I'm affraid to predict anything Tim, because if I look back, today's technology seems to be crazy compared to what we had back then.
Engineers are doing a great job improving anything, making it smaller, faster, more reliable, and so on.
Have a look arround - 2 GB storage on small pieces of plastic, 250 GB hard drive, these things are only things I was just dreaming about, but now, they are everywhere.
However, it looks like storage is the key, I just read some interesting articles I bookmarked , baybe they look a little bid geeky, but I like to keep my mind fresh haha
http://click.hereformore.info/a_different_spin_on_future_data_storage.html
I have heard lots of things about information storage, but it looks like those engineers keep focusing on the magnetic support. Which of course, has limits.
Check this out
Anyways, I think it's going to get better and better. I've been working in computer maintenance area, and I really observed closely the way technology evolves.
However, I have big expectations
Uh, I got carried away by the topic, here's a flash news which was intensly tested:
you don't need keywords or description tags in order to rank well in google, you might even messup things in there if the competitors are struggling to be #1.
It looks like this search engine was really improved in the last 6 months.