From: "Rich Gauszka" 

Since Will Z ain't here

http://weblog.infoworld.com/robertxcringely/archives/2007/05/five_prediction.ht
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Five predictions for 2007

 I've decided to go into the futurist business. It's where all the money is.
And if you turn out to be wrong, there's a chance your clients will die
before they find out. So I consulted The Oracle (no, not that Oracle),
gazed into my Magic 8-Ball, and sifted through My Pet Goat's entrails.
Here's what I saw:

... Google will split itself into two divisions, one good and one evil, who
then will battle for Web domination. (I'm putting my money on evil -- they
always have the cooler costumes

... Dell will go on a major enterprise acquisition spree. But instead of
buying up companies they'll just purchase Larry Ellison. It's so much
faster.

... Apple will announce the iShield, a portable force field that protects
its owner from exterior threats -- like SEC investigations. Unfortunately
it will only work for Steve Jobs.

... In an effort to halt the Googlization of everything, two major Web
rivals (MSN and Yahoo? AOL and MySpace? Amazon and eBay?) will swallow hard
and merge their operations.  The process will look like a train wreck in
slow motion. There will be no survivors.

... The White House will locate printouts of the 5 million emails it has
misplaced -- stuffed inside mattresses at the DC Madam's digs.
Investigators will be allowed to view a list of the messages, but reading
them will cost
$275 an hour with a 90-minute minimum.

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