And Next Year's Top Ten Technologies Will Be - - -

"The PC Evolved: 10 Big Technologies for the Year Ahead"
GearCrave (January 23, 2009)

"We’re now one month into the new year. When it comes to computing, this year's CES was largely uneventful and uninspiring. We feel that, in spite of its slow start, the coming year can be a big year for the evolution of the personal computer...."

Their predictions for 'the next big thing' are:

• Dual Screens for Laptops
• 3G to 4G
• Designer Netbooks
  
  (from GearCrave, used without permission)
• USB 3.0
• Touch Screens (a special sort)
• Cloud Computing
• 3D Visual Interfaces
• Number Three: Smaller, Slimmer All-in-Ones
• Intel Core i7
• Solid State Drives (in laptops)

I don't know if I'll come back to this post, a year from now, to see how close GearCrave came in this 'top ten' list. It might be fun, though.

That "designer Netbooks" entry isn't so much a new technology, as marketing and fashion: but it made a fun photo.