHappy 2015, the year that Marty McFly visits the "future" in the 1989 movie "Back to the Future Part II". In the film, McFly (played by Michael J. Fox) travels from 1985 (the year the original movie came out) 30 years into the future, more precisely, Oct. 21, 2015.As the world has approached the actual date, we've seen some photo memes go around via social media proclaiming that 2014 or 2013 was the year, but those were Photoshopped images. If you watch the movie, you can clearly see the date in the time machine when they visit the future.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Connected, self-driving cars in the front seat at CES 2. 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