A question Google asks itself every day is: What sorts of activities will people be engaged in over the next few years when networks -- the Internet in particular -- become "always on" and "always aware"? Today, people basically use the network for two things: communication (e-mail, chat) and search. The growing pervasiveness of networking, combined with the reality of Moore's Law will spawn the creation of fundamentally new classes of activities and categories of activities that will advance our lives on the Net in completely new ways. For software developers and chip designers alike the future clearly holds new challenges, new opportunities and new risks. The ultimate challenge is getting the right answer to this broad question. If we do that, everything else falls into place.

Dr. Eric Schmidt
Chairman and CEO
Google, Inc.