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Fortune's Ten Tech Trends to Watch in 2005
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Beyond infotech, neuromarketing, genetic medicine, and even nuclear power will make themselves felt as trends. And who'd have dreamed that China's tech sector would evolve so quickly or that its entrepreneurs would be clamoring for intellectual-property protection? But then, it's 2005, and more and more of the world is running on Internet time.
Click Read More to know Fortune's Ten Tech Trends to Watch in 2005
1. Why There's No Escaping the Blog
Freewheeling bloggers can boost your product—or destroy it. Either way, they've become a force business can't afford to ignore.
2. Early Adopters' Paradise
The siren call of the digital home has computer and entertainment giants jockeying to colonize your living room with slick new gadgets and services. That means a confusing 2005 for most of us, but a happy hunting ground for gizmo lovers.
3. Is Wintel Out of Gas?
Screwups and pesky competitors are challenging computerdom's most potent alliance.
4. Genetic Medicine's Next Big Step
Now nearing clinical trials, intravenous RNAi could be the key to attacking cancer and more.
5. It Even Makes Calls!
When does a cellphone have too many whiz-bang features? We're about to find out.
6. Kiss Privacy Goodbye
Post-9/11 snooping technologies are evolving faster than laws to control their use.
7. China Tries to Kick the Piracy Habit
All of a sudden, China's entrepreneurs are asking for protection from intellectual-property thieves.
8. Iraq's Robot Invasion
To help keep U.S. soldiers out of harm's way, the Pentagon has put robot R&D on quick march.
9. Scanning for Dollars
Never mind what you think you like; marketers are using brain scans to track your real desires.
10. Nuclear Spring
Even some environmentalists are learning to love America's most reviled source of energy
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