- Apple produces the best development platform for Ruby and Ruby on Rails.
- iPhone programming becomes super easy with Ruby.
- Microsoft becomes the premiere provider for jQuery plugins.
- The solid state drive becomes the norm for servers and not for desktops until 2011.
- This is the last year where you need to support IE6! woohoo!
- WebKit silently wins the browser wars…. see future post for more on this one.
- The Apple Touch Tablet becomes the must have tech item.
- Nintendo enters the cell phone market.
- NHibernate becomes mainstream.