This just in from Tom's Hardware: http://www.tomshardware.com/news/ibm-science-fiber-optics-optochip-cmos,14956.html#xtor=RSS-998
did you guys read about the 186gbps internet CERN is working out? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/16/worlds-fastest-internet_n_1154065.html
Pretty crazy stuff, soon enough well have more power at our fingertips than the entire world does at this moment in time.
Finally, now we need better good and cheap batteries, next good witricity and stable renewable power.