From: RobertB 

In article ,
 "Rich Gauszka"  wrote:

> Since Will Z ain't here
>
> http://weblog.infoworld.com/robertxcringely/archives/2007/05/five_prediction.
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> tml
>
> 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.

Oh, these are pretty good. I love the iShield bit.

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