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Much as CD's supplanted vinyl and DVD's replaced cassettes (for better or worse), we may be looking at a wave of new technologies that will eclipse e-mail as the communication standard.

E-mail is certainly in no danger of going away, but it may end up filling more of a niche function as a business communication tool, or a service geared towards older Web surfers.

Teenagers and criminals, are, ironically, two of the sharpest population segments when it comes to analyzing trends and moving on to what's hot. Spammers are already adapting tactics to move their wares from e-mail to mobile, and teens already think e-mail is, like, so lame.

But the need for instant communication isn't just limited to the younger set, as evidenced by the legions of businesspeople and influence-peddlers you see clacking away on their Blackberries on any given day.

Eventually, e-mail will join faxing and snail mail in that part of history reserved for technologies that were all the rage, but just couldn't keep up with consumers' obsessive need to stay in touch constantly.

Have a happy-email day!