Technology Predictions–2008

Predictions for 2008 abound.  These technology predictions from Tim Bajarin (Creative Strategies),  PC Magazine,  are worth sharing.  Here they are:

• Smartphones Get Smarter
• Flash-based Laptops Arrive
• Introduction of the “Basic PC”
• Social Networks Are Targeted by Botnets 
• Smartphones Become Targets for Viruses and Identity Theft
• Social Networks Catch On with Corporate Users
• Little Screens Get Video
• Corporate IT and Users Demand Green PCs
• Apple Will Gain Significant New Market Share
• Technology Spending Could SlowDown

See his complete post at PC Magazine; also at PC Magazine see Lance Ulanoff’s year end review and guesses for 2008 here .  How will these trends affect libraries?   Are we ready? 

 Sharyn Heili