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Forbes editors and writers take a look ahead at technology in 2010. Click on the authors to read what they think will be the big trend, hear their unconventional wisdom, be cautioned against misplaced assumptions, check the watch list and get a bold prediction.



Brian Caulfield On Start-ups 'First there was the cheap revolution. That was all about using commodity parts, such as Intel's processors, to knock down the price of computing power. Then came the free revolution. That was all about free software, such as Linux. Now there's "less than free."Read More >



Kerry A. Dolan On Clean TechnologyEnergy efficiency will really pick up steam. Huge savings can be gained by employing technologies to retrofit buildings so they use less energy; buildings consume far more energy than automobiles do. The payback for energy retrofits is far quicker than adding solar panels, and it creates more jobs.Read More >



Quentin Hardy On The InternetThe Internet is disappearing as a category. It is something like the way electricity was once novel and discrete, then became essential and assumed. Postal and voice communication have already become part of the world of networked computers, so have much of media. Many corporate data centers have rapidly growing counterparts inside the "cloud" of huge networked computer systems.Read More >



Andy Greenberg On Security he world's infrastructure is getting smarter. That, at least, is how tech giants describe the IT utopia they're trying to create--a combination of pervasive real-world monitoring and real-time analysis using sensors, software and data-crunching servers designed to optimize everything from water distribution to health care to food supply chains. Read More >



Wendy Tanaka On Venture CapitalVenture capitalists need to get a lot more disciplined with their investments if they want to survive the year. They will continue to plow fewer dollars into fewer, carefully vetted companies. Read More >



What do you think will happen in 2010? Use the comments field below to give your bold predictions.