Sunday, December 12, 2004

Tech: Top Ten Trends for 2005

According to Red Herring, a technoogy magazine.

RED HERRING | Top Ten Trends for 2005

This year’s Top 10 Trends: (no specific ranking)

10. From speed races to duels: Moore’s Law is challenged as the chip industry changes tactics to avoid a meltdown.

9. The death of distance: VoIP is cheap, no doubt. What is more interesting is what it can do.

8. We know who you are: The identity and access management crisis.

7. Silencing the genes: After the hype, and then the lull, biotechs are making progress in pushing RNAi therapies into real-world treatments and real-deal revenues.

6. Micro energy, finally?: After heating up great expectations and then missing deadlines, the fuel cell industry could finally hit its stride next year.

5. Where is that file?: As the storage capacity of personal computers has expanded, innovators see a business opportunity in searching the final frontier – your desktop.

4. Baby boomers left to their own devices: As an aging population continues to seek the fountain of youth, the medical equipment market promises answers.

3. The web goes to pieces: Don’t blink – web services just became real.

2. The U.S takes a 3G thrashing: The next generation in cellular could leave the U.S. even further behind.

1. Home sweet digital home: Will computer companies or consumer electronics makers own the keys to the wired house?

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