Robert Cringely's 2008 Technology Predictions

Created by Ryan-Kuykendall Saturday, January 12, 2008 at 03:23 AM, from I, Cringely . The Pulpit . Always Certain, Sometimes Correct | PBS.org

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1. The United States conversion from analog to digital television broadcasting will be a disaster

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2. A 3G iPhone

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3. IBM will try to sell Global Services to private equity firms

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4. Google will win the 700-MHz wireless spectrum auction

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5. Venture capitalists will become disillusioned with their investments in technology companies that make all their revenue from advertisements

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6. The personal computer will decline (or continue its decline) as our key IT platform

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7. Apple will introduce a subnotebook/tablet computer/media player

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8. Microsoft will indefinitely extend the life of Windows XP

   67% put it above the bar | Positions Graph

9. Apple will introduce its replacement for the mouse

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10. Apple dumps Akamai for a Google-based content distribution network

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11. The Bar

12. Apple will build into some Macs support for the Windows API, allowing Mac and Windows apps to run side by side without virtualization

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13. Apple Licenses Non-Mac OS X (the iPhone Operating System) to third parties

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14. Steve Ballmer will retire from Microsoft

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15. Cisco will acquire Macrovision

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16. Season 2 of NerdTV will finally premiere

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