Do you want to know what somebody on the internet thinks are the ten technologies that are most obviously likely to flourish over the coming years? Do you yearn for hints on which companies it would have been good to invest in five years ago? Are you sure you want to know? Are you really really sure?
We have the answer - simply ask Slashdot, the social network famed for their zealous Microsoft fanboydom and semi-recent protests over the Church of Latter Day Saints parking violations. They will tell you to ask The Business of IT blog, a blog which is only distinguishable from other blogs by its name and content, which will tell you ask eHomeUpgrade, a website named after and entirely simulated on a type of Apple computer. They have either asked or been told the answer by Gartner, and have an article on it.
They predict things like mashups of webcomics being displayed on OLED billboards, or multicore processors so that Dell machines can download two tunes at once or let you read up to two emails per hour. Computing will get all Contextual and Ubiquitous on you, but you can argue back with Semantics if you want. Also mentioned is cloud computing, certain to aid with weather prediction which is good news for the Mile High Club.
14 years ago