Every year the tech market sees scores of new products, discoveries and startups. Most of them are gone or forgotten within the decade.
But a few of them go on to have a lasting impact on the way people work, live and play.
While it's hard to know which ones will wane as fads and which will change the world, several trends emerged in 2007 that appear to have long-term potential. While none is a brand-new concept, here are the top five ideas that went mainstream and promise to have an even bigger influence in 2008:
Cloud computing
