Ten disruptive technologies 2009--2012

Gartner identified 10 disruptive technologies for the next 4 years. They are:

• Multicore and hybrid processors
• Virtualisation and fabric computing
• Social networks and social software
• Cloud computing and cloud/Web platforms
• Web mashups
• User Interface
• Ubiquitous computing
• Contextual computing
• Augmented reality
• Semantics