Cynthia L. Webb of the Washington Post posts...
(comments in parens added by me)
Here's my Top 10 list of the technology developments that I think were most notable this year and are likely to remain a significant influence on the sector in 2005:Posted by jackhodgson at December 27, 2004 10:46 AM10. VoIP's Big Leap: Vonage, Skype
9. Merger Mania (eg Oracle/Peoplesoft)
8. iPod Nation
7. Pay-For-Play (Success of iTunes, and the RIAA and MPAA protection rackets)
6. The Song in the Sky -- Satellite radio
5. Squelching Spyware and Spam (or more accurately, the failure to squelch it)
4. Firefox Rising
3. Open Sesame (like linux, thunderbird, et all)
2. Blogs Get Real (I think they've been real for awhile, but it's nice to be noticed)
1. The Search For Dominance (the ever growing importance of search as the way to manage all this information)