2000s and Beyond: Speeds, Capacities, Mobility, and Ubiquity

• The desktop metaphor for computer interfaces becomes only an instance of the wider web metaphor.

• Hardware prices drop, and capacities explode.
  - Amazing Facts and Figures About the Evolution of Hard Disk Drives
  - An improved chart of SSD vs HDD historical and projected prices

• High speed, long distance communication links encourage graphical and audio communication (surpassing text).
  - TV and Video Will Triple Average Home Monthly Internet Usage to Beyond 1 TB By 2025

• As CPU performance no longer keeps pace with Moore's Law, and computing becomes increasingly mobile, focus shifts to battery life and metrics of performance/Watt.
  - Moore's Law and Its Practical Implications
  - Performance per Watt Is the New Moore's Law
  - How Much Power Do Computers Consume?

For years, we thought that a million monkeys sitting at a million keyboards would produce the complete works of Shakespeare. Today, thanks to the Internet, we know that's not true. Anon.